The most insidious thing about Morpheus is that he doesn't have to try to terrify you. Your nightmares come from your own insecurities and fears. He doesn't need to lift a finger to invite them into your dreams. He simply needs to provide them complete access to your mind. What makes this downright terrifying is this means he always knows what you fear the most, what you want the most, what you hate the most. Everything is shown in your dreams.
And even more terrifying is that he has access to every story ever written that come from dreams and every story that has yet be written that comes from dreams. Try wrapping your head around that for a second
The saddest thing is, this displays Dream's wrarh and his mercy in one. The man who wanted to free him *conditionally* was cursed and punished, while the man who freed Dream *without* conditions was left untouched. If they had let him go without trying to bargain for safety, he ironically would've let them be in safety.
It didn’t matter he didn’t free dream and killed the raven/crow. I think he sealed his fate when he killed the bird. His partner betrayed him and let him suffer an endless sleep of torture
I don't think that's ironic as well. Conditions are just another form of enslavement, but one where they're trying to get you to *agree* to it... or trying to force you to agree to it.
@@whitedragoness23no, I think Alex sealed his fate when his father died and instead of freeing Morpheus, like he insisted that he wanted to do *all his life* he kept him locked away.
@@whitedragoness23I think Morpheus would have still shown mercy if, after his father died, Alex had freed him with no conditions. Instead he proved himself as bad as his father.
@ he may or he may not, Morpheus himself was just as selfish and cruel like the father. The son was scared and wanted to do the right thing. But his fear was too much. Morpheus probably would have killed him regardless if he let him free or not. Why wouldn’t he? Mere mortals mean nothing to him and killing one off to blow some steam from captivity would be in his eyes. His right to do, he holds all the power and when he was asked to exchange his freedom for the person’s safety. He refused to bargain. He ensured his own continued captivity and would blame it on the mortal who fears his own mortality. Such concepts are just foreign territory to gods who do what they wish.
Thing is Alex is lying about not know the damage his imprisonments caused. He knew about the sleep illnesses caused by dreams capture. He just didn’t care like his father
He knew about the sleep sickness but he didn't remotely comprehend the full scope of what Dream being imprisoned was causing. As Dream says what he says, the gravity of it hits him just like it does the audience, so he's basically confessing that he didn't realize it was THAT bad.
@@salifeqine7583 ayo that's a crock of bs. So you see someone fall out of no where, you know his name is dream of the endless, trap him, and after the first ten years read of sleeping sickness recorded worldwide and claim not to know of the consequences of your actions. Please he 110% knew what he did😂.
I think he might have cared quite a bit when he was younger but part of the problem lies with wanting his horrible dads approval and his insecurities about not being as loved and as good as his dead older brother in the eyes of his dad. He showed some caring as a child but was often dismissed or scolded for wanting to free dream. He killed the bird because that's what his dad wanted knowing it was one of dreams friends or servants and yeah the kid screwed himself after that.
The look of his eyes in the shadows was more than a nod to how Dream looks in the comics. It was also a nod to Sam Keith who drew Dream. Compare that image with Sam Keith's work in Sandman and you'll see how it matches up perfectly.
Man, even now I come back to this scene and Dream sitting in the chair is just....so perfect. Neil Gaiman might be one of the greatest authors of the age, but it's worth never forgetting that his TV shows are *also* just....so so good.
I just finished the Burgess arc in the comics and to be honest I much prefer Dream manipulating the guard into shooting the glass in his sleep to the comic version in which he pretends to collapse to deceive the guards into opening the sphere to check his vitals. It's much more badass.
3:22 Still my favourite shot in the whole series. The insidious side of Dream laid bare for his captor to see. I'd shit myself with fear and flee upon seeing Morpheus like this.
I thought it was great how powerful they made Dream in the show. I feel like a lot of the "Gods" in comic book shows/movies are nerfed down so the only thing making them a God is their long lifespan. Like Thor: he can control lightning and he is immortal, that discribes a few other superheroes but hes a God just because in Marvel
Dream isn’t really a god but is described as one because of their resemblance of power. Marvels gods can be killed without being replaced but dream is a concept that has to exist as long as life does and he doesn’t need worshipers cause even gods dream. His worshiper is basically all that exists.
@@najiib605 thats actually something ive been thinking about since God of War Ragnarok had that scene where Odin questions Kratos about Godhood. Like what makes a God a God? Power, lifespan, abilities, worshipers? Its a very interesting concept to think about
I think Alex’s flaw is, he may have just wanted rid of Dream, but like his father he was offering Dream his freedom *conditionally*. Just like how the Magus was trying to get wealth, immortality and youth from Dream in exchange for freedom, Alex was trying to get safety in exchange for freedom.
@@thebluedragon07 Especially since Alex first told him "I'll help you if I can" and killed his raven moments later. So coming back with "yeah I totally mean it this time" doesn't give Dream the most faith in him...
True, but at the same time you can't blame him. His mistake wasn't trying to find a way to save himself and likely his lover, it was killing the raven in the first place. If he hadn't done so, or fulfilled his promise of trying to help, Dream would almost certainly have granted him his wish.
