It may be cheesy but it tells a truth:krishnanspace wrote:The cheesy teaser is now online
Every one of those shows bends a knee to Twin Peaks. Pretty soon they'll all be groveling in the face of it.
-Mordeen
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It may be cheesy but it tells a truth:krishnanspace wrote:The cheesy teaser is now online
I agree, but I wish they'd used one of the several existing spots. If I weren't already a fan of Peaks and Lynch, and I saw that spot in the theater, I think it would leave me a bit cold. In addition to the corny attempted wordplay (and shameless attempt to piggy-back on unrelated properties -- what the hell do TP and TWD have in common?!), there's an implicit message, "We did prestige drama first!" as if that automatically is some sort of guarantee of quality. While I personally (as a huge Lynch fan) believe that The Return is going to surpass the original in terms of quality, and may well set a new bar for TV drama, the message of that ad is essentially, "We came first, we have bragging rights." If I were a potential new viewer, I would find that approach smug. Show me something -- footage from the old show, the new show, something -- to prove your case, and let me be the judge. On the other hand, I think the "Familiar Faces" ad on the big screen would have been beautiful and might have made more than a few converts. C'est la vie.Eater of Iguanas wrote:Yeah, I suppose it is a bit corny, but that hadn't occurred to me. I was just excited to see them promoting it in such a venue.
I think if you were to compare the Lynch-directed episodes of TP to the scripts, you would rejoice that the director took ample liberties. Writers can get a bit caught up in their mental bubbles, losing sight of the reality of how actions will look when executed or lines will sound when delivered (I say that as a words man first and foremost myself). Film is a visual medium, and it makes sense in many cases for the director to be king. Having said that, I do think it's lousy that writers are so often treated as third-class citizens, and that their contributions tend to be under-sung in Hollywood. But, as Lynch has said many times, a script is a blueprint -- not meant to be read on its own, except as a scholarly exercise or out of curiosity/super-fandom.eyeboogers wrote:Hollywood's warped focus on the director being the creator rather than the writer (which then spread to the rest of the world), has been highly detrimental to the quality of films in general. This is why TV has become the home for actual cinematic storytelling of high quality. Putting the writer/creator back in control over plot as well as aesthetics. Let's move forwards not backwards.
So perfect I'd have chills for days if it turned out that way.The Jumping Man wrote:I've almost convinced myself that the new series will start with a Log Lady intro and that will be the last we see of her. Actually, I think I dreamed it last night. "My time in Twin Peaks is at an end. But Twin Peaks has one more story. My log has something to tell you."
Someone should do these kind of teasers! It's very easy to copy the minimalist title-based style.adl345 wrote:Before wires existed
Before X's were filed
Befores homes landed
Before fires flied
Before the's sopranoed
Before unders were six feeted
Before wood was deaded
Before dexes terred
Before bands were brothered
Before wings were wested
Before shields shielded
Before wives gooded
Before things strangered
Before lights Friday-nighted
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''There were actual teasers''adl345 wrote:Before wires existed
Before X's were filed
Befores homes landed
Before fires flied
Before the's sopranoed
Before unders were six feeted
Before wood was deaded
Before dexes terred
Before bands were brothered
Before wings were wested
Before shields shielded
Before wives gooded
Before things strangered
Before lights Friday-nighted
Before walk-empires boarded