THE SANDMAN NETFLIX SEASON 1 REVIEW | Double Toasted

[@brianegendorf2023]

The "Cereal" killiers didn't know about the mystical aspects of "The Corinthian". He's been around for so long, that most of them allude to him being a successor of the original several times throughout the episode. They totally mentally dismiss the possibility of him being that old. They are just fans of his faithfulness of getting the work of "The Original Corinthian" right.

[@TubiTuesdays]

Yeah Korey might have missed that. Also they are all serial killers who haven't been caught and rented out the entire place. Everyone who is there outside of staff is a serial killer.

[@T0xXx1k]

Yeah plus they explain that he shared his "dream"/nightmare whatever you wanna call it, and that's why they doing it and why they're so nonchalant about it etc I think Korey missed why it was happening the way it was 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@pmpowalisz]

Also the only people who were allowed into the cereal convention were people that were invited. The uninvited people would be quietly disposed of.

[@nailinthefashion]

Gault is one of the best, most tragic characters ever created. Imagine longing for connection so badly you're able to literally shapeshift. You lose yourself, your goals, your dreams, in the pursuit of loving someone else. It's so beautiful, so concise. The way they just flutter away happily, finally remembering what it's like to not obsess over something, free as a butterfly. I'm in love with this series and cannot wait to read it.

[@nailinthefashion]

@Cannibal Teddy that's astonishing, thanks for pointing that out. They felt so on theme-- a dream created that could shift into a nightmare if left unattended. How delightful

[@shadowseer07]

I cried at the end for her, her arc was beautiful, and I loved how Dream learned and grew because of her too.

[@WJonesK_S]

@@nailinthefashion It was even better, to me, that she was a nightmare who wanted to become a dream and Morpheus told her no. Really highlighted his rigidity.

[@nailinthefashion]

@@WJonesK_S which really hammered home the theme of rulers and traditions not knowing the damage they cause. It's just beautiful, and it's a shame the nuance is lost on people too caught up on racial tension

[@nailinthefashion]

@@shadowseer07 good writing to me is exactly what your comment described. It impacted us emotionally, and made believable characters that felt alive to you and I. I can't ask for more tbh

[@HellfireClub242]

This was a great season. I think that transition from comic to TV can be hard, especially a dark story like The Sandman. But credit to the writers and cast, because this was impressive 👏

[@eldonbadie7765]

I'm just starting to watch this, not bat so far.

[@EdertheJust]

I truly didn't think they could do it when I read the book but they did.

[@Altmer353]

Why thou? They did audio book/drama with narrator(Gaiman himself), voice actor for every character, music and ambient sound. And it is awesome. Better experience than original i would say. I bet a lot of scene were implemented in the show straight up from audiodrama.

[@patrickdawkins6177]

@@eldonbadie7765 f

[@PossessedbyPhoenix]

@@Altmer353 That is also commendable, but it can be especially had when it comes to live-actions, because many things that look enchanting and mystifying in comics, especially the more fantastical elements, can very easily look cheesy and distracting in live-action. Part of what took the project so long might have been just waiting for technology to catch up, but even then they really needed to figure out what designs work in the translation to real people. Also, there's a difference in audience demographics, as the original comics had DC superheroes and can expect a good portion of the audience to be comic readers accepting of that type of content, while a live-action show is aiming to reach a broader audience and make it entertaining and easy to follow to them too.

[@kronos1794]

I don't mind race swapping the siblings because Death in particular changes often. She is arguably the siblings most invested in people to the point that she will occasionally become human to make sure she remembers what the people she has to reap are going through. I buy that she may change her appearance here and there to better connect with different types of people. The actress got the spirit of Death right and that's what matters most to me. Initially I was a bit annoyed we didn't see John Constantine but in the grand scheme the choice mad sense since John doesn't show up later and I believe HBO is making a John Constantine show so they probably want to avoid confusion.

[@kingbullyrock8739]

Stop making excuses for blackwashing

[@LouieKablouie]

@@kingbullyrock8739 Stop being uncomfortable with Black people.

[@prideguy3233]

​@@kingbullyrock8739 You mean the thing that doesn't exist. Might as well say stop excusing the Easter Bunny.

[@snaketooth0943]

@UCiP8amfUjQtEaBaX3l806bw and then they'll be reaped by a version of Death that looks like a black woman. Please don't take that out of context, it's a DC/netflix The Sandman reference.

