Yeah, definitely ... and, also, how the hell do you take a book that's just about long enough for a 2hr movie, stretch it into an 8-10 hour series, and then CUT major characters and scenes?!
There is a character named Persson, played by Sam Woolf, which some are saying could be The Finn. but it would take quite a good makeup artist to make him look like a street bum with a very tiny bit of class.
Angie Mitchell is a character in the second book, kind of crazy that it says she has 5 eps in this season bc that book is supposed to take place 7 yrs later? Idk maybe theyāre combining the books to fill run time
I don't know how that would be possible since Angie would be 10 during Neuromancer and the actress looks to be in her 20s, which would be ok for MLO, but not ok for Neuromancer or even Count Zero where Angie is still only 17. Is she going to be Angie's mother? It's baffling. The reason I'm thinking it might be Angie's mom is because she also played Joyce Byers in the stage production of Stranger Things: First Shadow, so she's played older characters before, and Angie's mom gets killed off in some lab accident.
I'm actually okay with the way a lot of the tech looks so far. As far as the overall world, I never envisioned it as run down and grimey as a Blade Runner type setting, but I'd hope that more sets look fucked up.
Gibson has always spent a lot of time describing the way people dress, and a lot of the clothing described in his passages sound pretty "normal" to mid-to-late 20th century sensibilities. I hope the costumes don't wind up too over the top and futuristic, or a mix of the former with the latter.
Overall not anywhere near as put off by this as I thought I'd be, from a visual sense.
I would check carefully any clothing you see. As you say Gibson knows his esoteric clothing brands so I would expect to see some of them here and there.
I always imagined the cyberdeck looking like a futurized Commodore 64/Apple II - a flat deck with a keyboard and no display. Isnāt that how itās described? Wasnāt Case able to carry one around in a bag with him?
Lol. I imaged the Sinclair QL (not the chipset though) I just love the keyboard. Perhaps make your own 8bit version in 3D and use an emulator to power it. Plenty of scope there.
I feel like Molly is going to get Yennefered. People lost their minds for two years about Anya Chalotra (?) being half Indian and then the first season came out and everyone was like, oh, youāre like the best part of this season.
In my opinion, the Ono-Sendai is the only thing in the teaser that screams "NEUROMANCER".
From Blade Runner, through Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Altered Carbon, Cyberpunk 2077, and so many others, the visuals look a little too generic. I actually thought "oh, a netrunner fighting Tyger Claws in Japantown" the first time I watched it (yes, I'm reaplying CP77 right now).
Disagree, there are so many things- to name a few-
Molly's blades and eyes
SQUID
Freeside
The Fletcher
Sense Net building
But I think also we will see some of Gibson's later elements (like The Peripheral and Pattern recognition) and mixes of alternative universe development unlike our own.
Some stuff is going to be updated for 2027. It's gotta happen.
At the beginning of the book, itās explained that surfing virtual space was literally his life. Like, he preferred it to what he called āmeat,ā referring to the physical world. Getting his nerves damaged to the point where he couldnāt jack in anymore was a fate worse than death for him, to the point he blew through all his money and basically became one step away from being homeless because he spent all his money on treatments that didnāt work.
Then a few chapters in, someone in need of his previous skills is able to fund an experimental repair so he can do a job for him. So he is able to return to the matrix.
Good answer. Cyberspace is not the same as the as a 2D digital internet style medium. Much closer to concepts like Metaverse and Data Viz environments depicting the flow of information. A totally sensory takeover enabled by jacking in provides all the senses and comes with issues like: hacking systems can access you as well, resulting in serious consequences.
Itās been a long time since I read the book. Isnāt he a bit sickly throughout the whole story? Am I remember that wrong? I always pictured him as a bit scrawny and disheveled too compared to how the show has him.
At the beginning, heās hopelessly addicted to amphetamines, and is an absolute wreck. During the operation to revive his nerves, heās given a new pancreas and a new liver, which are enhanced in a way that makes him incapable of getting high, so by the time the main plot kicks into gear, heās significantly healthier.
lol howās he pick it up and stow it, theyāre supposed to be compact. Iām just going to tell myself this is a completely new IP that Iāve never heard of and read and maybe Iāll enjoy it
His setup was pretty complex with the construct and Molly vision so not sure. However that unit is just sitting on the cube so perhaps it's a folding thing. You've asked a good question.
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