NoWo's Reviews
Entertaining. Visually superb. Unexpectedly balanced.
Lots of girl-boss moments in the beginning, worst offender being Wednesday herself.
Turns out, she's wrong. Often. Stubbornly so. And her actions cause damages to those around her.
So yeah, girl-boss.
Also, I wonder about casting Guzman as Gomez. The original Gomez (John Astin) was not half-bad looking, and Raul Julia had utterly stupid, Mastroianni levels of suave. Morticia is still portrayed by Catherine Zeta-Jones, who was a smoke-show in the previous century.
The whole thing gives off a "what did she see in him, is she a gold digger" vibe, instead of the much more enjoyable "still crazy after all these years" of the original. Possible female pandering that, astonishingly, ruins a good thing.
The show itself is entertaining, concise, somewhat predictable, but still good fun.
Created: 10-27-2023
Visually stunning UNTIL
the race/gender swap begins.
Dream is pretty much spot-on. Death turns black, which mostly destroys a visually-conceived character. Lucifer turns female and ugly. Worst offender is Lucien, turning both female and black, and thus proving there's a war on gingers. All this before the end of episode 2, if memory serves.
Couldn't muster the patience to watch until the Corinthian appeared, I just looked up the visuals on the Interwebs. Mildly disappointing, but this one would have been a struggle to make work anyway.
Also, everybody's been bitten by the gay fly. It does break the flow of the show at some (early) point.
Hey well, there's always the comics.
BTW, Sandman's high concept and many key characters are very reminiscent of Brit author Tanith Lee's Tales From the Flat Earth, although Gaiman never acknowledged any influence. According to recent news, he does seem to be a most repugnant person anyway.
Created: 10-27-2023
Brilliant show.
Legally realistic only insofar as StarGate is a documentary on space travel, but fun.
The central character (Spader's) expresses classical JFK-era Democrat views, but the show does strive for a balanced perspective, with Shatner's Republican caricature often being ridicule, but as often being right.
Of note, the show pictures a profound relationship between two men, without a hint of homosexuality.
Created: 10-27-2023
Throwback to the 80s
Creature feature as expected. Not a great movie, but hey, Cage fight.
Everybody is on the stupid spectrum so that the scenario can proceed, so, no preaching.
Created: 10-27-2023
