Link to my Sandman Playlist: czcams.com/play/PLmbwJBo5bk08SYSYptOlmBckabCCGoA63.html I also just recently posted my breakdown of Sandman Overture a few hours ago: czcams.com/video/XjMAHNDhl04/video.html
Seriously, the fact that you have less than 1 million subs right now is insane. I started buying comics again specifically because of you, and most of my purchases have been solely based on your reviews.
ALL THE CASTING OF THE BLACK ACTORS DID NOT BOTHER YOU??? PLEASE. I don't think you are being completely honest in your submission especially seeing as you couldn't get over all the changes in white characters to female . I think it's okay not to be okay with the race changes...Fine there are no black characters in the source material but to me, only death is a passable race change. I think it's okay to be honest with opinions especially in this era of forced diversity which has quite frankly overstayed it's welcome.
@TheGamingScrub I didn't particularly like the child actor who played Jeb, I also really didn't like the casting for Joanna Constantine or Despair. Which other Black actors do you think did a poor job? The one who played Lucienne? Do you think there were stellar performances w/ ALL of the white actors? It seems as though you are fine with "race swapping" as long as the actor portraying the character does a stellar job. So your issue should be with the choice of actor, and their ability to perform not the ethnicity. “race" has zero to do with one's ability to memorize lines and perform as an actor.. The actors who you don't like, who you thought didn't do a great job, did so because of lack of talent, or poor direction, not because you couldn't wrap your head around the fact that they are no longer white, or no longer a male. I think you are projecting, my friend. The top performers in the series were clearly more seasoned than the others. I'm not loving Rose walkers character, but if you threw in a white actress who has literally not acted in anything other than this, like the actor they chose, you'd probably have a performance on a similar level, or maybe worst (or slightly better) depending on who you find. Unless you’re messing with an Iconic look, that is pretty integral to a character, like Death's image, I do not see why you would have any issues. Even so, if you do, initially have an issue, a strong performance can often move you past that. Ethnicity should not matter unless it is quite literally relevant to the story, which in this case, it is not. I think this review was pretty honest, it’s interesting how you think he’s lying to sound “woke”, that mindset certainly reveals a lot more about you as an individual.
This show proves that sticking to the source material actually works. I'll admit the casting of death and Constantine did bother me but their acting easily won me over and I no longer had an issue with it after their respective episodes ended. Episodes 5 and 6 are easily my favourites.
Lucifer confused me a little and I had to take a moment to realise that it was Death, but I really couldn't agree more, their acting really sold it. Not gonna lie, but i actually started crying when i watched the whole scene with death.
Here's something that helped me look past some of the race/gender changes: Death and Lucifer are non human entities, and they can appear to us in any way. Just like how Morpheus looked black, asian, or catlike at different times. The humans, personally, as long as the changes don't change the story on a fundamental level, I don't mind it.
I watched all your sandman comic explained videos way back when and I just finished season 1. Thank you for saving me so much time getting to know this awesome universe.
As someone who has been reading comics since the mid 80s, this was one of the BEST adaptation true to source material I have seen. I even liked the scene where Dream spoke to Nada, and his appearance changed to fit Nada's view of him. The Constantine thing was meh (I'll chalk that up to legal issues), but Lucifer was visually on point with how the character looked in issue 4. It'll be interesting how they handle the character for Season of Mists.
For John and Lucifer the gender swap was to help separate them from the other adaptions and don't want people to think sandman is part of the DC comics tv/movie universe.
I don’t think the casting was Gaiman being “woke” The book itself it’s pretty “woke” I’m pretty sure in an interview or on Twitter he said that he casts who gave the best performance of that character. I really feel like the show is exactly who Gaiman wanted minus the DC issues. One could argue that comics have always been “woke” I also think that they maybe would have spent a little more time with storylines if they knew they were going to get more seasons. With Netflix track record and even now he says he doesn’t know if there will be a season 2.
For me the changes bother me. In typical Netflix adaptation, the female characters (especially the original ones) are the ones that always know better and have all the answers. Like girl Constantine, whenever she's around everything has to be done under her terms.
It was a worst change for me as a fan of Constantine. They changed her story, so she wasn't even guilty of what happen to Astra(unlike John), because ritual was done by her stupid male friends, so why she even dreamed about it if it wasn't her fault? John was arrogant and made a lot of mistakes for which he or his friends must pay but Joanna is just perfect and fixed other people's mistakes. But I liked rest of the series even if sometimes was little boring.
I don´t get why some people complained about the racial changes in some characters, Death doesn´t have a defined race as we saw with Dream in hell and Lucifer is stated to be androgynous
From the one guy who doesn’t read comics in the chat I’m very happy they didn’t have a bunch of dc characters in the show. I like that this feels like it’s own thing and can live on with out a Batman and all the rest of superhero clutter. It makes me feel like they were more confident in their story telling and not feeling like they have to sell it as a hero show.
I just started rereading Sandman after season 1. The Hobb Gadling story, in my opinion, was better fleshed out in the the show. In the novel, dream just continues to meet with Gadling every 100 years, including in 1989. Dream coming to realize that Hobb is indeed his friend and reuniting with him in the end was very sweet to watch. The book didn’t have that emotional depth during that issue.
Huge fan of the channel and was looking forward to your review. Now I am going to go back and listen to the series, which I haven't checked out. So excited now that I was a better view of the series after viewing the show.
Potential spin-off In October 2022, Johanna Constantine actress Jenna Coleman confirmed that she, Neil Gaiman, and Allan Heinberg had discussed a potential Johanna Constantine spin-off solo series of The Sandman about her character, stating that it was "good idea" which they were "really behind".
I absolutely adore Netflix for doing this, for wanting the author, for keeping close to the story but changing this that honestly feels just as right as the original.... Can't wait for season 2 ... just let us know which books it will incorporate.... that is my only plea, because I will wait till i put the chairs on the table, turn the lights out and lock the door behind me 😉
Yessss. I am so happy everyone likes this show. Me personally I rly liked it. I was like they're sticking to the book! I havent finished it but I am excited to keep watching.
Right? I binged the whole season on Friday and rewatched it over the weekend. I felt a great pang of fear that everyone else would tear it apart or hate it. That scared me because of how much I frickin loved it. This is sorta (I know it sounds weird) my LOTR. I love this mythos so much and want to see the whole GN brought to screen... even the cat issue.
You know who we should complain to about the casting? The writer of the comic, Neil Gaiman he would hate what the series developed by Neil Gaiman has done with his work.... wait... Seriously who gives a fuck if Death is black? The actress was amazing in the role, who cares if Lucifer is a woman, she was great as lucifer . None of the swapped characters did a bad job, and that is what should matter. Short of Resurrecting David Bowe to play Lucifer would have really improved the roles.
