This is signature Neil. Very intruguing and entertaining. Very inclusive and gloriously gay. Hoping for more seasons.
This is the adaptation that delivers! Casting, costumes, faithfulness to the material, performances, visual effects (there are some cringe moments but overall really good) - everything meets the expectations and sometimes even exceeds.
That being said, I see how people who are not familiar with comics would find it confusing. There's so much happening, so many new characters in every episode, it can be overwhelming and sometimes it can feel like there's an issue of continuity. I guess they could have made episodes longer, or two parts for some chapters. But I think they didn't want to drag it out and I'm so grateful for that.
It has been a while since i have watched a great written series like this...
The story never fell apart or felt bored or dragged.
Tom plays the role perfectly for Sandman and his straight face most of the times makes the role even more appealing to watch
I say a must watch series
Really enjoy the series. I was not sure what to expect but I loved all of the mystical elements of the dream world and its impact on the waking world. It was done very clever and the ending certainly makes for an exciting season two. I certainly hope that happens. Also, if you love drama, there is plenty of that for the Sandman and his family!! :joy:
So happy to finally witness a tv success from Neil Gaiman. Sandman is one of my favourite comic books ever and this show fully respects the atmosphere and the solemnity of the Endless. We all were orphans of the greatness of the first season of American Gods, the only other tv product that truly expressed Gaiman's language, but this time it was much more difficult due to the original medium.
I'd like to spend a few words about the theme of diversity. I'll admit it, when i saw Kirby Howell-Baptiste casted as Death I was a bit disappointed at first and in general the high diversity of the full cast, because I was very afraid that Netflix forced the production - as it often does - to smash tokens on scripts only in order to avoid any racism allegation, but my judgement was obviously suspended because I trust Neil. And I'm happy to confirm that my expectations were satisfied, there's plenty of characters that have been casted with black actors but none of that felt forced or changed the balance of the story, imho for one simple reason: because the original comic was years ahead of its time and was already very inclusive. He already was successful in narrating the wide range of people living in metropolises, telling us the deep thoughts and feelings of the human being regardless of gender, ethnicity or age.
There's a huge difference between changing the ethnicity of a character in an adaptation because you need diversity and changing it because it doesn't f'ing matters .
Chapeau Neil, you did it. I love you.
P.s. If you appreciated this first season go and buy the comics, you definitely won't regret it.
P.p.s. I so want to hear from other people, really would enjoy a good chat over the show!
best show in years
hope Netflix doesn't kills it
Didn’t make it past episode 3.
Lots of hype for something so terrible.
The first 4 episodes are very good, the 5th episode is okay but after that it's garbage. I already finished the next chapters in 30 minutes without jumping. waste of time
I like getting everyone’s perspective but I really think people need to chill a bit. I’ve never read the comics but I enjoyed this show. It’s a good storyline, good actors, got me in and kept me there.
I liked it. Great cast, good effects and backdrops, good script. It wasn't consistently captivating to watch though.... I can't quite figure out why, but it's missing something.
Wildly inconsistent and disappointing. The first episode is full of intrigue and makes you think this is going to be a dark, mature fantasy drama, only for it to then unravel into what could feasibly be mistaken for a teen Disney movie by the end. Episodes 5 and 6 are very good - wonderful and unique storytelling! They needed to focus more on that sort of stuff than the rest of the mundane, often boring and juvenile plotlines from other episodes.
I will tune into season 2, but if it hasn't improved after the first couple of episodes I will drop it. Being VERY generous giving this a 6/10. If it wasn't for episodes 1, 5, and 6, it would be an easy 4/10.
Good start ! Very faithful to the story and overall vibe of the Sandman comics, gotta love it
5/10
Started off amazing
Then after episode 5 it all turns to shit.
Hated Rose and all her
BS drama, and making her the centre was a mistake.
Between unlikeable characters and a boring story and Dream popping in for a cameo, giving bloody Rose more screen time the second half of this show was a complete mess and ultimately felt like a massive waste of my time. How can a show Be so Awesome at the beginning then be utter bull-crap at the end especially when they had the winning formula right their.
That was a lot of heavy lifting to establish a big production to a season one of the next Big thing on streaming to just blow it in epic fashion like that.
Because in all honesty that second half Sucked
and sucked bad.
And I think I've had all I can take of that.
Thank-You
Gentlemen
And Goodnight.
