The Sandman Review
For years it was conventional wisdom that an adaptation of The Sandman, the much-celebrated series of graphic novels from Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith, and Mike Dringenberg, would be impossible to properly pull off. The property had remained in development limbo, with one version or another floating around the Hollywood ether, for well over two decades. It would take until 2022 for a Sandman adaptation to finally emerge, and fans will be glad to know it was worth the wait.
Clocking in at 10 episodes, Netflix's The Sandman, which was produced in association with Warner Bros., is an absolute home run of adapting comic book storytelling to screen. The series, which was developed by David S. Goyer (who worked on the Dark Knight Trilogy with Christopher and Jonathan Nolan), Allan Heinberg, and Neil Gaiman himself, nearly perfectly translates the dreamlike (and nightmarish) imagery and storytelling for the screen.
Excited For Sandman? This Neil Gaiman Series Is A Must See
For the uninitiated, The Sandman is a sprawling dark fantasy story that follows the main character, Dream (sometimes known as Morpheus), a being who rules over the world of dreams and nightmares. The story begins when Dream is captured by human occultists and imprisoned for nearly a century, causing untold amounts of damage to humanity and the dream realm. This is the plot of both the first issue of the Sandman comics, as well as the premiere episode.
Each episode that follows sticks very closely to the plot of each issue, with some minor changes made to streamline the story and build a coherent throughline (something required for TV storytelling). These changes to the story, such asintroducing the villainous Corinthian (Boyd Holbrook) right at the beginning, make
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