Teaser Trailer for the Netflix series(of unfortunate events)

[VicePresidentOfOrphanAffairs]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xer4VCa5-tg

My sister just showed me that they have a teaser up for the ASOUE Netflix series. I've watched it like 15 times, lol
Let me know what you think about it 

[Dante]

I do think this deserves its own thread, yes, although a number of other comments and reactions to it have appeared here. It's frankly too good to be fanmade, and is being widely reported as an official teaser; presumably the Eleanora Poe account is the beginning of some kind of viral promotion. If they felt it worthwhile to produce what must have been quite an expensive teaser trailer, I suspect this means that production is beginning to kick into gear. An announcement soon, perhaps? We can hope.

[A comet crashing into Earth]

Ohgodohgodohgod!  

I'm so psyched about this! This proves that these people clearly know what they're doing. For one thing, the fact that the items refer to many different books (the concierge hat, the Lachrymose leech, all of the TMM materials, the Mushroom Minutiae, the crow... wow! And then the fact that they're using Gothic Archies music, and even showing the band name in the teaser, is promising as well.

Argh!  

[Cafe SalMONAlla]

I was sceptical at first, thinking it had to be fanmade because a) it kind of came out of nowhere (one would think they'd build up to the first teaser over a couple days to late people know it was on) and b) it was so detailed, and so full of marvellous little easter eggs, some more hidden than others, that it felt like it had to have been made by someone with fannish dedication.

As it appears to be legit, these people must indeed know what they're doing to a staggering degree. I guess I just have to readjust from the "screen ASoUE adaption = no idea what they're doing" mindset.

AND HOLY HELL GOTHIC ARCHIES.

[Tryina Denouement]

OMG ITS FABULoUS im so excited

[Sophie Baudelaire]

HOLY salsa GUYS IM SO EXCITED!!!!!!

i know sometimes it seems like some of us forget this is a lemony snicket forum but TRUST ME THIS IS SO IMPORTANT

i might actually cry tears of joy

so when is this supposed to come out???

[Hermes]

I'm still suspicious about a couple of things. One is the spyglass, as noted in the other thread. Another is that although there is a book with the VFD insignia, there are also several uses of the standard eye as used earlier in the series - should they be using both at once?

[Dante]

I think that factor is not necessarily so significant in the matter of a teaser trailer; I see this as basically a kind of proof-of-concept of the tone they're going for and to show that they're attentive to the details of the books. The early eye design, crude and rough-edged, fits the context of Olaf's house here a lot better than insignia crockery might, and it's a positive sign that they do tuck away the insignia somewhere. That's my reading.

Jul 6, 2015 9:52:49 GMT -5 Sophie Baudelaire said:

so when is this supposed to come out???

Presently unknown, but maybe not for a while; the last news was that they were still searching for a director. Though I suspect that, if they're pushing forward with a teaser like that, things are probably beginning to move.

[A comet crashing into Earth]

Jul 6, 2015 10:04:25 GMT -5 Hermes said:

I'm still suspicious about a couple of things. One is the spyglass, as noted in the other thread. Another is that although there is a book with the VFD insignia, there are also several uses of the standard eye as used earlier in the series - should they be using both at once?

I don't mind the spyglasses being used, as long as they tie it tightly into some believable VFD purpose (although I didn't even notice them at first). In fact I'd like them to add a little bit to the lore of Snicket's world, as long as it all fits in tone and allows for the already established canon. I just hope they don't try to bridge the series to the movie (though why should they?).
Similarly, I hope they'll expand on the sugar bowl and the Great Unknown, though not necessarily answering all of our questions for that reason; simply because I'd like to see more material than the things we already know from the books.

I don't mind them using both eyes at the same time (haha). In fact, that's what I imagine from the books - that there's different eyes everywhere, symbolising both Olaf and the VFD, though the tattoo should always be the insignia version. I think there's an illustration at some point in TBB showing a bunch of different eyes in Olaf's house.

[Hermes]

Well, it now seems from the other thread that there is incontrovertible (surely?) evidence that it is real, so wow.

Is it normal to issue teasers so early in the life-cycle of a work?

[MisterM]

Im breaking down what i can see in the teaser, there are several small details that are just great

[Strangely]

Jul 6, 2015 10:04:25 GMT -5 Hermes said:

I'm still suspicious about a couple of things. One is the spyglass, as noted in the other thread. Another is that although there is a book with the VFD insignia, there are also several uses of the standard eye as used earlier in the series - should they be using both at once?

