Wonderfalls

[cellio]

schulman, who might have been a pusher in a past life, lent us Wonderfalls on DVD. This was a very-short-lived TV show that I've heard her gush about. But I'd never picked up from the gushing just what the show is about.

We just watched the first two episodes. I understand the problem now. :-)

This show is really bizarre, but in a way that, so far at least, is motivating us to keep watching. I could describe the broad plot outline, but you'd either think it was stupid or accuse me of making it up. Maybe it'll make more sense when we've seen the other 12 episodes, though I suppose there's always the possibility that it'll make less sense after that. But I'll take my chances.

Ah, Google to the rescue. Here's how TV Tome describes it: "Set against the backdrop of Niagara Falls, Wonderfalls is a quirky one-hour family dramedy about an underachieving twenty-something souvenir shop worker named Jaye Tyler. Her life is forever changed when inanimate figures – including toys, cartoons and anything in the form of an animal, begin to talk to her. In each episode, the creatures' cryptic messages set into motion a chain of unpredictable events that invariably lead Jaye into the lives of others in need."

"Quirky" -- yeah, that's a good word. :-)

Comments

[schulman.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. Or, at least, were bemused by it.

TV Tome's description is accurate, but makes it sound... kindhearted and wholesome. What I love about the show is the sardonicness (sardonicity?) and misanthropy.

But yeah, it's damn difficult to describe without making it sound like something completely different.

[cellio]

TV Tome's description is accurate, but makes it sound... kindhearted and wholesome. What I love about the show is the sardonicness (sardonicity?) and misanthropy.

Yeah, it's definitely got an edge to it. I infer that this continues, which is good. (I worried a bit from that description that it might get more wholesome and sappy as the show goes on.)

[schulman.livejournal.com]

It gets a little sappy in the middle couple of episodes, but fortunately, it soon regains its bitter, cynical tone.