266 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 14, 2026 · last updated Oct 14, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 22 | 18 | 105 |
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| TMDB reviews * | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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Some viewers praise the show's cinematic quality, casting, and creative storytelling. [1][2] Several reviewers criticize the series for excessive focus on sexuality and political messaging. [3][4][5][6]
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Okay I'll be honest... did I start watching this series because I developed a new celebrity crush on Mason Alexander Park (who plays Desire)... yes... but I'm so glad I did. LIKE: Every single episode is a cinematic masterpiece. The animation, costumes, camerawork - I could give a big kiss to the entire production crew. Detail & creative storytelling - I am OBSESSED with the thought that has gone into the details. …
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Not for kids, will gross out sensible adults by episode 7 I am a big fan of the original sandman comics, by Neil Gaiman, released between Jan '89 to Mar '96. This series had settings, dialogs, and points taken directly from the comics, which served to be the series' strongest area. The problem is they were nullified by the unhealthy and deranged focus on sexuality on screen. Which was over the top, and unnecessarily …
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Ignore the homophobic, racist and everyphobic reviews, but maybe also avoid this show. Neil Gaiman might be a good writer, but as with American Gods, the moment he gets involved with live-action adaptations, the quality apparently goes out the window. Kudos to him for defending the casting choices though. A few episodes from season 1 stand out, specifically episodes 1, 4, and 6. The rest are fine but just not worth …
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Most woke show I have seen so far with horrible and politically chosen casting. It feels like it was made by some drag queens and leftist politicians. Horrible...
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I’m not going to shut up about The Sandman on Netflix..the way the show cares for the black characters…Death is a caring and warm and welcoming black woman and sister to Dream; their sibling relationship is a highlight & Dream being in love with the Queen of the 1st people a black woman Nada #tvsky
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Critics, per Wikipedia
The Sandman ranked at number one globally on Netflix's Top 10 titles three days after its release with 69.5 million hours viewed. In its first full week of streaming, The Sandman remained the most-watched show on Netflix's weekly Top 10 list of the most-watched TV shows, with 127.5 million hours viewed between August 8–14. The Sandman remained the most-watched English-language TV show on Netflix for the third time in a row between August 15 and 21. The show had been watched over 393.14 million hours in total by September 18. The show was the eighth most-watched English language show on Netflix of 2022 spending 7 weeks in the global top 10s. The second season debuted to lower viewership with…
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neutral · AI labelView post →Catherine Smyth-McMullen was a scarily smart 9 year old when I met her, who read Sandman. As an adult screenwriter, twenty something years later, she wrote episode 11 of the Sandman tv series...
neutral · AI labelView post →'Mr. Terrific’ series is in active development at DC Allan Heinberg (‘The Sandman’) is writing the pilot (via THR)
neutral · AI labelView post →A terrific piece on what @dirkmaggs.bsky.social and I have been trying to do on the Sandman Audio project. blog.simplecast.com/sandmen-audi...
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a very good essay. You can't separate art from artist here bc: 1) the Sandman is such a self-insert character w a monster-to-women rehabilitation storyline that the show becomes a rehabilitation project for Gaiman 2) More views = more $ that he'll use in his lawsuits against his accusers
negative · AI labelView post →SUPPORTING ACTOR SUNDAY #supportingactorsunday SARAH NILES English actress who became widely known Dr. Sharon Fieldstone in the Apple+ series TED LASSO, for which she received two Emmy Award nominations. She has also appeared in THE SANDMAN (2022) and HEADS OF STATE (2025) among others. 🎥
neutral · AI labelView post →Lord Morpheus from @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Sandman series - so gorgeous and I love all the details the talented tattoo artist put into it ❤️ she was actually listening to the Sandman audiobook while working on it. How cute is that?
