Apple TV’s Neuromancer faces a challenge adapting the novel’s opening line

Neuromancer opens with a striking image: a sky compared to a television showing a dead channel.

The image can look different to people who grew up with old televisions and those used to modern screens.

It also suggests a world where nature and human life feel overshadowed by technology.

The article says the show will need to preserve the line’s layered meaning, not just copy its appearance.