The series is amazing. Well acted, shot, written! It's quite frankly the best show I've seen this year by far. The main storylines are satisfying and they lay some pretty good grounds for future seasons, even without the last scene which is amazing btw!
And you know what's funny... Rose's storylines would feel pretty rushed up in any other series especially near the end, but somehow, it felt really natural the way they did, it got some urgency. I just wish they had some time to build up some characters better, or show off more, like Constantine, which is fucking cool, even though it can get guffy sometimes. I hope they're able to bring some other sotrylines form the comics, and keep it as concise and as we'll thought as this season.
And let's talk about hell. How lovely is Gwendoline on that character. It's so frightening and so kind at the same time. She's amazing. What a nice depiction of the lightbringer and maze. They should teach something to the lucifer series made by cw(I know). It's a shame we see so little of her.
And desire. The way he moves, talks, express. Wtf, His voice is so effing amazing, it is almost like they increase the reverb just a little bit, and overlayed some deeper voice on his. I get chills every scene hes in.
But not everything is that great though. I get that this is a tv show, and they had to cut some corners somewhere, but Damm some visual effects are downright ugly as hell. And what's up with those incars scenes. I don't think I ever saw such bad incar screens like this. A lot of them look low resolution and low fps as hell. Specially when Rose is going to the convention. wtf is that? Looks like you're playing a YouTube video from 2008 shot at 240p, upscalled to 8k, while moving the window around, plugged to a high latency panel, on a rapebarry pi. It's really aweful. I can't believe that they didn't notice that.
Also, some people might say that the first episodes are slow. I would argue that that was somewhat necessary. That way you feel a little bit the passage of time, and just a glimpse of how it might have been for the Sandman all those years. Could it have been done better? I don't know, I'm not a writer. I just know that it would feel realy rushed if they had shown just a few scenes form that century the way in other series usually do, and I'm pretty tired from series showing flashbacks amid episodes all the time, since it was a couple of episodes, to explain it as time goes. It can be better, I'm just staying that this way worked better for me. It helped to believe that that was something really bad for him, though they don't explore it that much (his feeling about it). Almost exclusively the side effects on his realm. I think it would have been silly to watch him on a revenge journey, but maybe there were better ways to explore that. They say that he changed and all, after admitting being wrong about Rose, but I don't know. It felt kinda cheap and superficial.
Otherwise, it is amazing! Go watch!! You're wasting time reading this!
Sadly it ends. Haha
Can't wait for the next season.
damn it's so boring and there's not a single likable character
That was... a snoozefest, pun intended. The concepts on paper are extremely cool and intriguing, yet somehow Netflix here have managed to make another dull adaptation once again.
I know this is a hard pill to swallow, but if you find this show too "woke" because it's too gay and has too much black people in it, you are ~indeed~ racist and homophobic (starting your comment with "i'm not.." won't change anything i fear :/ ). And oh, clearly you haven't read the motherfunckin comics!! This show is insane: the visuals, cinematography, storylines, the acting!!! It leaves you wanting more and the only thing I am made about is it's the fact that that it's still hasn't been renew for a second season....netflix don't pull another sens8 on us please, this is gold!
While it was enjoyable to watch for the first half, it suffers from the usual problems that Netflix adaptations are plagued with. Don't get me wrong, this is a fairly well done adaptation from the comic. However, Netflix's incursiveness rubbed me the wrong way in the end.
PSA: If everything looking stretched is bothering you you can fix it with the Firefox extension "Browser Video Tuner", click on it while the video is playing and press CTRL+2 twice and CTRL+0 each episode. Netflix and Neil Gaiman confirmed it is intentional unfortunately.
Opposite to what I've seen a lot of people say I found the first few episodes a little to slow and cheesy, but the premise kept me intrigued and I'm glad I stuck with it because it became much better, interesting and mind-bending. It's a shame a lot of the gothic aesthetics were tuned down but it's certainly the most goth thing I've seen on TV in the last few years.
It's insane to me how bothered people are about 5 characters happening to be gay. Sure, it's a little much but why care?
You can suspend your disbelief for a world where someone has teeth for eyes, but not that gay people are a little more common?
It started with mildly interesting plot but went downhill with poor protagonist, script, dialogues, and unlikable characters, especially in the 2nd half. Overrated!
