Twin Peaks Overview #3: We Live Inside a Dream

[@bobbylee7917]

This is the best Twin Peaks vid analysis on youtube on this subject of dreams. I get frustrated how people just moved on from this show because they believe that its all just a dream in Laura Palmers head.

[@Sab_MJsMama]

I think people moved on from the show not because of that reason, come on. They moved on because, despite having the knowledge that Lynch doesn't like to wrapped any of his narratives up into pretty, neat, pink immaculate bows, they expected him to do exactly this....and were disappointed that he didn't meet this expectation.

[@sofakinghigh]

Ya.i believe the show is purposely built to have multiple possible endings depending on your pursuit. There is enough within the story to support dozens of theories. Thats why it's so magic

[@kevinr.3542]

I've watched the Return four times all the way through and refuse to move on. some famous director just came out and said it's the best *film" ever created and there are times when I agree. Everytime I watch it, a new layer unfolds to me and new facts jump out. The story just grows and grows, with more links to the movie and original series springing up everywhere. All the unanswered questions won't leave my brain and I keep hoping the answers are hidden somewhere in there. And someone like Corn Pone Flicks will present a unifying theory that ties them all together. God I hope more people wake up and realize how good this was. They need to let David Lynch do more seasons. Once everyone gets around to seeing it, it will be regarded as a high water mark of the 'television series' if you even want to call it that.

[@Fintanflaherty]

@@sofakinghigh can you please elaborate on one of these dozen theories that makes sense

[@Fintanflaherty]

@@kevinr.3542 he doesn't want to do another. He shot his load

[@meepk633]

David Bowie's "we live insiadde a dreayumm" lives rent free in my head.

[@saravigario2464]

I've been dreaming about this video since forever. i mean jesus, i don't have friends whom I can talk about this so i defer to youtube for a very one sided conversation. but every time i vehemently disagree with every video i've seen about the topic, except yours' recommending this when the opportunity arrives

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

That's partly why I do this...none of my friends have seen the new series, and only a few have seen the original. I expect my wife is pretty sick of hearing about the show at this point, as she's just seen it the one time, so these videos are a way of getting my ideas out of my head.

[@shirleymcdonald2777]

Sara Vigário agreed

[@shirleymcdonald2777]

SANTIAGO GARZA let’s become friends then so we can talk endlessly

[@shirleymcdonald2777]

Let’s rock

[@andrewgentilli]

You two will now make love... thanks to this series. That was David Lynch’s intention all along - you two are the ‘twin peaks’ 😉

[@AlyssaRueckert]

Your intros/outros are always fantastic, but when Sycamore Trees kicked in I swear to god I actually got chills

[@timwells4901]

Really enjoying your videos. Its great that nearly two years on , someone is keeping the discussion alive , with very thought provoking content. Personally, I think the whole experience was designed to present several possibilities , but no definite answers . This is the brilliance of it , and why it frustrates so many, and why its one of my favorite things in the world.

[@Thanasis_Tsakirakis]

Man, I think it's like the 3rd time I'm watching this and when you deliver the "who isn't" line while the music kicks in I always get some serious goosebumps. Such a wonderful mini series you've created it for all of us lovers of the magical world of Twin Peaks. Artistically sound, aesthetically pleasing, humorous and masterfully delivered.

[@thiagoideas]

Always end up speechless after watching your analyses

[@draper1729]

Thank you for the incredible work. I hope tou will achieve your own dreams

[@pedroribeiro7922]

I don't subscribe to the theory of "It was just a dream" either, rather I believe that the 'dreaming' that is referenced throughout the show is like you said, what we want our world to be. I believe that towards the end of the show, Cooper has reached a stage of enlightenment - for lack of a better word - that he essentially, through his interactions with the lodges, 'dreams' r.e. changes the world of Twin Peaks into one in which Laura Palmer did not die. This, I think, is why we see the weird time/space anomalies in town because as the show progresses and gets ever closer to "the number of completion", reality is changing bit by bit to match what Cooper ends up doing by saving Laura Palmer. I also think that what ends up happening the moment Cooper saves Laura is that Judy, whisks Laura away into her world, a world of Judy's dreaming. If we look at both Major Garland's note and Hawk's map, we see two mountains, exactly alike, but on top of one is the dark symbol that we can safely assume represents Judy. That second mountain with Judy's symbol on top represents, I think, a Twin World of Judy's 'dreaming'. Once in this 'Twin World', we see that Laura was working at a place called "Judy's" and we also see a white horse on the mantle of Laura\Carrie's house indicating that this reality is of Judy's making. At the end of the show, when Laura remembers who she is, it destroys Judy's 'Twin World'. Whether this destroys Judy completely or simply her 'dream' is up to the imagination and whatever David Lynch and Mark Frost end up making out of it if they ever make a 4th season.

