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Published at:  Jan 20, 2005 2:28:51 AM CST

SPOILER ALERT !!

I am – Hercules!!

The maddeningly entertaining new “Wonderfalls” DVD set - which collects all 13 episodes (including the nine never broadcast in the U.S.) of last season’s best new TV series – “streets,” as they say in “the biz,” on Feb. 1.









Amazon has it for $27.99 (including, I think, free shipping) and, I tell you, it’s worth it just for the episode in which the vengeful pre-teen gets his Russian mail-order bride. You also finally get to see what happens with Jaye and that bartender she covets. Jewel Staite from “Firefly” plays the barkeep’s ex in three episodes. Oh, and there’s the last appearance ever of the fabulous Kellie Waymire!

Thanks to the good folks at Buzztone and Fox Home Entertainment, I’ve not only got a copy for myself, I’ve got five more to give away!!

Here’s how to enter. Make sure you live in the United States, because Herc is shelling out for the postage and really really hates all foreigners less pretty than Caroline Dhavernas.

Now describe, if you would, an imaginary “lost” episode of “Wonderfalls.” Submissions must include:

1) A LOGLINE. Example: “A Scottish horse-trainer is inconsolable after Jaye’s vengeful taunting causes his prize steed to collapse into coma.”

2) A NEW FAKE ANIMAL THAT SPEAKS TO JAYE TYLER. Example: A cute anthropomorphized cartoon mad-cow virus on a brochure in the veterinarian’s office.

3) VAGUE INSTRUCTIONS THE FAKE ANIMAL REPEATEDLY RELAYS TO JAYE. Example: The fake cartoon virus keeps yelling, “Give him a happy ending!! Give him a happy ending!!”

4) WHAT JAYE THINKS THE FAKE ANIMAL’S INSTRUCTIONS MEAN. Example: Jaye believes the talking cartoon virus is telling her she must subject both the horse and, just to be safe, its napping owner to euthanasia.

5) WHAT THE FAKE ANIMAL'S INSTRUCTIONS ACTUALLY MEAN. Um, I haven’t worked out an example for this part yet. But I don’t have to!! I’ve already got my fabulous “Wonderfalls” DVDs!!

If you’re not even as confident as Herc about your creativity, it might behoove you to add a sob story about how poor you are, how much you love the show, how much you love Ain’t It Cool, how much you long to bone the mighty Hercules, etc. etc.

Make sure you put “Wonderfalls Contest” in the subject line and email your entry to herculesaicn@yahoo.com.

All entires must be submitted by Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2005.

In the meantime, want to know who does what commentaries on which episodes? Behold specifics even Amazon won’t share with you!!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


“Ironic and romantic… a true original. Surrender to its charms.”

TV GUIDE


TAKE A TRIP TO A MAGICAL PLACE

FILLED WITH DRAMA, HUMOR AND WONDER

“WONDERFALLS”

THE COMPLETE VIEWER COLLECTION

Fan-Favorite Arrives On DVD February 1, 2005
From Fox Home Entertainment


CENTURY CITY, Calif. – Called “arguably the best network drama” (SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE), the series that devoted fans have relentlessly lobbied for arrives on DVD when “WONDERFALLS” THE COMPLETE VIEWER COLLECTION debuts as a three-disc set on February 1, 2005 from Fox Home Entertainment. Set against the backdrop of Niagara Falls, “WONDERFALLS” takes you on a journey through a rich universe where a young girl discovers that the world around her is a magical place and that the seemingly random events in her life are actually all part of something much greater. Answering the appeal from thousands of fans from websites like www.savewonderfalls.com, the three-disc DVD set includes all 13 episodes, nine of which were never aired, plus episode commentary, a “Greetings from Wonderfalls” featurette, a visual effects featurette and a music video. The “WONDERFALLS” THE COMPLETE VIEWER COLLECTION DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $39.98 U.S./$54.98 Canada and prebook is January 5, 2005.


Synopsis:

Jaye is an underachieving twenty-something souvenir shop worker whose life is forever changed after she has what her family calls "an episode." That's when inanimate objects — toys, cartoon images, anything in the form of an animal — begin talking to her, providing her with cryptic messages that invariably lead her into the lives of others in need. Jaye meddles in, muddles up, and ultimately betters the lives of herself, her eccentric family of overachievers, and the eclectic variety of strangers that cross her path.


