A Series of Unfortunate Events was kinda insane
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thanks for watching unfortunate events.
Do watch shows in there entirety or just the first season?
Could you please review "The Haunting Hour?"
when you comment 16 hours ago and this came out 30 minutes ago
Hey, i guess its possible a video for the rest of S1, i would like to know your opinion about the song of the intro and the song at the end of S1
Rule of ASOUE adults:
If they’re not idiots, they’re arseholes, and if they’re not arseholes, they’re going to die
Yep.
rip kit
@@emz1008 rip monty
@@saraola6477 rip olivia and jacque (idk how to spell his name😬)
Hahahaha so true!!!
The fun part is, A Series of Unfortunate Events was a series of 13 books with 13 chapters, had 13 libraries and 13 different locations, and the Netflix Series was released 13 years after the movie on a Friday the 13th!
Well technically, book 13 has 14 chapters
and the title is composed of 26 letters, which of course is just 13 doubled! XD
Amazing!
it's because The author and Bauldelairs are Jewish and 13 is the age of when a jewish boy becomes a man. Klaus missed his Bar Mitzvah
If you got the hard cover copy all the pages were uneven too
The books were so messed up. They were a dark parody of what childrens books are supposed to be. It was rifled with mysteries that had no answers, and purposefully nonsensical logic. They're perfect.
It's meant to be comically over the top in every way.
i remember feeling the emptiness and almost anger at not knowing the answers when i finished it. I’m still so curious about the question mark sub and where the quagmires went.
@abbsbrady7264 yes, I also felt this every time I read the books. It was like a pang in my heart because I never got all the answers 💔
The books were dark asf, I remember how sad I was when I read the ending.
@@arshiaaghaei oh I feel you there! It made me feel so empty inside when I finished it as a kid.
all the wrong questions answered some questions and honestly might be better in my opinion
true story:
Me: “have you every read a series of unfortunate events?”
My friend: “well, I read them for a while but I stopped at book 8.”
Me: “why?”
Her: “they got too unfortunate.”
edit: guys we were both little kids when this happened*****
i mean they did get ample warning
they were told like 10000 times but ok
@@nadaxx_ we were six lol 💀
I was like 8 and I recommend the show to a friend and stopped after the bad beginnings part 1 because it made her cry.
@@PercydeRoloFangirl whilst me ? I read the second book "the reptile room". I was ten. To this day i want to catch Olaf and just outright. He didn't have to Hunt the kids.
I absolutely adore this series
"Do you know what this is?"
"A list?"
"Wrong. It's a liST"
I LOVED THAT PART
Ah yes the floor here is made out of floor
WRONG. Its made out of floor
yes that part was SO FUNNY
Lmao
yup, and Neil Patrick Harris was perfect for the role
I love how they integrated Lemony Snicket into the show. Casting Patrick Warburton was the perfect choice and it added a lot of what was so interesting and charming about the books.
people slept on Jude Law in the original movie, but I always thought his voice was better. easier to take seriously, since everytime i hear Patrick Warburton, i think of Kronk or Joe Swanson
@@coffeebux same
yes, and it was funny bc he usually plays dumb characters (ken, kronk, puddy), so seeing him in a different role was really refreshing and he did amazing in the role!
ageed i love the sieries and the books
Technically Lemony was one of the characters in the story in addition to the Narrator, but I do love how they visually showed him interacting with other characters/getting involved in the story.
I’d say this show might be one of, if not the, best book-to-tv show adaptations ever.
Not that it includes every single detail or doesn’t add its own details, but the way it captures the gloom, the directness, the plain absurdity, of the original books in a way I have yet to see another show do.
It adds a political slant that wasn't there in the books.
@@ArrakisHeir88 it’s Netflix, what do you expect?
Wait I'm confused, where's the political slant?
@@liamlouiset-hall9201 i honestly don’t remember, I think I knew when I made that original comment, but i forgot
helps that the author worked on the show!
The biggest crime in the Series of Unfortunate events is that Mr. Poe, when addressing the children’s home and parents dying, “You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you?”
The ocarina starts playing
What is this a reference to?
@@genevieveowusu885 The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Oh god
The books are phenomenal. They have such a pronounced metanarrative style that will never let you forget, even for a second, that this story is being told to you by a very specific person, a person who does not want to be telling you. There's one chapter that opens with the narrator attempting to end the story full stop. What follows is too disturbing, he claims, too traumatic to ever revisit, let alone subject yourself to as the reader. That is, unless he can obtain a box of chocolates that he keeps on a high shelf for just such an occasion. And so he details, *for an entire page,* getting a stool, moving the stool to the shelf, climbing the stool, retrieving the box of chocolates, and bringing it back to his writing desk, before finally, the story continues. It's every bit as batshit as the show and it's amazing
I absolutely loved the books ♥️ I read them all when I was in 5th grade and I just fell in love
there was also that time where the book went completely pitch black for a couple pages to emphasize how dark and long the fall from the elevator was
@@hagishin9855 There was also that time he railed on about how "We all know, of course, that we should never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever fiddle around in any way with electric devices. Never."
@@hagishin9855 If I'm remembering right there's also a point where the word never is written enough times to fill 2 pages.
