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So, I'd never even heard of Tom Sturridge before this show, and I remember thinking, "What a peculiar looking actor" when I first saw him. They cast perfectly because he is so gauntly aligned to the role. I almost want him to star in a The Cure biopic after this. And now I hope to see him in the future in some role that is completely antithetical to Dream.

I called in sick.

I just had a iced coffee.

I'm here with you all waiting for the drop.

I've been a bit caught up in all the stuff we didn't get.

Ramadan, Emperor Norton, Lady Bast, World's End and oh so many other stories and characters...

But after watching it all I'm really happy for what we did get (especially A Dream of a Thousand Cats).

And Sandman has always been a story about stories. And stories are rarely told the same way twice. We just got another version, it's both the Sandman and something else.

Even more importantly, I'm really glad we got and ending. A story needs a good ending.

How do I expect to get through work knowing this is about to drop 😭

I HAVE TO KNOW ONCE AND FOR ALL WHO WILL BE PLAYING [spoiler]

Thank you to whomever made this series possible.

Amazing cast, specially Tom Sturridge, beyond acting.

Sure it had it’s ups and downs, felt too short and rushed, but had incredible moments and it touched me.

Will watch again.

🥀 You can be me when I’m gone.

The countdown the official Sandman twitter is doing right now omg

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😂 I'm going to be asleep likely by 2am central time when this drops. Boo :(. 

Not sure yet if I want to stay up and only clock 3 hours of sleep (I'd prefer 4-5 hours of sleep lol)  to at least watch the first episode (I'm dying to see who will play mother night if they included that bit....) or go to sleep soon and wake up at 3am and watch at least 2 episodes before my kids wake up lol. 

Or just watch on my phone again through the day as I can ...

Decisions to make here 🤔. 

Also plex messed with me yesterday and showed time and night ep available to watch but it was alien's Romulus mix up. (I was finishing my rewatch of s2v1 on the big TV lol and was like ohhhh clicks!  I feel like I got Rick rolled by my own Telly; especially when I was emotional lol) 

One perk about living Australia: though sometimes we get things late, sometimes we get things early - already watching finale! 👌👌

I don't know where to put this and this is just tiny gripe, but it really just about the stories we tell ourselves ,isn't it? Lyta was super antagonistic towards Morpheus because she only seen him as taking away things from her when she wouldn't have her husband the second time and her baby at all if without that iteration of the Dream King in the first place.

I haven’t gotten to the tenth and eleventh episodes yet, but what I do have to say so far is that this is definitely miles above what Volume 1 had to offer. It may not be all perfect, but damn have I been having a good time with the episodes so far.

I want to not binge it because I know the is the last of it, I want to take my time and the first episode hit me really hard, full sad wet cat mode. But I’m probably gonna binge it and spend all night sobbing

Is that his wife? (Orpheus mother?) also Nada?

Kinda disappointed Lucifer didn’t attend the funeral

The parents also lol

I loved the hell out of this, regardless of how rushed it was. It's a crime we didn't get a full four or five seasons out of this. It's just so wonderfully well done.

I've come to realize that while I love the Sandman universe, both the comics and the TV show -- I kind of fucking hate Dream's character in the show, even though he's being portrayed very beautifully by Sturridge.

Most of the time he's really not an agent, he's always just reacting to the plot happening at him. His entourage is constantly going "what will you do now, my lord?" to which the answer is usually "Mope" or "Go to the waking world to react to the plot, only to come back and sit on my big boy chair to attend some vaguely described duties". And that's the thing, for all his declaration about his duties, they don't really play any part in the plot.

Can’t believe I have to wait three hours, i thought it would be up by 12am

Oh god I’m not ready 😭

That was awesome. inevitably sad, but still awesome.

I have loved this series 2, Vol1 & Vol2....

I personally loved the series however once again (I don't know how many times this has to be said) stop comparing TV adapters with written media counterparts.

No TV show will ever be able to copy their written counterparts.

The only limit when using the written word is your imagination.

Unfortunately when making a TV Show there are a multiple of limits, the biggest being cost.

If you were to make a piece of Visual Media that was 100 true to the source then you would need multiple series and probably close to a hundred episodes.

The clue is the name "ADAPTION"

When it comes to adaption and this has been true for decades, you are always best to treat the two as separate entities.

Sandman the TV Adaption was brilliant and was true to the heart of the source material.

To discount it because x character wasn't in, or there should of been more of this character, why didn't they do this story line etc etc is ridiculous.

Oh another I want to make, before asking a question actually trying watching it without your phone stuck to your face because OMG!!! the amount of questions I have seen can all be answered if you just actually pay attention to what is happening...

Then we have media literacy.. have people become so unable to piece things together without having to have everything be explained in great detail to them like they are 5 yrs old?

Just remember, stop expecting adaption to be a carbon copy of the source material, actually pay attention to what is happening and if there is something you don't understand, think it through, it isn't the complicated.

Started seeing this girl, she and I watched the first couple episodes and she left so I thought that was all, cool asf that she watched it with me. We’re coming up on season 2 (she’s watching sporadically without me) and she asked for me to wait to watch the bonus episode with her 🥹 I think I’ve fallen in love

This is all missing the human touch and emotional side of the comic.

Kindly Ones is heartbreaking because you spend so much time with Lyta. That one chapter of her raising Daniel and going through the very suspenseful job interview with Lucifer is haunting and the ending shocking, then her slow downfall is so real. All of that is missing.

Thanks for making discussion threads mods

so is Daniel Hall gonna be the last Dream of the Endless? Or is there gonna be someone after him? I didn't read the comics so thank you if someone will answer<3<3<3

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I never got gay couple vibes from Puck and Loki from the graphic novel... was I missing something? Did Gaiman always intend their dynamic to have that layer of subtext and I just missed it all those years ago?

