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@ AlexTheWhovian: The way I was reading the info from the sources, is they are on board to direct and write, respectively, but didn't necessarily equate that to them do all. Though that could very well be true. Just wanted to discuss, because I don't know if we can make that assumption. - Favre1fan93 ( talk) 17:12, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
it was announced that Barry Sonnenfeld and Mark Hudis had agreed to helm the series. Hudis would serve as showrunner, Sonnenfeld as director [...] with Daniel Handler writing the scripts". By stating that Sonnenfeld was helming the series, that sounds synonymous with him leading the directing. And Handler states in the source that "
right now Netflix is adapting A Series of Unfortunate Events for the screen and I am writing the script", which also sounds as if he is writing the entire script, not just part of it It may be wrong; if you want to hide the episode table for now, I'd be fine with that. Alex|The|Whovian ? 21:26, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Reberin: It appears you have a conflict of interest regarding the subject matter of this article, per your message here on AlexTheWhovian's talk page. While we have no way of knowing if your statements are true (we do not want to WP:OUT you if you do not want to be more forthcoming about this matter), please note that any additions and changes to an article must be backed by third party reliable sources. That is what other users use to ensure changes to articles are accurately stating what the sources say. Additionally, in the case of a future TV series, if we don't get all the info before it releases, we are in no rush to do so, and will update the article accordingly once the series has premiered. - Favre1fan93 ( talk) 04:43, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Concerning the title of the first two episodes, is it "The Bad Beginning" (as given by the episode guide in Netflix), or "A Bad Beginning" (as stated in the episodes themselves after the opening credits)? Alex|The|Whovian ? 17:24, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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Favre1fan93 (
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and ref notes next to the "A Bad Beginning" title. -
Favre1fan93 (
talk) 18:21, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
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to list an {{
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Favre1fan93 (
talk) 06:47, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
I had added one this morning but was revert given that the episodes have the same information. What I'm thinking more is to establish the extremely broad plot discussion, leaving episodes to focus on details of the episodes so they can be shorter. Given that we will get 2 more seasons to complete the rest of the books, I doubt we'll need separate pages for each season, and thus a paragraph or two high level summary should be enough to set up though elements to simplify further plots. It would be comparable to any introductory synopsis for other TV series. -- MASEM ( t) 01:32, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
I do not agree with listing as a drama in the lead. It is not sourced to be a drama. It is sourced to be a black comedy. The film adaption is listed to be a black comedy while the book series is listed to be Gothic fiction, Absurdist fiction, Mystery, Steampunk, Children's fiction, and Black comedy. While a TV series could be a different genre than the source material, there is no source to validate that claim. Here are several references that it is a black comedy or dark comedy: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. I think that the sources speak for themselves. JDDJS ( talk) 18:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
I never said it was your personal definition. I simply quoted what you said. I looked it up on Netflix, and I do not see listing drama as a genre. I did not remove mystery because the book series was sourced to be a mystery. I'm not claiming to have not edit warred, but you are just as guilty of edit warring as me. You refused to provide sources to back your claim, and since another editor clearly agreed while nobody had yet to agree with you and several hours had passed, I felt that it was okay to change it. Now that you finally provided sources to prove your claim, I'm okay with drama being listed in the info-box. However, I still think that the main genre is black comedy. It's what the book series and the film was considered and the reviews mention its humor far more than they do its drama. JDDJS ( talk) 02:39, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
I cannot find anything that affirms Netflix has renewed the series. Yes, it is confirmed that Handler and others on production staff are scripting out episodes as of last week, but the latest statement by anyone I can find is from Jan 12 where Sonnenfeld affirms that no greelight has been given by Netflix but they are laying out the episodes in anticipation. [16]. -- MASEM ( t) 14:48, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
