Do I want a Neuromancer movie?

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Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

Apparently, there is a Neuromancer movie in development. It was off and then back on and there doesn't seem to be much news about it. Tim Miller of Deadpool fame is supposedly doing it as his next project following Terminator: Dark Fate (which I haven't seen).

I just re-read the original book and part of me just wants it to stay as that. Gritty cyberpunk hellworld corporate future seems more and more realistic. I just think that actual Space Rastas on the big screen is going to seem super lame

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Salem Saberhagen: Feb 23, 2009

No. I feel like there isn't anyone working today who could handle the material well.

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Paddyo: Aug 3, 2007

Denis Villeneuve? Maybe lets see how Dune does first.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 02:45

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

You don't really need Villeneuve for a project like Neuromancer. He will work well with Dune because he's good at taking these internal stories and making them breathe. So much of Dune takes place inside the character's heads, which is where the Lynch film falls short. The book Dune actually has a pretty straightforward narrative but Lynch obscures and omits things to the point that the film can be hard to follow.

Neuromancer reads like an action novel or film noir. Christopher Nolan could be good. He did Inception which is basically Neuromancer but "Dreams" instead of "Sense/Net" .

# ? Jan 31, 2020 02:54

SilvergunSuperman: Aug 7, 2010

No, you want a Necroscope movie.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 02:56

Lil Swamp Booger Baby: Aug 1, 1981

Paddyo posted:

Denis Villeneuve? Maybe lets see how Dune does first.

It's going to own like all his other movies

# ? Jan 31, 2020 02:57

numberoneposter: Feb 19, 2014; How much do I cum? The answer might surprise you!

I want Johnn Mnemonic 2.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:01

madeintaipei: Jul 13, 2012

I want a Bridge Trilogy mini-series. Also, a pony.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:13

Salem Saberhagen: Feb 23, 2009

numberoneposter posted:

I want Johnn Mnemonic 2.

I want ROOM SERVICE!!!!

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:15

Lord Frankenstyle: Dec 3, 2005; Mmmm,
You smell like Lysol Wipes.

No there should be no cyberpunk anything because it'll just rub our nose in the fact that instead of being sexy cool and dangerous, the dystopian future turned out to be stupid boring and morbidly obese.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:22

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

SilvergunSuperman posted:

No, you want a Necroscope movie.

If Netflix did a Titus Crow miniseries it would be a thing people watch and there would be memes about THOSE OF US WHO READ THE BOOKS because loving nerds ruin everything.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:25

EvilJoven: Mar 18, 2005; NOBODY,IN THE HISTORY OF EVER, HAS ASKED OR CARED WHAT CANADA THINKS. YOU ARE NOT A COUNTRY. YOUR MONEY HAS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND ON IT. IF YOU DIG AROUND IN YOUR BACKYARD, NATIVE SKELETONS WOULD EXPLODE OUT OF YOUR LAWN LIKE THE END OF POLTERGEIST. CANADA IS SO POLITE, EH?; Fun Shoe

It might be good but I'm horrified of the thought of just how bad a 'written by committee directed by a person who's never read a book and edited into oblivion to appease Chinese censors' Neuromancer will be.

At best it'll be decent but ignored by most and get dismal box office performance because nobody will go see a loving movie anymore unless it has a Marvel or DC or Star Wars superhero in it.

Speaking of cyberpunk movies that got dismal box office numbers here's as good a place as any to let you all know that Battle Angel was surprisingly good and worth watching.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:36

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Ghost in the shell movie was pretty loving bad I tell you hwat

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:41

Lemon: May 22, 2003

It's basically just a heist story so get the dude who directed Ronin

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:44

naem: May 29, 2011

Salem Saberhagen posted:

No. I feel like there isn't anyone working today who could handle the material well.

that Cyberpunk 2077 game looks like it might hit the visual aesthetic of these books pretty well

but yeah the grimdark reality of 2020 stinks

# ? Jan 31, 2020 03:48

Telebite: Aug 23, 2018

check this out

the black hole remake

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:05

Colonel Cancer: Sep 26, 2015; Tune into the fireplace channel, you absolute buffoon

Instead of neuromancer why not a Burning Chrome movie? About a fabulously gay guy who willingly gets turned into a 2D ad.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:10

DeadFatDuckFat: Oct 29, 2012; This avatar brought to you by the 'save our dead gay forums' foundation.

