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I would feel a lot better about it if it was being done by Christopher Nolan. Inception was proof that he doesn't let suits dumb down complex plots. But you have to admit that the opening sequence will at least be awesome: a pizza delivery guy who works for the Mafia flying through an extremely dangerous libertarian dystopia.

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Inception was a shaky plot wrapped in enough accidental complexity to make studio execs -- and audiences -- think they were watching something profound. I get a sense of Christopher Nolan as a filmmaker who desperately wants to be taken seriously, which is just the opposite of who we need for Snow Crash. Given his admittedly short body of work (Attack the Block, The Adventures of Tintin), Joe Cornish seems a great choice for handling the action and outragous weird stuff in Snow Crash.

I think Inception, Memento and The Dark Night show that Christopher Nolan is a filmmaker who is taken seriously.

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Nolan's made some of the most inventive movies of the past decade. Memento, The Dark Knight, and Inception were pinnacles of the form.

I'm not saying he'd be ideal to direct Snow Crash, but your criticisms of his work are unfounded.

I always imagined Hiro's truck looked something like the Batmobile/Tumbler in Batman Begins.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tumbler_in_Toronto.JPG

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