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By: Coabquoca

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By: PLANETDAMAGE » neuromancer news: coilhouse crowd thinks movie “could be good”

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:43:33 +0000

[...] You might not know, though, that there’s a longer and quite creative thread about Neuromancer on Coilhouse (who have actually released their first print version that doesn’t get into wide circulation so order them like fuck, I’ve already done so) and there you have a YouTube embed of Kahn’s version of the George Michael track Freeek and it looks very slick to be cyberpunkish, if anything. If Kahn can keep a steady hand on the visuals, Neuromancer’s going to be a decent slap on the face. (via coilhouse) [...]

By: A.P. Stilwell

A.P. Stilwell — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:50:13 +0000

Okay, okay . . . I’ll admit to liking this Joseph Kahn video ([url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsXLugzVhCI[/url]) but I had no idea he directed it until recently and it still shows off his penchant for wanting to continually ape someone else’s work.

By: Shay

Shay — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 20:25:03 +0000

@Sebastian - The Finn: Patrick McGoohan - WIN! I kinda think NEUROMANCER is unfilmable, but then, I think WATCHMEN is unfilmable too, and yet it's coming to a theatre near me, sooh. More precisely, I think the time to make a NEUROMANCER film might have passed. Somewhen after Lawnmower Man and before The Matrix, before the end of the 20th century. I wonder what sort o film it can be now. What would Neuromancer look like if it were written today, for todays audience? It was never about predicting the future, more like an examination of the human condition, but that doesn't mean it's timeless. While on the subject, I'm also kinda horrified at what AMC might be doing with THE PRISONER. A timeless allegorical tale.. Or is it..?

By: Peter Tupper

Peter Tupper — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:30:46 +0000

My concern about filming Neuromancer is that that future has passed us by: A row of pay phones? Limited nuclear war in Europe? O’Neill cylinders as luxury resorts? We’re even approaching the point at which the idea of computer-hacker-as-hero resonates about as much as airplane-pilot-as-hero.

None of those things are insurmountable in filming, but it will require substantial changes, thus disappointing the fan base.

The Blade Runner vision of the future is kind of worn out after untold imitations, and what makes Children of Men so effective is that it depicts a future dystopia we haven’t seen before. I hope that somebody can make Neuromancer into something equally compelling.

Actually, come to think of it, why not make Pattern Recognition instead? Why fabricate the future when the recent past is so weird?

By: c p. smith

c p. smith — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:11:51 +0000

I’m going to tell you a secret Zo.

I like it too. Shhhhhhhh!

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:31:32 +0000

Norton for Case would have been great, 10 years ago. Case must be in his early 30s at most. Console Jockeys are supposed to be at their peak when they are teenagers. Younger people have better reflexes.
Christensen wouldn’t be my first choice, but fits the age-frame.

My proposals:
Case: Jake Gyllenhaal (Donnie Darko)
Molly: Belinda McClory (Switch from Matrix)
or Gabrielle Anwar (Fionna from Burn Notice)
Armitage: Jeffrey Donovan (Michael from Burn Notice)
The Finn: Patrick McGoohan or his younger self John Hurt

Joseph Kahns statement won me over. He has the right attitude. Lets hope its enough.

Besides nothing can be worse than the “New Rose Hotel” movie.

By: Zoetica

Zoetica — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:06:36 +0000

I’m going to tell you a secret.

I love that George Michael video, despite his awkward woman-humping.

By: A.P. Stilwell

A.P. Stilwell — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:54:06 +0000

Watching that George Michael video (my do I always wish those links lead to the real George Michael . . . Bluth!) I’m convinced that Kahn just wants to replicate ‘Blade Runner’; and despite Gibson’s statement of, “Someone already beat us to the punch,” I don’t want to see another ‘Blade Runner’. I love that film enough as it is. I don’t want to see the Neil Marshall/’Doomsday’ knock-off. Seriously, nearly all of the shots (particularly the city sequences) are exact replicas of the Syd Mead/Lawrence G. Paull miniature sets from Ridley Scott’s film.

Sorry Kahn.

But bring on that Cuaron ‘Pattern Recognition’! Yummy. Include that great song that Sonic Youth did for the ‘Sonic Nurse’ album, too.

By: Linn Næss

Linn Næss — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:04:19 +0000

My biggest fear about anybody trying to make this movie, regardless of their past experience, is that Hollywood (or whomever) won’t let it be as disorienting as it should be — I don’t want Sin City-esque gritty, I want to feel genuinely uncomfortable, maybe even a little nauseous watching it. (If that George Michael video is any indication I’m apparently already setting myself up for disappointment.)

In terms of the suspension of disbelief that’d take, I’d love to see a full cast of total unknowns, though the chances of that happening are probably pretty slim. If that’s not possible, I’m with Zo — love Bale but not as Case, so Ed Norton’s a close second to newbies.