Briareos H on 30/5/2012 at 18:46
It's a Cyberpunk 2020 licence so it's probably going to end up Neuromancer vs. GITS vs. a touch of Blade Runner.
demagogue on 30/5/2012 at 19:03
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Also, I can't stand William Gibson's work, so hopefully its more like DX and not so much the neon blue mohawks and terrible dialogue.
Haha that reminds me I saw Johnny Mnemonic for the first time recently and was thinking, wow, Ice-T just picked the wrong Keanu cyberpunk movie to be the badass black dude in. If he would have held out he could have been Morpheus, which single-handedly made Laurence Fishburn the coolest black man in cyberpunkdom. T just had no chance convincing us he had street cred in that movie when his gang was run by
a talking dolphin.
june gloom on 30/5/2012 at 19:29
Quote Posted by Ted O'Toole
Also, I can't stand William Gibson's work, so hopefully its more like DX and not so much the neon blue mohawks and terrible dialogue.
DX was loaded with terrible dialogue and terrible fashion choices, what's your fucking d- oh wait Ted O'Toole, nevermind.
Ulukai on 30/5/2012 at 19:31
wtf you said fuck already :(
Could we at least save it for special occasions?
june gloom on 30/5/2012 at 19:43
that post originally had 3 instances of the word "fuck"
see, i can self-censor :(
demagogue on 30/5/2012 at 19:57
Also everybody knows Ted O'Toole is a walking euphemism for the double-birdie and he doesn't get rebuked.
Edit: But seriously it's true DX had all of that, the awful dialog, awful voice actors for that matter, stupid art direction... Haha, but it was all done with such charm you laughed along with it. Blue mohawks and talking sea mammals just aren't very charming I admit.
Ted O'Toole on 30/5/2012 at 20:00
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DX was loaded with terrible dialogue and terrible fashion choices, what's your fucking d- oh wait Ted O'Toole, nevermind.
There was a lot of rough lines in DX, that didn't make the cool ones any less so. As far as fashion is concerned, leather trench coats were all the rage back then.
Why do you love such a cheap hack ? Oh wait, dethtoll, nevermind...
Actually, I'll tell you, its subjective.
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http://www.awesomefilm.com/script/Alien3.txt) Exhibit A
Quote Posted by demagogue
Edit: But seriously it's true DX had all of that, the awful dialog, awful voice actors for that matter, stupid art direction... Haha, but it was all done with such charm you laughed along with it. Blue mohawks and talking sea mammals just aren't very charming I admit.
Many have said the voice acting as terrible, but I really liked it. There are bits here and there, like "A bomb!", but I put those down to poor editing or audio queuing more than anything.
Before citing the usual examples of brilliant voice acting (thief, Legacy of Kain etc), one should consider that DX was at the very least above average for the time.
june gloom on 30/5/2012 at 20:06
Alien 3 notwithstanding, if you think Gibson is a cheap hack then I'm sorry but there's no helping you.
I'd ask who you think writes GOOD cyberpunk, but chances are you'll say Neil Stephenson and I don't want to make you ruin what modicum of credibility you've got shatter the illusion of your credibility.
Malf on 30/5/2012 at 20:09
I used to play the original P&P Cyberpunk RPG way back when, so I'm pretty stoked for this :D
Ted O'Toole on 30/5/2012 at 20:40
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Stop hating something I like
You do nothing but attack people who's opinions differ and you want me to defend my credibility?
You're like 28 and turning names into insults, you're a manchild or blatant troll, a cunt either way.
As for Cyberpunk, not really my scene. Aside from some games and 3 Gibson books I haven't really bothered with it, possibly because I didn't like Gibsons. He had some interesting ideas, but a somewhat weak knowledge of networking, or maybe he constructed one that was more easily digested to the lay man. The dialogue was painful to read, but at least he's better than Dan Brown.