neutral · AI labelView post →Every culture writer has been laid off and replaced by a robot that gives crypto tips, but I need some people to write takes on “The Sandman” series. Flat and weird in ways I can’t articulate. And how did they find the least emotive actress on earth to play Lyta Hall
negative · AI labelView post →I want to thank @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com for the inspiration for this piece. All I listened to was the Sandman series on Audible while working on it. If you haven't, holy crap you should. It's just fantastic and magical while dark with wonderful bits of humor. The characters kept me company
neutral · AI labelView post →This week, Netflix cancelled a future series of The Sandman (due to news emerging about sexual impropriety by Neil Gaiman)... ...while committing to carry Rurouni Kenshin, a franchise written by a *convicted* pedophile.
neutral · AI labelView post →My post surgery recovery has been listening to the SANDMAN audio series. @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com I thought the TV show was amazing, as a fan of audio drama, this is AMAZING. Haven't gotten to 24 Hours yet. Genuinely scared to listen. You did that to me. 😀
positive · AI labelView post →All February, the ebook of KING BULLET—the book that was supposed to be the end of the Sandman Slim series—is on sale for $1.99 in all your favorite formats. (the absolutely last, I'm not kidding, for real final Sandman Slim novel, IN THE DEVIL WIND, will be out later this year)
neutral · AI labelView post →There is an extraordinary & gratifying amount of representation in the SANDMAN series. For it to be radioactive because of the disgusting, unforgivable actions of its creator is the kind of fucked up shit that just keeps on giving. He continues to victimize people. I so loved this compromised text.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am LOVING “Dead Boy Detectives” by @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com and @mattwag.bsky.social I’m nearly sixty but the show is a must watch for fans of the Sandman series, like me. (The comics are great, too!)
neutral · AI labelView post →Binge-ing Netflix slop, we found ourselves watching the Sandman tv series. I am one of those irritating folks now able to say: "Well, I *never* liked Neil Gaiman." Watching the series reminded me that isn't true. I *loved* Sandman as a teen. But fell out of that love when I started writing. 1/
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the "Idea Fight" between Morpheus and Satan on the SANDMAN show is the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.
negative · AI labelView post →just a random note to say that if you haven't read @richardkadrey.bsky.social's stuff you're missing out. I recommend the Sandman Slim series as a starting point. Horror meets film noir meets sheer anarchism. Delightful can't-put-it-down stuff.
neutral · AI labelView post →Bringing back an old #TheSandman art to admire the actors.
neutral · AI labelView post →The bureaucracy was created while the show was divorced from the Sandman universe. And Death is quoting Wilfrid's poem, not endorsing it. As she says, now is when you find out.
neutral · AI labelView post →@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com I want to thank you for The Sandman, specifically the show. I have severely damaged forearm tendons, a legacy of intense gaming on painkillers. It's my primary escape from pain, sorrow, trauma. Yours is one of the few shows that grips me enough to make it unnecessary.
positive · AI labelView post →The bad dreams stop when he puts on the mask and goes out at night... Experience the dark and ugly underbelly of New York City during the late 1930s through the eyes of Wesley Dodds, The Sandman, and his eventual partner and lover, the modern woman Dian Belmont. IMO, one of the '90s best series.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m not going to shut up about The Sandman on Netflix..the way the show cares for the black characters…Death is a caring and warm and welcoming black woman and sister to Dream; their sibling relationship is a highlight & Dream being in love with the Queen of the 1st people a black woman Nada #tvsky
positive · AI labelView post →Mason Alexander Park praises their co-star Tom Sturridge’s performance in The Sandman S2: “Tom Sturridge, who plays Dream on the show, is one of the most brilliant actors that I have ever had an opportunity to play opposite.” (Source: WhatsOnStage)
neutral · AI labelView post →It occurred to me last night that I've been mocking Donald Trump in the Sandman Slim series since book one. Does this make me nervous? Of course not! Free speech! However, knowing Trump's love for Putin's tactics, I'm not getting near windows any time soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →I 100% get why they're saying this was a story choice, but the idea that THE SANDMAN comic, which ran for 75 issues and had multiple long arcs, only had enough stories about Dream for 20 eps of TV is hilarious. It's like claiming they had to cancel the show because whoops, all the cameras broke.
