SDCC 2017: 10 Things We Learned From The Twin Peaks Panel
It was a damn good panel indeed.
If you didn’t know about the Twin Peaks panel at San Diego Comic-Con last week then Hello-oh-ohh! Where have you been?
For the first time ever, Showtime poured out their own special blend of damn fine coffee (presumably brewed in something other than fish-ridden percolators) to sit down for a panel presentation in the legendary Hall H at SDCC 2017.
A number of Twin Peaks cast members from both the original series and The Return appeared on the panel, including Kyle MacLachlan, Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Dana Ashbrook, Kimmy Robertson, Matthew Lillard, Everett McGill, James Marshall, and Don Murray, with Lost co-creator and showrunner Damon Lindelof moderating the hour-long discussion.
Throughout the session, the cast reminisced about their personal experiences working with the show’s enigmatic director David Lynch, how they found out about the revival, and their knowledge of the series prior to production.
However, due to the nature of the yrev, very mysterious show, we can't quite promise that this post will contain as many secrets as Laura Palmer’s diary - but you're going to want to click through to see all of the highlights from the exclusive event regardless.
10. Lost Would Never Have Existed Without Twin Peaks
Twin Peaks arguably changed television forever, paving the way for cinematically stylised dramas with complex themes and moral dilemmas, seemingly tailor-made for deep analysis from audiences – both online and offline, typically around the water cooler.
One such show is Lost, which debuted fourteen years after the original Twin Peaks premiere and instantly became a worldwide sensation, with the character-driven narrative often raising many more questions than it ever took the trouble to answer.
Years later, however, Damon Lindelof, co-creator and showrunner of the psycho-spiritual series, cited David Lynch and Mark Frost’s slow-motion murder mystery as the inspiration behind a new generation of storytelling, which is present in shows like The Sopranos, Stranger Things and Fargo.
Taking to the stage at San Diego Comic-Con, Lindelof shared the ways in which the original series of Twin Peaks touched his life, personally and professionally, explaining:
“The world was scary and confusing and I felt like it didn’t understand me… [But then, after the drama created by David Lynch and Mark Frost arrived] suddenly I was no longer alone – I was in Twin Peaks… My life changed forever; I owe my entire career to this show, and I can think of no better place to say that than Hall H at Comic Con, in a room full of weirdos like me.”