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Thursday, 4 February 2016 07:55 pm"I'm Afraid Of Bears, I Think Owls Are A Waste Of Time."*
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You've heard they're doing a revival of Twin Peaks, right? I don't think I'm going to watch it.
I loved Twin Peaks, but I never trust anyone who wants to revive old stuff. They never seem to know what they're doing. And I have two reasons not to be interested: Michael Ontkean's not going to be involved (and this after being enthusiastically preparing to be part of it) and something absolutely typical that was said when the whole thing was announced.
The statement was that they'd be bringing back lots of the original cast, plus adding plenty of new people—and they said this as though that second part was something the fans of the show were looking for.
Now, I understand that with twenty-five years having passed, they'll need to bring in some new people. If nothing else, Lucy will have had her baby and it won't be a baby anymore. But I am absolutely baffled about why fans of the original show would watch a revival for new characters. If I want new characters, there are three networks and probably a dozen cable shows that have interesting new shows with all the new characters I could possibly want.
Why would I want them wasting limited time on characters I don't know at the expense of me seeing characters I've missed? This simply makes no sense to me, and it's typical of the way TV people think. I can understand it from their point of view, but I don't believe they ever think about this stuff from the fans' point of view. Then they can't figure out why we don't tune in the second or third week their show is on, and we're somehow really stupid for wanting what we've been saying we wanted, and which they didn't deliver.
I really would like to see Cooper again, but without Harry? I don't think so. The idea makes me sad. And what I keep picturing is some kind of weird mishmash, like throwing the original Dark Shadows in a blender with the shiny new '90's Dark Shadows, maybe because it started the same season as Twin Peaks. I just have no confidence in them getting this right, and I don't want to see the results. Maybe in a few years, when it's crashed and burned and come out on DVD.
*Stephen Colbert
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You've heard they're doing a revival of Twin Peaks, right? I don't think I'm going to watch it.
I loved Twin Peaks, but I never trust anyone who wants to revive old stuff. They never seem to know what they're doing. And I have two reasons not to be interested: Michael Ontkean's not going to be involved (and this after being enthusiastically preparing to be part of it) and something absolutely typical that was said when the whole thing was announced.
The statement was that they'd be bringing back lots of the original cast, plus adding plenty of new people—and they said this as though that second part was something the fans of the show were looking for.
Now, I understand that with twenty-five years having passed, they'll need to bring in some new people. If nothing else, Lucy will have had her baby and it won't be a baby anymore. But I am absolutely baffled about why fans of the original show would watch a revival for new characters. If I want new characters, there are three networks and probably a dozen cable shows that have interesting new shows with all the new characters I could possibly want.
Why would I want them wasting limited time on characters I don't know at the expense of me seeing characters I've missed? This simply makes no sense to me, and it's typical of the way TV people think. I can understand it from their point of view, but I don't believe they ever think about this stuff from the fans' point of view. Then they can't figure out why we don't tune in the second or third week their show is on, and we're somehow really stupid for wanting what we've been saying we wanted, and which they didn't deliver.
I really would like to see Cooper again, but without Harry? I don't think so. The idea makes me sad. And what I keep picturing is some kind of weird mishmash, like throwing the original Dark Shadows in a blender with the shiny new '90's Dark Shadows, maybe because it started the same season as Twin Peaks. I just have no confidence in them getting this right, and I don't want to see the results. Maybe in a few years, when it's crashed and burned and come out on DVD.
*Stephen Colbert