Re: Snow Crash TV Show
John T <[email protected]> Sat, 30 Sep 2017 05:11:53 -0400
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I think I must have read a different /Ringworld/... "lurid alien sex it
features."????
The company also announced an adaptation of Larry Niven’s /Ringworld/,
which might actually put /Snow Crash /to shame on the “unadaptable”
scale, what with all the long, quasi-philosophical conversations,
elaborate CGI demands, and _lurid alien sex it features_. The book—part
of Niven’s “Known Space” series—centers on two humans sent by mysterious
alien to explore the titular structure, a massive, dangerous ring-like
structure surrounding a distant star.
On 9/29/2017 8:05 AM, Dennis Fischer wrote:
>
>
> Amazon is making a /Snow Crash /TV show
> <https://www.avclub.com/amazon-is-making-a-snow-crash-tv-show-1818979922>
>
> <https://kinja.com/plumberduck>
> William Hughes <https://kinja.com/plumberduck>
> Yesterday 8:01pm
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> (Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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> Neal Stephenson’s /Snow Crash /is one of the great unadapted novels of
> modern science fiction, right up there with its granddaddy in the
> cyberpunk genre, William Gibson’s /Neuromancer/. Given how
> screen-ready some of /Snow Crash/’s//most famous sequences are,
> though—most notably, the high-speed, action-heavy pizza delivery chase
> that opens the novel—it’s honestly kind of baffling that directors
> have never managed to get a handle on Stephenson’s world of
> katana-wielding pizza guys, nuke-toting motorcyclists, and virtual
> reality paradise. The closest Hollywood’s gotten to date is Steven
> Spielberg’s upcoming /Ready Player One/
> <https://film.avclub.com/freddy-krueger-ninja-turtles-and-the-iron-giant-colli-1798264308#_ga=2.247351618.792838060.1506421661-651854135.1460492003>,
> especially since Ernest Cline’s reference-addicted original novel
> cribs heavily from Stephenson’s virtual worlds.
> That might all be about to change, though; /Variety /reports
> <http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amazon-studios-lazarus-snow-crash-ringworld-1202576048/> that
> Amazon has started development on a /Snow Crash /TV series, with /Ant
> Man/
> <https://film.avclub.com/ant-man-builds-a-smaller-lighter-marvel-movie-1798184344>//writer
> Joe Cornish and /Back To The Future /producer Frank Marshall
> shepherding the show to the screen. The series is part of an
> aggressive new push from the online streamer, which recently announced
> its intentions
> <https://www.avclub.com/jeff-bezos-is-demanding-amazon-make-its-own-game-of-thr-1802824280> to
> find its “own” /Game Of Thrones/.
> To that end, Amazon also tapped two other well-known authors for
> projects today. First up: comics author Greg Rucka, whose book
> /Lazarus /is also being adapted. Set in a dystopian near future, the
> book centers on 16 warring families who control humanity, and the
> one-person kill squads they use to exert their will.
> The company also announced an adaptation of Larry Niven’s /Ringworld/,
> which might actually put /Snow Crash /to shame on the “unadaptable”
> scale, what with all the long, quasi-philosophical conversations,
> elaborate CGI demands, and lurid alien sex it features. The book—part
> of Niven’s “Known Space” series—centers on two humans sent by
> mysterious alien to explore the titular structure, a massive,
> dangerous ring-like structure surrounding a distant star.
>
>
> Per /Variety/, Amazon currently has 67 series either in preproduction,
> production, or post. The company is definitely going hard after the
> sci-fi market at the moment; we’ll have to wait and see which of these
> ambitious new series actually make it to the light of day.
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<p>I think I must have read a different <i>Ringworld</i>... "lurid
alien sex it features."????</p>
<p>The company also announced an adaptation of Larry Niven’s <em
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id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175285">Ringworld</em>,
which might actually put <em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175286">Snow Crash </em>to
shame on the “unadaptable” scale, what with all the long,
quasi-philosophical conversations, elaborate CGI demands, and <u>lurid
alien sex it features</u>. The book—part of Niven’s “Known
Space” series—centers on two humans sent by mysterious alien to
explore the titular structure, a massive, dangerous ring-like
structure surrounding a distant star.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/29/2017 8:05 AM, Dennis Fischer
wrote:<br>
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id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175264">Neal
Stephenson’s <em style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering:
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id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175265">Snow Crash </em>is
one of the great unadapted novels of modern science fiction,
right up there with its granddaddy in the cyberpunk genre,
William Gibson’s <em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175266">Neuromancer</em>.
