The Sandman
 

Official trailer.

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I wasnt sure if I would care for this or not, that trailer pretty much confirms the 'not' part.

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Well I had little else left to watch, so I went ahead and gave this a shot anyway.

I've watched the first two episodes, I have to say that so far its been better than I expected [esp from the trailer].

I'm going to carry on with it for now, and if it continues to be ok, I'll likely watch all ten.

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I had the same thought as you from the trailer, the actual series so far seems worlds apart. Watched 4 episodes so far and enjoying it.

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Half way through and it seems to be tying up story arcs quite quickly. Gonna have a break now cuz it makes my head hurt haha

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Finished it last night, a couple of slow eps in the middle, but pretty good overall, I hope we get a 2nd season.

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Nice visuals and something different, but marred by the usual recent problem.

Woke rant you can choose to ignore by not clicking;

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Like most of these series, I have never seen the comic/book/whatever to compare with.

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I’ve watched 1st two episodes so far and I’m suitably impressed to press on watching the rest.

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Whether its true or not I cannot say, but I did read that the change of constantine was down to rights issues with the character.

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Bit more about that here…

https://screenrant.com/why-john-cons...n-the-sandman/

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Defo interesting after reading Hugh's link.

My point still stands though as they could have replaced him with a great grandson or something but in this series it seems they only would have considered a female or PoC and then a good chance they were LBQT+ for most characters.

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Why? There already was a Joanna Constantine as an ancestor.

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There was also Jack Constantine, Harry Constantine, George Constantine, James Constantine, Charles Constantine, Hugh Constantine, William Constantine, Frank Constantine, Thomas Constantine, Jack Constantine, Saul Constantine and Adam Constantine as ancestors which they could have chosen.

Why were they not chosen as existing ancestors?

Watch the series and you will see that it was written and casted based on the woke options first. Token straight male for a few odd roles with them not being likeable characters.

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I have watched the series. I'm hoping for a season 2 as well.

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0So you know what I said is true and correct as well as now knowing there was many male ancestors they could have chosen ;)

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I already knew there were male ancestors they could have picked. I also think that Jenna Coleman was a good choice she can bring a different dynamic to the roll going forward.

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Then your comment about choosing Joanna because she is an 'existing ancestor' makes no sense. Just sayin ;)

It was that comment that lead us here. You obviously just want to argue for arguments sake so i'll stop now, unless you do actually come up with a good counter argument for what I said.

I'm not arguing that the series is not good as I said but pointing out it really is massively over the top woke might help some decide if they want to watch it if that stuff grinds on them after the recent gender swapping, misandry, LBGQT+, blackwashing virtue signalling avalanche from film and media.

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My ultimate conclusion is it could have been better.

It had some nice visuals and scene settings while also being different.

The casting I think let it down and the story got a bit iffy as the series progressed with the dialogue going downhill too. Things seemed to randomly happen that had no plot advancement or character development. They could probably have made this a movie rather than a series.

Vanesu Samunyai wasn't a good choice for Rose IMO and it didn't help she wasn't given good lines either. The character she played seem real bland.

It was different and visual enough for some to overlook all its downfalls I guess. Everything Everywhere All at Once had some similar ideas and concepts (different dimensions instead of dreams) but was so much better because of good writing/pace/casting/everything else.

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Apparently a 2 part bonus episode has just dropped.

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Hmm, so it appears, I'll probably catch up with that over the weekend.