DVD Special Features:

The “WONDERFALLS” THE COMPLETE VIEWER COLLECTION DVD set features wondrous bonus materials including episode commentary, a “Greetings from Wonderfalls” featurette, a visual effects featurette and a music video. The DVD is presented in Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1 and English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround. The following is the breakdown for each disc:

Disc One

Episodes:

2 Wax Lion

2 Pink Flamingos

2 Karma Chameleon

2 Wound-Up Penguin

Special Features:

2 Wax Lion commentary by Caroline Dhavernas, Katie Finneran, Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller

2 “Greetings From Wonderfalls” featurette




Disc Two

Episodes:

2 Crime Dog

2 Muffin Buffalo

2 Barrel Bear

2 Lovesick Ass

Special Features:

2 Crime Dog and Lovesick Ass commentary by Caroline Dhavernas, Katie Finneran,
Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller

2 Music Video

2 “Fantastic Special Effects” Featurette

Disc Three

Episodes:

2 Safety Canary

2 Lying Pig

2 Cocktail Bunny

2 Totem Mole

2 Caged Bird
Special Features:

2 Safety Canary and Caged Bird commentary by Caroline Dhavernas, Katie Finneran, Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller

2 Cocktail Bunny commentary by Caroline Dhavernas, Katie Finneran, Todd Holland, Bryan Fuller and Scotch Ellis Loring


“WONDERFALLS” THE COMPLETE SERIES

DVD Price: $39.98 U.S./$54.98 Canada

Street Date: February 1, 2005

Prebook Date: January 5, 2005

Total Running Time: 556 minutes

DVD Catalog Number: 2224804

U.S. Rating NR

Canadian Rating: NA

Closed Captioned: Yes









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  • Jan 20, 2005 2:51:57 AM CST

    This should be a great DVD....

    by peter venkman

    For me to poop on.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 2:52:17 AM CST

    I'm completely uncreative

    by bigdogg

    so I'll definitely be buying my copy on Feb. 1 along wih season 2 of Sealab 2021

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 2:56:06 AM CST

    whatever show this is mentioning sucks

    by miltonwaddams

    blah blah you guys still haven't mentioned some tiny detail about star wars being leaked on another site blah blah harry is fat.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 3:44:43 AM CST

    This show gives me a warm fuzzy feeling

    by gheorghe zamfir

    I developed a fondness for this one right off the bat, great that I'll get to enjoy more than 3 episodes, I hope there's some kind of at least quasi-resolution by 13 though, maybe I can enjoy it as something other than a show unfairly cancelled. And yea, HBO is gutsy with their pricing, I remember the 1st season of Six Feet Under came out, practically bare bones in the way of special features, and was priced at that $90 mark, while shows like The Shield came out packed to the rim with special features, commentaries on almost all the episodes, and at half the price.

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  • Jan 20, 2005 4:58:10 AM CST

    These contests

    by rylrci

    are a joke, used for webmasters to feel important. (Oooh, look how many people like playing my game. These are strings, Pinocchio) What the hell is the problem with giving away 5 copies by default? At least you know they will either get to die-hard fans who enter, or be discovered by newbies who enter just to win something. Even the people who enter and sell it on Ebay are doing their part, because it's going to end up in a "Wonderfalls" fan's hands. I'll save my dignity and shell out the $30. It won't end the world (or break the bank).

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 12:10:34 PM CST

    Oh herc!

    by johnhawks

    I'll have my girlfriend bone you if you gimme that set!!! MINE!

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 12:31:17 PM CST

    dear Lord, please make this show go away ...

    by lou c.

    ... it's cancelled! it sucks! it's overrated by the 14 people who watched it.
    please, please, please let it die and start giving us some actual cool news.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 1:41:56 PM CST

    Her eyes must be spaced really far apart..

    by rinse

    to be able to look through that giant Viewmaster.

    And I'm glad to hear that the DVD set is maddeningly entertaining instead of wonderously entertaining.....

