It is PERFECT. Like the visuals the actors the tone it’s just SO GOOD. You can just tell that everyone involved clearly loves this story and cares that it’s done well. And the novels are great, but I think the existence of the show elevates them because there’s aspects of them that when you read it you weren’t quite sure about but then you watch it and it’s like ohhhhh OH RIGHT! Plus it’s just a genuinely good show everyone should go watch it.
A Series of Unfortunate Events (TV)
Adapted from novel series by Lemony Snicket
The show keeps the story and tone faithful to the novels, and elevates the work with the addition of the excellent songs, added depth to characters such as the librarian-turned- carnival-fortuneteller Olivia Caliban and her involvement with the secret society instrumental to the plot, as well as introducing the secret society earlier and explaining it better than in the novels. —@donut371
If I had a nickel every time Dafne Keen played a uniquely special, independent, capable girl who goes on a journey in search of answers from a father who didn't raise her (she was raised by an institution instead), she escapes experimentation that seeks to harness her power, and her journey takes her to a border/threshold in which her crossing it will have great implications for the future of humanity.... I'd have two nickels </Doofenshmirtz>
It's so hard to explain why I like his dark materials or what it's about in a few words because
It's a story about science vs religion and whether that even matters, it's a story about friendships that even death cannot break,its a story about falling in love for the first time, it's a story about war, it's a story about loss, it's a story about growing up, it's a story about destiny and about making our own choices. It's a story where nothing is black and white and where every story matters and every story is worth telling in the end. And it's amazing.