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at 19:57 on 18-04-2012, Arthur B
Most people put the break point on TP somewhere in the second season. Not sure where I'd put it (it's been a while since I've seen it) but
I would skip to the last episode personally. The important bits to give you the context for those are:
That's honestly all you need to know.
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when someone seriously proposes that BOB is "the evil that men do" it's a pretty clear sign that the point of no return has been passed.
I would skip to the last episode personally. The important bits to give you the context for those are:
- Windom Earle, an FBI agent turned psychopath who - amongst other things - killed his wife after she had a dalliance with Dale Cooper has come to Twin Peaks and is out to break into the Black Lodge and destroy Cooper.
- Cooper has met a nice lady named Annie and they are in love, despite Cooper having visions of the Giant which strongly imply that his connection to Annie may spell trouble for both of them. As you go into the final episode, Annie has just been kidnapped by Earle.
- Audrey is all tangled up in some stupid bullshit to do with something stashed in the bank which you don't need to worry about.
- Cooper has met a nice lady named Annie and they are in love, despite Cooper having visions of the Giant which strongly imply that his connection to Annie may spell trouble for both of them. As you go into the final episode, Annie has just been kidnapped by Earle.
- Audrey is all tangled up in some stupid bullshit to do with something stashed in the bank which you don't need to worry about.
That's honestly all you need to know.
at 19:51 on 18-04-2012, Alasdair Czyrnyj
Okay, I'm about halfway through the second season of Twin Peaks and I'm thinking it's about time for me to stop watching. I've seen the revelation of Laura Palmer's killer (wait, should I spoiler this? The show's about as old as my sister now. Ehh, I suppose.) and
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Ray Wise was just amazing. I've heard people complain that he overdid it, but I think that was what the show needed. Oh, and he also managed to make "Mairzy Doats" the stuff of nightmares.
However, in the second season the show is starting to evolve from a central mystery with a bunch of allegorical side stories into a soap opera, and a lot of the soapier elements are, well, kinda dumb and boring, and everything I've heard says that the show really loses focus after this point. It's been suggested I should skip to the last two episodes after this, but I wanted to hear what anyone else here thought.
at 19:10 on 17-04-2012, Kyra-Wardog
Has the font changed again, I can't tell anymore! *sobs*
And, oooh...that sounds exciting :D
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And, oooh...that sounds exciting :D
at 17:58 on 17-04-2012, Adrienne
I've been vaguely considering doing a Stylish (userstyle) redesign of FB and submitting it to the Powers That Be for consideration, actually.
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at 16:55 on 17-04-2012, Andy G
Idea wasn't that everyone could customize their experience, but that people could check out the different looks you've been experimenting with. I've added it as an issue though!
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at 16:41 on 17-04-2012, Rami
Andy: letting everyone customize their experience is a lot of work, so I'm unlikely to get to it -- but could you raise an Issue about it anyway, so I've got it on my list of things to consider?
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at 15:42 on 17-04-2012, Andy G
Would it be possible to have different options available as different page styles so people could fiddle and see what they liked best?
Also, I think once all the changes have been made, they need to be tweaked slightly to be in proportion to one another.
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Also, I think once all the changes have been made, they need to be tweaked slightly to be in proportion to one another.
at 10:54 on 17-04-2012, Rami
I'm afraid you're stuck on the merry-go-round of seeing things as and when I have time to implement them -- but if this works then cool :-)
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at 10:50 on 17-04-2012, Arthur B
Hey, the font changed again! (This one looks awesome in Chrome.)
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at 07:00 on 17-04-2012, Adrienne
Oh god, Vox Day. That guy is just an ass. The thing about Stirling is that he's such a unique VARIETY of ass. I seriously want to make a drinking game.
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at 06:00 on 17-04-2012, Michal
If you're impressed by Stirling, James, I have a feeling you haven't encountered Theodore "Vox Day" Beale yet...
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at 05:29 on 17-04-2012, James D
Whoa, I read some of that Stirling guys's comments. Holy shit does he love the sound of his own voice, and that's coming from someone who has been known to enjoy the same from time to time. But this guy, he has a black fucking belt in pedantic blowhardianism, wow. The way he'd spam comment after comment, inserting historical commentary (with footnotes) all over the place, all with that stuffy, condescending tone of voice...it's actually kind of magnificent.
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at 01:48 on 17-04-2012, Michal
Eh, I tend to find Richard K. Morgan more annoying than Mr. Stirling, but he's been fairly quiet lately.
And oooh, Shockwave Rider. I quite liked that book, though it's kind of creepy how it reads like a regular old realist novel from today but is actually a science fiction novel from the 70s.
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And oooh, Shockwave Rider. I quite liked that book, though it's kind of creepy how it reads like a regular old realist novel from today but is actually a science fiction novel from the 70s.
at 01:02 on 17-04-2012, Arthur B
He is a stalwart defender of the Literature of Ideas and a primary inspiration for one of my current front page articles, I'll have you know!
But srsly we should probably stop poking at him since he can't come back and defend himself.
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But srsly we should probably stop poking at him since he can't come back and defend himself.
at 00:52 on 17-04-2012, Fin de siècle
ugh, i just had to go throw up from reading some of stirling's comments here. what a despicable man.
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