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A batch of new releases right some old wrongs in the world of DVDs. First up is Twin Peaks
Definitive Gold Box Edition ($99.99; Paramount), the complete series from director David Lynch.
Surely the whole world agrees by now that this brilliant show should have been a miniseries. If ithad run, say, 14 hours and climaxed with revealing who killed Laura Palmer, it would easily rank asamong the greatest TV events of all time. Instead, a show that was wonderfully idiosyncratic andfunny and spooky and compelling devolved into a mess. That doesn't take away anything from thehypnotic spell it casts for the entire first season and about half of the second (before the gatewaysto other worlds and the super-strong cheerleaders showed up). And now you can enjoy DavidLynch and co-creator Mark Frost's achievement in one set with loads of extras. Previously, theshow was available in two sets containing Seasons One and Two but without the two hour pilot, abizarre situation worthy of Lynch himself. And hey, enough time has passed that a Return To TwinPeaks miniseries might be just the thing, guys.
The next wrong to be righted is My So-Called Life ($69.99; Shout). If ever a show deserved to be
collected in a boxed set with loads of obsessive extras, it's this one. Unfortunately, the showpreviously was released in a bare-bones boxed set that was sporadically available at best. Teenageangst was never more painfully, dramatically captured than in this hearts-on-sleeves drama aboutAngela (a luminescent Claire Danes), her boy toy Jordan (Jared Leto) and her best friends.Everything mattered so tremendously to Angela, as only things can matter to a 15-year-old highschool student. It was painful to have the show canceled, but in retrospect it was the best thing thatcould happen. The show's heightened tension would have been draining over five seasons and theperhaps unintentional arc of the series suggests Angela's future so neatly and beautifully that youmight imagine they'd planned it all along.
Finally, there's Stanley Kubrick - Directors Series($79.98; Warner Bros.), which collects five Kubrickfilms (I'd call them classics, but that would beredundant) and a very good documentary in one set.This supplants The Stanley Kubrick Collection from
2000, which also had Lolita and Barry Lyndon as
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images he composed for the big screen is definitely the right call. Eyes Wide Shut is included(Nicole Kidman's performance looks better and better) and the packaging says you can chooseboth the unrated and the silly, censored North American version. But as far as I can tell, only theunrated version is included, which is the only one Kubrick fans would want anyway. Confused?Here's a recap: you get a documentary and five great Kubrick films -- 2001: A Space Odyssey, AClockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut -- all beautifully
remastered, with substantial extras and none of them cropped for video. It's far preferable to hislast boxed set and brings his vision to DVD unaltered in any way.
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Season ($39.99; Touchstone); Marc Antony portrays salsa legend Hector Lavoe in the biopic El
Cantante ($27.98; New Line) and even Antony would agree that fans who don't know Lavoe
should start with his CDs La Voz or Live at the Cheetah with the Fania All-Stars; the classic
anthology series Suspense Collection 2 ($39.98; Infinity) unearths 30 episodes unseen since they
aired in the late 40s and early 50s; Luke Wilson wrote, co-directed and stars in The Wendell Baker
Story ($27.98; ThinkFilm), a shaggy dog story of a con artist who goes to work in a retirement
home; dog trainer Paul Owens offers more tips for "a compassionate, non-violent approach" in The
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Despite Twin Peaks' mid-second season spin into oblivion, the show still ranks as the best event in
American television history. Being my opinion, of course, it would be my ranking as well.
It's true, shortly after the murder was solved, it began to weaken, particularly in following the 'James
Splits' plotline. However, I find those last few episodes worthwhile, if not worthy of comparison to thefirst three-quarters of the show.
I say mention here of disappointment in the season one ending cliffhanger. I also remember seeing
news coverage at the time, showing a roomful of viewers screaming and whining in unison at season's
end. Again, maybe just my opinion, but I can't imagine that anyone who was desperate to know whokilled Laura Palmer seriously enjoyed the show for all of its worth.
You see, the show was about the mystery, not the mystery being solved. Lynch never planned on
revealing the killer's identity in the first place, and this caused a major rift between him and the network,which eventually led to a cast feeling abandoned right about the point when the quality took a nosedive.
