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"Of course they're cute NOW. But in a second they're going to turn MEAN and UGLY somehow and then there are going to be a million MORE of them! ... Jesus, didn't ANY of you watch the show!?"

-- Guy Fleegman, Galaxy Quest (1999)

PROF. BROWN What happened?!?
MARTY Well, I'm not sure exactly---I accidentally spilled some Coke in here---just a drop!

And just what difference does a new screenplay make? It's not like we didn't have Neuromancer screenplays before. Just check out the one at scifiscripts, written by none other than William Gibson himself.

Over the decades, we had many attempts to bring Neuromancer to the big screen. I remember the hype ten years ago, when Chris Cunningham was supposed to direct. Then another two years ago, in which Hayden Christensen was supposed to play Case. Both were aborted, and probably it's better this way. Even now there is a Neuromancer entry under IMDb, due to come out in 2011. Don't hold your breath on this one, either.

My guess is that major studios have realized that the mainstream interest in cyberpunk is gone, and view such a project too risky. That some individuals still like to play with the idea, is unlikely to change anything.

I spent 60 seconds on Google and found the draft. Next time don't be so lazy.

"Your attempt to somehow associate my desire to legally own the guns I use with anti-black racism says a lot about how poorly informed you are"

It's not your 'desire to legally own the guns' that scares me, it's you walking down the street carrying one that scares me .. :)

You see, your still driven by the same basic instincts that allowed humanity to be a successful hunter/gatherer on the African planes millennia ago.

"Beware the beast man, for he is the devil's pawn. Alone among God's primates, he kills for sport, or lust or greed"

http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/planetofapes67.txt

KLAATU: "Bobby -- who's the greatest man in America today?"

BOBBY (puzzling it over): Gee -- I don't know... The space man, I guess."

KLAATU (secretly amused): "I was speaking of earth men. I meant the greatest philosopher -- the greatest thinker."

B0BBY: "You mean the smartest man in the whole world?"

KLAATU: "Yes -- that would do nicely."

BOBBY (after a moments thought): "Well -- Professor Barnhardt, I guess. He's the greatest scientist in the world.

from http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/TheDayTheEarth StoodSTill.html

You'ld think someone would have at least found a copy of the script or book for Empire Strikes Back (Film, 1980) where they say "They can't have disappeared. No ship that small has a cloaking device." Someone must still have a copy of that book or script around in print (don't know where mine went)!

Uh Oh -- Big Mistake!


cited

Because I brought my DINOSAUR! Who EATS force field dogs!

Talby: They are a body of asteroids that make a complete circuit of the universe once every 12.3 trillion years. The Phoenix Asteroids... From what I've heard, Doolittle, they glow... glow with all the colors of the rainbow. Nobody knows why. They just glow as they drift around the universe. Imagine all the sights they've seen in the time they've been travelling -- the birth and death of stars, things we'll never see. The universe is alive, Doolittle. I thought it was all empty, but it isn't. In between the stars, it's seething with light and gasses and dust. There are little pebbles drifting around, planets no one on Earth has ever seen... No one but the Phoenix Asteroids...

You simply can't beat four completely pissed and mindless guys in beards and afros trying to find some solace in the universe.

Dark Star will be discovered.