I read all 13 books as well as Lemony Snicket's Unauthorized Autobiography. And the biggest mystery for me is who is behind that pen name.
This show is such gift from Netflix. I remember the books as a kid and I cannot lie, Netflix did a great job telling this story. Even watching the ending broke my heart because I reading something and seeing something are two different feelings.
Yeah I was crying at the end of the series and at the end of book 12
SCHOOL! The answer is I don't go! Why go? I am famous. I am famous. I have more fans than fingers multiplied with toes multiplied with teeth multiplied with ears. I am famous. I am famous. SCHOOL? No, thanks. CZcams FAME? Yes. Good day, dear qmx
It's mostly thanks to Neil Patrick Harris
@@AxxLAfriku you are an amputee then?
Yesss...they were my favorite books series and the movie sucked...I wanted a TV show and it finally happened!
Personally, I watched this show and I loved it. It was definitely depressing, but I loved it.
Can I just say that this show, THIS SHOW IS INCREDIBLE
I remember watching it with my sister and mother and we adored it.
Made me very happy to see this!!
This series was so much more accurate to the books then the Jim Carrey movie. Big shout out to Neil Patrick Harris for the absolutely perfect interpretation of Count Olaf.
Ok, but Carey made Count Olaf intimidating, albeit in the weirdest way possible. I can't quite put all of my thoughts into words so I won't even try, but I can summarize it like this: Harris's Olaf is a failed actor that kills people. Carey's Olaf is a serial killer that took up acting as a hobby.
right!! And using Lemony Snicket's commentary straight from the book
@@NEETKitten
I think you’re trying to say Carrey’s Olaf is much more bloodthirsty than Harris’ Olaf
I must be the only one who couldn't stand neil Patrick harris as olaf
Neil Patrick Harris' interpretation of Olaf was slightly different than the books - bit of a different personality (different enough that Harris' Olaf would be personality typed differently than the book version)
Fun fact about Sunny: In the books she actually participates in a sword fight in the fourth book(the one with the factory) using her teeth as the sword. Fear the infant of death. For she will bite you, and make you an amazing meal.
Ah yes! I remember that part had oddly saddened me to read, i guess she got hurt?
@@turkishissunlanguage she lost and was almost thrown into a fire
"make YOU an amazing meal"
Thank you for mentioning this ☺️
Sunny fights a hypnotist at the labor camp, and the hypnotist dies by jumping back and getting sawed to death. . . or something like that
I saw the Jim Carrey movie when I was ten years old and it scared the hell out of me back then
So I went into it with very different expectations, but loved it even more
The dark humor, Neil Patrick Harris, the narrative structure, it was really something special and is one of my favorite Netflix shows of all time
This show was the best show I've ever watched. Season 1 is extremely disturbing though, but I love the creepy vibe it gives off. This is definitely the highlight of my life. The books are absolutely phenomenal as well.
Yesss this is the best show ever. The plot was amazing and so thought out. ❤
It gets worse as it goes on. Season 3 is really sad but its so fun to watch
I get the sense that Alex hasn't read the books, but if he had, I think he'd get how true this show is to the source material. I used to be a huge purist when it came to book adaptations, so I was over the moon when I started watching this. Even Patrick Warburton is a great representation of Snicket himself. Would never have guessed that NPH would make such a great Olaf either 😆
Edit: holy moly guys, thanks for all these likes!
I though it was an awful representation of the books D: I mean yes the events that happen are there...but they completly missed the mark on the tone...and its also so badly done It makes me wanna die. It has a worst CGI demon baby then twilight and thats saying something xD
@@AliceTheChaosWitch I likes the show. I read all the books and of course the tone seemed a bit off sometimes but just compare the show to the movie. It’s so much better.
@@andreaudeh6615 i actually really like the movie, it's not ideal and it did what if could mixing 3 books into one movie but in comparison the tone was waaaay better achieved and Jim Carrey was amazing
@@AliceTheChaosWitch Alice you’re tripping…
@@andrewyilk4998 I'm not really, it's called having a different opinion and that's okey 🤣
Fun fact: The bank worker that informs the children their parents had died goes by his last name which is poe and has kids named edgar and allen
@@chanelleright His his kids are Edgar and Allen Poe as in the american writer Edgar Allen Poe
@@claireperry4935 nice thx.
Quite sniky
And Duncan and Isadora Quagmire = Isadora Duncan, the dancer.
@@6235river gotta love a show and book series that build a world so detailed that even small details like that one would go over anyone's head unless you were some one who worked in that field.
@@nickdorenkamp959 Yes! I love it. The books have such high reread value because of all of the stuff you learn through world experience that only becomes apparent when you reread the books as an adult. As a kid a lot of the references went over my head, but every day with every new thing I learn, I'm always finding little hidden easter eggs in the writing.
The stories of the lives of the Baudelaire children made me feel so much better about my life growing up. They were used, abused and mistreated and so was I. Among all the books about the average struggles of school life, living with your parents and all of that other stuff that kids and teens go through, I finally found a series of books I could relate to. I'm now in my 30's and looking back, most of my life really was, a series of unfortunate events. I could probably write 13 books about it too 😅
My incredible sense of attachment and nostalgia comes from the fact that I very distinctly remember enjoying the books a lot as a child, and to see such a faithful and well done adaptation in live action is the kind of wish I never knew I wanted to be fulfilled until it happened. NPH absolutely KILLED IT as count olaf as well, which is just fantastic.
