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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:I think ALL of World's End gets ditched. Even "Cerements"? 'Cause that one sets up the opening of "The Wake", with the Necropolis Litharge, and the ceremonies for the death of one of the Endless.
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I'd consider World's End essential, but I suspect Netflix producers would consider it "one entire season with an all new premise and cast and the established main cast only in cameos are you insane". might work as a one-off movie-length anthology inbetween seasons
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Aug 5, 2022 10:10
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Gotta say, I'm really liking Jenna Coleman's Constantine.
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Really enjoyed the first episode (didn't realise this was a DC thing), but why the gently caress did they out a sizzle reel spoiling plot and visuals at the end? I can't recall ever watching a show with "this season on" at the end with a bunch of poo poo from the show. I'm sure it's neither here nor there but I watched the episode, if the episode worked I'm going to watch more.
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Just watched 4 eps of this and I am loving it. Never read the original and don’t know much about the world but I love angels demon mythology stuff
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cptn_dr posted:Gotta say, I'm really liking Jenna Coleman's Constantine. Yeah, she’s surprisingly good. Everyone and everything in this show seems to be going above and beyond expectations. Also, they had the random priest be a gender-swapped Ric the Vic. Now that’s a Hellblazer deep dive.
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JBP posted:(didn't realise this was a DC thing)
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Bug Squash posted:The first few sandman comics were wild when they weren't quite secure in being their own thing yet, and the Martian Manhunter just straight up shows up at one point. Twice; once at the beginning, and once at the end with Superman and Batman.
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So, it's good then? Dammit, am I going to have to renew my Netflix subscription after I cancelling it earlier this year...
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Aug 5, 2022 15:47
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Does the finished thing still look like it has slime all over the lens?
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Watched the first four episodes. Enjoying it so far but found the first episode to be a little slow.
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Watched the first episode figuring that would be enough, ended up going through the first five I enjoyed it so much!  I'm sure it's great to be in demand, but I had to laugh thinking about how poor Charles Dance probably gets calls saying,"So we have a character who is a terrible loving father, just the dirt worst, a real piece of poo poo rear end in a top hat prick.... and we immediately thought of you!"
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Currently sitting at 88% on RT. Not quite The Bear, but doing well. Biggest common gripe I've seen from critics is "I've read the comics and it does a great job of adapting the comics but it doesn't transcend the comics" which is....well, OK, it's really hard to just do a good adaptation and I'm fine with it just being a really good adaptation. The other is "pacing slow" but that's also comics accurate. Jaxyon fucked around with this message at 18:59 on Aug 5, 2022 |
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Aug 5, 2022 18:56
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Jerusalem posted:Watched the first episode figuring that would be enough, ended up going through the first five I enjoyed it so much! You forgot "... and you get ignominiously killed by your younger son who you always hated because he wasn't like your older son who was a military man".
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cptn_dr posted:Gotta say, I'm really liking Jenna Coleman's Constantine. There were some interesting changes from the comic there, primarily not letting her be 110% dirtbag in the same way John Constantine was. Also, some of the blocking and directing choices seemed to be indicating that they want to leave the door open for a possible romance arc. Which I guess could work if you wanted her to replace Thessaly if/when they get around to A Game of You.
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I would watch a Johanna Constantine with Jenna spin-off (which according to Neil has been the thing most wanted by fans so far).
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Aug 5, 2022 20:28
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24 Hours and Sound of her Wings are a one-two punch of some goddamn great television. I knew what was going to happen and I still squirmed a bunch during 24 Hours. Poor Bette. Every single cast member is giving this their all, but David Thewlis is just loving phenomenal as John Dee. Holy poo poo.
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Aug 5, 2022 20:35
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Many tears were shed during Sound of Her Wings, both sad and happy.
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Not immediately convinced by episode 1, I must say. It certainly is strongly simplified, to the point where I can't help but feel it's diminished. Everything that didn't make the TV transition was something unique to Sandman whose absence is felt, and everything they inserted for TV struck me as very standard fantasy drama fare. "Eternal sleep" is just lame compared to the source. We're not getting the whole idea of how monstrous Dream really can be. It would have been such a good scene too. But there certainly is still plenty of stuff that I definitely want to see what they made of it.
