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Details from Variety.
Dead Boy Detectives cancelled by Netflix
Aug. 31st, 2024 11:14 amAfter just one series. Radio Times report.
Not surprising, not least given the quagmire of accusations circling around Neil Gaiman since July. Which are continuing to produce new ones.
That's also why we haven't rushed to watch it to be fair ...
Sandman and Good Omens TV series may be safer. To be fair Good Omens just needs one more series. And it has been commissioned. Sandman has finished filming season 2 I think.
Not surprising, not least given the quagmire of accusations circling around Neil Gaiman since July. Which are continuing to produce new ones.
That's also why we haven't rushed to watch it to be fair ...
Sandman and Good Omens TV series may be safer. To be fair Good Omens just needs one more series. And it has been commissioned. Sandman has finished filming season 2 I think.
I haven't posted about this publicly before. Mainly because I don't know what to say, and I'm still trying to process it. And I haven't felt that I can contribute to the discussion. Google it if you need to know more. Be warned the details are potentially highly triggering and distressing.
However at best I think there is a serious question mark over any perception of consent. Assuming consent in the circumstances described - hugely skewed in terms of age, power, and employer/employee relations, is highly questionable, and I think untenable. At worst it's potentially criminal sexual assault.
For now I am looking at his books and comics from a very wary distance. Including my recently personally signed and dedicated book.
I will be very surprised if one of his TV series continues, and am doubtful for the other two.
Just currently really disappointed.
However at best I think there is a serious question mark over any perception of consent. Assuming consent in the circumstances described - hugely skewed in terms of age, power, and employer/employee relations, is highly questionable, and I think untenable. At worst it's potentially criminal sexual assault.
For now I am looking at his books and comics from a very wary distance. Including my recently personally signed and dedicated book.
I will be very surprised if one of his TV series continues, and am doubtful for the other two.
Just currently really disappointed.
Watching Neil Gaiman chat about fantasy
Nov. 21st, 2023 11:38 pmMartin and I have just enjoyed watching last night’s recording (for paid ticket holders only - I had bought an online viewing ticket) of Neil Gaiman at the British Library chatting with Roz Kaveney about fantasy. It was lovely. Takeaways included:
- Neil has a half completed Neverwhere sequel novel that he hopes to get back to after writing Good Omens season 3 (yes 3!).
- As a youngster Neil thought he’d be a scifi writer later in life. Ditto for Terry Pratchett. Both of whom ended up pretty resolutely as fantasy writers.
- The only Discworld book Neil had a serious hand in was Pyramids, which he helped plan the plot for.
- So many insights into the origins of Sandman - even loads I hadn’t heard in Neil’s one hour detailed chat at the Edinburgh Book Festival just about Sandman.
- Neil thinks we are approaching the end of social media as we knew it. In particular he spoke of Twitter as “It’s a thing that we used to have in the olden days that was good.” Quite!
- I still have some Neil Gaiman graphic novels yet to read - must prioritise! His discussion of his family history links with Violent Cases and Mr Punch was eye opening.
- And yes, we need to watch the last part bonus episode for Sandman season 1 (“Calliope”) which was mentioned in the chat, and also Good Omens season 2 (also mentioned).
Tomorrow night we will be watching the recording from tonight of Neil Gaiman chatting with Rob Wilkins about Terry Pratchett and his worlds. Should be fab. Again I had pre bought an online ticket. These events are part of the wider Fantasy exhibition season at the British Library, and are going ahead despite the library’s ongoing cyber attack problems. I’m finding it astonishing that I’m able to watch and enjoy these talks viewing from northern Scotland.
Had hoped to watch the D&D film this weekend, but I’m way too sleepy. Martin woke me with difficulty at 4.30pm. Then after dinner I had to go back to sleep 8.30-11. But managed some stuff after, including watching the first Sandman bonus episode (there’s technically one bonus episode 11, but it’s 2 separate stories, one after the other). This adapts the cats story in the original comics in animated form. I was really looking forward to this, though also rather dreading it because of something that happens in the story. But the TV version was well done, with good animation and voice acting. Also some nice familiar voices. We will watch the Calliope story next week. Which again I am keen to see, but at the same time dreading in some respects even more.
Current reading
May. 16th, 2022 05:49 pmCurrent reading, May 2022 version.
Rereading a favourite PG Wodehouse, a Sandman comics inspired short story collection, gentle Japanese manga, Andrew Cotter and dogs Olive and Mabel, continuing a Sherlock Holmes canon reread, and continuing Loren Wiseman’s Traveller RPG columns.
Rereading a favourite PG Wodehouse, a Sandman comics inspired short story collection, gentle Japanese manga, Andrew Cotter and dogs Olive and Mabel, continuing a Sherlock Holmes canon reread, and continuing Loren Wiseman’s Traveller RPG columns.
