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MikeWaters · 05-21-2008, 04:22 AM

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Originally Posted by jay santos

I need to check it out. I watched Mulholland Drive last year and got obsessed with it, watching it like five times, and reading all the analysis of it on the internet, and wrote up a long analysis of my own. In my top 10 movie list.

My memory of Twin Peaks is vague, and I certainly didn't watch all or most of it. But based on my memory, I venture to say that Twin Peaks is vastly, vastly superior to Mulholland Drive.

TripletDaddy · 05-21-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

My memory of Twin Peaks is vague, and I certainly didn't watch all or most of it. But based on my memory, I venture to say that Twin Peaks is vastly, vastly superior to Mulholland Drive.

TP and Mulholland are two different animals, so they are tough to compare across the board.

The main difference is that Mulholland tells basically one main story, whereas TP really was about 10 stories intertwined.

mikewaters earlier called TP more like a mini-series. That is fair. Remember, it started out ONLY as a 2 hour pilot. It then became a show when the network picked it up. In the original Euro version of the pilot, Laura's murder is solved at the end of the first 2 hours.

If you want to see a classic David Lynch movie, start with Blue Velvet. That is one amazingly weird show and Dennis Hopper is great...he does some really cool stuff with oxygen masks.

MikeWaters · 05-21-2008, 02:38 PM

Only see Blue Velvet if you are in the mood to be disturbed. This is one of those movies where your wife will turn to you and say "What the hell is wrong with you?"

Sleeping in EQ · 05-21-2008, 02:53 PM

Chips
Quincy
Dukes of Hazzard
Hart to Hart
Three's Company
Star Trek (in reruns) and STNG
NBC's Thursday night line up (Cosby, Family Ties, etc.)
Dial MTV
90210
Seinfeld
Big Love

YOhio · 05-21-2008, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ

Big Love

I like that show. I'm anxious for Season Three.

MikeWaters · 05-21-2008, 02:59 PM

Big Love. Big thumbs down. Boring as hell, poor plot, poor writing.

Sleeping in EQ · 05-21-2008, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Big Love. Big thumbs down. Boring as hell, poor plot, poor writing.

I disagree on all counts.

I have Big Love for Big Love!

Sleeping in EQ · 05-21-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by YOhio

I like that show. I'm anxious for Season Three.

Me too. That was quite a cliffhanger at the end of Season 2!

cougjunkie · 05-21-2008, 04:41 PM

1. Saved by the Bell
2. Full House
3. Macgyver
4. The Real World
5. Wings

UteStar · 05-21-2008, 05:07 PM

Favorite memories of tv are from the following:

**Sesame Street--I still remember my mom letting me watch this after school during lunch.
**Cheers--I loved this show. Sam, Diane, Coach and Woody were all great characters.
**Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Veronica Mars--Cut from the same cloth though very different in plots, etc. Both had terrific dialogue, great characters and very entertaining storylines.
**Smurfs/Dungeons and Dragons--Both were kids shows that I had to watch every Saturday morning. Awesome.
**Dukes of Hazzard--Friday night must viewing. Until the two main characters were replaced with their retarded cousins.

Other shows that I always enjoyed: Frasier, Battlestar Galactica, Family Ties and Silver Spoons.

05-21-2008, 02:53 PM	#54
Sleeping in EQ Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: The People's Republic of Monsanto Posts: 3,085	Chips Quincy Dukes of Hazzard Hart to Hart Three's Company Star Trek (in reruns) and STNG NBC's Thursday night line up (Cosby, Family Ties, etc.) Dial MTV 90210 Seinfeld Big Love __________________ "Do not despise the words of prophets, but test everything; hold fast to what is good; " 1 Thess. 5:21 (NRSV) We all trust our own unorthodoxies. Last edited by Sleeping in EQ; 05-21-2008 at 03:04 PM.

05-21-2008, 04:41 PM	#59
cougjunkie Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 5,741	1. Saved by the Bell 2. Full House 3. Macgyver 4. The Real World 5. Wings __________________ LINCECUM!

05-21-2008, 05:07 PM	#60
UteStar Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,817	Favorite memories of tv are from the following: Sesame Street--I still remember my mom letting me watch this after school during lunch. Cheers--I loved this show. Sam, Diane, Coach and Woody were all great characters. Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Veronica Mars--Cut from the same cloth though very different in plots, etc. Both had terrific dialogue, great characters and very entertaining storylines. Smurfs/Dungeons and Dragons--Both were kids shows that I had to watch every Saturday morning. Awesome. **Dukes of Hazzard--Friday night must viewing. Until the two main characters were replaced with their retarded cousins. Other shows that I always enjoyed: Frasier, Battlestar Galactica, Family Ties and Silver Spoons. __________________ UteStar's words to live by: "I'm not about play-play, I'm really about business." Goatnapper: "UteStar is the only one who is not scum."

05-21-2008, 02:38 PM	#53
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Only see Blue Velvet if you are in the mood to be disturbed. This is one of those movies where your wife will turn to you and say "What the hell is wrong with you?"

05-21-2008, 02:59 PM	#56
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Big Love. Big thumbs down. Boring as hell, poor plot, poor writing.