I've just started watching Twin Peaks for the first time and the similarites to Deadly Premonition is striking. And then the FBI dude appeared, driving in a car, talking to himself through a voice recorder. I hope this show is half as good as the game was. =P

The show is great, drags a little toward the end. Film is interesting.

The first season is pretty good but the second is terrrible. Some of the worst pacing and writing I've ever seen.

Wait until you find some Twin Peaks collectible cards...

It's not. Actually that is not fair to say, I seen about 4 episodes but was not grabbed by it.

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

the show is a little slow, but man is it trippy. And yes, tons of nods to Twin Peaks in Deadly Premonition.

@TooWalrus said:

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

Because Deadly Premonition is AWESOME.

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

Because Deadly Premonition is AWESOME.

I know. I played it. TWICE!

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

Because Deadly Premonition is AWESOME.

The game was amazing. Ridiculous surprises, interesting characters, ridiculous twists and just the right kind of B movie bad. I'm not exactly looking forward to a Director's Cut since I doubt I'll play the game again for a little extra content, but I'm interested in what Swery's gonna do next.

@Alexander said:

The show is great, drags a little toward the end. Film is interesting.

There's a film? Does it cover the same ground as the TV show? And is there any particular order I should watch them in? Like, should I watch the film first?

@TooWalrus said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

Because Deadly Premonition is AWESOME.

I know. I played it. TWICE!

I played it THRICE to S-Rank that game!

@Fobwashed: DO NOT WATCH THE FILM UNLESS YOU HAVE SEEN THE SERIES! You have been warned.

@MooseyMcMan: Ha, I was going to but I eventually gave up. I'll play it again on PS3 though. I hear it's finally in "HIGH DEFINITION!"

I hope Swery understands WHY Deadly Premonition has struck a chord with duders like us. I would imagine its difficult to hit those notes a second time around.

@TooWalrus: Rendered in 1080P!

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

Because Deadly Premonition is AWESOME.

I know. I played it. TWICE!

I played it THRICE to S-Rank that game!

I was going to do that as well, but I was playing through it on hard doing the part where you face like 3 or 4 wall ladies and as soon as I get to the next room it crashes... Each of them took so long to do since you can only shoot or hit them once before running, turning and then repeat, and on hard they have such high health. So I turned it off and haven't played since. Now I'm getting the urge to finish that S rank.

Twin Peaks is the best TV-show ever made.

And Deadly Premonition is a somewhat blatent rip-off.

@RobotHamster said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

Because Deadly Premonition is AWESOME.

I know. I played it. TWICE!

I played it THRICE to S-Rank that game!

I was going to do that as well, but I was playing through it on hard doing the part where you face like 3 or 4 wall ladies and as soon as I get to the next room it crashes... Each of them took so long to do since you can only shoot or hit them once before running, turning and then repeat, and on hard they have such high health. So I turned it off and haven't played since. Now I'm getting the urge to finish that S rank.

You should get the magnum with infinite ammo. That makes the wall ladies much easier to fight.

What no love the the little Pine Weasel? Ok that second season is largely shit. But once Earle show's up it get's great again, I'd argue the finale is the best episode of that whole series.

Alan Wake has some good Twin Peaks references too man I wish they made a third season of the show so much potential.

I literally lol'd at this thread title and said 'no shit!'

@MooseyMcMan said:

@RobotHamster said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

@TooWalrus said:

Why am I so excited about Deadly Premonition Directors Cut?

Because Deadly Premonition is AWESOME.

I know. I played it. TWICE!

I played it THRICE to S-Rank that game!

I was going to do that as well, but I was playing through it on hard doing the part where you face like 3 or 4 wall ladies and as soon as I get to the next room it crashes... Each of them took so long to do since you can only shoot or hit them once before running, turning and then repeat, and on hard they have such high health. So I turned it off and haven't played since. Now I'm getting the urge to finish that S rank.

You should get the magnum with infinite ammo. That makes the wall ladies much easier to fight.

I know I had an infinite gun but can't remember if I had the magnum. But I'll check it out.. eventually.

Just wait until David Duchovny shows up.

@logicfracture said:

The first season is pretty good but the second is terrrible. Some of the worst pacing and writing I've ever seen.

So, is there a satisfying ending after season one? I kinda want to watch it, but if it all ends in a bad "to be continued" kinda way and the second season is terrible....

