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shadowkat1. Finished watching The Sandman on Netflix, and a quarter of the way through Act II : Sandman - Audiobook. I just finished "Seasons of Mists" and am now on the section of stand-a-lone prequels.
John Scalzi does a half way decent review of The Sandman HERE .
His quibbles are different than mine. I didn't notice the film stock and don't notice Netflix having a different production style than any other streaming. My eye-sight is either not that good or I just don't care?
Also, I like Sturridge better in the role of Dream than he did, and dare I admit that Gwen Christie bugged me a little in the role of Lucifer? (Possibly because I found the non-binary Lucifer in the comics aesthetically appealing and kind of hot, and Christie doesn't do it for me. I'm heterosexual and big women just well, remind me of me. I would have preferred the actor who played Desire play Lucifer or someone like him? Lucifer in the comics was patterned after David Bowie. Shame David Bowie couldn't play him or Tilda Swinton for that matter. I feel bad that I didn't like her in it more than I did. It's not Ellis that I miss, it's well, David Bowie or someone like him that I miss in the role. )
At any rate - for me the one weak link in the casting was Lucifer - no, not because of the gender flip, but because I envision someone more lean, and androgynous in the role. But I'm hand-waving it.
I thought they did a tremendous job of bringing an extremely difficult to adapt series to the screen. The Sandman comics read like an anthology series. With various small stories circulating around the Endless. Gaiman kind of writes like that - he creates a central cypher character, and then builds on the characters around them, often more into the details of his world than the central character. This makes his work hard to adapt to the screen. They were able to do it here, by getting rid of the DC references, focusing on Dream's journey and the problems he has to resolve. And centering the action around Dream as the central point of view character.
That said, they do feel the need to keep in odd bits that I honestly thought wouldn't be in there. So the adaptation is amazingly close to the original. There is very little that's not in there. The original is not more imaginative than this version. (I know because I've been re-reading it, and listening to the audiobook version around the same time.)
Dream is about the same in both. Exactly the same. I actually like him better in the series, he's more relatable, and appealing than he was in the comics or audiobook.
At any rate - I give it a solid A. And highly recommend to anyone who likes Dark Fantasy, mythology, and noirish tales. It's very progressive in both story and casting, so in that way, somewhat subversive of the noir theme.
**
2. Difficult day. People keep asking How I'm doing, and I'm never sure how to respond. Often it's with laughter, which kind of bewilders them.
Work?
As my coworker put it - "having troubles figuring out which way is up?"
Yep. To such a degree that I forgot to take my medication this morning. I'm becoming forgetful and feel kind of lost and confused at the moment, like I'm stumbling about in the dark.
And the grief...it hits me at unexpected times. This morning it hit me, and I found myself struggling not to cry at my desk. I chewed on a CBD gummy to cheer myself up. It worked. Sort of.
3. I've given up on three romance novels in a row, now. I'm trying Spin the Dawn - Blood of Stars, Book 1 - which I'd gotten dirt cheap several months ago on a Kindle Daily Deal.
We'll see if I stick with it.
Am making progress on the audiobook front. About quarter of the way through Neil Gaimen's The Sandman, Act II. I have a love/hate relationship with this author. I either love his books, or find them tiresome. It depends.
I did not like American Gods. And Neverwhere kind of annoyed me. But I loved Ocean at the End of the Lane, the comic Blood Orchid, and for the most part The Sandman, and The Books of Magic. I am not, however, fond of 1619 - a reimagining of the Marvel Universe. Couldn't get through it at all.
I think Gaimen is best when he's making up his own characters, then relying too heavily on others. Also, he has a dry wit - at times biting.
I like how he writes though - it's poetic. And not overly flowerly or dry. I read contracts for a living, so I can't read dry academic styles without going to sleep. If you read contracts for a living - you wouldn't be able to either - they would feel like stereo instructions.
I require a kind of sardonic rhythm or poetry to my prose.
John Scalzi does a half way decent review of The Sandman HERE .
His quibbles are different than mine. I didn't notice the film stock and don't notice Netflix having a different production style than any other streaming. My eye-sight is either not that good or I just don't care?
Also, I like Sturridge better in the role of Dream than he did, and dare I admit that Gwen Christie bugged me a little in the role of Lucifer? (Possibly because I found the non-binary Lucifer in the comics aesthetically appealing and kind of hot, and Christie doesn't do it for me. I'm heterosexual and big women just well, remind me of me. I would have preferred the actor who played Desire play Lucifer or someone like him? Lucifer in the comics was patterned after David Bowie. Shame David Bowie couldn't play him or Tilda Swinton for that matter. I feel bad that I didn't like her in it more than I did. It's not Ellis that I miss, it's well, David Bowie or someone like him that I miss in the role. )
At any rate - for me the one weak link in the casting was Lucifer - no, not because of the gender flip, but because I envision someone more lean, and androgynous in the role. But I'm hand-waving it.
I thought they did a tremendous job of bringing an extremely difficult to adapt series to the screen. The Sandman comics read like an anthology series. With various small stories circulating around the Endless. Gaiman kind of writes like that - he creates a central cypher character, and then builds on the characters around them, often more into the details of his world than the central character. This makes his work hard to adapt to the screen. They were able to do it here, by getting rid of the DC references, focusing on Dream's journey and the problems he has to resolve. And centering the action around Dream as the central point of view character.
That said, they do feel the need to keep in odd bits that I honestly thought wouldn't be in there. So the adaptation is amazingly close to the original. There is very little that's not in there. The original is not more imaginative than this version. (I know because I've been re-reading it, and listening to the audiobook version around the same time.)
Dream is about the same in both. Exactly the same. I actually like him better in the series, he's more relatable, and appealing than he was in the comics or audiobook.
At any rate - I give it a solid A. And highly recommend to anyone who likes Dark Fantasy, mythology, and noirish tales. It's very progressive in both story and casting, so in that way, somewhat subversive of the noir theme.
**
2. Difficult day. People keep asking How I'm doing, and I'm never sure how to respond. Often it's with laughter, which kind of bewilders them.
Work?
As my coworker put it - "having troubles figuring out which way is up?"
Yep. To such a degree that I forgot to take my medication this morning. I'm becoming forgetful and feel kind of lost and confused at the moment, like I'm stumbling about in the dark.
And the grief...it hits me at unexpected times. This morning it hit me, and I found myself struggling not to cry at my desk. I chewed on a CBD gummy to cheer myself up. It worked. Sort of.
3. I've given up on three romance novels in a row, now. I'm trying Spin the Dawn - Blood of Stars, Book 1 - which I'd gotten dirt cheap several months ago on a Kindle Daily Deal.
We'll see if I stick with it.
Am making progress on the audiobook front. About quarter of the way through Neil Gaimen's The Sandman, Act II. I have a love/hate relationship with this author. I either love his books, or find them tiresome. It depends.
I did not like American Gods. And Neverwhere kind of annoyed me. But I loved Ocean at the End of the Lane, the comic Blood Orchid, and for the most part The Sandman, and The Books of Magic. I am not, however, fond of 1619 - a reimagining of the Marvel Universe. Couldn't get through it at all.
I think Gaimen is best when he's making up his own characters, then relying too heavily on others. Also, he has a dry wit - at times biting.
I like how he writes though - it's poetic. And not overly flowerly or dry. I read contracts for a living, so I can't read dry academic styles without going to sleep. If you read contracts for a living - you wouldn't be able to either - they would feel like stereo instructions.
I require a kind of sardonic rhythm or poetry to my prose.