![]() The realms of dreams, nightmares, stories, and delusions all use desire and despair as an engine to dream. They are often in competition with older brother Dream, in part because their realms kind of overlap. This episode introduces us to Desire’s twin, Despair. We’re juggling multiple story lines and endlessly teasing the twists to come. But now form (Netflix) and content ( Sandman) have come together. ![]() That means a sense of endless narrative and a stylistic sameness that tends to replace color with shadow. No matter how prestige-y, streamers are ultimately in the business of making content to fold laundry to. The things that work best in comics - a contained story, a unique style, vivid colors and textures - all go against the Netflix style. If your episode doesn’t end in a cliffhanger, Netflix will most likely make you insert a cliff, then make you hang off it. In fact, the boundaries between episodes are intentionally blurred to keep you bingeing. ![]() ![]() Like HBO or the CW before it, Netflix has developed its own house style, for better or worse. The Doll’s House is the first big serialized arc, and it makes for much more satisfying Netflix-style TV than the previous stories. Now we’re cookin’ with gas! Sandman the comic series always went back and forth between long, seralized arcs and unique, stand-alone issues. ![]()
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