One of these days i will learn not to get my hopes up when a thread like this gets bumped.

Every time this thread gets bumped without any real, substantial news to share, God kills a kitten.

And to think, I actually thought that there was going to be news... silly silly me

sorry to bump this without any new news, but i was hoping someone could shed some light about the season 1 dvd set. today i was looking to buy it for a gift and was a little confused. it looks out of print according to amazon, is it? are there multiple versions of this? will there be a super director's cut collector's edition of this coming out soon? thanks.

Artisan/Lion's Gate no longer holds the rights to the show, hence their DVD release is out of print. Paramount currently holds the rights. There have been many rumors about Paramount releasing S2 and re-releasing S1, but nothing concrete has come of it.

One, great line, made me LOL.

Two, I have seen one episode of this show, loved it, but am waiting until it is all available before I watch another.

another reason to go all region..can get the reg 2 set which includes the pilot for under 30 bucks shipped

Ah yes but it isn't the true pilot! Taken from TwinPeaks.org:

Egon, you are incorrect. The Region 2 Spanish release DOES HAVE the Pilot episode with the open ending (that was intended). Not the "Euro-ending" which ends the whole search for the killer and was done just to fulfill the contract.

The Pilot Episode is included in all non-US releases of the first season on DVD. For those in the US, there is a DVD release from Catalyst Logic (and some "Wave" company in the US sells it too) that is available on amazon.com.

The "Euro-ending" is not available on DVD anywhere. It is however on the Pilot Episode Laserdisc that was released in the US and Japan.

Regardless, the Region 2 Spanish release of the entire show has poor image quality. I'd recommend people still wait for the upcoming release...whenever that is.

Interesting, didn't know that. I'm in the Czech Republic and as far as I know the DVD set here (I don't think it's available anymore, but I've seen at rental shops) has the Euro pilot, but now that you mention it, I'm not sure. I had thought the only DVD release of the true pilot was the now out-of-print Republic DVD from Korea.

At any rate, if it's true that all Twin Peaks properties, including the true pilot, are now in the hands of Paramount, there's a good chance we'll see a comprehensive release.

Personally, I hope we never get any "official" release of the Euro pilot, as it has a ridiculous ending. However, I wouldn't turn my nose up at an official Paramount release of the "normal" pilot.

It would be cool to have the European ending as a supplement to the broadcast version of the pilot. The two are exactly the same up until the end, wherein the Euro Pilot lasts 15 minutes longer, and the broadcast pilot is only like 45 seconds longer.

I rather like the true pilot and hope Paramount will release it (with decent A/V!), as it is a necessary part of the series.

Aha, I see on Amazon.co.uk that their Season 1 box is the same as the U.S. but with the true pilot. Is the A/V as bad on this as in other regions? I've always heard it was crap.

The Pilot on the UK discs is not as good as on the other episodes in that set. It is however better than the Taiwan/Catalyst Logic/Wave Imports release.

From what I recall, the Korean official season one dvd set is the best version of the Pilot episode for us NTSC people. The UK release is the best for PAL people...again, from what I remember. Actually, I think there is a comparison up at dugpa.com somewhere...if you feel like searching around that site.

Sorry for bumping the thread with no news, but this has been bugging me for a long time. Now, I'm a big anglophile, I love the British, but some things just don't make sense to me. Case in point, the whole season/series thing. To me, it makes the most sense to call a TV show a series, because it's a continuous series of episodes. This series of episodes is devided into broadcast seasons. Just makes sense, I don't know... What do the British call a series then?

Damn, got me again.

Well in the US we have two words that mean the same thing. The TV Show and the TV series are basically the same thing. The UK just separates them. You have the entire show and it has multiple series...because what the US calls a season, they have it run as a series of episodes. So there are multiple series of the same show. Not sure if that makes more sense...but it makes sense to me, even tho I prefer to say season.

So there is no "season" term at all in the UK TV system?

Calling a season a series, to me, is a bit misleading and confusing. It carries a notion that it's a completed series of episodes. That is to say, it can stand on its own, whereas, often that's not the case, as most shows end the season with a cliffhanger that is usually resolved in the beginning of next season. Which is why a TV show being called a series is more correct, in my opinion, since the full run of the show is one complete series of seasons.

I think a book analogy could be used. Like the Harry Potter series, for instance. The "series" refers not to individual volumes ("seasons"), but the collection of these volumes.

Just wish Paramount could just give us the confirmation and the date for the release.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=5256

I will not curse it by saying nothing. I just hope to see it soon.

from dugpa.com:

March 7th 2006
Paramount Hints at Twin Peaks Season 2 DVD and News from Germany
The awesome website, TVSHOWSonDVD.com has an interesting article about a Twin Peaks promotional image that is up on the Paramount Press site. While it's no secret that Paramount plans on releasing Season 2 on DVD, the big questions are "When?" and "How will the quality compare to the Artisan Season 1 Boxed Set?" Well, previously we were told that Lynch would not be able to begin doing the transfers until he is finished with mixing Inland Empire, which won't be for another month or two I would guess. Interesting enough, I received an email today letting me know that according to the German "DVD-Magazin" (Issue 03/06 April, page 77) the Season 2 DVD Set of Twin Peaks RC2 will be released in Germany on June 1st. 2006, with reports that they are going to release all 22 Episodes of Season 2 in one set and not split in as it had been stated earlier. Well, this is quite interesting news. So back to the original questions... Will Twin Peaks Season 2 be released in June or will it wait until Lynch has more time to supervise the transfers. Even so, if Season 2 gets released in June, what will the transfers look like? Unless someone at Paramount wants to return my emails, and you know who you are, I guess we will have to just wait and see.

not that i am advocating piracy or anything, but today a scene-release of S2 (along with S1) was posted to usenet that is listed as DVD rip and the nfo-file states - source: DVD

these groups usually get retail DVDs a few days (weeks?) before store-date, so maybe a release is just round the corner?

*hoping*

Phanatic, Twin Peaks season 2 is ALREADY AVAILALBE on DVD. That's what those DVD rips are made from. It's the season 2 DVD release from Spain that those are made from. The quality leaves MUCH to be desired.

OH!
thanks for clearing that up!

well, WAS available on dvd. Those Spanish dvds have been out of print for quite some time.