Seattle seems so awesome, it's probably the #1 US city that I'd like to visit. Is it very far to go to the places where Twin Peaks was set? Because if not, you should totally take a day trip (your pictures in the woods reminded me of Twins Peaks, which is why I brought it up).
I think that some of the interiors started being shot in California (I think the high school was one of them, if I recall correctly, it was shot on-location in the pilot and then it switched to a studio in California) but not all of them and not the exteriors! I think that two separate towns were used for it and you can still see places like the Great Northern and the lake where Laura is found. :D You should definitely go next time and take pictures so I can live vicariously through you!
So I asked Anya and she says that she went a few years ago. The diner burnt down and was rebuilt and is full of Donald Duck shit, and basically I should remember how it is in the show and never go to the real place. She was quite adamant about this and is a massive Twin Peaks fan, so she's probably right.
Yeah, the dinner looks really bad on the inside now. I remember seeing a fansite where they had full reports on all the locations (down to that branch with the bird during the opening credits) with side-by-side comparisons with what they look now. I guess that it's not really as atmospheric as seeing it on TV (especially since Twin Peaks was stitched up from two different towns), so if you want to preserve that image your friend is probably right, though I still think it would be neat to see the filming locations and take a selfie by that waterfall.
Yes. I want to do the Japanese tourist thing and take a selfie wrapped in plastic. :)
In the meantime we're both addicted to Hemlock Grove. The high school scenes were shot at one of the schools I did a placement in, and most of it was shot in a small town not horribly far from here. So she should come visit me next.
Japanese tourists absolutely do that, or at least they used to. They also go to PEI and do Anne of Green Gables tours, which fills me with joy and a weird sense of patriotism.
Japanese tourists are the best, really.
Hemlock Grove is really good so far (I'm almost finished the first season). It suffers from Kill the Gays Syndrome (the first episode, even!) and a questionable relationship with Romani culture, but it's awesomely atmospheric and gets massive points from me for making the protagonist Romani.
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Date: 2014-08-13 03:25 am (UTC)I think it might be this site: http://www.intwinpeaks.com/
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Date: 2014-08-13 03:31 am (UTC)In the meantime we're both addicted to Hemlock Grove. The high school scenes were shot at one of the schools I did a placement in, and most of it was shot in a small town not horribly far from here. So she should come visit me next.
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Date: 2014-08-13 08:17 pm (UTC)Is Hemlock Grove good? Should I watch it? I'm bored and have no series to watch so I think I'm dying.
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Date: 2014-08-13 09:35 pm (UTC)Japanese tourists are the best, really.
Hemlock Grove is really good so far (I'm almost finished the first season). It suffers from Kill the Gays Syndrome (the first episode, even!) and a questionable relationship with Romani culture, but it's awesomely atmospheric and gets massive points from me for making the protagonist Romani.
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