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Post by Terryo Spice Boi on Jun 30, 2022 14:59:39 GMT -5
I disagree, the actors of the Baudelaires come across as artificially upset a lot of the time, especially Violet. I'm talking about NOT reacting to the ridiculousness in any visible way perhaps working better.
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Post by gothicarchiesfan on Jul 1, 2022 17:15:46 GMT -5
IDK, The show having some colourful locations never bothered me. Just because the 2004 movie came out first doesn't mean everything that comes after it should have a similar look. Plus, I don't personally the colour of the show would really make the jokes that much funnier.
TAA is perhaps the darkest, most grey, bleak-looking set of episodes but it still has the not-that-great slapstick sequence with the unravelling turban, and it being done in mostly underlit gray conditions didn't really make it funnier or "grimmer".
In fact, while the show IS overall brighter and more saturated than the movie, a ton of the locations aren't actually that colourful? Not just the TAA episodes but also most of the overall locations seen in an episode, barring exceptions like TRR, TPP, and TE. And compared to a lot of other tv shows, it's actually much less colourful and bright?
For me the show is something I really treat as its own thing because it's clearly got made by people who have their own ideas about how they think the story ought to be told (and I do the same for the movie) that's not to say one has to like it even with that viewpoint (again, just like the movie.)
But I do feel that I sometimes see an attitude expressed both consciously and unconsciously on here (not calling anyone out specifically) that the creatives involved with the show and the movie misunderstood the books, which I do think is wrong.
Like, the show's version of TE IS a pretty weak adaptation of the book that wrapped up the story of the previous 12 volumes, but as an ending to the show's previous 24 episodes, I think it works exceptionally well.
I feel that the show will go down the same path as the movie where the flaws and differences from this source material that stand out now will be seen in a more forgiving and accepting light when the people who got introduced to Snicket via it, become large parts of the fandom.
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