Subject: Re: Does Peaks HAVE a future??? (long)
From: jogle@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (jogle)
Date: 1991-06-28, 05:43
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Jun26.232913.4535@ducvax.auburn.edu> morrison@ducvax.auburn.edu writes:
> >
> >   [lottsa stuff about Twin Peaks being doomed]
> >

   Although I agree that Twin Peaks is doomed as a TV series, I don't
   believe that the whole story is destined to failure.  In fact,
   the big screen may indeed be the correct medium to keep it going.

   I say this for several reasons.  One, is that one of the reasons
   (IMHO) that Twin peaks lost so much steam is that Lynch and Frost
   started to lose interest and left the writing and direction of
   the show to their staff.  Movies are different than TV.  Movies
   require a fairly intense focus for a limited period of time.  In 
   a TV series, this focus must be prolonged for an entire season...
   which was far too long for Lynch and Frost to maintain.  After all,
   they had other projects that they wanted to pursue.  A TV series
   is a full time job where as a movie is simply another "project".
   Lynch sounds psyched to do this TP Movie...and because of that,
   I'll bet that the result is going to be pretty intense.

   As far as the movie not getting an audience, I believe Lynch was
   smart about making the movie a 'prequel'.  TP had a real good following
   at the start, and all those TP fans who did not have the patience
   to keep up with the show till the end are CERTAINLY very familiar
   with the WKLP plot. (Lynch probably didn't really logically consider 
   this issue, he probably just felt  like dealing with the Laura Palmer 
   story...after all, this was the story that inspired the season to
   begin with.  He seems real close to that plot line).  If done right,
   the movie, through the WKLP plot, could get old TP fans into the
   later plots of the series (Wyndom Earle, black lodge, etc.  After
   all, there is a connection between it all), which will probably 
   spawn a whole series of films.

   Oh...did I forget to mention the European popularity of the
   show.  Even if the movie gets fair results at the box office
   in America...I'm sure it'll do well in Europe.  Which will 
   probably be enough to profit financially...

   Oh, and lastly, let's not forget the home video market.  The same
   fans who rushed out to but the Secret Diary, the Coop Autobiography
   and other TP items..will certainly buy the video (if proced right).

   So in my opinion, although we may never see Twin peaks on TV again, 
   it is far from doomed.
-- -- jogle att!floyd!jogle jogle@floyd.att.com