I'm 32 now. When the TV show was first broadcast in the UK, I was about 12 or 13 I guess, and I used to watch it. I used to plug headphones into the little television I had in my bedroom, and watch it every tuesday night.

 Anyone think that 12/13 is a weird age to be into a show like "Twin Peaks"? Cause I wonder sometimes. Had quite a profound effect on me too. I live in an area where there is a lot of forest around me, and if I look at those trees, in the dark it makes me think of the show.

 Am I weird?

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Oh, I see I've got the answer to my question from the other topic.

My opinion is that watching Twin Peaks is a strong emotional experience and I think a good time to watch comes when one develops some kind of independence of their mind and becomes at least a little bit mature. Another important thing is: how well prepared a young person is for watching "serious" films? I mean, for someone who hardly watches more than children productions, it's less advisable than for someone who has seen a good deal of classic movies.

Altoghether, 15-16 years old seems quite alright for me, 11-12 - too early. Of course I know there are people who watched it at that age and they are alive and fine ;-) If it happens this way, one copes with it somehow, as well as we can.

But I was thinking in terms of when to show it to my children.

I show them films. Why, just three hours ago we finished Beetlejuice! ;-) Earlier this year we watched some classic criminals, Maltese Falcon, Poirot, Roger Rabbit. I was sooo tempted to show them at least the Pilot of Twin Peaks, to show them how different a crime ctory can be and to share my enthusiasm (they know Laura Palmer from my T-shirt anyway he he).

But then I thought - hey, what's the rush for? They are young, they have time and if we wait a few years, better appreciation will be a gratification for patience. It's like, I could show them Platoon now I guess... but do I really want to push the string, do I really have to show them all the masterpieces when they are really very young? So we'd better watch Kelly's Heroes and Roger Rabbit, and leave Platoon and Twin Peaks for future years.

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Even if it is a detective story, Cooper is very much a boy detective. He has all this responsibility but looks at the world with the wonder of a kid. He's like a Hardy Boy, which I would bet money David Lynch liked growing up in the North.

Ok, so the subject matter of TP is very Flowers in the Attic, smutty and riddled with taboo, but VC Andrews' audience is primarily young girls.

Crime and comedy appeal to everyone. Young people, though, (and the young at heart) still want an adventure of imagination.

It makes sense that alot of people who are getting into Twin Peaks now get alot more out of the lodges and the obvious parts (quirky Coop and the Laura mystery), but when i first saw it as a very young kid, i was obsessed with the Donna/James/Maddy plotlines and really, really wanted to solve the clues with them. But i also knew i wanted to be like Cooper when i grew up. Haha.

I remember hating Ben and Bobby with a passion too, but know they're my favourite and most likeable characters.

I was also a teenager. I remeber being fascinated by Laura and scared to death by Bob.

It didn't scar me for life in any way. It was such a different and exciting show. Still is!

A friend of mine didn't dare to look in the mirrors in his car in the dark. he was afraid to see Bob. So he was scared in many years after the show first aired in Norway.

I was a freshman in high school when TP first aired, but I was well versed in the world of Lynch, having previously viewed The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, and Dune. Twin Peaks had a more profound effect of me than the above stated films though because it felt as though it were created for a new generation of David Lynch fans, to which I belonged.

That supposition has proven with time to be true....

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