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The Sandman 1x03 Full Reaction! (Patreon)

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Ryan

One of the coolest things about this show is that the casting was done completely "blind." The physical appearance of the characters in the comics wasn't a factor at all, and the person who best embodied the character was chosen no matter what. And here we get maybe the most obvious case of that, since as I'm sure a lot of non-comic readers guessed, Johanna Constantine was originally JOHN Constantine, who beyond the first name and gender was kept absolutely the same as the DC hero: a trenchcoat-wearing bisexual wizard who fights demons to atone for failing to save a little girl named Astra from being dragged to Hell. Jenna Coleman had of course already worked with Neil Gaiman in the Doctor Who episode Nightmare in Silver, and is the third actor to play the character after Keanu Reeves and Matt Ryan (and oddly enough, this is the only one of the three versions that managed to pronounce his last name correctly). And in fact, Matthew was also originally from those comics, a con man ally of John's who'd recently been killed off when the comic started, so Gaiman took the opportunity to turn him into a raven. I was quite surprsied when Patton Oswalt was announced in the role (before the show was made, my dream casting for him had been Steve Buscemi), but he totally kills it here.

Thomas Corp

Thus far, yes, the structure of this is great. Like you said, each episode has been relatively self-contained, sort of Twilight Zone in some ways. Lovely to see Jenna as Johanna. I noticed you had the look of recognition seeing her in the last episode. I had a moment similar to that myself. I would say it’s surprising how much of a potty mouth she’s obtained. But then again, I surmise that’s the Doctor rubbing off on her, Twelve that is, not Eleven. Thinking of that makes me wonder who would win in a swearing contest, Peter Capaldi or Joe Pesci; I would wager the odds would be about even on that one. I gathered quickly about Johannna’s character and got even more excited that Jenna was playing her. A sad situation of what happened to Rachel. You mention how it’s easier for some to just leave. Wouldn’t know, never had romantic relationships of any kind, though given my often times strong need for closure I’ll venture a wild guess that it would not be the plan of action I would take. Liked the music selection during the scene, I even said, “Quite enjoy the usage of Patsy Cline.” A striking moment when Morpheus and Johanna exchange words once he gets the sand. How he bluntly notes that Rachel is in the situation because Johanna left her. And though Johanna does not dispute that, she points out in return that Morpheus claims to be acting in humanity’s best interest yet seems more than willing to let Rachel suffer. And how you see Morpheus takes that to heart, and gives Rachel one last good dream, and removes Johanna’s recurring nightmare. Your own reaction to those scenes was wonderful. I had the same reaction you had with Matthew. Yeah, I’m on board with Patton Oswalt as a raven, particularly for how he will be a most efficacious foil to Morpheus. Lucienne came through. I felt somewhat defensive of Matthew when Morpheus kept trying to shoo him away. If I were Matthew, I’d have gotten a touch salty, saying, “All right, look, you can ease up on yelling at me. I get that you told Lucienne you didn’t want a raven and she sends one anyway, so if you want to be angry at her for that, then that’s your call. But don’t take it out on me, because I didn’t ask for this anymore than you did. Deal?” I loved the scenes with Ethel and John. Joely and David were brilliant. Couldn’t help myself when David insisted on the truth, I said, “Ah, but sir, remember, “Let each man say what he deems truth and let truth itself be commended unto God.” as Lessing said.” It is difficult to say how good or bad it will be Ethel giving John that protection. Certainly, it caused her to go the way Julian Glover did in Last Crusade, and it caused those poor guards to pop, your reactions to that being fantastic by the way. Whatever John does, I would imagine he should find a safe place to hide and/or lay low once he gets the ruby. Maybe Minnesota, as I believe he described it as “so perfectly, sublimely bland” making it a perfect place to hide out, be inconspicuous, mayhaps get up to criminal shenanigans. I am loving this show, and I am most certainly loving sharing it with you, Jess, your reactions thus far have been most wonderful.

Thomas Corp
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Yeah, I’m all for “blind” casting. Unless you’re casting characters that explicitly need to be a specific race, ethnicity, gender, what have you, I prefer the casting process picks the perfect pick. And Jenna as Johanna Constantine was brilliant. I had figured Matthew was some type of unsavory fellow prior to his being a raven. My thought was drug dealer, considering his comment about cutting the sand. Much though I would have loved Steve Buscemi in the role, Patton Oswalt is a great pick.

Ryan
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The three episodes so far have been adapted from single issues of the comic, and Gaiman designed this first volume so each issue would be able to stand on its own on some level so new readers would be able to get directly into the newest issue as word of mouth built up. The Corinthian actually wasn’t involved at all at this point, so they were even more separate.

Ryan
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Another case is Lucienne, who in the comic was Lucian, a white male character. Plus the South Asian actors playing Cain and Abel.