MarkHoog

Cole's not the only one who's had Monica Bellucci dreams.

I just posted a slowed down version of that conga line stuff, a couple of posts above. It kinda sounds like the brushes from The Bookhouse Boys from the Original Soundtrack, with some strangely cut piano stuff over it.

I slowed down the music from the opening scene, just for sh#ts and giggles. It reveals nothing.

I've been enjoying most (but definitely not all) of this season, but this is the first time that I've actively disliked an episode. Sure, it was funny that I could've learned a foreign language in the time it took that French lady to leave Cole's room, but frankly I've had my share of that this season. I'm sorry, but unlike my ability to love and be kind my patience actually has limits. The podcast often discusses the fact that a lot of what we see will/might be appreciated differently once we've seen the whole batch of episodes, so yeah, until then I can't be bothered with whatever's rattling in Sarah's kitchen, Billy's (?) whereabouts and whether the two women in the Roadhouse have any relation to that armpit scratching lady that we'll probably never see again. The only scene that really grabbed me was the one with Ben Horne. There's was a sad, pensive sort of sweetness to it.

All I know is that this is the most expensive Windows screen saver I've ever seen.

The mic issues were okay once I imagined it was just Rob cosplaying as a Big Daddy for the occasion ;-)

Those extras in the street, though.

Does that say "Oh Annie?"

Sorry if this has already been posted earlier, but I suddenly remembered actually having seen the poop story. This is a "commercial" sketch for Sure Lock ("No Sh#t, Sure Lock!"), going back to 2007

About the long sequences without checkpoints, isn't that how the first 45 minutes of Nier: Automata are? I love how that game plays with conventions by putting a kind of 'endgame run' at the very beginning. Also, Rob's discussion about the "Tears" song in Max Payne 3 was totally spot on. That moment is my all time favourite music moment in games. It's funny how Rob almost described it the same way that I did in my book (only I did it in Dutch :-D)

Whoa, great interpretation. Also, I think Death by Motion Blur is going to be the name of my new post-punk band.

I did not like the scene with Michael Cera, but I loved the exchange that Gordon had with Denise. The lines, the timing, the composition - it really clicked with me. Same goes for the interrogation of evil Coop. Boy, that was creepy. (Is MacLachlan wearing dark matte lenses while playing that character or something? His eyes just look so... dead... like a shark's. By the way I am starting to get a little worried about the kind of 'stunt casting', for lack of a better term. Whenever we get an exterior shot of a new location, my head's going: 'I wonder which A-list tv actor/Lynch alum will show up for a single scene in this one.' Of course, that's totally me, but there are just sooo many familiar faces in this. Am I alone in this?

I don't know. I'll ask my pine cone.

I only have one question after this episode. IS IT ABOUT THE BUNNY?!?!?!

I am still not sure whether I enjoyed this first hour of TP. I agree that it felt more like an extension of Mulholland Dr. or Inland Empire than a return to the quirky 90's TV show that everyone remembers. There were a lot of moments I enjoyed (the bad Coop driving with the bad ass beat over it, the scenes with the glass box - despite Madeline Zima's - intentional?- horrendous acting), but I felt the 'Fargo' storyline consisted of overlong scenes and misfired weirdness. Hastings' interrogation was stellar, though. The episode DID affect me in that subconscious way that Lynch often does; I (dreamt that I??) woke up screaming because I was sure something was about to happen in the still darkness of my bedroom. I can only assume that something was a video effect. Probably not a popular opinion, but I felt the return of some of the old cast a bit... unfitting, somehow? I can't put my finger on it, but a part of me would've liked this episode better without the likes of Lucy and Ben Horne (the scene with Margaret and Hawk was powerful as hell, on the other hand - given the context). It's like Lynch is standing with one foot in the past while the other is taking things in a totally new direction. What I also didn't like is the explicit gore. In Mulholland Dr. that obscured image of the corpse on the bed haunted me for days. Here we get a long close up of a severed head. Why? Don't get me wrong, I love me some buckets 'o gore, but this felt out of place and somewhat gratuitous... it's kinda like how monster movies are at their best when you can't really make out the monster and your imagination gets all fired up. One more tip, and I don't mean to sound like one of those oversensitive internet douchebags; I would go for somewhat less revealing image for the episodes. Various (re)tweets for this podcast episode showed me tan, long haired Coop before I'd had a chance to watch the episode (I'm in the Netherlands), and that was a visual that I would've liked to have come at me out of the blue while watching. Just a thought. Still love you guys and everything you do! Can't wait to hear all of your your ponderings and interpretations these coming months.