How (and Why) Neil Gaiman Finally Adapted ‘The Sandman’ for TV

Re:How (and Why) Neil Gaiman Finally Adapted ‘The Sandman’ f... by gpoinlt on Sunday August 07, 2022 @05:44PM (#32380212)

I remember having the same impression 20 years ago. My housemate had the whole series of books, and would rave about how brilliant they are.

After reading the first book, it was such a "meh" experience I didn't bother reading any others. Some occult guy traps the dream guy in a glass pot, dream guy escapes and wanders around getting his stuff back, also, his sister is a hot goth chick who happens to be the grim reaper. Later I understood it was peppered with references to other cartoon books, but that eluded me at the time.

Not sure what I'm missing but I just don't get the appeal.

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Re:How (and Why) Neil Gaiman Finally Adapted ‘The Sandman’ f... by bsaul on Monday August 08, 2022 @09:50AM (#32385357)

i always keep telling my friends that you need to read the book at least three times to really "get it".

I had the first book at home borrowed from a friend, read it once and thought "hm..". Then reread just like that and thought "hey, this is actually good". Then a third time and thought this was actually genius. Then decided to buy the whole serie.

It took me that long to understand the depth of the text, all the references ( either grabbed from other stories, or from real history), and sometimes realizing all the bits of the story.

And the best part to me: this is exactly reflecting the structure of a dream. It's all a bit weird and blurry, then its deep meaning only appears after careful examination.

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Re:How (and Why) Neil Gaiman Finally Adapted ‘The Sandman’ f... by disgruntledphd2 on Monday August 08, 2022 @08:41AM (#32384749)

Yeah, I actually read the fourth (Season of Mists) first, and that hooked me. Dunno what would have happened if I'd actually read them in order.

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