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offline odd1 on 2002-04-17 16:01 [#00180178]
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I heard a rumour that Chris Cunningham is directing the
film version of William Gibson's book Neuromancer, with RDJ
doing the soundtrack. Has anyone else heard anything to this
effect..?


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-17 16:04 [#00180186]
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no, but i'll be pissed because i heard that dan myer (who
released a cd with this same tittle under his (?cleaner?)
project is supposed to do any soundtrack to it because he's
personally firends /w ppl close to the author. (i'm shady
here on the conections Dan has)


 

offline lctroboy from BorÃ¥s (Sweden) on 2002-04-17 16:12 [#00180194]
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i heard it like 2 years ago. that project is probably on
ice....


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-17 16:16 [#00180197]
Points: 3727 Status: Regular | Followup to lctroboy: #00180194



which project are you refering to? the neuromancer movie?


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-04-17 16:18 [#00180200]
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yeah that poject never hapened.......


 

offline shibumi from United States on 2002-04-17 16:19 [#00180201]
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As of a week ago movie is still on, although it's in
pre-production hell right now. Cunningham is still slated
to direct, although they've had to rethink the way they want
to present it in light of every idea of Gibson's being
stolen and mass produced in films such as the Matrix. RDJ
had said originally that he would do the soundtrack but then
later reneged and said he "couldn't be bothered


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-04-17 16:21 [#00180202]
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great news!! where did you read that?


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-17 16:25 [#00180206]
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"gobsons being stolen and mass produced in films such as the
matrix"

could you exapnd on this?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-04-17 16:31 [#00180212]
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What kind of exapndion do you need?
Didn't you notice all those cyberpunk/dark future style
movies that were really popular during the mid-late
nineties?


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-04-17 16:32 [#00180215]
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William Gibson lives in Vancouver too.


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-17 16:35 [#00180220]
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yes i did, and i did know that they were practially
nuromancer ripps. but that's not the point that i wanted
expanded. i was wondering if it could be explained more in
the idea that this theft is suposedly to be prtrayed in the
move.


 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-17 16:38 [#00180224]
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"Didn't you notice all those cyberpunk/dark future style
movies that were really popular during the mid-late
nineties?"

didn't you notice that there's only one of these... "all
those?" were there more?

and i do believe that neromancer came from an old ass comic
based on the same principals.



 

offline shibumi from United States on 2002-04-17 16:43 [#00180228]
Points: 359 Status: Lurker



Yeah, perhaps I shouldn't have said stolen, more influenced.
"The Matrix" is the name that William Gibson gave to the
net in Neuromancer, and a lot of his ideas of the future
have had a major influence on motion pictures and their
presentation, specifically one's dealing with the future of
virtual reality and the internet. As such, Cunningham and
Gibson both said that it would be difficult to present
Neuromancer now in the way they originally envisioned, as it
would not seem as new as it would, say, even four years ago.



 

offline nanotech from Sukavasti Amitaba Pureland (United States) on 2002-04-17 16:47 [#00180234]
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thanks for enlighting us...

as for that comic refrence i made earlyer, here's a link to
the guy who made them, he's pretty much a comic demi-god.

Check it out here


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-04-17 16:47 [#00180235]
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I heard that "Johny Mnemonic" is basicly 90% the story of
"Neuromancer".

Is this true?
I haven't read Neuromancer.


 

offline shibumi from United States on 2002-04-17 16:50 [#00180238]
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Johnny Mnemonic was originally a short story written by
Gibson for the short story collection Burning Chrone. The
movie script was written by Gibson, although he was not
particularly happy with the end product of the movie.
Apparently there's a Japanese edit which is closer to his
original vision


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2002-04-17 16:52 [#00180243]
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thanx for the info : )

It was a crappy movie imo.
Why is Keanu Reves still breathing?
He should have been shoot years ago!!


 

offline shibumi from United States on 2002-04-17 17:54 [#00180341]
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Yeah. I can't understand why he gets chosen for big roles
in really good movies like the matrix, Devil's Advocate, uh,
bill and ted's excellent adventure (ok, maybe he was right
for that role).

Anyway, if you haven't read any Gibson, Nueromancer's great,
but kind of difficult to read. I think Idoru is a great
introduction to his work, if you want to check it out.
Gibson's kind of the reason that you have a picture under
your name on this messageboard, as the book will show.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-04-17 17:58 [#00180345]
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I don't care how long it takes them to make the Neuromancer
move, I'd just like them to do it right ... I always
pictured Sting as Case, but maybe that's stupid.

Is William Gibson still using a typewriter? If I recall,
Neuromancer was written on a typewriter, that's kinda funny.


 


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