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sircaw
Banned
i am guessing this is not the Peter Parker "sandman"
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
Announced at Netflix Geeked 2022.
Why is this in the Gaming thread?
Kacho
Gold Member
Taking a wild guess here but I think it was a mistake
Draugoth
Gold Member
Yup (lol) already asked mods to move it to off-topic.
AutumnLeaves
Member
We'll see how it is. Don't really trust Netflix at this point.
Hugare
Member
Corinthian, from, you know, Sandman HQ
Mad excited for the series.
Really hard to stick the landing and make something as good as the comics, but we will see
Johanna Constantine looks off, tho. Constantine is a disturbed fellow, that looks like havent showered in ages.
She looks too "clean". I can't believe that this chick fights demons and shit for living.
EDIT: Oh, I've just seen the interview with the cast and she looks "posh" for story reasons. Interesting.
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JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
I trust Netflix now that they have canned much of their woke content being created. Losing subscribers is having a positive impact. I hope this show has lots of sex and nudity!
Little Mac
Member
I hope this lives up to the graphic novels.
LaughingStock
Member
10 years ago I would be excited.
Cyberpunkd
Member
Man, that episode about a convention will be something. Are they filming the regular Gaiman stories? That will be wild, although some probably will not make it.
Cyberpunkd
Member
You know it won't. Dream going to hell will always be one of the greatest comic book arcs of all time.
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Hugare
Member
From the casting, they will be filming the first stories: Sandman in Hell, John Dee's stuff, serial killer's convention ...
Season 1 will probably end with Dream meeting Death. It's one of Sandman's best issues, so it will end with a bang.
BattleMonkey
Member
Johanna is not meant to be John, she's actually a character from the lore. DC apparently didn't want them using John Constantine so they used Johanna instead who has her own stories and lore, a descendent of the Constantine line.
ManaByte
Member
Yea DC wouldn't let them use John because JJ Abrams is using him in Justice League Dark and they're apparently giving him his own HBO Max series to lead into that.
Fbh
Member
Looks good.
Seems like they gave it a pretty big budget, which is nice.
I remain cautiously optimistic about this one.
HORRORSHØW
Member
Hell yeah all in on this one. Can't wait to see the other Endless.
balls of snow
Member
Very hype for this. American Gods was fucking fantastic before the axe. Gaiman never misses.
ManaByte
Member
I'm curious how "DC" this will be with references to heroes and stuff. I wonder if they cut it back to not promote HBO max
Zero, except for the Constantine name. They keep the Sandman Universe separate. Constantine is the only real crossover to DC, and this isn't even the same Constantine.
John Bilbo
Member
It's here
balls of snow
Member
Binge the first 2 episodes. Excellent so far, really sells the otherworldly nature of the series. Lets get this to top 10 on netflix so that those exec fucks dont cancel it after the first season.
Alx
Member
I think I’ll subscribe for 1 month just to watch it. The reviews are good so I’m optimistic, but I’m not too thrilled by the looks of Morpheus and Death (all the other changes are either fine or unimportant, but those two are my favorite characters and it’s hard to imagine them different from their comics counterpart)
That first episode was good. Nice use of effects. It set up the show well. I have only a little familiarity with the character from a couple Death comics I read about 30 years ago. Those didn't talk about the Dreaming. The way the show's rebuilding the Dreaming is a wonderful way to explain working with egregores after the fall of the old aeon.
Alx
Member
Yup that « duel » is what got me into the serie. My favorite part was the Death spin-off though, she’s just the best character and I love whenever she appears in the saga.
John Bilbo
Member
This show seems to take a few liberties in the story and dialogue, but I might be wrong: I read the comics over a decade ago.
TheMan
Member
It does. For example Cain and Abel’s dynamic felt watered down (so far, I haven’t finished the show)
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Jayjayhd34
Member
I'm on the second episiode now. Never read the comics so can't compare . However rather enjoying it. Netflix really letting me lately then bam they release something good just wish more shows like this because at this rate I'm paying 16.99 just watch one show
John Bilbo
Member
I have to say I find many of the casting choices weird. As if though they purposefully chose actors and actresses who don't fit their parts at all.
John Bilbo
Member
Episodes 5 and 6 were quite enjoyable.
Damn the stories are still tight. Visual effects are mostly very well done.
I guess they stretched the image purposefully, maybe to make a resemblance to the comics or add style to the show? I don't know, it was weird at first, but I guess it makes sense this show being mostly from Dream's perspective.
Damn the stories are still tight. Visual effects are mostly very well done.
I guess they stretched the image purposefully, maybe to make a resemblance to the comics or add style to the show? I don't know, it was weird at first, but I guess it makes sense this show being mostly from Dream's perspective.
Wildebeest
Member
I don't really want to watch this because to me 90s Sandman is Sandman and I don't want anything else. I do think Gwendoline Christie is an interesting Lucifer, though. She was good as Titania.
Yeah, I'm kinda put off by a lot of the casting. Not looking exactly like their comic book counterpart is to be expected, but to me many of them both look and feel like completely different characters.
Reallt don't like Dream's actor, and Death is, well, a different character all together.
FunkMiller
Member
As a huge fan of the comic, a lot of the changes are a little jarring.
There’s certainly a degree of the old Netflix wokery creeping in, where certain decisions have been made to suit objectives rather removed from actually telling a good story.
However, it remains The Sandman, and is therefore marvellous.
Not enough Batman yet, though.
There’s certainly a degree of the old Netflix wokery creeping in, where certain decisions have been made to suit objectives rather removed from actually telling a good story.
However, it remains The Sandman, and is therefore marvellous.
Not enough Batman yet, though.
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PaddyOCanager
Member
Not enough Batman yet, though.
FunkMiller
Member
I thought I’d be more bothered about the necessary gender swap, given the usage issues, but Coleman is doing a great job.
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FunkMiller
Member
Oh, come on.
They could have had Dee actually escape from proper Arkham Asylum.
Kind of pathetic they’re not using the DC stuff.
They could have had Dee actually escape from proper Arkham Asylum.
Kind of pathetic they’re not using the DC stuff.
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TheMan
Member
I feel Alan Rickman would have been the perfect Dream if he were alive.
I binged the whole thing today and I would say it’s quite good overall
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
Considering it would then have to be on HBO/HBOMax/Discovery+ and the cluster fuck that is going on there be glad it isnt.Oh, come on.
They could have had Dee actually escape from proper Arkham Asylum.
Kind of pathetic they’re not using the DC stuff.