Neural Network’s A Series of Unfortunate Events

[Uncle Algernon]

Brilliant! Someday when I have the time, I'll feed Botnik the original books and create the "Large Pile of Ash" of Snicket-dom. In the meantime, this is hilarious, too hilarious for me not to try. Here is the result of typing in “Count Olaf Dies” at the headline. It's a doozy.

bbc.co.uk
Count Olaf Dies
June 6, 2019 - Lemony Snicket
Image copyright BBC Image caption The series is based on Lemony Snicket's novel of the same name

Count Olaf, the villain in a series of popular children's books about a twisted family, is dead.

In a recent episode of Netflix's Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Count's gingerbread mansion burns down after the young Baudelaire orphans discover they are not living in the picture-book town of Sunnydale.

In the novel, Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) uses a disguised body to trick the Baudelaire children into believing their house is in Sunnydale.

He then turns up in Sunnydale one day disguised as an old man to make his escape.

He had reportedly hinted in interviews that a fire would occur after the children killed themselves.

On Instagram, A Series of Unfortunate Events author Daniel Handler said: "R.I.P Count Olaf. One of my favourite characters."

The novels have sold more than 130 million copies since being published in 2004.

To date, seven seasons of the Netflix series have aired.

The show ended its most recent run in 2017 with a cliffhanger which will be explored in the forthcoming third series, The Ersatz Elevator, which will be released next year.

The fourth and final series will see the three orphans and their teacher be shipped to Neverland Island and follow the lives of the Watsons, a wealthy family that had given Olaf his chance at freedom.

In the series, evil Count Olaf is pursued by the Baudelaire orphans, played by Patrick Warburton and Catherine O'Hara, as they try to unearth the truth behind his horrible deeds.

Mr Handler's online post continued: "The Baudelaire children escaped the walls of Sunnydale in Season 1, but Count Olaf managed to sneak through the door in Season 3, only to be caught again by the Watsons."

He added: "To understand the final one, just keep this quote in mind: 'Olaf's Kindness was to Reap from Widows Fire.'"

However, Netflix announced recently that season three would be its last.

Ana Gasteyer has also recently quit the role of the daughter Violet in the series.

Netflix, which did not comment on Olaf's death, has yet to release a season three trailer.

Snicket first published his books in 2004 as a response to the creation of the US TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which led many young female fans to wonder if he was secretly an ass.

His books are a series of four.

He has also published novel-length tales A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Gift, Five Wild Years and Unfortunate Events: The Knife of Never Letting Go.

Twice-published memoir Children Are Not Magic: A Memoir was published in 2017.

Have you read the books? What do you think of the end of A Series of Unfortunate Events? Have your say in the thread below.

This piece contains material from BBC News, although not necessarily approved by the BBC.

[Foxy]

Aug 16, 2019 4:20:12 GMT -5 Uncle Algernon said:

In a recent episode of Netflix's Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, the Count's gingerbread mansion burns down after the young Baudelaire orphans discover they are not living in the picture-book town of Sunnydale.

I have no words for how great this is.  I totally should have had Count Omar live in a gingerbread mansion.  Someone needs to write a fan fiction about this.

[Violent BUN Fortuna]

This is fun! What a fabulous discovery.
I put in ‘Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire Exonerated’, and this is what came up:

“Why didn’t you fix it?”

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire, or the “Three Baudelaires,” have been on the run for years. Their parents, however, are still running for their lives.

“Who would be responsible for events, an absent unseen villain?”

“Who else,” answered Thing 1.

“The evil witch Charlotte,” added Thing 2.

How peculiar.

“But what if The Three Baudelaires had been given another chance?”

“They would never have got over it,” said Thing 3.

“Then they would have more people dead than any other child alive, and you would be dead, too, no?”

No, anyway.

The Three Baudelaires had been whisked away from the death-trap at Fonthill under the auspices of their tutor Anne Peabody, and were enjoying their survival in the company of Brian. Brian, it turned out, had returned to France, where he had lived for the previous twenty years, and was involved in a continuing tiff with Caroline, the sharp-shooting but fondhe from Miserere, who was beginning to get annoyed by his off-beat charm.

