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(@silentbobni)
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 Finally have done my first rewatch and was wondering if Sarah/Judy/whatever smashing the photograph of Laura is what caused the normal timeline to go askew. 

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 6:18 pm
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Posted by: Sammy Weir

 Finally have done my first rewatch and was wondering if Sarah/Judy/whatever smashing the photograph of Laura is what caused the normal timeline to go askew. 

I thought that was more Sarah/Judy/whatever's reaction to Cooper saving Laura which caused the timeline to go askew.  That scene was INTENSE whatever it represented.  

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 7:29 pm
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Definitely intense.  And the strongest photo paper I've ever seen.  They should make stab-proof clothing out of that stuff.

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 7:31 pm
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I kind of thought that the mischievous jumping man creeping down the staircase after Mike and Coop went up was what caused things to go askew.

The durability of the photograph is interesting, I wonder if we were supposed to pick up from that scene that she could not be erased so easily.

Also, maybe Laura and Coop were supposed to arrive at that house like Coop intended.  But if they did, Sarah would have had them for a midnight snack and thus being in an alternate dimension actually saved Coop from a gruesome fate?

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 8:19 pm
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Posted by: Rob John Goodin

I kind of thought that the mischievous jumping man creeping down the staircase after Mike and Coop went up was what caused things to go askew.

The durability of the photograph is interesting, I wonder if we were supposed to pick up from that scene that she could not be erased so easily.

Also, maybe Laura and Coop were supposed to arrive at that house like Coop intended.  But if they did, Sarah would have had them for a midnight snack and thus being in an alternate dimension actually saved Coop from a gruesome fate?

Ooooh, I never thought about there being meaning behind the inability to actually puncture the picture. Good call.

And yes, I think it was best that Sarah "wasn't home."  Would have been all kind of bad.

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 8:25 pm
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In typical fashion in regards to Lynch's work I always look into the meaning of every scene. It just seemed to mean more than an almost childish strop or tantrum. 

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 8:43 pm
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I really wanted to think that Sarah Palmer was still inside Sarah, but that reaction (breaking the picture) was very Judy.  That's something that I, as a mother, could never do to my daughter's picture.  It's' possible that Judy took over at that time because her anger was so intense.  I'd like to believe that if Cooper and Laura came to the door, that Sarah Palmer (the mother) would win out over Judy in that moment.  But Judy was apparently pretty ticked off.    

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 9:00 pm
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who said her husband isn't Sarah.. She is Tremond.. Sarah in living room doing her stuff 🙂

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 9:49 pm
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Posted by: Sammy Weir

In typical fashion in regards to Lynch's work I always look into the meaning of every scene. It just seemed to mean more than an almost childish strop or tantrum. 

So WHAT did it seem like to you?

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 9:52 pm
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It seemed that it was whatever was in Sarah was attempting to destroy the picture for a reason, like maybe it held more significance than it being just a photograph. Again could just be me wanting more from a scene than there is. 

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 9:55 pm
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Posted by: Sammy Weir

It seemed that it was whatever was in Sarah was attempting to destroy the picture for a reason, like maybe it held more significance than it being just a photograph. Again could just be me wanting more from a scene than there is. 

A lot of us here have that tendency, methinks.  It's an addiction.

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 9:57 pm
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Posted by: Sammy Weir

It seemed that it was whatever was in Sarah was attempting to destroy the picture for a reason, like maybe it held more significance than it being just a photograph. Again could just be me wanting more from a scene than there is. 

A lot of us here have that tendency, methinks.  It's an addiction.

Well, it was the original pic/opening and the photo many of us have to come to identify with Laura Palmer. In fact, is it the only photo of her that we have or know of?

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 10:01 pm
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It's also the image in the golden orb that the fireman creates in episode 8

 
Posted : 05/09/2017 10:18 pm
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Maybe this has been mentioned elsewhere but I haven't seen it:   the moaning that is heard over this scene is initially very distorted and non- human sounding but gradually ends up sounding like Sarah.

 
Posted : 06/09/2017 9:33 am
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