Well, it would appear that my ongoing aSoUE reread (only on book 2) will have to include TUA and TBL.  Thanks for the advice.

@avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus And you'd want to get one of the surviving Pythons to play Uncle Monty.

@avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus And you'd want to get one of the surviving Pythons to play Uncle Monty.

Is a series narrated by a character in the series' universe capable of fourth-wall-breaking?  Otherwise, from that description of Pynchon, I would say yes, pretty much.

Is a series narrated by a character in the series' universe capable of fourth-wall-breaking?  Otherwise, from that description of Pynchon, I would say yes, pretty much.

Speaking of spin-off books, were "The Beatrice Letters" worth reading as well?

Speaking of spin-off books, were "The Beatrice Letters" worth reading as well?

The Baudelaire parents?

The Baudelaire parents?

@avclub-6e581a8cf486e208eb1eb0867b80d230:disqus I mean, yeah you're right, but as @avclub-ea93d61158b479315c8e0d4cd003ec35:disqus said, Carrey's Olaf wasn't really that similar to Snicket's.  I feel like if Jim Carrey hadn't been so Jim Carreyish in his performance it would have been much better.  Half the jokes in…

@avclub-6e581a8cf486e208eb1eb0867b80d230:disqus I mean, yeah you're right, but as @avclub-ea93d61158b479315c8e0d4cd003ec35:disqus said, Carrey's Olaf wasn't really that similar to Snicket's.  I feel like if Jim Carrey hadn't been so Jim Carreyish in his performance it would have been much better.  Half the jokes in…

@avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus Looking back at the AV Club's review of the movie, they suggest that in the hands of directors like the Coen Brothers, the movie could have been amazing.  If only they'd reboot the franchise with the Coen Brothers directing and Gary Oldman as Olaf.

@avclub-14e4cee178d88fb9aa346dbcc11f2873:disqus Looking back at the AV Club's review of the movie, they suggest that in the hands of directors like the Coen Brothers, the movie could have been amazing.  If only they'd reboot the franchise with the Coen Brothers directing and Gary Oldman as Olaf.

The Coen Brothers adapting "A Series of Unfortunate Events."  This needs to happen.

Thanks @avclub-6dafab5f86d9e5f32ba9ce303d86098f:disqus .  I will also agree with @LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus on things picking up around The Austere Academy (book 5), and add that, despite the rigid formulaic plot structure of the first few books, there's still some fairly funny stuff in there, and the most formulaic…

Thanks @avclub-6dafab5f86d9e5f32ba9ce303d86098f:disqus .  I will also agree with @LurkyMcLurkerson:disqus on things picking up around The Austere Academy (book 5), and add that, despite the rigid formulaic plot structure of the first few books, there's still some fairly funny stuff in there, and the most formulaic…

The aSoUE movie would have been pretty good if Olaf hadn't been played by Jim Carey Jim Careying through the whole thing.  He kind of dominated every scene he was in and it was mostly his same old schtick.  I'm not saying it would have been great without Carey, but putting Count Olaf in the hands of an actor who could…

The aSoUE movie would have been pretty good if Olaf hadn't been played by Jim Carey Jim Careying through the whole thing.  He kind of dominated every scene he was in and it was mostly his same old schtick.  I'm not saying it would have been great without Carey, but putting Count Olaf in the hands of an actor who could…

Also, is "Adverbs" the one about a teenage couple breaking up and writing letters about objects from their relationship?

Also, is "Adverbs" the one about a teenage couple breaking up and writing letters about objects from their relationship?