Being that it's a teaser it's safe to say it doesn't take place at any point in the series. Chronologically Olaf shouldn't be sitting at home with a room key and bellhop hat from the hotel since he left that location by boat and thus wouldn't have ever had time to either take those items nor return to his home. Neither should Violet's ribbon nor Klaus's glasses be there as at the end of the series they were still in possession of those items. More or less the items are just there to please the fans and give us a hint at what's to come. So ultimately both styles of eyes being included don't mean anything other than both will be seen in the series at some point.

This collection of items reminds me of the Arboretum...

Jul 6, 2015 10:30:26 GMT -5 Hermes said:

Is it normal to issue teasers so early in the life-cycle of a work?

Yeah, teaser posters are far more common, but teaser videos happen sometimes too. Granted we really don't know what stage this series is currently in. I'd say they're close to filming. That teaser is remarkably polished, those props detailed and well designed, the look of the series already pretty well defined. It looks like they're gearing up for filming and once that happens it all fall together quickly.

I'm guessing they probably already have the director and some of the cast in place and are probably just waiting to reveal it to us. Comic Con is this week, I'd look out for an announcement.

[MisterM]

Well, this looks great. If the series is going to be this good, I expect 667 will get a whole lotta new interest soon. Here's my run down of everything i can see

So is this olafs house? It looks more like olaf's house then the movie house, anyway. There is a cage and a rope (possibly a grappling hook?) next to the window, and dirty plates, all of which are reminiscent of book 1.

I like the look of the eye's, it makes think of big brother.

At around 0:08 there is something that looks like a snake

0:09 - A Book on Nuptial Law, two silhouette things (like in the film), Two tickets to the Marvellous Marriage, Daily Punctilo article about the Baudelaire fire, and Vioelt ribbon

0:10 - Mushroom Minuate, A Hotel Denouement concierge hat-thing, there's a picture of three unidentifiable people

0:12 - The shirley disguise, lots of Lucky Smells Lumbermill things, a Crow. Books : The paltryville Constitution, another that i can't identify

0:13 - Klaus' Glasses and Books : A Book with the VFD Insignia, How to Start Fires, Main street, another unidentifiable

0:19 - A lachrymose Leech, and a map(?) of lake lachrymose

Are those tarrow cards on the floor near the end

At the very end, i noticed the key (for hotel denouement?) is for room 237. Make of that what you will

So.., hints to books 1, 2, 3, 4, 7. 9?, 11, and 12.

[A comet crashing into Earth]

The 0:10 frame also contains what I believe is a Verdant Flammable Device, so TSS is accounted for as well. Plus, one might argue that the birdcage is a clue to TE as well as TBB.

Now... what is this supposed to mean? And, as one comment points out, if that's true, why would the stillframe below be credited to Netflix?

[Hermes]

Jul 6, 2015 10:31:50 GMT -5 Strangely said:

Jul 6, 2015 10:04:25 GMT -5 Hermes said:

I'm still suspicious about a couple of things. One is the spyglass, as noted in the other thread. Another is that although there is a book with the VFD insignia, there are also several uses of the standard eye as used earlier in the series - should they be using both at once?

Being that it's a teaser it's safe to say it doesn't take place at any point in the series. Chronologically Olaf shouldn't be sitting at home with a room key and bellhop hat from the hotel since he left that location by boat and thus wouldn't have ever had time to either take those items nor return to his home. Neither should Violet's ribbon nor Klaus's glasses be there as at the end of the series they were still in possession of those items. More or less the items are just there to please the fans and give us a hint at what's to come. So ultimately both styles of eyes being included don't mean anything other than both will be seen in the series at some point.

But once we get the VFD eye in the books, we are meant to believe that that's what we've been seeing all along (even though earlier things are inconsistent with it - it's hard to see how Dr Orwell's office could be built in the shape of a VFD eye, for instance).

Jul 6, 2015 10:48:34 GMT -5 A comet crashing into Earth said:

Now... what is this supposed to mean? And, as one comment points out, if that's true, why would the stillframe below be credited to Netflix?

Aargh!

Could Netflix be saying 'This image is our property even though we didn't make it (because it's an advertisement for our work)'?

Is it possible that Amanda Palmer is confused? I mean, if we all assumed it was official, so might she. (Yes, obviously she should have given permission to use it, but perhaps she thought 'Oh, my agent must have done that'.)

I suspend judgement.