Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:40 PM
I didn't watch 2017 Twin Peaks but why did one episode start with an uninterrupted five minute zoom in on an atomic bomb explosion with no dialogue
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:41 PM
I knew the answer to this once but I completely forgot
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:41 PM
A lot of stuff happened in 2017 Twin Peaks
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:41 PM
TWIN PEAKS 2017 - The atomic bomb (July 16, 1945)
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:42 PM
Oh wait hold on
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:42 PM
Quinn it's even more nuts
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:42 PM
oh good
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:42 PM
This wasn't at the beginning of the episode
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:43 PM
It was at the end, after the credits
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:43 PM
oh okay
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:43 PM
And then there's twenty more minutes about the town nearby
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:43 PM
so then... it wasn't at the end
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:44 PM
We got the first twenty minutes of the episode, tears for fears playing to a bar over the "end" credits
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:44 PM
And then the rest of the episode
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:45 PM
did the second half relate to the atomic bomb
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:45 PM
I thiiink the implication was that every single awful mystical thing that happened in the show
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:45 PM
Was because the atom bomb tore a hole to another world
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:46 PM
I didn't know that twin peaks actually had like
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:46 PM
And Lots Of Bad Stuff Happened To The Town
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:46 PM
confirmed supernatural elements
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:46 PM
Oh yeah
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:46 PM
I thought it was just weird dreams and shit
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:46 PM
The cliffhanger that happens at the end of season 2 that was left hanging until the new show was. Cooper getting possessed
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:47 PM
The main sort of villain is this evil entity named Killer BOB
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:47 PM
BOB stands for Beware Of BOB
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:48 PM
Twin Peaks is awesome
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:48 PM
does the inner BOB also stand for Bear Of BOB
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:48 PM
yes
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:49 PM
flawless
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:49 PM
His evil is literally endless even in his name
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:52 PM
The best part about BOB is that his existence is an accident both in and out of universe
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:53 PM
A set designer showed up in a mirror by accident while they were Filming
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 6:53 PM
And Lynch went "that looked creepy. You're the main villain now"
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:56 PM
Twin Peaks (heart)
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:57 PM
I looked BOB up on wikipedia and like
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:57 PM
twin peaks spoilers,
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:57 PM
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:57 PM
apparently BOB loses because someone gets a magic glove and uses it to punch him into space
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:59 PM
YEAH
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:59 PM
what the fuck is twin peaks
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:59 PM
I never want to finish watching twin peaks, I just want to learn things about it with no context and get more and more confused
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 8:59 PM
forever
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:00 PM
the magic glove guy himself comes the fuck out of nowhere
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:00 PM
David Lynch pretty much wants you to get more and more confused forever too
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:00 PM
Just this security guard with a boxing glove and people are like "what's with the boxing glove"
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:00 PM
and he goes "oh apparently i'm supposed to punch evil with it someday."
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:00 PM
wikipedia said he got it "from the fireman"
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:02 PM
season 3 actually coming out 25 real life years later is a truly legendary Lynch move
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:02 PM
yeah so season 2 ends with Laura Palmer's ghost going
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:02 PM
"I'll see you in 25 years"
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:03 PM
and i think... the fireman is a good spirit, he's hard to pin down
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:04 PM
this all came up because Castle Superbeast was discussing the concept of "deep stupid"
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:04 PM
things that are really stupid but in really deep and compelling ways
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:04 PM
yeah like
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:05 PM
I think what works about Twin Peaks compared to its rip-offs is that Lynch is clearly trying to say something
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:05 PM
But his mind works in such a way that its impossible to figure out what
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:05 PM
Like all the weirdness of everyone in Twin Peaks comes from this genuine affection for people
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:06 PM
while acknowledging that the universe around them is cruel and random and chaotic
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:06 PM
like.
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:06 PM
do you wanna know how twin peaks fucking ends
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:07 PM
sure
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:08 PM
After all this weird magic shit the death of Laura Palmer got him into, including losing his body for 25 years, Dale Cooper decides to
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:08 PM
go back in time
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:08 PM
and stop her from dying
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:09 PM
and for some reason that causes the universe to change him and various people of twin peaks into different people entirely
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:10 PM
because fuck you that's why
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:10 PM
oh, okay
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:10 PM
is this before or after BOB gets punched into space
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:10 PM
After
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:11 PM
BOB also has a buddy named MIKE
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:11 PM
acronym unknown
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:11 PM
what, dare I ask
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:11 PM
does-- damn it
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:11 PM
such a bummer
Quinn Angstrom
@quinn2win
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:11 PM
I think it stands for MIKE IS Kickin' Evil
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:11 PM
MIKE actually turned good and fights against BOB
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:12 PM
and cut off his own arm because it was full of all his evil
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:12 PM
The Arm is a different character
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:12 PM
OH before we leave the magic glove guy
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:12 PM
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D7Y4S0lX4AAv2Eq.jpg look at Swery definitely still not ripping off Twin Peaks
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
@lollichop
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:14 PM
if you wanna talk about swery and twin peaks you need to post deadly premonition
★ тяу-нαя∂уи
@lollichop
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:14 PM
like yeah it's both but wow dp is literally twin peaks gone anime
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:15 PM
actually let's go back to the atomic bomb
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:15 PM
because after it hits, what happens is
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:15 PM
https://imgs.plurk.com/QwB/Im2/W67uYRxBNTkX7Y71opdulakwA3j_lg.png this abraham lincoln looking motherfuckers show up in the local town
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:15 PM
and precede to kill/drive everyone to madness
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:17 PM
when they show up again in modern day
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:17 PM
they are still in black and white
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:17 PM
while the world is in color
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:20 PM
this is the water and this is the well...
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:21 PM
drink full and descend
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:21 PM
the horse is the white of the eye
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:21 PM
and dark within
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:21 PM
Got a light
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:27 PM
there's also this
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:27 PM
"mundane" mystery in 2017 peaks where this character from season 2 has been dead a while
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:28 PM
the problem is
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:28 PM
his corpse keeps showing up
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:28 PM
in different places
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:28 PM
dead in different ways
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:28 PM
all across the country
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:29 PM
this is never explained
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:31 PM
OH AND
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:31 PM
this one feels like a middle finger to someone
magnet
@magnetDW
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:31 PM
this is reminding me that I should rewatch all 3 seasons sometime
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:31 PM
there's a long bit where a character is spray painting shovels gold
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:32 PM
and the camera hovers on it for a while
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:32 PM
literally making the audience watch paint dry
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:32 PM
and the answer to what mysterious reason these shovels are painted is
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Tue, Sep 17, 2019 9:32 PM
Twin Peaks - Dig yourself out of the shit for $29.99
knotsferatu
@vyco
Wed, Sep 18, 2019 1:04 AM
yeah peak david lynch tbh twin peaks is good actually
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Fri, Sep 20, 2019 9:06 PM
thee days later: I forgot there was another evil entity with an acronym name that never got answered
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Fri, Sep 20, 2019 9:06 PM
JUDY
magnet
@magnetDW
Sat, Sep 21, 2019 12:16 AM
is Judy an acronym name too?
magnet
@magnetDW
Sat, Sep 21, 2019 12:18 AM
didn't they go into her name being pronunciation-drifted from something called Jowday or something
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Sat, Sep 21, 2019 12:22 AM
There's that and there's the fact Lynch is on record that Judy Garland inspired a lot of the Laura Palmer story
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Sat, Sep 21, 2019 12:22 AM
making the big other evil JUDY is a good thematic foil to Laura then too
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