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4.4 AVERAGE
4.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love the cast in the show but man, these guys' voices are hard to seperate the characters from.
Best full-cast audio-drama I've heard so far. Lush sound design - you hi-fi headphones will make a difference listening to this production. Ensemble cast of characters - and Neil Gaiman is perfect as a narrator, as with all the other books he narrated. Bonus point: you don't have to read original graphic novel, audio-version works well separately from original source.
"The Sandman: Act I" es un cautivador audiolibro basado en la obra maestra de Neil Gaiman. Esta adaptación sonora de la serie de cómics sigue las aventuras de Dream, uno de los Eternos, mientras explora los reinos del sueño y enfrenta desafíos cósmicos.
La narración magistral, acompañada de efectos de sonido inmersivos, transporta a los oyentes a un mundo rico en mitología, donde los sueños y las pesadillas cobran vida. Los personajes complejos y la trama intrincada se entrelazan con maestría, creando una experiencia auditiva única.
Las voces talentosas del elenco capturan la esencia de los personajes, desde Dream hasta los inquietantes habitantes del reino onírico. La música y los efectos ambientales agregan capas de profundidad, sumergiendo a la audiencia en este viaje fascinante.
Neil Gaiman, conocido por su maestría en la narración, ha logrado una adaptación sobresaliente de su propia obra. "The Sandman: Act I" en formato de audiolibro no solo es una delicia para los fanáticos de la serie original, sino que también ofrece una introducción envolvente para aquellos que se adentran por primera vez en este mundo mágico y oscuro.
En resumen, este audiolibro es una experiencia sensorial que cautiva, emociona y deja a los oyentes ansiosos por más. Es una obra maestra auditiva que resalta la riqueza y la complejidad de la narrativa de Gaiman, brindando un placer auditivo que perdurará mucho después de haber concluido.
La narración magistral, acompañada de efectos de sonido inmersivos, transporta a los oyentes a un mundo rico en mitología, donde los sueños y las pesadillas cobran vida. Los personajes complejos y la trama intrincada se entrelazan con maestría, creando una experiencia auditiva única.
Las voces talentosas del elenco capturan la esencia de los personajes, desde Dream hasta los inquietantes habitantes del reino onírico. La música y los efectos ambientales agregan capas de profundidad, sumergiendo a la audiencia en este viaje fascinante.
Neil Gaiman, conocido por su maestría en la narración, ha logrado una adaptación sobresaliente de su propia obra. "The Sandman: Act I" en formato de audiolibro no solo es una delicia para los fanáticos de la serie original, sino que también ofrece una introducción envolvente para aquellos que se adentran por primera vez en este mundo mágico y oscuro.
En resumen, este audiolibro es una experiencia sensorial que cautiva, emociona y deja a los oyentes ansiosos por más. Es una obra maestra auditiva que resalta la riqueza y la complejidad de la narrativa de Gaiman, brindando un placer auditivo que perdurará mucho después de haber concluido.
Gaiman's penchant for mythological storytelling gets on my nerves at times, he loves ink-blot narratives that sort of ooze everywhere and go nowhere. The Climax of this narrative comes in early. That being said this version of The Sandman is great. A full cast audio production with high quality sound effects, particularly whenever Dream shows up. I really dug it.
I'm admittedly squeamish, so the cafe sequence sort of was really guttural to me. Lots of sexual abuse throughout.
It sort of falls off at the end. I've read an interview where Gaiman loves the last few vignettes and defends them, but I'm not sure what the second half of the narratives add to Sand Man as a character at all. Particularly the Shakespeare one. Maybe that plays better in print.
I'm admittedly squeamish, so the cafe sequence sort of was really guttural to me. Lots of sexual abuse throughout.
It sort of falls off at the end. I've read an interview where Gaiman loves the last few vignettes and defends them, but I'm not sure what the second half of the narratives add to Sand Man as a character at all. Particularly the Shakespeare one. Maybe that plays better in print.
This was unlike anything I’ve ever been exposed to before. It was a really fun story to follow, and so packed full of literary/mythology references and figures. I don’t know how Gaiman managed to pull off bringing all of these characters into one universe, but he did it well.
I wasn’t sure about the audio format for this - the stories and performances and voices were amazing, but it felt a bit like they had just catalogued different comic books and not really postmarked where one story ended and the other began. So I often got lost and confused as some stories spanned multiple episodes and others were more self contained, and ending with midsummer nights dream felt a bit anti climactic as I was hoping there would be something to tie it all together. However I may have just missed the point of it, and the structure might be reflecting the nature of dreams themselves?
My favourite micro stories were the dr destiny arc, the vortex (especially the serial convention), midsummer nights dream, the man and morpheus at the inn, and the John Constantine bit (though I think that’s only due to Taron Edgertons voice).
I’d recommend to people, but maybe it would have been easier to follow if you have read the comics.
I wasn’t sure about the audio format for this - the stories and performances and voices were amazing, but it felt a bit like they had just catalogued different comic books and not really postmarked where one story ended and the other began. So I often got lost and confused as some stories spanned multiple episodes and others were more self contained, and ending with midsummer nights dream felt a bit anti climactic as I was hoping there would be something to tie it all together. However I may have just missed the point of it, and the structure might be reflecting the nature of dreams themselves?