So glad that you’re still doing what you do after the Invincible take down. You’re a really good critic because you really do read the source material.
I thought the show was great and perfectly cast. I think the change to John Dee was good but I like the comic book version better. That being said, i dont think I could stomach a 100% accurate version live action version.
Lucifer in the comics is NOT male, nor is the Lucifer on the show female. They are androgynous. I loved Tom Ellis' Lucifer but he was never the version of the character from the comics.
If the internet also complained about dream and desire looking like regular humans i'd understand them but nope they chose to only harass the black actress
I love watching your amazing sandman reviews and the netflix adaptation is faithful to the source material, it might not catch on with mainstream audiences, storylines are weird, abstract, and jump around alot, the last episode rubbed me the wrong way, as an author myself, I did not like the concept about raping muses for wealth and fame
I love the show! Death's actress is ok. I prefer the pale lady look though like in the comics. I actually like the female Constantine. She's great. The diner/cafe episode is by far my favorite episode. Followed by the dead husband subplot with the pregnant dream baby. The Death episode was cool too. The every 100 year meetup episode for Hobs was interesting as well. The one thing that bothers me is why sandman walks such great distances and shows no sign of fatigue like the scene in hell. He also seems to be able to teleport around so why does he even bother walking?
I watched the series before I watched your breakdown of the comics and I was amazed at how closely the series followed the original. This adaptation, in my opinion, makes this story more realistic without the D.C. comic characters in their colorful costumes. I don't get why they were included in this comic series to begin with.
I thought Netflix’s The Sandman was a surprisingly good adaptation. I still prefer the source material, the Audiobook from Audible and “DC Showcase: Death”, but still it was good as a show and as an adaptation. It was faithful for the most part (Considering the fact that Geiman was part of this), the cinematography was beautiful, the soundtrack was great, the special effects were pretty good (Some were really bad imo) and the majority of the actors did a nice job. Only big complaint is the camera format of the show. It looked too square for me. I don’t know how to explain this 😅 I’m kinda sad that this wasn’t a animated series instead tho. After watching that incredible Death animated short film (Which is amazing btw) made me imagine how the entire story would’ve looked like if it was animated. That would’ve been super cool. Still, i’m glad that we got this and i can’t wait for season 2 to come out 😊
So love the Netflix's adaptation. Changing the characters & not including other characters is totally fine coz it makes the story less convoluted. I actually love the Johanna Constantine exorcism scene in the church & a bit of her back story about her nightmare. The show runners did a great job on this series. 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 for me. And thank you for doing all the volume story telling, I enjoyed it.
There's only one character casting that bothered me a bit, and that was Death, I think it was a missed opportunity to cast an Asian goth looking girl into the show, because that's actually how I imagine her when reading the comics. The actress they chose works just fine if you haven't read the comics though, the personality was kinda there. Lucifer didn't bother me at all, in fact I don't think you can straight off assume Lucifer as a male, at least not from the comic issue that features Lucifer for the first time, only in later issues does Lucifer appear to be portrayed with a more masculine appearance. The other DC characters I was already expecting them not to appear, getting rights for a character is always a pain, and unfortunately this issue will always affect comic adaptations. Overall I was very pleased with this adaptation, it had a very entertaining and unusual structure for a Netflix show that actually worked very well and had me on the edge until the end. The way they connected plot points in the show and how they portrayed it I actually think makes even more sense, or easier to follow than just reading the comics that would leave some things up to interpretation. I know season 2 is in production, I do really hope Netflix doesn't screw this up, given the track history, the next season will still be great but they'll end up cancelling the show without giving it the opportunity to shine and keep other stuff they hype more for some reason even though it's garbage.
Agree with all the criticisms provided by you. Actually the gender/ race change doesn't bother me that much except the change to Johanna Constantine. This is the only change I felt did not work AT ALL. The character of JOhn Constantine has seen some things he is rattled by his experiences, she looks perfect with make up and dialogue delivery did not sell her character. EP 2 for me was hands down the most disappointing episodes.
The reason Johanna constantine was chosen is because jj abrams is doing his hbo max show with a black actor so they couldn't use john for the show but the thing is that show hasn't moved pass the delvopment stage at all and jj has a five year contract and has done nothing and is one year left of his billion dollar contract
I love the Sandman books I love your videos and I thought the show was awesome. Gender/race swaps didn't bother me. The hob story was awesome it was one of my favorite issues glad it made it into the show. I was worried they were gonna mess up the fight in hell but they kept it the same and I thank them. My one issue. I'm from Kentucky and how dare you remove the KFC
I wish I wouldn’t have watched all your reviews to the Sandman volumes because this adaptation was so close you spoiled all of it for me but you did a great job though
Well i thibk Lucifer being played by a female is not against the source material, Gaiman said in the comic and interviews Lucifer is sexless and genderless, so Lucifer’s gender is the same, just they present what society has defined as “female” but yea in a way its technically fitting
I saw screenshot after screenshot of the cat issue and the calliope issue... Apparently there WAS 11 episodes but one whole ep was cut... I am so sad! I want to see those giant cats with tiny human pets! Hopefully they'll just include it next season...? Loved the show tremendously and cannot wait till we hear of the second season getting the green light. . The writers are apparently busy writing season 2... I can't wait to see what's next!
So I have not read the comic book, though I have known some of the stuff that happens. Personally loved the show apart for couple very small missteps. After watching your Sandman videos I have to say they did particularly well sticking to the source material while changing minor details that just would not translate well onto the screen. Imo the fact that they can't use the extended DC universe might be a blessing in disguise, but the John Constantine absence was definitely felt and in the future this might cause further trouble. As far as the casting goes, since I did not know the original cast I was fine with it for the most part. It might just be Neil Gaiman helping them out, but most of the race/gender swaps were done well and did not hurt the characters. The only once I did not like on the face of it was Lucifer and the aforementioned Constantine. The issue with the swaps is that it was very clear at certain point, they were done just for brownie points and nothing else, which left a bitter taste in my mouth. I wasn't a big fan of Rose and Jed walker either, but I suspect that had nothing to do with their race, rather it was just the young actors were not that great and I am told this part of the comic is not the most entertaining either...
Rose and Jed's actors had these roles as their first ever acting roles so I gave them a lot of leeway when watching the show. With time, they can get better at acting.