[@kronos1794]

@@kingbullyrock8739 It isn't though, it's canon in the books that the siblings can look different ways. Dream was a black dude for a while or did you choose to ignore that story because it was about black people? At the end of the day they're concepts and how we perceive them is based on us. That's why when Dream appeared to Martian Manhatten he looked like their culture's god of dreams.

[@Steg_The_Man]

The Death episode was perfection. Outstanding show

[@GTONeko]

I honestly lost it when it came to one of the deaths that made me start crying hard. It's one of the best episodes of any show I've seen in a long time.

[@THG-3141]

The thing I loved most about this series, aside from it's honestly to the source material, is that it doesn't hold your hand. It trusts the audience will figure it out as they go. I love that

[@Sch0lar4h1re]

This show was so much better than I thought it would be. The Sound of her Wings was the most emotional ep for me (both parts)

[@brandoncobb5352]

I was worried about Death and Constantine, but both were played perfectly! 24/7 was hard to get through, but yes- very faithful adaption.

[@littlebigmarc]

24/7 and death epi was amazing. even the immortal one too. great season

[@johanzo88]

The gender and race swaps ruins it

[@brandoncobb5352]

@@johanzo88 How so? I went in very very ready to hate those two characters, but John they simply didn't have the rights to and that actress killed it. Death, was simply the best actresses out of the thousands who auditioned. I thought she handled it brilliantly.

[@brandoncobb5352]

@@littlebigmarc I admit, I had heard so many comments that 24/7 was "Murder p", which I hate, so I went on basically forcing myself to watch. It was extremely Stephen King, tho.

[@believeume122]

I don't care what race Constantine is but I would prefer that he was a mess of guy. It's fine to have alot of women in the series. But just make other characters.

[@ashhiz4350]

"Stop being Batman" - it's funny considering Tom Sturridge has been Robert Pattinson's best friend irl since they were children lol

[@jordandaniels1381]

The “Cereal Killers” didn’t know about the mystical. They constantly said that it couldn’t be the real Corinthian because of his age. He never took off his glasses or revealed who he was. Korey should have let Martin and Chris talk more.

[@Tomurow]

Dream and ‘dreams’ are a kind of shorthand for ‘stories’. The Sandman becomes Gaiman’s exploration of storytelling as it moves along. It really goes places in it’s 75 issue run. Hopefully this scope will all be translated to the screen!😎

[@thehumancomet]

As someone who read the entire run more than 20 years ago, I was so sure that Netflix was going to cannibalize it so bad until it was Sandman in name only. Their live-action Resident Evil series, along with that piss poor Death Note movie, didn't inspire any confidence at all. So I was shocked at how strong the adaptation was. There were a lot of cosmetic changes but as a whole, the story I remember was brought to life so thoughtfully. They found the perfect guy to play Dream. And the writing in the show was as memorable as the source material. I am happy to eat crow and admit that not only was I wrong, but they really got a lot of things right. The Sandman fan in me is happy and grateful.

[@jonathan.cruzate]

I think Neil being directly involved probably helped

[@nosuchthing8]

They were so lucky to find an actor perfect as Dream

[@azuredivina]

so happy it's finally happening. I cried as the first episode was ending. it's real! The Sandman has always been my most favorite comic book.

[@freeffree4133]

You cried? 🤣

[@azuredivina]

😭

[@Smokey1419]

@@freeffree4133 you laugh at others having genuine emotion? 🤣🤣

[@freeffree4133]

@@Smokey1419 If you cried over this TV show, at any point, something is really wrong with you.

[@azuredivina]

judge all you want if it makes you feel better, mate. I love feeling emotion over the things I love & that resonate deeply with our human experience. you should have seen us all cry during episode 6. 🙂

[@Smokey1419]

The Sound of Her wings was done so well, i loved that episode the most

[@JudgementNutter]

I loved the episode with Hob Gadling. Seeing how much his life changes over hundred of years was fascinating. " I've hated every second of the past 80 years..." And the fact he still wanted to keep living after everything, the good and the bad. I wasn't the biggest fan of gender swapping John to Joanna Constantine, especially since they acted the same way I expected John Constantine to act. And we have a great John Constantine with Matt Ryan. I guess it would be confusing since it might confuse folks whether it's in the CW Arrowverse. Idk if John is still around there, I think he's with those Legends of Tomorrow. It's also a pet peeve but I hated how they kept saying "Constantyne" instead of "Constanteen", maybe to separate it from the DC character? Apparently Etrigan the Demon was also supposed to be in Hell but again I guess they really wanted to downplay the DC Universe connections. Overall I liked it, had good music, performances and the CGI gives Stranger Things a run for its money.

