This fella along with Coop and Audrey is all I need to pique interest. Let's hope he stays sane throughout!
A piece on Lynch in light of the recent announcement about Twin Peaks. Nothing spectacular, more of a brief career recap: http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/david-lynch-returns-to-twin-peaks.html Just updated to include a second piece on Lynch and an interview with Frost
Richard Beymer (Ben Horne) is in: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/st...aks-fairfield-david-lynch-maharishi/17234681/
Could it be? Yes, it could. Something’s coming, Something’ good, If I can wait! Something’s coming, I don’t know What it is But it is Gonna be great!
If I had to guess, I think we'll see him as we did in the final episode. With no Frank Silva, I think Leland and Little Mike will be needed.
Michael J. Anderson wrote this on facebook today: "On second thought, I realize now that me reappearing in the Newest Twin Peaks is a contradiction, an oxymoron if you will. That moment when I first appeared in Cooper's dream was such an unexpected shock to the nervous system of the viewers that left them petrified, frozen and paralyzed. It wasn't some brilliant character acting on my part. It was David's brilliant access to the surreal that never failed us. In the following decades people have replayed that terrifying moment in order to help overcome the fear of it, and in the process came to love the character (and circumstance) generating that fear. My returning to Twin Peaks would be just to see that lovable fear generator again. My original function on TP (to help create a shocking edge for reality) can no longer be done by someone as familiar (and dare I say loveable, LOL) as me. It's beautiful and wonderful that the fans would like to see me some more and I'm sure I'll milk that for all it's worth LOL, but in all honesty, my involvement is probably very unlikely. But, I understand why."
Brilliant. Here's somebody who could stand to profit from the Twin Peaks, and he's essentially telling Lynch to be bold and creative and not give in to nostalgia. That said, I think Lynch would find a way to make him terrifying.
I would take anything Little Mike says with a BIG grain of salt. This is a person who has said nutty things like certain folks think he killed Jack Nance etc. He has burned a lot of bridges in certain quarters.
I never found the dwarf terrifying -- the Red Room was unsettling, and his voice and his dancing were weird, but I wouldn't say he was frightening. (He wasn't BOB.) It's true, though, that the more you saw of him and that setting, the more used to it you became. The Red Room scenes in the movie, for example, didn't have the same impact. (And neither did BOB come to think of it.)
I would think the Red Room inhabitants (TMFAP, Giant) would be among the easiest characters to incorporate into a "25-years-later" plot, since they are spirits rather than physical presences and therefore presumably don't age or die. More challenging would be how to work the Medicare-eligible folks (Ontkean, Lipton & Deschanel are all 68, Zabriskie 73, Beymer 76, Tamblyn 79, Laurie 83, etc.) in without turning it into Twin Peaks On Golden Pond.
The way I see this playing out will be similar to what they did with the Dallas reboot a couple years ago. The main characters (still alive) were involved, but younger, fresher talent was brought in to carry on the story. I was disappointed that Dallas was cancelled, and I wonder if the new Twin Peaks will have the same impact on a new generation of fans who weren't around for the original run. I'm sure it will be well done, but as much as we may enjoy it, most of us aren't 18-35.
New Mark Frost novel 'The Secret Lives of Twin Peaks' to released in late 2015! http://macmillan.supadu.com/images/ckfinder/704/pdfs/Macmillan/TwinPeaks10-16-14.pdf
Yeah, but the problem there is that the actors have aged. I don't know... I keep seeing unflattering recent pictures of the cast, and wondering whether it's just going to seem sad and depressing watching them try to revive these characters 25 years later. And I know, you can't expect people not to age, but it's different if you've seen someone pretty regularly over that timespan (like Kyle MacLachlan or Grace Zabriskie or Ray Wise). Then it's not so jarring, but many of the cast have not really been in the public eye for a long time, and they just aren't going to be how people remember them. I saw Kimmy Robertson on a TV show the other day, and she looked tubby and wrinkly and 59 years old, and I thought "do I really want to see her play Lucy again?" But then again... ...you got used to seeing older Bobby and Sue Ellen and J. R. pretty quickly. Come to think of it, Dallas went off the air in 1991 too. (Which seems hard to believe now.)
Unfortunately, I couldn't duplicate the shot from the pilot because the area is filled with blackberries.
It's always sunny in Twin Peaks. I think I got closer to the actual spot where the sign photo was taken this time.. The sign was approximately where the puddle is.
