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BatXDude t1_itgoa2j wrote

Reply to comment by neuroflix in I watched Twin Peaks for the first time, feel like a fool by neuroflix

I was informed after complaing about twin peaks on another thread, its made to exagerate soap operas and their style of acting.

I felt something was off about it until about season 2.

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shr2016 t1_itgsp9m wrote

It's David Lynch, it's *supposed* to feel off

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SouthShoreSerenade t1_itgvy5r wrote

>its made to exagerate soap operas and their style of acting

My theory, maybe incorrect, is that most of the network executives thought this is what they were really getting and it's the only reason they went on with it. Lynch obviously had other plans, but their meddling affected what he really wanted to do (that much is fact, anyway).

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NamesTheGame t1_itiayfq wrote

Executives knew what they were getting into with Lynch, at least to a degree. He was already known for weird, surreal movies but Twin Peaks style allowed it to be accessible. The first episode was a pilot that could double as a movie in case it didn't pan out and was aired way before the rest of the series and because it was such a sensation the show was ordered to series.

The network did meddle, absolutely, but Lynch had largely lost interest in Season 2 and went off to make a movie which led to bad blood between him and some of the cast for "abandoning" the show, but he still consulted and directed the finale and a few other S2 episodes. But his lack of guidance was clear in S2 with the wannabe Lynch wacky plots.

S3 is the best because it's Lynch unfiltered, made entirely on his terms. It's still amazing to me that season was made and aired on television, a true testament of how far the medium has come.

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BatXDude t1_itjyna4 wrote

So you have a theory that Lynch pitched the show as a soap opera and then dod his own thing whilst following the contract and doing necessary things that would still make it a soap? I like that lol

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Maninhartsford t1_ithxzwz wrote

A lot of the parody elements have been lost to time due to the fading popularity of 80s primetime soaps and TV movies. I got really into old tv movies at the start of the pandemic and when I rewatched twin peaks I felt like I got a lot more of the humor. For example, in the pilot, they fade into their first commercial on Laura's mother crying, and after the break, she's still crying. That's STRAIGHT out of a tearjerker TV flick.

I definitely feel like he was doing a bit of the same thing in season 3, but with modern prestige television. (Spoiler) the arm wrestling scene is like a bizarro version of something from breaking bad

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adrift98 t1_itgzys5 wrote

Specifically prime time soap operas like Dallas and Falcon's Crest.

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