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I've thought long and hard about adapting Neuromancer. I think it can be done, but you'd need some liberties. For one, the whole idea of the Tessier-Ashpools wo
by hardwaregeek 4y ago
I've thought long and hard about adapting Neuromancer. I think it can be done, but you'd need some liberties. For one, the whole idea of the Tessier-Ashpools would be fascinating if put through the lens of modern billionaires. Like analyzing the Musks and the Bezos of the world who are obsessed with perpetuation of their wealth, of their power, to the point of not actually enjoying their life. I loved the analogy in the book of a nest of wasps, these almost parasitic pests burrowed into their home. You'd have to figure out some way to integrate this into the ending, which I felt was kinda hand-waved in the book.
With a character like Case, you'd need to nail the frenetic energy, like on his last bit of money, strung out, no sleep, basically like a Safdie brothers protagonist. My dream aesthetic would be Safdie brothers + Ridley Scott with a dose of Jóhann Jóhannsson (RIP) for music.
Molly could be interesting if you embrace the street samurai moniker and give her a sort of Yojimbo-esque amusement.
This is a big big change but I'd love it if the Japanese obsession was replaced with a more modern multi-Asian aesthetic. It'd be interesting to blend k-pop and Chinese social media culture into the mix. And make some of the characters Asian-American.
- paparush 4y agoMy question is, how do you make Neuromancer almost 25 years after The Matrix, which was built on the precepts of Neuromancer, and not just end up with a road-worn Matrix movie?
- Apocryphon 4y agoOr even more banally, after Netflix's Altered Carbon, which I've only seen an episode or two of, yet it so easily encapsulates the platonic ideal of what a gritty cyberpunk show should look and feel like, to the point of banality? I'm not even picking on that specific series, it's probably not even the only example of that type of show that's been created in the last decade. In short, how do you elevate it to more than a second-rate, middling, competent and utterly forgettable adaptation lost among the streams and appealing only to fans of the original work.
- boppo1 4y agoHire people who care as much about the property as Cavill cares about The Witcher.
- hardwaregeek 4y agoI think the two are sufficiently different that you could do it well. Just because they share the same genre doesn't mean they're necessarily redundant. Specifically Neuromancer has a very interesting mixture of pop culture and late stage capitalism that I could see being unique. A meditation on extreme wealth inequality and the dehumanizing aspects of capitalism and colonialism could be fascinating. I think any auteur could make this into a unique piece of art. I just question whether that's going to happen here.
- jjulius 4y ago>With a character like Case, you'd need to nail the frenetic energy, like on his last bit of money, strung out, no sleep, basically like a Safdie brothers protagonist. Miles Teller really doesn't fit this for me, and that's tremendously off-putting. The other people (rumored?) to be involved in putting this together also don't have solid bodies of work, iirc. Totally agree with you on your dream aesthetic.
- sandos 4y agoTo me, the casting is sort of impossible. I don't know why, I guess I was in an impressionable age when I read it, but they almost don't feel like any human when reading about them. I wish they succeed though!