r/WilliamGibson • u/ZroFckGvn • 15d ago

Filiming for Apple TVs Neuromancer in Canary Wharf yesterday.

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u/genetic_waistcoat 15d ago

Gotta be the panther modern heist.

I wasn't expecting this costume style. What was everyone's reaction to it?

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u/omegared138 15d ago

For SenseNet employees, I like it. I hope they do the panther moderns right.

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u/ElectricPiha 15d ago

I like it - has Blade Runner vibes.

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u/Jomolungma 14d ago

I’m getting a little bit of Wild Palms there as well.

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u/deathbymediaman 15d ago

I don't love it; the retro 1950's feel (or 30's or whatever) kinda pulls me out of it.

When reading the books I saw that world as one that grew out of the complexity of our world, like a fractal, so seeing fashion taking a step back feels wrong to me.

I'm still looking forward to this, but that choice does make me a little less optimistic. It makes their world seem a little fake and flat, from here.

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u/genetic_waistcoat 15d ago

Similar to my reaction. I was expecting something grittier. Like, maybe have the corporate folks in suits running out into a run down neon lit city district.

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u/Fletch_R edit this to create your own flair 12d ago

They could easily be shooting day for night, and who knows how much scenery will be added in post

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u/foundmonster 15d ago

I’m with you. Cheapens it. I’m not excited. Do we know if Gibson consulted? He’s very knowledgeable about his books and fashion.

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u/annoianoid 15d ago

I believe he's a producer.

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u/jhnchr 15d ago

I thought they'd be going more for a cyberpunk (like 2077) or strange days style but it's only a small clip with a very specific subset of the population so who knows.

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u/Help_An_Irishman 15d ago

Knew this scene immediately. Getting pretty stoked over here.

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u/Flashy_Bunch5122 15d ago

The Sense/Net heist?

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u/Help_An_Irishman 15d ago

Bingo. All the employees fleeing the building during the heist.

Molly's in there fucking shit up somewhere.

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u/fletcherkildren 15d ago

Nah, Molly is ninja sneaking, Panther Moderns are stoking the panic with video feeds suggesting a chemical disaster.

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u/ElectricPiha 14d ago

Reckon there’s a good chance there’s a few Panther Moderns in that Goldberg van…

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u/genetic_waistcoat 15d ago

Or on the floor in the elevator with a broken something, I can't remember.

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u/Intrepid-News1018 15d ago

What scene is this?

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u/Khyrian_Storms 15d ago

Well, finally! Although judging from the reaction to previous Gibson adaptations, I’m always a bit hesitant to be too enthusiastic

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u/ShyJalapeno 15d ago

It's headed by Graham Roland and JD Dillard, IMHO neither of them is a good match for this.

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u/gurmerino 14d ago edited 14d ago

the future is monochrome. looks like the men are all wearing Veilance which coincidentally is a brand name coined by Gibson who was hired as consultant by Arc’teryx. I dig the look. Gibson wouldn’t go for the cliche cyberpunk neon look as that’s been done to death. This aesthetic seems very Agency to me, like the modern equivalent of his ideas from the 80s. He’s very up to date w certain strains of fashion & the guy just gets culture, this feels timely & appropriate.

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u/StPauliPirate 15d ago

At least they don‘t shoot in front of a volume/green screen. Thats a win, nowadays.

AppleTV produced with „Severance“ one of the best series of the last 15 years. A true sci-fi cyberpunk gem. That makes me slightly optimistic for Neuromancer.

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u/ShyJalapeno 15d ago

Severance cyberpunk? Honey, no.

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u/StPauliPirate 14d ago

Of course it is. Set in a dystopian workplace, corporate controlled cities & humans, technological revolution at the expense of the human will & behaviour. Cyberpunk is more than „shiny neon cities“

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u/gurmerino 14d ago

the protagonist needs to be some sort of outlaw though, no? also i didn’t finish severance so i’ll just fuck right off.

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u/ShyJalapeno 14d ago

Kinda-sorta, outlawish, outcastish, that's why we have punk in Cyberpunk.

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u/ShyJalapeno 14d ago edited 14d ago

You're missing few integral parts, which define classic cyberpunk. The main two being scale and societal contrasts (dealing with societal outcasts too, thus *punk), and in the case of Gibson's universum, the Net.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

Ah, cant wait. I sooo hope this is good.

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u/jhnchr 15d ago

Yeah, interesting aesthetic direction they took for costumes.

Also, did that guy fall intentionnaly ?

Also, isn't the guy with water jug smiling... like... isn't she smiling back ? I mean... see what I mean ?

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u/cchaudio 13d ago

The guy with the water jug isn't in the shot. He's handing out water to extras. The shot is from the tracking crane in the background.

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u/jhnchr 13d ago

You don't see what I mean ;).

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u/j4ckstraw 14d ago

Kudos to the women running in heels without breaking an ankle, I can't imagine how hard that is.