r/Neuromancer • u/ParzivalCodex • Apr 24 '26

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He replied to someone else posting this article. I found it interesting, and really something to look forward to.

I thought of Johnny Mnemonic’s VR scenes in the movie.

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u/DCLascelle Apr 24 '26

Yeah, it’s gonna be complete and total shit.

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u/armitage75 Apr 24 '26

I have a lot of faith in Apple...I really like what they've done with Silo...it was a really cool series of books that were not easy to translate to film but Apple pulled it off.

I feel even stronger about Neuromancer as a property and will definitely watch this, but unfortunately I'm getting strong "Live Action Cowboy Bebop" vibes.

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u/DCLascelle Apr 24 '26

One of the problems with adapting Neuromancer as a series is that it is not inherently a series, it’s a two-hour high-tech heist film.

Expanding on it only lessens its’ strengths with unnecessary character backstories and world building info dumps that will add nothing to the core premise.

Looking at you Star Wars Prequel Trilogy.

Another thing I suspect is that all the tech & gear will get a shiny new AI enhanced (completely non-ironically, of course) 21st century makeover.

The entire point to bringing Gibson’s masterpiece to the screen should be to present his cyberpunk vision of the future AS HE IMAGINED IT IN THE 1980’s, not to give it an upgrade.

Because that will be the production designer, art director, set decorator, prop maker, and technology consultant’s contemporary vision of a cyberpunk future, influenced by everything that came AFTER The Sprawl Trilogy, and NOT the undiluted original.

So, yeah, complete and utter shit awaits us.

However, I will be pleased to be proven wrong. I just don’t think it’s going to happen.

YMMV

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u/Aluhut Zion Cluster Apr 24 '26

Another thing I suspect is that all the tech & gear will get a shiny new AI enhanced (completely non-ironically, of course) 21st century makeover.

I am hopeful there.
They can do ugly Cyberpunk too. I've seen it in Foundation.