The only reason I didn't rate this show higher was that it kept insisting that I receive 'THE MESSAGE'. Good grief, why not just make an entire drama series on it? Geez
Started strong with the first 4 episodes, then it got really good with the next 2 episodes who were more artsy. Then we get 4 episodes of a CW show with the ever so boring Rose. Get rid of her and bring back Johanna Constantine please she's a much better character and actress! Apart from that I had a good time and the show has nice cinematography and the characters are really interesting. I would love another season!
Way better then I expected . But not all episodes are great. There are many different characters and subplots.
But pushing the woke agenda way to much.
Most of the characters are gay lesbian, minority groups. If you must judge earthlings and you watch this you think 90% of all people are gay or hetero but still in the closet
What a woke mess, This show is destined for the waste basket.
It's a shame all these interesting concepts get co-opted by the look-at-me message.
I tried hard to get through it, but so many unlikeable / unrelatable characters in one place is hard to stomach.
I really like all about this show, the emo character, the story and most of the characters being gay . Nice message NF. 6.5/10
PS: Maybe this comment will survive from deletion...
Gwen as Lucifer, that's ridiculous...
The Sandman is the newest big budget streaming series, arriving on NETFLIX. The highly revered comic series was one of the first few graphic novels ever to be on The New York Times Best Seller List as well as one of five graphic novels to make Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008. And due to this success The Sandman has had many failed attempts to adapt it.
If asked to define this season in one sentence, it would be "a Season of 2 halves". Across the 10 episode season, there are clearly 2 arcs here, comprising each of 5 episodes. The first 5 episodes are fantastic and some of the best television of 2022. They are rich in fantasy, a stunning visual tapestry weaving between scenes. And the actors play off the interesting storylines and the world build.
But all of that comes to a grinding halt once the first arc ends and the second arc kicks in. While the fantasy aspect still exists, it is grounded in a boring real world storyline. Gone are the fascinating and damaged characters of the first act, replaced with boring human characters that combined with the lackluster material, are just not engaging. But the polish and quality of the series also seems to take a significant drop. Where as the first act rivals the quality of a HBO series, the second act feels at home on a CW show. And surprise surprise, once the fantastical return at the end of Season One, the series picks up again.
I will keep watching because I want to love this revered franchise. The first act is pretty good and the series finishes on a high. I also want to read this series - so all in all, it's a win. But if the future is more of act 2, than I high to draw the line somewhere.
Rating: 73 / 100 Dreamers
I watched the first episode and I was seriously interested - so my type and then I am not sure what happens, gradually it goes down hill until we hit a cartoon ... utter, utter drivel in my humble opinion. Never again!
Watched this at 2x speed and it was still too slow.
Interesting show. Entertaining. It was strange to watch but I guess that's how the source materials are written. At first it was strange to see all the gay characters but it seems like that's how it's written; this works well because the creators pay attention to making everything work unlike many other shows that try the same and fail horribly.
There are so many moments that you'll be wondering what the fuck is happening and where is the show going. But sit through it to the end and it'll make sense.
Overall I would say it's an interesting journey through 10 episodes of entertainment. Watch it!!!
it was very painful to go through at the end
started Good and has Good visual all the way but at the end my brain cells killed themselves i can't feel any right now
Greatest TV adaptation from DC comics
Surprisingly dull and the main character, ie. the Sandman himself, just isn't interesting or likeable. There's basically no tension or feeling of actual danger towards the main character at any point and the plots are hair-thin excuses to show him pouting, akin to what you'd find in a young teen show.
First 6 episodes and last 5 episodes are basically two different shows.
Hard to keep track of story overall because there is almost no time given to development of any plot
The first five episodes were really good,the "first main villain" was a little underwhelming.After episode 5 the quality took a nose dive,Rose and the plot that came with her were uniteresting to say the least,the best written characters took less screen time in favor of Rose and her ghost shaging babysitter and even The Corinthian(who was amazingly played by Holbrook)that was supposed to be the big baddy for Season 1 was treated like an aftertought in Rose's journey.By episode 4 I was hopping this show had many seasons but I finished season 1 not knowing if Im even watching the second.
It was OK. Started out great, then kinda got very meh.
Loved it! I found it to be very true to the spirit of the original comics. Some folks have said that the episodes jump around too much, but that feeling of disjointed incompleteness is exactly what dreams are all about, Relax, read the original books, and try not to be so sequential:)
A Classic CW Show.
