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An experiment that became groundbreaking television
It's great to see that both seasons and the pilot are finally in one package. "Twin Peaks" was a fantastic show that was quite experimental for its time (1990-1991) that at it's worst was better than most everything else on TV. I wish the show could have survived longer, but with an awful second season time slot - Saturday at 10pm - it had no chance. The revelation of Laura Palmer's killer took the wind out of the sails somewhat just nine shows into the second season, but the true theme of Twin Peaks was about the evil in the woods that took the form of the killer and the seamy underbelly of what appeared to be everyday small-town life. The murder of Laura Palmer was just the surface of that. Three somewhat pointless episodes followed the one that revealed Laura's killer, but then the show bounced back with the Windham Earle storyline. Unfortunately many viewers had stopped watching the show by then. Perhaps the lasting legacy of "Twin Peaks" is that it made series with weird subplots, long story arcs, and oddball characters more acceptable to the networks. For example, I don't think that "The X-Files" could have made it to the air in 1993 had it not been for "Twin Peaks" preceding it and succeeding. After all, after a show where there is a dwarf that materializes on a bed, dances, and talks backwards, an alternate reality where clones are created and sent out to the world, and creamed corn as a symbol of suffering, the adventures of Scully and Mulder look as thematically tame as Dragnet. As for the extra features of each disc, that will probably eventually appear in the product description. Until it does, I have the information here: Disc 1: Pilot Log Lady Intro For Pilot International Version With Alternate Ending Discs 2 -8 : Episodes 1-26 with Log Lady intros for each episode. Disc 9: Episodes 27-29 Log Lady intros for each episode. Deleted Scenes (4 scenes) Production Documentary Disc 10: Special Features A Slice of Lynch Northwest Passage: Creating The Pilot Freshly Squeezed: Creating Season 1 Where We're From: Creating The Music Into The Night: Creating Season 2 Saturday Night Live Featuring Kyle MacLachlan (Monologue and Twin Peaks Sketch) Return To Twin Peaks Interactive Map (8 Pods) "Falling" Music Video Georgia Coffee Commercials (5 Spots) Image Galleries The Richard Beymer Gallery Unit Photography Twin Peaks Trading Cards TV spots Premiere Spots (8 Spots) There's No Place Like Home Spot 1-900 Promo Ad T-Shirt Ad Greetings
August 2007 · Movies and TV
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Twin Peaks - Definitive Gold Boxed Edition
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