However, their long lost uncle is trying to steal their huge family fortune that was left behind. Like the other books in the series, the Baudelaires are trying to find a place to stay because their parents died in a terrible fire. There is also Count Olaf, a mysterious man who dresses up in disguises to try to steal the Baudelaires' big family fortune, Jerome, one of the guardians, and Esmé, the other 'guardian.' Now, I put guardian in quotation marks for Esmé because later in the book you'll see for sure if she's really a guardian. There is, in fact, a whole series called The Series of Unfortunate Events.įor those of you who haven't read any of the books in this series, the main characters are the Baudelaires: Violet, who loves to invent things, Klaus, who loves reading/researching,and Sunny, who loves to bite hard things with her four sharp teeth. Wow! That must be frightening! Well, unfortunately, that is only one of many of the depressing events in The Ersatz Elevator by Lemony Snicket. Here are ten ways that Series of Unfortunate Events was just plain strange – but in the best way possible.One out of two of your guardians are taking care of you because your parents died in a fire is really a villain that is part of a group who wants to steal your family fortune by pushing you down into a dark place with a big drop that is supposed to be a elevator.

If you enjoy weird things, and you have a taste that other people sometimes just don't seem to “get,” you will definitely want to binge this show immediately. The one main takeaway from the series? It is delightfully weird. It’s hard to assign a genre to A Series of Unfortunate Events, as it generates a lot of emotions at once. (Neil Patrick Harris is taking on the role of the count this time around.) The series also adds some new characters, as well as some details about Violet, Klaus, and Sunny’s parents. The new series is noticeably darker than both the books and the 2004 film, which starred Jim Carrey as Count Olaf. The Baudelaire children are orphans, having lost their parents in a fire, and they are suddenly thrown into an entirely different world of covert societies, undercover spies, and hidden secrets. The series, which is based on the books of the same name, follows the three Baudelaire children – Violet, Klaus, and Sunny – as they are sent to live with a mysterious and evil guardian, Count Olaf. On Friday, January 13, Netflix finally dropped its long-awaited series, Lemony Snicket: A Series of Unfortunate Events.

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