Given how screen-ready some of <em style="box-sizing:
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inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175267">Snow
Crash</em>’s<em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175268"> </em>most
famous sequences are, though—most notably, the high-speed,
action-heavy pizza delivery chase that opens the novel—it’s
honestly kind of baffling that directors have never managed
to get a handle on Stephenson’s world of katana-wielding
pizza guys, nuke-toting motorcyclists, and virtual reality
paradise. The closest Hollywood’s gotten to date is Steven
Spielberg’s upcoming <a
href="https://film.avclub.com/freddy-krueger-ninja-turtles-and-the-iron-giant-colli-1798264308#_ga=2.247351618.792838060.1506421661-651854135.1460492003"
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text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height:
inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175270">Ready
Player One</em></a>, especially since Ernest Cline’s
reference-addicted original novel cribs heavily from
Stephenson’s virtual worlds.</div>
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id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175271">That might all
be about to change, though; <a
href="http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/amazon-studios-lazarus-snow-crash-ringworld-1202576048/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit;
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id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175272"
moz-do-not-send="true"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height:
inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175273">Variety </em>reports</a> that
Amazon has started development on a <em style="box-sizing:
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inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175274">Snow
Crash </em>TV series, with <a
href="https://film.avclub.com/ant-man-builds-a-smaller-lighter-marvel-movie-1798184344"
target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="box-sizing: inherit;
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line-height: inherit; box-shadow: rgb(227, 58, 245) 0px
-2px 0px inset; transition: color 0.1s ease-out;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175275"
moz-do-not-send="true"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height:
inherit;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175276">Ant
Man</em></a><em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175277"> </em>writer
Joe Cornish and <em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175278">Back To The
Future </em>producer Frank Marshall shepherding the show
to the screen. The series is part of an aggressive new push
from the online streamer, which <a
href="https://www.avclub.com/jeff-bezos-is-demanding-amazon-make-its-own-game-of-thr-1802824280"
rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(34,
34, 34); text-decoration-line: none; line-height: inherit;
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transition: color 0.1s ease-out;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175279"
moz-do-not-send="true">recently announced its intentions</a> to
find its “own” <em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175280">Game Of
Thrones</em>.</div>
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optimizeLegibility; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom:
1.25rem; margin-left: auto; word-break: break-word;
font-size: 17px; line-height: 32px; max-width: 636px;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175282">To that end,
Amazon also tapped two other well-known authors for projects
today. First up: comics author Greg Rucka, whose book <em
style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering:
optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175283">Lazarus </em>is
also being adapted. Set in a dystopian near future, the book
centers on 16 warring families who control humanity, and the
one-person kill squads they use to exert their will.</div>
<div style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering:
optimizeLegibility; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom:
1.25rem; margin-left: auto; word-break: break-word;
font-size: 17px; line-height: 32px; max-width: 636px;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175284">The company also
announced an adaptation of Larry Niven’s <em
style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering:
optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175285">Ringworld</em>,
which might actually put <em style="box-sizing: inherit;
text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175286">Snow Crash </em>to
shame on the “unadaptable” scale, what with all the long,
quasi-philosophical conversations, elaborate CGI demands,
and lurid alien sex it features. The book—part of Niven’s
“Known Space” series—centers on two humans sent by
mysterious alien to explore the titular structure, a
massive, dangerous ring-like structure surrounding a distant
star.</div>
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0px; max-width: 636px; font-family: ProximaNovaCond,
sans-serif;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175287">
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word-break: break-word; font-size: 17px; line-height: 32px;
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id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175322">Per <em
style="box-sizing: inherit; text-rendering:
optimizeLegibility; line-height: inherit;"
id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1506566596093_175323">Variety</em>,
Amazon currently has 67 series either in preproduction,
production, or post. The company is definitely going hard
after the sci-fi market at the moment; we’ll have to wait
and see which of these ambitious new series actually make it
to the light of day.</div>
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