It used to be an Australian show actually, where Wilfred wasn't the only dog that was a person in a dog suit....which meant you had a fun little subculture of dog life going on, and every human in the cast could talk to him too.
This one is as Elijah Wood put it, 'just like Harvey (the movie) except you can see him.'
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I gave the first few episodes a chance, but it just failed to hook me. The Australian version sounds interesting, though. I'll have to see if I can find a viewing of that.
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This right here. I didn't realize that's what the Australian version was, sounds infinitely better than this series.
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Originally Posted by Attercap
I gave the first few episodes a chance, but it just failed to hook me. The Australian version sounds interesting, though. I'll have to see if I can find a viewing of that.
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Hey I kind of like this show, but why everytime I watch it I just want to keep seeing Elijah as Frodo, (could be cuz I just watched the LoTR trilogy) :P.
Cancel the kitchen scraps for widows and lepers, no more merciful beheadings and call off christmas!
Do so if you can...the network that ran it out here is called SBS and they may have it on their website still. It was way more foul-mouthed and funny than this 'hey, I have an imaginary dog friend' show, though this American version isn't too bad. But I do warn you that it is very much an Australian show, so you may not get some of the cultural inferences.
The best I can do for you guys on short notice (The SBS site isn't showing the videos anymore, which is a shame) is an Amazon link where the eps are like 2 bucks a shot. And as there were only eight episodes in the two Australian seasons, you may find it worthwhile.
http://www.videosurf.com/wilfred-200728
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Originally Posted by Attercap
I gave the first few episodes a chance, but it just failed to hook me. The Australian version sounds interesting, though. I'll have to see if I can find a viewing of that.
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It seemed like it had potential, and I like Elijah Wood (or maybe it seemed like it had potential because I like Elijah Wood?), but meh. It just doesn't do it for me.
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Originally Posted by SuperOz
It used to be an Australian show actually, where Wilfred wasn't the only dog that was a person in a dog suit....which meant you had a fun little subculture of dog life going on, and every human in the cast could talk to him too.
This one is as Elijah Wood put it, 'just like Harvey (the movie) except you can see him.' S. |
Since this probably won't matter to most of you anyway, I have a working theory about the show - I have a suspicion that not only is Wilfred a dog, but I think most, if not all, of the characters on the show are dogs. And that we're seeing everything as though we were dogs, and everythign is an anaolgue to a human experience. (for example, Ryan's 'house' is what a dog might experience another dog's doghouse to be, were they human... hard to express, hope I got it through there. Erm, 'smoking' is the feeling dogs get when doing that thing that dogs do that makes them happier than anything else; ie, basking on a sunny porch, or whatever it is for that dog, metaphorically expanded to a human experience.)
If anyone cares I can cite some more examples, and it's not a foolproof theory (there are holes in some significant places), but at least Elijah seem to have some specific examples of where he is acting as a dog would.
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Is anyone watching this show? Does anyone have any thoughts? I have some theories about the show, but if no one is watching, they'll be moot...
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