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FINALLY! They are putting the genre defining novel to film! It "only" took 42 years...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g79GPZSQHBk

Looks great at first glance. Molly especially.
Some dolts are (of course) are complaining it looks too clean, but a) a lot of the novel plays in corporations and IN SPAAAAACE, and b) I think there is a bit of Blade Runner imagery doing its thing in their minds...

Great book. Funnily enough Bill Gibson knew little about computers when he wrote it.

warshipadmin wrote: ↑Sun Jul 26, 2026 10:09 pm Great book. Funnily enough Bill Gibson knew little about computers when he wrote it.

Back then, it was easier to fake it, I guess.

I could never get into the book. I remember back during my first time at university how my criticism of the notion of a Rastafarian space colony caused outrage; considering the combination of ritualistic smoking of cannabis with orbital space stations to be silly and immersion breaking was apparently too awful for words.

I know I've read it (it's been a while), but my brain keeps conflating Neuromancer and Snow Crash

Maybe if I ever had time to watch stuff it might be worth a subscription for a little while...