I mean that Netflix version of A Series of Unfortunate Events was pretty decent the other year, so i guess it's possible that this turns out better than the movies. Disney did absolutely pulverise the Artemis Fowl movie the other year though, so I wouldn't expect great things from them just because... I never read these though, or saw more than about 20 minutes of the films, so my knowledge extends to 'It's American Harry Potter with added Ancient Greece'