Comments on: ‘Looper’ Director Rian Johnson Is Working On A Cyberpunk-y Sci-Fi Script For His Next Film https://staging2.theplaylist.net/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-20130401/ Fri, 13 May 2016 10:19:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Coppercredit https://staging2.theplaylist.net/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-20130401/#comment-58678 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:19:51 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-100076/#comment-58678 "Cyberpunk" does sound like a bit of an outdated term," i've heard that word more times in that last year then my lifetime. There has been a massive resurgence in the Sub Genre especially in Video Games, with the new Shadowrun, Cyberpunk 2077, and the latest announcement.Transistor. even CoD got in on it with the latest Black OPs.

]]> By: Michael M. https://staging2.theplaylist.net/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-20130401/#comment-58679 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:19:51 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-100076/#comment-58679 AKIRA.

Quintessential Cyber Punk of all time.

]]> By: Sean https://staging2.theplaylist.net/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-20130401/#comment-58680 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:19:51 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-100076/#comment-58680 A cyberpunk set in 1887 perhaps?

]]> By: Alan B https://staging2.theplaylist.net/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-20130401/#comment-58681 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:19:51 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/looper-director-rian-johnson-is-working-on-a-cyberpunk-y-sci-fi-script-for-his-next-film-100076/#comment-58681 I liked 'Brick' more than his subsequent films, as I felt the two follow-ups suffered from a lack of discipline in the writing stage. In an earlier cut of 'Brothers Bloom', the ending was blown up and overcomplicated, but – when Johnson cut it down – he completely rewrote character actions to the point they don't make a lot of sense. And Scriptshadow was right about the telekinesis subplot in 'Looper': it's a lazy way of generating physical stakes and jeopardy in the final act that always feels uncomfortably placed in this time-travel storyline. It's not only his writing that's the problem: he mentioned that his intent for the earlier scenes of 'Looper' was to create New Wave feel to the cinematography and editing, but his direction is always so controlled and mannered that it achieve that jittery, exciting quality of an earlier Godard film, for instance. Honestly, I would prefer that he didn't either an adaptation or even a super-ambitious science fiction project and do what Sidney Lumet did every so often: a very small project designed to improve his technique. He has the potential to remain a viable and interesting filmmaker, but if he doesn't try to rescale now, then he'll probably end up in the studio system making less and less interesting films.

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