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Imaginary Friends Discuss the main imaginary characters: Bloo, Wilt, Eduardo, Coco, Mr. Herriman, Duchess, and Cheese. |
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#1201 |
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Mur?
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Michigan
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![]() Of course he can dislike Wilt if he likes--that, I don't mind--but it was completely unnecessary to bash him.
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#1202 |
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Saturn
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![]() He's entitled to his opinion, but this wasn't the right thread to post it.
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#1203 |
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![]() Sorry, I thought it was just posted. My bad!
Anyway, I like Wilt. A lot. We need a little more of him, but it's good that they haven't gone overboard since the movie.
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#1204 | |
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![]() Okay, I'm going to go out on the proverbial tree limb here and try to bring the discussion back to it's original topic.
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I agree that Wilt has undergone a major change in character. The series has let him evolve fantastically (kudos to Craig, Lauren and team!) from the pilot episode, and it just goes to show that there are two sides of the coin, story, river, whatever: on the one hand, you have sweet, optimistic help friend Wilt, whom we all met in the pilot; then you have the darker, cleverly hidden side of Wilt. This darker side, where his inner demons hung out, was fantastically explored in season four?s ?pre-GWH? period. This time frame in Wilt?s life, as explored by the show, sort of tipped off viewers that, ?Hey, something?s goin? on here.? (Perhaps this is part of what drew so much attention to GWH?) And you are correct in that Wilt?s season five appearances show that he is recovering, and doing rather nicely. Although there may be the potential added factor of him not telling someone if he?s hit a road block in his recovery?as we?ve seen from Wilt in the past, it?s not like he?s going to say, ?Hey, I have a problem. Can you help me?? Nonetheless, the recovery process is there and occurring. I wholeheartedly agree that Wilt is the most adult character of the show. Being slightly more mature for my age group (teen years), I appreciate maturity in others, which in turn makes Wilt appeal to me so much (among several other reasons). Wilt makes a wonderful role model?far better than other characters, both cartoon and live-action, on the air today, it seems?and he?s truly a wonderful person, despite having a ?handicap.? What gets me the most is his optimism. He rarely is unhappy, and it?s very, very infectious. (I appreciate this because I can be a serious black rain cloud!) One of the big reasons I like Wilt is his voice, as well. I tend to like people who?s voice I enjoy listening to (his may explain why I enjoy watching Patrick Stewart so much!), and Wilt is no exception. Both pitch and accent are very calming and pleasant to listen to. (I love the comparison you used here, just so you know). It does seem like Wilt?s attitude is something of a classic American antique?sadly, it seems like people have stopped lending a helping hand as often. I find amazing amusement in the fact that when I met a new student here at my high school, I extended my hand and he actually knew how to give a good handshake! But yes, I enjoy Wilt?s character very much. Of course, if you knew me, you knew that already! ![]() P.S. Please forgive my novel length post?I?m avoiding doing my Dreamweaver MX assignment in computer class.
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#1205 |
Newly Abandoned
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Oregon
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![]() 'Bout time I posted in this thread.
![]() Wilt is my favorite character in Foster's for a variety of reasons. I love everything about him, his optimism, his huge white smile, his adorable constant apologizing, his maturity in comparison to a lot of the other IFs (I've never been a huge fan of the more childish, chaos-loving characters like Bloo and Cheese), his kindness, his strengths, his faults, everything. He was always the character who intrigued me the most even before I started watching the show. Somehow, I already knew he would be my favorite. And I was right. I think one of the major reasons I like him so much is because he's so nice and considerate of other's feelings, something that seems harder and harder to find in the real world. We need more people like Wilt - I think the world would become a much better place. But anyway, I also like him because of the slight air of mystery that surrounds him. Sure, we now know what happened to his arm and eye, and why he's so scared of letting people down or stepping on their feelings, but we still don't know much about his life with Jordan outside the basketball court, or what happened to him during all those years between the game against Foul Larry and Wilt's arrival at Foster's. I've always had a tendancy to gravitate towards characters that seem to have that element of mysteriousness to them. It makes me want to learn more, y'know? Sooo yeah. I love the tall red guy, and I love to see him being loved. I just wish he could get more episodes devoted to him. ![]() |
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#1206 |
Baja Blast my Beloved
Rapo or Rachel is fine!
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: USA
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![]() Ever since this morning, I've wondered this about Wilt.
Part of Wilt, as PBL says, is like a Father-Figure. Maybe Jordan was thinking of his father at the time that Wilt was created, so maybe Wilt was partically created as Jordan's own father, and another part is the basketball coach Jordan wanted, and maybe the "helper friend" we came to know. |
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Location: South Carolina
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#1208 | |
Dorkfish
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There?s definitely an undercurrent of complexity and depth when Wilt is involved in any way, and Jordan is not exempt. He created a coach, true; what he got was that and an amazing friend and LIFE coach. I find it extremely hard to believe that someone could grow up with someone like Wilt and not come off a good person. Wilt trained Jordan well, and not just on the court-- what we saw of Jordan in GWH, you could tell he was humble despite his superstardom and he was very warm. It?s very plausible that Jordan?s father was an absentee figure in his life-- it?s rather doubtful that Jordan would have developed such an intense attachment to Wilt if there was a male figure in his life. In any case, I can very strongly see Jordan creating Wilt as a father-role; I would equate this with me creating a strong female IF after my mother died when I was eight. I wholeheartedly agree that Wilt is very father-like. He?s extremely patient and helpful, which would be like a father trying his son (or daughter) to ride a bike, throw a curveball, etc. I also agree with the ?Because I SAID SO? line as being highly fatherly-- I?ve heard that line very frequently, often from my father or stepmother. (I will occasionally say this to my friends, but not seriously, as Wilt did in ?The Bloo SuperDude??) I hope very much that in season 6, the writers put Wilt in more episodes than they did in season 5 and really develop his character. Perhaps placing Wilt in some type of leadership position and letting him grow that way? I would immensely love to see Wilt?s fatherly side come more and more into play, and to see him not be so hung up on making others happy before his own. When I described Wilt to my friend Lauren, I told her that Wilt would bend over backwards for you, even if it killed him, or something to that effect. Hopefully, someday, I?ll be able to tell her that he?s gotten to the point where he?s not so? eager-to-please, for lack of a better word. If the parental side of Wilt is the real Wilt, as you mentioned, pbl, I?d very much like to see the real him developed and explored. (Obviously, I have high hopes for what I hope to see of season six?)
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#1209 |
Foster's Legend
40% pretention, 60% insecurity, 0% brains
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: The only place more isolated than Iceland. New Zealand
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![]() Can I just second the motion that Wilt be included more in S6 for everyone, and have us move on? I'm pretty sure it's what everyone (on this thread, at the very least) wants.
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Location: South Carolina
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Wilt DID, in Season Five, reach a point a couple of times where it seemed clear that his obsession with pleasing everyone else to the point of not standing up for himself was beginning to wane. He had no qualms about scaring little kids in "Nightmare On Wilson Way", and was quite proud of that accomplishment, actually, and in "Better Off Ed", he not only stood up to Bloo and refused to go along with his paintball scheme, but criticized it outright, most UNapologetically! pitbulllady |
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