![]() ![]() ![]() After all, with Laura's death so mysterious, it naturally keeps the viewer more entertained to have to 'fill in the gaps' along the way as they wonder more and more about what kind of person Laura was and what could have possibly led to her death. When all of this is blatantly shown, then it makes all of the details and dialogue (from the show) about Laura and her life seemingly worthless. Additionally, I feel like that is part of what made the show work so well: right off the bat, from the pilot episode, Laura is dead and the audience is left to craft images of Laura and her lifestyle in Twin Peaks. For 30 episodes of Twin Peaks, through all of the dialogue, plots, character developments, and so forth, the viewer already knows what they need to know about Laura Palmer - and, for that which isn't ever explicitly stated about Laura in the show, viewers themselves are able to pick out details here and there of what Laura's typical day/order of events would consist of. While this might sound interesting at first, the more I watched, the more I realized that I was essentially seeing something that had no need of being shown. As a viewer, one is able to see the last 'x' number of Laura Palmer's days before her death. Now, the second part of my thoughts: that which made the Theresa Banks segment of FWWM so intriguing and 'successful' was poorly adapted into the rest of the film, 95% of which takes place in the town of Twin Peaks. ![]() Thusly, I felt the first 30 - 40 minutes of FWWM to be genuinely worthy of watching, in terms of adding content to the existing story and plot lines. maybe 'context'?) that was originally so far removed from viewers, who never saw the victim, where she lived, the agents who investigated, the blue flower segment, etc. The key item I want to address with this first point: the Theresa Banks story - while mentioned and discussed somewhat in Twin Peaks proper - exposed quite a great deal of 'lore' (for lack of a better word. Putting the case itself into a surrounding film was great, and like I said, I really enjoyed seeing the different FBI agents and their attempt at understanding what's happening. While the Banks case was mentioned at varying lengths throughout Twin Peaks (the show), there is only so much that the viewer could understand and take away from the incident. Anyways, to begin:įirst of all, I really enjoyed the first 30 - 40 minutes of FWWM when the focus was on the Theresa Banks case. So, to avoid that mess, I won't classify it as one or the other. I've heard many people argue as to whether or not the film is a prequel, a sequel, or some sort of amalgamation of both. While I really enjoyed the show itself (minus one or two of the subplots, cough James cough), I found Fire Walk With Me to be rather disappointing and wanted to share my thoughts. I recently finished watching through all of Twin Peaks + Fire Walk With Me. ![]()
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