Neil Gaiman Breaks Down Netflix's 'The Sandman' Official Trailer | Vanity Fair 

If ever there was a time to make it a thing… this is it.

I HIGHLY recommend the audible production of The Sandman. All star cast with Neil Gaiman Narrating. Truly a great mental experience.

Just stick to Audible’s Sandman, which I predict will be found much more interesting.

I would SO watch an extended edition bts commentary reel with Neil! ...just in case the producers read thru comments of VF videos... 🤣

Listen to the Audible books

It’s always amusing when I’m reading the quote while the video plays it at the same time. 😆

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Exactly

Poor thing, you...

@@ed1pk LMAO

he said it as it is!

So is sandman. Who isn’t human so why did they stop at Lucifer why don’t they all make em women. What he says is bracing me up for a lot of women empowerment moment

@@adio8824 go cry about it

@@oryza_citrus ikr. lol

Bowie, when he was a folk singer with a perm.

That means they got it right.... excited.

If he loved it so much why did he make this garbage with Netflix?

@@your_belief_vs_everything pretty simple answer if you put the tiniest bit of thought into it. A better question is - if you hate it so much why bother commenting?

@@your_belief_vs_everything You must be omniscient to already know something no one outside of the creators has ever watched is garbage. I think you just like being negative about anything and everything and no matter how it good it is you'll say the same thing, because for you the complaining is the point.

@@your_belief_vs_everything Have you seen it? what happened? did u like the acting? was the cg good? about the costumes?

Hob Gadling is included in this season.

That's being combined with "The Sound of her Wings" in episode 6.

Maybe we'll finally learn how that joke began haha

That's my favorite chapter too:)

I loved Hob Gadling

This is the same reason why I’m fine with the casting.

Just tired of the devil always being a woman in modern cinema....lol kidding!

My thought too. Also she's so tall, makes her more imposing.

@@gyllenspetzfamily7993 I completely understand, gender-swapping and all that. But when it comes to biblical type characters I can usually just shrug it off. And if Gaiman is cool with it, so am I.

@@nunabisness7191 he genuinely seems happy about it, I think he got the creative control that Pratchett told him he needed. I'm happy for him.

I'm not a writer but still I can tell how magical it would feel, it was the same with the Shadow and Bone director, seeing her walk into her mind and meet her imaginary friends, and then also with the creator or Heartstopper; being so involved in the shooting.

I was thinking that too! You can see how much passion he still holds for the story and how much this means to him.

Every artists dream to see things they create grow beyond them and everyone love them so much that they handle them with care and consideration in the growing.

He's not watching it come to life, he's making it come to life, he directed the show

I want to be part of your story if one day you will get it into a tv show 😊 💯 👍🏼

You should of seen him take on casting haters and Comicsgate. It was awesome.

Have to love British humor...it has those quirks can be hit or miss, but when it hits its a solid smack! Monty Python, Spitting Image, even Benny Hill has something for almost everyone.

His description of Boyd Halbrook lol

@Da T Whats your reasoning?

When I realized she was going to take a baby, it took my breath for a moment. So terrible, so sad. And yet you can't blame her. That's what life is like. I like that the series had no sugarcoating.

Hearing him read one of his stories to you in person is an incredible experience. Go see him live if you possibly can.

I love to listen to Neil's audiobooks where he is reading. It really is so soothing, even when the stories get dark and heavy at times.

Neil Gaiman is the MAN! Love his audiobooks.

Lovely put.

I have every single one of the audiobooks he reads himself, for this exact reason.

It’s not a movie 🙂

@@mattwood1562 I know, but when a majority of superhero shows like this one are starting to get as much if not more money than actual superhero movies to which the only difference is that one has episodes and the other doesn’t, it starts to not matter at all

Have you actually watched the show on Netflix?

@@beowulf1563 have you? It's great

@@beowulf1563 I'm not OP, but yup.

My first introduction to Sandman was fairly recent through the audiobooks, which Neil narrates. After the first chapter I said "who is this narrator, his voice and pace is very soothing". When I looked it up and realized it was the author I was really happy and started checking out all his other works.

Wow. What a great way to be introduced to Neil. I started reading Sandman fairly recently too, and I've loved everything this man has written thus far.

​@@sja3019 listen to everything he narrates! all his books, my recommendation would be the graveyard book or Norse Mythology.

I can’t listen to any of the audiobooks of his he narrates because his voice is so relaxing that I fall asleep.

crazy factoid: audiobooks of his released for the UK don't have him reading because his accent has elided so much since living primarily in America. Good friend of his, Dawn French typically does them.

i love the show, it is slow and felt rushed at some points, but i love it

Not only approves, but is actively involved

The Sandman is peak fiction

Hated the ending though, but wont spoil it here. It is must read.

He's running the show, so I think we're in for a treat - especially if Good Omens is any indication

OF COURSE he does. Netflix paid him millions to do whatever they want to his stories. And made him sign an NDA. He sold out, but let's face it, you'd sell out too if you were offered millions.

he's just putting it out there so he doesn't get cancelled in the future

Even with the show I still want the audiobook series to continue. I love those things 😭

@@dejay9995 same - it's fantastic

@@dejay9995 Part 3 to the Audible series is coming soon. I saw that at Comic Con on a sign by the Sandman sand structure. It advertised the first two parts by Audible. Yay!

Sometimes it's all about the timing. I love that they are keeping the comic as the "skeleton" of the series, but allowing it to organically flesh out instead of constraining itself. It reminds me of The Boys, where the creators are allowing the series to grow and creating entertaining and gripping storylines.

Same

The fact that the author is excited about it is what gives me hope. Like GRRMs excitement for GoT which remained excellent till they ran out of book lol.

If you've never read them, you might enjoy Promethea, then.

