The cult 2010 video game
Deadly Premonition gets a
Director's Cut this week. The
brainchild of a guy who calls himself
SWERY, one could make a strong case for
Deadly Premonition being the most entertainingly bizarre game ever made. It's undeniably
influenced by Twin Peaks and more than a touch of Japanese horror, yet that doesn't begin to explain how unique, disturbing and hilarious the game is. The humor is
intentionally unintentional. Everyone agrees there are significant gameplay problems, but the phrase "so bad it's good" does the game a
terrible disservice. "
Capable of swinging from zany to nasty, inspired to absurd
within the
course of a
single sequence," and
boasting an
eccentric, often inappropriate soundtrack,
Deadly Premonition is either a joke, a masterpiece or both. (Previously:
It's like watching two clowns eat each other.)
posted by naju
on Apr 30, 2013 -
33 comments
The mystery that's been set up for us in the first act is collapsing; at this point the movie shifts focus, prefiguring the bifurcated structure of later Lynch films like Lost Highway and Mulholland Dr., both neo-noirs that rupture and reconstitute themselves halfway through.
Anatomy of a Fascinating Disaster: Fire Walk With Me [Replete with Twin Peaks/FWWM spoilers and a fake Breaking Bad spoiler.]
posted by griphus
on Aug 29, 2012 -
57 comments
Paula K. Shimatsu-u, who
worked behind the scenes at
Twin Peaks, has a book coming out with previously unpublished photos from on and off the set.
Wired has a gallery that boasts, among other delights,
Michael Horse reading a book beside a deer's head, and
Sheryl Lee with Sherilyn Fenn wearing, respectively, a lovely bobble cap and a very fetching jumper.
posted by Stan Carey
on Aug 14, 2010 -
15 comments
Still Wrapped In Plastic: 'Twin Peaks' Turns 20 Back in the summer of 1989, I was invited to a sneak preview of a TV pilot. I didn't know anything about it, but the moment I heard its opening theme music, I got shivers that didn't go away. This was TV the way I dreamed it could be — funny, menacing, mysterious. In fact, it was so weird and wonderful that, as I walked from the theater, I remember saying, "Too bad no network will ever put it on the air."
[more inside]
posted by codacorolla
on Apr 8, 2010 -
89 comments
Pilot School. A nice collection of teevee show pilot scripts. Observe the embryonic state of many of the classics of the past few decades, including
Buffy,
The Wire,
Hill Street Blues,
Battlestar Galactica,
The Sopranos and
The West Wing.
[more inside]
posted by Bookhouse
on Nov 21, 2008 -
29 comments
Character actor
Don S. Davis,
known for his portrayal of Dana Scully's father Captain Scully on
The X Files, Major Garland Briggs on
Twin Peaks, and Colonel George Hammond on
Stargate,
passed away Sunday at the age of 65. Even if you don't remember him from those roles, if you
take a look at his IMDB page, you will probably recognize him from something. He had a gift for taking stereotypical military roles and bringing a warmth and gentleness to them. One of his final roles was in the
Stargate movie
Continuum, which will premiere on DVD this month.
posted by rednikki
on Jul 1, 2008 -
68 comments
Twin Peaks season 2 DVD is almost here ... finally! That leaves precious few days to get prepared:
bone up on cast and crew details,
argue about theories,
click your way through the townsfolk,
obsess over every itty bitty blessed detail,
buy a "best friends" necklace,
keep the faith about the deleted scenes,
see whether it makes any more sense in German than English,
put a poster on your wall that will give you nightmares,
explore the Lodges,
watch very bad things happen to Jenna Elfman,
walk with Coop through the Black Lodge (
part 2),
blow the rest of the day reading stuff. For the truly ambitious,
book a room in scenic Snoqualmie and watch the entire series there.
posted by jbickers
on Mar 23, 2007 -
43 comments
The (not so) Secret Weblog of Laura Palmer brings back many memories of trying to work out who the real murderer was, and being deeply infuriated with how the story ended. As Agent Cooper puts it:
"I know that good is stronger than evil and yet sometimes it's difficult to see it. Even in a place like Twin Peaks." [via Caro]
posted by feelinglistless
on Apr 8, 2003 -
17 comments
