# Series of Unfortunate Events

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 23, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985 "2003-05-23T06:58:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985/1 "2003-05-23T06:58:08Z")

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I just read, IMDb via a Salon article, that Jim Carrey(!) is announced as Count Olaf(!) in the Series of Unfortunate Events movie. Now I realize it’s a way off, but let me say right now…God, what awful casting.

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### Author: ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [May 23, 2003, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985/2 "2003-05-23T07:04:16Z")

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[Here’s the IMDb info.](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0339291)

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### Author: ![TJdude825](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@TJdude825](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJdude825)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2003, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985/3 "2003-05-24T06:38:22Z")

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[A related thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147219)

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### Author: ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985/4 "2003-05-24T16:12:15Z")

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Thanks. Good bloody Jesus on a crutch? Nickelodeon films? Ye GODS!

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### Author: ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985/5 "2003-05-24T16:59:04Z")

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I dunno, he could do it. Why not?

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### Author: ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)
#### Post date: [May 24, 2003, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-of-unfortunate-events/176985/6 "2003-05-24T17:58:04Z")

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Because Olaf needs to be menacing. Even in Cable Guy, Jim Carrey was not menacing.