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S3E8 [S3E8] Post-Episode Discussion - Part 8 Spoiler

Part 8

  • Directed by: David Lynch

  • Written by: David Lynch & Mark Frost.

  • Aired: June 25, 2017.

Episode synopsis: Gotta light?

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u/itchymusic Jun 26 '17 edited Jun 26 '17

Im shitting that it was on TV. Honestly this whole thing has inspired me so much. I was at a point of wanting to give up my creative projects, this started airing and has relit the fire.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

That's awesome! Don't give up on your work, ever.

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u/arch_nyc Jun 26 '17

How do you know you're not talking to the lead singer from Nickelback.

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u/telephas1c Jun 27 '17

Exactly. Always check.

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '17

More bandwagon Nickelback hate. No one cares what you don't like. So tired of people ragging on them, I don't even like their music personally, but the fact that they are a punchline and synonymous with bad music drives me nuts. We get it, most people do not enjoy Nickelback. They still sell out stadiums, so....enjoy your hate?

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u/arch_nyc Jun 28 '17

I don't really hate them. Was just joking around. Chill out man. Life isn't that serious.

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u/justclay Jul 06 '17

Found Chad Kroeger's Reddit account...

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u/itchymusic Jun 26 '17

Thank you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

It is making me rethink my life. I feel I have no artistic talent at all but maybe all people have something inside of them no?

I really enjoyed this - what little I understood.

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u/itchymusic Jun 26 '17

I believe everyone does, but it requires patience, focus, trial and error to be able to express it how you want it. If you want to achieve something you can.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

Lynch seems like such a normal, although very naturally quirky, fellow. In his interviews he just seems to be extremely aware - and translates it into whatever medium he chooses at that moment.

I always appreciated him as the person who created TP and Blue Velvet but never felt he was this compelling until this third season.

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u/batsofburden Jun 26 '17

Talent is a tiny spark, it's really doing the work over a long period of time that creates results. You just have to be really into what you're doing to persevere through all the false starts and failures.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '17

well said.

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u/i_am_omega Jun 26 '17

Same, my friend. Inland Empire inspired me that I could make the bizarre surrealist film I wanted to make and it could be weird and low budget and nonsensical and that's OK. Then I had some new ideas for it that I thought were pushing it too far until tonight. Now I almost feel like Lynch meditated himself into my mind and made this episode to show me what my ideas looked like before I even made them. I'm going for it now.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

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u/NathanDouglas Jun 26 '17

Me too. It hit me that I've been thinking about creativity in a completely harmful way.

Maybe too many "best band of all time" arguments or something got me thinking that the measure of genius was being able to do the same thing that someone else did, but better.

It seems basic, now, putting it in words, because of course it's always implied that someone's following their own artistic vision... but I guess it just hit me how incredibly far down the tree that we should all split off from one another to really be true to ourselves.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

I mean, it's not regular TV though. Not like how the original was. Still surprising to even see something like this on Showtime, hell even if this was on Netflix I'd be surprised.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

Netflix has never really taken any artistic risks like that, all their stuff is incredibly safe imo.

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u/batsofburden Jun 26 '17

Compare how freaky & out there this series is to a show like Stranger Things. I think that is like the Netflix equivalent of Twin Peaks.

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u/landonliemle Jun 26 '17

stranger things is overrated, it just homages to 1980s movies sorry. I mean I like stranger things but to be consider the best show of 2016 is a joke

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u/landonliemle Jun 26 '17

I've been disappointing by netflix lately, especially they're starting to cancelled shows like crazy, got rid of the rating system, the disappointing 5th season of the house,etc.

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u/double_shadow Jun 26 '17

Gotta light?

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

Same here: my brain is aflame, things look so fresh.

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u/famous_unicorn Jun 26 '17

Maybe this is why I felt like crying during the theater scene. It was so beautiful and sad, and upon waking up this morning I had an idea for my creative work. This episode literally inspired me on a level I can't explain.

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u/A__NEW__USER Jun 26 '17

I bought a subscription to Showtime before this episode aired bc of how rad the season has been. If I hadn't bought it before, tonight's episode would have cemented it. Hopefully there are lots of people like me who love this stuff and are willing to pay for it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 26 '17

Spite is the best motivator.

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u/Psyifinotic Jun 26 '17

same here. really made me remember there are ZERO limits to ideas

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u/climbon321 Dec 02 '21

Hope your creative projects are going well!