Honestly, the only issue I had was Despair personally. I understand not making her naked, but feel like she should have maybe been wearing dirty underwear and had stringy hair or something that made her feel like the horrible dumpsterfire she was in the comics. They did so good keeping the feel of everyone else but they made the embodiment of suffering into someones frumpy aunt.
the only reason I could see someone bothered with say, the casting of lucifer (i find it a little funny but strange) is that netflix already has a lucifer tv show, so the character and live action portrayal is already there, but to be fair, show lucifer strays very far from the original interpretation of the character. death feeels like an odd one personally. I'm bummed out that dream, and the other endless one's aren't supernaturally pale, but more than anything because I'm so attached to their comic book portrayals. BUT, when you think about the fact that these characters famously morph to fit the setting they inhabit anyway, so realistically it's not too much of an issue, (but I do miss the goth looks lolol). Rose and Unity I'm not bothered by in the slightest I'm unsure if the show will utilize these racial and cultural swaps to any degree. Johanna Constantine feels more of an economic choice than anything else. Since dream meets with constantine's great grandmother, it would be an easy double casting situation . I'm a bit worried that the show has a chance to deviate from the book by making it more based on romance than horror. Dream is famously a romantic, but the show needs to capitilize on the fact that he is in many ways an imperfect agent of the ethereal, and like many deities he's inspired by, has a petulent, horrific side to himself. Haven't seen the show yet, but at least visually, it's looking very promising.
I totally agree with your assessment. I enjoyed the faithful adaptation of the comic book! I did not mind about the race swaps as it did not affect the story... Can't wait for the second season! Thanks for the review...
Casting, and other changes all worked for me. Small adjustments were required, but these happened almost effortlessly. If we think on Shakespearean plays over centuries, where experimental changes in tone or speech brought new qualities out as the audience and culture evolved outside the theater, it's not so different, here, except that these changes had the good fortune to be helmed by Gaiman himself, and I think are outgrowths of his interaction with his Sandman world with our own, over the years. My bet is these changes will age beautifully.
The biggest miss in this adaptation was not the casting (though I had similar cast issues with death) but for me, was the absolutely boring visual adaptation of hell. They spent so much of their budget recreating the diner but couldn’t have been bothered to bring Sam Keith’s vision of hell to light. There’s no terror or misery in the live action adaptation of hell and that was my hell. That’s not even counting casting mostly POCs as demons vs the variety we got in the comic. Absolutely boring. Honestly, it was the visuals that was the biggest let down for me. Comics are collaborative. Sam Keith & Mike Dringenberg absolutely deserve as much credit as Neil Gaiman gets for the series and this show proves it. The art direction was so mid and lack any sense of style. I’ll never forgive Neil for deciding against black contacts for dream. His eyes are supposed to be stars in a pool of black. I digress though lol the Hob Galding episode was the best episode for how accurate it was to the comic.
The only other acceptable casting for Lucifer Morningstar was 60's era David Bowie, so I don't mind Gwendoline Christie's death by snu-snu for all eternity. Sorry, I'm kinda drunk and on vacation... you've got yourself quite a nice channel by the way! Greetings From Mexico!!!!!!!!
As a massive fan of Sandman/Lucifer I was overall happy with show. Still in shock that it actually exists. If Netflix continues the series we have some incredible storylines to look forward to. But the casting of Lucien and Death still bother me, regardless of their stellar performance in those roles. Especially Death. She should look the way we expect her to look. As she was always drawn. Pale skin to match her brother Morpheus. It’s as simple as that. I think it was an odd choice to change the look of such an iconic character.
Both morpheus and dream are not Caucasian white they're coke white which means dream and even desire are not supposed to look like regular people....the guy did a great job as dream but lets not pretend like dream is not supposed to be snow white with stars for eyes
I didn't really have a problem with the series or casting and enjoyed the first season very much. If I have any quibbles about the casting, it would only be that I enjoyed how most of the Endless looked very much alike, allowing them to make both Destruction and Delirium to appear as the almost literal redheaded stepchildren of the family. That was fun in the comics, and I'm a bit saddened that this won't be able to happen on the show, but otherwise no complaints. My biggest disappointment was the removal of the mad cackling laugh when Morpheus encounters the "Sandman" in Jed's dream. I'm guessing they thought it would be too mean to have Dream laugh at a child that way, even though he was actually laughing at all of humanity in the comic with Hector Hall in place of Jed. If I had any input into writing this scene, I would have had events in Jed's dream world happen exactly as they did on the show, but at the same time, there would have been a giant version of Dream in the wider dreaming, cackling wildly and maniacally, with a panning shot to the faces of all of the residents of the Dreaming that we'd encountered thus far, looking up at the strange sound, most probably wondering what it is and maybe a rare few smiling because they managed to guess. That would have been fun.
They could have and should have, in my opinion, casted Tom Ellis as Lucifer. Same continuity, same character, he’s met John Constantine in the arrow verse cross over when they went to earth 666. This is presumably the earth Lucifer likes to play around in while simultaneously being a multiversal being. Nevertheless, that Lucifer is very literally the same Lucifer that was based off of David Bowie from the comics and is owned by NETFLIX. It would’ve made sense seeing as how you literally pointed out that in the COMIC Lucifer was so popular he got his own COMIC. The man appearing in the SHOW who already had his own SHOW in the same multiverse would’ve made my limbs fly off my body. It also would’ve been chronologically accurate when considering when the Lucifer series took place, 2018 and beyond, as compared to when the comic took place, the 80’s and prior. Lucifer would not have had his character changing arc that we see in his TV series and it would’ve made sense for his personality to be the exact same as it was in the sandman comic. Would’ve been amazing
I like the adaptation, but one thing that was a little bit meh, or weak was the Johanna Constantine arc. But otherwise I was somehow delighted. I never minded some swaps in the cast, I welcomed it and it fitted the shows atmosphere. I liked Cain and Abel, Desire, Death and Rose Walker, Lucienne. Everybody was awesome. 🙂
I'm not familiar with the source material, I enjoyed but didn't love the show. I was not familiar with the characters so I only realized the casting changes later. Given how faithful the adaptation is,it would have been nice if they cast actors that looked like the original characters. The changes are rarely an improvement, the most memorable characters are the ones that are cast more faithfully. Luckier is on Netflix, if they cast that actor even though the portrayals are different it would have been cool.
I loved the comics, I liked the show. I have to be honest. They made the show woke and I have to wonder why. They didn’t just make male female and black white, but made white male characters, female with masculine characteristics, etc. It was way too much. The comic is very neutral and cosmic. Wish it stayed that way instead of being political. It’s a source worth respecting. I also think the Lucifer casting was a total mistake. Lucifer being revealed as a beautiful angel in hell was awesome to me in the comic. But in the show….a middle aged woman? Miss. Want to make it a woman? Fine, but make her jaw dropping, she is one of the first creations ever in this lore. They just missed the subtleties. It’s got potential, but they need to tighten things up.
They already talk about it, Netflix Lucifer is too different from Neil's Lucifer. Neil prefer to get a new looking actor or in the case actress, because from a newcomer in sandman lore, Tom Ellis would be confuse to be there.
