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The Sandman Netflix Series from DC Comics
tempo_n_groove
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https://youtu.be/cWJTB6FPVaATo say I am excited is an understatement. This was one of my favorite comics as a kid. It had great writing in Neil Gaiman, great artists in Sam Keith and Dave McKean.
Back story is that Morpheus, the Master of Dreams, brother of Desire, Death, Destruction, Destiny, Despair and Delirium, gets summoned and imprisoned. With the Dreamlord not around to watch over the dreams the world becomes a different place.
He needs to break out of imprisonment and fetch his helmet, amulet and sand pouch. His visit to hell is perhaps my favorite piece of comic writing ever so I am going to enjoy this very much. I hope they pull it off.
It's a Netflix show so that means I will only enjoy it for 2-3 seasons before they drop it.
I would recommend picking up the TPB. They are all in series form and much cheaper than the OG comics which have become rather expensive.
The writer Neil Gaiman is a critically acclaimed writer who has won numerous awards. His book American Gods became a TV show that lasted for 3 seasons.
Give the trailer a watch. It's on the darker side but it looks to be right in line with how the comic was written.
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Love his books...American Gods was great. Thought the show kind of fell off but the book was badass
Loved Good Omens, which I thought was made into a very good adaptation for tv.
Loved it.
They stayed to the comic for a great deal of it and the Hell trip was good but not nearly as good as the comic so if you enjoyed that episode and haven't read it, please do. A Hope In Hell is a masterpiece.
Show was written very PC in character choices. Something that adaptions do nowadays and much different from what I read, lol.
Acting is great. Visuals are good.
The voice for that fucking bird is horrible and they made him into a friggin jar jar binks.... That is my real big complaint.
I don't want to ruin any of it if you haven't watched yet so if you haven't, do and if you have, let's discuss.
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The one holding his amulet/Ruby John Dee, I remember him being a zombie almost and having really, really bad shit happen in that diner.
Hell was a triumvirate. 3 people made the decisions for hell, they decided not to include that during Morpheus' visit.
Was desire always Trans or ambiguous? I remember thinking it was a She?
Death wasn't African American, it works though, I hope they make her more peppy, she was the chipper one in the comics, lol.
Delirium is supposed to be Tori Amos, right?
(not sure I'll ever recover from the suffering induced by watching Ender's Game)
https://twitter.com/netflix_sandman/status/1560522190755287041?s=21&t=ii3_fQMDUBEZGkWqJubRvA
I love comics, never really read sandman... anyway
I couldn't get past episode 4, had to stop watching. Got way too bloody, and I love horror. And it was so slow.
And actually, I though Patton as the raven was the best part, but not enough to keep watching.
The other episodes I think get better. The Amulet one was slow for me, the others I liked.
"there's one at the door, there's one at the door". Glad you at least enjoyed Hell episode. They get better too. There is a bunch of Roman and Greek mythology with bits of the Bible peppered in along w Shakespeare. If you are a literary type then this might be even more fun of a trip.
There are no kings inside the gates of eden
The hell episode was great, but nothing matches the graphic novel story. Just perfection. I liked the Death episode a lot too.
I also didn't mind Matthew's voice. Thought it fit well. Overall, a great adaptation of the stories so far. I hope they get to finish them. Some great stories left.
Cowboy beebop was amazing - just finished that and loved it.