August 23, 20223 yr Never read the graphic novels, but the Mrs. and I enjoyed this, though me more than her. She got a bit tired with all the mopey emo glasseating bullshit out of Dream. Does he get less morose as the story unfolds? I think that she's still in for S2 (assuming that Netflix doesn't cancel it, of course), but if I can assure her that he's less of a brooding crybaby later on, then that dramatically boosts the chances. And she really liked the two "bonus stories" so we're ending on a high note (relatively speaking) already.
August 25, 20223 yr On 8/6/2022 at 12:36 AM, rage-a-holic said: The woke casting is fucking stupid and annoying. Why do you need to replace an old white male character with a young female black chick? And STFU if you're one of progressive leftists who think they own this site, because I'm sure all of you would be just fine with casting Zendaya as Alfred in the next Batman reboot. On 8/6/2022 at 7:34 AM, Js1 said: Go to bed, grandpa. On 8/6/2022 at 11:54 AM, atomheartbevo said: It’s like “tell us you’ve never read much of Neil Gaiman, without telling us!” On 8/7/2022 at 12:00 AM, fellside said: The original graphic novel had a transgender character. It also portrayed Desire as genderless. In one volume, Dream manifests as a black man who falls in love with a woman in ancient times. Characters appearances change all the time in the comics depending on the time period and location. The person who wrote the graphic novel was also one of the show runners. Also, one character was changed to a female because Netflix didn't have the rights to John Constantine. There is nothing at all to be angry about. On 8/8/2022 at 10:58 PM, hornian said: Username checks out. On 8/9/2022 at 12:47 PM, utee94 said: I know nothing about the graphic novel, but watched the first two episodes last night and really liked it. I reckon I'll finish it. Casting seems fine to me. On 8/9/2022 at 9:17 PM, rage-a-holic said: You seem deliberately obtuse. Nothing you listed above has any bearing on my original comments. I never mentioned transgender characters, just Lucienne being an old white man, but now a young black female. He was never transgender. Or black. Like casting Zendaya as Batmans Alfred. Jarring and makes zero sense. Death is a pale, goth white girl, who has also now been swapped for a black chick. Death was not race/gender fluid in the books. All of this shit is basic race/gender politics and virtue signaling ruining good stories (WoT, too many recent films to list). On 8/9/2022 at 9:49 PM, YChang said: Yeah what’s more messed up is Dr. Sharon driving around professor Lupin! On 8/10/2022 at 11:22 PM, Pig Bellmont said: It’s a weird hill to die on. Like my neighbors complaining that the traveling Beauty and the Beast show cast Belle as a black woman. I told that woman “I’m sorry you care so much about race of a fairy tale princess. You’re literally like ‘In this house Belle is a white!’” You and she sound the same. Like Megan Kelly telling me Jesus or Santa is supposed to be white On 8/20/2022 at 7:39 AM, burntorangebongos said: I bet Rage would have been fine with the changes had they made them all young Latinas that can get lost walking around the block...so you know, hot. Neil's response to the critics:
August 25, 20223 yr Well, this settles it, I love Gaiman's material. I once interviewed him in Austin about his works (not this "Sandman" material admittedly). But as I understand it, some of his make-believe characters which actually don't exist in real life...they've been adapted as negroes? Is that correct? This is madness! Holy fucking shit. What's next, Little Orphan Annie cast a black girl? This cannot stand. These are proven historical figures for our nation. I once played Harriet Tubman as a middle aged, mixed-race, alcoholic male. Some of you guys are such fucking cunts. it's so fucking sad.
September 1, 20223 yr Just finished S1 and really enjoyed it. Agree with the poster above that the only misstep was in casting Patton Oswalt as the raven. I took a JanTerm at Austin College in 1997 on Visual Storytelling. Somehow, the professor got Neil Gaiman to come and give a couple of lectures. I feel like he really took something away from that class
September 1, 20223 yr OK, on a Netflix show, I don't step into a thread until I finish it completely. No spoiler tags needed for me. I thought this was an 11 episode show. So after the 10th one, I'm all - ok, let's do this finale! Then we start with the stupid cats and I'm way confused. Finished the ep and I'm seriously scratching my head. I come to read this and realize what the deal is. So I rewatched the end of ep 10. Oh, that was a season cliffhanger, not just an episode cliffhanger!!
September 1, 20223 yr Same thing happened to me. I can almost always tell when it's the final episode, but I thought there would be one more too.
January 14Jan 14 Off topic - Neil Gaiman being a complete fucking creep is the least surprising thing ever. Guy always gave off a creepy vibe.
January 15Jan 15 On 1/13/2025 at 7:39 PM, ajax said: Off topic - Neil Gaiman being a complete fucking creep is the least surprising thing ever. Guy always gave off a creepy vibe. This NY Magazine article from this week is so disturbing. It has a trigger warning and even so, parts of it were hard to read.
January 15Jan 15 On 1/13/2025 at 7:39 PM, ajax said: Off topic - Neil Gaiman being a complete fucking creep is the least surprising thing ever. Guy always gave off a creepy vibe. Creep? He's a deeply disturbed sexual predator/rapist.
January 15Jan 15 2 hours ago, jeevsie said: paywalled https://archive.is/Ko8eR 13 hours ago, rage-a-holic said: Creep? He's a deeply disturbed sexual predator/rapist. Was this common knowledge before? Because I didn't have a clue. Fuck!
January 20Jan 20 On 1/13/2025 at 7:39 PM, ajax said: Off topic - Neil Gaiman being a complete fucking creep is the least surprising thing ever. Guy always gave off a creepy vibe. 1000%
January 26Jan 26 On 1/15/2025 at 9:41 AM, bolverk said: https://archive.is/Ko8eR Was this common knowledge before? Because I didn't have a clue. Fuck! Not really common knowledge, but it is now.
January 30Jan 30 Well, fuck. I came in here to ask if the series did the "comics"(only one I ever read, yes I know, graphic novel) justice, to find out another person who I liked turns out to be a creep. First JoePa, recently Justin Tucker and now Neil. I only read the Sandman series because he was involved and I had read everything else he wrote. I never was a comic book or graphic novel reader, I always preferred just the written word or an actual movie instead of still images with dialogue.
July 12Jul 12 1 hour ago, High Plains Drifter said: Anybody watching season 2? Already watched the first half. There’s 3 storylines that wrap up. The 3rd feels a bit too much like they’re narrating a story to you. Constantine had a bigger roll and was very fun for me ( just finished Revolutions podcast on the French Revolution). Overall enjoyed it.
July 12Jul 12 37 minutes ago, blacklab said: I've finished season 2. If you liked season 1 you should enjoy season 2, I did. Came on here to post this. I'm not finished yet, but the focus more on the gods has made the 2nd one much better IMO.
July 14Jul 14 Kinda disappointed but I thought it was the conclusion and I'm less meh now that I know this is just mid-season, which I did not find out until episode 6 ends.
July 14Jul 14 1 hour ago, seven said: Kinda disappointed but I thought it was the conclusion and I'm less meh now that I know this is just mid-season, which I did not find out until episode 6 ends. Actually, now that you mention, it I think that impacts how you receive it as well. I think I was midway through 5 and when I decided to check because it seemed like it was going to end without any closure.
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