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Post by cheesecake on Jun 26, 2017 4:13:33 GMT
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Post by stephen on Jun 26, 2017 4:19:19 GMT
Actually, wait a minute: what if the teenage girl is actually Sarah Palmer? The "jackrabbit bug" birthed out of the Laura orb would make sense going into her.
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Post by stephen on Jun 26, 2017 4:26:53 GMT
Drish and Viced after watching this episode:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2017 4:29:35 GMT
Actually, wait a minute: what if the teenage girl is actually Sarah Palmer? The "jackrabbit bug" birthed out of the Laura orb would make sense going into her. I think that it was, although I could be wrong. I feel like this episode actually ties into the plot a lot more than it seems on first watch - I need to think about it more before trying to "decipher" it though. Right now my mind is still kind of blown. I can't believe this is on TV.
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Post by grundle on Jun 26, 2017 6:15:21 GMT
Hope you all enjoyed the greatest hour of television ever made. Anyway, Film Socialism Please consider seeing Twin Peaks, is kino. Some friends and I could say that this is Lynch's Out 1. Obvious points of comparison are Rivette, Kubrick and Malick, but there's definitely Ken Jacobs, Stan Brakhage, and Marianna Tcherkassky there too. Many people whose opinions I respect have been a fan of it
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Post by Film Socialism on Jun 26, 2017 6:18:00 GMT
i am about halfway through season 2. will keep this thread in mind when i finish and move to the third season.
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Post by chris3 on Jun 26, 2017 6:47:33 GMT
Ok, so maybe I'm in the minority, but that was one of the greatest things I've ever seen on television.
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Post by mhynson27 on Jun 26, 2017 8:30:47 GMT
Actually, wait a minute: what if the teenage girl is actually Sarah Palmer? The "jackrabbit bug" birthed out of the Laura orb would make sense going into her. Nah, pretty sure that bug thing is BOB and the girl is his first host. That's why the weird hobo thing was helping the bug find someone sleeping through the poem on the radio. Plus someone on Reddit mentioned that the ages wouldn't line up anyway.
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Post by moonman157 on Jun 26, 2017 12:39:57 GMT
There are people in the world right now who don't consider this season one of the greatest things ever made. Wrap your head around that madness if you can.
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Post by stephen on Jun 26, 2017 12:44:43 GMT
There are people in the world right now who don't consider this season one of the greatest things ever made. Wrap your head around that madness if you can. TV Critics: Man, The Leftovers was the best season of TV in years. It's untouchable. David Lynch: Hold my coffee.
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Post by moonman157 on Jun 26, 2017 12:57:35 GMT
There are people in the world right now who don't consider this season one of the greatest things ever made. Wrap your head around that madness if you can. TV Critics: Man, The Leftovers was the best season of TV in years. It's untouchable. David Lynch: Hold my coffee. Yeah Lindelof is getting absolutely BTFO
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Post by ibbi on Jun 26, 2017 15:27:40 GMT
The most awesome thing about this episode is if they had this content play out through regular narrative means they'd have been ridiculed for being heavy handed. Instead they Lynched all our asses, and BAM, after suckering everyone in with that normalcy last week they well and truly pulled the rug out before pissing off on a week long hiatus. Magical trolling at its best. I hope it doesn't cost them the entire audience.
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Post by getclutch on Jun 26, 2017 18:00:06 GMT
Lynch has done a madness with this one. Absolutely enthralling television.
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Post by JangoB on Jun 26, 2017 19:13:45 GMT
what
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Post by JangoB on Jun 26, 2017 19:14:19 GMT
All other TV can fuck off
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Post by Joaquim on Jun 26, 2017 22:13:56 GMT
This whole episode: Was thinking the one of the teens in the 50s could be one of Laura's parents but idk.
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Post by Joaquim on Jun 26, 2017 22:34:01 GMT
Just saw this interesting bit online. From 1956 to 1989 (when Dale Cooper first arrives at Twin Peaks) is 33 years. In 1989 Dale Cooper was 33 years old.
Also, gotta say I'm pretty disappointed that Trent Reznor's appearance was just performing live instead of getting to play a new character in the show, even if just a brief cameo appearance. Hopefully it's not the same with Eddie Vedder.
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Post by stephen on Jun 26, 2017 22:56:54 GMT
Maybe it's just me, but I feel that--as great as the episode was--it should've ended with Evil Coop sitting bolt upright. That's such a great image to linger on as we wait for the next episode in two weeks.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 26, 2017 23:04:59 GMT
Maybe it's just me, but I feel that--as great as the episode was--it should've ended with Evil Coop sitting bolt upright. That's such a great image to linger on as we wait for the next episode in two weeks.First I'm finding out about this ... that's upsetting.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Jun 27, 2017 3:29:32 GMT
Well, that's one way to remind people that this ain't just any old TV show, this is David fuckin' Lynch.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 27, 2017 7:32:56 GMT
Stayed up until 3 am to re-watch the episode. Highly recommended experience.
