This incredible pilot remember me why I love so much David Lynch. I think I'll love this tv show.
Nice pilot. Some of 90's stuff makes me laugh a little bit, but nothing to do with this anyway.
Great soundtrack.
One of the best pilots in the history of television. I don't get how could anyone not get hooked after watching it, regardless of what the series eventually turned out. It's a joke that is only rated 7.8 here.
Great season opening. Kyle is like agent mulder from x-files, they look similar to me :)
A small town. Everyone knows each other.
And some young people betray their lovers.
inarguably the greatest pilot of all time
The same beguiling atmosphere as Lynch's own Blue Velvet, but with the added benefit/distraction of being a TV pilot. Benefit is it doesn't need to wrap up itself within one feature length, so the seeping in of dark surrealism and unease can feel more invitingly slow-burn, natural and intoxicating. The distraction is that it really has to depend on further episodes down the line about what it has established here, so a bad solution (I've heard about mixed reception for season 2 over the years) can lessen this a bit. For now I will cherish one lingering, unexpected grace note among the montage of darkness, disturbance, and terror at the end: Donna's warm and tender interaction with her dad about soothingly mundane stuff.
[3.4/10] Giving this another shot in light of the revival, but yeesh, this is rough. I originally gave this a 1/10, and while I'm content to upgrade it to "bad" on rewatch it's still pretty awful. Kyle McLachlan is a revelation, but he's really the only thing this episode has going for it. The dialogue and the acting are all so so bad. And my god, the score. It couldn't be cheesier if David Lynch were literally smashing the audience's faces into a vat of queso while it played. The murder mystery is convoluted right out of the gate, and the cryptic hints here and there come off forced rather than mysterious. Everyone is an exaggerated archetype, and none of the characters are compelling short of Agent Cooper (with the sheriff, Ed, and his paramour being serviceable but no great shakes). The young actors in particular are uniformly terrible (what is with the two punk kids barking at Blue Steel in the other cell) and the whole thing is just hokey as hell. There's also scores of blunt exposition and informed attributes that go over like a lead balloon.
But the worst part is that it's also a slog, with interminable, poorly-paced scenes and dull interludes. If ever there were a show that could do with some better editing, this is it. Hard to see, even on a rewatch, why this show is so lauded.
For a show released in the 90s, it's actually good, even until now I think people would still like it. I liked it. I think I'll continue to watch the rest of the episodes (:
Reviviendo esta serie de 1900, cuando se emitió originalmente apenas tenía 6 años, una serie de culto, mejor de momento que muchas actuales.
This show probably should have been on cable tv to begin with. It was always too unique and ahead of its time for CBS.
Oh my god! Jack Nance! That's so awesome. Eraserhead is my favourite movie but I had no idea he was in this.
It is strange and meandering. Not as satirical or parody as people made out, at least so far. It's less parody and more it's own strange creation.
It feels a bit like a soap-opera and murder mystery combo, but the dialogue isn't that good, neither are the story and characters. The dialogue can't carry a strange story, at least so far.
What elevates it all though, is the synth music. If you have synth music, that's going to help win me over. But it's not just any music, it's by Angelo Badalamenti, who made one of my favorite video game scores in Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy, which is also another strange murder mystery game. The music in this episode was sublime, and even when sad things are going on, the music gives off a happy feeling, helping to give more of that feeling or strangeness and that something is off.
The thing is though, it's not as strange as i'm making out. Things are a little off with how people are acting (it's not helped by the sub-par dialogue, even if it's intentional), and that's it, but it was nice sometimes to see that it all wasn't just part of a standard formula of tv shows. Things are just generally not that interesting though, but i'm interested enough to continue. The episode should definitely not have been 1.5 hours. It should have been the usual 45 minutes.
This is often regarded as one of the best shows ever made. I sincerely hope it doesn't disappoint and that it still holds up 30 years later.
Some of the acting could use a lot of work. It's not even "eighties" bad; it's just bad. The first few minutes really showcased that. Bad first impression, but thankfully, not all the actors are like that. The directing could use some work, too. Too many distance shots. Some shots were so slow and long that they weren't even dramatic anymore. I had to resist sighing and checking the time during those shots.
Things certainly picked up once Agent Cooper arrived. Though with all the information we're getting flooded with regarding the various townspeople's everyday lives, it would have been nice to have at least one short, little scene with Cooper before he just suddenly appeared. It feels as though he had materialized out of nowhere. We didn't even get a scene of the local cops contacting anyone outside the city about the case. It didn't even seem like Harry was expecting Cooper, so does that agent even have clearance? He very well could be freelancing for all we know.
This was okay. Easily could have and should have been made into two episodes. Some people regard this as one of the best TV pilots. I don't see it. I also can't see how this will carry on for another 7 episodes without seeming drawn out. This was all right but it still leaves quite a bit to be desired. I'll keep watching, but I doubt this will become a favorite of mine...
Signed:
~SophieFilo16~
Revisiting Twin Peaks again since the praises for this show have been over the roof. I don't know. I remember the show being merely fine but reaching none of the artistic and emotional depth that's in the film Fire Walk with Me. This viewing of the pilot kind of solidifies some of the problems I had with the show. The character works are all quite broad-stroke and caricaturesque. Actors often give bland and soapy performances. The pacing can feel quite stale at times. The same music tracks are applied over and over again, functioning more as cues than as a developing theme. And most importantly, and it's also what separates Fire Walk with Me apart from the TV show, is that Fire Walk with Me is a deeply disturbing, tragic and empathetic account of the psychological toll of abuse, while Twin Peaks the TV show seems to be a quirky crime mystery with a detective that loves coffee and donuts.
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starting this. I hope to be on a journey as absurd as everybody goes about. this is definitely in the David lynch realm already, but it's also so funny AND moving. The principal's speech was so sad.