Netflix Responds To Sandman Aspect Ratio Criticisms & Explains Choice
After facing backlash, Netflix responds to criticisms of The Sandman’s aspect ratio. The Sandman is a Netflix fantasy series based on the popular graphic novels by Neil Gaiman. Its cast includes Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, John Cameron Mitchell, Niamh Walsh, Patton Oswalt, David Thewlis, and Jenna Coleman. The Sandman comics had faithful fans for years, so the series was much-anticipated.
When the trailer for The Sandman came out, opinions were split. While the fantasy landscape of the Realm of Dreaming displayed a high level of production design, some people found the images in the trailer to look distorted, leading some to question whether there was something odd going on with the show’s aspect ratio. When The Sandman season 2 was released in full by Netflix on August 5, some viewers were surprised to find that this funky-looking aspect ratio was not just a fault of an insufficient trailer, but carried throughout the entire series. Some wondered whether this choice was intentional on the part of the creative team, in order to render a version of the distorted reality of the Realm of Dreaming, or alternatively if this was merely a poor choice on the part of The Sandman’s makers.
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Netflix addresses this debate about the aspect ratio. According to Variety, a Netflix spokesperson revealed that this aspect ratio was in fact an intentional choice. The spokesperson mentioned that the visual choices were made to render “surreal” environments to create the Realm of Dreaming, stating the following:
“As you’ll note many of the environments are surreal in the series and we often say it’s quite what a dream would feel like.”
With this statement, Netflix finally
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