merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWhat book that hasn't been adapted into a TV show or movie do you think deserves an adaptation?message-squaremessage-square299fedilinkarrow-up1164
arrow-up1164message-squareWhat book that hasn't been adapted into a TV show or movie do you think deserves an adaptation?merari42@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square299fedilink
minus-squareChozo@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up16·3 months agoFor being what I would consider one of the founding fathers of cyberpunk, I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Neuromancer film yet. Especially when so many of the tropes we know from the cyberpunk genre originated from Neuromancer, to begin with.
minus-squareinvertedspear@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoThe question is do they stick with the existing Johnny Mnemonic movie as the prequel story, recap it in an intro scene, or ignore it completely?
For being what I would consider one of the founding fathers of cyberpunk, I’m surprised there hasn’t been a Neuromancer film yet. Especially when so many of the tropes we know from the cyberpunk genre originated from Neuromancer, to begin with.
The question is do they stick with the existing Johnny Mnemonic movie as the prequel story, recap it in an intro scene, or ignore it completely?