At first, I wasn't sure how Neil would do as Count Olaf.
Now, I can't imagine anyone else as the character. He did SO DAMN WELL.
Very true
Here before this comment blows up! Also TRUEEE! I mean, not even Jim Carrie could do it better ngl
Shame, for me he was by far the worst thing about the show. Jim and almost anyone else would've been a lot better.
@@archangelarielle262 Yeah but can Jim portray a sympathetic Count Olaf like Neil? Nah. He's just a funny guy.
@@archangelarielle262 As much as I love Jim Carrey, I don't think he does Olaf as well as Neil did, actually.
Jim is the best at making visually and audially funny characters. Granted, he's an actor, and I'm sure he can do extremely serious pals.
What I love with Neil's Olaf is that he's not cartoonishly evil like Jim's, but is mostly extremely serious and evil to the point where it's on the brink of being cartoonish.
But is still just straight up serious.
While Jim's is pretty much just a straight up cartoon all by himself.
"An optimist is a person who looks on the bright side of every situation. For example, if an optimist got their arm bitten off by an alligator, they would be grateful that it was the left arm since they are right handed instead of screaming that your arm has been ripped off by an alligator." Lemony Snicket
"oh boy! Half priced manicures for life!"
"And if both arms are bitten off, they would be grateful that they still have legs"
I remember it being that nobody has to ask if they were right or left handed
Optimist not to be confused with optometrist
@@moseslopez2935 although they both equally dangerous
i read the books as a kid, and have watched the show multiple times. it can get frustrating with how oblivious the adults are but that’s kinda how the books go too. imo it was perfectly cast as well. the three kids were perfectly cast
As a 13 year old who has watched this show over 20 time I can say so much happens that you don’t expect and the same things make me cry every time and it gets better every time
I never read the books as a kid but this series came out my senior year of high school and it was so much fun! It fully committed to the bizarre world it was portraying and I really admire it for that. So many shows these days are afraid to get weird and not make the most logical sense or don't trust the audience enough to follow along as they go to those bizarre, surreal places so it was so refreshing to see a show that did that.
!!!
such a good fun show
You missed 13 books of sadness because it didn't end happy. You just felt sorry for the villian.
This was my first Netflix show ever. Like no cap when I got Netflix this was the first thing I watched
@@MynameIsnotforsell yeah holy shiz was the ending of the book just terrible and sad.
Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf was the best decision anyone could have made. (The other actors and actresses were perfect for their roles as well)
Frick yeah he rocked count olafs over the top personality
Jim Carrey also did a good job as Olaf too
@@UnknownPerson-wc7wf they both did Count Olaf justice😌
LOL When you grew up watching Doogie Howser, MD to see Neil as Count Olaf as an adult :P
Defo
The book series was a favorite growing up. The show was great too. But the books were elite.
I remember watching the movie when I first read the books back in 3rd or 4th grade and being SO disappointed. It wasn't necessarily a bad adaptation, from what I remember, but I just felt super cheated because they stopped at like book 3. When I was older and this show dropped it felt SO nice. Being able to go back and rewatch the show and relive memories practically scene for scene is one of the greatest gifts I've ever gotten for a book series I loved growing up. I'm also a Percy Jackson kid, so getting a GOOD adaptation meant even more to me lol
I think the thing that made these books special was that the author didn't sugarcoat the things that were happening, and was brutally honest about the fact that oftentimes, things didn't work out, and not all adults were good people who had your best interest at heart. as someone growing up in an abusive environment, the books really spoke to me. the Netflix adaption is really one of the best adoptions of a book series I've ever seen.
I forgot that every book has spoilers either on the back cover or the first page, and the show addresses that with the theme song. Perfect adaptation.
The nicest adult is Montgomery
Please don't hate on me if you don't like what i said
@@amcselili I agree, I like Montgomery so much that in a moment I felt the same way as the Baudelaires, high in hope that the kids finally found their caring and trustworthy guardian
@@amcselili I agree and the Baudelaires would also agree
Then second justice strauss altho she is a bit incompetent...
Yeah. It fit so well that sometimes I would remember something that happened in the show, reread the book thinking it was there, and get surprised when the thing was only in the Netflix series.
Did you know that the author was a big part of making this show? That’s why it is so perfect. Not many authors have a say in their adaptation
That explains some of the Stephen King adaptations (at least imo).
Yea. Unlike *shudder* The Percy Jackson movies. So glad the author is working on the Disney+ Series. It’s gonna be so much better
@@themilz3649 yes! Percy Jackson is a perfect example!
@Jerome Valeska yes I loved that so much! One of NETFLIX’s best works, especially for us book fans
true daniel handler (the writer) was a producer i think
I ABSOLUTELY adored this series. Everytime I'd go to my mothers, I begged her to watch it. IT.WAS.BOMB
As somebody who dosen't have Netflix but READS series of unfortunate events, it was nice to see the pov of the show.
that beginning monologue is how all the books started, funny enough. very melancholic and warning-like, it made me read the whole series
I was very defiant of the books warning that I read it.