I honestly never got the impression that Dream was planning to get retribution for Jessamy. After Alex kills Roderick, Dream extends his hand to him, anticipating that Alex would keep his word. If he had done so, I think Dream would have forgiven Jessamy's murder considering it part of Roderick's influence. But instead, like Roderick, Alex made Dream's release conditional.
The only difference I can see here between the show and the comics is that the show made Alex a more sympathetic character, and thus his punishment was eternal sleep, not eternal waking, like in the comics. In the comics, Alex was basically just as bad as his father.
Hello, do you know if there's a difference between the comics and the novel? Wich one should I read? Even if I think that the comics would be more difficult to find than the novel
3:57 Love the way he says ''I'll give you this... a gift...of eternal...sleep''. The way he crouched at the same time (so cool), it's so simple you might think but the delivery and acting by Tom Sturridge is great and the way this entire scene was directed is just flawless. I think this entire scene right here is what got me convinced that this show is worth giving a shot and by the end I am glad I did. Can't wait to check out Season 2 when it gets released. It was a pretty good first season.
I believe it was originally an accident but when he realized what had happened, he didn't say anything because just like the son, he only ever wanted to be rid of dream
@@caniliveinalibraryandliveo4251 I couldn't say for sure as it's been a very long time since I read the comic, but if you go off the context clues in the just the show, then yes it was an accident but he didn't say anything because as thomas said, "all I ever wanted was to be rid of you"
A lot of the time a character that’s meant to be “a god” or “godlike” just comes off as someone with fancy powers. But here I genuinely get the feeling that Morpheus is more than just a guy with tricks- he’s something beyond human.
Somehow it’s those like Alex who are spineless to do the right thing and know it’s wrong rather than those who are greedy and evil that piss me off the most.
I liked how his eyes in shadow/darkness looked like the artist's depiction of Dream's eyes in Gaiman's comics, which is also a nod to the original Sandman story. The Sandman earliest tellings weren't of a benevolent and powerful man that would help you go to sleep and have good dreams of you were good and no dreams if you were bad. He was a malevolent powerful man from the moon. His children only ate human children's eyes. Parents would tell their children to make sure to fall asleep before he came. If they didn't, he'd throw sand in their eyes to keep them open so he could rip them out to feed to his children back on the moon. So the artist that drew Gaiman's "Dream" having eyes as dark as space with one lone and distant star in each eye is very unique depiction of the Sandman of old and recent times and tellings. And the image i think of the Sandman
the ironic thing is...they make it quite clear the BF KNEW the circle was broken. But he didn't say or do anything. even so, the comics version was MUCH more terrifying.
You know the guard didn’t fall asleep he simply “dreamed” of his vacation trip… or rather have a waking dream as we call them vivid thoughts 🥴 just noticed this is why dream escaped he realized people often confuse the definition of dreams he also dream while awake 😍
Funny story is,had alex actually kept his promise the full way,dream probably would have let him go after he got some karma served. Second he tried a double cross,all bets were off as Alex fucked up,resulting in dream getting out either way
It's not just that the son became just as pathetic as his father. What makes the son truly irredeemable is that he spent decades watching the consequences of Dream's absence unfold and still kept him imprisoned. How truly foolish and destructive are we that we'll make the whole world suffer just to have what we want.
Death literally has more charisma than Morpheus and that’s saying a lot. Imagine the disaster if they had gotten Death instead I know she has to have other entities to pick up soul but she’s death she’s inevitable
I like the glance back and slight nod from the attendant after he notices the chalk circle is broken. Almost like it was a deliberate service to Dream to not point it out.
What people don't get, is that Alex was always a coward, as a child, a young man, and an old man. He never stood up to his father. He did not want to be accountable for his actions and killing Dream's crow. He was afraid that Dream would kill him, if he let Dream free. A coward from beginning to end. That is mostly why his father despised him, and wanted his other son, who died in war back.
But in a way, so appropriate! I remember reading that scene in the comic when it first came out and it somehow solidified the idea of Morpheus totally. It's such a "classic" nightmare... I've had that nightmare myself...!
That shot of Morpheus in the chair, in shadows with glowing eyes was straight from the comics. But wasn't Alex's punishment Eternal Waking, not eternal sleep? Would it have been too much to show the gruesome nightmares that Alex keeps waking up into in a loop?
@@jayambi7695 No, this wasn't one. I could understand that with the Lyta and Hector story in Doll's House. But this was just about the never ending nightmare. At best, a minute long scene. Test audiences may be fine for consumer products. Not this. They are no longer making art. Just consumer products. No wonder they call it "content"
I wish they hadnt changed the punishment. In the comics, Dream gave him the curse of eternal waking. Meaning he for the rest of his life be in a nightmare of waking from a dream into a dream again and again until he died. Much worst than just never waking up again.
I totally agree with you but... to be honest, it's a flat out evil curse, even as vengeance for being imprisoned for nearly a century. I would have been fine with it... at the beginning of the story Morpheus in the comics isn't really good or evil, just really powerful and really mysterious. But I don't think you could have got away with that for a TV show with a wide audience, they want a hero, and that curse is really just too sadistic for a hero... But yeah... a pity. It could have bene awesome, imagine the FX for such a sequence....
