Twin Peaks vs. Lost....
03-29-06, 02:25 AM
#28
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Well, as Richard Malloy said, Twin Peaks really got screwed by ABC. It was indeed supposed to be more like a mini-series than an actual show, but when it took off, ABC saw it as a huge opportunity.
Unfortunately, ABC and Lynch's team went round and round over the actual plot of the show during the second season (example: ABC wanted Agent Cooper and Audrey Horne to get together (for ratings), but David Lynch was horrified by the idea of Cooper having an affair with a high school girl). Nevertheless, ABC demanded it and Peak's writers toyed with the idea until it was finally vetoed by Kyle MacLachlan (who was dating Laura Flynn Boyle at the time). Because a relationship "sort of" started between Coop and Audrey, the only way to gracefully kill it was to ignore it, and that's when all the subplots came to the forefront.
It's also easy to forget that the show was more or less cancelled until fans demanded more, and ABC ordered six additional episodes. By this point, the writers were desperate ('cos of pressure from ABC), so they added Annie at that whole storyline as a last-ditch effort to regain viewers.
Lastly, ABC was hell-bent on revealing the identify of the killer, while Lynch never wanted the killer revealed.
Perhaps ABC has learned something about meddling with the writing and storylines in popular series since Twin Peaks?
Unfortunately, ABC and Lynch's team went round and round over the actual plot of the show during the second season (example: ABC wanted Agent Cooper and Audrey Horne to get together (for ratings), but David Lynch was horrified by the idea of Cooper having an affair with a high school girl). Nevertheless, ABC demanded it and Peak's writers toyed with the idea until it was finally vetoed by Kyle MacLachlan (who was dating Laura Flynn Boyle at the time). Because a relationship "sort of" started between Coop and Audrey, the only way to gracefully kill it was to ignore it, and that's when all the subplots came to the forefront.
It's also easy to forget that the show was more or less cancelled until fans demanded more, and ABC ordered six additional episodes. By this point, the writers were desperate ('cos of pressure from ABC), so they added Annie at that whole storyline as a last-ditch effort to regain viewers.
Lastly, ABC was hell-bent on revealing the identify of the killer, while Lynch never wanted the killer revealed.
Perhaps ABC has learned something about meddling with the writing and storylines in popular series since Twin Peaks?
03-29-06, 03:53 PM
#30
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Originally Posted by Rex Fenestrarum
Lastly, ABC was hell-bent on revealing the identify of the killer, while Lynch never wanted the killer revealed.
Spoiler:
After the resolution of the main plot, you could tell they were just spinning their wheels. Look no further than the HORRIBLE subplot with James and Evelyn Marsh for proof of that.
Those last 5 or 6 episodes though really got the show back on track though. Even though at times they were just plowing through pages of exposition at a record pace, everything got creepy and interesting again.
But had the show not been moved to Saturdays when the second season started, everything would be different now.
03-29-06, 07:07 PM
#31
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by lotsofdvds
And had they not been rushed into revealing the killer, it eventually would have been revealed to be
.
Spoiler:
Seriously, what makes you think that?
03-29-06, 07:07 PM
#32
Originally Posted by cdollaz
Twin Peaks didn't make it because it was too "out there" for most people. It wouldn't be successful today either on network TV. Maybe cable. See Carnivale for a current comparison. It didn't last very long either.
Although Lost has it's mysteries, the characters are all normal people who are easy to identify with. That was not the case with Twin Peaks where every character was quirky in some, or many, ways.
Although Lost has it's mysteries, the characters are all normal people who are easy to identify with. That was not the case with Twin Peaks where every character was quirky in some, or many, ways.
That may be true, but I still think the first season of "Twin Peaks" is the best television I have ever seen.
