From: wiljo@kiel.uucp (Wiljo Heinen)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks
Subject: Just saw FWWM (possible *SPOILERS*)
Date: 23 Aug 92 16:19:17 GMT
Organization: OPeN - The Digital Advantage

Well,
yesterday I went and saw FWWM. German dubbed (hrgh..). But I just
couldn't wait to get hold of a to-be-released LD... The theatre they
shown it in was very small (how I hate this small-screen things),
_very few_ ppl. in it (though FWWM just started here). Estimation
approx. 30 ppl. Mostly dumbness stricken crowd (i.e. laughed (!) at
completely wrong places), that probably mistook TP for Dallas when it was
shown on German TV. 'bout 4-7 Peakers (apart from us both). German dubbing
*sucks*, especially on James. Gives him completely different "image"
that his own voice/way of speaking. Shucks !

Sofar for the setting.

Now we cometh to the movie. (if you hate spoilers, now is the chance of
pressing "n".



So - overall I liked it. Gave me a feeling of the potential, that is still
in all these TP storylines. Made me even more hunger for more TP series
stuff.

135 mins is just *too short* for TP like story-telling.

Obviously the movie has been cut -- apart from a few bare breasts (of 
Laura and (the new) Donna) the level of sex/violence ist just about the same
as in the TV series. Like when Bobby kills the cocain-guy, only for a very
split second you get to see his smashed brains. They had the same kind of
thing in the series as well. Also the hyped-about Laura-killing scene
seemed to me less violent (or on about the same level) as Maddy's killing.

Biggest disappointment to me was Moira Kelly (sp?) as Donna. Well - they tried
to make her "look very much like" the _real_ Donna. But her gestures and
such are just so different from Lara Fynn's (sp?). I would've liked it
better, had they taken an actor, that looked completely different (like - even
a blonde one), if this actress had been kept "in spirit" with Donna.

more disappointments: Lynch put in a whole bunch of the TP actors, just to make
the movie TP-ish: Norma, Shelly, the Log Lady -- we all see them for a few
seconds/ half a minute most. They add nothing to the movie's plot, just
clutter up the list of actors and leave you with the hollow feeling, that
Mr.Lynch either shouldn't have put them in or given them a chance to 
act meaningful. Like Shelly's only task is to load the "meals" into Laura's
"wheels". Well no ... we see her getting shown the art of floor scrubbing
by Leo. And Norma: the only two seconds (well-- maybe ten) of her is to
_order_ Shelly to put the meals into Laura's van.

To me this has too much the smell of rip-offing.

more disappointments: Kyle MacLachlan: totally colorless.

Storyline: The death of Teresa Banks: gives a few new insights and 
question marks. Has potential for further development along the
"owls" line. Is a bit lost in the movie though. I very much like
Kiefer Sutherlands part in it though.  Lynch could have elaborated
on that first part of the movie and made it into another 2hr movie.
(As other ppl. allready sad: Bowie just turns up, so that they can
put him on the list of actors. Talks a bit about the "convenience store"
and that he visited "them" there). But this TB part has some very
Lynchian pictures to it. 

The last sven days of LP: Great ! I love it. Now we get to see the _real_
Laura. These roughle 1.5 hrs give completely new angles to Laura Palmer.
OK -- we all knew that she had "secrets", but during the series the
"calm, lovely" homecoming queen was the emphasize put on Laura. It is
one thing to know she was taking cocain, working/thrown out at One Eyed
"sexualy active" and such, but actually seeing it makes a difference.
(could ponder more on that, but should be trying to be brief)

In FWWM you get to see more of the TP town (roads, neighbourhoods
and such). Now _that_ was weird to me.

I could go on and on, but all I wanted was to summarize my impressions.
Definetely worth watching FWWM, fits nicely into TP spirit, in spite
of its obvious weaknesses.

I can see the sicussions rolling along in a.t.t again, after America 
had the chance to see it.

Qs:
	1. we may again try to work out the relationsship between
	   Teresa Banks / Ronnette Poulaski / Laura Palmer

	   Once, Leland asks Teresa to "bring along her girlfriends"
	   next time, for more fun. Leland then arrives and sees
	   Laura/Ronette waiting for him in Teresa's trailer.

	   Obviously, there is the "Fleshworld" connection. But how in hell
	   did Laura and Ronette wind up in the vicinity of Prtland/Oregon

	2. From the series, the Palmer's lead a "normal" family life.
	   At least it seemed to me. In FWWM the Palmer family
	   is quite disturbed. Is it me or is it Lynch ???

I'll come up with more Qs, after more of you have seen FWWM.

cheers for now

	Wiljo
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