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I finally got to see the "Between Two Worlds" skit tonight on the Blu-Ray - sadly, I know of nowhere to watch it online. It's a interview segment with David Lynch interviewing Sarah, Leland and Laura Palmer, then switches over to a discussion between him and their performers. It's beautifully done, and I have to wonder what bearing it may have on the new series. Grace Zabriskie is such a strange, interesting actress, and she can do so much with just a twitch of her lip. She's the most harrowing part of it for me. Sarah says she still lives in the same house, never remarried - "I'm alone" - and that the house is falling apart a little. She says she fills her days putting on "the happy face" for the grocery store or the hairdresser, and goes home and watched football, bowling, etc. It's all pretty sad. I had hoped that Cooper's wonderful speech to Sarah at Leland's wake might help her move on someday, but who knows. (And who knows if any of this segment is canon?) Leland denies that he did "those things" and reminisces about happy times with Sarah and Laura. Admits he was with many women, including some as young as Laura or younger. Ray Wise is perfect. Laura's answers are very elliptical; she says there are "many things still not known," or even half known, and says she used to love horses. She talks a little about being in a circus full of dark creatures and flickering lights during her life, about "knowing a man named BOB" and how she knew her life was over. She seems to allude (IMO, anyway) to the end of FWWM, when she was so happy she cried, and "saw what it was ... it was beautiful." But she says there are still "questions," and smiles and says "I meet many people with no names." Whether it ends up pertaining to the new show at all, or not, it's definitely worth a watch for any fan, especially those who love FWWM.
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I would expect MacLachlan and Catherine Coulson, and I expect to see all of the Palmers in some way, shape or form, even if it's smaller appearances. Lynch is obsessed with them. If nothing else, I expect Sheryl Lee to either appear as Laura or finally get to be that redhead. I don't think Lynch will be able to resist using Leland and Sarah, though. I would say expect everyone, but I just don't know. I would be very surprised if Mädchen Amick did not at least make an appearance (she is currently committed to her Lifetime series, along with another Lynch favorite, Julia Ormond), or Sherilyn Fenn. We just have no idea what the structure of the show will be - how much of it will be the originals, how much of a role they will or won't play along with new people. Mark Frost seems to indicate there will be a lot of involvement with the original characters and stories, but it's hard to say. And I know Lynch has always loved to bring people back, even the most obscure. But there will have to be a new mystery, and I expect (and welcome) new people. In terms of regular cast, beyond Cooper I have no clue. Maybe not even him.
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SON's own Ian Buchanan in one of my favorite moments with his character, ladies' gentleman Dick Tremayne. He always used to crack me up on TP, and I must be one of five people on Earth who loved the pine weasel subplot - possibly because I was a kid and I loved furry animals at the time, but I still was laughing 10, 15 years later. I wish Buchanan got to play more comedy on GH, and not just Duke dragging Lucy off somewhere. He could do snark and fun - dour drama is hardly helping shufflin' old Duke. And here are Dick, Andy and Lucy with future SNL star Molly Shannon. And Little Nicky, another subplot which annoyed everyone but me (and Kimmy Robertson) because I thought everyone in this story was hilarious.
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Gallifrey Base is my go-to for most of the fandom. AV Club, etc. also loved it, I believe. I have seen the abortion thesis elsewhere, I just don't agree with it and I don't see it in the story I watched. And the fury about Capaldi's Doctor being so mean amidst small but determined circles online - when he is no meaner than the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth or Seventh, etc. in certain stories - cracks me up. I do think, though, that this whole series of stories, and particularly his confrontation with Clara at the end of this story, has been leading him up to slowly becoming less crotchety, and learning to walk softly a bit more. (Hopefully not too much.) I was a bit lethargic about Series 7 to a point, but for me I think this is the best in some time. It rivals Series 6 for me so far, which is my high-water mark for the Moffat era and one of my top tiers for the revival.
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Well, they would be the outliers, then (not that I find them to ever not be, frankly). Most of the response both in the general press, online and offline, and in the fandom has been wildly positive. I actually think it was very good but even I don't think it was as good as most of the fandom.
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I could swear there was also a Lucy recap that I remember from back then, this hilarious longwinded ramble about everything that's happened, I think it was intro'ing Season 2. But I can't find it. I did also find Season 1 promos, which I should've posted first. I really hope David Bowie returns as Jeffries, but I am not holding my breath. He can be elusive, for one thing; for another, Mark Frost was not involved in FWWM and was rumored to not be a huge fan (although he has made it clear in the new interviews about the revival that FWWM will be honored and its mythos acknowledged).
