Wonderfalls canceled

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UPDATED: Friday, February 25, 2005 22:27
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SAMURAIX47

Monday, April 5, 2004 4:48 PM

Originally posted by maugwai:

Honestly, I think what was missing was hotness. We've come to expect a really hot main character out of our shows. Jaye is not hot. She can be pretty, but never hot. Even the bartender is cute, but not steamy hot. I didn't have a problem with it after I realized it and accepted it. I just started to like the show after I saw this past episode. But I think a lot of people subconsciously missed the hotness.

I don't judge a show by the hotness level of the actors. If I wanted T&A and hot bods I would be watching all those reality shows that seem to put people w/ fake breasts into skimpy bikinis. But I'm not into superficialities. I prefer people who look like regular people, and can actually act. That's the whole point of having shows like Wonderfalls and Firefly... tell great stories with great acting.

Jaymes

DUCESTECUM

Monday, April 5, 2004 4:51 PM

Way to go SEVENPERCENT, give them HELL! I agree with you 100%!!!

And I'm thinkin' you weren't burdened with an over-abundance of schooling...

T

Monday, April 5, 2004 5:41 PM

This really sucks. I'll admit the first episode I didn't really like. It just wasn't that great, but the last episode was very good. It really pulled me in.

I mean dang they didn't even give it ten episodes. I would have went for out of order and time-moving (oh wait, they did move it ). Good grief. I guess we have to push for dvds now. This is so crappy.

T

Monday, April 5, 2004 5:47 PM

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Originally posted by SamuraiX47:

The people who watch Joan of Arcadia are the same ones who used to watch Touched by an Angel. That audience is what's carrying that show.

Jaymes

That's absolutely untrue! I wouldn't dare watch touch by an angel. That show was ghastly. Most of the people I know were afraid to even check out Joan (I was one of them) for fear that it would be like TBAA and most of the ones I know that watch it, view it because it's NOT TBAA. Please never utter those words again.

GOJIRO

Monday, April 5, 2004 8:05 PM

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Originally posted by Ghoulman:
when was the last time the Simpsons were funny? FOX is a VERY different place (and new CEOs) since the first Simpsons seasons and X-Files.

FOX is a dead cable distributer flying on vapours and investor money. I give 'em one more year then they will 'restructure'.

Did you see The Simpsons doubleheader on Sunday? Pretty damn funny, even if they were both repeats.

I hope you're right about the restructuring. They need to burn out the dead wood.

3OF19

Monday, April 5, 2004 8:33 PM

Ugh, guess what's replacing Wonderfalls in the "new" Thursday slot: "encore" episodes of "The Swan".

"THE SWAN
SELF-PROCLAIMED UGLY DUCKLINGS GIVEN UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO REALIZE THEIR DREAMS IN “THE SWAN,” PREMIER THURSDAY, APRIL 8, ON FOX [Encore]

THE SWAN, a new unscripted series, turns a fairy tale into reality and mirrors the classic tale of the ugly duckling who transforms into a beautiful swan. THE SWAN offers women the opportunity to undergo physical, mental and emotional transformations and follows them through the process. Following cosmetic surgery, contestants must go through an intensive “boot camp” of exercise, diet, therapy and inspiration to achieve their goals. During the three-month transformation process, the contestants will not be permitted to see themselves in a mirror until the final reveal. Two women will be featured in each episode; one of them will go home, and one will move on to the 1st Annual Swan Pageant, beginning with the series premiere episode of THE SWAN Thursday, April 8 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SWA-101) (TV-PG; D).
Host: Amanda Byram"

I need a barf bag. Honestly, I feel like throwing up just reading about that show.

SUCCATASH

Monday, April 5, 2004 8:46 PM

Yeah, let's encourage women to cut up their faces, just great.

Fox has moved fast - the offical site for Wonderfalls has already been removed.

KELLAINA

Monday, April 5, 2004 9:13 PM

Ok, now I'm no conspiracy theorist or anything but it seems awfully coincidental that The Swan gets not only a pretty big promotional push (commercials every break, pop up ads on the net) but it is also gets to inherit a newly opened time slot for encore episodes. And that spot just happens to open up in time to reshow the premiere. Grrrr.

And as for ratings... yeah they weren't good, but some of the best shows in tv history didn't debut to stellar ratings. Its only in the last couple of years that nets have become quick to pull the plug (especially with critically praised shows).
The only shows that seem to pull in ratings right away at the moment are reality shows - why? I can only guess but it's probably the fact that the premise and characters are explained in the beginning and there's a feeling that something will be missed by not catching the first ep (not that they're ever complicated). People also don't want to be left out when everyone they know starts blabbing on about the hot new reality show (I didn't start watching the Apprentice until it came up in one of my poltical science classes). As for other shows - was there even a break out drama this year? Joan of Arcadia, maybe.

What can we do? Watch the shows we want to watch. Boycotting, as tempting as it may be, does nothing (unless its on a massive scale) except show that you're not part of the target audience in which case the net doesn't care whether or not you watch. So if I ever see a show on Fox that looks decent (is Still Life ever going to air?) I'll watch it, but I'll keep in mind that its not likely to last.

Sorry for the lengthy post, once I started writing it kinda got hard to stop :)

3OF19

Monday, April 5, 2004 9:13 PM

Damn! I knew I should have never closed that flash window with the Wonderfalls music video.
iTunes doesn't work for people outside the US yet, but it seems to be the only place to get "I wonder why the the wonderfalls"

UNICORN

Monday, April 5, 2004 10:17 PM

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Originally posted by SamuraiX47:
The people who watch Joan of Arcadia are the same ones who used to watch Touched by an Angel. That audience is what's carrying that show.

Jaymes

Touched By An Angel debuted with an ad in which the angel asked God why bad things happened to nice people. So, as at the time I was a religion major, I tuned in to see if this show had what it took. It didn't. When the angel asked that wonderful question, God relented and a miracle happened and I wanted to vomit out through my nose. Just because you ask a good question doesn't mean that reality alters just for you, and it was a dishonest choice that caused me to turn off the TV and never tune in to that show again.

Joan is better than that. Although the writing often leaves me wanting very much for the Joss Whedon team to be working on it, the show makes mostly honest, real choices about the kinds of things that happen. It can at times be a bit Brady-Bunch with its endings, or somewhat forced in its plot and/or character development, but basically the show tries pretty hard to stick to the idea that there are no easy, pat answers to the best questions.

And Joan is completely cheeky with God, all the time. She is written very well. In the tradition of Jonah, who was disobedient for as long as he could hold out, Joan questions and gets frustrated, at times openly irritated, with God, and really struggles with the basic unfairness of life. She's very real.

The actress playing Joan and the general honesty of that show are what has somehow preserved it. That, and it's not a Fox show. (FOX SUCKS!!!!!)

What made Wonderfalls better was that you never knew or understood what it was that was speaking to Jaye, and it was pretty much left open to the viewer's interpretation whether there were religious, spiritual, supernatural, or merely mental illness reasons for the phenomena Jaye experienced. But it seemed that when Jaye obeyed the suggestions from the animals, good things happened, and watching her struggle with the weirdness of it and the frustration at not knowing was very interesting.

There is no such thing as a weed.

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