[@confuseddescendantofrebelc3005]

would you say there is a connection between the Fireman saying "you are faraway" and Hawk's story about the dream soul travelling to "faraway places...the land of the dead"

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Very much so. In fact, I now regret not putting that in there, as I meant to. It could also be him saying that Cooper is far away from his goal, a sort of "you're getting colder" indication.

[@shirleymcdonald2777]

Confused descendant of rebel cells I like that 💡 idea

[@pilouuuu]

This is the most brilliant and well explained video about Twin Peaks. It makes the series make perfect sense, which is quite a feat! Maybe David Lynch is really a genius. Undoubtedly he is a dreamer!

[@AnvilPro100]

My interpretation of that the big reunion scene in Part 17 where the big Cooper face says "We Live Inside a Dream" is that it's Cooper refusing to believe it could be reality. Like, a world where he saves Diane, defeats his doppelganger, BOB is destroyed by a punch, everyone is together and happy, after spending 25 years in the Black Lodge he just can't wrap his mind around finally finding such a perfect ending. So even though the day is almost totally saved, he still goes forward by trying to change time and save Laura Palmer. Part 18 where he loses Diane/Linda, loses his identity, maybe gets the world destroyed depending on what the final scene means, it's all because of Cooper's paranoia causing him to reject reality

[@PeteMossLives]

Great video in both thoughtful content and high production values. 👍

[@okiejewels4560]

Poor Cooper...has yet to achieve his dream, and continues to live in it...even when others have moved on. What year is it? Thank you for the amazing commentary and analysis!

[@ShinySephiroth1]

So happy to see another upload. Such a fantastic analysis. Thanks for brightening up my day!

[@professorbaltimore1406]

Cone Pone Flicks, you are EXCELLENT.

[@ibraibraibraibraibra]

I come back to these videos every so often as they’re just that good. I know this isn’t your main thing but you definitely have a gift for plugging into Lynch’s work and pulling out what makes them tick, or maybe just hum with the sound of bad electricity. Very nice work.

[@mattgilbert7347]

It's important to focus on the wording. It's not that we "are" or "in" a dream. We *live* inside a dream. In light of Lynch's ideas about creativity, it seems important. "Who isn't?" - Bravo. Best answer ever.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I think it's pretty obvious from the line "WE are like the dreamer." Not you, or him, or that person over there, but WE.

[@bretanwode]

Well done. This jives with my worldview on Twin Peaks. I like how you explore this, nail down some key suspicions, but acknowledge the complexities with good principles that include all the right evocative vagaries. You handle the particular and the universal very well. I will be showing this video to all my Peaky friends now! This video is a masterful achievement.

[@menteencoma]

I believe the sound loops 7 times in the white lodge scene. Not sure if that's important. I think the meeting between Cooper and the Fireman must be a sign of impending transcendence (for Cooper). Considering Frost's liking of Carl Jung, I believe the meeting might represent the encounter with the wise old man, which is one of the final steps of "individuation".

[@menteencoma]

of course, it's possible Cooper messed up close to achieving it

[@Cugelclever]

I really hope at least some of the viewers of your Twin Peaks vids appreciate the amount of work you put into them. The editing is stellar, not to mention all the other technical things. Excellent work and excellent content.

[@Satanail323]

Loving the channel - just finished all of Twin Peaks 3 seasons & movie in the past 2 weeks... Now off to watch Mulholland Drive before I finish this video. Outstanding work not only on your analysis, but also matching the production style of Twin Peaks. Cheers

[@VAST56]

Really glad to find this channel, love your twin peaks content :) I always thought that Cooper and the Fireman scene from the start was placed right after Cooper loses Laura Palmer in the past, with the Fireman then playing the sounds so that Cooper can relate it with the fact that they have Laura with them now, and then proceeds to explain the next plan for Cooper. But as always, for me the fact that everyone has their own ideas is one of the things that makes this show great.

[@plantagomajor]

Best Twin Peaks content on KZbin, hands down. I’m impressed.