3:38 This performance is alright, but something is missing. Dream should be angry when describing his imprisonment, but Tom sturridge just has the same voice, occasionally slightly rising his voice but only a little
Dream is not one for showing much emotion, even anger he does not show much of, but thats what makes him all the more terrifying. They specifically wanted his voice to be both soothing and dangerous, like a dream and nightmare. The actor does this perfectly.
In Hinduism we have goddess of Dreams.. God of Desire God of death Goddess of Despair... & It's almost same story of Hinduism. Where a king demanded the god of death for unlimited life. & God of death gave him 100 years everytime but in return he had to sacrifice one of his son 100 years of age. Which means his son age will be 100+. Than the king enjoy his entire life sacrificing all his son's. His main purpose was for sexual pleasure which never ended...later Among all the god's , god of Desire or lust or love has no physical form like other god's because it was destroyed. But he was blessed that because he has no physical form he can be present in any random situation. As our desire comes into our mind randomly...
I've watched over again (several times) and I think it was accidental but Paul couldn't live with the idea of keeping Dream in the cellars any longer. You notice that Dream didn't kill Paul but he didn't go unpunished. Rather than killing Paul, Dream killed Paul's dream of spending his last years in happiness with Alex, meaning he would eventually die lonely and miserable as his punishment for not standing up to Alex sooner.
From the way Paul stops as he's about to leave with Alex, it certainly looks like it was not on purpose and he only realized it after the fact. He did know the significance of leaving it broken, and if you look closely, he gives Dream a barely noticeable nod before departing.
@@arthursouza9641 - Maybe CGI them? So they actually look like stars in pools of black water (according to the comics) instead of just black spheres? Probably too much work...
It's good. But I wish they had had the guts to let Morpheus do the proper "eternal waking" curse on Alex like he did in the comics. It was such a fantastic intro to Morpheus in the comics. As in you screw with him - you can expect some really, REALLY nasty consequences. Mind you, nobody would get behind Morpheus after that. It's a flat-out evil curse. I think you could get away with it in a comic book, but not on the screen.
I think it's more that with both Alex and John Dee they were given more sympathetic motivations and were tragic figures in their own right so they were also given less terrible punishments.
I think they wanted to avoid the slightly kitschy elements of the comics, because Originally Dream gifts him with "Eternal Waking" and then we get to see what that actually means and it's much more interesting
This series does a really good job of setting up part of the reason why Dream is such a jerk. He is frequently crueler than he needs to be, but he deals with so many people trying to play on sympathy so they can continue doing/get away with doing something that hurts others, it makes a lot of sense why he would feel the instinct and the need to become more and more callous. Even though he frequently does things in a crueler way than strictly necessary (although I don't think this scene is an example of that), its fairly rare that he's actually acting in the wrong direction.
I'd like to think that Paul intentionally pushed Alex's wheelchair over the seal, causing it to become broken. The little turn & slight nod towards the cage & to Dream (for me) said "I hope that is enough to free you. I deeply & truly apologize for Alex's behavior; please spare us from your wrath & vengeance."
Comic: "I sentence you to eternal waking." Cue Alex thinking he woke up from the nightmare and then the nurse's head falls off. My guess is they needed to cut some scenes to either make it shorter or save money by not using so much special effects. Also, adding bloody nightmares that are not even plot relevant to the first episode might affect ratings.
Dude a Sandman IT crossover would be so sick liike IT going about his business when finally teh Sandman arrives and kicks his ass for fucking with Dreams
The boy could have set him free at any time, but he too was as greedy and as foolish as his bastard of a father. What good is immortality if it’s spent living an Endless Nightmare?
@@svenkampen1647there is literally no difference. The old man started it all because he didn’t want to die. The stupid boy kept Dream in a bubble because he didn’t want to be punished. Both didn’t want what was coming to them, and yet it still came to take them in the end.
The scene is awesome ! But in the comics Dream punishes Alex by cursing him with eternal waking. So alex can NEVER sleep again while being haunted by vision and nightmare, much much cruel i think
Why was the ending changed? in the original, Morpheus give the gift of eternal waking instead. The rest of your life is waking from a nightmare, just to discover you are in another nightmare, which you wake up from.
I feel for Alex that punishment is too easy, in fact he would have expected it from Morpheus. Morpheus knew that Alex would want to be with his partner for the rest of his life and in his after life. The eternal sleep allows them to be completely separated and alone which is what happened to Dream stuck in a cage. Now Alex is stuck in the cage of his own mind for eternity with no one to help him out just like he and his father did to dream. That is why to me this is the perfect punishment for Alex.
@@TheArtisanTarotTBMoon Why does he deserve punishment at all? He wasn't the one who trapped him. And he would have freed him if Morpheus had just agreed not to hurt them, which is an eminently reasonable 'condition' to set. You are literally condoning an infinite punishment for a finite crime. This scene basically paints Morpheus as a complete monster.
@@fanghurno it really doesn’t. Alex had the power to free him and never did because like his father, he wanted Dream’s release to be conditional. As a young man he told Dream, before murdering Jessamy, that he would help him if he could. Well, he could have freed him after Roderick’s death but he didn’t. And once he was an old man, just as bitter as his father for not being able to get Dream to talk to him or promise him anything, he was content to *leave him in that cage* even after his own death. He never kept his word to Dream *and* he murdered Jessamy so why should he be spared?
