The pilot is available, but it was released separately. I guess different entities owned the rights or something.
Spike: Lots of fuss over one girl. Other things to do around here--important things. Angel: You know that whoosh thing you do when you're suddenly not there anymore? I love that.
'Unleashed'
The Minearverse 3: The Network Is a Harsh Mistress
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
aurelia - Feb 15, 2005 10:04:52 pm PST #4811 of 10001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Lilty Cash - Feb 15, 2005 10:09:21 pm PST #4812 of 10001
"You see? THAT's what they want. Love, and a bit with a dog."
Ah. Ok then.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 15, 2005 10:18:36 pm PST #4813 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh yeah. I think Matt has cited this scene as one of the scariest in TV history.
Actually, the one I cited as such was the one where Ronette Pulaski wakes up and has all those strobed flashbacks to Bob beating her at the freight car - probably the scariest thing I'd ever seen until those hints of Monkey'sPaw!Joyce in "Forever." But the series had more than its fair share of creepitude, that's for sure.
A friend of mine who's a lawyer in Little Rock once ended up on a plane with the "Bob" actor - turns out he's a film/tv production guy that Lynch drafted for work in front of the cameras.
Strega - Feb 15, 2005 11:29:46 pm PST #4814 of 10001
Frank Silva (Bob) was actually working as a set dresser on the pilot. Lynch made a joke about getting him in a shot, Silva deadpanned, "Okay," and Bob was born.
where whosit gets beaten to death by possessed father-guy, smashed into mirrors (I particularly remember that), dragged and slammed from wall to wall.
That was Maddy, the cousin. They filmed all of that with three different actors so nobody would know who the killer was. Poor Sheryl Lee spent a whole day getting thrown around.
...I know way too much Peaks trivia.
Alibelle - Feb 16, 2005 1:15:11 am PST #4815 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
What's the Buffy starter dvd set?
Tyron, for the record, played a gun savvy underwear model who inexplicably stayed fully dressed throughout the movie and spent the first half speaking in a faux British accent to impress chicks.
I now really want to see this.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 16, 2005 2:41:29 am PST #4816 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Poor Sheryl Lee spent a whole day getting thrown around.
She gave good victim, that's for sure.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 16, 2005 3:40:14 am PST #4817 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I now really want to see this.
Don't put yourself through the pain - I did so none of you have to. Uwe Boll made it from a videogame about shooting zombies, which is handy since he uses actual sequences from the game itself as transitions between cuts.
arby - Feb 16, 2005 8:12:58 am PST #4818 of 10001
Guy #1: Man, there are so many hipsters around. I hate hipsters! Guy #2: You're at the wrong place. That's like going to Vegas only to say "I hate titties!" --The Warsaw, Williamsburg (OINY)
OMG, Twin Peaks scared me so much it wasn't even funny. That scene when Maddy got killed, any one with the dreams of the dwarf talking backwards, and especially the movie. I don't know which is scarier, FWWM or Mulholland Drive.
My BF saw Frank Silva in LA way back when (after TP came out). If I saw him in real life I would run screaming for the hills.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 16, 2005 8:15:44 am PST #4819 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Didn't they accidentally catch Frank Silva in a shot while shooting the pilot, and then Lynch decided it was too cool not to use?
DavidS - Feb 16, 2005 8:37:02 am PST #4820 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lilty, the Twin Peaks pilot was released as a separate movie in Europe. That's the only version available. Unfortunately, the last ten minutes or so spoil the storyline in the movie version, which is different from the actual pilot. (The difference being just those last ten minutes which were used to wrap some things up.)
So. You need to watch the movie/pilot (which is fantastic, by the way) all the way up to the last ten minutes then STOP. Don't go down into the basement in the end. Then you start watching the regular series.
Or you can gank a pirated copy of the original pilot off eBay or some such.