[@DandyGuy]

"Who isn't?" Chills...

[@Sab_MJsMama]

This is the most concise, confident interpretation of Lynch's work Ive come across in a long time. Not that I'm in the habit of trolling for Lynch analyses but I must say, you're very good, in my limited and humble opinion...new sub! You're cheeky too, in a non-annoying way🙏🙏🙌🙌✌✌

[@gametheorymedia]

This whole series of yours is just SO great, all of it; keep up the exemplary work!

[@kimberleywien4231]

the KEY is, In 1989 Laura and Agent Cooper saw each other in a dream, and the "Cooper" she and Cooper himself saw in the dream was Cooper 25 years older, Laura wrote the dream in the diary before her death, addressing Agent Cooper as "an older man" and there's one page missing from her diary. The younger Cooper addresses his dream with Diane in the recorder, so Diane was his diary. In 2017 season, Diane was hidden and replaced with a tulpa. 25 years later: Episode17: Older Cooper found teen Laura (with the help from Philip Jeffries and MIKE) in Twin Peaks to bring her home and she disappears screaming in thin air and then Cooper suddenly in the waiting room meeting older Laura. Episode18 (Final): Older Cooper found older Laura (Carrie Page) in Texas (with the help from the Fireman) to bring her home and she screams and then everything stops. Laura' s missing page should written : "2 :53 ...Time and time and time again" WE LIVE INSIDE A DREAM -TWIN PEAKS THE RETURN. What Laura whispered to Cooper in 2017 season final was her MISSING PAGE, in where they would eventually meet each other outside the red room/waiting room, in some "alternate worlds". In disbelief Cooper then utters "WE LIVE INSIDE A DREAM". So who is JUDY (the extreme negative force)? Laura IS Judy. LAURA IS THE ONE. This is why 2017 Bad Coop was after her, because BOB who is still with him wanted Laura's body & soul, according to Laura's secret diary. Whoever is after her will vanish. She uses nickname "Ms Judy" after Judy Garland for some reasons. The Fireman (electricity?) was protecting Judy. Did the Fireman turned Laura into Judy? The WHITE HORSE means someone you have in mind the most will become something in a different & more powerful form - "the Gumm (Judy Garland's old name/self) you liked is going to be back, in style." So halellujah come on get happy!

[@shinomiya89]

this might be the reason why in the final episode, or the oen before, Sarah smashes all the pictures , then takes the big one of Laura's homecoming smashed it on the floor, and stabs it over and over again. Would also explains why she sees the white horse before maddy gets killed, and I also have a feeling that she knew that laura was egtting abused, but prefered to look away.

[@Em-ox4cj]

Love this channel, nice work! Best twin peaks theory videos on KZbin

[@meadows-of-sonder]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant videos.

[@TheBiolizardVII]

I love the style of your videos, cutting the actual things happening instead of just watching you commentate. Please keep making more cuz these videos are exactly what I want to see when I look up Twin Peaks theories!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I consider it important to things like this that you show your work, as it were. It makes the case much stronger AND it's far more visually-interesting than a guy sitting in a chair talking.

[@lisaheisey6168]

I absolutely love your Twin Peaks videos and look forward to lots more of them!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Well, there will probably be four more at the most.

[@juggernautomnimedia1038]

These videos are fantastic. You have a wonderfully unique analysis style.

[@TL_oS]

Fabulous!!! Another great video, really enjoyed this.

[@bocktopus8993]

I legit cannot get enough of these 😍

[@happyclam1266]

Of all your videos, this is my favorite. It's spot ON.

[@aosteklov]

your Twin Peaks analysis are so good and inspiring. thank you for making those videos :) also good luck with your path to become a filmmaker. i would love to see your films

[@shirleymcdonald2777]

Love your answers and questions

[@pbfgames8782]

Just discovered these. This is fantastic. Thank you so much.

[@neverknowingnothing]

i always got the impression that diane and her doppelganger were plotting together. the look they gave each other came off to me as "let's rock"

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

The scene kind of reminded me of the film Primer, one of the most baffling time-travel stories ever filmed. I was going to go into that a bit, but didn't want the video to drag on too much. It does focus on a man obsessed with returning to the same point repeatedly to engineer a certain moment, which inevitably results in his running into himself from previous iterations.