[@G12ad]

It's meanly about copyright. In the contract with netlfix, Warner stipulated that only the creation of Neil Gailman can be used and since John Constantin was created by Alan More, they couldn't use him.

[@TheAsianBoyD]

that episode and the one where Morpheus goes to hell were my favorite episodes, was interesting how Lucifer is portrayed by to a woman, haven't seen that done in Other media before

[@phycofox858]

It's pronounced "Constantyne" because that's how Allen Moore pronounces it friend

[@dragonmaster47]

the pronunciation of Constantine is the British pronunciation, we only had Constantine in American productions so American pronunciation.

[@chriscueva1866]

Johanna is a character in the comics but lived in the 1700s. They gave all of John’s story to modern day Johanna but I was surprised how much stuff from hell blazer made it into the show. Gender swaped version of Rick the Vic, references to Chas, Renne, Kit Ryan, Mad Hettie, Mucous Membrane, Casonova Club in New Castle, and Astra. I think it would be cool if in the adaptation when we do the whole French Revolution Orpheus plot, John Constantine is actually Johanna’s ancestor that helps Dream. It would be a pretty great twist. Edit: also the whole side plot with the princess and the possession was a reference to the HellBlazer story Royal Blood. I’d recommend reading all of Hellblazer. Some of it is mediocre like the Paul Jenkins and Peter Milligan’s run but most of it is really good(Delano, Azerello, Diggle, Ellis) and some of it is just straight up brilliant (Ennis and Carey.) it’s 300 issues plus a number of limited issues and John ages in real time. Probably the most underrated comic of all time.

[@PhantomBones101]

The thing about the race swapping it makes sense in context with the Endless. They are known for changing forms. Hell there's a storyline when Dream fell in love with a mortal woman and had the form of a African man. I see no issue with the swapping at all.

[@jimmytheface]

He turns into a damn CAT person and seduces a cat woman at one point in the comics.

[@digitaljanus]

@@jimmytheface He's a *literal* cat in "Dream of a Thousand Cats"!

[@samcalven12]

Not race swapping, we aren’t different races there’s no scientific evidence of race. All humans share 99% same DNA make up. It’s just simply a person of color.

[@T0xXx1k]

I really think they could've "goth-ed" death up a little more but I rly liked the actress who they chose I think she did a good job 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🧡🦇

[@DarkCreed]

Corey explained the concept better than anywhere else I've seen

[@Susanoo7108]

Also with the serial killer convention I think it's explained in a previous episode that they're aware of the reports of The Corinthian killing people in the period of Dream's absence and that he's a celebrity in the realm of serial killers. I don't think they're familiar with the magical stuff themselves.

[@commandZee]

I never read the books, but really I dug it! The mystery, the variety of plots and genres, the nuanced characters, it's like a much more adult Doctor Who.

[@leadvendor]

Honestly, the various swaps didn't bother me in the slightest because the way the actors portrayed the characters was what truly mattered. We're dealing with representations of forces after all and I loved 'em.

[@leorolando1924]

I think The Sandman is the best comic ever written and one of my favorite books in general, so I was shocked by how awesome that first episode was. Got a bit emotional while watching it because I never thought we would get something like this. Now, someone try to adapt Transmetropolitan.

[@chriscueva1866]

Transmetropolitan needs a animated show.

[@mistermr.7830]

I think the Race Swapping of Death was actually done tastefully. They didn’t change her attitude or mannerisms, kept her dark style and warm welcoming nature- -They didn’t want to race swap Death, they wanted to make that actress Death

[@kingbullyrock8739]

Stop making excuses for blackwashing

[@GLIEPNIR]

Yeah... Not gonna lie, while I didn't care for the skin color of the actress, I did feel worried they would made Death an "empowered female" that does nothing but flex on men and smack down the white man... Can't deny I've felt like that before, but this was marvelous. I'm glad to see Death on the screen been portrayed as the kind death who's there to offer you a last hand :3

[@prideguy3233]

​@@GLIEPNIR Why the hell did you expect that?

[@mistermr.7830]

@@kingbullyrock8739 Care less about the content of a character’s skin, and care more about the content of a character’s character

[@TheBestAccEver]

@@kingbullyrock8739 again , cry harder please

[@windsweeper8002]

Binged watched the show at the weekend. Really enjoyed it. Made me wish the Lucifer show had been more like this.