negative · AI labelView post →For your weekend amusement: an almost complete list of films mentioned in the SANDMAN SLIM series. I say "almost complete" because over a 13 book run, I'm sure I messed a few. Not all of these films are good, but all are worth watching if only to experience the awfulness. (Looking at you, FACE/OFF)
neutral · AI labelView post →“The Sandman series has always been focused exclusively on Dream’s story, and back in 2022, when we looked at the remaining Dream material from the comics, we knew we only had enough story for one more season,” I don't mean to be rude to him but this sounds like a direct lie.
negative · AI labelView post →Just finished watching series one of @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com ‘s The Sandman on Netflix. I also found out my library has the books. I haven’t read any of the books and now I’m not sure if I should read them all or wait till after the new Netflix episodes (b/c spoilers). Any advice Bluesky?
positive · AI labelView post →All February, the ebook of KING BULLET—the novel that was supposed to be the end of the Sandman Slim series—is on sale for $1.99 in all your favorite formats. (the absolutely last, no shit, I'm not kidding this time, final Sandman Slim book, IN THE DEVIL WIND, will be out later this year)
neutral · AI labelView post →John Constantine may be my favorite character in all of comics but The Sandman is my favorite comic book series. So I can’t express enough how honored I am to draw these two fellas on the same page.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm a big Joan Didion fan and Maria in Didion's Play It as It Lays inspired Mustang Sally in the Sandman Slim series. I loved the idea of someone who did nothing but drive LA freeways all day and night. Mustang Sally was my attempt to portray Maria's compulsion in a positive way.
neutral · AI labelView post →@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com, what impressed me the most about the Sandman Netflix series is how deftly it addressed this issue, when so many comics adaptations fall short - and when Sandman is so thematically driven. I don't know how much of a hand you had in the adaptation, but I was amazed.
positive · AI labelView post →This certainly is a LOT of explaining as to why the SANDMAN show is canned after two seasons that only just barely mentions the accusations against NG. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-featur...
neutral · AI labelView post →Adaptation of The Sandman, a 75 issue comic series: Season 1: Issues 1-20 Season 2: Uhhhh don’t worry about it
neutral · AI labelView post →The Sandman Season 2—Is broody. I mean, of course it is, but it’s not as fun as the first season. Every plot point feels forced into place, rather than a cohesive story being told. Dream also seems wholly reactionary, rather than the main character in his own show. Damn shame. #thesandman #netflix
negative · AI labelView post →It took me no effort at all to not watch The Sandman season 2 on Netflix, it should take even less effort to watch the Harry Potter series on Prime.
negative · AI labelView post →We cover one of the most legendary comic series ever with The Sandman by @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Sam Keith, Mike Dringenberg, and more! Plus a list of comic book TV Shows/Movies we have to start watching in 2024! Promos: @PodcastDash @OnlineWarriors1 www.lastcomicshoppodcast.com
neutral · AI labelView post →@neilhimself.neilgaiman.com Hello! I’ve always referred to John Constantine as “Constanteen”, but in The Sandman audio play/Netflix show it’s pronounced “Constantyne”. Was that a distancing-it-from-the-comic-character/movie thing, or have I just been pronouncing it wrong this whole time?
neutral · AI labelView post →Ah, yes, The Sandman, Shadow & Bone, Arcane, Warrior Nun, and Sweet Tooth, TV shows famously not based on pre-existing IP like comic books or books or video games or comic books or comic books. AI is baking our planet for this.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Sandman graphic novel series. 😔 Also Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Netflix’s The Sandman comes off as a pseudo-documentary/fanfic about redeeming Neil Gaiman. It’s likely not at all what was meant by the show, and making the production complicit in what on the surface seems like a Gaiman rehabilitation project does everyone who worked on it a massive disservice.”