“If I weren’t so disappointed in people, I might have been stoned to death!”

After Brian had won the famous Louis XIV medal — and afterward declared it unfair — he now knew that getting second place meant he needed to buy a castle where he could finally have the objet d’art for his claim that he had “undertaken all the disciplines which modern society neglects to teach, including secondhand interest and high culture.”

Violet, Klaus, and Sunny had decided to return to France to help Brian and Caroline. To their surprise, Brian was able to put together a young English management team to manage his newly formed company, even though the Duchess of Burgundy had expressed that it was most unwelcome in France. According to Brian, his company “came to life like a twitcher’s mate.”

“Everybody said we’d be nowhere,” said Klaus.

“But here we are,” said Sunny.

“At last,” said Violet.

The Three Baudelaires told their former teacher she needed to “get a life.”

“You’ve gone terribly old,” Brian said.

“You’re supposed to enjoy life,” Klaus pointed out.

“Apparently not,” said Brian.

“Our business isn’t finished yet,” said Klaus.

“Money doesn’t buy the happiness of our dreams,” said Sunny.

“Money is the key to everything,” said Brian.

“Money is simply irrelevant,” said Violet.

“Oh, please,” said Brian.

“Life is the reason why we’re making a gesture towards consciousness,” said Sunny.

“This isn’t a gesture,” said Caroline.

“Just another sign of how we are bending to our owners’ will,” said Klaus.

“Do you believe in anything other than wealth?”

“Don’t you dare question it,” said Brian.

“Not a chance,” said Caroline.

“I could die tomorrow and you would still have money,” said Klaus.

“You’re right,” said Brian.

Charlotte, the daughter of the Duchess of Burgundy, had been leaving her harem for an engagement party when the three orphan children started running from the door. Charlotte had sneaked up on them and attacked, hurting all three. Poor Klaus had already lost his parents in a car accident and had become deaf in his right ear. The Three Baudelaires had tracked her down, disguised themselves in her clothes, and killed her.

But whose fault was it that this grotesque act had taken place?

You can catch “Philosophy Fixer” all next week. “Bildungsroman” by Jacques Snicket, the renowned French novelist, is currently in bookstores.

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Book 14 of The Series of Unfortunate Events is announced by Daniel Handler
August 1, 2018 - Jean Lúcio

Welcome to the mysterious land of Baudelaire. “Yes!” says Baudelaire librarian Violet to devilish cook Count Olaf and his ingenious assistant Morpheus when asked how fans can win tickets to upcoming events commemorating the new book, “Letters to a Young Baudelaire,” out Tuesday from Orchard Books in L.A. “Gift receipts are $1 apiece,” the exciting new announcement continues, “but you may save some of those for yourself if you buy two other books — all in the same brand.”

With the appointment of new editor Diane Angelucci, Handler said this book launch is now his “favorite venture.” It also features two new cover designs from The Scholastic Press. And hey, hey! As fans may recall, Morpheus’ pal Larry is back and ready to go toe-to-toe with the evil of Olaf.

And yes, there’s a great “Letters to a Young Baudelaire” animated short to help cozy fans over the new content. Because this sassy, rollicking illustration of the nasty Count wining and dining a family, made for Netflix’s delightful series, should not be missed by any Marvel of Tolmachian faction.

More information about the new book, including a PDF code to enter a contest for a signed copy, can be found on Orchard Books’ website.

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[Uncle Algernon]

Aug 23, 2019 8:59:21 GMT -5 Optimism is my Phil-osophy said:

Count Olaf and his ingenious assistant Morpheus 

Huh, that's actually a fairly plausible name for an ASouE character. Well-played, neural network. Well-played. 

At any rate, I've been using this thing — not on Snicket topics specifically, mind — and animating the results I get, if it interests anyone. Under the title of Robot News. Here's the first episode:



I think I'll animate the Count Olaf Dies one above at some point too. 

[Foxy]

I love the eyes on Alaska and the walruses, until they die.

That was really funny! I've tried to enter things into that website about Mr. Poe committing bank fraud, but the stories that come out never make any sense.