Every episode has its own vibe.
Not a must watch.
Glacially slow more often than not with a brooding lead, mostly uninteresting characters but a plot that could be really interesting if they could pick up the pace a bit. It feels like a standard young adult type drama.
I also know that comic series has a prominent gay overtone so having most of the characters gay seems on par, but it's pretty "in your face" so know that if you don't like shows like that. The gay stuff doesn't speak to me or appeal to me but that's me, it follows the gay theme of the comic so I can't knock them for staying true to the origin, it's just not my cup of tea.
Good show. Many gay scenes but I like the rest of it. Watch it and make your own opinion.
Not impressed.
Better alternatives, watch American Gods or The Magicians.
I have watched it twice and I did enjoy it better the second time around.
The first episode is quite puzzling and ponderous, but they do get better: reaching a crescendo at episode nine, before quickly falling off a cliff for the tenth. Episode eleven is just a weird waste of time and completely unnecessary.
It looks good and has some recognisable names in minor roles.
You may benefit from having read the comics first.
I never noticed owt gay about it; so I don't understand any of the hoo-ha.
NOTE FOR MYSELF SO I REMEMBER SOMEDAY, ONLY REPRESENTS MY OPINION/THOUGHTS FOR MYSELF NOT A “REAL REVIEW“, SO YOU MIGHT NOT AGREE WITH IT
(also its not my 1st language)
5.5-6.0
-Ive never read or heard about the comics-
have a hard time rating this, I liked the first ep, went downhill from there, hated 24/7 and almost quit, loved the one after that (1x6) and started to somewhat like this show and warmed up to Morpheus who I couldn't stand the first half and now Im almost excited for the second season. Kinda like riverdale, its not good, I don't really enjoy it but can't stop watching it either. (Yes ofc riverdale is much worse, don't @ me)
Its up and down with this show
-sometimes the dialogue is stupid and unnatural
-feels like they try too hard and want to be epic but miss the point (tf was that battle against Lucy? that's what I mean with epic, they try to be special and clever but it felt stupid and dramatic
-I don't want to say its too gay (Im not 100% straight myself) but for me, again, it felt forced and unnatural, like they did it just so they can say their inclusive and oh so progressive. But with doing so you give this community who already has a hard time more reasons to be hated, I mean now people could see this and being annoyed with queer people "bc they're too much and so extra, they want everyone to be like them" or whatever homophobes are saying. (I wish I could put it in better words)
but ok if it was like that in the comics, fine, but it could've been better.
(queer people are welcome to share their thoughts on this and if they liked their representation!)
to not extend this review even more, everything is up and down, the story and my interest in it, the characters, the cgi, the dialogue, everything
5 episodes in and still watching it. very interesting
I loathe this Jiminy Cricket character. These ‘gatekeepers’ need to stop this bullcrap when casting and writing roles for POC.
It seems that by now TV series are unable to tell the world, life, society, people, without resorting to cruelty, often gratuitous. The only one able to do it, always, is Quentin Tarantino. Everything else is trivial splatter.
This was aiight. (Glad I consumed the Audible production ahead of this).
Great show so far. Very ethereal. Love it.
I'll try to keep it short - never read Sandman - its always been on the pile of shame to read but never got around to it.
Up front - I hate the way they shot this, the vast majority of the footage is stretched, it's subtle enough to distract, it's like a mis-behaving anamorphic camera lense, it regularly causes shapes, actors heads to be mis-shapen and persists through the whole thing.
I dont care who is cast as what character, what their sexuality is or gender. What is important in this fiction is a story that will grip me or entertain me. In 2022 there are so much "content" out there the bar has been set and you need a better selling point than any of that controversy as this stuff is only going to become the norm; people have to focus on is the story good or not..
Episodes 5 and 6 won me over, episode 7 onwards lost me again. I can't remember the last time I saw a show and thought this isn't for me, this is great, this is good, wtf is this, OMG I'm so bored in the space of a single season. There's a lot of "ideas" and "concepts" in here, I can understand how they might be worth exploring in written fiction but I am not sold that it suited being adapted onto the screen. I'd be lying if I said I was entertained, enjoyed any of the "plot threads". I like Matthew the Raven, Stephen Fry is always reliable and Mark Hamill's character made me laugh (more to do with the voice actor than the character to be fair).
