Kind of assuming if you're here you already saw them. There will be some mild spoilers so it's up to you if

if you want to stay. So these first two episodes corresponded with the very first book in the series,

"A Bad Beginning" and mark this down, because I actually liked the Netflix series more than the first book

Like WHAT, I know.

Let's start with the script. The same guy who wrote the book series, Daniel Handler, whose pen name is Lemony Snicket

He also wrote the screenplays for all 8 episodes, and man oh man, what a difference a great

script makes! There were lines take verbatim from the book series and there were times when I thought the script

even when above and beyond the book series.

One example is when they were showing how intelling Klaus is, the showed him reading a Proust quote

and it said "Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is

grief that develops the powers of the mind."

And I was like "Oh, what an appropriate foreshadowing quote."

There were so many Easter eggs and nods to the books in this series, and as fans of the books that's really

all we want. Mr. Poe coughs all the time, Violet has her hair ribbon, Violet was skipping rocks at Briney Beach

Count Olaf provided them with a complimentary pile of rocks

There were just so many details in there, and I loved it!

I have to give a shoutout to Mrs.Poe. They really added to her character for this series.

And I thought she was great comedic relief.

I loved when the Baudelaire orphans are spending the night with them for the first time

And she's like "You must feel terrible and miss your parents very much" and they're like "We do..."

And she's like "SAY IT" And she makes them say they feel terrible and miss their parents very much

So she can quote them in the front page of her newspaper.

Shout out to Sunny's baby subtitles, because those were hilarious.

Neil Patrick Harris's Count Olaf was dark.

Darker than Jim Carey's, and I liked it because Count Olaf is a really dark character.

He had some funny lines, but he is clearly a villain.

And this reminded me so much of Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog!

which was a really big role for Neil Patrick Harris in this like internet video

It was actually directed and produced by Joss Whedon

It's free online. I'm going to link it down below. If you have not seen Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog

You have got to go watch Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog because ah, it's urgent.

I have to say Count Olaf was a little bit pervy

When he touched Violet's shoulder and stared at Klaus and was like "I touch what I want."

Right before he was about to marry - try to marry Violet

I was like -uhh- But you know what? He's pervy in the book too.

And that was part of my issue - okay so my issue with the book was two things

First off, Lemony Snicket as the narrator interrupts constantly without regard for the flow of the story

And in the Netflix series I think they corrected that from the start.

I think in the book series Daniel Handler's still kind of developing Lemony Snicket's narration and the

and the voice he wants him to have, and he does hit a stride, but later on in the series.

is when I think it gets to it's best

If you can imagine in the Netflix series, just in the middle of an action sequence he just popped up

and was like "I'm gonna define a word for you!"

And then her defined a word and then went away

That's like how he is in the books and it drove me insane.

So that's corrected, so that's one reason I think the Netflix series is better whan the first book

In the book Lemony Snicket explains things to the readers as if they are truly 8 years old

Which, if you want to write a book for 8 year olds, that's great! Go for it!

But then there was also some mild sexual vibes towards Violet from Count Olaf and there's the child abuse

with Klaus and so I always felt like those things didn't really mix.

The book's content was kind of at odds with the babyish narration style

And I di think Daniel Handler hits his stride with Lemony Snicket's narration voice a few books into the series

but not right away, whereas in the Netflix series

I felt like the content was a bit more adult from the beginning

I mean, I think tweens could totally enjoy this, I think it would be fine for them, but

actual small children, I don't think this series was really meant for.

Because there is alcoholism, child abuse, and those sorts of things in this series

The biggest surprise for me was seeing the mom and dad at the end of the episode and I was like *GASP*

Oh my gosh! So a lot more on that later. I have watched all 8 episodes, so a lot more on that LATER

Yessica Haircut! I can't with Yessica Haircut.

Okay, so they added a character, Jacqueline, who is Mr. Poe's assistant

And from the first two episode you can kind of tell it seems like sh knows who Count Olaf is

And she's trying to foil him

And might be part of this secret organization, so I really liked that they added that

Did you see the first two episodes? Have you read A Bad Beginning? And what did you think?!

Thanks so much for watching and my review of episodes 3 and 4 are coming up really soon, Bye!