An adaptation of William Gibson’s Neuromancer is coming to Apple TV+.
After four Matrix movies, why even bother?
However, they cannot believe their luck in meeting his female companion, whose reputation far exceeds his.
Regardless of the chilly reception, the protagonist remains undeterred.
Zion is, after all, a key part in mission to understand a powerful AI controlling reality.
But Im not describing Neo and Trinity aboard theNebuchadnezzar.
The mistake is reasonable.
By their own admission,The Matrixdirectors Lana and Lilly Wachowski borrowed heavily from Gibson, among others.
But they are hardly the only creators to be inspired by Gibsons groundbreaking sci-fi work.
What, after all, couldNeuromancersay about cyberspace and simulacra thatThe Matrixdidnt already cover decades ago on screen?
And so,The Matrixdoes owe a debt toNeuromancer.
That self-definition allows users to resist their masters and fight for liberation.
Even through the (underrated!
Instead, it led to more inequality and less liberty.
Hes recruited by freelancer Mollie Millions, who has blades for fingernails and sunglasses surgically implanted over her eyes.
Furthermore, the idea of making internet identities is no longer the domain of outsiders.
Thats just a Tuesday in the social media age.
As Gibson himself commented, the internet of today is totally banal.
But that truth also makes the nihilistic feel ofNeuromancermore palatable today, especially against the Wachowskis communal optimism.
The internet has not become the wild world of possibility that it once promised.
The emotional core ofNeuromancerinvolves two AIs, Wintermute and Neuromancer, manipulating humanity to subvert controls and join together.
Gibson presents the plot as somewhat romantic, at least on Wintermutes end.
If creators Graham Roland and J.D.