[@alanvonweltin6820]

Good reference there to Primer; that was worth a watch just to try and sort out what was happening

[@trnygbl23]

Thank you so much for these videos! They are so beautiful, so interesting! It's like I've traveled back to the world of Twin Peaks by watching them. What a great experience you've made us have!

[@BDTPBO]

I belly laughed when the camera cut to Annie and woke my wife up.

[@willberman1562]

finishing a trip with all your twin peaks vids, so cozy

[@williedixon7718]

Love your videos, top notch work. Please keep going. I had a comment that turned into another Twin Peaks rant, so I will just say this about my current TP state: Cooper's dream of escaping the lodge as Good Coop and Laura's dream of being saved by Cooper is a shared dreamspace/reality/whatever/S3. Black lodge beings have subverted Cooper's '2 birds with one stone plan' to get Cooper/time trapped in a loop to extract as much suffering as possible to feed on. Can Cooper ever escape the chair? I don't think so, his soul was annihilated. Running into himself in the waiting room and looping time-travel is causing brain-melt, and Cooper is well on his way to a Philip Jeffries-like existence. Unless there is a S4, and I don't expect one, Cooper is stuck in this loop of S3 in perpetuity, failing every time we watch it, his story never advancing. That is the horrified look on his face from the Laura whisper, he's trapped in his own hell. It feels like an ending. And also a perfect example of art with the mission of introspection and meditation for the viewer. I can't help but to always think: Deep down, all we want to know is what this means to Lynch, but we will never find out. Much like the whisper. Crap, I think I ranted again.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Not impossible, but the Black Lodge supposedly would annihilate your soul if you confronted it with imperfect courage, and I think Coop was pretty courageous-he was unwavering in his willingness to lay down his life for Annie. I doubt there will be a fourth season, either, but if there is, I want to know what happened to Chet Desmond. He's only mentioned once, to indicate that no one knows what happened to him.

[@williedixon7718]

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Coop was courageous in trying to save Annie, but straight up went into flight mode when he saw his double, or shadow self. Imperfect? Would love to see a mini-series or movie on what happened to Chet, perhaps in the Carrie-verse or around Audrey, if only as a way to continue those threads. Maybe ending up as the dead guy on Carrie's couch. Hell, I'd take anything at this point. Almost all other media feels barren and basic in comparison.

[@aamannadal7419]

I can't get enough of this!

[@Gogeremy101]

I absolutely love these videos! Your analysis of Twin Peaks is, in my opinion, the best on KZbin. The production value is fantastic, and the sense of humor is fresh. Love your coverage, thanks for the videos/making me wanna make videos someday too.

[@willmatson3103]

Fantastic production! And excellent analysis! Loving this video series -- thanks for sharing your talented insights.

[@TenBillionApologies]

Best damned youtuber on the interwebs. Somebody give this man some awards. Brilliant content. Bravo Sir!

[@rini6]

I have now watched all four of your Twin Peaks videos. I feel like I have a better understanding of the last season. Now I have to watch it again!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Actually, I've done five. The first one was last August and was a general overview.

[@rini6]

Corn Pone Flicks Cool! I get to watch another one. 😃

[@SlipperyPeteClassic]

Yeah, I'd say Coop being caught in a messed up Lynch-ian time loop is a lot better than the age old "it was all a dream" gag. Perhaps Laura is whispering into Cooper's ear about who killed her... as well as the fact that he's caught in a time loop but never remembers it every time it starts over again. I'll just guess that the time-loop is how Judy is keeping Cooper from stopping it. Oh and the white horse appears in the form of a small figurine on Carey Page's mantle, not that I could tell you what that means. Probably a coincidence - but after Laura tells Cooper that she'll see him again in 25 years she makes this gesture with her arms which is very similar to something Audrey does with her arms while dancing at the Roadhouse.

[@M0RN1NGD0V3]

such on-point graphics and wonderful analyses every time !

[@Bobban]

FANTASTIC! Thank you for simply existing. And also very nice editing

[@maggagie1]

Absolutely amazing videos, thanks for keeping Twin Peaks alive. You're extremely talented and I hope you achieve all that want to! 👍

[@AlanHay-ahhaweb]

The more I watch this video the more I go down the rabbit hole. Those last 2 episodes were like when you have sleep paralysis. Carrie's scream at the end wakes you up. And then you think jesus that was some wierd shit going on right there what happened? Then the more you think about it the more you want to know a different take on it. Ultimately I think that is where coop is. Trying to decipher and fix Laura time and time again in different dreams and different timelines. Wherever his impure soul takes him. Lynch is a genius.

