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I have a few editions from the comics, absolutely excited for this. Neil Gaiman has a good interview with vanity fair where he breaks down the trailer, he seems to be pretty happy with it.
 

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I cannot wait for this to drop. I cannot remember the last time I was this excited for a TV show
 

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Yes. But I'm already not happy that they took John Constantine out

Once again I hope its good...
Yeah, but don't think they can use John Constantine as when they develop this, there's still a version of him in Legends of Tomorrow.
And who knows what kind of restrictions DC/WB got on him especially with the Discovery merger.

Reviews has been great though. Looking forward to it
 

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Yeah, but don't think they can use John Constantine as when they develop this, there's still a version of him in Legends of Tomorrow.
And who knows what kind of restrictions DC/WB got on him especially with the Discovery merger.

Reviews has been great though. Looking forward to it
They could. They simply consolidated the roles to give it all to Joanna because they were going to be casting her anyway and it gives her more to do

Which to me is a bad thing as hes my favourite comics character. I can see why as a business you would make that choice, but in terms of entertainment I disagree with it
 

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They could. They simply consolidated the roles to give it all to Joanna because they were going to be casting her anyway and it gives her more to do

Which to me is a bad thing as hes my favourite comics character. I can see why as a business you would make that choice, but in terms of entertainment I disagree with it
From what I've read, there is some issue with John Constantine related to a JJ Abrams project for DC's Dark Universe.

Joanna is a Gaiman creation, so there are no rights issues there
 

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Streaming starting tonight. Can't wait!
Fellow comic nerds @Ekeke @Sylar are you guys gonna watch this?

edit: I think @BuryRed is a Sandman fan, is he not here anymore?
Yes , but might have a delay on watching due to my civil coming up :nervous:
 

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Yes. But I'm already not happy that they took John Constantine out

Once again I hope its good...
From what I recall of reading the actual series years ago, John Constantine doesn’t have a large part to play in the series…? Or was he actually meant to be in this show to begin with.
 

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From what I recall of reading the actual series years ago, John Constantine doesn’t have a large part to play in the series…? Or was he actually meant to be in this show to begin with.
He has a small part in the beginning as they were hoping to interest readers of Constantine in the new comic, so it was for popularity reasons
 

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Glad it appears to be getting good reviews. Can't wait to get stuck into it over the weekend.
 

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Went through 2 episodes and was yet to find a character I was pulling for. And then... Episode 3 and a massacre of the John Constantine origin story. Oh boy :houllier:
 

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Getting brilliant reviews in general. Guardian gave it 4 stars and they are difficult to please.
 

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I'm biased as I'm a huge comic book nerd who loved the original and practically worships Neil Gaiman as a deity.....

But it's brilliant
 

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Like it so far. Production value is excellent. It's clear that they spent money on this.
Went through 2 episodes and was yet to find a character I was pulling for. And then... Episode 3 and a massacre of the John Constantine origin story. Oh boy :houllier:
As you mentioned earlier, they merged the characters into 1.
As for Constantine, I never really like him in live action adaptation so far, but I think she's the closest they got in terms of characterization. My favorite version of Constantine is the loner who fecks up every life he touches. It never sit right with me that DC and WB and make him part of a team
 

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Like it so far. Production value is excellent. It's clear that they spent money on this.

As you mentioned earlier, they merged the characters into 1.
As for Constantine, I never really like him in live action adaptation so far, but I think she's the closest they got in terms of characterization. My favorite version of Constantine is the loner who fecks up every life he touches. It never sit right with me that DC and WB and make him part of a team
I hate her, shes like a female pg version with a babyface backstory instead of the guilty John Constantine. She reminds me of Will Smith Deadshot, which was the family man with a child that he was in new 52 instead of the guy who accidently shot his own brother so he never misses, and who's dangerous life got his child killed. And of course it was an excuse for some diversity casting like here.

I'm 3 episodes in and its been made clear that she isnt the ancestor Joanna Constantine from the comics as Dream has said he knew a Constantine from the past and didnt recognise her. She's just genderbent PG Constantine so far
 

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I'm biased as I'm a huge comic book nerd who loved the original and practically worships Neil Gaiman as a deity.....

But it's brilliant
Sandman is precious to me. I bought them as they came out when I was a teenager...I'm half way through and it's wonderful, I agree.
 

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I hate her, shes like a female pg version with a babyface backstory instead of the guilty John Constantine. She reminds me of Will Smith Deadshot, which was the family man with a child that he was in new 52 instead of the guy who accidently shot his own brother so he never misses, and who's dangerous life got his child killed. And of course it was an excuse for some diversity casting like here.

I'm 3 episodes in and its been made clear that she isnt the ancestor Joanna Constantine from the comics as Dream has said he knew a Constantine from the past and didnt recognise her. She's just genderbent PG Constantine so far
I couldn't disagree more. The first onscreen Constantine that seems anything like the comic character. And they pronounce the name correctly.
 

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Within the first ten minutes I knew it was going to be special.
 

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As someone who knows absolutely nothing of the story I have quite liked the first 2 episodes. RIP Gregory.
 

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Caught the first three episodes last night and loved it, though I'm not sure how much of that was nostalgia. Joanna Constantine didn't really work just because of the miscasting, but Marvel has gender swapped too many characters so that it's become annoying.
 

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I'm on episode 5 and I'm enjoying it so far. Would have preferred a proper John Constantine but was just a minor blip for me.
 

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I'm struggling however one thing I can say for sure is it has some cool special effects. So if thats all you really want, it certainly has that
 

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I'm going into it blind with zero knowledge about the character/story.

Why is it rated 18? Scary or gory or just a few naughty bits? Just out of interest
 

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I'm going into it blind with zero knowledge about the character/story.

Why is it rated 18? Scary or gory or just a few naughty bits? Just out of interest
No idea. I'm on ep 7 now and nothing I've seen warrants that but having said that I'm desensitised to pretty much everything and have no idea how ratings are judged.
 

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I'm struggling however one thing I can say for sure is it has some cool special effects. So if thats all you really want, it certainly has that
Are you suggesting that this a CG fest lacking substance? It's got the feel of the comic, which was not easy to pull off. The one shots episode was particularly evocative of the original.
 

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I'm going into it blind with zero knowledge about the character/story.

Why is it rated 18? Scary or gory or just a few naughty bits? Just out of interest
Graphic self-harm is probably an automatic 18+. There’s maybe some other stuff like people humping but nothing wild in that regard.

As for a general review, it is worth a view. I’m also going in blind, and as far as that goes regarding jumping into a new fantasy world I’d rate it a level above some recent stuff like Wheel of Time.
 

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No idea. I'm on ep 7 now and nothing I've seen warrants that but having said that I'm desensitised to pretty much everything and have no idea how ratings are judged.
Graphic self-harm is probably an automatic 18+. There’s maybe some other stuff like people humping but nothing wild in that regard.

As for a general review, it is worth a view. I’m also going in blind, and as far as that goes regarding jumping into a new fantasy world I’d rate it a level above some recent stuff like Wheel of Time.
Thanks