Most amazing series I've read in my sophomore year.
@@jamilleyomtown right like you cant tell me what to do, snicket 😤
Hi, can you please tell me if Netflix adapted all the books? And are the adaptations as good as the books ? So if i watch the adaptations i won't need to read the books?
@@zey7231 I think you should do both, because they're different in a lot of ways. Also netflix adapted the main 13 books, but not ATWQ yet
@@zey7231 they adapted all of it, though not the prequels. I actually ended up liking the show even more than the books.
The reason ASOUE was great was because it understood older kids were way more intelligent and mature than most shows these days think they are. They weren't afraid to show death or two characters kissing. It's also a part of the reason why The Owl House and Gravity Falls were so good.
I LOVE ALL OF THOSE SHOWS
Seeing as we did see all three of the main trio have very near-death scenarios, I think Amphibia would fit on that list
I LOVE AMPHIBIA
It's also nice that unlike many shows, they don't make a big deal out of two people kissing.
@@lalalalallaaalla SAME ITS SO GOOD
ive watched a series of unfortunate events 14 times and counting
I remember as a kid being very aware of the books, but consciously choosing not to read them. Not because I assumed they'd be bad - all my friends gushed about them. I just figured that as an anxiously depressed kid, I read books to escape my reality. I was scared that these books would hit a little too close to home for my liking.
"It feels kind of Tim Burtony."
Fitting, considering the set designer for the show also was the designer for Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, and Edward Scissorhands.
No kidding, I genuinely did not know that. I thought he was the set designer for the Movie version of this that came out years back.
"It feels kind of Tim Burtony" probably because its a bit grim kinda like Wednesday
Also: Wednesday is the only Tim Burton production I'm familiar with, so please no hate😑
As a kid who spent most of grades 8-9 in the library reading all.of the lemony Snicket series, I was insanely apprehensive about the show and unsure about the first few episodes... The moment we got the the Logging Camp episode, they sold me perfectly. I was worried they would censor this book because ... Ya know, phobia... But they did the episode EXACTLY as the book, the maiming, the mind control, the cross dressing, everything.... It made my loner teen soul the happiest I've ever remembered
I definitely think once the show was able to adapt beyond what the original movie did it felt a lot more free and fresh.
I actually stopped reading the books because of how accurate the show was. But I think I might pick them back up soon because I miss reading them
I LOVE LEMONY SNIKET
SAME
Jesus Christ. Not sure I want to touch this.
As someone who read almost the entire Series of Unfortunate Events when I was a kid, I loved getting to see the story come to life in a whole series :)
5:59 I laughed out loud
Literally everyone in this series was perfectly casted, and exactly how I pictured them when reading the books. The only perfect TV adaptation of a book.
this is heartstopper erasure
@@ranaosman1393 i was thinking the exact same thing
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@@ranaosman1393 LMAO
Jim carry as count Olaf was better
me and my best friend obsessed over this show, horribly anticipating the seasons and everything, and seeing people talk about it again is so nostalgic 😭
Yup I rember talking to my ex friend about it and finding secrets hidden in
Same, I pinched myself on the arm watching the trailer of the second season. And embarrassingly so, I made a theroy that since count olaf was turning good since he showed us the next seasons after mouths of waiting. I was desperate, okay? And tired of waiting
@@Lavenderx27 lol I thought that too
@@sweetnsournugget2609 I was so excited 😭
especially in ssn 2
I did watch this with my dad, it was so weird and sad, it’s a show that really makes you think
Though the theme song did kinda slap
@@sharkman663It did tho
8:50 "WHERE'S THE LAMB SAUCE!"
This show is soooo good, especially if you’re fan of the books or just generally a fan of absurdist comedy and/or satire. The last episode wasn’t very good but the rest of it is excellent.
To be fair, the last book isn't the greatest out of the series either. I feel like it would always be hard ending this type of story, with so many mysteries to answer, characters that aren't followed up on, and having the characters isolated on an island the entire time aha
@@jayden.188 True, but they cut out huge chunks of the last book and drastically changed the story of it.
the satire and mood of the humor in the show is my thinggg 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
@@fullmetalandtheflame438 not rly.
It’s not the first time Neil Patrick Harris was in a great series with a meh ending :\
This is the kind of series that evokes a feeling of dread and excitement, while keeping you hooked and waiting for the next episode
I used to read the book, then immediately watch the episode, but after the 5th book (I forgot what it's called but it's at the school) I just said screw it and watched the rest of the episodes last night
@@uselessgay2341 the austere academy i think is book 5...the illustration is what made me start reading the books
@@uselessgay2341austere academy
So, it's not a kids show but if you wanted to watch BBC Dracula, it is the most insane thing I have ever seen. I would try for a harder sell but it would ruin the "What on earth is this?!" gut punch of basically every decision they have made
I really wanted the show to continue... It gave me Sherlock vibes and I loved it so much.
same😕
It literally couldn't..... The books ended there too.....
In the 4th grade, my teacher would read this series to us as a reward. We never finished the books but I remember thinking how weird it was that us kids were so genuinely excited to hear about these weird traumatized nerds.
BUT IT WAS HYPE!
