Yes, one expects ‘the world’ based on how long we’ve been
waiting for the second season to arrive – the first season was released
by Artisan 6 years ago! – and this package is hardly worth writing home
about, but it’s here none-the-less. Paramount had an opportunity
to do something really special with this second season DVD set – and
though they’ve gone to some trouble, they really could’ve done a lot
more (granted, David Lynch isn’t a fan of DVDs, so the lack of DVD
extras could fall on him – since he probably owns most of the old
vintage promo material and interviews that they could’ve put on here as
supplemental materials) than what they have. On a better note,
the transfers are great – much better than the first season. The
colours are vibrant; there’s greater detail and you’d be hard pressed
spotting too much dirt on the negative. All-in-all, it both looks and
sounds rather sweet. The second season is a ‘fans’ season – in
other words, if you weren’t a die-hard devotee of the series, you’d be
lost. Not just that, You’d hate it. The ‘Laura Palmer’ mystery was
solved by about episode 15, and then the show took off into another
area – largely, it started fixing on the many rogues of Cooper’s (Kyle
MacLachlan) past, like the dastardly Windom Earle. In my opinion, the
only weak point of the series is the fact that we never find out what
happens to Cooper after his doppleganger leaves the Red Room… the
series ends on a major cliffhanger – one that would never be solved. Still
fantastic stuff, but it just went a bit too far south for occasional
viewers. Us fans though… we thought it was tastier than a slice of pie
from Norma’s Diner.
EXTRASTruth is, the first season extras – and even they were none too
exciting – were better. Here, there’s a bunch of interviews (littered
across the discs), where we here from members of cast and crew (near
everyone but cast and crew), but they’re all too brief and
inconsequential to get excited about. The ‘Log Lady’
introductions to the episodes (originally aired on cable in the states,
when the show was repeated) aren’t exactly compulsory viewing either. I
can’t figure out why they couldn’t have dug up some talk-show
interviews with the cast; some TV spots; or even put together a piece
on the cult hit that is. Conclusion:
Movie 80% Extras: 50% 
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