[@ShinySephiroth1]

Time and time again...

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

After seeing the final episode for the first time, I just sat there unmoving for what felt like forever, as if all the gears in my brain had suddenly been choked with wads of chewing gum. Forget sleep paralysis; I was wide awake and just trying to unclog my thoughts enough to move.

[@billyh4068]

This overview is crucial to understanding the overall picture!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Thanks, though I think that's overstating things...I"m sure plenty of viewers figured it out all on their own, or for that matter, came to a different conclusion.

[@1chienandalou]

I watched the second half of this video for the second time just now. I don’t think there need to be definitive “answers“, but for this dream bit, I think your explanation is it. From a meditation perspective, which we know Lynch is coming from, no mystery about that, it makes so much sense. And furthermore, in a lot of his movies, certainly Lost Highway,, Mulholland Drive and inland empire, the alternate versions of the story/characters aren’t created by dreams as in sleep dream, but something a lot more general. So yeah who isn’t the dreamer? So it’s exciting, because we are part of twin peaks, the whole thing. Thanks for your content. Will watch your new video hopefully tomorrow.

[@christinetran551]

Great vid and analysis. Thank you!

[@halfsharkalligatorhalfman1769]

thank you matt murray for making this content. i enjoy

[@willberman1562]

your twin peaks vids are so good bc you give them the same uneasy vibes, in addition to the brilliant analysis.

[@Lootfesken]

Great job on the Twin Peaks vids, looking forward to the next one!

[@wonderwen]

you are so talented the way you put yourself in that scene at the beginning!! really amazing!!👏👏👏

[@1exeldave]

Hey man I love your vids..can you please do more twin peaks vids they are the best on you tube

[@alanvonweltin6820]

Very nicely done; appreciate the different take from most other vids on the return; great choice with the ending song too

[@Nurr0]

Your content is fantastic. Really eager to hear your thoughts on Judy.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Oh, she's going to get a whole episode.

[@PepeMV1971]

You are amazing. Fantástic!!! All your videos are greats

[@mrkz8864]

Love this essays, please continue. Can I suggest next an analysis of the show "The Leftovers"? even if it's not from the 90s?

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I've never seen that show, so I don't see it happening. I don't really do requests; I've got an ever-lengthening list of reviews I want to do queued up in my head already, as I think of them faster than I can crank them out. I'm not sure why you bring up the 90s, though...I have no special focus on that or any other specific time period. Heck, this series is mostly about the recent Twin Peaks, moreso than it's about the 90s series.

[@claudiu7555]

Holy shit do I love the production on these videos. Man, this is so cool. I love the "Cozy" atmosphere you are giving, as just a guy narrating his thoughts, because everything else about the video is so well made that it doesn't distract you (The sketches, the show insertion etc).

[@andrewgentilli]

For all his ‘weirdness’ Lynch tends to be interested in Reality, and how the mind creates delusions to escape it. The delusions are as bizarre as human imagination can dream, but they orbit that which is True. I suspect Lynch is dealing with the same notions in S3, while Mark Frost engages his obsessions with folklore. The two forming the ‘Twin Peaks’ between which the show dances like clouds and never quite settles. It’s interesting that Cooper seems more ‘integrated’ with his various selves in the final episode, perhaps a step closer to the ‘dreamer’ Cooper face superimposed on events in ep17. The ultimate dreamer, though, must surely be the ‘I’ that resides in all of us.

[@watertommyz]

Or Cooper never left the lodge, and he merely created a Cooper to escape in his place. Which could explain why he's watching everything unfold.

[@jeremymullins1294]

dude... phenomenal!

[@PapaPerfidy]

Another great edit and critique. Along with Journey Through Twin Peaks this is the best stuff I've seen about Lynch on KZbin.

[@emartin86]

I must say, you make a DAMN FINE Twin Peaks Analysis Video, Corn Pone Flicks! I've watched a lot of great Twin Peaks Analysis Videos, from different channels such as: Take The Ring, Obnoxious & Anonymous, Jay Dyer, Wow Lynch Wow & many others. But I just stumbled across your channel, a couple weeks ago, and you by far, have the best theories, and the best Production quality & Editing skills, I've ever seen, on any Twin Peaks Fan Videos. I dunno how you do it. You make it look like you've got a Million Dollar Budget, the way you place yourself in different Twin Peaks settings, such as the Black Lodge, White Lodge, The Dutchmen's, etc. Very impressive. Keep up these amazing Twin Peaks Videos. You've got yourself a new subscriber.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

No budget, just a cheap homemade green-screen. I've been editing for thirty years, over half of that professionally, so I've had plenty of practice. I'm still pissed that there's a goof in this that I missed before uploading; now I'm stuck with it. Hopefully no one will notice.