[@DieGoetterdaemmerung]

Yeah can't believe that Lucifer from Sandman and Lucifer from well... Lucifer are the same character in the same universe. I don't blame Tom Ellis for it either because that's how that Lucifer was written for the show but god damn Gwendoline Christie is so much more petty, full of herself, intimidating and snarcky as Lucifer I just thouht a bout what could have been man...

[@nailinthefashion]

The androgynous look really gives me the fallen angel vibe too. When you go for the obvious dark haired bad boy, that's what you get. With this iteration there's so many layers to the performance. There's a little intrigue since they're basically asexual and calm, but then there's the greed and rage, that unbroken stare. What is their true goal? It's the most interesting aspect of the show for me so I'm glad they circled back to that plot point amongst the vortex stuff.

[@TrickyD]

@@DieGoetterdaemmerung "Yeah can't believe that Lucifer from Sandman and Lucifer from well... Lucifer are the same character in the same universe." If you're interested in more -science- 'biblical' fiction check out *the Prophecy* (1995). *Thomas Daggett* : Did you ever notice how in the Bible, when ever God needed to punish someone, or make an example, or whenever God needed a killing, he sent an angel? Did you ever wonder what a creature like that must be like? A whole existence spent praising your God, but always with one wing dipped in blood. Would you ever really want to see an angel?

[@billlyons7024]

@@DieGoetterdaemmerung The series version of Lucifer was totally boring, no personality at all. Lucifer in the books was witty and sarcastic.

[@bensneb360]

I know in the book that death will take on whatever race of the person she is encountering, I thought that might’ve been a cool idea to do in the show, that we see different versions and different actresses playing death and it would play into the theme that death is universal, but that’s just me

[@emblemedfate4270]

There was a Fantastic Animated short about the death girl and Painter After the red hood movie Called Dc "Death", I highly reccomend you watch before sandman.

[@coolwata105]

What tripped me out was how ADORABLE Dream's sister was..........then you find out she's DEATH! Baptiste is the sweetest Grim Reaper I've ever seen🥰. The whole scene was a trip including the first guy at the park who wanted her number. She said she'd see him later AND SHE DID 🤣🤣

[@Susanoo7108]

For me, when it comes to demonic, angelic, or godlike beings I don't think race, gender, or sexuality should be something focus on too much. Like demonic beings in particular are tricksters by nature so it would make sense for them to take many different forms and appearances.

[@sciencefantastic]

I’m super glad the show is R-rated, like hard R. It would’ve been diminished if it were sanitized. 24/7 was a great example of this, a great adaptation. They even did the serial killer con part well without being overly gratuitous. Effectively horrific 👌

[@moxiemaxie3543]

I'm a Afri-Amer Goth. Im not pale but there's darkness in my heart and wardrobe

[@Biesai]

I have to say it has become my favorite show as of late. I was so happy it wasn’t a disappointment.

[@tnightwolf]

Watched it in 1 go. Love it! I was actually surprised how well they managed to translate it into the tv-screen.

[@JustSheilz]

This was so excellently done! I was so impressed and actually pointed to my screen several times because i swear panels were exactly done as in the comic!

[@arnoldrivas4590]

"You get what everyone gets, a lifetime."

[@GLIEPNIR]

The best quote from Death... Or at least her most popular xD

[@Smokey1419]

RIP Bernie

[@TrickyD]

28:52 Korey the cereal convention is supposed to be written as a parody on violence & the entertainment business + conventions. I guess *Gaiman* doesn't write parody as well as *Paul Verhoeven* with his movies *Robocop* & *Starship Troopers.* 👍Anywayz, I've just binged it all and the episodes with the cereal convention are my favourite. If you were a collector yourself and attending the cereal convention what would your 'nome de guerra' be? My name tag would read: HI MY NAME IS: *D-FENS*

[@thehopeofeden597]

I’ve been waiting for this series since they announced plans for a movie in 2009, as a lifelong fan of the comics and it lived up to every single one of my expectations and more.

[@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme]

Honestly Its no big deal how the endless look like because they omnivarious, they don't really have a real form. They look the way they're gonna look based on your experiential reality. So they can take on any form of whatever race or person sees them and it's not fixed. So Death being a black woman is not a big deal since Dream is black in the eyes of other people. Example being how Nada sees him, Dreams old flame from many centuries ago.

