"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

Oh jesus, I really hope there's no festival in 50 years. LOL

I think as with anything else, Twin Peaks will eventually slide to the wayside. I mean, you still have legions of people who adore I Love Lucy, Bonanza, and M*A*S*H and will collect things relating to those shows and attend gatherings based on them. But over time as younger generations come up behind us and have new decades of material on which to obsess, you'll see the heavier interest in these older shows, Twin Peaks included, trickling away. That's not to say that younger generations won't gain interest in these shows, but my guess is it won't be anywhere near the same level older generations have had. And a hundred years from now? TP will probably be nothing more than something collecting dust on someone's bookshelf. I'm OK with that.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

I think it will still be in play in fifty or even a hundred years, if general conditions permit it.  It is unique enough to draw in a small but dedicated cadre of freaks over the course of time.  But then again when I saw the trailer for Ace Ventura Pet Detective I thought 'what a total piece of crap, this thing is going to flop like a bad quarterback' after which I was supposed to stop trying to predict the whims of American popular culture.

That brings a question to my mind; is there anyone on here that was born after the series went off the air?

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

lol   

"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

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Sorry, I saw the pilot when it aired.  But since my name was invoked...

TP fandom just had a resurgence because of the Gold Box, as it did when it was syndicated on Bravo. When the Gold Box goes out of print, I imagine fandom will slowly die out (as it had been, if Festival attendance numbers were any indication.)   

"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

"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

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

If cherry bomb is still alive in 50 years, please kill me. Please.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

"It's not so bad as long as you can keep the fear from your mind." - D. Cooper

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer." - P. Atreides

"Whoever can see through all fear will always be safe" - L. tzu

Right now, a "newbie" can learn that the show exists and he can buy the Gold Box, register here, etc. inmediately. As technology progresses those people new to TP and Lynch have easier ways to watch it, the quality increases... So there will always be new fans, not necessarily the kind that dress like Lil or that debate endlessly if Coop killed Annie (I miss good ol' BOB1), but that love the show. Period.

Nooo kidding. Can we lose the giant infant, please? Correct. I was too young to *get* the pilot, but I remember being interested in the dead body. I wondered if all dead bodies were blue.

     
“Half a truth is often a great lie.”

Ben Franklin

Her and PF are just about tied as the youngest fans I know at the moment. I can't recall PF's actual age, but Rach was 2 1/2 when the series premiered.

~ Amanda

"Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave..."

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This is awesome AManda.  I love the fact that you said this.....yes, I hope shows like Twin Peaks will be viewed as literature for the screen, and are seen the same way we see plays.  It will no doubt be observed in film schools, as much older movies are so cherished. 

Will the fan base be the same?

....no...but as far as the future of the fan base....

I personally hope the fest makes it to the 25th year.  I hope that because something was hinted to happen in the 25 year mark during the show itself...and haveing the fest last that long would be a milestone of achievement.  I bet even Lynch himself would take notice.

  AFter that....I am not sure...unless Lynch and Frost decide to actually show us more....who knows? 

I was born in '86 so was 5 when the pilot aired.

To be honest, I got into Twin Peaks in a kind of non conventional way..

My favourite band Deftones used to play Laura Palmers Theme before they came onstage during a tour and I was curious as to where the piece of music came from. Found out it was Twin Peaks, then remembered my mum playing the main theme on tape quite a bit during my childhood. I asked my parents about TP and my dad goes 'I liked it because of the music.. then it got too weird so I stopped watching it.' Haha, that's my dad for you.

Anyway, skip a year and I went to uni where I took full advantage of their dvd library, I took out Season 1 and got hooked.

Let's hope they keep those dvds in that uni library and the word will keep on spreading...!

Oh and here's a link of Deftones coming on to Laura Palmer's theme...

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2agUfTc4MuI