@@Damodred_Heiress That was true in the comics, but it wasn't true in the show. I hardly consider a promise to not be immediately murdered to be a 'condition in the pejorative sense you mean. If the show had stuck closer to Alex's comic book depiction, I'd be much more inclined to agree with you. But in the show, he was just a scared and abused kid who only killed the raven because his father threatened him into it, which Morpheus witnessed and so should have at least grudgingly understood where he was coming from.
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I love the way they keep his eyes in shadow while the pupils glow faintly.
Like in the comics
Tell me Neil Gaiman is heavily involved in this show without telling me he’s heavily involved in this show
They first considered keeping his comic book accurate form with the eyes, but the later decided it would deterred the actors performance
“As tho you could see the entire cosmos in them”
Haha
The most insidious thing about Morpheus is that he doesn't have to try to terrify you. Your nightmares come from your own insecurities and fears. He doesn't need to lift a finger to invite them into your dreams. He simply needs to provide them complete access to your mind.
What makes this downright terrifying is this means he always knows what you fear the most, what you want the most, what you hate the most. Everything is shown in your dreams.
True, since when we are sleep is when we are most vulnerable.
Not to some of us, there are those who denied having a dream or if anything they deny to believe
And even more terrifying is that he has access to every story ever written that come from dreams and every story that has yet be written that comes from dreams. Try wrapping your head around that for a second
@@Exo49r yeah and he even has a library for every single one of them.
Wasn't knowing what you want the most (desire) the thing with Lucifer?
The saddest thing is, this displays Dream's wrarh and his mercy in one. The man who wanted to free him *conditionally* was cursed and punished, while the man who freed Dream *without* conditions was left untouched.
If they had let him go without trying to bargain for safety, he ironically would've let them be in safety.
It didn’t matter he didn’t free dream and killed the raven/crow. I think he sealed his fate when he killed the bird. His partner betrayed him and let him suffer an endless sleep of torture
I don't think that's ironic as well. Conditions are just another form of enslavement, but one where they're trying to get you to *agree* to it... or trying to force you to agree to it.
@@whitedragoness23no, I think Alex sealed his fate when his father died and instead of freeing Morpheus, like he insisted that he wanted to do *all his life* he kept him locked away.
@@whitedragoness23I think Morpheus would have still shown mercy if, after his father died, Alex had freed him with no conditions. Instead he proved himself as bad as his father.
@ he may or he may not, Morpheus himself was just as selfish and cruel like the father. The son was scared and wanted to do the right thing. But his fear was too much. Morpheus probably would have killed him regardless if he let him free or not.
Why wouldn’t he? Mere mortals mean nothing to him and killing one off to blow some steam from captivity would be in his eyes. His right to do, he holds all the power and when he was asked to exchange his freedom for the person’s safety. He refused to bargain.
He ensured his own continued captivity and would blame it on the mortal who fears his own mortality. Such concepts are just foreign territory to gods who do what they wish.
Thing is Alex is lying about not know the damage his imprisonments caused. He knew about the sleep illnesses caused by dreams capture. He just didn’t care like his father
He knew about the sleep sickness but he didn't remotely comprehend the full scope of what Dream being imprisoned was causing. As Dream says what he says, the gravity of it hits him just like it does the audience, so he's basically confessing that he didn't realize it was THAT bad.
@@salifeqine7583 ayo that's a crock of bs. So you see someone fall out of no where, you know his name is dream of the endless, trap him, and after the first ten years read of sleeping sickness recorded worldwide and claim not to know of the consequences of your actions. Please he 110% knew what he did😂.
@@salifeqine7583 Yea no. He just didn't care.
He probably did care, just not enough to do anything about it earlier, which is arguably worse
I think he might have cared quite a bit when he was younger but part of the problem lies with wanting his horrible dads approval and his insecurities about not being as loved and as good as his dead older brother in the eyes of his dad.
He showed some caring as a child but was often dismissed or scolded for wanting to free dream. He killed the bird because that's what his dad wanted knowing it was one of dreams friends or servants and yeah the kid screwed himself after that.
IT's really ironic 'cause Dream never really showed any hostility towards Alex. Until Alex messed up by shooting Dream's first raven.
The look of his eyes in the shadows was more than a nod to how Dream looks in the comics. It was also a nod to Sam Keith who drew Dream. Compare that image with Sam Keith's work in Sandman and you'll see how it matches up perfectly.
They just stole it from salems lot.
@@Ouioui555it’s literally an homage to the original comic but go off
@@Ouioui555 And King stole it from Stoker's description of Dracula, who probably stole it from someone else. Authors read other authors.
@@crabbieappletonWell, all poems and stories, and even arts, were kind of the same, just clothed in different metaphor.
The glint in his eyes when he's in silhouette was a nice touch.
Tom Sturridge has the perfect body, beautiful face, mesmerizing voice.... He is a brilliant actor. He is the real Sandman 👍
If they replace Tom Sturridge as The Sandman in the future like in the comics, I ain’t gonna watch this show anymore.
Tom is Sandman. ⭐️👍
@@helenivanic1628 He was born to be Sandman! This is his role! ❤️
@@Inna.Eroshina Absolutely. 🥰
@@helenivanic1628 perfect body?
@@forsak3n749 for sandman.