Now as an adult, the show works for the same reason. It took the kids seriously enough to give them real stakes to find their way out of.
i was around the same age when our teacher read us these books, i ended up finishing them on my own but i can’t remember what happened 😭
The way the tables have turned! My 4th/ 5th grade teacher would let us watch the episodes during lunch as a treat 😭
omg this!! well it wasn't read to, we read it ourselves, but ppl around me loved these books sm and to this day, my biggest flex is that i read the books as a 9 yr old before the show came out
Ironically my teacher also read it to us in fourth. I’m still in highschool tho
What I loved about this show was the general ‘look’ of the show.
It’s hard to describe, but to me there is a certain mystical ‘fakeness’ in the character and set design, almost like surreal characters and cutout backgrounds in a play. But you don’t notice the fakeness due to the ‘suspension of disbelief’ to immerse yourself in the story.
This alludes to the characters and set design of the series being reminiscent of theatre productions, which symbolically aligns well with the theatrical antics of Olaf and his ‘acting troupe’.
Another thing that may allude to this is the blatant obliviousness of the child support agent and some of the children’s allies (sorry, forgot their names, I watched it a while ago). You almost want to scream at them for being so blind and trusting of Olaf and Co., which mirrors a popular tactic in children’s plays where the children scream out the location of the (very poorly) hidden villain to an oblivious hero or supporting character.
Please watch some movies of Wes Anderson as they take the weird uncanny perfection of settings and take it to the max. I'd say have a look at :
Fantastic mister fox
Grand budapest hotel
Daerjeeling limited
Moonrise Kingdom
The life aquatic
They all just carry through with a weird mix of aesthetic composition and symmetrical arrangement
A huge part of that is that it doesn’t take place in any one time period- costuming anywhere from 1880-1980s, then Olaf’s car shows up and it looks like the 70s
@@victorvale1015 Olaf also mentions that the hourglass he has in the first part he got from the internet. Also it's funny how the newspapers always say date:today
Alex, if you think the show was dark, read the books. the Baudelaires see a villain step back into a saw, got pushed into a dark elevator shaft, and watched two adults get mauled and eaten by lions. very much a wholesome kids series.
(to be real, though, the entire lore of ASOUE is soo good, although I wouldn't recommend letting kids read the books or watch the show/movie)
This show was so cool to watch. I didn't read the books until after, but the mystery and everything in this show was incredibly well paced
Honestly if Netflix kept making interesting shows like this, maybe their stock prices wouldn’t have shat itself 😅 I forgot how good this show was! Great video Alex 🔥🤌🏼
they made Julie and the Phantoms which was an amazing show, interesting too with lots of lore, lovable characters, amazing soundtrack and won several awards plus a loyal fandom. then after two years of its release they cancelled it on a cliff hanger.
@@disneyqueen6319 Dude they've done this with so many of their good shows, they cancel quality stuff with cult followings cause It doesn't have enough mass appeal... It's the worst, I'd probably still use netflix if they hadn't cancelled like half of my favorite shows lmao
They make a lot of good shows. They also make a lot of bad shows though.
@@disneyqueen6319 see they ruin it for people this way it’s so sad 😩
@@igglye6805 the bad ones ruin it for everyone unfortunately 🥴
nobody's gonna believe me on this but I'm a nobody who helped work on this show and the crew was really close, it was such a wonderful experience to work with the people who helped make this show what it is. It's great seeing people still enjoying in the show after all the hard work put into it.
disregarding my own biases I def think it's worth giving a watch. I read the books as a kid and It stays true to its source material and does a great job adapting itself for the screen
Absolutely everyone in the comments section agrees with you. Thank you :)
I’m also a “nobody” who worked on this show. It’s such a great adaptation, and I had a great time with the cast and crew.
@@aus-li agreed, working directly with some of the people on this show was absolutely incredible. I look back at my times on this set very fondly
That's cool! What'd you do on set?
The series is incredible, I actually watched the film though I was so little I had no idea what was going on but the details were vivid in my head like a fever dream, years ago when I watched the premise of this show on netflix the nostalgia was insane
This book series was the only one I was actually willing to read when I was really young. I have all the books right now and I still love them so much
this show was literally somehow my childhood
When this show came out, I was literally OBSESSED with it. I have an unhealthy habit of rewatching, and I rewatched the first season for 6 months straight (my mom banned me from ever watching the first season again.) This really was the peak of Netflix, and this show will always feel so incredibly nostalgic to me.
i have watched each season a MINIMUM of 25 times each and im pretty sure i watched season 2 atleast 35
I grew up on the books, the movie, and the video game (the game is a buggy PoS but it has its momemts) so this series on netflix is the shit
i’m about to rewatch it right now😭
If I was your sibling... we'd be banned together the problem is... I'd help you watch it secretly again and again and again 😀😁😎
Wow… I didn’t know people liked this so much. I hate this show even though I love the books. I thought other people shared my opinions, but I guess most people like the show 🤷♂️
the books and original movie had an absolute chokehold on me during elementary school and then seeing this show come out while I was in high school was such a sweet comfort
this show was my shit in middle school. i vividly remember pulling an all-nighter when season 3 dropped and it was the best thing ever
Cool that you got the books after watching the series, my favorite one in the series was the Grim Grotto, the concept of living in a sub and exploring the mysterious deep fascinated my imagination when I was a kid, and I still don't know to this day what was the big ? on the radars.
