![]() ![]() Early on in its run the show relies on episodic adventures to set the stage, but towards the end of Season 1 the show finally embraces serialized storytelling, showing off its true potential as an engaging and funny series that knows how to poke fun at, but still have fun within, the fantasy genre. Aimed at adults and set in Dreamland-a fully realized world full of fantasy and magic-the show follows the adventures of a a central trio: a princess named Bean (Abbi Jacobson) who loves beer and is reluctant to take on the responsibilities of adulthood an elf named Elfo (Nat Faxon) who obviously has a crush on Bean and a feline-like demon known as Luci (Eric Andre) who has been sent to keep an eye on Bean. If you’ve already watched a lot of the shows on this list and you’re looking for something a little off-kilter but more accessible than, say, Gelflings, Matt Groening’s animated parody of medieval fantasy stories, Disenchantment, is worth a look. Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Eric Andre, Nat Faxon, John DiMaggio But the story tends to err on the side of expanding its narrative and filling in gaps rather than change for its own sake, and the world of the show feels even richer and more lived in as a result. Yes, there are changes to the source material, including multiple gender-swapped characters, new and expanded roles for previously minor figures, and a few notable alterations to the way certain characters are introduced. ![]() And it also comes pretty darn close to doing the impossible, especially in its first six episodes, which manage to mirror the episodic nature of the comic itself, shifting genres, time periods, and storytelling styles from episode to episode and crafting an interconnected world full of hidden corners to explore and new stories to seek out. But it’s so, so much more than I ever thought I’d get. Netflix’s lush, 10-episode adaptation isn’t perfect. The episodes that follow see the Lord of the Dreaming attempt to rebuild the kingdom that has fallen into disrepair in his absence, try to find his missing totems of power, and reconnect with his family-various members (Destiny, Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction), who have mixed feelings of their own about his return. The series begins with Dream’s capture by a mortal occultist named Roderick Burgess (Charles Dance), who strips him of his symbols of office-a pouch of sand, a powerful magical ruby, and his very disturbing Helmet of Dreams-and holds him prisoner for the better part of a century. In the most basic sense, The Sandman is the story of Morpheus (Tom Sturridge), informally referred to as Dream, the Lord of the Dreaming, and one of seven immortal beings known as the Endless who are essentially personifications of various aspects of human reality. Though various interested parties have been attempting to figure out how to bring some version of this story to the screen since the early 1990s, they all eventually found themselves broken on the rocks of the comic’s epic scope, complex lore, and constantly shifting genres. Stars: Tom Sturridge, Charles Dance, Boyd Holbrook, Vivienne Acheampong, Patton Oswalt, David Thewlis, Jenna Coleman, Gwendoline Christie, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Ferdinand Kingsleyįor decades, it was generally accepted that Neil Gaiman’s landmark series The Sandman was unadaptable. Because that’s what fantasy is all about! The shows below are not all riffs on medieval settings, though-our selections also include modern magic, puppets, and otherwise uncategorized weirdness. Sometimes all we want is to escape reality for a little while, and what better way to do it than to immerse one’s self in a beautiful, dark, complicated imaginary land? For our list of the best fantasy shows on Netflix, we have strict rules: no sci-fi, no horror, and no superheroes. ![]()
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