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I've known your family for centuries
welcome to watch Mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
things you missed in the Sandman caution
princess Barbara I sent strangeness in
the air what manner of thing more in 10
months the cuckoo the heromancer kernel
knowledge for this list we're looking at
subtle details and references in the
Netflix adaptation of Neil gaiman's
celebrated comic book series some of
these required close attention While
others required a bit of Knowledge from
The Source material and other Comics
what details did you love in the Sandman
how did you like the first season let us
know
number 10. dreaming details there is
another life which awaits you when you
close your eyes
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and enter my Realm
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dreams domain the dreaming is home to
thousands of denizens both Dreams and
Nightmares the opening scene of the
series showcases this realm from the
gates of horn and ivory to Cain and
Abel's houses of mystery and secrets to
dream's magnificent Castle when the
waking World leaves you wanting that
weary
sleep brings you here
to find Freedom
and adventure
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the name of the gates derives from a
literary image that first appeared in
Homer's Odyssey playing on the
similarities between the Greek words for
horn and fulfill and ivory and deceive
we also catch brief glimpses of Martin
ten bones and Mervin Pumpkinhead who
reappear in later episodes voiced by the
legendary Lenny Henry and Mark Hamill
respectively number nine starry-eyed
among morpheus's most iconic features in
the comics besides his wild very 80s
hair are his eyes foregoing the humdrum
of ordinary human eyeballs the king of
Dreams gazes out at the world through
distant Stars Sandman Creator Neil
Gaiman who serves as executive producer
on the show said that in pre-production
tests contact lenses and CGI diminished
the magic of Tom Sturgis performance the
eyes convey a lot of emotion helping to
make dream relatable no mean feat given
the abstract metaphysical nature of the
Endless having said that there are a few
shots where lights in his eyes reflect
the star fields in which dream stands
you destroyed the Ruby and released the
power inside it
I would never have thought of that it's
a nice nod to his appearance in the
comics number eight Matthew's Origins
you know who I am not entirely but I I
don't even know who I am anymore a
couple hours ago I apparently died in my
sleep and now I'm I'm a bird Neil Gaiman
cites Alan Moore's Swamp Thing as having
gotten him back into comics in his 20s
and Moore's influence pervades the
Sandman in fact when Matthew The Raven
mentions that he wasn't always a dream
he's referring to his life in Swamp
Thing If I Were Joanna Constantine I'd
be up there cutting a deal with Rachel
to keep the sand and cut the dream stand
with real sand and sell it to the
highest bidder
but then I wasn't the best person when I
was a person as investigator Matthew
cable he suffered damage to his mind
that allowed him to alter reality
leading him down a dark path he ended up
in a coma and chose to end his life John
Constantine who appears in the Sandman
Comics also originated in the pages of
Swamp Thing in the Netflix adaptation
Joanna takes his place with a similar
backstory involving Astra and the same
exes
he did not
which ones
Sarah
Oliver
thank you Ryan her ancestor lady Joanna
Constantine was created by Gaiman for
the Sandman Comics number seven
apocalypse live
I don't think it is you
I think it's him
does the news seem darker these days
well it certainly is on the Sandman as
John D uses the Ruby to wreak havoc in
the diner the world outside begins to
fall apart even a feel-good Fluff piece
on the news takes a sour turn the
presenter announces that after 10 years
together captive pandas have mated a
real story by the way from April 2020
although the pandas have different names
however she unexpectedly segues into a
cynical polemic against procreation
reports are that the pandas battle
have made it after a decade-long torture
of effort by Zoo staff
personally I don't blame them for not
wanting
to love
the planet we later hear about a wave of
violence traffic pileups plane crashes
and other tragedies the diner is a
microcosm of the Carnage in The Wider
world no wonder the three saw fit to
appear prophesying through the women in
the diner you tell me my future
there is no future for you John D it is
bound by walls and guards it is sour
smell of Madness and then the skein of
your life is cut son of your mother
number six hunting grounds where do you
hunt I have a great place
there are thousands of people there
Funland is a particularly creepy
character with a monstrous predilection
there are chilling hints about where he
finds his victims described as a place
with rides and thousands of kids he
claims to have met the voice actor
behind the big bad wolf a character
who's featured in numerous Disney
animations actually got to meet him once
you met the Big Bad Wolf
the actor who did the voice wow in the