Deadly Premonition is to some considerable degree Twin Peaks: The Video Game.

@Abendlaender said:

@logicfracture said:

The first season is pretty good but the second is terrrible. Some of the worst pacing and writing I've ever seen.

So, is there a satisfying ending after season one? I kinda want to watch it, but if it all ends in a bad "to be continued" kinda way and the second season is terrible....

Well, season one ends on a cliff hanger but they reveal who killed Laura early in season two. After that, season two loses whatever semblance of focus it had and creates a lot of inane, incredibly boring mini story arcs. If you like the first episode of the show you'll probably like at least the first season though.

Season 2, episode 14 of Twin Peaks, one of the weirdest pieces of television I have watched.

@Fobwashed said:

I've just started watching Twin Peaks for the first time and the similarities to Deadly Premonition is striking. And then the FBI dude appeared, driving in a car, talking to himself through a voice recorder. I hope this show is half as good as the game was. =P

You meant to say that Deadly Premonition's similarities to Twin Peaks are striking.

Just stick with it. First season is kinda slow but it's sets the complete madness that is season 2.

@Islaja said:

Twin Peaks is the best TV-show ever made.

And Deadly Premonition is a somewhat blatent rip-off.

How can something be "somewhat blatant"?

Anyway, Deadly Premonition is amazing and Twin Peaks is great, but just the first season and the first few episodes of the second one. After they reveal who killed Laura Palmer, everything they do is filler.

@RobotHamster said:

@MooseyMcMan said:

@RobotHamster said:

etc.

You should get the magnum with infinite ammo. That makes the wall ladies much easier to fight.

I know I had an infinite gun but can't remember if I had the magnum. But I'll check it out.. eventually.

They take about 2 hits from the guitar on the hardest difficulty, if you're brave enough to use it.

edit: oops, cut the quote tree

@JoeyRavn said:

After they reveal who killed Laura Palmer, everything they do is filler.

Even then, I think it's worth watching. It's quality television. Well, except for that utterly useless storyline with James going out of town.

The ending is fucking beautiful for a number of reasons

@Fobwashed said:

I've just started watching Twin Peaks for the first time and the similarites to Deadly Premonition is striking. And then the FBI dude appeared, driving in a car, talking to himself through a voice recorder. I hope this show is half as good as the game was. =P

I, too, came into contact with TP after DP, but I had the common sense to know that the similarities in Deadly Premonition to Twin Peaks were what were striking. It may be incredibly anal of me to point it out, but this is how you get people saying Halo 1 was the modern shooter and the best game ever. Remember your history.

Also, a Fobwashed thread with no pixel art? Make some Agent Cooper pixels or something. DO IT MONKEY.

@Abendlaender said:

@logicfracture said:

The first season is pretty good but the second is terrrible. Some of the worst pacing and writing I've ever seen.

So, is there a satisfying ending after season one? I kinda want to watch it, but if it all ends in a bad "to be continued" kinda way and the second season is terrible....

I mostly agree with what that dude said. The middle portion of the second season is particularly terrible. They fill a lot of time with dumb stories featuring characters who really aren't the ones I wanted to spend time with. Although by the time the second season rolled around there were really only 2 or 3 characters I did want to spend time with. You could probably skip a lot of it and not miss much.

The last 4 or so episodes got interesting again, in a weird way. The end of season 2 doesn't wrap up everything in a neat bow, but it's interesting, I think. Season 1 ends on a total cliffhanger though. Nothing gets wrapped up in season 1.

@charlie_victor_bravo said:

@Fobwashed: DO NOT WATCH THE FILM UNLESS YOU HAVE SEEN THE SERIES! You have been warned.

LISTEN TO THIS MAN'S WARNING.

Deadly Premonition strikes me as a man who doesn't entirely understand what makes Twin Peaks great trying to copy Twin Peaks but still doing an alright job of it.

@Alexander: Wow. The Mayor of Portland looks so young in that photo!

@mordukai said:

@Fobwashed said:

I've just started watching Twin Peaks for the first time and the similarities to Deadly Premonition is striking. And then the FBI dude appeared, driving in a car, talking to himself through a voice recorder. I hope this show is half as good as the game was. =P

You meant to say that Deadly Premonition's similarities to Twin Peaks are striking.

Just stick with it. First season is kinda slow but it's sets the complete madness that is season 2.