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Kill the Moon is getting hosannas and raves from just about every corner of fandom I can see for its story, as well as the press - I think it's quite good, I dunno if it's the top tier for me but it's very close, a bit of a bottle show with a profound moral dilemma up there with any the Doctor has ever faced. And very female-centric, with probably Jenna Coleman's best work on the show (especially her final scene with the Doctor, which makes me question where she will end up), along with Ellis George as Courtney and Hermione Norris, who I dug on Spooks, as the female astronaut. And an incredible performance by Peter Capaldi, who just stands back and makes it clear what he will and will not do. He's redefined the role very, very quickly and dramatically set himself apart from anyone to occupy the role since 2005, if not longer. I don't think he's better than Matt Smith so much as very different, and very, very good.
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It was about Tim Gibbs. Laura Bonariggo (Cassie) was very upset about JFP mandating the Kevin recast with one of her top AW stars, and Jill felt she did not have adequate chemistry with Gibbs, so she was fired while on maternity leave. Jill moved Kevin on to Susan Misner's Grace; when that character failed, the talented Misner was fired and killed off. A couple months after Grace died, Kevin and Kelly - Grace's "best friend" from boarding school - bonded in grief and quickly began making out. It was all a series of attempts to make Tim Gibbs happen on the show with leading lady after leading lady. They also gave him a lot of airtime with Jill's other favorite, Robin Christopher, as Kevin and Skye bonded over their issues with alcohol. I was so happy to see him go. He was so disliked that he did not get an onscreen exit - Kevin argued with Kelly on a roof one day, flipped a coin in the air and walked offscreen. A few weeks later we were told he had moved back to Texas with Kelly soon to join him.
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I can't be the only one who thinks Gerald Gordon was heavily channeling John Cassavetes. I'm sure that was a major part of his appeal. I was under the impression the Pollocks were the most renowned writers here? This is a few years prior, unless I miss my guess, but Rita Lakin's(?) work is very strong. The show seems full of pretty frank, blunt, often brusque, ambitious or selfish people. Not typical of the time (or even today). Even the tentpole leading man, Jim Pritchett, is much more full of piss and vinegar than, say, John Beradino on GH. He really goes in on his staff, he's great fun. I could've seen him on any number of other soaps (who knows, maybe he did a few).
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I'll take the links, please.
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Say what you will about Prospect Park, it didn't die mid-broadcast. (Just after, though.)
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Loras is back on the job in Dubrovnik/King's Landing. Also, Winterfell rises again. Sophie Turner is modeling. Also, discussing GOT and her new horror flick, Another Me, with Vulture at the link. Re: Season 4's developments with Sansa: I'm not sure if I linked the Another Me trailer, so voila. And yes, somehow there is more Isaac Hempstead-Wright as he continues the endless Boxtrolls press tour and demonstrates warging and the whole eyes thing for Screen Junkies, which he apparently learned from pro wrestling.
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Many have likely heard about this, but Charles Dance hints that he will appear in Season 5. Also, the Nerdist has a Comic-Con piece up with Isaac Hempstead-Wright, who seems to clearly indicate he will be featured, but who knows.
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If it's the same Lori Cardille I think it is, from George Romero's Day of the Dead, she had a very, very troubled youth and home life. Ah, yes, it is - and she left the role on EON because of her past trauma.
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The videos for "Alright" and "If" are still big favorites of mine. My mother was enchanted by the big band stuff in "Alright", but I don't think she ever hung around long enough to spot Cyd Charisse. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgeAUejUZhg I think Janet touched that global fame in the '90s, but she mishandled it after making it to the top. IMO after janet. she had nothing left to prove to anyone. But on her next album she tried to set a new trend, it didn't sell as well and she panicked.
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I worshipped her as a child - my CD and cassette collection were wall to wall Janet, especially janet. and Rhythm Nation. But she hasn't made a good album since The Velvet Rope. She got scared of the sales and she's been doing embarrassing, sex or youth-obsessed tripe ever since. I don't need another 16 songs about Janet's vagina.
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GOT cast and ex-cast continue staying busy in the off-season - Charles Dance is in Dracula Untold, as the zombified Emperor Caligula, who apparently sires Dracula. Yeah, I don't get it either. Also surprisingly featured is Art Parkinson (Rickon Stark), as Dracula's son and the apparent narrator of the trailer. Meanwhile, Rose Leslie (Ygritte) is some sort of demonically-troubled bride in Honeymoon.
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