What color is the sky

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:11

boar guy: Jan 25, 2007

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

What color is the sky

static

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:14

Mirage: Oct 27, 2000; All is for the best, in this, the best of all possible worlds

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

What color is the sky

When the book came out? Weird greenish-grey-almost-black.

Nowadays? Bright, brilliant blue.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:19

lonelylikezoidberg: Dec 19, 2007

Lemon posted:

It's basically just a heist story so get the dude who directed Ronin

John frankenheimer rules but has also been dead since 2002.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:25

Lord Frankenstyle: Dec 3, 2005; Mmmm,
You smell like Lysol Wipes.

EvilJoven posted:

Battle Angel was surprisingly good and worth watching.

That was an optical illusion caused by movie magic. It was no where near as terrible as any reasoning conscious being was expecting, yes. The shock of it being not total garbage then created the illusion of it being good. It was not.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:34

Julius CSAR: Oct 3, 2007; by sebmojo

Lemon posted:

It's basically just a heist story so get the dude who directed Ronin

Ronin is loving so loving awesome

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:35

Julius CSAR: Oct 3, 2007; by sebmojo

Frankenstyle posted:

That was an optical illusion caused by movie magic. It was no where near as terrible as any reasoning conscious being was expecting, yes. The shock of it being not total garbage then created the illusion of it being good. It was not.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:35

ClamdestineBoyster: Aug 15, 2015; Can't post for 10 years!

numberoneposter posted:

I want Johnn Mnemonic 2.

Hollywood would have to dump a chunk. :airquote:

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:36

The Dregs: Dec 29, 2005; MY TREEEEEEEE!

The sky was the color of a monitor
tuned to a dead forum

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:39

Julius CSAR: Oct 3, 2007; by sebmojo

I want one

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A Grand Egg: Jan 12, 2020; by Pragmatica

Why not, it will suck rear end and everyone who watches everything anyway will go see it, so like who cares.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:47

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

DeadFatDuckFat posted:

What color is the sky

THE SKY ABOVE THE PORTWAS THE COLOR OF TELEVISION TUNED TO A DEAD CHANNEL

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:55

Laterite: Mar 14, 2007; It's Gutfest '89; Grimey Drawer

Julius CSAR posted:

Ronin is loving so loving awesome

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:56

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

A Grand Egg posted:

Why not, it will suck rear end and everyone who watches everything anyway will go see it, so like who cares.

I kinda care, but a lovely movie adaptation isn't going to detract from the enjoyment and entertainment that Gibson has brought me otherwise. Sounds like you've got a great outlook on life though.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:57

Fried Watermelon: Dec 29, 2008

only if they keep the ganja space station in

# ? Jan 31, 2020 04:58

Brother Tadger: Feb 15, 2012; I'm accidentally a suicide bomber!

Battle angel Alita movie sucked. HARD.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 05:56

gbs but from 2004: Oct 24, 2004; wow u rude pig

"i STarTed this TOIlEt Of A tHreaD aNd HAve sOmEHOW aVoidEd A red teXt"

Paddyo posted:

Denis Villeneuve? Maybe lets see how Dune does first.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 08:51

Disco Pope: Dec 6, 2004; Top Class!

Nah, Gibson himself has surpassed it several times and anything novel it gave us has been absorbed into cliche.

I�m cautiously excited for The Peripheral TV show.

# ? Jan 31, 2020 09:14

Lemon: May 22, 2003

lonelylikezoidberg posted:

John frankenheimer rules but has also been dead since 2002.

Train an AI on his movies and get that to direct it

# ? Jan 31, 2020 09:37

quidditch it and quit it: Oct 11, 2012

SilvergunSuperman posted:

No, you want a Necroscope movie.

I actually do want this

# ? Jan 31, 2020 10:06

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Neuromancer: I cast a spell of darkness at the gazebo

GM: Oh gently caress you

# ? Jan 31, 2020 10:40

Dreadwroth2: Feb 28, 2019; by Cyrano4747

Necroscope could work if the director goes all in with the two-fisted pulp angle, anything else would be terrible.
I'd actually rather have some of the Blue Ant books done as movies, they're way more interesting Gibson stuff.

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super sweet best pal: Nov 18, 2009

Mirage posted:

When the book came out? Weird greenish-grey-almost-black.

Nowadays? Bright, brilliant blue.

I like how the march of progress completely reversed the sentence's meaning.

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