― Andrew Thames (Andrew Thames), Tuesday, 14 January 2003 14:47 (twenty-one years ago) link
I always felt like Lynch just ran out of ideas or something.
We own the DVDs for the first episodes - they're great and the "extras" aren't bad, either. Purchased the vidoes from Amazon - quality so horrid that toward the end we could not hear the dialogue. But the creepy music came through.
I liked that I kept being thrown for a loop with the plot lines. I hate it when things are predicatable. (And, well, I thought that the sheriff was a hottie - but I found Audrey more enticing. Never understood how Cooper restrained from kidnapping her and showing her the error of her ways, or something equally as entertaining.)
― LCD (Ms Laura), Wednesday, 15 January 2003 07:10 (twenty-one years ago) link
my other theory is that lynch, with TP, had an almost perverse understanding of what makes teenage girls with a certain disposition tick. as a dude, i can be a fan of course, but all the sinister, hidden shit going on with mom, dad, boyfriends, sisters, etc., ... everything is not okay! anyway, these theories are, like, quarter-baked, obviously.
i like the show. it's weird!
― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 8 October 2004 16:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 8 October 2004 17:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Friday, 8 October 2004 17:16 (nineteen years ago) link
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― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 8 October 2004 17:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Baaderoni (Fabfunk), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickn (nickn), Friday, 8 October 2004 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link
I always thought that was part of the point. You have to remember this came on toward the end of the primetime soap era (Dallas-Dynasty-Falcon Crest). I remember an interview where Lynch, typically deadpan, said he didn't see why people thought it was weird, it looked just like a regular TV show to him. A lot of people took that as a put-on, but I think he was just acknowledging how weird "normal" TV shows really are.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Friday, 8 October 2004 19:32 (nineteen years ago) link
Here's the latest DVD news from www.lynchnet.com
"It's almost the end of 2004 and the big question everyone is asking is, what's up with Season Two of Twin Peaks on dvd? Well, here's the latest. Our sources within Paramount say it's almost a sure thing that you'll see Season Two, as well as a re-release of Season One with the Pilot included, released by Paramount as soon as the rights revert back to them around September 2005. The current rights holder, Lion's Gate (formally Artisan) has no plans to further exploit Twin Peaks or any of it's Spelling Entertainment titles due to the short time frame they have before the rights are lost. So it's all up to Paramount now. Our sources also tell us that part of the reason for the delay of Season Two in other international regions is to have one big release worldwide around the same time in every country, US included. So for you folks overseas, you're also being affected by the rights issue here in the US. The other, though somewhat lesser reason for the delay is to allow more time to work on bonus features. But Paramount is committed to TV on dvd in a big way, and is eager to exploit all the Spelling holdings once they get the rights back, Twin Peaks and Beverly Hills 90210 being the first two they are planning on releasing. Keep in mind that none of this constitutes an official announcment, so these plans are always subject to change. But it looks like there's a good chance we'll finally get to see Season Two on dvd in 2005."
― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Sunday, 10 October 2004 14:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Thursday, 24 February 2005 18:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 24 February 2005 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 February 2005 18:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 24 February 2005 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Thursday, 24 February 2005 18:55 (nineteen years ago) link
That being said: one of the best shows on American TV ever, period. We will never see anything this weird and idiosyncratic on network TV ever again. The fact that it got made and broadcast at all is a minor miracle.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 18:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:25 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ben Mott (Ben Mott), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:30 (nineteen years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― zappi (joni), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Albert is likewise hilarious.
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:35 (nineteen years ago) link
Also:God, how hot was Madchen Amick?
― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― j blount (papa la bas), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link
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― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:47 (nineteen years ago) link
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― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 24 February 2005 19:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:21 (nineteen years ago) link
i love those parts. where he fucks with scene duration. a scene in which nothing happens plotwise will take 5 minutes (an eternity in tv time). the best example is the "playtime" homage in the final episode, where the old codger takes what seems to be a full hour getting from one end of the bank to the other. also the very beginning of that episode, with sherriff truman and andy as audience surrogates, anxious waiting for cooper to come out of the black lodge, and IIRC discussing coffee (naturally).
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Nice. I'm glad I've held off all this time on the DVDs, patience has its virtues...
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 24 February 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 24 February 2005 21:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― The Argunaut (sexyDancer), Thursday, 24 February 2005 21:12 (nineteen years ago) link
- the two-hour pilot- six episodes of the series (including, i believe, one two-hour episode at the begining of season two)- "twin peaks: fire walk with me"- "the twin peaks holiday special" (hosted by lou diamond phillips and featuring the animated dwarf and giant vaudeville duo)
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Thursday, 24 February 2005 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link