• @SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    139 months ago

    One of two things will happen.

    The show runners will stay true to the source material and a bunch of people will complain that it isn’t original and Cyberpunk 2077/Bladerunner/[insert franchise here] did it first. Completely unaware that Neuromancer did it first.

    Or

    The show runners will use Neuromancer as “inspiration” and write their own story, to better (Foundation) or worse (Ring of Power) results. Either way, fans of the original work will complain that the show isn’t faithful to the source.

    tl;dr: No matter what they do, someone will be vocally upset

    • @Phrodo_00@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      I mean Blade Runner did do it first, as well as Do Androids dream of Electric Sheep. (But Johny Mnemonic was at it before Blade Runner)

      The sprawl trilogy does have a good enough and unique plot besides all of the groundbreaking cyberspace stuff

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        8 months ago

        Huh, TIL. For some reason I had 1978 in my head as the publication date for Neuromancer. I was way off lol

        ETA: also, holy resurrected thread Batman!

    • @NOT_RICK@lemmy.world
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      79 months ago

      You should! I found the dialog hard to follow at times as it’s not always clear who is speaking but I still found the book to live up to the hype.

    • Great Blue Heron
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      29 months ago

      It’s a good read. I have aphantasia and really struggle with reading non fiction. I was able to read, and enjoy, this in a couple of sittings.

  • nomad
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    -19 months ago

    Im not optimistic. They already canceled the peripheral.

    • paraphrand
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      Who did? Apple? How did they do that?

      Also, I am pretty sure the two strikes that happened last year are a major factor in the cancellation there. It’s unfortunate.

      • gregorum
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        39 months ago

        The writing on that show was a bit of a mess