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Uh, why is Constantine a girl now?
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Orc Priest posted:Uh, why is Constantine a girl now? HBO Max wants to make a Constantine series.
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Orc Priest posted:Uh, why is Constantine a girl now? Adnor posted:HBO Max wants to make a Constantine series. Also Keanu was busy (somewhere in the dreaming library hd-dvd section theres probably a Sandman series with Keanu as Morpheus).
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Orc Priest posted:Uh, why is Constantine a girl now? Because the character's ancestor shows up a couple of times in flashbacks and they decided to just use the same actor for it. (Also because HBO Max is/was working on a regular Constantine series)
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Adnor posted:HBO Max wants to make a Constantine series. Hasn't been cancelled yet? HBO max is no longer making anything.
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Collateral posted:Hasn't been cancelled yet? HBO max is no longer making anything. Who knows!
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Man if only HBO had a history of executives cancelling excellent original series and then coming back and finding out that was a bad idea.
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Jaxyon posted:Man if only HBO had a history of executives cancelling excellent original series and then coming back and finding out that was a bad idea. This isn't HBO executives doing anything, this is the CEO of Discovery Channel deciding that scripted shows suck, and reality TV is best way to take over the streaming market.
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Just finished ep1 and this is everything I could want. Loving it and I imagine I'll binge it overnight And I just finished before listening to the Act 2 of the audiobook. Highly recommend to listen to both. Very well done
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Watched the first three episodes and it's great so far!My Lovely Horse posted:Not immediately convinced by episode 1, I must say. It certainly is strongly simplified, to the point where I can't help but feel it's diminished. Everything that didn't make the TV transition was something unique to Sandman whose absence is felt, and everything they inserted for TV struck me as very standard fantasy drama fare. "Eternal sleep" is just lame compared to the source. We're not getting the whole idea of how monstrous Dream really can be. It would have been such a good scene too. But there certainly is still plenty of stuff that I definitely want to see what they made of it. I think the show changed it because the son character wasn't a complete rear end in a top hat in the show. I'm sure the whole never ending nightmare thing is going to happen at some point in the show, it's such a memorable part of the comic. Joe Chill fucked around with this message at 01:44 on Aug 6, 2022 |
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The adaptation of Men Of Good Fortune was perfect. Which is great because that was my favorite story.
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First ep was slow, but well done. This should be good
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Adnor posted:The adaptation of Men Of Good Fortune was perfect. Which is great because that was my favorite story. Yea that combined with Sound of Her Wings made episode 6 my favorite of the show. I think the first half of the series was stronger than the second half (besides episode 6) because those episodes had self contained stories in the scope of the larger story which gave it more momentum and a stronger pace, whereas since 7-10 is just one main story (or rather several interlocking stories) that take place over a few episodes the pace could drag a bit. Though it wasn’t that bad, and pretty inevitable. Still felt it was an extremely well done adaptation of both books though. Bring on season 2!
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The Walrus posted:First ep was slow, but well done. This should be good  I had a lot of mixed feelings about this going in but I was impressed so far, the adaptations they made all make sense and feel very natural. I do notice that they seem to be setting up Dream to be less of a monster going in: Alex did more to deserve his punishment and still got a less harsh punishment. Will be interesting to see how that carries through, threading the needle of Dream's flawed character was one of the things I was most worried about so I think there's room to tone that down a bit without really watering down the story's themes.
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As of episode 4, at least, Dream is an immense rear end in a top hat — the Nada plot seems unchanged. Eternal damnation for your ex because she defied you is a real dick move. Also in episode 4, David Thewlis is really doing an incredible job as John Dee.
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I feel like season 2 could be Season of Mists with Dream Country stories every 2 episodes or so.
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Loving Patton as Matthew
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Digital Jedi posted:Loving Patton as Matthew I accidentally watched the "coming up this season on Sandman!" at the end of episode 1, which was a terrible idea that showed off way too much, but I have to say that their choice of coverage of Matthew in that had me cringing when he finally showed up, but he was way, way, way better as a character than how they chose to showcase him in that preview.
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i like this show big thumbs up want to go back in time and sit in the goth club again with an ankh around my neck
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Episode 6 has definitely been a highlight so far. Although it does feel like how it is two separate stories that have been crammed together.
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