Neil Gaiman's Sandman series: A general thread plus a poll.
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Karl Masks
I simply don't care
It looks amazing. I haven't seen it because Netflix
mentalchik
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit."
Am loving the netflix series.....have never read the grapic novels as it's not a fomat i'm a fan of !
am a massive Gaiman fan
am a massive Gaiman fan
Idaho
continuity character
I don't know her, and haven't seen it yet. I did think they might mess up Constantine. Needs to have a London accent with a hint of Scouse.
ruffneck23
front left
Both Lady Johanna Constantine and John Constantine appear in the graphic novels iirc
T & P
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The rest are as good or even better. Eps 4 & 5 featuring David Thewlis are not just great episodes within this series, they are simply television storytelling at its finest.
spanglechick
High Empress of Dressing Up
Finished it today. It’s really very cleverly made. It’s what high-budget tv ought to be: talented people in every position on the team, all working at the top of their game.
The casting is great. Even Stephen Fry was perfect and not too much. Death was glorious and heartbreaking and loveable. I kept thinking “surely no one can complain about her once they see it!”
Sturridge even looks a little like a young Gaiman - and manages to look completely ageless.
Funnily enough, I suppose I didn’t think Christie’s Lucifer worked. It all seemed a little stiff. But everything else was great. Real “phone down” telly.
The casting is great. Even Stephen Fry was perfect and not too much. Death was glorious and heartbreaking and loveable. I kept thinking “surely no one can complain about her once they see it!”
Sturridge even looks a little like a young Gaiman - and manages to look completely ageless.
Funnily enough, I suppose I didn’t think Christie’s Lucifer worked. It all seemed a little stiff. But everything else was great. Real “phone down” telly.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Up to the Constantine episode and I'll pause to give myself time to enjoy that given my love for JC.
The bad:
I think the first episode was a bit to exposition heavy and Lucienne saying "u sure mate?" Was totally hackneyed foreshadowing. Bit closer to the comics would have been fine. There does tend to be a tell not show habit in most modern shows though.
Likewise not to keen on the Corinthian being the reason Morpheus gets blindsided.
Morpheus voice, I was worried from the trailer but he's fine if it wasnt for the batman voice.
The good:
Lucienne tbf
The budget and sets.
The bloody marvellous:
Hecate
Cain and Abel
The bad:
I think the first episode was a bit to exposition heavy and Lucienne saying "u sure mate?" Was totally hackneyed foreshadowing. Bit closer to the comics would have been fine. There does tend to be a tell not show habit in most modern shows though.
Likewise not to keen on the Corinthian being the reason Morpheus gets blindsided.
Morpheus voice, I was worried from the trailer but he's fine if it wasnt for the batman voice.
The good:
Lucienne tbf
The budget and sets.
The bloody marvellous:
Hecate
Cain and Abel
Karl Masks
I simply don't care
Watched ep1. I will say that having read Preludes and Nocturnes it felt a bit drawn out
But I'm well up for this. About time we (me) had a really solid show to enjoy
But I'm well up for this. About time we (me) had a really solid show to enjoy
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Needs more of the look from what I've seen, I like the actress but her hairstyles pretty much the same all the time.
I'm worried by the mention of Stephen Fry, who let me guess is Fiddler's Green, can't stand the man.
Ming
I shot a man in Reno...
Did the nurses head fall off?
Karl Masks
I simply don't care
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Karl Masks
I simply don't care
You can get volume 1 really cheap in Kindle format right now. Well worth it. The art is supber
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Not finished the series yet but the death episode, covering my absolute favourite of the comics, was perfect.
Gaiman said they auditioned hundreds of people for Death. They got the right one anyway. They could have played her as a snarky smartarse but instead they made her warm and humane, which is absolutely the point of that character in the story.
Gaiman said they auditioned hundreds of people for Death. They got the right one anyway. They could have played her as a snarky smartarse but instead they made her warm and humane, which is absolutely the point of that character in the story.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Yes.
And no it didn’t, was a bit of a lame curse compared to eternal waking.
Yeah there’s a lot of “as you know” going on and I hope it settles down.
Karl Masks
I simply don't care
Would have liked to have seen more made of Ethel Cripps shacking up one of the order, betraying the MAgus. That explains (assuming it isn't in the later episode) how the helmet ends up in Chronzon's hands.
I'm going to assume the John Dee episode is unpleasant
I'm going to assume the John Dee episode is unpleasant
SpookyFrank
Don't swallow the cap
Considering how complicated the universe is, there's not too much exposition going on. Only episode one had a portentous voiceover, which you can't really avoid when translating something onto TV from a medium where you can shove in boxes full of text wherever you like. They've changed Matthew's role a bit so that he can be a cipher for the audience, but even that is not overused.
Idaho
continuity character
Yeah I really enjoyed the audiobooks/plays. Some episodes that were mediocre comics made really good audio.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Think overall it dragged a little in the second half once Dream got his tools back. Some of the bits changed to make the vortex plot line more legible ended up just feeling more tangled and illogical - while Dream frequently ended up a bit of a tertiary power character in his own series while others explained stuff to him.
Still a decent series mind and Desire was perfect.
Still a decent series mind and Desire was perfect.
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