Popular Post Bosco685 Posted August 10, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 10, 2022 The humble Watcher lurking, jsilverjanet, onlyweaknesskryptonite and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microchip Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 On 8/10/2022 at 2:59 AM, davidpg said: I read the book since it came out. I still have my 3 copies of number 1, along with the whole run I bought as they hit the stands...I also had counciled many clients at my comic shop back then to pick up copies and read the series. I watched the first two episodes and wasn't blown away. It was good, not bad, though I felt it was somewhat plastic. I fell asleep during the 3rd episode (was a ROUGH weekend ;) ), and will rewatch and continue for sure. The comments I skimmed through here while avoiding spoilers make me sure I'll enjoy the overall show. Let's see what happens! The 1st series of a lot of series is typically the worst. The actors are still finding their rhythm, and the writers find their cadence as well. I've no doubt, following series, we'll see things stepping up, and becoming more impressive. I was still very pleasantly surprised they got it together so well for this first series. It had a heck of a lot to live up to from us, the comic book readers, we're definitely the show's toughest audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callaway29 Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 I’m a little over half way through. I haven’t read the source material. I like it a lot so far… Feels a smidge slow at times but after the scene concludes…I get why they spent the time on it (diner scene comes to mind). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chrisco37 Posted August 11, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 11, 2022 (edited) Episode 6 was perfect. Issue 13 is one of my absolute favorite comic books of all time. It was a pleasure to see it come to life. Edited August 11, 2022 by chrisco37 Jayman, Bosco685, Gatsby77 and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGGIEZ Posted August 11, 2022 Share Posted August 11, 2022 This show is so epic! I’ve never read the books, but will be now. Wife and I just finished episode 2 and we are hooked! Highly recommended Microchip, chrisco37 and Bosco685 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Paul © ® ⚽️💙™ Posted August 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 12, 2022 I've been slow burning this one as have been busy with other shows etc. 4 episodes watched. I'm watching it in tandem with the comic books. I read an issue, the next night I watch the pertaining episode. The show has improved every episode thus far. It's bloody good, if not excellent! Extremely faithful to the source. The young fella playing Dream is perfectly cast. David Thewlis is wonderful also. AGGIEZ, chrisco37, Bosco685 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion of Goom Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Just made it through episode 7. I came in to this cautiously optimistic, and can say that it's easily surpassed my expectations. They've done a killer job adapting really tough source material. The acting has been superb overall- my favorite performance so far is David Thewlis, who really nailed it with his chilling John Dee. Now, I'm torn between dragging the series out because I don't want it to end and binging it so the metrics look better, because they need to renew this for another season. kimik, chrisco37 and Bosco685 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimik Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Finished the 8-10 on a late night binge yesterday. The production team did a fantastic job with this. The series exceeded my expectations. Hopefully they continue with it for Season 2 and beyond. I am curious to see if they do proceed with some spin-offs from the main show. It would be fun to see a history of the Corinthian mini-series in addition to the Death and Johanna Constantine ones that Gaiman has already mentioned. Bosco685 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Red Flag Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Loving it so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 1st 4 have been great! Hopefully things continue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGGIEZ Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Now in episode 5 and beginning to wonder how they propagate in The Sandman universe… 🤔 🧐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjonahjameson11 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 I watched all 10 episodes and I was wondering what others thought about the show? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awakeintheashes Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 A lot of people talking about it here Bosco685 and jjonahjameson11 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic8612 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) I'm a huge fan of the books, but just could not get into the show. So much of the casting was just....off. Don't like Morpheus's design or casting. They leaned too heavy into the emo look. He looks like he just needs a guitar, a studded belt, and some teary mascara streaks. Lucifer was also pretty bad. I don't get the appeal of Gwendolyn Christie for this role. If you're going with a woman, I don't think she was the right choice. She's not androgynous at all. Someone like Tilda Swinton would have been a MUCH better choice. Lucienne bothers me too. The character was originally a crotchety, creepy old guy. Now they made the character a pretty, polite younger lady. But hey, according to Gaiman I'm just a racist or dummy that doesn't get it. The show so just doesn't flow well either. And on top of all that, the production seems....I dunno....cheap or poorly done? And what's up with the aspect ratio? Everything is stretched out too tall? Edited August 13, 2022 by Nic8612 jsilverjanet, reptilekingdie and Lazyboy 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post chrisco37 Posted August 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted August 13, 2022 On 8/13/2022 at 9:37 AM, Nic8612 said: I'm a huge fan of the books, but just could not get into the show. So much of the casting was just....off. Don't like Morpheus's design or casting. They leaned too heavy into the emo look. He looks like he just needs a guitar, a studded belt, and some teary mascara streaks. Lucifer was also pretty bad. I don't get the appeal of Gwendolyn Christie for this role. If you're going with a woman, I don't think she was the right choice. She's not androgynous at all. Someone like Tilda Swinton would have been a MUCH better choice. Lucienne bothers me too. The character was originally a crotchety, creepy old guy. Now they made the character a pretty, polite younger lady. But hey, according to Gaiman I'm just a racist or dummy that doesn't get it. The show so just doesn't flow well either. And on top of all that, the production seems....I dunno....cheap or poorly done? And what's up with the aspect ratio? Everything is stretched out too tall? Total opposite reaction/thoughts for me. I'm a huge fan of the source material and I have loved the show. It's hit all the right notes for me and I think it's a wonderful recreation of the series and has far exceeded my expectation. They nailed the tone perfectly. After I saw the trailer(s), I had apprehension about some of the casting choices (Lucifer, Death especially). I thought Lucifer needed to be "male" and wasn't too keen on the androgynous take, but it worked just fine for the show. Death ended up being perfectly cast and the actress just nailed it. I thought Morpheus looked a little younger than I would have cast him, but he's been fantastic. As I've said in the other threads, everything about it has worked for me. OJ Pimpson, greggy, CrocHntr and 3 others 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco37 Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 Nice little review. When I was watching that episode I thought that Death was going to say her famous line when Spoiler she came for the baby. When she said (paraphrasing) "It's time little one" I thought she was going to add "You got the same as everyone...you got a lifetime". Just a wonderful episode. Jayman and Bosco685 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black_Adam Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 On 8/13/2022 at 6:37 AM, Nic8612 said: And what's up with the aspect ratio? Everything is stretched out too tall? Apparently the distorted ratio was a "creative choice" by the producers. Wish I had known that before I spent half an hour messing with my TV settings trying to fix it! greggy and MAR1979 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
