I can’t stand this bloody series. ‘It’s art for the sake of art’. ‘This is really Lynch’s gift to all subsequent media’. ‘There is so much we owe to this series.’
What the hell. It’s just random pieces of script written by monkeys on a typewriter, slapped together. No part of the story is ever finished. ‘Ah but that’s where the depth resides!’. Rubbish. Anybody can write a story that doesn’t properly finish.
Oh I know I will introduce 20 new characters, this will add so much depth. Yeah, they have no motives, no character development BUT I will add this random surreal thing that happens to them, for additional depth. But what happens to X? Who knows! And to Y? You have to guess! And to Z? No one can tell!
Maybe using steel-faced actors will improve the plot? I know I will cast myself in one role with quirky details because it’s so fun. Yeah I don’t know how to act, why? Is it necessary?
And the goddamn music is unsufferable. ‘You can’t separate Lynch’s work from Badalamenti’s music’. Yeah I know they’re both shit. Oh and the effing gigs in the sequel of the series. Aaaaaah!
But at least there is some symbolism! Yes, what is it? Who fucking knows!
I think the music is sublime and love the show but I respect your opinion, I recently rewatched it and it wasn’t as good as I originally thought, it was about my 4th rewatch of the series in whole I think, I did see some of it on live television though and we watched a lot of Northern Exposure after it.
I’m not sure about the acting, I thought it was quite well acted, but it really depends on what style of acting you like. Compare the acting from any decade and you will see some differences, granted he took it to the extreme with his characters, as is normal for these kinds of psychological thrillers. I think it gives the show a bit of comic relief that all the characters are so larger than life.