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Classifiedzerogoki from Canada Since: Apr, 2012 Relationship Status: I get a feeling so complicated...
#126: Oct 11th 2016 at 2:51:27 AM

The trailer is awesome.

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FoxBoxKid Philosophy Enthusiast from California Republic Since: Oct, 2013
Philosophy Enthusiast
#127: Nov 3rd 2016 at 9:26:23 AM

Make mine Marvel.
PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#128: Nov 3rd 2016 at 9:33:54 AM

This one is too.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#129: Nov 3rd 2016 at 10:42:09 AM

I love the You Tube description:

"Meet the star of a new Netflix series telling the story of a very handsome actor and three selfish and ungrateful orphans who refuse to give him the enormous fortune their dead parents left behind. On Netflix January 13 2017"'

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#130: Nov 3rd 2016 at 11:20:16 AM

Okay, that description makes me chuckle.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
SkeletalPumpkin Since: Mar, 2015
#131: Nov 3rd 2016 at 11:09:39 PM

[up][up] [lol]

I'm really liking the look of this so far.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#133: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:40:56 AM

Whoa, what is Mariah Dillard doing adopting orphans now?

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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#134: Nov 17th 2016 at 11:59:02 AM

Ooooh. They showed the harpoon gun.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#135: Nov 17th 2016 at 12:02:33 PM

And you can tell he fell in love at first sight.

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Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
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#136: Nov 17th 2016 at 12:48:38 PM

Huh. Seems we're going for a rather loose adaptation here as well as a more comedic tone than the books ever had. I may have to watch this after all.

Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#137: Nov 17th 2016 at 2:43:19 PM

SWEET. I'm actually really happy that they seem to be doing their own thing with it. Some of the stuff in the books wouldn't really translate well, anyway.

I'm going to miss Thomas Newman though. His score for the film is literally my favourite movie score of all time.

Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#138: Nov 18th 2016 at 2:30:07 PM

Thomas Newman is a god.

But yeah, many of the explanations of the words and other similar literary devices probably wouldn't work in a TV show. Of course, they could turn it completely around and have Snicket occasionally completely address the audience while in the scene, a lá House of Cards.

Wackd Since: May, 2009
#139: Nov 18th 2016 at 5:40:49 PM

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.
apprehensiveAcolyte Patrician of Gallifrey from The Migrant Fleet Since: Nov, 2016 Relationship Status: The vvillage twwo-wwheeled devvice
Patrician of Gallifrey
#140: Nov 26th 2016 at 12:14:16 AM

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.
KarkatTheDalek Not as angry as the name would suggest. from Somwhere in Time/Space Since: Mar, 2012 Relationship Status: You're a beautiful woman, probably
Not as angry as the name would suggest.
#141: Nov 27th 2016 at 11:48:52 AM

I wonder if he'll ever interact with the scene in some way (if not necessarily the characters).

Oh God! Natural light!
Halberdier17 We Are With You Zack Snyder from Western Pennsylvania Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Dating Catwoman
Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#143: Dec 6th 2016 at 12:03:56 PM

"Good morning! I am Stefano!"

"It's afternoon. And you're Count Olaf."

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Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#144: Jan 12th 2017 at 8:42:46 PM

TOMORROW.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#145: Jan 13th 2017 at 1:06:50 PM

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

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Xeroop Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
#146: Jan 13th 2017 at 4:31:04 PM

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.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#147: Jan 13th 2017 at 4:44:07 PM

I don't even remember Jaqueline. What did she do in the books?

Gustav I have very feint memories of, but I don't remember anything except him being Monty's deceased assistant replaced with Stefano.

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Pseudopartition Screaming Into The Void from The Cretaeceous Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Screaming Into The Void
#148: Jan 13th 2017 at 4:47:39 PM

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

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#149: Jan 13th 2017 at 5:00:55 PM

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

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Wackd Since: May, 2009
#150: Jan 13th 2017 at 8:57:17 PM

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.

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