JohnC Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 This was announced ages ago and just earlier today I was wondering if it had been dumped. Now they've released a teaser, urging you not to watch. We've got Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket, Neil Patrick Harris as Olaf as well as Joan Cusack and Aasif Mandvi. Comes out Friday, 13 January, 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Darwock Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 On October 5, 2016 at 04:46, JohnC said: Now they've released a teaser, urging you not to watch. Erm, OK? Simpler not to post it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majora Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 This was put up yesterday and it's actually kind of fantastic. I've never read the books and I saw the Jim Carey movie but wasn't a fan. It looked good and it had its moments but it felt rushed and didn't feel as dark, witty or clever as it seemed to think it was. Based on on the first episode, this is exactly what I wanted from the movie. It looks great and the way it's staged and shot reminds me more than a little of Wes Anderson in places. It's dripping with snark and droll humour and because you get 2 episodes per book it has a lot more room to breathe than the movie which I believe crammed 3 books into 90 minutes. Probably the best thing I've seen on Netflix since Stranger Things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexx Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Wasn't a great fan of the first episode - but the second one mixes humour and funny well. Olaf (I think) is meant to make you laugh and hate him, with an undercurrent of 'fuck he's really dangerous') NPH is doing better at that than JC did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexx Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 It's Mr Trick from Buffy! That's been bugging me all day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted January 14, 2017 Author Share Posted January 14, 2017 I'm enjoying it. I see they've got a second season to cover the next 5 books over 10 episodes and hope for a third as soon as possible (because children age fast) to finish the books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 I really like this. Neil Patrick Harris is superb and whilst I enjoyed Carrey in the film I prefer this. The latters take on the character is clearly a huge influence though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPickford Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I'm enjoying this a lot. I love the "look away" theme at the start and the idea that the author doesn't want you to continue watching. I never got that from the movie but it's a lovely idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexx Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I like the theme. Up to episode 7 - I still find the "it's so grim, don't watch " stull a little OOT - it was fun for a bit. Episode 5 with the scene between Sham/Josephine in the market meeting and "falling for each other" was brilliant. Loved the subtle help from the Troupe... Harris sells the incompetent/exasperated nature of Olaf so well... And then he murders her in cold blood by brutally feeding her to leeches...(I know he killed Monty but that was off screen and often felt like something he was taking credit for). And you remember jesus fuck he's actually really really dangerous. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majora Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I loved the whole cinema scene in Episode 3. From what I've read from fans of the books, these first four books are generally considered the weakest and it apparently gets a lot, lot darker the further it goes on, which bodes well for the future seasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phelan Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 I loved the nod to Netflix by NPR. Great fourth wall break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone fishin Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Only watched the first episode, but it was good - whole family enjoyed it. Thought Lemony Snicket sounded familiar. He's Family Guy's Joe Swanson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPickford Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 After a few episodes I'm getting a bit fed up with this. It's just become annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamylittledream Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 11 hours ago, JPickford said: After a few episodes I'm getting a bit fed up with this. It's just become annoying. I think its one to watch in bits as Mrs Dream expressed the same feeling after watching 6 episodes of this over two nights. I'm still loving it, mainly Snicket's dry wistful 4th wall expressions of regret and Count Olaf's increasingly ridiculous disguises but it does need to break a little out of the formula I think for the final two stories of the season or it will suffer too much from stretching the same idea a little too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majora Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Yeah, 5 episodes in and I've started to get a bit bored of the formula too. Apparently the first five books follow the same pattern with different guardians and then after that it starts mixing things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grobbelboy Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Despite the great production design and a well cast NPH I gave up somewhere during the second episode. The constant urge for something witty to be said or shown gets quite tedious, especially because the writing just isn't very clever or funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hexx Posted March 13, 2017 Share Posted March 13, 2017 There's going to be a season 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gospvg Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 This has now also been renewed for season 3. My wife has just started watching it, absolutely loves it. Annoyingly because it's one of the 4K shows she has to watch it on the new TV so no gaming for me So I've had no choice but to watch it with her, it's ok I like the narrator style presentation reminds me a bit of a similar show in style I watched a few years ago Pushing Dasies I think it was called. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 I liked Pushing Daisies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted February 13, 2018 Author Share Posted February 13, 2018 Season 2 teaser 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Posted February 16, 2018 Share Posted February 16, 2018 Really looking forward to S2 and glad it's got a third. Has anyone, or their kids, read the books? Are they good and what for what age please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spleen Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 I was looking forward to this but the first episode had a song in it that the characters sang, which I hate, so haven't watched more. Are there always songs? Is it essentially a musical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JohnC Posted December 10, 2018 Author Share Posted December 10, 2018 Trailer for the final season, coming New Years Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popo Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 On 21/01/2017 at 23:09, gone fishin' said: Only watched the first episode, but it was good - whole family enjoyed it. Thought Lemony Snicket sounded familiar. He's Family Guy's Joe Swanson. Or indeed David Puddy from Seinfeld. High five! interesting to see that some others here felt the same as me - I got all the way through the first season but it was a bit arduous at times. Stared season 2 but finding it hard to want to go back to it. It’s finally slipped off the ‘Up Next’ List and I daren't watch another episode since it’ll just slip right back on there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stig Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 We got right up to having only two more episodes of season 2 and fell off. It just feels like the same thing over and over just in different settings. It feels really tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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