neutral · AI labelView post →All February, the ebook of KING BULLET—the novel that was supposed to be the end of the Sandman Slim series—is on sale for $1.99 in all your favorite formats. (the absolutely last, I'm not kidding, for real, final Sandman Slim book, IN THE DEVIL WIND, will be out later this year)
neutral · AI labelView post →It's been a recurring conversation in our house for years and years. Like my partner really liked the Sandman show and had complex feels about American Gods, but like obviously it's impossible to bring up or discuss said media without interjecting again and again that they knew Gaiman was a rapist.
neutral · AI labelView post →I am genuinely sorry for every not-terrible person involved with making The Sandman show, who didn't deserved their hard work to be shitcanned because one rich guy decided to be an asshole Unfortunately he did, and so it will be. Hopefully they'll all go on to new shows by better people
negative · AI labelView post →The Sandman has been cancelled after two seasons at Netflix: reactormag.com/the-sandman-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hi @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com just wanted to take a moment to thank you for The Sandman. I love the books, and the show is beautiful. "The Sound of Her Wings" was so moving. I'm not religious, and the scene where the old man says the Shema still brought me to tears. I appreciate you and your work.
positive · AI labelView post →With the full release of THE SANDMAN season 2 (barring a bonus episode dropping next week), I wrestle with the Gaiman of it all, and an imperfect adaptation of a story that I once loved: www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
neutral · AI labelView post →Let the Superman spinoffs continue: Mister Terrific to enjoy his own TV series with Allan Heinberg (The Sandman, Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Wonder Woman)
neutral · AI labelView post →Not abdl but turned a television on to this specific moment of an obscure Canadian cartoon called “Nilus the Sandman” in syndication at 2am for some reason when I was like 5. I had no idea what the show was, never saw it again, and thought I’d made it up in a fever dream.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally finished season 2 of The Sandman, and it was the best show I’ve watched all year
positive · AI labelView post →Reminder that The Sandman S2 will adapt Death: The High Cost of Living. The spinoff comic follows Death as she takes one day in human form to remain grounded and in touch with humanity. Can't wait to see how this story takes shape in the show! ⏳🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. 2026 was made specifically for me. DC Studios is developing a Mr. Terrific series for Max. Edi Gathegi will reprise his role from Superman, with Allan Heinberg (The Sandman) writing the pilot. (via THR)
neutral · AI labelView post →‘THE SANDMAN’ is concluding, so showrunner Allan Heinberg might be free to write a Young Avengers or Wiccan show for Marvel! Allan created Billy Kaplan and the Young Avengers in 2005. His TV/film writing includes: Wonder Woman (2017), The O.C., Grey’s Anatomy, Sex and the City
neutral · AI labelView post →The Sandman number 1 series on Netflix?! 👀
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally cracking open The Sandman Book One on this fine Friday evening. I *adore* the show so I am so dang excited 🥹💙📚👀
positive · AI labelView post →Regular reminder that, if you like/loved The Sandman, then you owe it to yourself to read Tanith Lee’s Tales from the Earth series, which instantly became one of my favorites
positive · AI labelView post →If you have any affection for the Sandman Mystery Theatre comic book series, this podcast is a must. Paul, Ryan, and Max do a great job breaking down each four issue storyline while providing terrific insights you might have overlooked. I’m a fan.
positive · AI labelView post →Sometimes I think about how, when crudely asked about the respectability involved in reimagining a genderbent version of John Constantine in the Sandman show, Gaiman found an aesthetically progressive way to say "women don't get to be as messy, complex and interesting as John"
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m currently watching The Sandman so I’m sorry for the shitty lighting of these pics but I did something different to my facial hair and wanted to show it off! Is it cute?
neutral · AI labelView post →Because the existence of the Sandman show and it wrapping up reminds me of this literary crime: Justice for Lyta Hall
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