What DVD's are we Watching?

[DanaC]

I remember the first series just about hitting me like a freight train. It was a brilliant programme, but what made it totally amazing as well was the sense of zeitgeist about it. Everyone was talking about it. It had a pervasive atmosphere.

Second series was interesting but didn't quite live up to the promise of the first for me. But that first series was incredible. Completely atmospheric, with a self-aware humour threaded through it, but not disruptively so. Great performances all round.

I am not a big fan of Lynch. I appreciate his work, and have watched a few films, but for the most part i find them uncomfortable to watch. They're not the sort of thing I can 'disappear' into, I can only really appreciate them at an intellectual or visual level. But Twin Peaks was a ride. Grabbed me by the throat and didn't let go. But unlike the films, I did disappear into it. It was way more approachable for me as a viewer than a lot of his other work.