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Hey Hiro, you want to try some [Snow Crash]?
Mortal Sky
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Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world... Hiro used to feel this way, too, but then he ran into Raven. In a way, this was liberating. He no longer has to worry about being the baddest motherfucker in the world. The position is taken.
So Joe Cornish, co-writer of the recent Tintin movie and director of Attack The Block, is currently the slated director for a film adaptation of Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk epic Snow Crash.
For those of you who haven't read Snow Crash, here's a synopsis from the back of the book
In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza Inc., but in the Metaverse he’s a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that’s striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about Infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous...you'll recognize it immediately.
Basically, Snow Crash had a hand in both parodying and deconstructing cyberpunk while also being one of the genre's finest later works. Entirely worth reading.
Oh and for the record, the Japanese novel covers are improbably cool:
So yeah I don't know about you guys but I am anticipating this movie.
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but this could go
so very wrong
Hope the film does it justice
that tattoo remains my favorite mental image from this book
Its no longer a dentata, its a Friendshipkata.
Uncle Enzo, Yours Truly and Dog.
My crew.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
this could be incredible but I'm quite confident in Hollywood's ability to fuck up good IP
What spring does with the cherry trees.
Raven will be Danny Trejo.
I would probably stock up on tissues then. I would be incredibly surprised if they didn't.
That being said, I HAVE to check this out. It sounds pretty awesome.
I would be down for this.
Honestly I would be shocked if Hiro were white, but Raven not so much.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
But yeah, a white dude as hiro would be disappointing. Get someone like Aaron yoo or joh cho.
This ain't Gibson.
I mean, I like Stephenson too, and Snow Crash is a fun read, but they're different.
Why I fear the ocean.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
I know. He's a related author though so
What spring does with the cherry trees.
Right. Right.
So, yes. Gibson rules. Got a signed copy of Pattern Recognition at a library booksale a year or so back. Such a good book.
Why I fear the ocean.
Ditto. I fucking love snow crash and there is a nonzero chance you could make a good movie from it,t so I'll cross my fingers until we know more.
Wanna see some casting.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
Abrupt? Like it doesn't really end, it just kind of stops.
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Once I did.
Then I read The Diamond Age.
Compared to that, Snow Crash is Return of the King.
Why I fear the ocean.
i want to see some production photos and perhaps a trailer before i even think about seeing it
Agree with this post. But I wouldn't be bothered if Hiro were Asian I guess.
What spring does with the cherry trees.
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