I love the You Tube description:
It does look like that will occasionally happen, as the trailer includes shots of him popping out of sewers and standing behind the orphans on subway cars.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.Personally I'm hoping that Lemony's role is going to be similar to Rod Serling in The Twilight Zone, which from the promo material we've gotten, seems likely to happen.
But they seem to know where they're going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.I wonder if he'll ever interact with the scene in some way (if not necessarily the characters).
Oh God! Natural light!I've watched the first two episodes. I'm really liking it so far, it manages to really capture the feel of the books while also being really, really funny (I think Sunny playing poker with the hook-handed man is my favorite gag so far).
And while I consider Jim Carrey's take on Olaf to be the only good thing about the old movie, I think Harris is even better already.
The only thing that's giving me trepidation is that apparently the Baudelaire's parents are still alive. I feel that kind of change undermines the story, but I'll see where they're going with that before casting judgment.
edited 13th Jan '17 1:08:11 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!It's been ages since I read the books, but Jaqueline and Gustav were not such big players in series, were they? Definitely not in the first book, at least.
Overall, the first two episodes were entertaining, at least. Though I feel like while a lot of the comedy is funny, I find some of the Olaf's gags kinda miss their mark. I liked Lemony much more here than in the movie, as I did the henchmen, which seem to here actually have identities and personalities.
The CGI is also really conspicuous at parts, which really takes you out of the experience.
Also, I'm not sure if it was about the acting or directing, or did I just get used to the style, but the first episode felt much more stilted at many points when it came to some of the lines being said. The second felt much more natural in that sense.
I'm pretty sure that Gustav only gets mentioned as Montgomery's assistant who quit suddenly. And I don't remember Jacqueline at all, I initially thought maybe she was supposed to be a retool of Jacques Snicket, but that doesn't entirely make sense. I don't know, but I'm pretty sure she's a new character.
I'm about three episodes in and I'm really enjoying it so far. It's not exactly like the book or the film, but does it's own thing to some extent, which is fun. The visual style and the acting remind me a lot of Pushing Daisies. I love the added VFD subplots. This way I'm not just thinking "and this happens, and then this happens..." the whole time.
edited 13th Jan '17 4:55:20 PM by Pseudopartition
The most prevalent theory seems to be that she's a gender-flipped Jacques Snicket, yeah. He had apparently been searching for the Baudelaires up until Vile Village, so I guess we're seeing his her search for them on-screen.
edited 13th Jan '17 5:01:57 PM by Anomalocaris20
You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!It's weird to me that, in a franchise that loves pulling the rug out from under people, everyone totally and immediately buys that Gob Bluth and Aunt Robin are the Baudelaires...
Granted, I can't throw stones; I bought it too.
Maybe you'd be less disappointed if you stopped expecting things to be Carmen Sandiego movies.

The trailer is awesome.
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