I started reading superhero comics in the seventies. I first found Dave Sim's Cerebus the Aardvark in the early 80s, then Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, and that led me to Neil Gaiman's Sandman. Three of my favorite comic series of all time.

Poorly.

Exactly my thoughts! Finally they will do an adaptation of something I love property!!!

I think this is some grand advice that every major studio should embrace elegantly

lmao ikr....like the casts are not even talking, or the director, only him....i am not complaining im just saying that its truly different that he's the one that gets the interviews🤣🤣

It does matter. He hasn't just swapped genders for no reason or to be 'dIvErSe.' He clearly explained why he made these decisions and has gone through a meticulous thought process on why these swaps are necessary to the story he wants to tell.

@@MrFox101 I guess my wording was taken incorrectly. What I mean is gender is unimportant in the context of his characters. The character matters. So Neil doesn't care if the actor is male or female, he cares more if somebody can bring that character to life with the same energy or mannerisms that he envisioned. In the end, I'm just saying he's doing the right thing for the right reasons.

Likewise. I discovered the series at about 14 and I can honestly say it was one of the more formative pieces of literature I read. I am soooo excited for this.

What was the first mature non-western comic you picked up? And what is a western comic?

@@Nomad_Skateboarding comics with a western (cowboy like) vibe

Same thing happened to me. I'd never read a comic before, but a friend told me about them and then I read them all out of order based on what my local library could get in.

@@tracark2255 I think what they mean by western comic is that it originated in the western world (i.e North America)

Yeah, now you mention it that's basically the most Desire thing that could possibly have happened.

I'm definitely gonna listen to the audiobooks!

They're INCREDIBLE!! The casting for everyone is just brilliant - James McAvoy as Dream, Michael Sheen as Lucifer, Kat Dennings as Death! - but it truly excels as an adaptation because of the sound design and the clever translation of narration into monologue.

Neil said the same thing for years. If he apprived of this then I trust it’s going to be fantastic

@@sarahjames4358 You should absolutely pick them up, they are a great way to experience the comics in a completely new way. I can’t wait for the next one to come out.

Well they did it. Neil did it. He produced another beautiful baby!

My tip, listen to the audiobook on audible. Its beautiful and soooo good and Neil narrates it.

You gotta get your hands on them books. Volume 1 doesn't really give too much, it's toying with its roots in kitchy superhero comics of the 20th century and pulp horror comics... But it gets glorious as it jumps metanarratives in later books. Definitely worth setting aside some time to get lost in them a bit.

James Cameron overlooked Terminator Dark Fate. Riddley Scott actually directed Alien: Covenant. Loved franchises being destroyed left and right so people rightfully have doubts even when the original creator is involved. Maybe even more so now. Especially considering some questionable choises made for this adaptation.

@@shmekelfreckles8157 it's their show and vision they have every right to do what they want with it tho.

@@wilhelmpaulm of course, I’m not arguing against that. But people can criticize something they don’t like.

@@shmekelfreckles8157 the difference in your example is that these installments are new entries in the series, the sandman is a remake of the comics which neal has created and improved upon is so many ways, just look at the watch time and ratings on netflix

@@undrahh I really wanna watch this. Can’t do it on netflix tho, thanx a lot, birdpeople. But I heard some very bad things. Not super bad, but apparently they ruined a few iconic scenes for some reason.

Your mom rocks

cool mom with awesome taste. my mom gave me the animorphs box set, which was waaaaaaaaay lamer lol

He went grer during the production. That should tell something.

same. I was like whoa, I didnt know comics could do this.

@@witchingbrew3 what do you mean by that?

@tracark Be life-changing and nourishing literary art. Of course it’s possible, it’s an entire medium after all, but the experience one gets reading Sandman for the first time is very unique.

In the Lucifer series he does a voice cameo

I know they were filming the second season as of a few months ago, but having a Neil blink and you miss it cameo would be lovely, especially when we got to see Terry's iconic fedora in the background of Aziraphale's bookshop

Nah, he'd never allow a body double. A two person table with an empty chair, with the hat in a prominant place as if the owner has just stepped out for a second, though? We could hope for that. ;-)

@@SteveNaranjo he did god in the "what if chloes dad survived " episode right?

@@cathalflaherty7322 season 3 episode 23

I'm really excited for this series, but I'm dreading this episode...

I had forgotten until he pointed it out and I did one of those "Oh?...Oh!... OOOhh deary oh no!" Reactions as I recalled.

24 Hours is going to traumatize a lot of people, can't wait for the reactions lol

"24 Hours" is still a hard read for me, even 20 years later, but I appreciate that in the comics, most of the really awful stuff happens juuuuust off panel. You don't *see* teeth ripping out throats you don't *see* all of the horrible things, you *almost* see them, which lets your mind fill in the blanks. I hope that's how he went with it here too, you don't need to see every gory detail for it to be horrific.

@@AliciaRainbow Which is something a lot of horror games/movies don't get. What's scary is not what you see, it's what you imagine. Some games in particular did it very well (Alien : Isolation comes to mind, also Amnesia : The Dark Descent). The rule I'm most familiar with is : the longer you stare at a *thing*, the less scary said *thing* becomes. It's not about what you actually hear, it's about what you think you just heard. In this particular case, all the psychological horror around each of the persons. You don't see the worst parts, but you see the setup, which is more than enough to make you fill in the blanks. It's probably the one most disturbing thing I've ever read for that very reason.

And then the actor has a voice like honey, which also makes a lot of sense for Desire.

@@petraw9792 Agreed

I want Gwendolyn's Lucifer spin-off!😈

Technically, it's the second adaptation. Because Lucifer came first

I particularly liked the part about "I don't know how the casting folks found an adult gargoyle"

In college, I'd buy Sandman comics instead of food. Worth it.