Enter TV? Neil Gaiman's The Sandman to be adapted into TV series
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BafflingBeerMan,
Posted on: 2010-09-03 18:55 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
This is the only way Sandman could come to a filmed medium and work out most or all of the series. It must be handled delicately because any changes will likely diminish the whole of the series in that medium. If Gaiman get's on board as a consultant, I'm game to see it happen.
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Yes, but that post was clearly made during the time when Orpheus was trapped in the basement of Roderick Burgess and hence, my perception was out of whack.
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Orpheus?
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Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
Yes, but that post was clearly made during the time when Orpheus was trapped in the basement of Roderick Burgess and hence, my perception was out of whack.
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Orpheus was an alternate name for Dream in the comics. I felt like being formal about it |
Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
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I think you mean Morpheus. |
Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
Orpheus was an alternate name for Dream in the comics. I felt like being formal about it
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If one is going to be formal, "Morpheus" was one of the many cognomens of Dream of the Endless. He did have a son by the name of Orpheus, however, during his dalliance with the muse Calliope.|
Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
Orpheus was an alternate name for Dream in the comics. I felt like being formal about it
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(And it's this level of mythological trivia that helps scare off would-be adapters of the voluminous comics series.)
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I will have to reread the comics at some point, but I thought he was called Orpheus at certain points, because while I knew Morpheus was the name of a sleep god from reading the philosophy behind The Matrix, I found it weird that Dream was being called Orpheus in the comic.|
Originally Posted by CaptainFoamerang
I think you mean Morpheus.
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Looking at some cursory info, there was a spinoff comic with a son (Daniel?) of Dream in which the son was called Orpheus. But I never read that.
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Daniel, the son of the Silver Age Sandman (Hector Hall) and the Fury (Lyta Trevor-Hall), was a mortal child who {spoilers} assumed the incarnation of Dream at the conclusion of Gaiman's Sandman series when Morpheus, shall we say, resigned {/spoilers}. Gaiman's inspiration to have Morpheus be the father of Orpheus from Greek mythology - which has no basis in any legend - may simply have something to do with the similarity of their names.|
Originally Posted by BafflingBeerMan
Looking at some cursory info, there was a spinoff comic with a son (Daniel?) of Dream in which the son was called Orpheus.
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(As I said, the depth of trivia concerning this project will greatly complicate any attempts at adaptation.)
As long as they don't horribly mis-cast the role of Death, I'll give it a shot. If they hire Kristin Kreuk or that girl from the Twilight movies to play her, I'm out.
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I'd like to see this come to pass just to see if they'd faithfully adapt Dr. Destiny's diner scene from the very early issues of the comic.
M. Bison: For you, the day Bison graced your village was the most important day of your life. But for me...it was Tuesday.
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McClane: Hey, thanks for saving my daughter's life.
Farrell: What was I going to do?
McClane: That's what makes you "that guy."
-- Live Free or Die Hard (2007)
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That truly monstrous "24 Hours" episode would present a challenge to an R-rated horror movie, much less television show, whether network or cable. The incidental detail that the villain is one of the goofier Golden Age nemeses of the Justice League of America only adds another layer of complication for a would-be adaptation.
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Originally Posted by Klatteja
I'd like to see this come to pass just to see if they'd faithfully adapt Dr. Destiny's diner scene from the very early issues of the comic.
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Well let's hope they put it on HBO or something.|
Originally Posted by TrueGentleman
That truly monstrous "24 Hours" episode would present a challenge to an R-rated horror movie, much less television show, whether network or cable. The incidental detail that the villain is one of the goofier Golden Age nemeses of the Justice League of America only adds another layer of complication for a would-be adaptation.
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I mean, True Blood has done a lot of ****** up stuff. The Bill-Lorena twister sex scene comes to mind.
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Creator of Supernatural is attached
From what little I have seen and read of Supernatural, I don't think Kripke is a bad choice.
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