Review: The Sandman and the Joys of Being Human

The series deals with themes of fate, freedom, and choice.

Originally a horror comic, The Sandman changed what both fans and normies thought comics could be in the early '90s. The hand of writer Neil Gaiman (American Gods, Coraline, Good Omens) shows in the intelligence, moodiness, and humor of a Netflix series based on his tales of Dream of the Endless, a.k.a. Lord Morpheus.

The best episode is "The Sound of Her Wings," in which Dream's sibling Death grants one man a stay of execution in 1389. What follows is a centennial montage about the joys of being human. "I'll tell you what it's like," says the unlikely immortal to a skeptical Dream. "It's fucking brilliant! It's all changing!" When pressed, he cites the invention of chimneys, handkerchiefs, playing cards. The Sandman deals with themes of fate, freedom, and choice, but an enduring anthropocentrism is at its heart. "I'm here," says Dream, "because I'm interested."

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Yeah, The Sound In Her Wings is by far the best episode. It's worth checking out all on its own. Everything before and after that is a dull slog though.

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[sarcasmic]

Following Death around for a day. That was interesting.

[Augustine]

Completely agree with you. The show had some good ideas but too much of it feels like a YA show. I lot of shows these days feel like they are being written for 14 year old viewers.

[Squirrelloid]

In fairness, the show mostly follows (with some minor changes) the first couple story arcs of the comic book, which were the most comicky of the stories (although there was definite innovation, it started from fairly mundane comic assumptions about storytelling, and then started subverting them).

If the show continues, it will be adapting the much better material from the later stories. (At the same time, this early material is necessary background, as it ends up motivating subsequent developments).

The one part where I disagree with the adaptation is Dream starts changing - which undercuts one of the major story premises later.

So I have hopes it will continue, both to see the later materiall adapted, and to see how Gaiman deals with the problem he's creating for himself.

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