.LacyMB reviews Netflix's ambitious adaptation of neilhimself's landmark comic series TheSandman, which more than does the Lord of Dreams justice.
For decades now, it’s been a generally accepted bit of conventional entertainment wisdom that Neil Gaiman’s landmark serieswas essentially unadaptable. Though various interested parties have been attempting to figure out how to bring some version of this story to the screen since the early 1990s, they all eventually found themselves broken on the rocks of the comic’s epic scope, complex lore, and constantly shifting genres.
This is all to say that I was ready to hate the heck out of Netflix’s lush, extremely expensive-looking new 10-episode adaptation of Gaiman’s seminal work, if only because I’ve spent over half my life waiting for someone to do a live-action version of this story and getting my heart repeatedly broken in the process. And to be clear, Netflix’sisn’t perfect. But, goodness, it’s so, so much more than I ever thought I’d get.
As it seamlessly shifts between time periods, settings, and genres, the show moves from high fantasy to horror and everything in between. Dream’s story doesn’t always unfold in a straight line , and it’s apparent that while he may be this show’s titular lead, he is not always its protagonist. Rather, there’s an ever-present sense that Dream is part and parcel of a much larger and interconnected world, full of hidden corners to explore and new stories to seek out.
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