The rest I just found dull. Glad Gaiman finally got something adapted after all these years he is happy with, genuinely glad for him. This just wasn't for me. Enjoy if you did, definetly worth looking into that screen ratio "fix" if you can before watching.
Interesting, hot main actor, but too much like Pattison lol
Yet more proof Hollywood is dying.
I enjoyed this. Some episodes were weak. A couple were really well done. But most were good. Would've been nice to see a season 2
Some episodes are great, some are meh. There were multiple points where they could have ended the show and it would have been ok. It felt like starting over many times with new plots.
don't watch that its so bad
A couple of strong episodes mixed with a couple of poor and confusing episodes makes this frustrating overall.
Great show. Too sad they're trying to indoctrinate the audience with all that woke stuff. I live in West Europe and I have yet to see a homosexual couple etc but this show is putting it as if 99% of the planet is homosexual and whatnot. BUT! It's a fiction, so I guess it makes sense. Can't wait for season 2.
I love it so much. Sure there's parts where it doesn't hold up to the original comic series but for the most part it's a faithful yet gripping adaptation with a lot going for it
Started off great, seeped in lore with dark characters. Then it turned into a soap opera with no focus.
I would still recommend it as many may enjoy the the part I did not.
Episodes 1-6 were the highlights of this show so full of mystery and intrigue, it was hard to stop watching.
Episodes 7-10, however, take a different route in the story and one I struggled to invest in.
The show as a whole is beautifully done with amazing shots, cgi and some interesting ideas.
I'll give season two a try but hope they can recapture what made the show so special to begin with.
Greatest show I watched in a while. I'll be devastated if we don't get more.
Well, I guess it didn't feel like a complete waste of time but the quality of the writing between episodes was all over the place. And after 11 episodes I still don't like the casting choice for Morpheus.
With the exception of episode 5, most of the plot was not very interesting, or maybe I just was not following enough of it. The cinematography helped make the show interesting enough to watch.
The show was cool, until they lost me.
In my opinion, this would be perfect:
Season 1:
1x01 Sleep of the Just
1x02 Imperfect Hosts
1x03 Dream a Little Dream of Me
1x04 A Hope in Hell
1x05 24/7
1x06 Calliope
Special - Dream of a Thousand Cats
The lead is gonna take some getting used to. He's hardly an imposing and frightening figure. Reminds me so much of Edward from Twilight. I'm sure I'll get stuck into it though just because it's a Gaiman story and hopefully I'll love the lead at the end of it all as well. Went through this same thawing period with almost ever Doctor Who lead (David Tennant is still my favourite though).
[Netflix] The fidelity to the comics works for and against the series, not only in the visual approach, achieved in general, but in the narrative structure, a diversity of styles in the literary version that does not seem to hold up well in the audiovisual adaptation. So the season has an interesting first part (Dream vs. John Dee) and a bland, too juvenile, second part (Dream vs. The Corinthian). Win at the gender changes in Constantine and Lucifer, which make the characters more interesting; but it loses the consistency of the protagonist.
honestly after the third episode I stopped. too much boring
Yet another interesting series Netflix is gonna cancel eventually.
This show is so very inconsistent. There is not one plotline, rather many smaller ones that aren't even really connected. Sometimes it's utterly great, sometimes it's very mediocre. I guess in that way it's a bit like a dream, huh?
Very visually stunning. Loved the Endless family. Gwen as Lucifer was amazing though her white dress was truly a let down. Wished I could have seen more of Death and Desire. Excited to see season 2. Hope there will be more climatic battle scenes that don’t just focus around talking though…
This was a good show
The first five eps of first season were absolutely amazing, but it got kinda boring during the last 5 eps, except where Lucifer talked about God being a possible character in the next seasons.
Overall I give it 9/10
:heart:x8
I have not read the graphic novels, so I went into this series with just a vague knowledge of the show.
And... I gotta say, I really loved this. I liked the whole concept. I loved the imagery. I especially loved the duel between Morpheus and Lucifer in 1x04.
I can not wait to see more!
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
Loving this show about time netflix done something worth watching,only show ive watched better recently was blackbird.
This is definitely very well done but it's not really my cup of tea, I got bored after a couple of episodes :shushing_face:
I am… hope! What can destroy hope Lightbringer?
It was good, no need to over analyze it, it was simply good
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people are hating it cause it's TOO GAY... I guess I'll watch it twice.