I was so pleasantly surprised how faithful they were to the source material. I also was a bit worried by all the character changes, but I think the actual characters behaved exactly how the comic portrayed them. I am very happy with how this worked out. Just follow the original material and your show will do great (I'm looking at you 'Wheel Of Time' adaption).
I kept thinking every change would bug me... but then it won me over. I'm a mega fan and this show was one of my fav things ever. This is sorta my LOTR. The casting was so amazing (Even though so many of the changes could have been bad). Death being a black woman could have been terrible (Starfire from Titans was always a catch in my craw)... but it ended up being beyond brilliant. The woman who played Death literally (no joke) brought me to tears multiple times as I watched. She deserves an emmy for her portrayal of a beautiful and caring concept of death that is a gift and not a curse. Likewise, John Dee was possibly the best villain on screen ever... except maybe for old eye-teeth himself who was also great. I have NO complaints against this show. Constantine made more sense like this. This was better than the source for this media in every change. I kinda want a whole show with Coleman as Constantine.
Sandman was already pretty progressive they honestly didn't have to change too much from the comic there are a couple changes I love like death Kirby Baptiste left quite an impression especially when she ripped morpheus a new one i liked rose and jed but Lucien I didn't think need to be race and gender swapped the actress did a great job though I could eventually learn to live with it I wish we got to see more dreams and nightmares and more of the dreaming I love Gwendolyn Christie from game of thrones though lucifer seems like a copycat of gabriel from constantine I don't know why they couldn't just have a lucifer crossover with tom ellis johanna constantine is gorgeous but I was really hoping to see John constantine but that's just my opinion
I honestly really enjoyed the adaptation a lot, the only thing I would of liked better is if Tom Ellis played Lucifer, say what you will about his show but I feel he really brings the character to life. That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy the actor who did play Lucifer in this series she was really good, I just would of preferred Tom Ellis myself. I get why they didn’t want to use him though. I strangely enough liked Lucienne the most throughout the show, which was weird for me cause I never really found him interesting in the comic.
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Could you really see Tom Ellis playing this Lucifer? He's a fine actor, and I'm sure he could have pulled it of admirably, but he would have had to play Lucifer completely different from the Lucifer he played in the past.
@@jamesbaker7440 They could have and should have, in my opinion, casted Tom Ellis as Lucifer. Same continuity, same character, he’s met John Constantine in the arrow verse cross over when they went to earth 666. This is presumably the earth Lucifer likes to play around in while simultaneously being a multiversal being. Nevertheless, that Lucifer is very literally the same Lucifer that was based off of David Bowie from the comics and is owned by NETFLIX. It would’ve made sense seeing as how you literally pointed out that in the COMIC Lucifer was so popular he got his own COMIC. The man appearing in the SHOW who already had his own SHOW in the same multiverse would’ve made my limbs fly off my body. It also would’ve been chronologically accurate when considering when the Lucifer series took place, 2018 and beyond, as compared to when the comic took place, the 80’s and prior. Lucifer would not have had his character changing arc that we see in his TV series and it would’ve made sense for his personality to be the exact same as it was in the sandman comic. Would’ve been amazing I posted this 8 hours ago
@@samaelclarke4279 Not at all the same character. Do you really see Ellis' Lucifer as inspired by David Bowie? Doesn't Christie's Lucifer come much closer (Christie, like Bowie came off as androgynous. Ellis was awesome, but he was anything but androgynous).
I did not know the source material, I just saw few pictures from it, but this show literaly hit everything I love about fantasy, I love it! Only problem I had - I kinda though Lucienne and Rose Walkers aunt were kind of bad actors, but other then that...
I don’t mind the gender and race swaps. What bothered me is that the Endless look too much like normal humans most of the time. In my mind, they should look ALMOST human. That’s what made the character designs so iconic.
I really liked the comic. That being said… even though they did a good job on being faithful to the comics… it just didn’t hit like the comic. It’s a hard read even in comic form, and I think whatever they did with it, it was going to be a hard translation to pull off. The actor did fine job, but I just had a hard time connecting with him. I really wish they would have left Constantine true to character also. They had a fine line to walk… either change it up and piss off comic fans, or stay true like they did and hope it translates well… but maybe not add anything new to the mythos
They basically 1 for 1 adapt the comic so I assume whatever is in volume 3-5 is a possibility. Although Netflix still hasn’t confirmed a season 2, I wonder what they are waiting on, as far as I can tell it seems big enough a hit for an S2.
Link to my Sandman Playlist: czcams.com/play/PLmbwJBo5bk08SYSYptOlmBckabCCGoA63.html
I also just recently posted my breakdown of Sandman Overture a few hours ago: czcams.com/video/XjMAHNDhl04/video.html
wtf... how do you only have 41k subscribers? This is probably one of the best Comic & Film discussion/review channels on the internet.
Seriously, the fact that you have less than 1 million subs right now is insane. I started buying comics again specifically because of you, and most of my purchases have been solely based on your reviews.
Everyone is gay ... or Trans... or black... FOR NO REASON! .. they have been all those things allready in the comics...
ALL THE CASTING OF THE BLACK ACTORS DID NOT BOTHER YOU??? PLEASE. I don't think you are being completely honest in your submission especially seeing as you couldn't get over all the changes in white characters to female . I think it's okay not to be okay with the race changes...Fine there are no black characters in the source material but to me, only death is a passable race change.
I think it's okay to be honest with opinions especially in this era of forced diversity which has quite frankly overstayed it's welcome.
@TheGamingScrub I didn't particularly like the child actor who played Jeb, I also really didn't like the casting for Joanna Constantine or Despair. Which other Black actors do you think did a poor job? The one who played Lucienne? Do you think there were stellar performances w/ ALL of the white actors?
It seems as though you are fine with "race swapping" as long as the actor portraying the character does a stellar job.
So your issue should be with the choice of actor, and their ability to perform not the ethnicity.
“race" has zero to do with one's ability to memorize lines and perform as an actor.. The actors who you don't like, who you thought didn't do a great job, did so because of lack of talent, or poor direction, not because you couldn't wrap your head around the fact that they are no longer white, or no longer a male. I think you are projecting, my friend. The top performers in the series were clearly more seasoned than the others. I'm not loving Rose walkers character, but if you threw in a white actress who has literally not acted in anything other than this, like the actor they chose, you'd probably have a performance on a similar level, or maybe worst (or slightly better) depending on who you find. Unless you’re messing with an Iconic look, that is pretty integral to a character, like Death's image, I do not see why you would have any issues. Even so, if you do, initially have an issue, a strong performance can often move you past that. Ethnicity should not matter unless it is quite literally relevant to the story, which in this case, it is not. I think this review was pretty honest, it’s interesting how you think he’s lying to sound “woke”, that mindset certainly reveals a lot more about you as an individual.