That was… really good 🥹

I feel so empty now that the show is over!😩

Anyone else think Odin looks just like Sir Terry Pratchett?

Isn't Daniel hall in the comics white? When did he get race swapped?

Is this over now? :(

Why Trust Loki with the Task to Bring Daniel? Knowing full well Loki will mess it Up?  Why not Task it to someone else?

I just finished the finale and I am left so unsatisfied, here are some things-
- The Pace - The show is written in a way that it wastes so much screentime on dialogues that are not needed or even conversations, like when delirium comes to visit Dream for the last time, so much dialogue and screentime is wasted in that scene, while your baby is getting burned on fire and no one is stopping it. I literally watched the last 2 -3 episodes on 1.5x speed as there were so many uselessly long conversations without any depth, and they are not even taking the story forward.
- Storyline - The plot spins its wheels without getting anywhere. Every arc started with promise but fizzled out without resolution. Naula's story and her trying to build an army, or her frustrations with the faeries, no conculsion. Same goes for other storylines like orpheus, lots of struggles and no good outcomes. Even it felt so stupid when destiny opened its book to reveal that it was empty, like gurl you trynna pretend you are a know-it-all when you just build hype for no reason.

And most of the characters playing god are just useless. It's quite frustrating, like your child is being burned on fire or getting his head cut off and you are just sulking in your palace saying you have too many responsibilities but also leaving the moment you are needed for any of those responsibilities.

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it was so good what was that even

I didn't realize that season 2 will connect with the story in season 1. I guess the story of Dream will come into full circle with his redemption. Just finished episode 8. Haha

Even though i’m sad that we didn’t get the side stories, i loved what they did with the kindly ones arc, it felt a bit rushed to me in the comics, this version was better paced and i loved the extra material (i’m assuming from the overture?) they have added.

Why do we need Daniel to take the role as new dream?  The way i understand it and after some research dream is just an aspect. He can be killed but the entity of dreams can not. So, could this Entity not just create a new dream? 

Why all of a sudden do we need a Baby or basically a living being to Take om the role? 

So, his Sandman now death - and did He Go to some Kind of Afterlife? Or was He reborn as the new Dream + fused with Daniel?

Can someone kill the fates?  And why could they not kill Sandman and instead attacked the dream realm?

I think they also cheated their role when they lied to be activated. They basically destroyed the life of a Baby and his mother for their own Goals. Should they be punished too?

But then they also killed so many innocent beings.

Kind Off feels Like they Had a Personal Problem with dream

Why was Odin not angry at dream for freeing loki?

Who is the old woman who helped start the vengeance against morpheus?

Excellent Show. The Daniel's actor is spot on. It was a great idea to make him black. Improvement for sure from the old Dream.

I would have liked a third season.  If there was more...

Does anyone know if s2 is the end of the comics or did they just skip to the end ? 

Did we lose alot ... I've not seen them but I like the show. 

i dont understand the ending for Season 2 with Colin Morgan. The entire episode doesnt seem very relevant to The Sandman.

I feel so lost now this is series has ended :( Was so good and I feel like the cast were perfect!

Anyone any other suggestions similar to the Sandman that can scratch that itch?

Remember when Daniel was having a conversation with the grass guy he said you could reincarnate him but then his death would have been for nothing

oof. well that was hot trash. what a let down compared to S1. probably will be downvoted into oblivion but that was not good.

Season 2 is jist pure disappointment

I feel like a major theme is reversed. 

The show affirms Morpheus' dedication to following the rules and adhering to duty and responsibility. 

In the comic his resistance to changing seemed more like his tragic flaw (in the classical sense- a virtue in excess in the wrong circumstances). He could have chosen fir himself but he chose to follow the rules and maintain his duty instead.

Also, I find that the show was so much clearer in its magic rules and consequences are established up front. I don't think that was always a good thing.

Things that had been mysteries were revealed up front and the show skips sections of ambiguity. Morpheus is a lot more distant in the comics- even in the stories about him. The show tells us exactly what the consequences for his actions are

in general i liked the series, i really digged the chill vibe - they really got that dreamy vibe going. it was kinda relaxing to watch.

i got lost a bit in plot and characters after all that time, hard to remember the first season. it's a problem in general with these huge breaks between season for all modern short series. too often i caught myself thinking "who was that? i suppose to know him/her"

some story lines just felt open, even in the middle of the series. morpheus and that elf girl really seemed attached when she was to go back to the fairy realm, but it was like she just arrived - that felt off. and there was more stuff that was just scratched on the way. don't know if it gets deeper in the comics and they just scramed it in.

anyway, sad it is already ending. i liked the world and the characters. got fond of Delirium. also seeing Clara... ehm ... Johana was nice and interesting, though i feel they shoved in too many romantic relations and could have done more beyond that for the characters.

Neat little detail. S2 E7 when Dream releases the elf to her realm and walks past her. His shoulder passes through her shoulder and you hear a faint sand swish :)

I've just started to find this show a little boring. It's a rich story but so slow. Delirium cute tho.

Yo it was dope ASF can't wait for season 3!!!!!

So Daniel can bring back morpheus. Does that mean old dream is in some Kind of Afterlife?  But i thought He fused with Daniel to become the new Dream 

Why do the fates Not directly kill Dream? And instead destroy the dreamworld? Death is saying to dream why not come Back again - but with the dreamworld being destroyed the mortal world is in danger again. So, i am not sure what she thinks Dream can do.

Does one of you have Sophie Rains Spider-Man video