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[zenithblue]

Dude, Laura Palmer was on House tonight! Sheryl Lee, last seen wrapped in plastic, got to play one of those ubiquitous frowning concerned loved ones necessary to any hospital drama. It was kind of weird to hear her voice pitched like a mom, and not like a cutesie little David-Lynch dirty innocent. But I'm glad girlfriend's got work.

In other news, I

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[punkybrister69]

The radio commercial for House actually intrigued me to tune in for the first time tonight and I knew the mother looked familiar, but I didn't put it together until you pointed it out that it was Sheryl Lee. (On another note: When are the freaking second season and pilot of Twin Peaks coming out on DVD, damnit?! I started with TP via DVD and now I'm stuck.)
Anyhow, you must update on the progress of Lost Girls. I can't wait to hear how it turns out overall.

[zenithblue]

Yeah...from what I've heard, there's a problem with one of the studios that owns distributions rights for Twin Peaks. The damn thing is out in Europe, but they won't release it here. I watched the rest via shitty quality videotape checked out from the library. I know you're off in the library wasteland, so you might want to check any local video rental stores--if there's one that carries indie/foreign/cult stuff, you might be able to find it there. It's at least worth watching through the Laura Palmer thread (though it kinda slips after that, I think).

Who's that woman on your icon, by the way? She has a profoundly intriguing face.

[alecaustin]

Interestingly enough, one of the articles I'm going to have to use for my thesis argues that the "problem" with Twin Peaks was that it was initially presented (in the first season and the "Who Killed Laura Palmer?" marketing campaign) as primarily a mystery show, rather than a soap-opera-esque melodrama in which supernatural elements would play a significant role.

Dunno how well that matches up with your experience of the show, but it seems fairly credible from my perspective.

[zenithblue]

I was too young when it came out on network TV to have been in the loop on this part of the experience.

Personally, just from what I think of the show itself (and from complete ignorance of the marketing), I think the problem had more to do with the structure of the show. I had no expectations about presentation when I first watched it, other than that it'd be surreal, and even I saw the narrative falling apart after the Laura Palmer mystery was solved. There are a number of reasons for this I could go more deeply into if at any point you want another perspective (or just a devil's advocate to that article). In which case drop me an e-mail or give me a ring if you like. Suffice to say for now that I loved the quirky soap opera-esque melodrama, loved loved loved it, and never really thought of it as a mystery show at all, and yet my opinion of the writing pretty much plummets halfway through season 2 (after Laura's killer is exposed).

[punkybrister69]

The woman in the icon is "Medie Jones." It's from the found photos community and it's just such a weird little picture that I had to snag it.

I checked the county library and they have season one and the movie Fire Walk With Me, but not season two. Bastards. I'll hunt it down one way or another.