[@TrickyD]

"So Death being a black woman is not a big deal since Dream is black in the eyes of other people" 🙄True, but a white skin contrasts better with her black goth get-up. Or they should've given her a white goth get-up which could work cauz white is the color for mourning in Japan. 😎I'm just not a fan of the black on black look.

[@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme]

@@TrickyD I mean since they're anthropomorphized concepts Their appearance often changes to fit the expectations of those they meet or the situation they are in. Only reason they have a default look often is simply convenient to the audience cause it could be difficult if the endless had a different form for every person they encountered.

[@TrickyD]

@@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme 😀I know what ya ment, my complaint is just stylistic and easily fixable: give Death a white goth get-up and the problem is fixed for me.

[@marksalmoneussorcerersupreme]

@@TrickyD There will be more opportunities. Apparently just not with this particular show.

[@renji90998]

It’s amazing how a lot of people claim this series to be “woke shit“, when 90% of it is actually based off of the graphic novel. Only real difference is some characters being race/gender swapped.

[@elliotcecil6660]

That’s the reason why because things are forced bent because Hollywood is lazy and don’t care about original characters which I think is disrespectful to the writers, fans, but also different races and genders because they don’t take the time to make original characters or to use already created characters of different races. If you ask me that’s disrespectful and possibly racist. They rather go lazy and woke

[@danielledaniel1900]

Neil Gaiman was involved with the changes.

[@prideguy3233]

​@@elliotcecil6660 Nothing like a white man speaking about what's racist for black people

[@dougdeveloper8850]

@@elliotcecil6660 there’s a flaw in that narrative. People like Geeks and Gamers and The Quartering condemned Black Panther and Ms. Marvel as “woke” when they were already created as black and Muslim characters respectively.

[@elliotcecil6660]

@@dougdeveloper8850 did I say anything about geeks and gamers no I did not

[@MKdaBEAZT]

Devil went down to Georgia and all that? I.. am... Dyin 🤣

[@MKdaBEAZT]

I thought death embodied the comic book counterpart pretty well I even think she looked like her just without being pale I don't know it really worked for me I guess that's what you call being the same person in spirit

[@ibnkarim5371]

I think the actress was great, the episode was really touching. I just think they've could have made her look a bit more goth :D

[@JoeJoe-lq6bd]

I disagree but I know I'm in the minority on this. Don't care a bit about the race swapping but I think she played Death as just like every other matter-of-fact mentally stable woman I've seen in a British drama. Death should be more ebullient and have an infectious, almost annoying, love of life. Her portrayal seemed just to be of a psychoanalyst to me.

[@MKdaBEAZT]

@@JoeJoe-lq6bd I definitely don't disagree well said we're probably harder to pull off

[@dariendarkhouse8538]

I just think it's weird that two cosmic entities that predate the human species are specific races. Keep the actor and actress, but use makeup so they don't just look like cosplayers who can't afford make-up or are lazy.

[@MKdaBEAZT]

@@dariendarkhouse8538 yeah no lie I have to swallow the fact dream looks like some goth kid I went to school with lol

[@christophergarrett7082]

The 24/7 hour dinner and the death episode are the best episode of this season. I love everything about this season. I want a Johanna Constantine show. Hopefully netflix keeps this show going. It's better they leave the dc universe behind it makes sandman and his realm more special amd place more urgency on him being the main one to solve these problems

[@TrickyD]

👍I agree 100%. I also want a Lucifer spin-off. 🤯Heck, let Netflix create a -Sandman- Vertigo-universe instead of a DC universe.

[@TrickyD]

Speakin' of the Sandman & the Vertigo-universe: 🤔Isn't *American Gods* a spin off of *the Sandman?* The Sandman is all about telling stories and how can you have a story like this without the god of storytelling Anansi aka Mr. Nancy. 👉Anywayz, I demand that Netflix adapt Anansi's Boys & hires Orlando Jones to reprise his role as Mr. Nancy.

[@thebossrayden]

David Thewelis was Aries in Wonder Woman and sort of played it the exact way. Funnily enough the show was written by Wonder Woman's screenwriter Alan Heinberg.

[@jenniferbaumgarden9293]

His voice to me sounds the same as it does in Big Mouth as the Shame Wizard. LOL

[@JeanPoe1508]

The Cereal Convention was probably my favorite story of the season outside of Death’s episode

[@richardjohnson9543]

If the Grim Reaper shows up looking like that when my time comes, I'm going

[@rc59191]

I'm still hoping for the cute goth version of Death lol.

