The Sandman (2022– )
10/10
Amazing, and gets the soul of the comic across delightfully well (edited)
7 August 2022
(See addendum below) 4 episodes in, very happy - In truth it would so far be 9/10, but there are so many "agenda" low reviews that I feel it my duty to offset them with a 10. So far very satisfied with the adaptation, and as it follows the comics quite closely we all know that the first story arcs are just the story learning to walk. There is so much good to come, and already it's evident that they will be able to pull it off. The end of e4 was amazing, can't wait to continue tonight!

Edit: I've now watched it all. From the end of e4 to e6 was the high point (e5 one of the best things I've ever watched and e6 was just as beautiful as on the page), but it was all worthwile so the 10/10 stays. And yes, I love the comics since the 90's - not 100% on all of the remixing of Doll's House (e7-10) but in the end it worked and setup the second season perfectly. I'll repeat, the first 2 books were just the series finding its direction. There's going to be some amazing stuff going forward, I'm sure (as the comics got exponentially better and the team has proved they can adapt them)!

(Oh, and from the weird comments by alleged comic fans: IMHO all the substituted "appearances" of the cast worked perfectly. As far as their altered "preferences", maybe re-read the second book?)
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