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Summary: Lacking
Review: I love the show and can't wait for the DVD to come out, but why no pilot and no commentary by Lynch? Without these things, it almost makes the DVD set pointless. Nonetheless, episodes 1-7 are very good and I'm happy they are on DVD.
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Summary: Another Common DVD Ploy
Review: As previous reviews have noted, the pilot is missing from this DVD set. However, I disagree with other commentators who have called it "curious" and "an oversight." It is neither. It is an obvious ploy whereby in one or two years a "SUPER Special Platinum Premium Edition" will be released. It will include the pilot. You will then have to buy the "new" set and spend another $50. Then again, I could be wrong. In any case, I'm a sucker and will still buy this set on the off chance that the extra DVD material has managed to add to the list of synonyms for "creepy" and "mysterious" that abound in Twin Peaks commentaries.
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Summary: Twin Peaks- DVD-its about time!!
Review: Twin Peaks- finally!! A definite must for all!! Contrary to popular idea- the TP Pilot IS on dvd!! Check out the web! I do advise watching the pilot first- or you WILL be lost automatically. Now the bad news- season 2 isnt out yet! :-( Hopefully soon! Enjoy
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Summary: Can't Fly this Plane Without a PILOT!!
Review: I never understood the logic of leaving the pilot episode out of the Twin Peaks VHS series set. I was miffed, but I took heart. After all, with DVD coming out, the smart, logical people who re-release things will surely take care of us die-hards by giving us the pilot episode (not to be confused with the Twin Peaks "movie" with the weird alternate ending). Right? RIGHT?? Hey. (...) Artisan. I already HAVE the rest of the series! I just need the pilot! (...) It's a black day when I have to give one star to a creative gem like Twin Peaks. Ah, well, my fellow Peakers, let's not lose hope... (snivel) (moan) (complain)
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Summary: Don't buy this DVD set.
Review: The previous reviews nearly say it all. What a great show, and I'm glad it has finally made it to DVD. HOWEVER, just like the VHS box set, the Pilot is mysteriously missing, and you can't even order it separately on DVD yet. So, I ask, what good is it to own Episodes 1-7 when you can't own the 2-hour Pilot which sets up the entire series?!? If you start with episode 1, you'll be lost. This is one stupid oversight by the distributors. The series gets 5 stars and then some. For not containing the beginning of the story, the DVD only gets 1 star.
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Summary: Here's How I Discovered "Twin Peaks"
Review: Way back during Melrose Place's popularity Kimberly Shaw bombed the apartment complex. In Entertainment Weekly they talked about how Kimberly's troubled alter-ego, Henry. Hidden in mirrors, taunting her to harm the tennants he was the show's Twin Peaks man....Twin Peaks? I knew growing up I had heard of the show, but what kind of show was this???? I soon found myself researching the show on the internet a few months later and eventually was able to obtain a copy of the pilot episode. The problem is that I soon learned this wasn't the televised "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" version (luckily I've since learned the original ending), but it included the "European Ending".... The episode was realllllly intriguing. It wasn't like anything I had ever seen on TV, prior to and since that first viewing. It had all the elements - comedy, action, soap opera, mystery, drama, and partly hypnotic suspense...The story revolved around the aforementioned question, "Who killed Laura Palmer?" The high school prom queen was discovered "wrapped in plastic" and soon the family and friends were told by the local sheriff, wonderfully named, Harry S. Truman. The emotion depicted remains the most realistic I have ever seen and I constantly get chills every time I watch those opening scenes. Soon we met an FBI agent who is brought into the case as the mystery starts to unravel. By the way - the MYSTERY was what made this first season, but ABC forced Mark Frost, and creator, David Lynch to reveal the killer after many long, long months of audience torture... And here's the thing - the show is aptly named for its many annoyingly similiar looking actors and actresses, and its first season peak, which some will say quickly jumped the shark by the season finale. But as you watch, the music pulls you in, the fashion adds a bizzare touch - unmistakenly 50's in style, and then you have the odd humor and supernatural happenings. That's what this show was about. Sadly, the pilot episode is not included in the first season box set, because Artisan couldn't obtain the rights (but it is sold separately and can easily be found on DVD on eBay). However this shouldn't be disappointing to those who own the tapes already as it remained separate as well. I eventually found the prequel movie. The prequel follows Laura Palmer in her final week and reveals the killer. While this kind of viewing isn't reccommended (the killer isn't exposed until the second season) I had researched the show enough to have already discovered this crucial fact. Finally after saving up enough money I was able to buy the box set, including the first and second season. And WOW! This show is and was absolutely the best thing I have ever witnessed. What other show has a midget, a giant, a demon, a one-armed man, a log lady, dopplegangers, alternate universes, deadly chess games, and can still be based in a reality we can relate to, just twisted enough to be seen in a darker light? I'm telling you - this is the DVD of DVDs! So grab yourself some cherry pie and a cup of coffee and sit back and discover for yourself: "Who Killed Laura Palmer?"
