because it's the best thing he's done, probably

I don't think it's the best thing he's done. His episodes are great, but you can't just watch them individually (unless you are already very familiar with the series). You have to take the series as a whole, and as a whole it isn't nearly as good as some of his films.

I really don't know why TP is more popular, as it is not even that accessible to most viewers. Okay, it may not have excessive violence, or sex etc., but that doesn't make it any more "normal" than his other films.

I don't think it's the best thing he's done. His episodes are great, but you can't just watch them individually (unless you are already very familiar with the series). You have to take the series as a whole, and as a whole it isn't nearly as good as some of his films.

I really don't know why TP is more popular, as it is not even that accessible to most viewers. Okay, it may not have excessive violence, or sex etc., but that doesn't make it any more "normal" than his other films.

its the thing he's done that gained the most popularity, therefore it's the best thing he's done. the free market has spoken!

(im kidding)
 

It is by and large considered the most groundbreaking thing he's done.

Eraserhead was weird, but that had been done. Blue Velvet was racy, but that had been done.  No one had done an absurd kitschy serial with a midget and a psychic detective before.

I think it is because of many of the things already mentioned, more people watch television, ground breaking television etc...  I also think because people can relate to it more than other David Lynch projects.  Although the town was odd every town has odd people.  I think a lot of people could relate to the sexual molestation things as well, because so many people are molested.  It also had a "cool" appeal to it.  A Rebel Without A Cause Appeal.  I think all of us has met a girl sometime in our life who seems like and angel on the outside but has some dark secrets on the inside.  I think those kinds of things are what made it popular as well.

I know I enjoy Twin Peaks more than any of David Lynche's other projects.  I like those too, I just like Twin Peaks more.

Eraserhead was weird, but that had been done.

 when had eraserhead been done? i'm ignorant on the history of film i guess, i can't think of anything like it but i'm sure there 85 little european just like it that i don't know about.

No, weird, expressionistic things had been done in that medium. Eraserhead was an original thing.

No, weird, expressionistic things had been done in that medium. Eraserhead was an original thing.

original but still had been done before? like it took previously used ideas and made them into something new? i'm not getting it.

No, weird, expressionistic things had been done in that medium. Eraserhead was an original thing.

original but still had been done before? like it took previously used ideas and made them into something new? i'm not getting it.
 

Yes, I'm saying everything is original but nothing is new. Twin Peaks did something new for the medium of TV.

Twin Peaks had the hotter chicks...

Ok, that was a joke (was it?). I don't know... Popularity? I guess it's not a matter of being the best thing he has ever done, but the thing that invites more to talk about it... Theories (like who's Judy), gossip (Coop vs. Audrey vs. LFB), wishful thinking (season 3 NOW!) and yes, hot chicks and dudes... No other Lynch project has all that...

Before Twin Peaks, most people who went to see a Lynch movie, kinda knew what they were getting into.  His movies drew fans of his previous features or people who heard about him, and were curious.  Then Twin Peaks was broadcast into every home in America, which instantly created new fans of his work.  It was something that people got to see every week (when it wasnt  pre-empted), and hit a nerve with viewers, via the music, mood, characters and storyline that kept people on the edge of their seats.  Before TP, there was nothing even remotely like it on television.  It was groundbreaking and changed the possibility of what television could be.  We have Mark Frost to thank for making it palatable for TV and Lynch to thank for the overall mood.

Eraserhead was weird, but that had been done.

 i'm ignorant on the history of film i guess, i can't think of anything like it but i'm sure there 85 little european just like it that i don't know about.

 It's not film history so much as art history. Eraserhead is heavily influenced by Francis Bacon and the Dada movement. Watch Dreams That Money Can Buy.

I think it's because it's his most accessible work. And it's more accessible because it was on tv so certain things had to be toned down and due to the collaboration with Mark Frost. Also, because it's a tv show it allows more characters to be involved and more storylines to happen, so I guess you could say that there's something in it for everyone. Well, not everyone, but that does help reach a bigger audience.

No, weird, expressionistic things had been done in that medium. Eraserhead was an original thing.

original but still had been done before? like it took previously used ideas and made them into something new? i'm not getting it. What if you took Dreyer's Vampyr and placed it in the first 15 or so minutes of Antonioni's Red Desert?

The characters were more appealing than in most of his films. Would you rather be Dale Cooper or Fred Madison? Audrey Horne or Diane Selwyn? That doesn't make it better than the films, but it does make it more accessible.

I think it's because it's his most accessible work. And it's more accessible because it was on tv so certain things had to be toned down and due to the collaboration with Mark Frost. Also, because it's a tv show it allows more characters to be involved and more storylines to happen, so I guess you could say that there's something in it for everyone. Well, not everyone, but that does help reach a bigger audience.

 I really don't think it is more accessible.What is easier to introduce people to: Blue Velvet; Elephant Man; or a two-season TV show with a 90-minute pilot introduction. Obviously, that's just going on length, but in films I think people are willing to put up with some weirdness. There's some strange characters in WAH, but you aren't going to have to watch them for two series. You might not get what's going on in Mulholland Dr. but you can just enjoy the atmosphere for two and a half hours. I think that's harder to accept with a TV show. Anyhow, I have had more success in introducing people to Lynch's films than TP or, God forbid, On the Air.

I think it's because it's his most accessible work. And it's more accessible because it was on tv so certain things had to be toned down and due to the collaboration with Mark Frost. Also, because it's a tv show it allows more characters to be involved and more storylines to happen, so I guess you could say that there's something in it for everyone. Well, not everyone, but that does help reach a bigger audience.

 I really don't think it is more accessible.What is easier to introduce people to: Blue Velvet; Elephant Man; or a two-season TV show with a 90-minute pilot introduction. Obviously, that's just going on length, but in films I think people are willing to put up with some weirdness. There's some strange characters in WAH, but you aren't going to have to watch them for two series. You might not get what's going on in Mulholland Dr. but you can just enjoy the atmosphere for two and a half hours. I think that's harder to accept with a TV show. Anyhow, I have had more success in introducing people to Lynch's films than TP or, God forbid, On the Air.

 Which do you consider to be his most accessible work?

"Watch Dreams That Money Can Buy." - faceintheleaves

I first heard about that film years ago and wanted to see it but forgot about it.  Thanks for reminding me!