This might be a question better asked when S2 is greenlit and we know who will be returning/etc, but a possible idea on the cast list might be to keep the "one-off" guest star characters that only appear across exactly one book/2-episode set (like Joan Cusack) as guest stars rather than recurring (like Olaf's troope or Elanora). If that was done, then I would suggest moving those names into the episode table to avoid excessive clutter. But that said: I cannot remember how these are credited in the show proper without rechecking, and I have not read the books so I have no idea if the non-dead characters (like Cusack's Judge) returns later in the books and/or if the show will be faithful to that; if that did happen, they would be back to recurring, so that would ruin this idea. -- MASEM ( t) 01:38, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, K. Todd Freeman, Presley Smith
Special Guest Stars
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
Co-Starring
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
No new actors
Special Guest Stars
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
Co-Starring
Special Guest Stars
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
No new actors
- Favre1fan93 ( talk) 19:50, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Masem In regards to the episode titles, we have always used the episode titles as displayed in the Netflix service. How else would we list them if they didn't have title cards? (Especially since this is the very case for almost all series, I almost never seen episodic title cards.) In your same revert, the titles continue to be listed as Part 1 and Part 2, but in the titles cards, they are Part One and Part Two (I added a note for this). So, they should continue to be listed as per the service, with notes on deviations between the title card and the episode title, just as the very first two episodes of the series (Bad Beginning) have had since (roughly) their release. -- Alex TW 13:58, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
How do programmers of the website get precedent over the actual graphics people on the show? Fradio71 ( talk) 01:29, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
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In Season 2 episode 3, the previous editor wrote that Count Olaf disguises himself as a "wealthy suitor for Esme". That is a mistake because actually, he disguised himself as a foreign auctioneer. Even though that he does SEEM wealthy and he does flirt with Esme, those things are not the main persona that Olaf was trying to disguise himself as, so a foreign auctioneer is more apt and truer to the source material. Micolatecake ( talk) 08:23, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
@ Rtkat3: Why should we be splitting the episodes? Such a suggestion would not conform with WP:SIZESPLIT or the consensus at User:Bignole/Episode page. There's going to be no further episodes other than the current twenty-five. -- / Alex/ 21 05:43, 6 February 2019 (UTC)
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@ AlexTheWhovian: The way I was reading the info from the sources, is they are on board to direct and write, respectively, but didn't necessarily equate that to them do all. Though that could very well be true. Just wanted to discuss, because I don't know if we can make that assumption. - Favre1fan93 ( talk) 17:12, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
it was announced that Barry Sonnenfeld and Mark Hudis had agreed to helm the series. Hudis would serve as showrunner, Sonnenfeld as director [...] with Daniel Handler writing the scripts". By stating that Sonnenfeld was helming the series, that sounds synonymous with him leading the directing. And Handler states in the source that "
right now Netflix is adapting A Series of Unfortunate Events for the screen and I am writing the script", which also sounds as if he is writing the entire script, not just part of it It may be wrong; if you want to hide the episode table for now, I'd be fine with that. Alex|The|Whovian ? 21:26, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
@ Reberin: It appears you have a conflict of interest regarding the subject matter of this article, per your message here on AlexTheWhovian's talk page. While we have no way of knowing if your statements are true (we do not want to WP:OUT you if you do not want to be more forthcoming about this matter), please note that any additions and changes to an article must be backed by third party reliable sources. That is what other users use to ensure changes to articles are accurately stating what the sources say. Additionally, in the case of a future TV series, if we don't get all the info before it releases, we are in no rush to do so, and will update the article accordingly once the series has premiered. - Favre1fan93 ( talk) 04:43, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Concerning the title of the first two episodes, is it "The Bad Beginning" (as given by the episode guide in Netflix), or "A Bad Beginning" (as stated in the episodes themselves after the opening credits)? Alex|The|Whovian ? 17:24, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
|AltTitle=
. -
Favre1fan93 (
talk) 17:39, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
|AltTitle=
and ref notes next to the "A Bad Beginning" title. -
Favre1fan93 (
talk) 18:21, 13 January 2017 (UTC)
|RTitle=
to list an {{
efn}} next to the title say within the show it was referred to with "A", not "The". -
Favre1fan93 (
talk) 06:47, 14 January 2017 (UTC)