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Summary: ...it's about time!!!!!!!
Review: ...a grandiose THANK YOU to the man who began molding my already 'warped' sense of creativity at the ripe old age of 12 when Twin Peaks aired for the first time! i am so incredibly excited to FINALLY be able to own this collection in the version it deserves to be in, so that i can share it with my friends and family who weren't as privileged as i was to see it then. (can you believe there are people who missed it?!) and to those who were concerned about the pilot episode not being included, nor being released on DVD, check out ...(you can get a dvd version shipped from hong kong)...the pilot's exclusion is definitely NOT a reason to miss out on owning this incredible collection that has forever left me jaded. barring a few exceptions, the past 12 years have been hard-pressed to produce quality like this...i would really have to say that my introduction to David Lynch through Twin Peaks is responsible for encouraging me to think, and permanently take up residence outside of the box...(maybe i was just at an impressionable age!). in short...DAMN fine 'movie'...
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Summary: A beautiful disappointment
Review: I loved "Twin Peaks" when it originally aired, and when I heard its first season was going to be released on DVD, the collection shot to the top of my "must have" list. Well, I own it now. And the transfers are gorgeous. The DTS 5.1 encoding gives the show an aural richness never before present. And the show's quirky pacing and obsessive touches have aged much better than one might anticipate, having since been often imitated in lesser venues. That said, I cannot recommend this set, because it is deceptively marketed to an unsuspecting audience. If it were the entire first season, why would the episode labeled as the first in the set have a "Previously on 'Twin Peaks' bumper?" That's right, kids, the pilot episode is not in this set. And nothing on the packaging would lead you to believe that it isn't. I might understand a decision to package and sell it separately, but the pilot is altogether unavailable on DVD in the U.S. Seeing the bumper and the opening credits of the "first" episode made me ache for that beautiful premiere in digital video and DTS sound, with its hypnotic opening credits sequence in the sawmill, and the sad horror that permeates the community as people discover Laura Palmer is dead. Ten years ago, the big question was "Who killed Laura Palmer?" Now, I want to know the name of the person responsible for this fraudulent omission and have that person send out a supplemental DVD to everybody who buys this collection under the false impression that it includes every episode of this series' masterful first season.
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Summary: This is going to be GREAT!
Review: I remember I was working 2nd shift when Twin Peaks aired so I only caught a couple of episodes. It looked interesting, but I knew I was missing too much information to enjoy what I saw. Several years later a friend told me all the episodes were for rent at a local video store. I rented them three or four times before I broke down and bought the set. A couple of years later I loaned them to another fan who promptly dissapeared forever. The lesson to you is do not borrow a set or you'll dissapear too. Buy your own. Now I get to buy a much better set. How could it be worse? I'd buy the DVDs just for the bonus stuff alone! I'm pretty sure the first season is going to sell out fast. There's so many of us who love Twin Peaks.
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Summary: What more can I say, that has not yet been said?
Review: Nothing can be said about this set other than THANK GOD, and maybe, IT'S ABOUT TIME!!!!! Had it on VHS forever, but the extra's and sound/video quality are going to make this set a completist's dream come true... Any David Lynch fan must buy this set.. It is a pre-requisite for entering the dream of lynchdome.... I cannot praise this series enough, but enough is enough... Buy it, love it, own it........ May Lynch grace us with all of his wonderful films on DVD.... -William Lawrence Porter
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