Du kan faktisk læse en god portion af manuskriptet fra den nu aflyste Deus Ex-filmatisering

Deus Ex: Human Revolution blev et ret stort hit tilbage i 2011, og åbenbart var universet så spændende, at også filmfolk fik øjnene op for muligheden for en eventuel filmatisering. Dette var dog før spil-til-films guldalder, som vi befinder os i lige nu, hvor det er en del lettere at finde finansiering, så filmen blev dog aldrig til noget.

Men et helt manuskript blev produceret af Scott Derrickson (Doctor Strange) og C. Robert Cargill, og det manuskript kan faktisk læses online nu. Præcis ligesom spillet skulle filmen have handlet om Adam Jensen, og du kan eksempelvis læse et udpluk her:

"INT. CLEAN ROOM - SARIF TECH FACILITY - TIME UNKNOWN
Jensen, eyes closed, lies in a bed, sheet [sic] covering his body. He looks normal enough, save a hexagon carved into the left side of his forehead, and two metal crescents flanking his eyes.
Jensen's eyes SNAP open. He sits up, quick, confused and disoriented. As he does, the sheet falls away to reveal his legs and torso. He looks like a man, and more. His chest and arms are covered in titanium-infused sheets grafted to his natural skin. His arms are entirely cybernetic, as are his hands which are now black and shiny.

He looks around, and when he does, his world is one of sensory overload — colors too bright, sounds too loud, like his mind is some kind of perverse echo chamber.

JENSEN'S CYBERNETICALLY ENHANCED POV:
He's in a large lab filled with medical and scientific machines, and devoid of life. Megan's necklace rests on a small table, and everything is in ultra high definition — no shadow can hide you from him. He blinks and a tactical grid manifests over his POV. Microprocessors record everything he's seeing, as every item is identified as a possible weapon and/or threat. All in less time than it takes you to blink.

Jensen stands, abruptly. He's naked. Seen from the back, we note that his spinal column has been replaced with an alloy frame that attaches to all four limbs, and that the lower half of each leg has been replaced with cybernetics."

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