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Johnny Mnemonic is based of a short story of the same name by William Gibson. It's set in the same world as Neuromancer and his other cyberpunk. If you want to see it explored more, I recommend reading those.
Huh, I read Neuromancer a long time ago, but I forget almost everything about it. Would that make a good film?
It was one of the main inspirations for the Matrix so it sort of has been made.
But yeah I could see a Neuromancer movie being good too! I can't remember exactly how similar Neuro was to the Matrix because it has been so long but it did have the concept of "plugging in" to the network at least
edit Neuromancer TV series is coming soon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromancer_(TV_series)
I think it is funny that Keanu is the lead in both movies, one where a bunch of data is shoved in his head and another where he is shoved into a bunch of data.
It would take one hell of a director but maybe. The descriptions of a lot of things in the book are abstract and weird. Things and ideas are sometimes described as if you are already familiar with them and the world. It would take someone with vision. I'm also worried that if it were done well, it may not have a wide enough appeal to please the execs at the box office.
Apple is making it into a TV show right now, and I'm expecting to be disappointed. Most media has been too Netflixified.
I hadn't hear about that, but I think of all the streaming content producers, Apple has the best track record for producing quality content. But yeah, the fact that I barely remember reading Neuromancer, and what I do remember was confusion, I bet that's a tough needle to thread.