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Post by Liam R. Findlay on Apr 6, 2018 15:50:49 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the writers had a joke with a couple of them because EGGS already existed, but simply didn't with DVCM. After all, the joke in that moment is about Olaf cutting Esmé off as she lists all her names and not so much what her name is.
[The DVCM mystery is now in and the VFD mystery is now out]
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Post by Tiago James Squalor on Apr 6, 2018 16:58:12 GMT -5
Hi everyone. i just came here to say i love everything about season 2 specially Lucy Punch as Esmé Squalor, my dream has come true. I miss this place. sorry if it's out of place to post this here but i just had to say something. Hope everyone is doing well.
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Post by Shelly on Apr 7, 2018 0:40:12 GMT -5
[The DVCM mystery is now in and the VFD mystery is now out] I figured the CUTE reference was too on the nose, considering the series invokes an organisation using codes, secret messages and anagrams. Never realised Esme's name is EGGS though.
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Apr 7, 2018 3:45:26 GMT -5
I remember reading about EGGS on this forum before, but I didn't catch the other acronyms in the show. I'm really on the edge about whether these are intentional. On one hand, if they were, surely DVCM would have a more obvious meaning. I think its value in Roman numerals is 1395 - which doesn't have any particular meaning that I can think of, either. If it were 667, for instance, it'd definitely be intentional. On the other hand, SPAM, SPAM & EGGS fit too well together to be a coincidence (but CUTE doesn't fit neatly in that combo, even though it's more in character for Esmé than calling herself SPAM). And it seems like an odd oversight if they just forgot to have an acronym in that one case with DVCM. Maybe they're just doing it to give us something to wonder about.
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Post by Liam R. Findlay on Apr 16, 2018 5:50:20 GMT -5
lanayru ,it was def a romance novel and featured two dudes on the front. More fun LGBT stuff! Not only that, but the author picture on that romance novel is most definitely Daniel Handler in disguise! Here's a picture, though you can see it more clearly in full HD on the Netflix app (it doesn't let you take screenshots, I had to use Netflix in a browser), at 18:20 in the episode: Also, the right guy on the cover--even though it's likely not him--looks a lot like Pete Serafinowicz, who I just realized would make a great addition to the cast! (Maybe as the Man With Beard But No Hair... he's voiced Darth Maul after all.) I just noticed how this same Handler picture, along with who I believe to be Sonnenfeld and Bo Welch, have framed pictures in Herring Houdini.
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Apr 16, 2018 12:42:43 GMT -5
"Doctor Faustus" (Klaus' fake name for his doctor's disguise) A reference to Christopher Marlowe's play of the same name, from ca. 1592; An Elizabethan tragedy based on the German Faust legend. It might also be a reference to Jim Jarmusch's 2013 semi-horror film, Only Lovers Left Alive, which is in turn also filled with literary references. In the film, the vampire Adam visits a hospital in a doctor's disguise with the name tag "Dr. Faust", in order to retrieve blood samples, and is jokingly referred to by a real doctor as "Dr. Caligari." Cross-posting from my allusions thread to post a video of the scene I'm talking about, and because it's a bit of an unusual reference for the show not many will pick up on, if indeed it is a reference (I think so): The relevant part is only the first one in the clip (until about 3 minutes in); the "Caligari" nod is in a different scene in the film.
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Post by doetwin on Apr 25, 2018 1:40:53 GMT -5
The Cons:
*In the book, it was never specified who made the discovery that someone might have survived the fire or who wrote that sentence on page 13. In the show, however, the Baudelaires clearly saw Jacques announcing that supposedly one of their parents had survived. This should have gotten the Baudelaires wondering why Jacques didn't mention this to them in town hall when they had that short, private conversation, something they did not have time for in the book.
*Keeping HOIG alive was a change that I feel deprived the audience of seeing a whole new side of Count Olaf. It was the moment the you were supposed to learn that Count Olaf hardly cared any more about the well-being of his comrades than of his enemies. Even if they didn't want to kill HOIG off, they could still have kept Olaf saying that they wouldn't "stick around to find out if the fool lived or died" and then have had HOIG running to the car right afterwards.
The Pros:
*Since Louis is now taller than Malina, I was wondering excuse was going to be invented for Klaus to be able to escape through the chute, but not Violet. Having a filing cabinet cave in right after Klaus and Sunny had gone in was, I thought, a clever way to work around this.
*In the book, the henchmen mistaking Klaus and Sunny for the white-faced-women, and thinking that someone the size of a baby could be a real doctor, was pushing it a little too far for me. Having Klaus and Sunny team up to look like a non-existent, overweight doctor was a brilliant idea.
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Post by Isadora Is a Door on Jun 17, 2018 16:38:28 GMT -5
So, I watched these episodes.
Basically, yeah, these are much, much, MUCH better than anything else this season. I wouldnt say there was anything standout for me overall, but conversely there werent scenes where I found myself cringing at the dialogue.
General comments - Olaf turning up at the last chance general store was the only real weak spot for me, as I mostly found it unnecessary - The VFD were great. - The Hospital looks great. Not an exact image of what I had in my head, but an actual workable reperesentation of the idea from the books - Babs was a bit too slapstick for my liking but meh - Hal is not as old and not as blind as id like. - The Horror vibe is awesome. I wish that we werent seeing Olafs face throughout, however, if they are going for a horro vibe there is lots they could work with there. Heck, it would be fun to not see Olaf but still have the rest of the troupe dicking about the place - The Snicket file on film works well, and i'm liking the development of the survivor storyline. Speaking of which, odd that there wasnt one solitary mention of the quagmires. - I'm gonna come out and say it that Lucy Punch is really hot. Esme's outfit in P2 is really doing it for me and I'm now eagerly awaiting TPP..... - The Doctor Faustus stuff was a great addition - Mr. Poe turning up is a bit of a pain, but his double take with the coughing was fun - Disappointed about the lack of troupe death. - The Ending was very strong, and I like how the departure to Caligari Carnival has been set up
Overall, I'd give P1 7.5/10, and P2 a 9/10, which settles to about 8.25/10, which is a really great score.
So, okay, I'm back on board. Full steam ahead?
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