My favourite micro stories were the dr destiny arc, the vortex (especially the serial convention), midsummer nights dream, the man and morpheus at the inn, and the John Constantine bit (though I think that’s only due to Taron Edgertons voice).
I’d recommend to people, but maybe it would have been easier to follow if you have read the comics.
so - the-sandman this is Preludes & Nocturnes, Dream Country and Doll's House
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or P&N #1-#8
DH #9-16 and
DC #17-20
of 75 + 1 special... when do we get the rest?!??!! - it was only 11 hours long!
Listened to on the way to/from my cousin's funeral... living in Covid-paranoid Flagstaff it was weird to be around ~40 people all day 3 hrs *closer* to the reservation and noone wearing a mask.
And thanks to a motor vehicle accident I took advice to use alternate route home made 3 hr drive take 5 hrs... and I get carsick.
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or P&N #1-#8
DH #9-16 and
DC #17-20
of 75 + 1 special... when do we get the rest?!??!! - it was only 11 hours long!
Listened to on the way to/from my cousin's funeral... living in Covid-paranoid Flagstaff it was weird to be around ~40 people all day 3 hrs *closer* to the reservation and noone wearing a mask.
And thanks to a motor vehicle accident I took advice to use alternate route home made 3 hr drive take 5 hrs... and I get carsick.
After loving the comics back in university, I thought I'd give this radio play adaption a go to see how it held up. And as an audio adaptation, it's very good! I've listened to a few of Dirk Maggs' adaptations (most of the Douglas Adams and Neil Gaiman books, the original Alien 3 script) and often felt they had the same issue: a slightly clunky need to explain visuals through dialogue. The characters often awkwardly narrated visual elements, which often broke the flow. It's obviously a requirement of the form, but his works always felt a touch awkward about how it incorporated it (possibly due to the visually descriptive source materials)
The Sandman avoids this issue, incorporating Neil Gaiman as the narrator of his own work. This helps translate the visual narrative into descriptive narration, allowing the characters to have to explain in conversation what is occurring. It seems most of this narration is derived from the original scripts for the artists, as well as the text panels in the comic. It can't replicate the various styles the comic's art utilises, but it does ensure a smooth and effective adaptation of the first three volumes of the comic.
As for the story itself, it is a very faithful adaptation for better or worse. All the unique characters and vast mythology of the original is here, hinting at a complex world attached to but removed from the DC comics universe. The clever references to other works and real world figures makes it feel like the events could be taking place just behind the curtains of our world. All the parts that made the comic so revered in the 90s survive the adaptation, but so do some of the things that don't hold up as well. The Sandman has some problematic elements, some areas that haven't aged as well over the years. How it handled issues like suicide, queer representation, and sexual violence can be seen as well intentioned yet very flawed, and a lot of these are adapted as written. The "cereal convention" section of the work also goes to some dark places, which considering the length of the section made it hard listening. The Sandman has many, many positive elements that made it deserving of the praise it got, but these flaws should also be acknowledged and are still present in this adaptation.
I enjoyed listening to this adaptation and there were parts of the story that I loved (the Shakespeare sections are wonderful), but it was disappointing all the flaws from the original came along too. Neil Gaiman has stated he would write parts differently if he wrote the comic now, so it's a shame he didn't take the opportunity to do so. It would have made the experience even better for me
The Sandman avoids this issue, incorporating Neil Gaiman as the narrator of his own work. This helps translate the visual narrative into descriptive narration, allowing the characters to have to explain in conversation what is occurring. It seems most of this narration is derived from the original scripts for the artists, as well as the text panels in the comic. It can't replicate the various styles the comic's art utilises, but it does ensure a smooth and effective adaptation of the first three volumes of the comic.
As for the story itself, it is a very faithful adaptation for better or worse. All the unique characters and vast mythology of the original is here, hinting at a complex world attached to but removed from the DC comics universe. The clever references to other works and real world figures makes it feel like the events could be taking place just behind the curtains of our world. All the parts that made the comic so revered in the 90s survive the adaptation, but so do some of the things that don't hold up as well. The Sandman has some problematic elements, some areas that haven't aged as well over the years. How it handled issues like suicide, queer representation, and sexual violence can be seen as well intentioned yet very flawed, and a lot of these are adapted as written. The "cereal convention" section of the work also goes to some dark places, which considering the length of the section made it hard listening. The Sandman has many, many positive elements that made it deserving of the praise it got, but these flaws should also be acknowledged and are still present in this adaptation.
I enjoyed listening to this adaptation and there were parts of the story that I loved (the Shakespeare sections are wonderful), but it was disappointing all the flaws from the original came along too. Neil Gaiman has stated he would write parts differently if he wrote the comic now, so it's a shame he didn't take the opportunity to do so. It would have made the experience even better for me
This is the gold standard for all audio dramas. Absolutely incredible. Somehow it managed to do the comic justice and then some.
Loved it so much!! Both the stories and the listening experience