Subject: Re: Morning-After Commentary: SK's "Golden Years"
From: cah@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.gov (Allen Halsell)
Date: 1991-07-17, 14:53
Newsgroups: alt.horror,rec.arts.tv,alt.tv.twin-peaks
Reply-to: cah@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Allen Halsell)

In article <1991Jul17.141913.2299@grebyn.com> fi@grebyn.com (Fiona Oceanstar) writes:
> >
> > ... The patented SK character portrayal--comic-book-flat
> >in places, sentimental and believable in others--was well evident,
> >and gives hope that the series will improve, as we get to know these
> >people better (as we always do, in SK stories)...
> >
I really thought I could watch this, but the villains were just
FLAT, FLAT, FLAT - to call them comic-book characters would be an insult
to comics (please no flames from rec.arts.comics).  I had to turn it off
after 40 minutes.  Played cribbage instead.
> >
> >And wasn't it neat, the way they worked in David Bowie's "Golden
> >Years"?
> >
Maybe to avoid lawsuits?  Actually, the line at the beginning
WAS encouraging, but when they faded the song into a regular score I
was disappointed.  But then I was disappointed by the rest of the show,
too.

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