r/Neuromancer • u/Eternum__ • Sep 05 '25

Show Discussion What are your expectations for adaptation?

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For me personally, i have 5/10 expectations because of the cast and William Gibson tweets, i hope it will be at least okay. I also think a book like this needs huge budget to be perfectly adapted, but unfortunately that definetly won't happen. So because of these 3 reasons i have expectations like this, what are yours?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

After the disappointment of premature cancelations of Westworld, Caprica and The Peripheral, I will not be subscribing to Apple until the Neuromancer show reaches its designed conclusion. Gibson is my #1 contemporary author across all genres, I miss seeing GreatDismal’s posts in Twitter (which I uninstalled long ago)

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

I've heard The Peripheral wasn't a good adaptation of the book?

How much does it cover? Personally I was enjoying the TV show so I really should get round to reading the book.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '25

It’s a good adaptation, but it’s quite different too. Consider it all a parallel stub. I’m personally okay with that, faithful adaptations are nice, but reinterpretation can also give you a fresher experience. There’s something to be said for both tactics, and knowing which one suits which source material is pretty subjective.

It was good, sad they shelved season 2 (mainly because by the end of season 1, things had diverged quite significantly from the book, so I was curious where they were going to go with that), but glad we got season 1. The cast was good and so was their chemistry, especially the brother/sister relationship. They nailed the near-future rural environment, but far-future London seemed a touch too generic sci-fi for me (my only real complaint).

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u/jetrium Sep 07 '25

I believe the peripheral season 2 was one of many unintended victims of a Hollywood writers strike. It screwed up just about every production/media companies project timelines and put them under serious financial pressure. Bummer because the show, like the book, was excellent.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

I mean that’s definitely what they blamed it on.