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Post by gliquey on Oct 9, 2014 15:04:48 GMT -5
The text was absolutely there. ...and still is absolutely there in the archive link you posted. |
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Post by B. on Oct 9, 2014 15:22:52 GMT -5
they found out we know and they took it down and are presently sending assassins to dispatch us
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Post by MisterM on Oct 9, 2014 17:12:40 GMT -5
terry is the assassin!
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Post by Skelly Craig on Oct 9, 2014 20:13:19 GMT -5
*misterm is shot*
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Post by MisterM on Oct 10, 2014 0:59:05 GMT -5
i hope theres a tv in the afterlife.
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Post by Charlie on Oct 10, 2014 1:29:09 GMT -5
Ahhhhhh! Exciting! Ahhhh!
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Post by B. on Oct 10, 2014 10:40:44 GMT -5
not to be off topic, but i read that as 'misterm is hot' ... Yeah, I hate to be cynical but I doubt this is a thing. I'm picturing ATWQ as a movie or tv series though and in my head it looks bloody beautiful. Lets talk about that. |
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Post by Dante on Oct 10, 2014 13:38:12 GMT -5
ATWQ honestly seems way easier to make, as a TV series or film. They don't need as many sets or costumes or actors, and the props don't need to be nearly so ambitious. (If I recall correctly, they literally built the biggest ever indoor lake on film for Lake Lachrymose in the ASoUE movie.)
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Post by gliquey on Oct 10, 2014 14:23:44 GMT -5
ATWQ honestly seems way easier to make, as a TV series or film. They don't need as many sets or costumes or actors, and the props don't need to be nearly so ambitious. (If I recall correctly, they literally built the biggest ever indoor lake on film for Lake Lachrymose in the ASoUE movie.) But would it be as well-received? How popular is ATWQ in comparison to ASOUE? Plus, there's the added complication that the series isn't actually finished yet, and was only half over when the television comment was added to the Barclays website, let alone when any discussions about it started. I'd be over the moon with any TV series or film for anything Snicket-related; I think I was a bit harsh on the [2004] film when I first saw it. It was a good effort, even if no sequels followed, it screwed around a bit with chronology and they had to build an indoor lake for it. The Littlest Elf bit was great, at least. |
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Oct 10, 2014 15:20:57 GMT -5
ATWQ honestly seems way easier to make, as a TV series or film. They don't need as many sets or costumes or actors, and the props don't need to be nearly so ambitious. (If I recall correctly, they literally built the biggest ever indoor lake on film for Lake Lachrymose in the ASoUE movie.) I agree, in fact I've often found myself imagining ATWQ cinematically while reading. This may be because it borrows as much of its style from old Noir movies as from the hardboiled detective novels they're based on, and so already play with a bunch of more movie-oriented tropes. Nevertheless, as ASOUE means much more to me personally, I would be much more interested in seeing a show based on those - provided, of course, that they were making a good job of it. What with HBO making a series based on American Gods, and Terry Pratchett's own firm making a spin-off show about the Watch, I think I'm in for a treat as far as the TV shows of years to come go. ^_^ |
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Post by gliquey on Oct 10, 2014 15:41:15 GMT -5
As episodic as the first half of the series is, it's still quite difficult for me to imagine ASOUE as a TV series. That's not to say that I don't like the idea or wouldn't watch it... it just seems a bit odd in my head. Would we have hour-long episodes covering a whole book, and end up with status quo at the end? Would we have several half-hour episodes for each book, and end on all sorts of cliffhangers? For the latter half of the series, I can see it as more flexible and interesting - we could have whole episodes from one sibling's point of view (e.g. Chapters 4/5/6 in TPP, Sunny in TSS), or switch between different plots at climactic moments. They could show us scenes that aren't in the book - Olaf and Lulu in the fortune tent, Ishmael sneaking off to the arboretum, or just keep it solely focused on the Baudelaires.
I think I probably see ASOUE as two different seasons. The first has one hour-long episode for each book up to TVV (or THH). The second is less strict, messing about with the order of events and ending on climaxes and showing scenes not in books, maybe of Snicket examining the evidence left behind years after, or mysterious V.F.D. members putting pickles in sandwiches and sending telegrams in Morse code and using other mysterious signals.
I'm still not sure what would happen with narrators... either there is one (constantly flicking away from unfortunate scenes and adding in The Littlest Elf sketches), or there isn't. I didn't like the narrator in the film - they'd need to find a good voice if they wanted someone to narrate, but they'd be better off trying to explain most things through new scenes: they might want to show the Baudelaires pre-fire in the first episode rather than a long narrated description of each child, for instance.
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Post by MisterM on Oct 10, 2014 17:57:35 GMT -5
]not to be off topic, but i read that as 'misterm is hot' . a common mistake, bee. i think the film was good but a different take on the series would be needed in any potential imagining |
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Post by Skelly Craig on Oct 10, 2014 19:11:44 GMT -5
As episodic as the first half of the series is, it's still quite difficult for me to imagine ASOUE as a TV series. That's not to say that I don't like the idea or wouldn't watch it... it just seems a bit odd in my head. Would we have hour-long episodes covering a whole book, and end up with status quo at the end? Would we have several half-hour episodes for each book, and end on all sorts of cliffhangers? For the latter half of the series, I can see it as more flexible and interesting - we could have whole episodes from one sibling's point of view (e.g. Chapters 4/5/6 in TPP, Sunny in TSS), or switch between different plots at climactic moments. They could show us scenes that aren't in the book - Olaf and Lulu in the fortune tent, Ishmael sneaking off to the arboretum, or just keep it solely focused on the Baudelaires. I think I probably see ASOUE as two different seasons. The first has one hour-long episode for each book up to TVV (or THH). The second is less strict, messing about with the order of events and ending on climaxes and showing scenes not in books, maybe of Snicket examining the evidence left behind years after, or mysterious V.F.D. members putting pickles in sandwiches and sending telegrams in Morse code and using other mysterious signals. I'm still not sure what would happen with narrators... either there is one (constantly flicking away from unfortunate scenes and adding in The Littlest Elf sketches), or there isn't. I didn't like the narrator in the film - they'd need to find a good voice if they wanted someone to narrate, but they'd be better off trying to explain most things through new scenes: they might want to show the Baudelaires pre-fire in the first episode rather than a long narrated description of each child, for instance. I think what I find most difficult to imagine is how they'd present the overall style when each book changes the scenery, and how it'd translate to the marketing of the whole show. TV shows usually have a set number of sceneries that are shown interchanged throughout the series (like with Atlantic City/Chicago/couple other places in Boardwalk Empire, f.ex.) or maybe change the setting a bit with a new season, but considering the show's look would change so drastically with each adapted book (so every episode or every second one), I think it'd seem more like a Twilight Zone-esque anthology thing. One week it looks like a different take on Emergency Room, the other week's like LOST, and another week it's a gothic Mad Men. It's not impossible to pull off, but they'd have to introduce some major creative changes to translate the books into a coherent TV show. Regarding the story having been already read by many people wouldn't worry me though; it worked for Harry Potter and Game of Thrones, too. |
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Post by Teleram on Oct 10, 2014 22:24:15 GMT -5
Yeah, I think ATWQ would be better as a series than ASOUE.
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Post by B. on Oct 11, 2014 3:35:50 GMT -5
Am I the only one who pictures Theodora as black?
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