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Product Description “A masterpiece. The scariest, weirdest, funniest, sexiest TV series of all time” --Jonathan Ross .co.uk Review "Don't search for all the answers at once," says a giant appearing to FBI Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) in a vision. "A path is formed by laying one stone at a time." In Twin Peaks, that's easier said than done. Over the course of two seasons, that path went nowhere and everywhere. "Bureau guidelines, deductive technique, Tibetan method, and luck" don't cut it here. It also takes a little magic, which is what makes David Lynch and Mark Frost's bracingly original serial drama one of TV's ultimate trips, and still the stuff that fever dreams are made of. With the DVD release of season 2, die-hard Peakers can rekindle their obsession with this macabre, maddening, sinister, and surreal series set in the rural Pacific Northwest community whose bucolic surroundings hide "things dark and heinous." (If you're new to Twin Peaks, best to get the lay of the land by watching the brilliant feature-length pilot and the instant-cult-classic first season, which capture Twin at its peak.) Three main mysteries drive season 2. First, there's the still (!) unresolved murder of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Then, there's the question of who shot Cooper in the season 1 cliffhanger. And finally, ultimately: What about Bob? With its dream logic, bizarre behavior, and nightmare imagery, much of what transpires goes right by you. Some subplots (Sherilyn Fenn's sexpot Audrey held captive at the bordello, One-Eyed Jacks) are easier to latch on to than others (amnesiac Nadine believes she's an 18-year-old high schooler) And, yes, that's a pre-X-Files David Duchovny as Dennis/Denice, a transsexual DEA agent. In Twin Peaks' second season, the truth is out there, but we are entering A Few Good Men territory. When Laura's killer is at last revealed in episode 16, no doubt many will not be able to handle the truth. The teases, red herrings, and out-and-out gonzo looniness will try the patience of viewers with a more conventional bent. But, as Cooper observes at one point, "All in all, [it's] a very interesting experience," with enough doppelgangers, allusions, pop-culture references, and in-jokes to keep bloggers buzzing. If, for example, you get any pleasure from recognizing Hank Worden, who played Mose in The Searchers, as "the world's most decrepit room service waiter," then Twin Peaks may just make you feel right at home. --Donald Liebenson
F**M
Excellent
Really gripping
A**R
Classic
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I**A
Tween peaks y 95 series
Love it since my teenage yrs and still we r watching it with my husband now again after 15 yrs and still the best so many well developed different characters everyone important with their weirdness and beauty and boldness and twists aways keep u on ur toes 😬😍
A**N
Episode 21 cut short at the end
Great to see this again for the first time since it was aired in 1990, but the final minute or so of episode 21 is missing, plus the credits. It skips to episode 22 suddenly.
M**R
Happy Accidents
During his early years David Lynch spent a long time working on a piece of stop-motion animation only to find out, once the film was developed, that there must have been a fault with the camera leaving him with little more than a strange blur. However, rather than being angry or frustrated, he was pleased by this strange accident and the results.It's fair to say that Twin Peaks fell apart after the revelation of Laura Palmer's murderer halfway through season 2. Lynch had intended the mystery that formed the hook of the show to remain unsolved indefinitely, but the network wanted answers and his co-creator was up for it so the case was concluded, the ratings plummeted and quality declined. Perhaps the show might have had a fighting chance if Lynch hadn't been busy with other projects, leaving his precious little dream-world in the hands of others who didn't really have the skill to do it justice. The newly introduced bad guy Windom Earle went from intriguing enigma to 60's Batman villain, a slowly developing story arc was abandoned due to cast quibbles, the sub-plots were boring, new characters were lame... Like a great band succumbing to every rock'n'roll cliché, this once brilliant show crashed and burned.Perhaps there was no avoiding this. A murder mystery isn't the kind of hook that you can leave running forever. If they'd really wanted it to be more about the oddballs & misfits of this small town they should've worked harder to develop the peripheral characters. Or maybe they should've given FBI agent Dale Cooper (the unofficial main character) another proper case to solve. It doesn't matter. What they ended-up with was a soap opera spoof/homage in every way, right down to the inevitable melt-down. It might not be what they intended, as no network would ever deliberately start running a show into the ground as an artistic choice. But perhaps, looking back at it after all these years, the death of Twin Peaks was an accidental blessing. After all, it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