Man, even now I come back to this scene and Dream sitting in the chair is just....so perfect. Neil Gaiman might be one of the greatest authors of the age, but it's worth never forgetting that his TV shows are *also* just....so so good.
I just finished the Burgess arc in the comics and to be honest I much prefer Dream manipulating the guard into shooting the glass in his sleep to the comic version in which he pretends to collapse to deceive the guards into opening the sphere to check his vitals. It's much more badass.
If Alex spoke the truth, that he didn't know what would happen, then perhaps Dream was being merciful, in his way.
I imagine Alex is in eternal waking in the show, they'll just reveal it later down the line
To be fair they also made Alex much more sympathetic in the show, so a lighter punishment made sense
@@filipvadas7602 True.
It's cleverer, yeah. I agree.
3:22 Still my favourite shot in the whole series. The insidious side of Dream laid bare for his captor to see. I'd shit myself with fear and flee upon seeing Morpheus like this.
I thought it was great how powerful they made Dream in the show. I feel like a lot of the "Gods" in comic book shows/movies are nerfed down so the only thing making them a God is their long lifespan. Like Thor: he can control lightning and he is immortal, that discribes a few other superheroes but hes a God just because in Marvel
The comics have been stated that he can control the weather but he doesn't do it often. He's not as precises storm
Dream isn’t really a god but is described as one because of their resemblance of power. Marvels gods can be killed without being replaced but dream is a concept that has to exist as long as life does and he doesn’t need worshipers cause even gods dream. His worshiper is basically all that exists.
@@najiib605 thats actually something ive been thinking about since God of War Ragnarok had that scene where Odin questions Kratos about Godhood. Like what makes a God a God? Power, lifespan, abilities, worshipers? Its a very interesting concept to think about
@@ccolton9 I’d say an established existence that basically can’t be challenged, killed or replaced.
Thor isn't immortal
I think Alex’s flaw is, he may have just wanted rid of Dream, but like his father he was offering Dream his freedom *conditionally*. Just like how the Magus was trying to get wealth, immortality and youth from Dream in exchange for freedom, Alex was trying to get safety in exchange for freedom.
Ya, but being responsible for killing his beloved raven, all deals are off.
@@thebluedragon07 Especially since Alex first told him "I'll help you if I can" and killed his raven moments later. So coming back with "yeah I totally mean it this time" doesn't give Dream the most faith in him...
True, but at the same time you can't blame him. His mistake wasn't trying to find a way to save himself and likely his lover, it was killing the raven in the first place. If he hadn't done so, or fulfilled his promise of trying to help, Dream would almost certainly have granted him his wish.
I honestly never got the impression that Dream was planning to get retribution for Jessamy. After Alex kills Roderick, Dream extends his hand to him, anticipating that Alex would keep his word. If he had done so, I think Dream would have forgiven Jessamy's murder considering it part of Roderick's influence. But instead, like Roderick, Alex made Dream's release conditional.
@@markcollier3644 you're likely right as Jessamy isn't the book but is an excellent edition to the adaptation as it helps the story flow.
The only difference I can see here between the show and the comics is that the show made Alex a more sympathetic character, and thus his punishment was eternal sleep, not eternal waking, like in the comics.
In the comics, Alex was basically just as bad as his father.
Hello, do you know if there's a difference between the comics and the novel? Wich one should I read? Even if I think that the comics would be more difficult to find than the novel
@@dorianfrateur There is no novel. There are only the comics. A *graphic novel* means comic book.
@@JohnySlama oh sorry I didn't know, English is not my native language. But good to know, thanks!
@@dorianfrateur Yeah, same XD Anyways, they shouldn't be that hard to find. My country has them in regular bookstores, right on the shelves
@@JohnySlama oh cool, then I'll search for them
Dream: curses Alex with eternal sleep
Me, looking at the comics: “Yeah, he got off easy.”
what happened in comics
@@aryansingh-ph4hf Eternal Waking. (Endless cycle of waking from nightmares but nightmare never really ends.)
@@aryansingh-ph4hf Eternal Waking. (Endless cycle of waking from nightmares but nightmare never really ends.)
@Sacchidanand whos to say that isnt the same thing? Eternal sleep, eternal nightmare, connect the dots
@@Hari-om6yx yeah, but imagine you wake up from the nightmare.... only to find out you're in a new one. Forever.
Wish they kept the "eternal awakening" like they did in the comics... Was hoping to see him constantly waking up only to still be in a nightmare
I'm told they filmed that sequence, but test audiences wanted to get back to Dream.
At least you can tell from his body language that he’s stuck in an ever waking dream.
As far as I'm concerned, that would make Morpheus outright evil.
@@fanghur not evil, he was punishing him for keeping him imprisoned for 100 years, he messed with the universe so he payed the price for it
@@halogalaxy5612 what 100 years compared to eternity?
3:57 Love the way he says ''I'll give you this... a gift...of eternal...sleep''. The way he crouched at the same time (so cool), it's so simple you might think but the delivery and acting by Tom Sturridge is great and the way this entire scene was directed is just flawless. I think this entire scene right here is what got me convinced that this show is worth giving a shot and by the end I am glad I did. Can't wait to check out Season 2 when it gets released. It was a pretty good first season.