This show proves that sticking to the source material actually works. I'll admit the casting of death and Constantine did bother me but their acting easily won me over and I no longer had an issue with it after their respective episodes ended. Episodes 5 and 6 are easily my favourites.
Lucifer confused me a little and I had to take a moment to realise that it was Death, but I really couldn't agree more, their acting really sold it. Not gonna lie, but i actually started crying when i watched the whole scene with death.
they had to use john's ancestor instead due to the copyright character issue
Here's something that helped me look past some of the race/gender changes: Death and Lucifer are non human entities, and they can appear to us in any way. Just like how Morpheus looked black, asian, or catlike at different times. The humans, personally, as long as the changes don't change the story on a fundamental level, I don't mind it.
same... even lucifer being more feminine was ok... after all Neil Gaiman based Morningstar off David Bowie...
I watched all your sandman comic explained videos way back when and I just finished season 1.
Thank you for saving me so much time getting to know this awesome universe.
As someone who has been reading comics since the mid 80s, this was one of the BEST adaptation true to source material I have seen. I even liked the scene where Dream spoke to Nada, and his appearance changed to fit Nada's view of him. The Constantine thing was meh (I'll chalk that up to legal issues), but Lucifer was visually on point with how the character looked in issue 4. It'll be interesting how they handle the character for Season of Mists.
Dude, what about how close Desire was?! That was dragged from the ink to the screen so exactly it sorta busted my brain.
@@darkhoursofday6250 If you really want to nitpick they changed Desire's hair colour. But not a big deal. Awesome performance and depiction.
The onjly thing yhat bothered me was Death. She was such a cute goth girl. I wish she was still goth, whatever the race.
Also with these characters gender didn’t matter much anyway
I've been waiting to hear your review for the Netflix adaptation. Thank you for introducing many of us to the graphic novel!
Was curious what you thought, yayy
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John constantine wasn’t gernder swapt johanna constantin is his ancestror an Lucyfer is androgenes
For John and Lucifer the gender swap was to help separate them from the other adaptions and don't want people to think sandman is part of the DC comics tv/movie universe.
I don’t think the casting was Gaiman being “woke” The book itself it’s pretty “woke” I’m pretty sure in an interview or on Twitter he said that he casts who gave the best performance of that character. I really feel like the show is exactly who Gaiman wanted minus the DC issues. One could argue that comics have always been “woke” I also think that they maybe would have spent a little more time with storylines if they knew they were going to get more seasons. With Netflix track record and even now he says he doesn’t know if there will be a season 2.
For me the changes bother me. In typical Netflix adaptation, the female characters (especially the original ones) are the ones that always know better and have all the answers. Like girl Constantine, whenever she's around everything has to be done under her terms.
Yeah, just like boy Constantine.
It was a worst change for me as a fan of Constantine. They changed her story, so she wasn't even guilty of what happen to Astra(unlike John), because ritual was done by her stupid male friends, so why she even dreamed about it if it wasn't her fault? John was arrogant and made a lot of mistakes for which he or his friends must pay but Joanna is just perfect and fixed other people's mistakes. But I liked rest of the series even if sometimes was little boring.
@@michawegiera8945 Yeah constantine is the only real issue for me, I think the actors did really good for the casting
I don´t get why some people complained about the racial changes in some characters, Death doesn´t have a defined race as we saw with Dream in hell and Lucifer is stated to be androgynous
From the one guy who doesn’t read comics in the chat I’m very happy they didn’t have a bunch of dc characters in the show. I like that this feels like it’s own thing and can live on with out a Batman and all the rest of superhero clutter. It makes me feel like they were more confident in their story telling and not feeling like they have to sell it as a hero show.
love the show, although yes its not everyone's cup of tea and get bit boring but hopefully it will get a second season
I just started rereading Sandman after season 1. The Hobb Gadling story, in my opinion, was better fleshed out in the the show. In the novel, dream just continues to meet with Gadling every 100 years, including in 1989. Dream coming to realize that Hobb is indeed his friend and reuniting with him in the end was very sweet to watch. The book didn’t have that emotional depth during that issue.
L is not a male in the comics angels don't have genders in The Sandman comics.
He looks male but isn't actually male in the strictest sense.
Huge fan of the channel and was looking forward to your review. Now I am going to go back and listen to the series, which I haven't checked out. So excited now that I was a better view of the series after viewing the show.
Only race/gender swap that bothered me was Lucien. It's like if Batman's Alfred was race/gender swapped, just a goofy decision.
What is it about Lucien or Alfred that makes them have to be white?
Potential spin-off
In October 2022, Johanna Constantine actress Jenna Coleman confirmed that she, Neil Gaiman, and Allan Heinberg had discussed a potential Johanna Constantine spin-off solo series of The Sandman about her character, stating that it was "good idea" which they were "really behind".
I absolutely adore Netflix for doing this, for wanting the author, for keeping close to the story but changing this that honestly feels just as right as the original....
Can't wait for season 2 ... just let us know which books it will incorporate.... that is my only plea,
because I will wait till i put the chairs on the table, turn the lights out and lock the door behind me 😉
Yessss. I am so happy everyone likes this show. Me personally I rly liked it. I was like they're sticking to the book! I havent finished it but I am excited to keep watching.
Right? I binged the whole season on Friday and rewatched it over the weekend. I felt a great pang of fear that everyone else would tear it apart or hate it. That scared me because of how much I frickin loved it. This is sorta (I know it sounds weird) my LOTR. I love this mythos so much and want to see the whole GN brought to screen... even the cat issue.
You know who we should complain to about the casting? The writer of the comic, Neil Gaiman he would hate what the series developed by Neil Gaiman has done with his work.... wait...
Seriously who gives a fuck if Death is black? The actress was amazing in the role, who cares if Lucifer is a woman, she was great as lucifer . None of the swapped characters did a bad job, and that is what should matter. Short of Resurrecting David Bowe to play Lucifer would have really improved the roles.
So glad that you’re still doing what you do after the Invincible take down. You’re a really good critic because you really do read the source material.
I thought the show was great and perfectly cast. I think the change to John Dee was good but I like the comic book version better. That being said, i dont think I could stomach a 100% accurate version live action version.
Lucifer in the comics is NOT male, nor is the Lucifer on the show female. They are androgynous. I loved Tom Ellis' Lucifer but he was never the version of the character from the comics.
Death felt like death, despite her race. The performance feels perfect. Idk why people are so hung up on this. The internet is so toxic.
If the internet also complained about dream and desire looking like regular humans i'd understand them but nope they chose to only harass the black actress
Of the all the reviews I've watched, yours is absolutely the best one!