comics he also professes his love for
the song It's a Small World which plays
in Fantasyland at various Disney Parks
the ears on his hat might be pointed and
wolfish rather than round but we're
pretty sure we know what Gaiman was
getting at that's really dark Kevin
Smith actually brought Funland back for
the limited series Batman the widening
gyre number 5. shacksburg if Bill and
Ted had a literature assignment they'd
do well to just follow hobgodling
through history in the year 1389 when
Hobb first encounters dream a man is
singing the Praises of William
langland's allegorical narrative poem
Pierce Plowman to his friend Jeffrey he
is Calvin that's what people well
Jeffrey not filthy tales in rhyme about
pilgrims but Edmond I enjoy rhyming and
I enjoyed Tavern Tales told of an email
that's actually Jeffrey Chaucer renowned
author of The Canterbury Tales in 1589
the Inns visitors include kit and will
shacksberg well kid your theme is like
sword is this performance art and for
one's dreams
when they consort and bargain with the
darkest Powers kit was the nickname of
Dr Faustus author Christopher Marlowe
Shack's bird of course turns out to be
Shakespeare so why shax bird well his
contemporary spelled his name dozens of
ways and shacksburg was one of them by
the way listen attentively and you'll
notice that the same conversations are
recurring across time periods
there's going to be a revolution
you can't escape death taxes and
apparently sneaky Vickers number four an
ironic symbol at the end I'm there with
them
I'm holding their hand and they're
holding mine just like in the comics
death wears a surprising symbol around
her neck it's an ankh an ancient
Egyptian hieroglyphic symbol that
actually means life the ankh is also
seen in desires residence the threshold
and dreams Castle I stand in my gallery
and I hold yourself the other sigils are
Destiny's book dream's Helm desires
glass heart or mirror in her own
dwelling despair's hooked ring and
delirium swirl of colors the missing
sigil belongs to dream's younger brother
destruction referred to as the prodigal
because like the prodigal son in Jesus's
Parable he's abandoned his home and
responsibilities number three serial
convention it's a Serial convention
I thought that'd be cereal you can
forgive Jed for thinking a Serial
convention would be all about breakfast
the attendees describe themselves as
collectors but they're not collecting
cornflakes just in case the penny hasn't
dropped cereal really refers to serial
killers the convention episodes also
work in some clever comic book
crossovers it falls to us to come up
with a suitable replacement for the
family man so we need a new guest of
honor immediately if not sooner the
missing keynote speaker the family man
is a former policeman who went on a
killing spree until being shot dead by
John Constantine in hellblazer The
Disappearance of the real boogeyman is
another allusion to Swamp Thing he
drowned in volume 2 issue 44. the
boogeyman's dead he drowned in Louisiana
three years ago
number two finally alive fictional
characters should pay close attention to
whatever's on TV it's always pertinent
as Jed sits in a room at the convention
the episode toys in the Hood from the
Animated Series static shock is on TV
you know our sister will be here in a
few hours and I need you to do me a
favor and just stay in the room until
she gets here okay I can't go with you
oh no no trust me you don't want to it's
just a bunch of boring grown-ups down
there the episode features Darcy Mason
an Android with free will who flees her
Creator toy man wanting to lead her own
life she promises to love Toyman if he
gives her a new body modeled after a
human girl but betrays him and runs off
again only to melt due to a Fail-Safe
device
really she's ready
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I'm alive I'm finally alive this story
closely parallels the Corinthians he
also transitioned into the world of
Flesh and Blood betrayed his creator in
the pursuit of an independent existence
and is destroyed as a result
I brought you into this world this serve
Humanity not to feed upon it
do you know why I do it
so I can taste what it's like to be
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number one Sandman this looks like a job
for
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Sandman
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time I put the piper to bed Morpheus
isn't DC's first Sandman in fact he's
the fourth the first was Wesley Dodds
and the second Garrett Sanford who was
replaced by Hector Hall originally Neil
Gaiman had wanted to revive Garrett
Sanford's story but was asked to dream
up a new character instead in the
Sandman Comics Hector's story is
retconned so that he only exists within
Jed's mind the Netflix adaptation still
includes Hector but as light as deceased
husband in her own dreams so if you can
choose to be here
maybe you can choose to stay
think about it we can have the life we
always wanted it's Jed who thinks he's
the Sandman complete with the old school
costume oh king of nightmares well right
since you both to Dreamland no and Lyda
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