Dead Boy Detectives
Just finished watching "Dead Boy Detectives - The Complete Series" released by Netflix.
Now as frequent readers of my reviews here on Facebook, Goodreads, and other social media sites know, I do not subscribe to any streaming services or buy digital copies of movies, books, music CDs, and/or audio dramas unless I have no choice but to. Yet, just because a movie and/or television series doesn't have a release on a physical DVD and/or blu-ray here in the states, doesn't mean that there isn't a region free physical copy that hasn't been released in another country and is being offered for sale on eBay, which is where I've been getting a good portion of DVDs and blu-rays of shows that I'm interested in seeing. Of course, I am assuming and believing that eBay is doing their due diligence by not allowing illegal copies to be sold. It also helps to have a region free blu-ray player.
Dead Boy Detectives is an American supernatural horror detective comedy-drama television series developed by Steve Yockey based on the DC Comics characters of the same name by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. The series stars George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell, Yuyu Kitamura and Jenn Lyon, and follows Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne, who decided not to enter the afterlife and instead stay on Earth to investigate crimes that involve the supernatural.
Plans for a television series began in September 2021, when a pilot was ordered by HBO Max for a TV series based on the Dead Boy Detectives comics. The series was given green-light by April 2022. However, it was moved to Netflix in February 2023. Gaiman later confirmed the series would be set in the same continuity as The Sandman, with Kirby set to reprise her role as Death in the series.
Dead Boy Detectives premiered on Netflix on April 25, 2024.
The series received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its writing, directing and tone, as well as the performances of the cast and visuals. In August 2024, the series was canceled after one season.
I enjoyed watching the series and it shares the same wackiness and sensibility of Neil Gaiman's universe and there has been a lot of disappointment over the cancellation of this series which ended on a bit of a cliffhanger.
The Dead Boy Detectives are not really major players in Gaiman's Sandman universe, but they do have a strong cult following - yet that is not enough to save a television/streaming service show, and there is the little manner of the sexual abuse charges being and/or that were leveled at Gaiman - and nothing will get a show pulled off the air sooner than a hint of impropriety by the creator, though I do recall reading an article where Netflix stated that second seasons of shows are way more expensive than the first season, and like it or not, businesses do have to turn a profit and low ratings for a cult/niche show don't pay the rent or the employees.
That said, I would have enjoyed a second season, but I do like what we got with the eight episodes of "Dead Boy Detectives."
Strongly Recommended.
Five Stars.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/405343712409...
Now as frequent readers of my reviews here on Facebook, Goodreads, and other social media sites know, I do not subscribe to any streaming services or buy digital copies of movies, books, music CDs, and/or audio dramas unless I have no choice but to. Yet, just because a movie and/or television series doesn't have a release on a physical DVD and/or blu-ray here in the states, doesn't mean that there isn't a region free physical copy that hasn't been released in another country and is being offered for sale on eBay, which is where I've been getting a good portion of DVDs and blu-rays of shows that I'm interested in seeing. Of course, I am assuming and believing that eBay is doing their due diligence by not allowing illegal copies to be sold. It also helps to have a region free blu-ray player.
Dead Boy Detectives is an American supernatural horror detective comedy-drama television series developed by Steve Yockey based on the DC Comics characters of the same name by Neil Gaiman and Matt Wagner. The series stars George Rexstrew, Jayden Revri, Kassius Nelson, Briana Cuoco, Ruth Connell, Yuyu Kitamura and Jenn Lyon, and follows Charles Rowland and Edwin Payne, who decided not to enter the afterlife and instead stay on Earth to investigate crimes that involve the supernatural.
Plans for a television series began in September 2021, when a pilot was ordered by HBO Max for a TV series based on the Dead Boy Detectives comics. The series was given green-light by April 2022. However, it was moved to Netflix in February 2023. Gaiman later confirmed the series would be set in the same continuity as The Sandman, with Kirby set to reprise her role as Death in the series.
Dead Boy Detectives premiered on Netflix on April 25, 2024.
The series received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its writing, directing and tone, as well as the performances of the cast and visuals. In August 2024, the series was canceled after one season.
I enjoyed watching the series and it shares the same wackiness and sensibility of Neil Gaiman's universe and there has been a lot of disappointment over the cancellation of this series which ended on a bit of a cliffhanger.
The Dead Boy Detectives are not really major players in Gaiman's Sandman universe, but they do have a strong cult following - yet that is not enough to save a television/streaming service show, and there is the little manner of the sexual abuse charges being and/or that were leveled at Gaiman - and nothing will get a show pulled off the air sooner than a hint of impropriety by the creator, though I do recall reading an article where Netflix stated that second seasons of shows are way more expensive than the first season, and like it or not, businesses do have to turn a profit and low ratings for a cult/niche show don't pay the rent or the employees.
That said, I would have enjoyed a second season, but I do like what we got with the eight episodes of "Dead Boy Detectives."
Strongly Recommended.
Five Stars.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/405343712409...
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