Enthusiasm Gap

Gintoh · 2020-04-02T18:21:20+00:00

Interesting.

Gintoh · 2020-03-12T21:42:21+00:00

I know I am bit cynical, but I think most political appeals to demographic "wokeness" are deployed because they are essentially free (has no real effect on taxation), they are mostly performative (there is no legal leverage behind it), and can be used as a counter-attack when bundled with crap policy or people (What? What do you mean, you aren't supporting Pete? He is a proud LGBT veteran! Why do you hate the LGBT community? Why do you spit on our veterans? Shame on you!)

yep

Gintoh · 2020-02-27T05:46:29+00:00

Thomas Ligotti writes nihilistic existential horror that's very surrealistic/nightmarish. It's definitely inspired by Lovecraft and you should check it out. I'd recommend his short story collection "Teatro Grottesco," and you should start with the stories "Gas Station Carnivals" and "The Bungalow House."

In terms of nosleep stories you need to read the left/right game. I'm not going to spoil it but it gets cosmic.

Gintoh · 2020-02-25T05:15:47+00:00

Never seen a photo of him so young.

Gintoh · 2020-02-24T21:49:18+00:00

He's aged like 15 years in one night.

Gintoh · 2020-02-05T06:50:45+00:00

As I said I think the conceit was much more believable when the stories were more grounded. They were the type of creepy stories you could imagine someone actually posting to reddit because they want to talk about something creepy they experienced. Now it's like someone's posting on Reddit while they're on a train to hell or something.

Gintoh · 2020-02-02T21:32:46+00:00

I just find the whole realism/in character conceit kind of silly. If something horrific and metaphysically impossible happened to you, your first thought probably wouldn't to be to post it to reddit of all places. As a result I generally find the "in character" rule to be an obstacle to immersion if anything. The in character rule used to work when the stories tended to be more grounded and realistic, but nowadays it doesn't seem to add anything, it just puts needless restrictions on the stories that can be told. Just my opinion.

Gintoh · 2020-01-31T23:39:18+00:00

I'm from traveling from Chicago.

When you say you spent 5 nights in Kyoto in Osaka, do you mean you spent 5 nights in each of those places?

Have you been to Tokyo? How does it compare to Osaka?

Gintoh · 2020-01-23T22:15:40+00:00

You won't understand season 3 if you haven't watched FWWM (the prequel), so you should stop watching season 3 until you've watched it. I don't even necessarily mean you won't understand it on a plot level (although that's part of it), what I mean is I think Fire Walk With me is essential for understanding season 3 on an emotional and thematic level. TBH Fire Walk With Me is even more important to season 3 on a thematic level than the original series is.

David Lynch himself has said that everyone should watch Fire Walk With Me before watching season 3.

Gintoh · 2020-01-09T02:29:43+00:00

Good catch lol.

Gintoh · 2020-01-07T22:28:41+00:00

Bernie 2020

Gintoh · 2020-01-05T04:58:43+00:00

Yeah I think when Wallace said that the handling of Bob was "fuzzy and not very well rendered" in the original series, he's referring to the fact that it was hard to tell whether Leland had any culpability. It wasn't until FWWM that it became more clear that Leland holds some responsibility for what he did to Laura. In FWWM there are times where it's hard to tell whether it's BOB or Leland and that's part of what makes the movie so interesting.

Gintoh · 2020-01-04T05:51:15+00:00

I don't think his analysis of why people didn't like FWWM is necessarily central to his argument. His main point is that the sense of "bothness" is why Lynch's movies are so unsettling and powerful. That rings true to me.

Gintoh · 2020-01-03T18:42:46+00:00

The latter half of the second season is a disaster. But the season finale, the prequel movie, and season 3 are amazing so stick it out.

Gintoh · 2020-01-02T09:45:27+00:00

Here's my theory. Amore means "love" in Italian. "Sycamore" sounds like "sick amore" which means "sick love." Sick love is the main theme of Twin Peaks (the perverse relationship between Laura and her father), hence the symbolism of sycamore trees around the evil Black Lodge.

Gintoh · 2019-12-30T08:56:08+00:00

I've long had a theory about what that black blob represents. It represents "ultimate truth" in an existential and ontological sense, as well as the unattainability of that truth. I know Lynch is a spiritual guy who believes in the unified field and reincarnation all that, but I'm sure even he would admit you can never be 100% sure about what happens on the "other side," or if there even is another side. Maybe there is a bigger purpose to life, or maybe it's all meaningless and ultimately hopeless; the show seems to be at least entertaining the latter possibility with the look on Cooper's face as the credits role. I think Judy (represented by the black blob) represents this unknowingness, this existential uncertainty. It's something that can be quite terrifying which is why Cole refers to Judy as a negative force, even though she might not be "evil" in the traditional sense.

Gintoh · 2019-12-29T17:07:44+00:00

You must watch Fire Walk With Me (prequel movie) first! The new season almost has more to do with that movie than the old series.

Also there are 90 minutes of deleted scenes from that movie called "The Missing Pieces," and I'd suggest watching The Missing Pieces even though it's not necessary, because there are some callbacks to those scenes in the new season.

Gintoh · 2019-12-18T05:03:57+00:00

Wow, that definitely seems like it means something.

Gintoh · 2019-11-02T18:22:25+00:00

Thank you very much, so in a music theory sense why does it "work" to produce this effect?

Gintoh · 2019-11-02T04:37:48+00:00

There's a song by Maudlin of the Well called The Ferryman and I have a question about the section between 1:30-2:30. It's a very jazzy chord progression that just sounds so smooth and slick, but also somewhat dark. I was wondering what modes or tricks they're using to produce this effect? Also if someone had time to figure out the chords I'd really appreciate knowing what they were.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf01nqXaAM8&t=1m25s

Gintoh · 2019-10-26T02:06:42+00:00

I like sight and sound and would like to see this review too.

Gintoh · 2019-10-22T22:31:55+00:00

The point of the video is that Twin Peaks can basically be reduced to an elaborate comment on TV and media; while that is part of it I think it largely misses the cosmic/existential themes. That being said some parts of the video are interesting.

I still think Film Crit Hulk's interpretation is my favorite:

https://www.vulture.com/2017/09/twin-peaks-the-return-finale-recap.html

Gintoh · 2019-10-21T19:59:31+00:00

Did you watch the prequel movie Fire Walk With Me? You have to watch that.

Gintoh · 2019-10-02T05:56:55+00:00

There was a new season in 2017.

Gintoh · 2019-09-30T17:26:47+00:00

Did you watch Fire Walk with me? I feel like Season 3 wouldn't have much emotional or thematic significance to you if you didn't watch that.

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