[@daviskelly277]

Love your videos!!

[@josephoxandale]

I had a nightmare two nights ago that ended with a reveal of what Laura whispered in Agent Cooper's ear during the credits on the last episode. She said "Don't watch" -as in, "Don't watch this show we are in." It's meaningless in the daylight hours, but it was pretty scary in the dream.

[@JD7812]

Grossly under subbed! As a longtime viewer and fan of TP and it’s lore and mysteries I must say I absolutely LOVE your analysis and the production you put into each and every video! You really take the time and effort to succinctly answer and explain the reason you’ve come to your conclusions. This makes it extremely intriguing and very insightful for us as fans being walked through your explanation of each topic. You’ve definitely earned my sub! Keep up the great work, it’s truly brilliant!!

[@jordancooperlalala]

I am pretty uptight and judgmental when it comes to Twin Peaks analysis videos, AND I ENJOYED YOURS A LOT!! Consider yourself complimented.

[@jesse_themyth]

Wow. Just found your channel and holy crap man great analysis and great production on the video. 👍

[@krl97a]

Yeah, that existentialist interpretation is pretty much exactly the conclusion I came to about the "dream" stuff when S3 came out. I even came across the "spider" quote while researching and after watching Inland Empire, but I don't remember seeing actual footage of Lynch saying it until your video. Thanks for doing such a good job.

[@AddictiveKaraoke]

Fantastic! Please, keep em comin.

[@karenweston2714]

Love this!!!

[@markearnestfromreno613]

Great video and detective work!

[@videonlyn]

Love your analysis keep it going. The Leftovers has potencial for future videos

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I've never seen that, so I wouldn't count on it, but I come up with ideas for videos faster than I can make them, so I don't see myself running dry anytime soon. I can absolutely guarantee that topically, they'll be all over the map.

[@closedmouth]

to me it seems like lynch has been subtly pushing the "laura is the dreamer" angle since FWWM in such a way that it doesn't preclude a surface-level interpretation (everything is reality with magical warring lodges) or a cooper-centric interpretation (he killed caroline and has been trying to make it right in his head). My mind was basically made up when i viewed the lodges and the entities therein as various levels of laura-consciousness (red room as angry trauma, purple sea as deep unconscious with both suppressed memories and benevolent loving entities) and cooper's meddling not with time, but with laura's memories. I think the time-travel is frost's idea and lynch subtly re-framed it for his own purposes (this sentence can be applied to much of season 3). The hardest part is accepting that coop is a figment of laura's mind

[@_gamma.]

Someone on Reddit recommended your channel, I’m really enjoying this series!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I hope you started from the first episode. Episode four is disproportionately popular for some reason.

[@JacobYaw]

Your greenscreen effects are flawless. Well done.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Oh, there's a pretty obnoxious flaw in this one that I didn't catch until after I posted it.

[@yourstrulyjohnnydollar8775]

There is no channel on KZbin that puts this much care into videos about Twin Peaks. Sometimes I even want to go in the comment sections of videos on channels like Obnoxious and Anonymous and try spreading the word. But those comment sections are so filled with weird drama...

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

That's kind of why I don't mind having a smaller audience. Mind you, I could do with one slightly bigger than this, but if everything I put up did as well as the Audrey video, I'd be quite satisfied.

[@CSM100MK2]

2019 was the year of CornPone. I wish you had the inspiration to upload as often as you did then, with so many great uploads

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I always thought it was 1995...in any case, it's everything to do with time, not inspiration. I'm at the tail end of post-production on a feature film, which has swallowed all me free time for the past two years. I've actually about a week away from uploading a new short which I did to take a break from my other post-production work, though it'll be unlike what you're used to from this channel.

[@HOWARDRIELL]

Hey, Matt -- great stuff. Thank you!