@CH3BURASHKA said:

@Fobwashed said:

I've just started watching Twin Peaks for the first time and the similarites to Deadly Premonition is striking. And then the FBI dude appeared, driving in a car, talking to himself through a voice recorder. I hope this show is half as good as the game was. =P

I, too, came into contact with TP after DP, but I had the common sense to know that the similarities in Deadly Premonition to Twin Peaks were what were striking. It may be incredibly anal of me to point it out, but this is how you get people saying Halo 1 was the modern shooter and the best game ever. Remember your history.

Also, a Fobwashed thread with no pixel art? Make some Agent Cooper pixels or something. DO IT MONKEY.

I know that Twin Peaks came first, but from my POV having played Deadly Premonition while never having seen Twin Peaks, I'm seeing the FBI agent in Twin Peaks as being similar to Agent York -_-;; It's backasswards but it is what it is to me. Obviously we know which came first and which got influenced from which but mllaaarrghh!

Can't bring myself to do anything with Agent Cooper because I don't have a feel for him yet. I'd rather spend my free time doing some more Vinny frames for that MegaMan thing. Maybe if I end up loving the series I'll pull something out of my ass. Got too much on my plate as it is currently.

@Fobwashed said:

I know that Twin Peaks came first, but from my POV having played Deadly Premonition while never having seen Twin Peaks, I'm seeing the FBI agent in Twin Peaks as being similar to Agent York -_-;; It's backasswards but it is what it is to me. Obviously we know which came first and which got influenced from which but mllaaarrghh!

Can't bring myself to do anything with Agent Cooper because I don't have a feel for him yet. I'd rather spend my free time doing some more Vinny frames for that MegaMan thing. Maybe if I end up loving the series I'll pull something out of my ass. Got too much on my plate as it is currently.

As much as it pains me to say that, but If you can't connected to the series then just stop watching it. It's a shame that you went your entire life without watching that series, but at least Deadly Premonition made you aware of Twin Peaks and the huge legacy it has.

Now go watch Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Drive.

@mordukai said:

@Fobwashed said:

I know that Twin Peaks came first, but from my POV having played Deadly Premonition while never having seen Twin Peaks, I'm seeing the FBI agent in Twin Peaks as being similar to Agent York -_-;; It's backasswards but it is what it is to me. Obviously we know which came first and which got influenced from which but mllaaarrghh!

Can't bring myself to do anything with Agent Cooper because I don't have a feel for him yet. I'd rather spend my free time doing some more Vinny frames for that MegaMan thing. Maybe if I end up loving the series I'll pull something out of my ass. Got too much on my plate as it is currently.

As much as it pains me to say that, but If you can't connected to the series then just stop watching it. It's a shame that you went your entire life without watching that series, but at least Deadly Premonition made you aware of Twin Peaks and the huge legacy it has.

Now go watch Blue Velvet, Lost Highway, and Mulholland Drive.

Oh no, don't get me wrong, I'm going to watch at least the first season. Even without the story, I love the setting. The entire thing feels like a period piece now that we're so far removed from the way things were way back when this series was originally aired. The clothes, stereotypes and oh god, the corded gigantic phones. It's all wonderful. Unless the series just goes to shit, I'm sure I'll enjoy my time spent with it. I've only watched a single episode so far and it was pretty good. =)

I've watched two episodes on Netflix and I think it's kinda terrible. Maybe I need to watch more, maybe it's just not for me but I don't understand the love for the show. I mean Dale Cooper is a fantastic character but everyone else...
 
Is it because it's from David Lynch?

I LOVE Twin Peaks. :-) I still haven't gotten around to seeing the prequel movie yet because it sounded mediocre.

@wewantsthering said:

I LOVE Twin Peaks. :-) I still haven't gotten around to seeing the prequel movie yet because it sounded mediocre.

It's definitely worth watching if you like the show.

I watched quite a way through the first season on Netflix but stopped. Not cos I didn't enjoy it, just cos I do that a lot (it's something I need to stop doing). Yeah, I was identifying a ton of stuff that I recognised from Deadly Premonition. It was cool. I'll probably go back to it pretty soon, maybe when DP: Director's Cut is about to come out.

@AndieK said:

@wewantsthering said:

I LOVE Twin Peaks. :-) I still haven't gotten around to seeing the prequel movie yet because it sounded mediocre.

It's definitely worth watching if you like the show.

Cool. It's on my Netflix queue... and 100 other movies...