Neuromancer — In Production | Apple TV+

[darjr]

Lets naughty word GO!

 

[Wolfram stout]

While I would prefer Count Zero or something by Walter Jon Williams I am not going to quibble and look forward to this greatly.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I kind of feel that this has missed it's chance to be radical by several decades.

 

[Autumnal]

I don’t feel like there’s any need for it to be radical. It’s an exciting story against a cool backdrop, and a reminder that the future isn’t always an impenetrable black box.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

a reminder that the future isn’t always an impenetrable black box

“Was once prescient” does not carry over when translation to a new medium introduces a work to a new audience. Being first won’t prevent it from appearing derivative.

 

[Autumnal]

I know. I’m talking about it as a story viewed now. There’s a bunch of stuff there that’s still quite distinctive and some likely to resonate with a particular freshness now, regardless of what’s been on screen before.

 

[Theory of Games]

Wrong director. This needs a bigshot like Ridley Scott or Chris Nolan or Denis Villeneuve. From watching clips of his work, I can tell J.D. Dillard lacks the talent to manifest the deep themes in Neuromancer. Hopefully the cast can carry it.

 

[Mannahnin]

Well, he was wrong about multinational corporations being less dangerous.

They're not invading anyone yet. :/

 

[Ralif Redhammer]

While I would prefer Count Zero or something by Walter Jon Williams I am not going to quibble and look forward to this greatly.

Hopefully we get a Count Zero series if this does well, but I don't think you could start the Sprawl Trilogy in the middle.

I would love to see a Hardwired adaptation, 100%. Probably time to do another re-read soon...

I know. I’m talking about it as a story viewed now. There’s a bunch of stuff there that’s still quite distinctive and some likely to resonate with a particular freshness now, regardless of what’s been on screen before.

Yeah, if anything, Neuromancer's prescience has only grown more accurate in the subsequent years.

 

[Autumnal]

What I really want is When Gravity Fails, but only if it’s done well. At the moment, I’m drooling over the possibilities for Straylight.