I love watching your amazing sandman reviews and the netflix adaptation is faithful to the source material, it might not catch on with mainstream audiences, storylines are weird, abstract, and jump around alot, the last episode rubbed me the wrong way, as an author myself, I did not like the concept about raping muses for wealth and fame
Small correction. In the Sandman TV series Lucifer is actually presented as androgynous, neither male nor female.
I love the show! Death's actress is ok. I prefer the pale lady look though like in the comics. I actually like the female Constantine. She's great. The diner/cafe episode is by far my favorite episode. Followed by the dead husband subplot with the pregnant dream baby. The Death episode was cool too. The every 100 year meetup episode for Hobs was interesting as well. The one thing that bothers me is why sandman walks such great distances and shows no sign of fatigue like the scene in hell. He also seems to be able to teleport around so why does he even bother walking?
There are rules.
@@jamesbaker7440 protocols that must be followed.
I watched the series before I watched your breakdown of the comics and I was amazed at how closely the series followed the original. This adaptation, in my opinion, makes this story more realistic without the D.C. comic characters in their colorful costumes. I don't get why they were included in this comic series to begin with.
I thought Netflix’s The Sandman was a surprisingly good adaptation. I still prefer the source material, the Audiobook from Audible and “DC Showcase: Death”, but still it was good as a show and as an adaptation.
It was faithful for the most part (Considering the fact that Geiman was part of this), the cinematography was beautiful, the soundtrack was great, the special effects were pretty good (Some were really bad imo) and the majority of the actors did a nice job. Only big complaint is the camera format of the show. It looked too square for me. I don’t know how to explain this 😅
I’m kinda sad that this wasn’t a animated series instead tho. After watching that incredible Death animated short film (Which is amazing btw) made me imagine how the entire story would’ve looked like if it was animated. That would’ve been super cool.
Still, i’m glad that we got this and i can’t wait for season 2 to come out 😊
So love the Netflix's adaptation. Changing the characters & not including other characters is totally fine coz it makes the story less convoluted. I actually love the Johanna Constantine exorcism scene in the church & a bit of her back story about her nightmare. The show runners did a great job on this series. 5 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 for me. And thank you for doing all the volume story telling, I enjoyed it.
Fantastic review, the best review I have seen
If they had put a cigar on johanna constantine i would have liked it more.
Please cover fables
There's only one character casting that bothered me a bit, and that was Death, I think it was a missed opportunity to cast an Asian goth looking girl into the show, because that's actually how I imagine her when reading the comics. The actress they chose works just fine if you haven't read the comics though, the personality was kinda there.
Lucifer didn't bother me at all, in fact I don't think you can straight off assume Lucifer as a male, at least not from the comic issue that features Lucifer for the first time, only in later issues does Lucifer appear to be portrayed with a more masculine appearance.
The other DC characters I was already expecting them not to appear, getting rights for a character is always a pain, and unfortunately this issue will always affect comic adaptations.
Overall I was very pleased with this adaptation, it had a very entertaining and unusual structure for a Netflix show that actually worked very well and had me on the edge until the end.
The way they connected plot points in the show and how they portrayed it I actually think makes even more sense, or easier to follow than just reading the comics that would leave some things up to interpretation.
I know season 2 is in production, I do really hope Netflix doesn't screw this up, given the track history, the next season will still be great but they'll end up cancelling the show without giving it the opportunity to shine and keep other stuff they hype more for some reason even though it's garbage.
Love the show. Only casting I had issue is Lucifer. Wish they use the same guy in the Lucifer TV show
I’ve learned everything on the Sandman thanks to this channel.
Agree with all the criticisms provided by you. Actually the gender/ race change doesn't bother me that much except the change to Johanna Constantine. This is the only change I felt did not work AT ALL. The character of JOhn Constantine has seen some things he is rattled by his experiences, she looks perfect with make up and dialogue delivery did not sell her character. EP 2 for me was hands down the most disappointing episodes.
The reason Johanna constantine was chosen is because jj abrams is doing his hbo max show with a black actor so they couldn't use john for the show but the thing is that show hasn't moved pass the delvopment stage at all and jj has a five year contract and has done nothing and is one year left of his billion dollar contract
If they ever do "The Crow" reboot and they don't use the sandman main actor for it, I'll lead a revolt! Or just bitch on social media
Lucifer is not a male in the comics hes neither.
Never read the comic so went in blind. I enjoyed episodes 1 - 6 and was completely uninterested in episodes 7 - 10. Felt like two different shows.
I love the Sandman books I love your videos and I thought the show was awesome. Gender/race swaps didn't bother me. The hob story was awesome it was one of my favorite issues glad it made it into the show. I was worried they were gonna mess up the fight in hell but they kept it the same and I thank them. My one issue. I'm from Kentucky and how dare you remove the KFC
I really enjoyed the show. Even my wife enjoyed it. The casting changes didn't bother me much. As long as they do a good job, I'm good.
Thank you so much!
I wish I wouldn’t have watched all your reviews to the Sandman volumes because this adaptation was so close you spoiled all of it for me but you did a great job though
Good review
was waiting for your review! thanks💚
Well i thibk Lucifer being played by a female is not against the source material, Gaiman said in the comic and interviews Lucifer is sexless and genderless, so Lucifer’s gender is the same, just they present what society has defined as “female” but yea in a way its technically fitting
I actually enjoyed the show more because I watched your videos ahead of time and I knew what to expect
The Corinthian my favorite character.
I saw screenshot after screenshot of the cat issue and the calliope issue...
Apparently there WAS 11 episodes but one whole ep was cut...
I am so sad! I want to see those giant cats with tiny human pets!
Hopefully they'll just include it next season...?
Loved the show tremendously and cannot wait till we hear of the second season getting the green light. .
The writers are apparently busy writing season 2...
I can't wait to see what's next!
Thanku for the review, i already watched ur comic explain on sandman .
Ahh, yes. The only review that matters.
Hey can u do the lucifer comic after the paper girl
The reason I watched sandman was because of you’re series beforehand. If not for it I would have never considered it.
So I have not read the comic book, though I have known some of the stuff that happens. Personally loved the show apart for couple very small missteps. After watching your Sandman videos I have to say they did particularly well sticking to the source material while changing minor details that just would not translate well onto the screen. Imo the fact that they can't use the extended DC universe might be a blessing in disguise, but the John Constantine absence was definitely felt and in the future this might cause further trouble.
As far as the casting goes, since I did not know the original cast I was fine with it for the most part. It might just be Neil Gaiman helping them out, but most of the race/gender swaps were done well and did not hurt the characters. The only once I did not like on the face of it was Lucifer and the aforementioned Constantine. The issue with the swaps is that it was very clear at certain point, they were done just for brownie points and nothing else, which left a bitter taste in my mouth. I wasn't a big fan of Rose and Jed walker either, but I suspect that had nothing to do with their race, rather it was just the young actors were not that great and I am told this part of the comic is not the most entertaining either...