[@daulpaul]

I suppose yesterday was a good time to sub after all haha

[@amazingabby25]

Omgggg your videos are incredible

[@tennozeorymer]

Your videos are so damn well made.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Thanks...I'm in the process of starting an actual film, and these have been good practice for various techniques I plan to put to good use.

[@bordaz1]

By this point the analysis of Twin Peaks' third season is reaching a mature level. Bocko brought it there for the first two seasons. David Auerbach had the most coherent and believable analysis in the aftermath of the Showtime season 3 release. But you sir, are taking the discussion to another level. My mind is blown considering the idea the Cooper is trapped in a cycle

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

It's not that odd, considering Lost Highway had a very similar theme.

[@biancachristie]

Wow CPF Wow! This is *great*. How did I not know about your series until today? I just read about you on a Reddit thread (great review--the kicker was that they said you were, unusually for the Twin Peaks YT community, "not smug"), and I pretty much dropped my phone and opened up my laptop to check out your channel. I'm glad I chose the browser, because your videos look great--and I really love your commentary, too. I'm 100% with you when you suggest that Coop is likely doomed to a(n) (eternal) return in his imperfect quest to save Laura . . . because I don't see Cooper ever giving up, especially in a universe where time travel is possible.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I guess that explains the increased traffic lately. I wasn't sure what that was about. I can't claim to be part of any sort of online "community," which are usually a bunch of total strangers who have exactly one thing in common. I just made these mostly for my own benefit...it's a great way, it turns out, for organizing your OWN thoughts about something.

[@biancachristie]

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks I think I understand. Aside from the very large community of David Lynch and TP fans, I don't really participate or identify in/with online groups. They can be a useful source of information, but that's about it. I look for interesting TP commentary videos, because the good ones are the closest thing I can get to a good conversation about the show with someone knowledgeable (my friends who watch it don't enjoy theorizing). I check in on TP Reddit from time to time for the same reason--just to find out what's up--and I literally just saw a comment yesterday that mentioned your channel's name . .. . and thus down the rabbit hole for the evening. The fact that the recommendation said you weren't "smug" really got my attention; I have a serious problem with anyone who says that there's only one way to interpret *any* of Lynch's work, because I believe Lynch's own statements about the openness of his work to interpretation, and I also just feel temperamentally allergic to anyone telling me what I should think about art--and maybe just smugness in general. (I suspect that commenter had one particular You Tube creator in mind, but whatever) So you have the skills to create these, mostly for yourself, to create what is more or less a journal for your own thoughts? They're as good, or better, than anything else I"ve seen--they're not only well-written and thoughtful, but also fun to watch. I can tell from the other comments that you get asked this a lot, but I'm going to to it anyway. Are you ever going to do any more Twin Peaks stuff? (I also just found your Star Blazers video . . . thank you for that!)

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

@@biancachristie I don't expect to do any more Twin Peaks videos, unless there's more Twin Peaks to come. I've got lots of other interests, including making my own films, which also require lots of time.

[@biancachristie]

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks so I see from your channel. IT would be a treat if we ever did get more Twin Peaks, but I also feel like we got an embarrassment of riches with S3, and i think there's a good argument to be made that (1) Lynch gave us the cheat code, as it were, to his later work with Lost Highway, and (2) once he found that sort of Moebius strip of time (funny, I always used that word to describe LH too, but I imagine many people have) in his storytelling, he seems to have pretty much stuck with it. Putting something like that into practice with S3 was a herculean task, along with all the other goodies he gave us all along the way . . . . I don't know if he has more to tell us there or not--I'd love it if he did--but it's such a pleasure to revisit that I try to do it about once a year and give the commentary community a search while/after I do it, since there's always something I haven't found yet . . . Q.E.D. PS Loved the Electro Woman and Dyna Girl bits in your Sucker Punch video. I was low key obsessed enough in 1st grade to the point where my girlfriend and I made Elecrocoms in class for us to use at recess. It had been a minute since I'd seen those

[@biancachristie]

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks I can shoot you a link to the Reddit conversation if you haven't found it btw

[@daliborkovac2284]

Where the hell you have been hiding for the last two years 😀 Brilliant and stunning content that you have been delivering through these twin peaks videos! Most detailed, analytical analysis of whole TP (S1-3, FWWM, books). I thought almost e erything has already been said but I obviously made mistake! Keep up the good work!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Right here, where KZbin has been hiding me for ten years. I made my first Peaks video for the anniversary of the show's completed run and have been slowly releasing these ever since (amongst some other videos on other topics). There will be a few more before I move on to other topics...I have a long list of them cued up in my head.