[@Omar-wq9dz]

Impressive we finally have an adaptation of The Sandman come out. It’s been in development hell since the late 90s with previous film and television attempts failing

[@danielledaniel1900]

Neil Gailman wasn't happy with alot of scripts and also he was waiting for the right time

[@RonW357]

The Race Swaps and Gender swaps don't really matter in The Sandman show, point in case Death is an Endless, just like her siblings, Morpheus, Destiny, Lust, Desire, Despair, and others, they appear to different people differently. Lucifer Morningstar doesn't have a gender, and neither does Desire. Neil Gaiman himself has said that those characters were never meant to have genders in the first place, but didn't have the way to describe them when he originally wrote the series. Neil Gaiman also had a major hand in casting. Also they couldn't use John Constantine because he's getting ready to have an HBOMax show, that's supposed to begin filming, which is why they went with his ancestor Johanna Constantine.

[@Kango234]

I know this is a cop out to say and I usually hate when people do this, but The "Cereal" convention kind of had a surrealist black comedy tone that just sort of slotted right in with the rest of the series. Don't get me wrong it's still silly and not even my favorite part, but the parts in it got me to laugh and ride with the bit.

[@rogerbernard187]

Im fully in shock on how geeked out I am about the character Sandman.. It's like "Human League" & "Trent Reznor" had a dream overlord child.. I'm ordering my blk peacoat now for Holloween!

[@djeio]

What I love about this show is that they don't tell you anything they don't bother to explain and that's been the mark of good series and movies as a play the only other show to do this probably even more perfectly than this was the Watchmen they don't explain anything to you they just show you some Concepts you will get a bit later on and and once you do you love it because you feel the real anticipation of emotions behind it

[@KingOfMadCows]

In the comics, they're supernatural/godlike entities who can change their appearances. Morpheus appeared as a black man 10,000 years ago. Most of the time, their appearance change based on what people believe. The comics are about stories and belief. Anything people believe or imagine is real in some way.

[@GLIEPNIR]

Yup, there's even a version of Dream for cats and such xD

[@kingbullyrock8739]

Stop making excuses for blackwashing

[@mr.goblin6039]

Yep. Death has multiple forms in the comics. She even points out that some beings that call themselves Death are just beings who use a fraction of her aspect. Her being black, white, Asian or Latina or whatever doesn’t matter cause she can literally look like whatever she wants or whatever people seeing her think she is to them. It’s been established for decades. The people upset at the change are being childish.

[@oolong2]

I was genuinely surprised at how much I enjoyed this show. The marketing for this by Netflix has been pretty horrible.

[@richsport]

I don’t think he paid attention to the whole show. The only people allowed in the convention where the killers so they can openly speak how they could. Also the serial killers didn’t know about the mystical world. The show was pretty great

[@Theinfamouskiki411]

I loved this show. Loved the. Comic! My fav part was him against Lucifer. I was ready for the racist idiots to show up but meh. If a show is written good with great actors then diversity in fantasy or scifi shouldn't be an issue. Yt writers and illustrators most of the time are gonna see their their character's as white. People have engrained biases. We all do. The stuff was written mostly for white male demo. Can we stop pretending it wasnt? So now we havr global markets so yes diversity needs to be in media in order to be successful. I love it. More black women. We are criminally left out of fantasy and scifi especially dark skinned ones.

[@MK-oz2lf]

No one likes forced identity politics either

[@Ken_Scaletta]

I knew nothing at all about the books but I never felt lost or confused. I didn't necessarily understand everything about the mechanics of the universe but that's true of any realistic universe. Leaving shadows gives a sense of depth.

[@isabelrojas4637]

I love a little nod to static shock on his T-shirt and on the TV during the convention in the room

[@Dabeast1911Que]

This show is fucking spectacular. Episodes 5&6 were just masterpieces and somehow managed to be so completely different

[@defb4dizhonor954]

Here's one for Martin, you were dead on when you said Alan Rickman

[@Tomurow]

From the episodes I’ve seen so far Tom Sturridge seems spot on! His humanity will come through the more he adventures in the human realm! That’s a key element of the comics. I like his gravitas as opposed to James McAvoy’s interpretation from the recent Audible blockbuster production. McAvoy is great but it’s the gravelly depth that sells Dream!

