The Sandman

Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Dream Of A Thousand Cats/Calliope”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Oct 14, 2022 | Television

Here we are again. Despite the first season officially ending with last week’s episode, I still somehow have an hour of The Sandman to trawl through in order to find something to talk about. Given that this is a bonus episode smushing together two of the more interesting single issue stories of the comic, I’m […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Lost Hearts”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Oct 8, 2022 | Television

Well, here we are. The last episode of The Sandman‘s first season. Y’know, not counting the DLC episode we’re covering next week. This is the finale of the main body of Netflix’s The Sandman‘s first (and, likely, only) season and last week I found myself back in the dumps as the show reverted to form […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Collectors”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Oct 1, 2022 | Television

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Look. Listen. I gave this show it’s fair shake. I went in with as open a mind as I, personally, can possibly have about a Netflix live action adaptation of one of the most important comics to me and, yes, it has had its moments of worth, but… woof. […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Playing House”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Sep 23, 2022 | Television

Well, another week has passed and we once again find ourselves ready to look in on Netflix’s The Sandman. I must confess to be rather impressed with how last week’s episode kicked off the show’s adaptation of the comic’s second arc, ‘The Doll’s House,’ which had far more life and energy than much of the […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “The Doll’s House”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Sep 16, 2022 | Television

Hello, and welcome, once again, to our coverage of Netflix’s Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman. After what can only be charitably described as a rocky start, The Sandman finally seemed to find its footing last week in the epilogue cum bridge episode, ‘The Sound Of Her Wings,’ that both introduced us to Dream’s big sister, Death, […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “The Sound Of Her Wings”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Sep 10, 2022 | Television

Well, well, well. Here we are again. After last week’s turn, I have to say that I came away still feeling pretty down on this show. The body of the episode was fantastic, mind you, but that last ten or so minutes once Dream reappeared just sucked all of the wind out of my sails […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “24/7”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Sep 3, 2022 | Television

Welcome, welcome, welcome, one and all, to our continuing coverage of Netflix’s The Sandman. Last week saw Dream and Matthew venture into Hell to challenge Lucifer for Dream’s helm while John Dee hitched a ride with Rosemary to be reunited with his ruby. This week, we’re tackling an episode adapting one of the most infamously […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “A Hope In Hell”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Aug 26, 2022 | Television

It’s time. Putting the three episodes worth of wheel spinning, narrative hand holding and stilted production behind us, this week The Sandman finally kicks into high gear as Dream ventures into Hell and confronts Lucifer Morningstar in order to retrieve his helm, the second of his lost vestments. Right? I mean, right, like that’s how […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Dream A Little Dream Of Me”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Aug 19, 2022 | Television

Mr Sandman, bring me a good episode of your television show. Make it worth watching for about an hour. Give it the attention it needs to be both a good hour of standalone television and an interesting adaptation of the comic book issue it’s using as its inspiration. That’s not too much of an ask, […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Imperfect Hosts”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Aug 13, 2022 | Television

Well, here we are again. I came away from last week’s premiere (I know Netflix dropped this whole season at once, but I only have so much time in the day) of The Sandman more than non-plussed about the whole affair. While it was certainly a serviceable introduction for the masses to the world of […]

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Five Thoughts On The Sandman‘s “Sleep Of The Just”

By august (in the wake of) dawn | Aug 5, 2022 | Television

You know, I never thought we’d be here. I’ve talked about it, on and off, over the years, but let me give you the full history lesson between “The Sandman” and myself before we begin. I first read it at fourteen, firmly in my high school years of awkward adolescence, evolving neurodiversity and burgeoning queerness […]

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