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-<p>
-<strong>
-<em>
-wintermute
-</em>
-[1986]
-</strong>
-<br/>
-Despite the abstract setting and obscure vocabulary of
-[[william-gibson]]
-'s
-<em>
-Neuromancer
-</em>
-, the novel's cult success spawned
-a handful of attempts at dramatization. All failed... mostly spectacularly
-<em>
-wintermute
-</em>
-, a spin-off television
-series
-launched in 1986 set entirely in an exorbitantly costly and brutally indecipherable analog rendition of cyberspace.
-Although the show managed to distill the novel's somewhat convoluted plot into a slightly more conventional tragic
-adventure story, it was marred by a lack of conventional action and forward momentum.
-<em>
-<!-- links to content in i, antichrist -->
-[[error]]
-</em>
-, the series'
-pilot episode, contains multiple extended sequences of an unintentionally glitchy digital ocean, the longest of which
-spans over 1 minute and 23 seconds. Creator
-[[steven-bochco]]
-later disavowed
-participation in the development of
-<em>
-wintermute
-</em>
-after Ohio Valley test viewings resulted in aggressively negative audience reactions including two
-separate
-[possibly unrelated/bogus] episodes of induced seizure
-<sup>
-</sup>
-. The series was subsequently never aired. Despite
-the profound
-fiscal and dramatic failure of
-<em>
-wintermute
-</em>
-, the project helped solidify creator Steven Bochco's reputation as
-a
-visionary in the field of experimental entertainment television. Unusual for a network program, the progressive rock
-group Octagon of Dex
-<sup>
-</sup>
-was hired to score the entirety of the series, including the show's now iconic
-opening credit
-sequence
-<sup>
-</sup>
-. Following the untimely cancellation of
-<em>
-wintermute
-</em>
-, the group released material composed
-for the
-show as
-part of its debut (and only) commercially released album
-<sup>
-</sup>
-.
-</p>
-<div class="footnote">
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-In the wake of the infamous "
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-<a href="../hyperbolic-time-chamber/pokemon-shock.html">
-Pokémon Incident
-</a>
-", it was posited that
-<em>
-wintermute
-</em>
-'s extended sequences of flashing block color squares could in fact be to blame.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-A name taken from Gibson's slang for
-[[narcotics]]
-in pill form in
-<em>
-Neuromancer
-</em>
-.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-Also titled
-<em>
-Octagon of Dex
-</em>
-.
-</p>
-<p>
-<sup>
-</sup>
-Also titled
-<em>
-Octagon of Dex
-</em>
-.
-</p>
-</div>
-]]>

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