[@thickbrownlegs1859]

Spend my whole Saturday watching this show and I loved the first 4 episodes then I was like okay then but I watched it all out, I’m was kinda conflicted, I love the show in at the end. The lead actor his voice is so haunting.

[@BlackstarSI]

My exact feelings 💯 great show overall but it was kinda in and out after episode 4.

[@thickbrownlegs1859]

@@BlackstarSI yes it was kinda in and out, but overall good show. Hope to see if they get a season 2.

[@GLIEPNIR]

I like his voice... But his Face sometimes felt off... Like he was trying to do a duckface here and there xD

[@thickbrownlegs1859]

@@GLIEPNIR hubby kept saying what is he smelling, why is he making that face 🤣.

[@Nightwing-ce1tx]

I'm 3 episodes in and it's an amazing looking an involving series. I never read the Graphic Novels but would always see them in comic shops or hear about them across the internet. I think the characters are very interesting and I'm looking forward to seeing certain characters like Merv Pumpkinhead

[@raimywinter2309]

Really good read

[@snaketooth0943]

Do you read other comic books? If not please explain why you went to comic book shops. I read comic books as well, but I understand even most people into these sort of TV shows and movies don't.

[@MrSinclairn]

Mervin Pumpkinhead voiced by Mark Hamill.

[@Smokey1419]

Im hoping this gives you inspiration to read the books, its well worth your time, i promise

[@Nightwing-ce1tx]

@@snaketooth0943 yes I still read comics from time to time.

[@farmasingh]

Everyone remembers Charles Dance from GoT, i remember hum from the Golden Child and Ali G indahouse

[@kalpain]

To be fair the serial killers just knew that The Corinthians was a serial killer too. They knew he had been killing for a while and were surprised at how young he looked. I never got the sense they had any inkling about the mystical world. But that's just me.

[@sobatinyela]

Big props for the Charles Dance shout-out!! And real talk, bump GOT.. Dude been actin a whole ass since the late 80's! He ain playing Tywin Lannister, he been playing "Sardo Numspa" for almost 40 years!!! 🤣🤣

[@sunshinesooperman5110]

This might be Peak Geek for Double Toasted and I am here for all of it!

[@DarkManXwithThe45]

It was actually good, I didn’t know anything about the book. Can’t wait for season 2👍🏾

[@leodouskyron5671]

I remember then the Verigo comics hit the store and all the stuff in them was adult and challenging. When I heard they were trying to do adaptations I was worried. It was the 90’s and you know the stuff we got then and to see Sandman and Death stories “butchered” (half pun) was something I did not want to see. If it is good I am there. And Death was a character that would take different forms. I look forward to seeing what the actress does because she had a bigger personality then she had a “look” and she had a huge look.

[@Mangolite]

I love the character of Hob Gadling. He wished to live forever and was never cynical about his experiences. He became friends with Dream and was always optimistic about life, whereas most immortals wanted to die only after a century of pain.

[@billypaid8106]

what an incredible adaptation

[@JustSheilz]

Merv (the pumpkin head guy) is voiced by Mark Hamill.

[@earnieboy54]

Honestly Marvel has been leaving much to be desired. But also provided time to move away and appreciate other houses like Image putting out great stories like Paper Girls that’s now a show on Amazon and Sandman! Comics that have great cinema level stories and characters. It’s awesome!

[@mmolina2121]

The two casting issues I had were Patton Oswald as Matthew, and Gwendolyn Christie as Lucifer. Pattton’s voice doesn’t fit the show to me, and I didn’t think Lucifer was beautiful/sinister enough. I think tilda swinton as Gabriel in the Constantine movie had the aesthetic/vibe Lucifer should have had in this show. The rest of the casting was fine in my opinion.

[@mmolina2121]

Lucifer is supposed to be charming and convincing, almost irresistible and manipulative. I didn’t get that vibe.

[@WraithX959]

I would guess that Tilda was probably their first choice, but they couldn’t get her.

[@yakuza01]

@@WraithX959 yeah, Tilda most likely comes with a much higher price tag than Gwendolyn.

[@cherijoseph7819]

the character is based on a young David Bowie. Gwendolyn looks much closer to the image in the comics.

[@cherijoseph7819]

​@@mmolina2121 You have never read the comic have you.

[@maddiesanabria5047]

I tried to be open minded about the race swapping when it came to Death, but she's one, if not THE, of my favorite fictional characters. And honestly i was so pleasantly surprised. I think she did the best at embodying the original characters and i bawled throughout her whole episode

[@SaraBanartist]

Unused to The Corinthian being more a player in the show since in the books, stopping him was just a minor pitstop Dream has to make at The Cereal convention.