Nevertheless, Lynch took over directorial duties once again for the finale, showing, once again, the
show's true potential.
So it wasn't as good as it could've have been, but a hallmark regardless.
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released before.
I recall having huge belly laughs when it first aired, and for the first time in a long time, I found myself
actually staying in on 'Twin Peaks' nights just to watch television. Unfortunately, I also recall how angryI became on the final episode of the first series when absolutely nothing was resolved. After that it wasdownhill, but if the pilot and the first episode proved anything, it was that long and medium shots plusslow and lengthy pauses can work on television.
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Don't let the promises from the network (and the ensuing feeling of betrayal) color your
opinion of how the second season played out at the beginning.
I think that the episode where the murderer is "revealed" is the best two hours of television
ever. After THAT, I'll give you, it began downhill.
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A batch of new releases right some old wrongs in the world of DVDs. First up is Twin Peaks
Definitive Gold Box Edition ($99.99; Paramount), the complete series from director David Lynch.
Surely the whole world agrees by now that this brilliant show should have been a miniseries. If ithad run, say, 14 hours and climaxed with revealing who killed Laura Palmer, it would easily rank asamong the greatest TV events of all time. Instead, a show that was wonderfully idiosyncratic andfunny and spooky and compelling devolved into a mess. That doesn't take away anything from thehypnotic spell it casts for the entire first season and about half of the second (before the gatewaysto other worlds and the super-strong cheerleaders showed up). And now you can enjoy DavidLynch and co-creator Mark Frost's achievement in one set with loads of extras. Previously, theshow was available in two sets containing Seasons One and Two but without the two hour pilot, abizarre situation worthy of Lynch himself. And hey, enough time has passed that a Return To TwinPeaks miniseries might be just the thing, guys.
The next wrong to be righted is My So-Called Life ($69.99; Shout). If ever a show deserved to be
collected in a boxed set with loads of obsessive extras, it's this one. Unfortunately, the showpreviously was released in a bare-bones boxed set that was sporadically available at best. Teenageangst was never more painfully, dramatically captured than in this hearts-on-sleeves drama aboutAngela (a luminescent Claire Danes), her boy toy Jordan (Jared Leto) and her best friends.Everything mattered so tremendously to Angela, as only things can matter to a 15-year-old highschool student. It was painful to have the show canceled, but in retrospect it was the best thing thatcould happen. The show's heightened tension would have been draining over five seasons and theperhaps unintentional arc of the series suggests Angela's future so neatly and beautifully that youmight imagine they'd planned it all along.
Finally, there's Stanley Kubrick - Directors Series($79.98; Warner Bros.), which collects five Kubrickfilms (I'd call them classics, but that would beredundant) and a very good documentary in one set.This supplants The Stanley Kubrick Collection from
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images he composed for the big screen is definitely the right call. Eyes Wide Shut is included(Nicole Kidman's performance looks better and better) and the packaging says you can chooseboth the unrated and the silly, censored North American version. But as far as I can tell, only theunrated version is included, which is the only one Kubrick fans would want anyway. Confused?Here's a recap: you get a documentary and five great Kubrick films -- 2001: A Space Odyssey, AClockwork Orange, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut -- all beautifully
remastered, with substantial extras and none of them cropped for video. It's far preferable to hislast boxed set and brings his vision to DVD unaltered in any way.