[@cinemaocd1752]

People have pointed out that the RR2Go sign is missing from the RR when they return to TP in the last episode. With Cooper's final question: what year is this? My interpretation is that It's tipping us off that we are back in the past, before Laura's birth, before the Palmer's owned the house. Mrs. Tremond looks about mid to late fifties, which would synch up with her age in the original series. Also her long straight hair and ruffled blouse look like they could be from the late 1960s. Cooper and Diane's car looks old fashioned BEFORE he wakes up at the hotel as "Richard." Everything in Diane's apartment also has a retro feel so at first I thought, wow Diane is really leaning into the whole retro thing, but now I'm not sure. If everything in the old fashioned car was past, everything from the time Cooper wakes up as Richard is present then did they cross over again (possibly in the long quiet scene of them driving at night when the headlights came up on them and Carrie got very uncomfortable) and go back in time to a critical time in Sarah Palmer's life?

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I mentioned that in the last video, pointing out that it might also be the future, since Norma sells the rest of the franchise, and might end up restoring the restaurant to its original name, as she expressed reluctance to change it to include her name, like the other franchises. There does seem to be a lack of temporal signposts in that last part...no one has a cell phone that we see, for example.

[@cinemaocd1752]

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Sorry, yeah, I've watched too many TP meta videos. I couldn't remember which one had that about the RR2GO! I also really loved your Stranger Things meta video. I always thought the flickering lights in the lab building (One of the very first images in the first episode) was a little nod to David Lynch.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Possibly, though I'd probably credit that bit to Poltergeist, with its use of technology going batshit as a way of signifying the presence of the ghosts. It's obvious that that film had a huge influence on the plot of the first season.

[@cinemaocd1752]

Revisiting this as I recently re-watched Mullholland Drive. There are many meta videos on that movie, but yours is the best and it's not even fully about that. Would love to see a full video dedicated to Mullholland Drive some time. You know if you run out of content ideas or something.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

I feel like I pretty much summed up Mulholland Drive in this video, but as far as running out of ideas goes, I think of new video ideas way faster than I can make them, so I wouldn't be too concerned about that.

[@Brooklyn_Ann]

A big clue about Cooper's scene order, IMO, is when he is and ISN'T wearing his FBI pin. Another thing that's interesting to think about it how this theory of repeating cycles and other timelines parallels with Stephen King's Dark Tower series. I have no way of knowing if Lynch read those books, but they are almost the same age and grew up with blue collar backgrounds, Cold War hysteria, a fascination with how rock music and television changed the world and both Twin Peaks and The Dark Tower constantly reflect on how "the world has moved on."

[@balbanes1]

This was really dope Matt, well done. For me a dream is an infinite question, something David Lynch opened up in me with his films and hopefully someday ill get to thank him for that.

[@12ealDealOfficial]

Corn Pone back??? YEAH BUDDY! Between you and the future, massive, TP video Twin Perfect is uploading later this year, consider my needs met. Thanks for entertaining us! Highly enjoyed hearing you extrapolate in this one. Small question: what's the music around 7:39?

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

That's from the Mulholland Drive soundtrack, during the dinner at Adam's house.

[@Travisious]

Man, this is fantastic. Keep this up, and the audience will absolutely build!

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Given what I know about KZbin, it's not likely, and it will just leave again when I inevitably stop doing Twin Peaks videos. It's sort of irrelevent. This is just a hobby.

[@Travisious]

@@Corn_Pone_Flicks Well I, and many others absolutely appreciate the thought and care you put into these analyses, especially for a hobby. I guess it's not about the views, but I do wish quality content like yours wasn't buried beneath mounds of shit.

[@Corn_Pone_Flicks]

Isn't that the history of the human race, though? Turn on the radio, or whatever people turn on these days, to hear the mounds of shit passing for music. There's good stuff being made, but you won't hear it amongst the popular selections. I feel like chasing popularity is a kid's game. Who needs that pressure? I'd rather have fun.

[@ChienandKun]

I always forget about the Cowboy. Appearing with that electric sizzle. Interesting how he has material control, through actually giving orders, but also appears aetherially, like in the 'wake up' scene. The Man behind Winkies also is shown in an 'over arching' controlling sense, when holding the box. Who are these ever present, fourth wall breaking agents?