The ? was a creature that was known to captains as "the Great Unknown". It was a very large sea creature that no one really knew much about but it would attack submarines sometimes. All we got in the series was a small glimpse at a few scales but apparently it was too large to see the whole thing
We need more kids shows like this I’m not a kid and I still enjoyed watching this. I love the film but this one did more justice to fans of book and gave new people a light on the books.
thats also how i felt about creeped out on netflix. i found it enjoyable to watch even thought its aimed for kids.
@@kayd9405 fr!! that show was INSANEEE!! i was legit scared and i binged watched it in like 3 days. AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING!!!
@@kayd9405 I need to watch that show now I feel like I’m missing out.
As someone who has binged this as a kid I must say, ITS AMAZINGTHEPLOTLINEISAMAIZNGGHE MYSTERYOHMYGODWHYAMINOTUSINGSPACESANDHAVEBADGRAMMARIDISOIMJUSTREALLYUN-HAPPYTHATHESTALKINGABOUTHISSHOWREEEEEE
@@unkn0n_3rr0r5 I did the same I sat down and watched it in one sitting I like it a bit better than the film because it adds more to the character and story.
Fun fact: A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004) was the first Nickelodeon Movies film to win an Academy Award, which was for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.
That was like the worst book adaptation ever
I never realised this, thanks for enlightening me!
Ever since I watched this show sometimes sitting in silence I still here “Karmalita!!!”
I can’t believe you mentioned the phantom tollbooth! That book was so good. Everytime I use the word doldrums ppl are like what does that even mean?
This series may be a bit bizarre but you gotta admit, these are more book accurate than the movie
I saw the original movie as a Tim Burton translation of the series while the show felt like a Wes Anderson translation
As someone who read all 13 books three times I have to say it's VERY VERY book accurate
But I love the movie 😭
@@labyrinth123 I had to read the books in 3rd grade, the year the show came out, and when I saw the show I was so surprised how accurately it followed the book considering the movie
@@blending_in same
this show was a masterpiece. it reflected the books perfectly and added so many things which only enhanced the plot. i first read the books early on and watched this when it first came out, and all i can say is that it will never get old. also, i think one of the reasons i still like this show is that it gives very much dark, edgar allen poe vibes
I grew up with the books and they are incredible. The series really captures the stories and settings and characters of the books so well and Neil Patrick Harris was a perfect olaf
I watched the entire thing more than 4 times, it’s tragic 😭
Yeah, they’re stories for kids but they’re clever and well written and the author isn’t trying to use ridiculous “current” slang so it’s always going to be classic and easy reading. I ADORED these books as a teen, and genuinely feel sorry for people who weren’t into it at the time cause it was so exciting. They gave me the same feels as the HP books gave me and the rest of the world while the saga was being written, only ASOUE wasn’t as popular 😅
Tbh it really doesn't feel like a kid show it's kinda horrifying 🤣
I would've loved to read it as a child if I knew what it was. I love reading when theres interesting stories, cliffhangers, plot twists, life-threatening situations, etc
HP like lovecraft?
Seriouslyyyy, like I was reading these in the school library on repeat! I never could get into HP (and I'm glad cause JKR), but something about ASOUE got me. Maybe it's cause I'm Jewish myself and the books just ooze with Jewish values, feelings, etc., and that just felt so familiar and inviting.
@@lethalpabby like the wizard
This series is an adaptation of 13 books and let me tell you, I read the books when I was a teenager and they did an AMAZING job, the series are SOOO faithful to the books, every single scene is what you imagine in the book, I love so much.
Even the things they added that weren't in the books still feel like they belong.
@@kitfox92 YEESS, it's just so well done, it literally doesn't fell like a netflix show
Yes!!!!
book: suspense 10/10 in “The Miserable Mill” when Charles is being held on that log I was in class and i screamed in the middle of math 😭
OMG THATS SO FUNNY
I love A Series of Unfortunate Events. It’s a great book series that doesn’t talk down to its audience, and is full of a ton of witty humor.
I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU DID ASOUE! Surprisingly the fandom is dead nowadays, so hopefully this brings attention to it again. Also I hope you enjoy the books! For being a “kid’s series” the messages are quite mature.
he aint watch it all thsi just the first mf episode
Yeah-
thats not true. it ain't completely dead
@@durpatoot sure, but it’s not nearly as active as it was back then. When the show stopped coming out a lot of people abandoned it. Even the official Instagram account did
@@forgetmaenott thats why i said not completely dead
Loved the books as a kid (that theme of having all the adults around fail the kids consistently just hit home, you know). And the tv show was so well done. I'd watch a full commentary on the complete show
@dolimi jotoo magazines.
@dolimi jotoo yes, books
i watched and read this entire series so many times. looking back on it i think more kids shows should be as honest as this one. it’s also my entire childhood and i love it so muchhhhh
This show really did capture the bizarreness of the world in the books. I honestly felt it was a very faithful adaptation.
A Series of Unfortunate Events is a good Netflix exclusive of a gem very entertaining! The Boldelairs had a miserable life but hey at least they got a happy ending unlike Count Olaf in which Neil Patrick Harris nailed the role!
