William Gibson in Wild Palms

[sfarmer76]

This country is getting more 'Wild Palms' by the hour.

[sfarmer76]

This country is getting more 'Wild Palms' by the hour.

[FractalBolt]

I am always surprised by William Gibson's height. Good thing he is a calm, peace loving person and not some big ass burly biker type you wouldn't want to piss off in an alley.

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[TaikaProtagonist]

Wild Palms was one of the best and most underrated mini-series (or series for that matter) that has ever been aired. Way ahead of its time and story being too brilliant for most critics to like and too complicated to short-attention-span mass to follow...pure jadarite you don´t see on TV anymore...

[jpowell180]

One big thing this series got wrong - in the year 2004, Feech Lamana was busted with a stolen truck full of those new, futuristic "plasma TV's" in his garage, which was a violation of his probation, and he was sent back to jail instead of being a bigwig like in Wild Palms.

He was set up by Tony Soprano b/c Feech didn't know how to keep his mouth shut and obey Tony.

[jmm1233]

he should have a lead role , better his own show , Gibson ftw

[brycat61]

This series was set in the year 2007

[horsesflu]

wtf? here he looks like a cross between Egon and Lovecraft...?

[BouchardIvanne]

dawn of cyber punk eh? well, I guess i'd better head down to hot topic load up...

[DamienDarkshade]

Where did this clip come from?

[Legioneic]

Wild Palms, a television miniseries that aired in 1993. It's a mix of sci-fi and soap opera and it's pretty awesome if you like apocalyptic social commentary. Great writing despite (because of?) its pretention. It's available on DVD now.

[PhreakStep]

Neuromancer was sci-fi in 80's but not anymore.

Hacking is very much active now

Cloning also

Drug use also

Brain computer interface is also working and in winter Emotiv a BCI (brain computer interface) headset will become commercially aviable to gamers just google Emotiv.

And you have corporate monopoly now and US goverment is violating human rights in the name of "war on terror"ž

Neuromancer is now.

[rudey05]

What a great post PhreakStep, spot on.

[motormouthfrenchie]

i wouldnt say its now, but the dawn of cyberpunk, yea

[CybernautZero]

Agreed. We can see the roots of cyberpunk already, such as robotic limbs, the internet, and the growth of the implementation surveillance technology, and Brain Computer Interfacing tech is also in it's infancy. From what I see of this world, it's going cyberpunk.

[kfrausto]

Quite right. That's why Neuromancer (and various other Cyberpunk works) has proven itself to be so prophetic. We are witnessing the beginning stages of something new.

[realnoid]

He should screenplay another movie...like say Neuromancer.

[guitarboy22j]

What was he referring to as "bad science fiction"? Unfortuantely, I've heard that a lot about Neuromancer, but I would replied, "Its wasn't scifi, it was non-fiction." That book doesn't raise any issues that aren't a concern right now - corporate monopoloy, biotechnology, cloning, drugs, hacking.

[villianousjester]

He wrote it twenty five years ago dude. Think about it.

[Legioneic]

He was referring to the writing of the senator/new age guru whose symposium they're at in the movie. But I think it is sort of a cute aside to have Gibson come in right after that; his comment is similarly self-deprecating.

[epepper]

I loved that miniseries. It deserves much more recognition than it has.

[gunnargrimssonn]

that man is a human.

[undefinedego]

I have suspicions he is a machine.

[gunnargrimssonn]

that man is a human.

[jpowell180]

In the future we will all have VR glasses and will have to be on guard against Angie Dickinson poking out our eyes....

[CybernautZero]

Hmmm....I don't see VR becoming something big, but Augmented Reality Technologies are another thing. Who doesn't want info relayed over your existing reality in real time?

[methaphisic]

Watch "What`s in the box"

You will like it

[jpowell180]

I guess the same folks who appreciate a browser that can remove those damn "rich media" animated ads on almost every site you go to - it's like a bunch of little kids screaming & waving their hands while you're trying to read.

[TheEnfo]

Hey ain't looks like he feels very comfortable ;-). Thanks for sharing the clip.

[mromanov]

That man is a god.