Ancestors

Written by Mark McCaughrean on 2025-01-17 at 08:09

I missed the news last night, but was very sad to wake today & read of the passing of David Lynch.

His films are remarkable, but it is Twin Peaks that will stay with me forever. I was living in the US when it was first broadcast & I was astonished by its strange & glorious mood.

From the bizarrely slow pacing & icy acting to the unsettling subterranean soundtrack, then the genuine terror of the final reveal.

It changed television forever.

Ad astra, David ✨

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jan/16/david-lynch-twin-peaks-and-muholland-drive-director-dies-aged-78

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Toot

Written by Mark McCaughrean on 2025-01-17 at 08:19

His films were also often equally radical, of course, and just imagine how different the Star Wars universe might be if he had accepted the invitation to direct Return of the Jedi.

I mean, it simply doesn’t compute & yet if he had been allowed to apply his vision, it would have been something marvellous to behold 🙂

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Descendants

Written by Birchbirch on 2025-01-17 at 18:46

@markmccaughrean Let me throw a little grit in the workings here... Dune... Had he taken the reins of RotJ around that time, he might just have killed off the SW franchise then and there by taking a similar creative approach!

And that means I'm heavily conflicted... As a 'serious' SciFi fan, I might have celebrated its demise, buuuuuuttt, as a Lego fan as well, Star Wars had such an impact on their navigation of, and recovery from, 'difficult times'...

Damned if I do, damned if I don't...

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