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 2:44:29 PM CST

    KEEP IT!

    by ripper t. jones

  • Jan 20, 2005 3:06:20 PM CST

    Fuck this!!!!

    by cyberbeavis1326

    That's too much work for a 3 or 4 disc box set that is under $30 bucks. I pity the fucking morons who waste their time vying for this. To them I say, get a fucking life and just pay for this mediocre show like the other few people. This show flopped for a reason, it wasn't cancelled out of spite. This show was half ass.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 3:54:02 PM CST

    "We're bobbin' along in our barrel.."

    by jimmy jazz

    Damn you Fox! Damn you and yourcrappy reality shows to hell!!! Anyway, I think I shall just order this at Amazon. Thanks anyway, Herc.

    Reply to Talkback

  • Jan 20, 2005 5:03:54 PM CST

    This show flopped for a reason, it wasn't cancelled out of spite

    by gilda mundson

    Actually, I always thought that it was. It was like why "Jerry" was cancelled on Seinfeld. It was developed under a former network head, and the new network head just "didn't get it" and cleaned house.

    I love this show. Last year when it was airing, I was a recent college grad working in a similar tourist trap, making mean jokes about the guests, and making sarcastic comments to the guests. I'm not saying that "Wonderfalls" changed my life or anything, but it was nice to come home on Fridays (I worked Sat and Sun for eleven months. My "weekends" were Wed. and Thurs.) and see something very similar to my life portrayed on TV. (Because usually, though I love many shows, I have nothing in common with the characters. I am not a vampire slayer, a Connecticut private school student, a police officer, an heir to an insane family's real estate biz, a poor kid from Chino, etc. I was just, again, a recent college grad with an amazingly shitty, degrading, awful job which required me to smile, even though I was bored and miserable every minute I was there. Oh, and much like Jaye in the pilot, I did lose out on a promotion to a 24 year old, high school dropout, single mom with 4 kids. [My coworkers were the most embarassing Latina cliche/stereotypes you can imagine. The gang members? check. Single mothers? Check. High school drop outs? every single fuckin one. I know not all Latinas are like that, but these women certainly were.] Granted, Jaye lost the assistant manager position to someone who was still in HS, but it was equally embarassing. Though, like Jaye, I didn't want that job at all.) Anyway, I LOVE Wonderfalls. I love it so much that I don't mind paying $27.99 with free shipping in order to get it. (BTW-My new job might be kinda boring sometimes, but I appreciate it so much after that godawful place I worked before.)

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  • Someone need to teach those Fox people some learnin'!!


    They keep calling "Arested Devopment" "Arested"!! What the fuck! This is an emmy award winning best comedy series and they can't say "Arested Development"....Oh' no lets promo it like it's Cops!!! "It's new Arested! & Cops! on Fox!!" Shit bags!! Learn to wright a fucking promo that gives respect to your good shows!!


    You should know that it dose not help recall when you reffer to it in a way other then it's name!!


    Recall: "Hello Mr. American what's your favorite TV show???


    Mr. American: "Well, I like that there Arested Show"


    Recall: "Arested? which one is that?"


    Mr. American: "It's that good one of Fox"


    So the recall person goes oh' this hick fool must be talking about COPS!!! hehehehe this is some TRUE SHIT!!!!


    ......Okay Fox say it with me ...."Arested Development"!!! Yea!! You did it!! I'm so proud!!!

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  • Jan 22, 2005 3:36:41 AM CST

    I LOVE WONDERFALLS

    by bubcus

    I watched the entire season (aired on Vision TV) and am going to stick to buying the boxset as a message to the boneheads at FOX that this was a great show and they were boneheads for cancelling it in favor of crap like "the Swan."
    FOX SUCKS!!! The bastards!!!!
    I loved Wonderfalls (agreeably the Pre-Teen and Russian Mail-Order Bride was the best episode ever) and I really wish there was a season two. It made for great Monday night television. I guess I have Battlestar Galactica now to tie me over in the meantime.

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  • Jan 26, 2005 11:06:45 PM CST

    When will the winners be announced?

    by batgirl

    Just curious.

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  • Jan 30, 2005 3:59:38 PM CST

    Hmmm...

    by tacodave

    Alright, who won? It's been several days since the deadline and we don't know! If we don't find out by Tuesday, I'll have to go buy one of these things...

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  • Feb 16, 2005 10:40:02 AM CST

    Herc, what's going on?

    by jancola

    Should we be worried about you? Are you ill? Beacuse it's been weeks since this contest ended and you still haven't announced anything? I really want to read the winners!

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