[@cecillbill]

Gregory The Gargoyle...❤

[@foxhound9780]

Only real complaint is I'm gonna have to wait for the season 2 because short stories focus and season of mists arc is really when it hit it's stride for me hope they get Tennant as Loki like the audio book

[@robertthompson2297]

I like that I'll give it 8.5 out of 10. I didn't really care for the whole vortex plot that part was bad but everything else was good

[@OmarBhoo]

Been looking forward to this series for a while. Love the graphic novels. But I have family in town so I gotta give it a few days.

[@jamaicaqueens22]

This is the closest comics to tv adaptation I've ever seen

[@lilmovieperp3599]

nice!

[@thehumancomet]

Absolutely agree!

[@bucknutz9290]

Does anyone remember what it was like reading the comics back in the day?

[@TheDarren1423]

The serial killers didn't know about the mystical world until Dream shows up.

[@dev_apostle]

the serial convention guys did not know Corinthian was mystical. They thought he was just like them.

[@thehumancomet]

I wholeheartedly agree With Martin about Death. She has such an iconic look and he's right: she was a figurehead for the goth culture movement. And he met her! The model who Death was based on, sadly passed away. And her signature look is her legacy. I think the actress did a fine job. I can't complain because she's a good actress. However, I do wish they stuck closer to her original look in terms of casting. Comics are such a visual medium and I think many fans do like it when we honor the source material in terms of depiction and accuracy. I hope i don't get knocked down for this. I love the show. The actress is great. But I do echo Martin's thoughts in my own way

[@vladimirjak8971]

Goddamn it Corey!!! You had me thinking/recalling "what episode had a post office theme?" Well played sir! Well played.

[@Reeltalkwithspear]

Charles Dance was in Golden Child too. Remember that

[@hbq3000]

Charles Dance AKA "My dear sweet brother Numsie!"

[@paperdragon8541]

Lol, Korey said a pun "fresh eyes" 🤣

[@Sazzy-Jones]

SHHiiiDDDD from reading the comics to the AUDIBLE and now the SHOW. All I can I react is with a silent WooW🔥🔥

[@witchplease9695]

I love Kirby and she's perfect as Death. The Endless don't have races, so anyone getting mad is just showing their ass.

[@FIRSTCLASSGAMER]

I encourage everyone get The Sandman on Audible

[@rayb1091]

The cereal convention could of been better if they would of found a way to talk code during the different scene. Especially, since it didn't have an affect of the boy .

[@nobodyspecial675]

Hey in a world where NAMBLA was a thing, I'd buy a satirical murderer meet-up.

[@cbegin09]

Nice DC property. Same Lucifer from Lucifer book and show with different actor. Cool books and show.

[@MartinBryan]

The actresses who plays death is so great!

[@nailinthefashion]

Y'all... she didn't protest one bit when miss thang asked for the vortex back sksksksksk. Me as a protagonist vibes, finally. NO hesitation, I'm gonna go cuddle with my brother now, thanks, bye! Xoxo

[@billlyons7024]

Death was good in this, her attitude is right, and the actress was good. I don't care about a race swap, I just care about getting the character right. I was annoyed about getting Constantine ancestor instead of him. Constantine is an awesome character who has never been done accurately in live action. I was looking forward to seeing him.

[@MrSinclairn]

Copyright reasons

[@mr.goblin6039]

Yeah, the Constantine thing is a rights issue. They still used A Constantine that was mentioned but never showed, just so they could fit the story. I’m sure DC said “no, we’re making a new show or movie, so you can’t use John as it will confuse people” or some other dumb excuse.

[@inkblotCrisis]

Could have done with more VFX for Dream's eyes but storywise and faithfulness to the source is pretty good. 1:1 translation is absolutely impossible though.

[@stephenwonghongweng4298]

Ultimately death can look like anything. Hell it can look like a old chinese man

[@crazybanana2228]

I’m trying to watch it but I still haven’t gotten to it. First episode was ok, just started episode 2. Hope it gets better.

[@knightwing1224]

I enjoyed the heck outta the show, helps that I know nothing about Sandman and his story

[@poihpioakarp8845]

I never manage to catch when the ad transition is gonna be

[@gabe2308]

The best thing about the series for me was it justified being 10 episodes long it didn’t waste whole episodes on things that could be covered in in 10 minutes