Hopes and Fears for the Netflix Series

[Dante]

I hope they make more use of Jacques than the books did. Have him appear in scenes outside the Baudelaire narrative in books preceding TVV, maybe appear in flashback in books following TVV. For who Jacques is, his death doesn't have that much impact, and I'd like it if we were made to regret it more.

[lorelai]

Yes, I'd love for Jacques's death to have an emotional hit for the audience. I've felt it had an impact on reread, but that's different and with ATWQ q back it, if only slightly.

[Skelly Craig]

lol if I had a penny for every time Dante mentioned the Jacques drama increase

[Linda Rhaldeen]

You would have at least one penny.

[Hermes]

The Jacques thing is problematic, because when he appears he is supposed to be mysterious, and we don;t initially know his surname - when it's revealed, it is an important step in revealing the link between Lemony's story and the Baudelaires' story, whose gradual unfolding is a significant theme. But I dare say he could be kept mysterious even while being given more to do. (He remains mysterious in ATWQ, of course - so much so that without promotional material we wouldn't know he was involved in the plot at all.)

[A comet crashing into Earth]

I wouldn't actually mind if Jacques doesn't get much, or in fact any, exposition before the TVV episodes. I think it works well enough, having him die to an effect of shock and concern about the Baudelaires, rather than him personally, then retroactively making us care about him and regret his death.

All of this may work differently, though, if Jacques is Jacqueline now.

[Liam R. Findlay]

I think it will make good sense to introduce him more or less at his death and then learn about him after, as we do in the books. I imagine they'd film his scenes with Quigley and perhaps go into more detail with them.

[Dante]

Good point; his backstory scenes with Quigley seem quite likely to be filmed rather than simply related in dialogue.

Jun 13, 2016 17:14:07 GMT -5 Skelly Craig said:

lol if I had a penny for every time Dante mentioned the Jacques drama increase

It's hardly a crazy position that Jacques should be presented, even if only retrospectively, as of equal importance to his siblings, each of whom received far more narrative attention.

[Skelly Craig]

It's cool, I actually like the idea, I've just seen you mention it more than a couple of times

[Dante]

I hate missed opportunities. Also, my mind irrationally believes that if I mention it enough, it increases the chances of it actually happening.

[Teleram]

Jun 29, 2015 16:22:21 GMT -5 bandit said:

That's hardly ever a real problem, even in the most complex TV plots, e.g. Breaking Bad, Mad Men, Game Of Thrones, etc. In fact, I don't know of any shows that have the same director every episode.

i know i'm really late on this, but i can't believe i forgot to respond "steven soderbergh and the knick" when bandit said this.

[bear]

it's better you didn't, because it wouldn't have been a productive post with terry already giving an example (true detective).

[Teleram]

yeah but for true detective fukunaga did it for only one season. soderbergh has directed literally every episode of the knick. but i guess it doesn't matter either way.

[A comet crashing into Earth]

New hope for the show: That we'll see editions of the early books in the background of the episodes corresponding to the later ones, further cementing the meta-fiction of the books as a chronicle of real events (and further complicating the task of arranging an accurate timeline).

[Dante]

I certainly don't think it's impossible that we'll see Lemony working on manuscripts which are visibly the titles in the series. Published versions in the background? Maybe if they do a young Beatrice subplot in the final season - which I hope they do.