{"id":23712,"date":"2022-07-23T23:42:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T23:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-dream-is-finally-real\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T23:42:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T23:42:40","slug":"the-dream-is-finally-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-dream-is-finally-real\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dream is finally real"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"sc-1eow4w5-1 eLNveM align--bleed js_lazy-image js_marquee-assetfigure\" data-id=\"e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1080\" data-height=\"607\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" contenteditable=\"false\" draggable=\"false\">\n<div class=\"sc-1eow4w5-2 loxZOX has-data img-wrapper\" contenteditable=\"false\" style=\"max-width:1080px\" data-link-reference=\"\" data-link-target=\"\" data-syndicationrights=\"true\" data-imagerights=\"other-license\" data-hidecredit=\"false\"><span class=\"sc-1eow4w5-0 dnhHtZ js_lightbox-wrapper\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.2%\" class=\"sc-1eow4w5-3 lktKQM image-hydration-wrapper\">\n<div><img alt=\"The Sandman\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fill,f_auto,fl_progressive,g_center,h_80,pg_1,q_80,w_80\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 80w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_140\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 140w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_265\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 265w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_340\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 340w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_490\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 490w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_645\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 645w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_740\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 740w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_965\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 965w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1165\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1315\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 1315w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1465\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 1465w, https:\/\/i.kinja-img.com\/gawker-media\/image\/upload\/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 25em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(max-width: 37.31em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 37.37em) and (max-width: 49.94em) calc(100vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 50em) and (max-width: 63.69em) 800px,&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;(min-width: 63.75em) and (max-width: 85.19em) calc(66.5vw - 32px),&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;&#9;800px&#10;&#9;&#9;&#9;\" draggable=\"auto\" data-chomp-id=\"e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-alt=\"The Sandman\" data-anim-src=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\"><em>The Sandman<\/em><\/figcaption><figcaption class=\"sc-7s1ndr-0 ikKPtM has-caption\">Image<!-- -->: <!-- -->Netflix<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-id=\"e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3\" data-recommend-id=\"image:\/\/e5e89bbd13d7a10fe09dac2c761b24a3\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-width=\"1080\" data-height=\"607\" data-lightbox=\"true\" data-recommended=\"false\" data-hide=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">After literal decades of development, the fervent prayers of millions of fans, and the exhausted efforts of poor, <span>used-up Joseph Gordon Levitt<\/span>it&#8217;s finally here: Actual goddamn footage of an actual goddamn TV version of Neil Gaiman&#8217;s <em>The Sandman<\/em>in the form of the trailer for Netflix&#8217;s upcoming adaptation of the beloved comics series, released today at Comic-Con.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.avclub.com\/embed\/inset\/iframe?id=youtube-video-83ClbRPRDXU&amp;start=0\" data-chomp-id=\"83ClbRPRDXU\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/83ClbRPRDXU\" id=\"youtube-83ClbRPRDXU\" data-recommended=\"false\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" class=\"core-inset lazyload\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"webkitAllowFullScreen\" mozallowfullscreen=\"mozallowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span data-chomp-id=\"83ClbRPRDXU\" data-recommend-id=\"youtube:\/\/83ClbRPRDXU\" id=\"youtube-83ClbRPRDXU\" data-recommended=\"false\" class=\"js_recommend\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"sc-1ptbguh-0 hxeMec caption\">The Sandman |  Official Trailer |  Netflix<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">And, hey: Are we being rubes here, or does this look\u2026Actually pretty good?  We can&#8217;t say we&#8217;re <em>completely <\/em>sold on Tom Sturridge as the show&#8217;s central figure, Dream;  there&#8217;s a very specific blend of self-involved arrogance and self-involved moping baked into that character, and almost any actor would struggle to nail it out of the box.  Kirby Howell-Baptiste seems to be on more even footing as Gaiman&#8217;s deeply empathetic version of Death, though, and Boyd Holbrook is pretty convincing as the show&#8217;s version of literal walking nightmare The Corinthian\u2014who appears to be getting an enhanced role from the relatively small (but deeply memorable) one he plays in Gaiman&#8217;s comics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">More importantly, though, Gaiman, David S. Goyer, and Allan Heinberg seem to have nailed the sweeping, surreal scope and tone of <em>Sandman<\/em>, with shots of Hell, the realm of Dream&#8217;s sibling Desire, and one very unlucky diner all exuding the proper sense of mystery and dread.  (We also get a quick bit of David Thewlis as the <em>resident <\/em>of said diner, and, yeah: This is probably going to be a creepy one.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\">A few other tidbits from the panel today: Mark Hamill will appear in the series, voicing Dream&#8217;s pumpkin-headed janitor, Mervyn Pumpkinhead.  And, somewhat amazingly, legendary <em>Sandman <\/em>covers artist Dave McKean is also involved in the project;  at Gaiman&#8217;s personal request, he provided unique end credits art for each episode of the show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-77igqf-0 bOfvBY\"><em>Sandman <\/em>has lingered in the popular consciousness for more than 30 years now because it&#8217;s more than just a supernatural adventure: Obsessed, like its author, with stories, it&#8217;s often meandering, progressive, and, yeah, a little bit pretentious.  (While also being very human and funny; there&#8217;s a reason they&#8217;ve got Patton Oswalt in this thing as a talking raven.) That&#8217;s a tall order for any TV show to live up to, but from this brief look, we don&#8217;t see any real red flags indicating why it can&#8217;t finally dream itself into life when Netflix unleashes the show in full in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SandmanImage: Netflix After literal decades of development, the fervent prayers of millions of fans, and the exhausted efforts of poor, used-up Joseph Gordon Levittit&#8217;s finally here: Actual goddamn footage of an actual goddamn TV version of Neil Gaiman&#8217;s The Sandmanin the form of the trailer for Netflix&#8217;s upcoming adaptation of the beloved comics series, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-dream-is-finally-real\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Dream is finally real<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[10484,10477,10482,392,10463,10486,10487,7818,10465,109,1697,683,10475,10478,10476,10479,10481,10466,1441,10480,9721,10485,400,10462,10483],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23706,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-new-sandman-trailer-sweeps-through-comic-con\/","url_meta":{"origin":23712,"position":0},"title":"The New Sandman Trailer Sweeps Through Comic-Con","date":"July 23, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"screenshot: NetflixThere have been numerous casting announcements for the Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman leading up to San Diego Comic Con, and with each new addition the hype has only grown. 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