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Apple Greenlights New Sci-Fi Drama Series ‘Neuromancer’ Based On William Gibson Novel (deadline.com)

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[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I said this in another post but I'll repeat it here

One of two things will happen.

The show runners will stay true to the source material and a bunch of people will complain that it isn't original and Cyberpunk 2077/Bladerunner/[insert franchise here]* did it first. Completely unaware that Neuromancer did it first.

The show runners will use Neuromancer as "inspiration" and write their own story, to better (Foundation) or worse (Ring of Power) results. Either way, fans of the original work will complain that the show isn't faithful to the source.

tl;dr: No matter what they do, someone will be vocally upset

ETA: *Ghost in the Shell, I couldn't think of it earlier

[–] pendulum_@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

tl;dr: No matter what they do, someone will be vocally upset

Mostly youtubers with clickbait thumbnails, and people without intelligence of their own blindly parroting what the clickbait tells them to.

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

Neuromancer did it first

To be fair, the Sprawl and Blade Runner did it more or less at the same time (I think it was Burning Chrome, Blade Runner, Neuromancer, but it doesn't really matter).

They sort of condensed something that was floating in the zeitgeist, the collective subconscious, of the late seventies / early eighties, and managed to completely independently create stories that could almost, aesthetically and by their philosophy, be set on the same world.

(And, let's be fair to Mike Pondsmith too, his game, while published a bit later, was quite genre-defining, too, even if it had been clearly influenced by the former.)

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Johnny Mnemonic 2.0

They might do an interesting visual story but if you really know the story, it's the lack of fine details that really make this story what it is. They are not going to be able to show us a deck and everyone is going to agree on it. I just can't imagine a studio allowing the realization of what the dad is doing with his daughters clones.

[–] SirSamuel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

it's the lack of fine details that really make this story what it is

Maaaan ain't that the truth!? I only read it recently, and I'm glad I waited till this point in my life to read it. It's nearly timeless because it doesn't get too wrapped up in detail. Even references to modems and pay telephones can be forgiven because of the vagueness of everything else.

[–] not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This might not suck.

[–] oDDmON@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Now.please.don’t.fuck.it.up.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

oh hey. Something on Apple TV that I might be interested in if it doesn't completely suck. I love the book series.

[–] Gomiyboy@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I feel like too much time has passed now for this to make an impact. The themes and aesthetics have been recycled ad infinitum over the years. Misguided accusations it's copying work it has inspired will be unavoidable.

Film is probably the better vehicle instead of an elongated season of hour-long episodes.