Template:Did you know nominations/Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

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... that 33 years after The New York Times called David Lynch's film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me "brain-dead" and seemingly "the worst movie ever made", it conceded that the film was now "revered"?

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Source: New York Times critics Janet Maslin and Vincent Canby severely panned the film, with Maslin writing that "Mr. Lynch's taste for brain-dead grotesque has lost its novelty". [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/05/18/movies/critic-s-notebook-lament-at-cannes-rarities-are-rare.html] Canby quote box: "It's not the worst movie ever made; it just seems to be." [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/29/movies/review-film-one-long-last-gasp-for-laura-palmer.html] Following Lynch's death in 2025, Esther Zuckerman (The New York Times) called the film "revered." [https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/movies/david-lynch-films-streaming.html]}}
ALT1: ... that while directing Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, David Lynch gave himself a hernia by laughing too hard? Source: In addition, Lynch himself was dealing with a hernia "during the entire shoot"; he had injured himself while laughing too hard at something funny that Angelo Badalamenti did. ({{cite book |last1=Lynch |first1=David |author-link1=David Lynch |last2=Rodley |first2=Chris |title=Lynch on Lynch |year=1997 |publisher=Faber and Faber |isbn=0571178332 |title-link=Lynch on Lynch |page=184-85}})
ALT2: ... that David Lynch's film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me was such a box-office bomb that its sequel was cancelled and its deleted scenes were not released for another 22 years? Source: Lynch teased a sequel film that would follow up on Annie's message. However, the film's disappointing box-office performance meant that no such film was ever made. ({{Cite book |last=Hughes |first=David |title=The Complete Lynch |publisher=Virgin |year=2001 |isbn=9780753505984 |location=London |page=180}}) The deleted scenes were not released until 2014, when Lynch, MK2, and CBS Home Entertainment compiled them into a feature film called Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces to accompany the 2014 Blu-Ray version of Fire Walk with Me. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150910083046/http://nerdist.com/review-twin-peaks-the-missing-pieces/]
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Namelessposter (talk) 17:05, 20 April 2025 (UTC).

This film premiered on May 16, so that seems like an appropriate day to run the hook.

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|comments = {{re|User:Namelessposter}} Recently promoted to GA, no grammar or spelling problems, and all of the hooks are interesting. I suggest that ALT1 be used. No QPQ is required as you have had less than five nominations.

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Many thanks for the review, {{ping|Jon698}}. I'll defer to the DYK team on which hook to use, but I like the original better since it alludes to a grander story. I do want to learn the tricks of the trade, so I'd love to hear your take on why ALT1 is better - is there a shortage of funny hooks for the anchor position? Or is the original hook too wordy? Namelessposter (talk) 01:08, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
{{ping|Jon698}} - ClueBot archived this topic on the FWWM talk page for some reason. Just wanted to let you know in case it changes the formatting elsewhere or breaks the page at WP:DYK. Namelessposter (talk) 14:08, 28 April 2025 (UTC)