And if I go around with you, you know that I get messed up, too

[venta]

No.... no... nooooooo.

This probably isn't going to be good, is it?

http://www.bureau42.com/view/11398/snow-crash-es-onto-film

(To clarify: I don't really know who Joe Cornish is. People keep saying he did Attack the Block, but that doesn't mean anything to me. Oh, and, er, apparently he's the Joe of Adam and Joe. That surprised me.

I just can't currently conceive of a film version of Snow Crash which doesn't suck.)

Comments

[venta.livejournal.com]

Whereas I can see the Matrix-a-like risks (see above) I'm not sure it needs to look like a cheap rip-off. The Metaverse is very different to the Matrix - people know they're in it, they willingly engage with it, they don't typically totally lose the thread of what's happening to their real-body when they're in it. The Metaverse was created by its own users (or some of them) rather than some despotic alien culture, is distinguishable from reality, and can't kill you. Sure there are also similarities, but I think there's enough fundamental difference in the premise that a film could be made that seemed different.

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

Agreed on all points. Mainly I was thinking of the Kendo stuff, which is inevitably going to be a big deal because it's a film and big, visually striking fights are very film-friendly.

[venta.livejournal.com]

Although you could do a nice, visually-striking job of cutting back and forth between him sword-fighting and jumping about on a shipping container wielding a crowbar :)

[bateleur.livejournal.com]

That would rock! OK, tell you what, you can direct it instead. :-)