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Post by Liam R. Findlay on Oct 12, 2016 14:23:14 GMT -5
I imagine it as a Second Empire house, which can have a degree of size and grandeur (and a 'tower') without being a mansion or castle. I suppose the vague description allows the reader's interpretation to go where it likes- with the Gothic tone, Olaf could even live in a castle-like structure.
I'm very excited to see the style choices for the series, considering the bold decisions made for the film.
As a side note, there's a podcast with Usman Ally here, where he discusses diversity in the series:
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Post by ryantrimble457 on Oct 12, 2016 14:36:06 GMT -5
I pass this house a lot in Chicago and I always imagine it as Count Olaf's, if it were just a little grimier. Even with that amazing gate in front. In fact, I kinda imagine Chicago as "The City" in the book. www.google.com/maps/@41.9124576,-87.6386013,3a,75y,277.41h,89.09t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1seBvwmBURcvTxDeWTS7JK3g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 |
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Post by Dante on Oct 14, 2016 4:10:55 GMT -5
It's long been fanon that Count Olaf's house is a mansion, and for good reason; for all that the exterior description indicates that it's just a house, it seems to have a fairly generous interior even before you get to the literal turret, and is described as "quite large" (and this is from the viewpoint of three children who grew up in a mansion). Add that to the fact that everyone else seems to have a mansion, and that the only other building in the series to have an eye on the front door (in the U.A. Introduction) is also a mansion, and the mansion interpretation becomes inevitable. And that's not even starting on the fact that Count Olaf has an aristocratic title... It's hard to say that the "mansion" interpretation is strictly canon, but it's hard to say that it's not canon, either.
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Post by Hermes on Oct 14, 2016 7:59:07 GMT -5
Yes, the Baudelaires, Quagmires and Snickets all had mansions (though we know this from a passage in TUA, written by Sir, which might suggest that it was just those three families).
Although Olaf has an aristocratic title, I don't get the impression that he is actually very rich - he has had to turn to crime, and much of the time isn't very good at it - but the house may be inherited, of course.
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Post by Strangely on Oct 14, 2016 8:47:21 GMT -5
I don't think I've ever thought of it as a mansion. I just thought it was a large Victorian home, but lacked the luxuries, scale and grandness of an actual mansion.
Mansion though, is such a broad term, so I can see why people would interpret it as such. Too, the descriptions in the book seem to go back and forth on the size, so you really have to draw your own conclusions on the matter.
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Post by gliquey on Oct 14, 2016 10:51:59 GMT -5
I picture it in my head as a weird, tall, thin building. I wouldn't call it a mansion but I wouldn't call it a normal house either. Still, I understand people who think of it as a mansion, and I'll be interested to see whatever building Netflix has to show us.
EDIT: I don't think Olaf had to turn to crime; I think he chose to. And while I don't think he's as rich as the Baudelaires, Quagmires and has nowhere near the wealth of Esme, I don't think money is a major problem for him - he's just greedy. So his house is in such a bad state just because he's filthy and doesn't care, but it is pretty large and would be worth quite a bit were it to be fixed up.
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Post by MisterM on Oct 15, 2016 2:45:59 GMT -5
I like to imagine that olaf's house started off as a regular one, and he stole bits of the mansions he burned down and stuck them on to his own house. With PVA glue.
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Post by Sora on Oct 23, 2016 19:29:17 GMT -5
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Post by Teleram on Oct 23, 2016 20:11:50 GMT -5
At which time point does NPH discuss the show? The video's like an hour long and I don't feel compelled enough to watch the whole thing
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Post by Sora on Oct 23, 2016 21:09:59 GMT -5
Sorry, it's at the 5 minute mark.
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Post by Strangely on Oct 23, 2016 21:24:37 GMT -5
Interesting interview. Sounds like he wasn't trying to play Olaf as funny like Carrey did. So perhaps we'll get a suitably dark Olaf. It's nice that they aren't watering down the books. I'm guessing NPH hasn't actually seen the movie though, he always seems to think the movie jammed more than three books into it.
Feeling vindicated about the three seasons, correctly guessed that.
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Oct 24, 2016 1:31:30 GMT -5
Well, if NPH hasn't watched the movie, I guess he's safe from any subliminal influence from Jim Carrey's version of the character.
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Post by Dante on Oct 24, 2016 6:55:25 GMT -5
Desventuras is suggesting, with credible evidence, that one Brenda Crichlow is in ASoUE.
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Post by ryantrimble457 on Oct 24, 2016 7:38:29 GMT -5
Desventuras is suggesting, with credible evidence, that one Brenda Crichlow is in ASoUE. Will monitor and add when confirmed! |
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Post by lorelai on Oct 25, 2016 11:48:20 GMT -5
Interesting interview. Sounds like he wasn't trying to play Olaf as funny like Carrey did. So perhaps we'll get a suitably dark Olaf. It's nice that they aren't watering down the books. I'm guessing NPH hasn't actually seen the movie though, he always seems to think the movie jammed more than three books into it. Feeling vindicated about the three seasons, correctly guessed that. If you want to be super technical, while the movie was comprised of three books, they certainly tried to slip in elements of TMM (Klaus having to invent something) and aspects of others with VFD. So if you hadn't seen the movie, but knew roughly what had been done and were doing your own ASOUE reading, I could easily see why you'd think it contained more books than it did. It's a good thing for us fans, really. Congrats on pegging three seasons!!! |
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