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Post by DeepArcher on Jun 27, 2017 8:19:46 GMT
Alright, here's a totally batshit crazy theory I developed after my second viewing, based on existing theories and whatnot:
The egg that hatches in 1956 is a manifestation of the Laura orb that was created in and sent down from the White Lodge. The fact that one scene directly follows the other seems to imply that linkage, and I really think this episode follows a far more linear structure than most people realize. Why eleven years pass is unclear; though it actually might make more sense if the creation of Laura also happened after the lapse, considering that the Giant and "Senorita Dido" seemed to have at least a few years worth of convenience store footage to watch (all of which presumably happened after the creation of Bob and garmonbozia in 1945).
Anyway, the creature that hatched from the egg almost resembled a human fetus with wings ... like, angel wings, ya know? Okay, it had bug-like appendages and frog-like features, but they could just be adaptations to help it transport itself to its host. (As I said, not a perfect theory.) So, assuming that the Leland and Sarah hypothesis is correct (which it probably won't be, but go with it), the creature from the Laura egg inhabits itself into Sarah, who then births Laura roughly fifteen years later.
The Woodsman came from the Black Lodge to destroy the creature from the Laura orb. Though there's a great deal of discussion about not knowing which side the Woodsmen are aligned with, it seems far more likely that they're associated with the Black Lodge, considering that a couple of them are present in the room above the convenience store (where, it seems, only Black Lodge figures have been). Therefore, the Woodsman at the end of the episode was attempting to destroy the creature with the poem. However, it quickly sought refuge in a human host to protect itself, and therefore went unharmed.
...As I said, just a theory, and it's surely wrong. But it's fun to speculate and I'll probably be posting more shit like this for the next two weeks, so look out.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Jun 27, 2017 13:51:57 GMT
I'm only an hour on from watching episode 8, but I gotta say it's up there in terms of the best TV episodes I've ever seen. As time passes and we learn more about how it all links to the stories of the 90s and the present, should it do so well, which I expect it will, it might well become the best TV episode I've seen.
I'm in awe of that hour of TV artistry.
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Post by moonman157 on Jun 27, 2017 15:06:51 GMT
Alright, here's a totally batshit crazy theory I developed after my second viewing, based on existing theories and whatnot: The egg that hatches in 1956 is a manifestation of the Laura orb that was created in and sent down from the White Lodge. The fact that one scene directly follows the other seems to imply that linkage, and I really think this episode follows a far more linear structure than most people realize. Why eleven years pass is unclear; though it actually might make more sense if the creation of Laura also happened after the lapse, considering that the Giant and Experiment seemed to have at least a few years worth of convenience store footage to watch (all of which presumably happened after the creation of Bob and garmonbozia in 1945). Anyway, the creature that hatched from the egg almost resembled a human fetus with wings ... like, angel wings, ya know? Okay, it had bug-like appendages and frog-like features, but they could just be adaptations to help it transport itself to its host. (As I said, not a perfect theory.) So, assuming that the Leland and Sarah hypothesis is correct (which it probably won't be, but go with it), the creature from the Laura egg inhabits itself into Sarah, who then births Laura roughly fifteen years later. The Woodsman came from the Black Lodge to destroy the creature from the Laura orb. Though there's a great deal of discussion about not knowing which side the Woodsmen are aligned with, it seems far more likely that they're associated with the Black Lodge, considering that a couple of them are present in the room above the convenience store (where, it seems, only Black Lodge figures have been). Therefore, the Woodsman at the end of the episode was attempting to destroy the creature with the poem. However, it quickly sought refuge in a human host to protect itself, and therefore went unharmed. ...As I said, just a theory, and it's surely wrong. But it's fun to speculate and I'll probably be posting more shit like this for the next two weeks, so look out. I like a lot of your thinking and I agree the episode is more straightforward which a second viewing certainly helped me see. My only question would be your interpretation of the bug representing the implantation of Laura into her mother. That being said, it does come down to speculation the way we can analyze that final stretch of the episode. Where you see the bug seeking refuge from the Woodsman I see the Woodsman aiding the bug's voyage. It is clear that his recitation induces people to sleep, a result that he must be intent on achieving, and it is this result that allows the bug's safe passage into the girl's mouth. I would also find it hard to believe that the pure force of good or light that Laura seems to embody in the orb would then be converted into an image of that insect, which is rather disturbing and horrifying to watch. What's so neat about that final stretch though is that both of these readings are equally plausible. I guess we will find out, or because it's Lynch maybe we won't find out anything.
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Post by idioticbunny on Jun 27, 2017 15:44:34 GMT
I don't know much about what I just watched, but I do know this: I used to associate The Platters' "My Prayer" with an old girlfriend I used to sing it to, but now this is a much, much worse association...
If there's anyone who can direct the "big bang of mankind's evil" it's Lynch and now I'll be plagued with bad thoughts until the next episode.
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