Indeed, Neil was just the right amount of campy for Olaf, and he got to show off his singing chops.
It’s also a movie that came out 2004 Check it out Jim Carrey plays count Olaf
@@dac6157 That was a great movie
The Books are also really Good, like the beginning dialog is actually word for word from the book, and the series is pretty close, but the book is a bit more on the darker humor side of comedy and does it extremely well.
I'm into dark humor so A Series of Unfortunate Events is peferct for me I grew up watching Tim Burton movies like The Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corpse Bride.
I can’t stop laughing at whatever you’re doing with Sunny’s shots LOLOLOLOLOL
I’m happy you got hooked and decided to watch it! Please read the book too, although I think the series did it so well you might not even need to!
Lol same
Ikr I thought the Fandom was dead
It has been a minute. I'd be absolutely up for a full recap of the entire show, spoilers don't matter. As you said it's something else, unlike all these replaceable shows, and it's one of the best out there, so I'd be absolutely up for more
i read the first few books and watched some episodes as a kid, and i loved it all. One of my favorite things in storytelling is when the author realizes that kids are that as dumb as we make them out to be. Yes, they’re not the brightest, but that doesn’t mean they can’t handle some sadness. You see all of these children books that are extremely positive and everyone’s kind & happy, and while those are just as important for kids, books like ASOUE teach kids that life isn’t all perfect, not everyone, especially adults/trusted people, is kind and willing to help, and that you have to go through the rainy days in order to have the sunny days. It made me love the books as a kid, and appreciate them now that i’m older. Some quotes I did and still relate to. Just a beautiful book series. Highly recommend for anyone who hasn’t read it.
This show is really something special! I encourage everyone who haven’t seen it to give it a look! My favorite quote is “if you’re allergic to a thing, it best not to put that thing in your mouth. Particularly if that thing is cats”.
Oh my god that is 100% my favorite line as well!
My favourite line is "in a sea of ignorance, a library is like an island"
@@aleenaalibhai4283 I love that one as well!
Sadly just finished Anne with an e do I'm gonna give this show a try. I wish I was still in middle school, I know I would've loved it with all my heart
The only reason I watched it lol
I think what makes shows like this special is that everything in the books was crafted with heart.
There was no censorship and no beating around the bush.
They had an idea and they build a world, a story and characters and they didn't use any of that as cheap escuses for jokes, cheap plot twists or useless drama.
They had an idea and they went through with it, putting heart in each aspect.
But what I truly love the most is that lemony never lied about the sad end etc. Lotsa kids shows try to be spooky and gloomy but then they just play pretend and chicken out of it while this show never did.
We have characters dieing pretty much on screen. Weve seen literal dead bodies on screen. We've had Olaf hit Klaus. We didn't have an happy end either.
This show simply didn't give away any of its quality and writing just to be more appealing to kids or advertisement and that's amazing about it
I mean the children survived and escaped, and the friends met up with their brother, so it's not actually that bad
@@RushWheeler well on one hand yes. But we do know that their misadventures continued far after that and they are wanted criminals so they can never really return to the mainland ever again
The series itself is full of "useless" drama though LoL.
@@yldzyldz790 wdym by useless drama?
I mean when yoh look at almost every show from far enough away you can say that the entire plot is just useless drama (cough cough Riverdale cough cough)
@@godomoths242 i didnt watch riverdale but i Heard the ridicilous plot it has but i meant by useless drama, yknow those kids never get break or evet happy ending, its full of tragedy, drama and yknow its useless, unnecessary but also point of plot LoL but still thats like that.
Neil Patrick Harris was the perfect pick for Count Olaf and you can’t change my mind
The book series was amazing! The point of the books was that life can suck at times and there may not be any quick resolution but you have to keep trying and how often times adults can turn a blind eye to childhood trauma and pain. Loved the series. Read it growing up in the 90’s this was a great adaptation as well.
I remember watching the movie as a kid and thinking “this movie is terrible, they get no happy ending” and then i was like one episode in the series and remembered all the bad shit that happens and i was like “im gonna choose happiness just this once” and then never finished the series
😂😂😂
You honestly believe every Ending should be happy? That's not how the world works friend.
@@artistanthony1007 literally never said that, you are just adding stuff for no reason, i only said I didn’t wanna watch it because it was gonna make me sad, and i rather not be
@@liahuribe2126 at the end it’s kind of happy
@@zCrypto.. yeah i saw some spoilers, but honestly I don’t think im gonna watch it anytime soon
As someone who grew up with the books and spent hours envisioning the scenes in my head, I think it was literally the best adaptation of my childhood. Love it 10/10
“I’m allergic to orphans, especially their ashes”
- Count Olaf
yea. you learn a couple things by watching a series of unfortunate events:
- that even though the children are going to survive because of plot armor, you will still be shivering to see if they die every episode
- it is certainly unfortunate and will leave you wide eyed many a times
- oh, and don’t get attached to the adults. 99.999% of them are gonna die.
Nothing wrong with reading and enjoying reading kids books as an adult. My favorite genre to this day is juvenile and YA fiction. I've actually been rereading some of my favorites that I read when I was a kid. I also loved the Series of Unfortunate Events books when I was younger, though I never finished reading the series since my attention wandered off to other books before the last few books had even been written.
