Dream of a Thousand Cats/Calliope

Dream of a Thousand Dreams was one of my favourite short stories from The Sandman comics (issue #18, 1990). This adaptation is shot-for-shot from that comic. The dialogue is the same, the visuals are the same (but updated and animated). It's the book come to life on screen. What dreams are made of.

As an author myself, I completely relate with the writer's block with man is experiencing, though the lengths he goes are horrible.

This episode showcases all the darkness residing in humanity. This concept is not far from the truth-just a bit of fantasy sprinkles. Humans are selfish, and cruel, and liars, and abusing, and hypocrites. And the episode does an exellent job in pointing that out.

For the first part, it was nice twist in dream world, a cat dream. Yet it has a message: to care more about cats and other creatures.

For the second part, it felt like more about greek mythologies with dash of sandman character.

Yet both parts where enjoyable and entertaining, showing another angle of human cruelty and creed, as some of previous episodes.

Simply divine stuff. More more more please.

Two superb stories and just so magically done.

I simply adore this series. Will watch it all again to see if I missed anything.

I enjoyed the Cat Episode a bit, but not very much. For me, it looked similiar to the great rotoscopy animation series "Undone", but who does rotoscopy with cats ? The story itself had the intent to be moving, but it did not reach me, maybe b/c I genuinely could not do any harm to cats, but also do not like to have any kind of pet. Therefore, I am not in the target group for this tale.

However, the second episode is great. It is of/c very, very predictable, as if I would have watched a Sandman-version of "A Christmas Carol". Either way, acting and atmosphere/music (the latter very subtle) are on top here. Mellissanthi Mahut caught me unprepared for her sight of an almost angelic beauty. I really hope she will recur in other episodes to come, and in other shows, too.

The scenes with Calliope and Dream are simply wonderful, as they describe a former love and its downfall with a few words and gazes - I like the subtle more than big gestures.