Rose and Jed's actors had these roles as their first ever acting roles so I gave them a lot of leeway when watching the show. With time, they can get better at acting.
Honestly, the only issue I had was Despair personally. I understand not making her naked, but feel like she should have maybe been wearing dirty underwear and had stringy hair or something that made her feel like the horrible dumpsterfire she was in the comics. They did so good keeping the feel of everyone else but they made the embodiment of suffering into someones frumpy aunt.
The writer casted this people for there acting skills
So it is still true to character
Speaking of the the character death play by Kirby
the only reason I could see someone bothered with say, the casting of lucifer (i find it a little funny but strange) is that netflix already has a lucifer tv show, so the character and live action portrayal is already there, but to be fair, show lucifer strays very far from the original interpretation of the character. death feeels like an odd one personally. I'm bummed out that dream, and the other endless one's aren't supernaturally pale, but more than anything because I'm so attached to their comic book portrayals. BUT, when you think about the fact that these characters famously morph to fit the setting they inhabit anyway, so realistically it's not too much of an issue, (but I do miss the goth looks lolol).
Rose and Unity I'm not bothered by in the slightest I'm unsure if the show will utilize these racial and cultural swaps to any degree. Johanna Constantine feels more of an economic choice than anything else. Since dream meets with constantine's great grandmother, it would be an easy double casting situation . I'm a bit worried that the show has a chance to deviate from the book by making it more based on romance than horror. Dream is famously a romantic, but the show needs to capitilize on the fact that he is in many ways an imperfect agent of the ethereal, and like many deities he's inspired by, has a petulent, horrific side to himself. Haven't seen the show yet, but at least visually, it's looking very promising.
I totally agree with your assessment. I enjoyed the faithful adaptation of the comic book! I did not mind about the race swaps as it did not affect the story... Can't wait for the second season! Thanks for the review...
Casting, and other changes all worked for me. Small adjustments were required, but these happened almost effortlessly. If we think on Shakespearean plays over centuries, where experimental changes in tone or speech brought new qualities out as the audience and culture evolved outside the theater, it's not so different, here, except that these changes had the good fortune to be helmed by Gaiman himself, and I think are outgrowths of his interaction with his Sandman world with our own, over the years. My bet is these changes will age beautifully.
The biggest miss in this adaptation was not the casting (though I had similar cast issues with death) but for me, was the absolutely boring visual adaptation of hell. They spent so much of their budget recreating the diner but couldn’t have been bothered to bring Sam Keith’s vision of hell to light.
There’s no terror or misery in the live action adaptation of hell and that was my hell.
That’s not even counting casting mostly POCs as demons vs the variety we got in the comic. Absolutely boring.
Honestly, it was the visuals that was the biggest let down for me. Comics are collaborative. Sam Keith & Mike Dringenberg absolutely deserve as much credit as Neil Gaiman gets for the series and this show proves it. The art direction was so mid and lack any sense of style.
I’ll never forgive Neil for deciding against black contacts for dream. His eyes are supposed to be stars in a pool of black. I digress though lol the Hob Galding episode was the best episode for how accurate it was to the comic.
The only other acceptable casting for Lucifer Morningstar was 60's era David Bowie, so I don't mind Gwendoline Christie's death by snu-snu for all eternity.
Sorry, I'm kinda drunk and on vacation... you've got yourself quite a nice channel by the way!
Greetings From Mexico!!!!!!!!
As a massive fan of Sandman/Lucifer I was overall happy with show. Still in shock that it actually exists. If Netflix continues the series we have some incredible storylines to look forward to.
But the casting of Lucien and Death still bother me, regardless of their stellar performance in those roles. Especially Death. She should look the way we expect her to look. As she was always drawn. Pale skin to match her brother Morpheus. It’s as simple as that. I think it was an odd choice to change the look of such an iconic character.
Both morpheus and dream are not Caucasian white they're coke white which means dream and even desire are not supposed to look like regular people....the guy did a great job as dream but lets not pretend like dream is not supposed to be snow white with stars for eyes
will you read Endless Nights next
I am not planning on it at the moment.
I didn't really have a problem with the series or casting and enjoyed the first season very much. If I have any quibbles about the casting, it would only be that I enjoyed how most of the Endless looked very much alike, allowing them to make both Destruction and Delirium to appear as the almost literal redheaded stepchildren of the family. That was fun in the comics, and I'm a bit saddened that this won't be able to happen on the show, but otherwise no complaints. My biggest disappointment was the removal of the mad cackling laugh when Morpheus encounters the "Sandman" in Jed's dream. I'm guessing they thought it would be too mean to have Dream laugh at a child that way, even though he was actually laughing at all of humanity in the comic with Hector Hall in place of Jed. If I had any input into writing this scene, I would have had events in Jed's dream world happen exactly as they did on the show, but at the same time, there would have been a giant version of Dream in the wider dreaming, cackling wildly and maniacally, with a panning shot to the faces of all of the residents of the Dreaming that we'd encountered thus far, looking up at the strange sound, most probably wondering what it is and maybe a rare few smiling because they managed to guess. That would have been fun.
Thanks for the videos, really love the show, please upload more sandman videos!
What about Goult ... your viewpoint
They could have and should have, in my opinion, casted Tom Ellis as Lucifer. Same continuity, same character, he’s met John Constantine in the arrow verse cross over when they went to earth 666. This is presumably the earth Lucifer likes to play around in while simultaneously being a multiversal being. Nevertheless, that Lucifer is very literally the same Lucifer that was based off of David Bowie from the comics and is owned by NETFLIX. It would’ve made sense seeing as how you literally pointed out that in the COMIC Lucifer was so popular he got his own COMIC. The man appearing in the SHOW who already had his own SHOW in the same multiverse would’ve made my limbs fly off my body. It also would’ve been chronologically accurate when considering when the Lucifer series took place, 2018 and beyond, as compared to when the comic took place, the 80’s and prior. Lucifer would not have had his character changing arc that we see in his TV series and it would’ve made sense for his personality to be the exact same as it was in the sandman comic. Would’ve been amazing
The TV show is set in current times.
Can you make a Neil Gaiman marvel 1602 or Eternals review next?
I like the adaptation, but one thing that was a little bit meh, or weak was the Johanna Constantine arc. But otherwise I was somehow delighted. I never minded some swaps in the cast, I welcomed it and it fitted the shows atmosphere. I liked Cain and Abel, Desire, Death and Rose Walker, Lucienne. Everybody was awesome. 🙂
I'm not familiar with the source material, I enjoyed but didn't love the show. I was not familiar with the characters so I only realized the casting changes later. Given how faithful the adaptation is,it would have been nice if they cast actors that looked like the original characters. The changes are rarely an improvement, the most memorable characters are the ones that are cast more faithfully. Luckier is on Netflix, if they cast that actor even though the portrayals are different it would have been cool.