I had added one this morning but was revert given that the episodes have the same information. What I'm thinking more is to establish the extremely broad plot discussion, leaving episodes to focus on details of the episodes so they can be shorter. Given that we will get 2 more seasons to complete the rest of the books, I doubt we'll need separate pages for each season, and thus a paragraph or two high level summary should be enough to set up though elements to simplify further plots. It would be comparable to any introductory synopsis for other TV series. -- MASEM ( t) 01:32, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
I do not agree with listing as a drama in the lead. It is not sourced to be a drama. It is sourced to be a black comedy. The film adaption is listed to be a black comedy while the book series is listed to be Gothic fiction, Absurdist fiction, Mystery, Steampunk, Children's fiction, and Black comedy. While a TV series could be a different genre than the source material, there is no source to validate that claim. Here are several references that it is a black comedy or dark comedy: [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]. I think that the sources speak for themselves. JDDJS ( talk) 18:07, 19 January 2017 (UTC)
I never said it was your personal definition. I simply quoted what you said. I looked it up on Netflix, and I do not see listing drama as a genre. I did not remove mystery because the book series was sourced to be a mystery. I'm not claiming to have not edit warred, but you are just as guilty of edit warring as me. You refused to provide sources to back your claim, and since another editor clearly agreed while nobody had yet to agree with you and several hours had passed, I felt that it was okay to change it. Now that you finally provided sources to prove your claim, I'm okay with drama being listed in the info-box. However, I still think that the main genre is black comedy. It's what the book series and the film was considered and the reviews mention its humor far more than they do its drama. JDDJS ( talk) 02:39, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
I cannot find anything that affirms Netflix has renewed the series. Yes, it is confirmed that Handler and others on production staff are scripting out episodes as of last week, but the latest statement by anyone I can find is from Jan 12 where Sonnenfeld affirms that no greelight has been given by Netflix but they are laying out the episodes in anticipation. [16]. -- MASEM ( t) 14:48, 20 January 2017 (UTC)
This might be a question better asked when S2 is greenlit and we know who will be returning/etc, but a possible idea on the cast list might be to keep the "one-off" guest star characters that only appear across exactly one book/2-episode set (like Joan Cusack) as guest stars rather than recurring (like Olaf's troope or Elanora). If that was done, then I would suggest moving those names into the episode table to avoid excessive clutter. But that said: I cannot remember how these are credited in the show proper without rechecking, and I have not read the books so I have no idea if the non-dead characters (like Cusack's Judge) returns later in the books and/or if the show will be faithful to that; if that did happen, they would be back to recurring, so that would ruin this idea. -- MASEM ( t) 01:38, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
Neil Patrick Harris, Patrick Warburton, Malina Weissman, Louis Hynes, K. Todd Freeman, Presley Smith
Special Guest Stars
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
Co-Starring
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
No new actors
Special Guest Stars
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
Co-Starring
Special Guest Stars
Guest Starring
Co-Starring
No new actors
- Favre1fan93 ( talk) 19:50, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
Masem In regards to the episode titles, we have always used the episode titles as displayed in the Netflix service. How else would we list them if they didn't have title cards? (Especially since this is the very case for almost all series, I almost never seen episodic title cards.) In your same revert, the titles continue to be listed as Part 1 and Part 2, but in the titles cards, they are Part One and Part Two (I added a note for this). So, they should continue to be listed as per the service, with notes on deviations between the title card and the episode title, just as the very first two episodes of the series (Bad Beginning) have had since (roughly) their release. -- Alex TW 13:58, 2 April 2018 (UTC)
How do programmers of the website get precedent over the actual graphics people on the show? Fradio71 ( talk) 01:29, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
This
edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
In Season 2 episode 3, the previous editor wrote that Count Olaf disguises himself as a "wealthy suitor for Esme". That is a mistake because actually, he disguised himself as a foreign auctioneer. Even though that he does SEEM wealthy and he does flirt with Esme, those things are not the main persona that Olaf was trying to disguise himself as, so a foreign auctioneer is more apt and truer to the source material. Micolatecake ( talk) 08:23, 4 April 2018 (UTC)
@ Rtkat3: Why should we be splitting the episodes? Such a suggestion would not conform with WP:SIZESPLIT or the consensus at User:Bignole/Episode page. There's going to be no further episodes other than the current twenty-five. -- / Alex/ 21 05:43, 6 February 2019 (UTC)