Subject: Aliens? (was RE: Economist Mar0291)
From: GIOVIN%PARIS@ecs.umass.edu (Rocky Giovinazzo-write to ABC and save Twin Peaks)
Date: 1991-03-13, 14:04
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

>>> >>> But when the programme
>>> >>> shifted from the hyper-real to the super-natural--coded radio signals 
>>> >>> from space, Laura's killer turning out to have been an elusive spirit 
>>> >>> who inhabited her father's body--it quickly became disappointingly 
>>> >>> silly.

>> >> I agree with the above, except weren't the signals FROM Earth TO space?
>> >> John A. Burns (burns@das.harvard.edu, burns@huche1.bitnet)

> >I second that emotion. Wasn't there a general feeling that the supernatural
> >explanation for WKLP was a disappointment?

I strongly vote against the "emotion" that the super-natural element
made the show "disappointingly silly."   I am surprised to find that so
many people have been unaware of the "super-natural" element in the show
this long.  Sarah had mentioned at least one dream and two visions since
the show started in the FIRST SEASON, and we also saw clues from Cooper's
FIRST dream come true in the FIRST season.  Sarah's "vision" of the
necklace being taken by Jacoby was, in fact, not just a vision but 
clairvoiance (excuse the spelling).  Further, the poem in Cooper's
dream itself hinted at the supernatural where Mike mentions "the magician"
and "one chance out between two worlds" -- I thought this  
element was one of the things that made people so interested in 
the show in the first place.
Also, what is this about coded radio signals from space or from 
earth to space???
When the "radio signal message" episode aired, I was certain that
the messages were not from another planet since it is likely that the signal
would take more time to reach Earth than the time that had elapsed since
Laura's death.  Regardless of this technical detail, Major Briggs later told 
us himself that the signals were coming FROM THE WOODS.  It's highly likely 
that the White Lodgers (or whoever was sending the signals) knew that they 
were "being watched" by Major Briggs et al. and intentionally sent the 
message out that way.

Nevertheless, although I am excited rather than put-off by the
increasingly present super-natural element in the show, I feel that many 
people have been disheartened by this, leading to a drop in viewership.

Rocky