Did Paul deliberately scuff the circle. The way he looks at the circle and then meets Dream’s eye. It seems like it was deliberate.
I'm sure he did in the show. Not is the comic, though.
I believe it was originally an accident but when he realized what had happened, he didn't say anything because just like the son, he only ever wanted to be rid of dream
@@matthewparker5277 Was that how it happened in the comic?
@@caniliveinalibraryandliveo4251 I couldn't say for sure as it's been a very long time since I read the comic, but if you go off the context clues in the just the show, then yes it was an accident but he didn't say anything because as thomas said, "all I ever wanted was to be rid of you"
@@matthewparker5277 Fair enough. I kind of thought the same but he was so subtle about it. Thanks.
I'm sorry but when he gets pulled into the light after his freedom, I literally screamed because it was straight up an anime!
Direct from the comics~!
@@Landis963 I know that. Have you've seen dragon ball though?
A lot of the time a character that’s meant to be “a god” or “godlike” just comes off as someone with fancy powers. But here I genuinely get the feeling that Morpheus is more than just a guy with tricks- he’s something beyond human.
Somehow it’s those like Alex who are spineless to do the right thing and know it’s wrong rather than those who are greedy and evil that piss me off the most.
Those who stand by and do nothing, and allow evil to triumph.
3:21 Goosebumps 😱
His delivery is incredible.
I liked how his eyes in shadow/darkness looked like the artist's depiction of Dream's eyes in Gaiman's comics, which is also a nod to the original Sandman story. The Sandman earliest tellings weren't of a benevolent and powerful man that would help you go to sleep and have good dreams of you were good and no dreams if you were bad. He was a malevolent powerful man from the moon. His children only ate human children's eyes. Parents would tell their children to make sure to fall asleep before he came. If they didn't, he'd throw sand in their eyes to keep them open so he could rip them out to feed to his children back on the moon. So the artist that drew Gaiman's "Dream" having eyes as dark as space with one lone and distant star in each eye is very unique depiction of the Sandman of old and recent times and tellings. And the image i think of the Sandman
the ironic thing is...they make it quite clear the BF KNEW the circle was broken. But he didn't say or do anything. even so, the comics version was MUCH more terrifying.
Those cosmic eyes glowing in the dark is the chefs kiss 🤌
The eyes....gets me every time
You know the guard didn’t fall asleep he simply “dreamed” of his vacation trip… or rather have a waking dream as we call them vivid thoughts 🥴 just noticed this is why dream escaped he realized people often confuse the definition of dreams he also dream while awake 😍
That's not how it goes in the book
That scene where he turns and goes through the portal always gives me goosebumps.
Love this show patiently waiting for season 2😊
In 2025.First half of 2025 i hope because of the strikes.
Yep. Alex knew he was screwed the moment Dream was freed.
Man as an outsider, this scene was SO satisfying.
Funny story is,had alex actually kept his promise the full way,dream probably would have let him go after he got some karma served. Second he tried a double cross,all bets were off as Alex fucked up,resulting in dream getting out either way
I would hardly call asking for assurance that he wouldn't hurt him to be 'double-crossing' him. That's a perfectly reasonable thing to do.
Tuck you in, warm within
Keep you free from sin
'Til the sandman, he comes
Best series ever , Not only the best DC series but generally BEST SERIES.
You don't seems to be very old if you say that this is the best series ever
@@varricDefinately not the best series ever. But easily the best out of the comic adapted shows.
It's not just that the son became just as pathetic as his father. What makes the son truly irredeemable is that he spent decades watching the consequences of Dream's absence unfold and still kept him imprisoned. How truly foolish and destructive are we that we'll make the whole world suffer just to have what we want.
We? No, don't equate all people. Don't make it a general thing thus diminishing individual responsibility of those pathetic cowardly types
@yevgeniyaleshchenko849 you'd be surprised as to how infectious such a way of being can be. Odds are you've felt it yourself and barely noticed.
With everything else that happened in this series I forgot how good this sceen was.
this was the only time that they referenced his 'star eyes' from the comics
He is the epitome of charisma😮
Death literally has more charisma than Morpheus and that’s saying a lot. Imagine the disaster if they had gotten Death instead I know she has to have other entities to pick up soul but she’s death she’s inevitable
So excited for season 2 🎉
3:29 so comic accurate
I like the glance back and slight nod from the attendant after he notices the chalk circle is broken.
Almost like it was a deliberate service to Dream to not point it out.
i really hope we get season 2
They’ve just announced it!
this is the best vfx shots on a series ever made in history
everyone to the kid who fell into harambe's cage: 3:44
What people don't get, is that Alex was always a coward, as a child, a young man, and an old man. He never stood up to his father. He did not want to be accountable for his actions and killing Dream's crow. He was afraid that Dream would kill him, if he let Dream free. A coward from beginning to end. That is mostly why his father despised him, and wanted his other son, who died in war back.
The king of F around and find out.
The judgement of the primordial dream of the endless is cruel and horrible , put perfect and absolutely
I should rewatch Sandman again.
The punishment for the comic was way worse. He made the guy eternally wake up from nightmares. Terrifying.
But in a way, so appropriate! I remember reading that scene in the comic when it first came out and it somehow solidified the idea of Morpheus totally. It's such a "classic" nightmare... I've had that nightmare myself...!
