The show is divided into two halves.
Episodes 1 - 6 is introducing Dream, the world and his quest to get his three items of power back.
The second half 7 - 10 is the vortex story from the comics.
I've read the comics & listened to the audiobook, which is why I have mixed feelings about the show.
The effects are grand, especially for a TV series. A lot of money and effort was poured into the show... but the writing, I struggled to get past the first arc and that turned out to be the GOOD part of the show!
Neil Gaiman's writing is razer sharp, his world building is mind-blowing complex but easy to follow. Yet the writers of the show thought they could make it "cooler" by dulling the edges and dumbing it down!
I see people complaining about lucifer being a woman, who cares! I'm more annoyed that the RULER OF HELL themselves is taking orders from a minion of his! You entertain a king, a king does not put on a performance for you. Same with Dream, his own creations are bossing him around. Someone thought "wouldn't it be cool if this happened! I always thought if this character said or did this it would have been even better." and just went ahead with it regardless if it made sense within context.
I can't say this isn't Sandman, I can say this is a lot of subpar Sandman Fanfic though. When they keep in the lines and actions from Neil Gaiman it's amazing, more so compared with the very next scene of bland writing.
This one is a sample of what the real thing is. Get the audiobook if you want a good show with characters that larger than life.
Episodes 1 - 6 is introducing Dream, the world and his quest to get his three items of power back.
The second half 7 - 10 is the vortex story from the comics.
I've read the comics & listened to the audiobook, which is why I have mixed feelings about the show.
The effects are grand, especially for a TV series. A lot of money and effort was poured into the show... but the writing, I struggled to get past the first arc and that turned out to be the GOOD part of the show!
Neil Gaiman's writing is razer sharp, his world building is mind-blowing complex but easy to follow. Yet the writers of the show thought they could make it "cooler" by dulling the edges and dumbing it down!
I see people complaining about lucifer being a woman, who cares! I'm more annoyed that the RULER OF HELL themselves is taking orders from a minion of his! You entertain a king, a king does not put on a performance for you. Same with Dream, his own creations are bossing him around. Someone thought "wouldn't it be cool if this happened! I always thought if this character said or did this it would have been even better." and just went ahead with it regardless if it made sense within context.
I can't say this isn't Sandman, I can say this is a lot of subpar Sandman Fanfic though. When they keep in the lines and actions from Neil Gaiman it's amazing, more so compared with the very next scene of bland writing.
This one is a sample of what the real thing is. Get the audiobook if you want a good show with characters that larger than life.