cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/22187363
Neil Gaimanās The Sandman had the longest of mistiest paths to becoming a TV show, three decades after the DC Vertigo comicās debut. The hesitation was down to the fantasy author resisting several awful movie attempts, and too much could have gone wrong in adapting the infinitely layered fantasy story, but Netflix brought a lugubrious and stunning spectacle to screens (full of Life Amid Death) as the first three graphic novels were initially adapted.
The second season has taken years to come together, which isnāt unheard of for a Netflix fantasy series with heavy VFX. Sadly, this could also conceivably be the final season, given that several Gaiman projects (like Amazonās Good Omens) have been cut short, cancelled, or apparently indefinitely paused in the wake of sexual misconduct allegations against the author (as initially reported by Tortoise Media). Those accusations do make the showās bonus āCalliopeā story hit differently than when the episode first surfaced, but thatās not a discussion for today. The Sandmanās second season is still coming, so letās (awkwardly) sift through what we can expect.
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How many episodes will we see? The first season brought 10 initial episodes and a bonus hour, but Netflix has not offered a count for the second season. However, Redanian Intelligence has passed on the rumor that we could see 12 new episodes of The Sandman when the show returns. This seems too good to be true, so we will await official word on that note, but the second season will leap headlong into Season Of Mists, the fourth graphic novel (considered the favorite volume of many The Sandman fans).
given that several Gaiman projects (like Amazonās Good Omens) have been cut short
What a weird example, given that Good Omens ran out of source material in season 1.
I still canāt get over this guy writing stories about women empowerment and preaching 24/7 on social media only to turn out a sexual abuser.
Kind of like the Buffy show being good with lead women actors and what not. Itās been recognized as a strong feminist show, but the creator still treated the women he worked with like objects. You could kind of tell with Joss Whedon though when you see certain storylines with Xander as his fill-in character. And Joss working on more shows after Buffy helped confirm, through many sources, that heās an asshole.
At least I havenāt heard that Joss crossed any line sexually though.
Not to rationalise his alleged actions, though given how likely it is that he has had goth women with various kinds of kinks and personality disorders throwing themselves at him for several decades, itās conceivable that he started as a perfectly decent guy and gradually got debauched by circumstance, gradually becoming a monster in imperceptible steps.
Itās not his fault he sexually exploited women! Itās the goth chicks corrupting his mind!
Wow. What a take.
Going back to Stranger in a Strange Land Iāve loved enough books by great and terrible authors, Iāve firmly landed in the camp of love the art not the artist.
Theyāve done a fantastic job with this series so far. I want to see it completed. The ending is too important to leave it unfinished.
Iāve landed firmly in the other camp that I cannot separate the artist, once itās shown they are useless human garbage, from the outward false pretense of their art, made to make themselves appear other that what they truly are, and knowing what I do about the author, for me to celebrate their pretense makes me contemptible, pathetic, and conspiratory in continuing to celebrate their and itās perceived ābrillianceā, squarely in the face of those to whom theyāve harmed. Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
How can you not separate the art and artist; While saying my contemptible, pathetic, and conspiratorial traits, are just different strokes?
Not sure why you imply Heinlein is terrible as a person, he seems pretty benign, especially comping from a military background.
He was a pretty hard core libertarian and misogynistic. Even for his time. He said himself, he only wrote Stranger as a joke making fun of the hippies. Still one of my top 5 favorites though.
However, given what we now know about the other two pillars of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, his reputation is the least tarnished. A low bar, perhaps, but stillā¦
Whatās wrong with Asimov?
Fuck sake
Looks like the real article was a link inside the article the person posted.
From the article, it sounds like it was pinching/groping very publicly. Not good by any means (and probably contributed to the genre being male oriented/dominated for so long), but also sounds like nothing more than that (although given his own willingness to state some of those things, itās definitely possible he did worse).
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Whatās wrong with libertarians? I think they get a bad rap and some of their ideas might be unworkable but their hearts are in the right place.
The few times Iāve dug into it with someone, it always comes down to, āI donāt want to pay so much to help people I donāt know or like?ā
I liked the first season although I have not read the source material.
That death episode really stood out for me. It was so poignant.
I didnāt either but hereās the wikipedia page and hereās a page with Death, she is written similarly to the Netflix character
the actress did a good job, the writing was good.
Itās unfortunate that she didnāt look the part, also that they didnāt make the endless unnaturally pale.
Yes yes, screen tests , etc. Find a way.
The endless donāt have to be unnaturally pale. In the comics, Destruction certainly isnāt, so itās not like itās a hard rule even in the source material.