That shot of Morpheus in the chair, in shadows with glowing eyes was straight from the comics. But wasn't Alex's punishment Eternal Waking, not eternal sleep? Would it have been too much to show the gruesome nightmares that Alex keeps waking up into in a loop?
Another comment said that they filmed that sequence, but the test audience wanted to get right back to Dream
@@jayambi7695 That is always the best way to create art. Let others tell you how and what to do.
@@saintnomuse2092 Some ideas don't translate well with people from comics to film media. This was one. That's why they have test audiences lol
@@jayambi7695 No, this wasn't one. I could understand that with the Lyta and Hector story in Doll's House. But this was just about the never ending nightmare. At best, a minute long scene. Test audiences may be fine for consumer products. Not this. They are no longer making art. Just consumer products. No wonder they call it "content"
@@saintnomuse2092 Yeah I don't think it's that deep, the story wasn't impacted in anyway leaving that sequence out
Love the reference to a future episode, Morpheus-cat.
“Your punishment will be a gift “
I wish they hadnt changed the punishment. In the comics, Dream gave him the curse of eternal waking. Meaning he for the rest of his life be in a nightmare of waking from a dream into a dream again and again until he died. Much worst than just never waking up again.
I totally agree with you but... to be honest, it's a flat out evil curse, even as vengeance for being imprisoned for nearly a century. I would have been fine with it... at the beginning of the story Morpheus in the comics isn't really good or evil, just really powerful and really mysterious. But I don't think you could have got away with that for a TV show with a wide audience, they want a hero, and that curse is really just too sadistic for a hero... But yeah... a pity. It could have bene awesome, imagine the FX for such a sequence....
reminds me of SALEMS LOT....the scene with the vampire waiting in a chair
It's short scenes like these that save the ratings and help construct stuff
2:38 Dream just adios-ed
💀
He went to cover his shame
I have heard that the actor of Morpheus was completely Naked while filming this.
Yep, he got into crazy shape for it too!
How do they find people who look like a literal clone of the comic character. Just amazing.
Did anyone else get a Pennywise moment when Dream appeared in the chair?
3:38 This performance is alright, but something is missing. Dream should be angry when describing his imprisonment, but Tom sturridge just has the same voice, occasionally slightly rising his voice but only a little
He is supposed to be very inhuman and stoic, especially early in the series
Dream is not one for showing much emotion, even anger he does not show much of, but thats what makes him all the more terrifying. They specifically wanted his voice to be both soothing and dangerous, like a dream and nightmare. The actor does this perfectly.
Comic accurate
thanks for the peaceful dreams, they help me tame the bad leaves.
Bro fr got that lightskin stare💀
I thought it was 'eternal waking' - that he should dream he wakes up, over and over again. A real punishment.
In Hinduism we have goddess of Dreams..
God of Desire
God of death
Goddess of Despair...
& It's almost same story of Hinduism. Where a king demanded the god of death for unlimited life. & God of death gave him 100 years everytime but in return he had to sacrifice one of his son 100 years of age. Which means his son age will be 100+.
Than the king enjoy his entire life sacrificing all his son's. His main purpose was for sexual pleasure which never ended...later
Among all the god's , god of Desire or lust or love has no physical form like other god's because it was destroyed. But he was blessed that because he has no physical form he can be present in any random situation. As our desire comes into our mind randomly...
Very interesting!
Open your hand!
As you wish...
Im the cat.
"Hello human come follow you have a meeting with my master."
Wait....at the start, did the guy intentionally damage the thing on the ground that was keeping Morpheus trapped or was it accidentally?
I've watched over again (several times) and I think it was accidental but Paul couldn't live with the idea of keeping Dream in the cellars any longer. You notice that Dream didn't kill Paul but he didn't go unpunished. Rather than killing Paul, Dream killed Paul's dream of spending his last years in happiness with Alex, meaning he would eventually die lonely and miserable as his punishment for not standing up to Alex sooner.
From the way Paul stops as he's about to leave with Alex, it certainly looks like it was not on purpose and he only realized it after the fact. He did know the significance of leaving it broken, and if you look closely, he gives Dream a barely noticeable nod before departing.
I prefer the comic look for his eyes. Black with a sparkle. He's not a person
It´s a question if work on live action. Clearly totally black eyes don´t work on live action, like white eyes on Batman mask.
@@arthursouza9641 - Maybe CGI them? So they actually look like stars in pools of black water (according to the comics) instead of just black spheres? Probably too much work...
It's good. But I wish they had had the guts to let Morpheus do the proper "eternal waking" curse on Alex like he did in the comics. It was such a fantastic intro to Morpheus in the comics. As in you screw with him - you can expect some really, REALLY nasty consequences. Mind you, nobody would get behind Morpheus after that. It's a flat-out evil curse. I think you could get away with it in a comic book, but not on the screen.
I think it's more that with both Alex and John Dee they were given more sympathetic motivations and were tragic figures in their own right so they were also given less terrible punishments.