Yeah, recently I've read all the Artemis Fowl series, as a grown adult who never read it before (when the movie came out I heard so many people say it was so bad an insulting these amazing books that I wanted to know if they were really that good). And I'm not gonna lie : that's probably one of my favorite book series. It really has an unique vibe to it.
I'd wish people stop regarding kid books and kid movies with a condescent eye, because there are amazing things that I created for kids.
@@nanalove3819 Ah a fellow Artemis Fowl enjoyer
YA fiction is great
@@nanalove3819 I would say that in many moments Artemis Fowl is not a kids book at all, especially in its core theme of making a villain the protagonist of a story. There are so many adult moments in these series, such as dealing with grief and mental illness, which I know many adults can’t even process. I think the most precious thing about YA books is wrapping heavy stuff in an engaging and fun story.
@@nanalove3819 heck, this comment reminded me of how i liked the artemis fowl series when i was a few years younger and i'm gonna go reread it when i'm done with my end-of-school exams. thanks for bringing this up x
This brings back memories, this show had a chokehold on me during the years of its run, and I’ve always loved it. I’m glad Alex loves it too :D
Right I miss this show😭
Literally one of my favorite series on Netflix, based on one of my favorite book series as a kid. The books made me cry with confusion sometimes as a kid, but that was good, because they really helped me shape my perception of reality and they were really well written. The Netflix series was very well done, and despite some flaws, it really helped bring the books to life - to say nothing of Patrick warburton, my favorite anything ever. NPH did a fantastic job (though I am a sucker for Jim Carrey.)
Omg ISTG ever since I watched it when it first came out I literally haven’t been able to find anything like it (I’ve heard people mention cartoon shows like it but I honestly don’t like cartoons.), so I’ve just been rewatching it since 2017 nonstop- and I’m still not bored of it. There’s so many little tidbits of information and eastereggs that you find and hear from the characters by watching it over and over again. It’s truly an incredible series.
The homes and architecture in this show is outstanding.
I really like the series, but it can be frustrating at times. Like how when Poe is so incredibly oblivious to anything even slightly suspicious ever! Or when the kids don’t go to the police ever! But that fact with that one is if they did go to the police, following the themes of the story, the police would just brush them off, which is even more frustrating!😫
Thats the point. Welcome to plot.
That is the entire point of the series...
Adults fail children. Adults are often the most pedantic people in the world... and Adults that aren't pedantic idiots made entirely of apathy - are probably trying to hurt you. It's a cynical series that is cathartic for individuals who grew up in a rough, abusive environment and it is a rare kind that gives such an empathetic viewpoint from the children. Seeing the helplessness that they suffer because of "rules" and the expectation that all other adults are following said rules...
Well it's absolute catharisis. I was never believed, and often still am not when I describe my childhood. I had abusive guardians, with apathetic adults who let them do so unabated. I went from guardian to guardian... and living space to living space.
It's supposed to be frustrating, but it's also supposed to be satisfying to see the kids triumph over Olaf, and his horridness. The fact that hold fast to who they are while never letting their code of morality truly become lost like Olaf's was is supposed to be the theme of the show. They may have stooped to some of Olaf's tactics to beat him, but they also held true to their convictions. It's also a great story about moral relativity and the idea that everyone is capable of bad, and good.
It's oddly one of the most mature pieces of media for children out there. So yeah, you're supposed to be frustrated but your also supposed to cheer for the kids in their moments of triumph.
@@robotoboy30 for all that you have said, there is no way you can agree with this video right? That's more of a question than conviction (for information)
The system is rigged
i feel that they did it on purpose to show how adults don’t really take them seriously and how they kinda just shake them off. And it makes sense that they didn’t really go to the police since they were so used to all adults treating them like they were just complaining and imaging things. And then we can’t forget how in the second half of the books they were framed as murders and dangerous criminals by the daily portfolio!
Their parents were not alive. Those people were the quagmire parents
I love a series of unfortunate events on another level. It’s so miserable..
In all honesty, this is one of the best shows I've ever watched. I remember stumbling upon this on Netflix not knowing what it was and just watching it and I enjoyed it soo much. I remember catching up on the episodes, and I didn't even know it was supposed to be a kids show, I didn't even know it was a novel adaptation, hell I never even watched the original 2004 movie. It's definitely on my top 10, maybe even top 3 list of shows. Also good luck finishing all the seasons
This is my all time favourite show
@@freeeggs3811sameeee
EXACTLY HOW I FOUND ASOUE
Pls try the og movie, that was my childhoods
I finished all seasons just within 6 days
absolutely loved the books as a kid, they were my introduction to reading as a hobby instead of reading as an assignment, plus my mom managed to get the video game (yes, you read that right) on discount which my siblings and I all took a go at playing. the ability to enjoy them as an adult even if the media is more kid-focused is a commendable trait for any media, really. just look at AtLA as an example
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the show.
Hostile Hospital:
“Open up!”
“No.”
“Please?”
Penultimate Peril:
“I thought Count Olaf was dead!”
“You can’t trust anything in the Daily Punctilio. I don’t even know who writes that hogwash!”
“Your wife?”