Set leaks Showcase first Look at Briana Middleton as Molly in 'Neuromancer' for Apple TV+
Set leaks Showcase first Look at Briana Middleton as Molly in 'Neuromancer' for Apple TV+
I will watch this, but only because I'm fairly certain Neuromancer is unadaptable to the screen. The thing that makes William Gibson great is the fantastic way he writes, leaving so much to the imagination but creating a definite vibe. When you have to fill out every single detail to render it on screen, it's not going to be the same work. I'm sure It'll share characters and plot points, but these are not the things that make Neuromancer such a classic.
Contrary to the article, I'm a sci fi enthusiast and I'm not excited. This looks like it has the quality of the Amazon LotR costume design. And I agree, I'm certain this book is not adaptable to the big screen
Yeah I read the book in January and I'm not confident in a screen adaptation, there's a lot of visual concepts that would fall flat if not handled well
The headline with William Gibson and neuromancer is always "He coined the term cyberspace! Helped invent the cyberpunk genre!" (i.e, the stuff that he writes about) But he's a fantastic writer as well, no matter what he writes about (he doesn't just write cyberpunk!). His prose is what makes him my favorite author, not just the stories he tells
I'm hoping they stick with the book's 'cassette futurism.' Remember that at one point they are selling pocket-sized VCRs at one of the markets, and the space ship pilot is afraid of a 'virus.'
The makers of this show - Best I can do is a cheaper copy of Spielbergs Minority Report
Someone else in the thread made this point.
When the book first came out there was nothing like it. Today, the book's ideas have been recycled dozens of times.
There's a great movie "Predestination." It's based on a book written in the 1950's and it uses a future that looks like something people in the 1950s would have imagined 1975 would look like.
Not really who I pictured for Molly but it's on Apple TV so I won't see it anyways lol
Apple TV+ is currently the only streaming service I’m paying for (and only because it’s bundled in with my family’s Apple One subscription); but honestly their offerings are a tier above the slop on most other services.
Between Severance, The Silo, Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, Shrinking and a bunch of others that escape me right now — it somewhat reminds me of the “good ol’ days of early Netflix exclusives” in terms of breadth and quality.
So with that said, I’m also a sucker for future/dystopia media in particular (living my rewatch of Westworld at the moment, half-way through S4); so I’ll definitely be checking this out.
Slow Horses, Acapulco, Bad Sisters
If you haven't looked at it yet, 'Slow Horses.'
It starts off well, drags through the rest of the first episode, and hits its stride about halfway through the second episode. but watch it all because when you look back you'll appriciate the build up.
Apple TV looks like it has a lot of great shows, but I'm already paying for a bunch of other streaming services and at this point I'm just not signing up for anymore on principle
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Wait, they're actually doing the eye lenses? That's always been my "would look goofy on film" thing.
I guess they'll be retractable? I don't remember if they were supposed to be retractable in the book.
No... Hell no.
She had her tear ducts reversed so she spit out her tears.
Yeah this adaptation is fucked.
Maybe, although I get the feeling that we may not agree on why.
I mean, I wouldn't have done the lenses at all. You just nod at them with some subtle contacts or something and go on with your day.
Or you could go the Deus Ex way with it, which I suppose is why I was inserting the whole retractable sunglasses thing into the conversation. Either way I don't know that it's worth attempting, even if they look better in the final version through some VFX enhancement or whatever.
My theory is that they are shooting with the spoons and then some team of poor schmucks gets the lucky assignment of burning 12+ hour days 7 days a week to make the spoons look less spoon.
"lucky" assignment.
It kinda makes sense? Spiderman and Deadpool both they spent a lot of time fixing the mask to make the body language work.
Could have at least done them as metallic looking contacts over her eyes instead of these silver spoons, this looks goofy as hell
These images do not give me hope for the show. Everything about it gives me content vibes. Why don't they pick people who are passionate about the source material and give them some amount of creative freedom and a decent budget. The cyberpunk drawing in the thumbnail of this post should have been the vibe and look of the show, not this CW shit
The eyes aren't right, but the shoulder pads seem wrong.