M**L
Doesn't disappoint
The original Twin Peaks is typical of David Lynch's genius at creating riveting drama that stays in the mind long after the near fatal shooting of special FBI agent Dale Cooper that signals the end, and oh what a relief when I discovered there is a Season 2.The acting, the direction, the production, the screenplay, the whole shooting match - all so brilliantly put together that at times, you almost feel as if you're looking in on a real crime investigation. Kyle MacLachlan's character converted me to piping hot, black coffee.One of the things that pleased me with Season 2 was the opportunity to enjoy the gradual unfolding of Audrey's raw animal sexual magnetism so deliciously portrayed by Sherilyn Fenn, and who makes an impact on me much like Marilyn Munroe made in her heyday.Not so with Josie Packard whose relationship with Sheriff Harry S Truman really should have blossomed into the most passionate and sexually explicit affair that they could comfortably get away with, so such a shame that she was up to her neck in shady dealings with too many low life.Twin Peaks I was full of intertwined plots that didn't always make the same kind of impact in Season 2, and it was a little off putting how some of characters changed from being awful foul mouthed know-it-all to really quite nice guys.Getting a box set of 6 DVDs virtually means watching the whole lot in one sitting, but I can't help thinking that taking breaks in between episodes is probably no bad thing, take a bit of time to ponder what you've just seen and heard, otherwise there is the danger of falling into a trance like state causing you to miss some of the subtlety of the plot.For my money, Season 2 is great viewing.
V**L
Remember Twin Peaks?
How many of you remember the TV series Twin Peaks? I did, but had forgotten how good it was. What stayed in my mind was the black humour, and plates of doughnuts stretched out on a long table, but there is much more than this to the series. The plot is about Laura Palmer's murder in this normally quiet backwood town. An unorthodox FBI agent, Dale Cooper,(Kyle McLachlan) is sent to solve this crime. Sheriff Harry S Truman (no, that's not a misprint), (Micheal Ontkean), and his team accept him as the genius he himself thinks he is. There are many twists and turns in the plot which will keep you engrossed to the very last episode. Inhabitants of this town are strange indeed, some real, some not so, and vary from a giant man to a log lady to a dwarf, most of them with their own secrets. The casting is excellent. Anyone who knows the films of David Lynch will know they are in for a real treat. Mystery and weirdness abound and I thoroughly enjoyed the entire series. I bought the Gold Box edition (TWIN PEAKS : Definitive Gold Box Edition as it had all episodes of both seasons plus many Special Features including a very funny spoof episode of the show. For me, this was well worth the money. A prequel DVD Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me [DVD] [1992] is available, and I found it answered some questions that had been left unfinished in the main series. I would recommend both the series and the film to lovers of crime with a more than touch of mystery.
R**A
Nice and weird
Yes, strange town...strange people...strange fashion.. Nice show
J**X
Great Stuff
Twin Peaks est the série culte génialissime (David Lynch tout de même)totalement "allumée" et très "strange", mais fascinante. À voir absolument.
い**ん
５年間待たされました
日本版のファーストシーズンDVDボックスが出されたのが２００２年ですから、このアメリカ版でさえ５年経過しています。版権の問題があったようですが、長すぎました。この間、レーザーディスクを見てきましたが、やっとDVDが出るので、日本語字幕なし、吹替えなしでも、きれいな画像のツインピークスを見たいと思います。後は、早い時期に日本版が発売されることを期待しています。
K**E
Five Stars
Discs were in perfect condition. Thanks!
J**E
Great, But Better on Blu-ray
When Twin Peaks made its first appearance in 1990, there was simply nothing else that stood up to comparison. The pilot and first season were in a class above everything else on television, each episode a perfect gem of feature film quality entertainment. The second season, although still leading the pack by a considerable margin, was more recognizably a product of network television. It still had its moments but it lacked the brooding intensity of season one. Plot elements that were not convincingly a product of the original David Lynch vision seemed to creep in merely for comic effect and artificially sustained weirdness. Nevertheless, taken as a whole there has never been anything quite like Twin Peaks, before or since. This DVD release, while still a worthwhile purchase for anyone wishing to further the Twin Peaks experience beyond season one in DVD format, has now been thoroughly surpassed in quality and value by a comprehensive Blu-ray boxed set, Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery.
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