Did anyone here NOT like Wonderfalls?

POSTED BY: Gorramreavers
UPDATED: Thursday, April 8, 2004 13:18
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PEDME84

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 6:14 PM

well, i'm sad to say that i enjoyed it as a writer (it was incredibly well written) but i'm not sure i was entertained by it on a basic entertaining level. my disappointment was that i liked Dead Like Me sooooooooooo much better.

i was just starting to warm up to it, though. and dammit! now it's gone. some people suck.

- emily

THELEFTHAND

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 6:40 PM

GORRAMREAVERS: The main character was supposed to be detached.

The invisible thread running throughout the posts is that you really had to have faith in the direction of the episode and watch the whole thing. I loved how the directions given by the animals only made sense at the end. The writers did a good job of distracting you by allowing you to think you had it all figured out, then completely reversing direction. In a way that I didn't feel was forced. The problem with the show is that it was VERY slow and dry. To me that's not a bad thing, but most people like action and quick wit, or potty humor if you watch some of the other things that pass as entertainment today. "Tripping the Rift" on SciFi, absolutely horrendous. Something else rather odd, which I would recommend, would be "Touching Evil," Friday nights on USA. And my apologies, this is a Firefly site and I absolutely abhor people who pimp shows on the wrong site. Notice how it didn't stop me though.

GUNSLINGINBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 6:51 PM

I thought the pilot was really good, and so was the last episode they aired. I appreciated the show mostly for the humor, I think. The second and third episodes really didn't do it for me though, just very long and I couldn't get into them. I guess I'm to understand that these were episodes filmed last because it was decided we needed more intro to the characters, right? Because then I can forgive.

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GORRAMREAVERS

Tuesday, April 6, 2004 7:04 PM

THELEFTHAND:Thanks for your responce. I regret not watching a whole episode to be able to have a valid opinion about the show but I think this show just wasnt for me. I will look into "Touching Evil" though. Sounds interesting.

SOUTHERNMERC

Wednesday, April 7, 2004 12:17 PM

As I said, only caught the latter half (and only bout 15 mins of that, a half of a half), and so didn't really know what was happening. The priests arrest was funny tho, even without context. "It's a rental." heh.

I will watch the shows and post what I feel about them. But as someone else said, they seem to be slow and dry. Not a bad thing IMO. Oh, "Tripping the Rift" was funny as a 5 min web toon, but as a full time show? Most likely not, as that type of humor gets old after 5 mins, and they used up all their time already.

Jayne: "How big a room?"

HKCAVALIER

Wednesday, April 7, 2004 2:53 PM

Well, I only saw the pilot and the "bring her back to him" episodes. The pilot was way too busy and cute camera tricks for me. I liked the other one better, but over all I liked the potential of the show more than either of the episodes I saw. The show was gonna go one of two ways for me: either Jaye was gonna learn from her experiences with the voices, begin to trust them and get down to business, or the show was gonna be like 99% of all t.v. and have Jaye acting like it's the first time over and over and over and over again, never learning a gorram thing. It's like Scully spending three seasons to get to, "You know, Mulder, maybe you got a point..." I hate that stuff. But again I thought there was potential for Jaye to grow, although her character was kinda set up to be eternally cute and cynical (read "one-note") for the run of the show.

HKCavalier

Hey, hey, hey, don't be mean. We don't have to be mean, because, remember, no matter where you go, there you are.

JEBBYPAL

Thursday, April 8, 2004 11:05 AM

I pretty much agree with Embers. But not enjoying the writing may just be it's not our type of show? My main problem was that whenever I "knew" it was truly funny-it was just too damn uncomfortable to watch. I'm sorry, but any comedy that involves people making fools of themselves or continually in awkward situations makes me want to change the channel so i don't have to experience it w/ 'em. (Most of simon's scenes alone w/ kaylee for example).

ECGORDON

Thursday, April 8, 2004 11:45 AM

I don't think it really matters if I liked the show that much or not, or if you hated it or loved it. The problem is that FOX killed the show by their programming decisions.

I am a divorced male, 53 years old, living alone with not much of a social life to speak of. Not exactly the demographic that the show was supposed to appeal to (or Firefly either for that matter). But it does mean I am usually home on Friday nights, and I did watch all four of the eps.

I wasn't that impressed with the first one but was interested in where the show might go and how the characters would change and grow over the course of the series. By the end of the fourth ep I was a fan and very upset at the cancelation. The promos for the fifth ep looked very interesting, with Jaye's brother apparently becoming a believer in her voices. I really hope another network will give this one a chance, or at least that we might be fortunate in getting a DVD set.

I'll be doing what I can to insure that either or both of those things happen.

wo men ren ran zai fei xing.

EMBERS

Thursday, April 8, 2004 1:18 PM

ecgordon: I really agree w/you that Fox didn't give the show a fair chance and acted strangely (showing previews for an episode they will never air...what is THAT about?)
So if you know of anything to do to try to get the DVDs out there I would be happy to help.

Actually there is no reason for them to hold back on DVDs, they don't cost that much to put out and they can make some serious money.

I also know what you mean about the ratings demographic, once we reach 'a certain age' it is like we become invisible to the networks!

grrr argh

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