The series was amazing specially the concept of th significance of dream the. At the end it all become vulgur as hell
I think they wanted to avoid the slightly kitschy elements of the comics, because Originally Dream gifts him with "Eternal Waking" and then we get to see what that actually means and it's much more interesting
This series does a really good job of setting up part of the reason why Dream is such a jerk. He is frequently crueler than he needs to be, but he deals with so many people trying to play on sympathy so they can continue doing/get away with doing something that hurts others, it makes a lot of sense why he would feel the instinct and the need to become more and more callous. Even though he frequently does things in a crueler way than strictly necessary (although I don't think this scene is an example of that), its fairly rare that he's actually acting in the wrong direction.
I'd like to think that Paul intentionally pushed Alex's wheelchair over the seal, causing it to become broken. The little turn & slight nod towards the cage & to Dream (for me) said "I hope that is enough to free you. I deeply & truly apologize for Alex's behavior; please spare us from your wrath & vengeance."
heh..... my dumbass waiting for technoblade with the fire resistance potions to show up in this video.
Dream let out his inner Pitch Black
Ah yes, the glorious 1080p with bitratio of 12 bytes/s and 10 FPS.
If he was in there for a century? What did Hobs do when they were supposed to meet?
This is explained in Ep. 6
He waited - and then commented that Dream was late when he finally arrived.
Fantastic series
Dream was terrifying when he was the cat and transformed bro looked liked annabelle
Comic: "I sentence you to eternal waking." Cue Alex thinking he woke up from the nightmare and then the nurse's head falls off.
My guess is they needed to cut some scenes to either make it shorter or save money by not using so much special effects.
Also, adding bloody nightmares that are not even plot relevant to the first episode might affect ratings.
I bet it felt good when he hopped out of that bowl
Dude a Sandman IT crossover would be so sick liike IT going about his business when finally teh Sandman arrives and kicks his ass for fucking with Dreams
The FUTHARK circle is already broken due to the space between tiles.
The boy could have set him free at any time, but he too was as greedy and as foolish as his bastard of a father. What good is immortality if it’s spent living an Endless Nightmare?
No, he was too scared. So he continued to offer him his freedom if he would not be punished.
@@svenkampen1647there is literally no difference. The old man started it all because he didn’t want to die. The stupid boy kept Dream in a bubble because he didn’t want to be punished. Both didn’t want what was coming to them, and yet it still came to take them in the end.
You can't Cage a God
But A God can Cage You
Forever
The endless are not exactly gods, but the abstract entities of the highlest level.
If your referring to them as Celestials that's also another word for a God
But that statement also makes sense
@@edenramos9686
Calestials ? Not . They are above gods in dc universe.
Something about him reminds me of prince noctis of somnus
I wonder if the guy intentionally scrape it and slightly nodded at dream to let him know about it
I think not, was an accident, because after that dream punished the lover of the guy, called alex , in an eternal sleep.
Of course a brit would say "open your hand now"
A job where taking drugs religiously is required. 😏
Imprisoning the "GOD OF DREAMS", bad idea. 😈
Well imprisoning any of the Endless is really bad.
@@thebluedragon07 Wasn't looking for a response but ok.
The thing here, with his death... His Sister knew...
What's the title of this series?
The Sandman it's on Netflix and based on a comicbook
The scene is awesome ! But in the comics Dream punishes Alex by cursing him with eternal waking. So alex can NEVER sleep again while being haunted by vision and nightmare, much much cruel i think
You’re free!” I am.
Had Sandman taken Alex deal of leving him alone he could have gotten freed decades earlier
this episode was my gay awakening, there i said it.
Why was the ending changed? in the original, Morpheus give the gift of eternal waking instead. The rest of your life is waking from a nightmare, just to discover you are in another nightmare, which you wake up from.
They apparently shot that sequence but cut it for time.
I feel for Alex that punishment is too easy, in fact he would have expected it from Morpheus. Morpheus knew that Alex would want to be with his partner for the rest of his life and in his after life. The eternal sleep allows them to be completely separated and alone which is what happened to Dream stuck in a cage. Now Alex is stuck in the cage of his own mind for eternity with no one to help him out just like he and his father did to dream. That is why to me this is the perfect punishment for Alex.
@@TheArtisanTarotTBMoon Why does he deserve punishment at all? He wasn't the one who trapped him. And he would have freed him if Morpheus had just agreed not to hurt them, which is an eminently reasonable 'condition' to set. You are literally condoning an infinite punishment for a finite crime. This scene basically paints Morpheus as a complete monster.
@@fanghurno it really doesn’t. Alex had the power to free him and never did because like his father, he wanted Dream’s release to be conditional. As a young man he told Dream, before murdering Jessamy, that he would help him if he could. Well, he could have freed him after Roderick’s death but he didn’t. And once he was an old man, just as bitter as his father for not being able to get Dream to talk to him or promise him anything, he was content to *leave him in that cage* even after his own death. He never kept his word to Dream *and* he murdered Jessamy so why should he be spared?
@@Damodred_Heiress That was true in the comics, but it wasn't true in the show. I hardly consider a promise to not be immediately murdered to be a 'condition in the pejorative sense you mean. If the show had stuck closer to Alex's comic book depiction, I'd be much more inclined to agree with you.
But in the show, he was just a scared and abused kid who only killed the raven because his father threatened him into it, which Morpheus witnessed and so should have at least grudgingly understood where he was coming from.
Alex waisted his life.
Aahh I see what you did there