TravisR said:
I don't want to talk you out of a purchase but if others are reporting sync issues with episodes, it could be that I'm not as good at catching it as other folks or maybe the issue varies by player?Mark Walker said:
The lip sync issues I saw in episode 4 were most likely ADR or looping in the original print that a magnified HD image exposes more than our old CRT sets. I haven't noticed any others since that episode, so far. You can be pretty sure this set was meticulously scrutinized by Lynch or his cohorts because he's a perfectionist, so this is definitely the best we'll get (and those minor issues unfixable), and it's well worth it. This is a set done with loving care, for sure.Mark Walker said:
The scenes with Cooper, the world's most decrepit room service waiter and the Giant are my favorite scenes in the episode because they went on forever (even the simple act of hanging up the phone takes too long) and it just becomes funny. Frost and Lynch had the guts to let Lynch do his thing and take forever with an episode that they knew would have a huge audience that was probably expecting the reveal of the killer by the end of the episode.Hollywoodaholic said:
Agreed. I found the pacing of the episode to be a little slow upon rewatching this time, but those moments were as enjoyable as they were the first time I saw the series.TravisR said:
Oh, thanks to American Horror Story and Fargo, I could also see it on FX. But look how long it took for even cable to catch up with what this show did in it's first season. On network, no less.TravisR said:
I think Josh is correct they were trying to fill a two-hour episode. As a writer, I just felt every scene was drawn out to twice it's usual length, not because it was Lynch being Lynch, but because they just took an hour episode of events and stretched it out. The network brass must have been clawing their eyes out, happy they probably had big numbers for the premiere, but freaking out that the opportunity may have been squandered and it turned more people off than on with the deliberately dragged out pacing. That may have been the point where they lost patience and said, 'wrap up the Laura Palmer storyline.' Lynch was probably already over his television experience by now anyway. You kind of get that from him just pushing that waiter scene to almost 14 minutes.TravisR said:
I'm sure. I imagine that the S2 premiere had the biggest ratings of the series (even more than the reveal or conclusion of the Who Killed Laura Palmer story) and probably literally millions of people looked at that episode- maybe even just the first act- and said "Fuck this" and never watched the show again. Personally, I'm more in line with Lynch's thinking that the resolution is never as interesting as the mystery and that you should keep the mystery going as long as possible. Although he's out of his mind for not wanting to ever reveal the killer.Hollywoodaholic said:
Interesting. Thanks for the research. So by the time they got to the S2 premiere it was almost half what the original pilot pulled, and then they lost another 25% after that (no wonder). So curiosity factor was the biggest driver for the show. But those of us who were there the first time around all the way through also have a big nostalgic factor along with the quality. Almost because of the pace, it was the perfect show to watch with a group of friends (or at bars in L.A. as I mentioned). You could watch this entire show without the dialogue and still get everything you needed from the visuals.TravisR said:
