| From: | Simon and Fiona sfuller@******.com.au |
|---|---|
| Subject: | FASA Trademarks |
| Date: | Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:55:47 +1000 |
From: Aris "Deathspirit" Stremmenos <aris@***************.de>
To: shadowrn@*********.com <shadowrn@*********.com>
Date: Monday, June 12, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: FASA Trademarks
>Manolis Skoulikas wrote:
>>the first mention of the Matrix I know about is in the books of
W.Gibson
>>(the Neuromancer, Count Zero,Virtual Light, etc). That was back in the
>>1980's. Isn't that where FASA got the name from?
>Exactly...and not only the name, but the general style. I'm sure you've
seen the >other movie based on Gibson's books, Johny Mnemonic. The
similarities >between the movie, the books and Shadowrun's Matrix, are too
many! Matrix, >the movie, is too based on Gibson's books, but not as Johny
Mnemonic did. >The creator's have said so.
Shadowrun was going to originally be vanilla cyberpunk, based heavily on
Mr Gibson. Only Cyberpunk 2020 (or whatever it is called) beat them to the
printers, so to save their idea FASA inserted magic into the mix.
