I’ve been waiting a long time for Sandman to hit the screen. Years ago it was supposed to become a movie franchise with Joseph Gordon Levitt tapped for the lead. Marvel is great and all, but recent installments of The Boys, Watchmen, and Preacher have audiences craving for more gruesome comic books.
Sandman centers around Dream, who rules justly over the dream realm. Dream, along with his brothers and sisters- Death, Desire, Destiny, Delirium, and Despair have been around before any gods or creation. Each entity has their duty and influence on the human world. Sibling squabbles, mostly between Dream and Desire, often come at the expense of humanity.
The Endless are portrayed in different forms throughout the series. But each has their main form that we grow used to viewing them as. Dream is a serious and broody pale slender figure with shaggy hair. Desire mostly appears as a genderless David Bowie look-a-like. Death, my favorite, is a cheerful and witty punk-goth girl in her twenties. Destiny is kind of a stuck up robed weirdo. Despair is a creepy looking naked man with fangs and tits. And Delirium is an annoying anxiety ridden teenager.
The story takes us all over the place. To the kidnapping and torture of a mythical Greek Muse by a human author, a deal between Dream and Shakespeare that has the playwright performing a deadly Midsummer’s Dream in front of real fairies, serial killer conventions, historical retellings, and Dream’s bidding war for Hell between all the gods once Lucifer leaves.
I love who they chose to play Dream/Morpheus. A not so well known actor who can focus on the project. Paired with some other familiar faces like Brienne of Tarth, Tywin Lannister, Mance Rayder, Lupin, Clara Oswald, Patton Oswald, and the blonde guy from Narcos.
Sandman was created by one of my favorite authors, Neil Gaiman. I’m pretty positive I’ve read everything he’s ever written. Gaiman’s style of writing is the perfect blend of the fantastical, comedy, and dark drama. Some of his works have already been made into tv or movie form. Adaptations you might be familiar with include- Coraline, American Gods, Stardust, and Good Omens. But I have no doubt that Sandman will be his most compelling and popular work yet.
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