I mean, there’s a reason we have the notion of pastiche vs. influence. Some works are derivative or unoriginal in a way that damages their artistry. Twin Peaks

I mean, there’s a reason we have the notion of pastiche vs. influence. Some works are derivative or unoriginal in a way that damages their artistry. Twin Peaks was wildly influential, but not everything it inspired does the same kind of cut-and-paste stuff that Alan Wake does. Control is, in fact, a better example of this - it’s thoroughly Lynchian without regurgitating so much of the specifics.