Also out this week: Tobey Maguire exhausts the possibilities of Peter Parker in Spider-Man 3
Special Edition ($36.95; Sony), which can't match the peaks of Spidey 2 but is still fun; Angel
Complete Series ($139.98; Fox), which collects all five seasons in a nifty box that can sit snugly on
top of the Buffy box (with Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Bones as well, David Boreanaz might
challenge Michael Landon for starring in the most hit series); No End In Sight ($26.98; Magnolia),a solid primer on exactly how the mess in Iraq developed; Don Cheadle shakes off that Sidney
Poitier aura of nobility he's getting and delivers a loosey-goosey performance as radio dj Petey
Greene Jr. in Talk To Me ($29.98; Universal); if you can't wait to watch the finale of the clever
political miniseries currently airing on PBS's Masterpiece Theater, you can cheat by buying TheAmazing Mrs. Pritchard ($39.99; Acorn) - now if only she'd run for president; the charming AdamBrody of The OC searches for the right vehicle to turn him into a leading man but doesn't quite seal
the deal with In The Land Of Women ($27.98; Warner Bros.); prepare to say goodbye to the
quirky, sentimental sitcom Scrubs -- which ends its run soon -- by collecting the Complete Sixth
Season ($39.99; Touchstone); Marc Antony portrays salsa legend Hector Lavoe in the biopic El
Cantante ($27.98; New Line) and even Antony would agree that fans who don't know Lavoe
should start with his CDs La Voz or Live at the Cheetah with the Fania All-Stars; the classic
anthology series Suspense Collection 2 ($39.98; Infinity) unearths 30 episodes unseen since they
aired in the late 40s and early 50s; Luke Wilson wrote, co-directed and stars in The Wendell Baker
Story ($27.98; ThinkFilm), a shaggy dog story of a con artist who goes to work in a retirement
home; dog trainer Paul Owens offers more tips for "a compassionate, non-violent approach" in The
Dog Whisperer Vol 2: Solving Common Behavior Problems ($29.95; Sand Castle), so it's a perfect
gift for Michael Vick; Aquaman The Complete Collection ($26.98; Warner Bros.), is a cartoon that
satisfies only the youngest fans thanks to characters like Aqualad and sea creatures named Tuskyand Imp; Walter Brennan chews up the scenery as the old coot to end all coots in TV's The Real
McCoys Season Two ($39.98; Infinity), the first "rural comedy" that spawned imitators like Green
Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies; Sesame Street Old School 1974-1979 Volume Two ($39.95;
Genius) is a bursting-at-the-seams 3 DVD set with complete episodes and tons of bonus segmentsthat feature the best of the best including celebs like Lily Tomlin and Ray Charles; and finally The
Jazz Singer Deluxe Edition ($39.92; Warner Bros.) takes a creaky if iconic movie starring Al Jolson
and surrounds it with so many compelling extras that it becomes a must-have for serious film
buffs.
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Despite Twin Peaks' mid-second season spin into oblivion, the show still ranks as the best event in
American television history. Being my opinion, of course, it would be my ranking as well.
It's true, shortly after the murder was solved, it began to weaken, particularly in following the 'James
Splits' plotline. However, I find those last few episodes worthwhile, if not worthy of comparison to thefirst three-quarters of the show.
I say mention here of disappointment in the season one ending cliffhanger. I also remember seeing
news coverage at the time, showing a roomful of viewers screaming and whining in unison at season's
end. Again, maybe just my opinion, but I can't imagine that anyone who was desperate to know whokilled Laura Palmer seriously enjoyed the show for all of its worth.
You see, the show was about the mystery, not the mystery being solved. Lynch never planned on
revealing the killer's identity in the first place, and this caused a major rift between him and the network,which eventually led to a cast feeling abandoned right about the point when the quality took a nosedive.
Nevertheless, Lynch took over directorial duties once again for the finale, showing, once again, the
show's true potential.
So it wasn't as good as it could've have been, but a hallmark regardless.
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I'm thrilled that the 'Twin Peaks' pilot is now available. It seemed madness to me that it was never
released before.
I recall having huge belly laughs when it first aired, and for the first time in a long time, I found myself
actually staying in on 'Twin Peaks' nights just to watch television. Unfortunately, I also recall how angryI became on the final episode of the first series when absolutely nothing was resolved. After that it wasdownhill, but if the pilot and the first episode proved anything, it was that long and medium shots plusslow and lengthy pauses can work on television.
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Michael Giltz: DVDs: My So-Called Twin Peaks Boxed Set
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Don't let the promises from the network (and the ensuing feeling of betrayal) color your
opinion of how the second season played out at the beginning.
I think that the episode where the murderer is "revealed" is the best two hours of television
ever. After THAT, I'll give you, it began downhill.
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