I love telling this story, Those who've heard it, humor me, okay? lol

When FWWM was in theaters I was 12 and I remember being intrigued by this intense trailer for it on tv. I'd seen the movie poster, too, and was drawn to the flaming broken heart, zigzags and red curtains. I wanted to know why the blonde girl was smiling. It was September.

About one year later, I found The Secret Diary for $1, and made the connection when I saw FWWM at the video store that same day. I have to thank my dad for indulging my whims and buying me both because it was the beginning of an enduring love affair with everything David (and Jen) Lynch have done.

 Wow - so you saw FWWM before you'd seen the TV show? Weeeeird.

It was Dune for me, which I saw on video when I was about 8. Me and my friends used Dune as the basis for many a battle in the school playground - making the weirding module sounds as we charged about like little madmen...

Then a few years later some Canadian friends of my parents came to stay with us, and they sang the praises of a new TV show which had taken North America by storm: Twin Peaks. The way they spoke about it really surprised me - I'd never seen adults get so animated about a TV show before. So when it came to the UK, I made sure to tape the pilot as I watched it. I then proceeded to re-watch the pilot every day for a week, until Episode 1 aired, after which I repeated the whole process again. Never looked back.

 The thing is, I was a young child when I saw Dune - those shields, spaceships and blue eyes seemed pretty damn cool to my 8-year-old eyes.

And as for the every day for a week comment - it's completely true! Not only the pilot, but every episode thereafter: I recorded it, then re-watched it every day for the next week, until the new episode. By the second season, I insisted that my family ate donuts and drank coffee while we watched each new episode.

I guess on reflection I was quite an odd kid...

 THat much TP can't be good for you lol

But yeah, I suppose Dune would be quite a fun film as a kid

"There is no need for medicine. I am not in pain."

I saw The Elephant Man back in high school and thought it was a fantastic film but didn't know much about DL until Blue Velvet. I've been hooked ever since.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

I saw Blue Velvet first, thought it was ok. Then, I watched Wild at Heart, which I thought was terrible.

It wasn't until Lost Highway that I became a fan. I then went back and enjoyed TP and Eraserhead, and saw everything he did (minus straight story) after that.  

Read about Peaks on the Internet (http://www.triplo.com/ev/reversal/) in 8th grade. Asked my mom about it, then we took a trip to the video store. April 28, 2001- I watched the European pilot and episode 2 (was a little confused, there). Worked my way through the rest of the series, was shocked at the ending. Went through it at least one more time. Joined this fine board soon after.

FWWM was my real springboard into Lynch, unrestricted by TV. Rather awkward viewing with my mother. We vow never to watch Lynch together again. Dad had Blue Velvet on VHS. I was a bit nervous about the supposed intensity of BV's scenes, but I was hooked right away. Mulholland Drive worked its magic as well. Came to find out that Dad also owned Lost Highway, but it was hidden away in a box in his closet. Well, git that thing over here!

Have since grabbed a hold of nearly everything else, stopping short of a DL.com membership, even back when there was new content. Most recently watched Inland Empire, further shaking my once firm fandom. Still post on this ol' thing.

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Watched the first 20 minutes or so of Twin Peaks Episode 3 after a Wall Street Journal front page article on "the unlikely new series."  I had just finished school and for the first time since high school I didn't have to work part time at night, so I was looking forward to watching a whole miniseries on TV.  This Twin Peaks stuff looked perfect, but I knew I was missing something by missing the pilot and the first two episodes.  I vowed then to start watching from the pilot when reruns started in the late spring.

After Season 1, I began to search out all things Lynch.  Watching the series gave me an appreciation for his films, but nothing quite matched the feeling I had for Twin Peaks.

It would have been 1992, and I had only partially woken up to film yet -- I'd read a bit, and underanalyzed some Hitchcock.  My roommate was so enthusiastic about getting me to go and see FWWM that I went with her, and after that things were permanently different.

She worked at the one video store where all the film maniacs went, so finding someone with all the episodes on VHS wasn't hard.

Between then and Lost Highway, which was the first Lynch I got to anticipate, I caught up on as much of the rest as I could get.  And I had actually seen The Elephant Man already, years before I had any idea what a David Lynch was.