I loved the comics, I liked the show. I have to be honest. They made the show woke and I have to wonder why. They didn’t just make male female and black white, but made white male characters, female with masculine characteristics, etc. It was way too much. The comic is very neutral and cosmic. Wish it stayed that way instead of being political. It’s a source worth respecting. I also think the Lucifer casting was a total mistake. Lucifer being revealed as a beautiful angel in hell was awesome to me in the comic. But in the show….a middle aged woman? Miss. Want to make it a woman? Fine, but make her jaw dropping, she is one of the first creations ever in this lore. They just missed the subtleties. It’s got potential, but they need to tighten things up.
Hopefully WB doesn't cancel it for a Ezra Miller movie
The Lucifer change got to me. Especially since Netflix aired the rest of the seasons of Lucifer with the original actor.
They already talk about it, Netflix Lucifer is too different from Neil's Lucifer. Neil prefer to get a new looking actor or in the case actress, because from a newcomer in sandman lore, Tom Ellis would be confuse to be there.
Loved the show though I’ve never seen the comics I’ve been watching you videos on it thx
I was so pleasantly surprised how faithful they were to the source material. I also was a bit worried by all the character changes, but I think the actual characters behaved exactly how the comic portrayed them. I am very happy with how this worked out. Just follow the original material and your show will do great (I'm looking at you 'Wheel Of Time' adaption).
They need to keep Tom Ellis away from this series.
Gwendolyn's Lucifer is a lot more similar to the Lucifer from the Sandman comics than the Lucifer's. I prefere that better
The whole female to male white to black thing is going to confuse me 🤦🏽♂️
We needed David Bowie for Lucifer rip
Hopefully they'll continue it.
Yes, I was hoping you’d review this lol
I kept thinking every change would bug me... but then it won me over. I'm a mega fan and this show was one of my fav things ever. This is sorta my LOTR. The casting was so amazing (Even though so many of the changes could have been bad). Death being a black woman could have been terrible (Starfire from Titans was always a catch in my craw)... but it ended up being beyond brilliant. The woman who played Death literally (no joke) brought me to tears multiple times as I watched. She deserves an emmy for her portrayal of a beautiful and caring concept of death that is a gift and not a curse. Likewise, John Dee was possibly the best villain on screen ever... except maybe for old eye-teeth himself who was also great. I have NO complaints against this show. Constantine made more sense like this. This was better than the source for this media in every change. I kinda want a whole show with Coleman as Constantine.
Sandman was already pretty progressive they honestly didn't have to change too much from the comic there are a couple changes I love like death Kirby Baptiste left quite an impression especially when she ripped morpheus a new one i liked rose and jed but Lucien I didn't think need to be race and gender swapped the actress did a great job though I could eventually learn to live with it I wish we got to see more dreams and nightmares and more of the dreaming I love Gwendolyn Christie from game of thrones though lucifer seems like a copycat of gabriel from constantine I don't know why they couldn't just have a lucifer crossover with tom ellis johanna constantine is gorgeous but I was really hoping to see John constantine but that's just my opinion
They probably have legal issues from use NIL of recently used DC characters. Just chalk it up to legal.
I loved it😍
I honestly really enjoyed the adaptation a lot, the only thing I would of liked better is if Tom Ellis played Lucifer, say what you will about his show but I feel he really brings the character to life.
That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy the actor who did play Lucifer in this series she was really good,
I just would of preferred Tom Ellis myself. I get why they didn’t want to use him though.
I strangely enough liked Lucienne the most throughout the show, which was weird for me cause I never really found him interesting in the comic.
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Could you really see Tom Ellis playing this Lucifer? He's a fine actor, and I'm sure he could have pulled it of admirably, but he would have had to play Lucifer completely different from the Lucifer he played in the past.
@@jamesbaker7440 They could have and should have, in my opinion, casted Tom Ellis as Lucifer. Same continuity, same character, he’s met John Constantine in the arrow verse cross over when they went to earth 666. This is presumably the earth Lucifer likes to play around in while simultaneously being a multiversal being. Nevertheless, that Lucifer is very literally the same Lucifer that was based off of David Bowie from the comics and is owned by NETFLIX. It would’ve made sense seeing as how you literally pointed out that in the COMIC Lucifer was so popular he got his own COMIC. The man appearing in the SHOW who already had his own SHOW in the same multiverse would’ve made my limbs fly off my body. It also would’ve been chronologically accurate when considering when the Lucifer series took place, 2018 and beyond, as compared to when the comic took place, the 80’s and prior. Lucifer would not have had his character changing arc that we see in his TV series and it would’ve made sense for his personality to be the exact same as it was in the sandman comic. Would’ve been amazing
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@@samaelclarke4279 Not at all the same character. Do you really see Ellis' Lucifer as inspired by David Bowie? Doesn't Christie's Lucifer come much closer (Christie, like Bowie came off as androgynous. Ellis was awesome, but he was anything but androgynous).
I enjoyed it. They did stay true to the comic which was nice.
I have watched the comic series from your channel sir.
Now I am watching TV series 😀
Would love to see a Planetary recap one of these days.
I did not know the source material, I just saw few pictures from it, but this show literaly hit everything I love about fantasy, I love it!
Only problem I had - I kinda though Lucienne and Rose Walkers aunt were kind of bad actors, but other then that...
Lucienne's actress was previously a substitute teacher before acting but I thought she did a decent job.
i really enjoyed sandman but im still praying for American gods season 4
Did not like the last arc with the vortex it felt too slow, the rest of the show I liked alot.
I don’t mind the gender and race swaps. What bothered me is that the Endless look too much like normal humans most of the time. In my mind, they should look ALMOST human. That’s what made the character designs so iconic.
I really liked the comic. That being said… even though they did a good job on being faithful to the comics… it just didn’t hit like the comic. It’s a hard read even in comic form, and I think whatever they did with it, it was going to be a hard translation to pull off. The actor did fine job, but I just had a hard time connecting with him. I really wish they would have left Constantine true to character also. They had a fine line to walk… either change it up and piss off comic fans, or stay true like they did and hope it translates well… but maybe not add anything new to the mythos
Make a video about what to expect for season two. Particularly I think they’ll dive into the story of her girlfriend that is imprisoned in hell.
They basically 1 for 1 adapt the comic so I assume whatever is in volume 3-5 is a possibility. Although Netflix still hasn’t confirmed a season 2, I wonder what they are waiting on, as far as I can tell it seems big enough a hit for an S2.
Shout out to Rob he point me on the super niche narrating/ review thing still ain't sure what to call it 🤔 it's dope thou 👌🏿