Is it though? Like I said, unadaptable is a word I try to avoid. You have to show market forces, corporatisation of art and all that, but the fact Netflix's Sandman occasionally succeeds would seem to prove a live-action Sandman is at least theoretically possible. So if we leave reality behind and ascend to the realm of dreaming with its library containing every story that never existed, might we find the perfect live-action Sandman sitting upon its shelves? I can't help thinking back to Roger Avery screening Jan Svanck-Meier's Alice to the Warner Brothers executives. Obviously they were never going to make a Sandman movie like this, but I can see where Avery was coming from, blending live-action and stop-motion, surreal imagery that's both charming and sinister. Yeah, this is totally the vibe for Sandman. We've talked a lot about why adapting this comic is challenging. It's thematic, it's experimental, it's an anthology, it's surreal, it's unconventional. But I wouldn't say any of those are necessarily deal-breakers, live-action can do those things too. But perhaps the biggest challenge is it's a comic. It's so tailor-made to be a comic, you kind of break it just by adapting it in the first place. Is that what makes Sandman truly unadaptable? Or can this house of cards be rebuilt? I don't think we've fully answered this question yet. So be sure to subscribe and I'll catch you in the next dream. And since I too live in a capitalist hellscape, consider supporting the channel on Patreon and get bonus content and early access to future videos. Or you can help me appease the algorithm gods by liking the video or leaving a comment. And don't forget to hit subscribe. Thanks for watching and I'll see you next time.
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