Ani Bundel: Netflix's “The Sandman” is one of the most imaginative and gorgeous creations to emerge from our current era of high-profile big budget fantasy titles. - NBCNewsTHINK
Aug. 6, 2022, 8:30 AM UTCAs one of the most expensive properties Netflix picked up in 2019, “The Sandman” represents yet another pre-eminent release amid the backdrop of a very challenging year. The title, which turned author Neil Gaiman into a household name, is Netflix’s big budget franchise release for August. And it is one of the most imaginative and gorgeous creations to emerge from our current era of high-profile big budget fantasy titles.
Despite being released in a visual format, it is also an artistic work that’s long been considered rather unfilmable. And I don’t mean in the way “Game of Thrones” was once considered unadaptable; though it is also a fantasy series filled with implausible cities and magical creatures. Rather, it’s the tale itself that does not transfer easily to the televisual medium, like trying to turn Modest Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition” into a trilogy of movies or a 10-episode limited series.
In the simplest terms, “The Sandman” is the story of the titular Lord of Dreams , accidentally captured by Sir Roderick Burgess while on a mission to remove a Nightmare, Corinthian , who is feeding on the horrors of the Great War. When he finally escapes 70 years later into a 1990s era U.K., he must retrieve his tools and rebuild his kingdom. Once he does this, he can restore the balance of dreams for humanity and rebuild both his world, known as “The Dreaming,” and ours.
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