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Back on TV: Max Headroom

Posted by chrisd on from the talkin-bout-my-g-g-g-generation dept.

infofreako writes: " Everyone's favorite 80's construct, Max Headroom, has returned thanks to the people at TechTV. According to their website, they will be rebroadcasting all 14 episodes starting this Friday! This series was doing ethics themes based on designer babies, corporate controlled media, brain scanning and more before some of us were capable of hitting record on the old VCR. "

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  1. Don't forget by J4 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Amanda Pays, she was pretty hot.

  2. DVD, please. by b1t+r0t · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I just want the DVD box set already, dammit. And while they're at it, could they please get UHF released, too?

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  3. Re:tech TV? by teslatug · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I've always wondered how come there isn't a nationwide station dedicated solely to technology. There are plenty of geeks and nerds to watch it, and you could always have shows teaching the elderly or the less technologicaly inclined simple computer tasks. One or more of the major computer companies (Dell, Gateway, Apple, Microsoft, etc -- apparently AOL/TW can't afford it :) could sponsor it. It's unbelievable that there isn't enough of a market considering how pervasive technology is in today's society. The only shows right now that even remotely feature computers are HSN and the like and the dichotomy between getting my tech fill and pulling my ears off is unnerving.

    Enough ranting...still wishing

  4. Mascot ? by lute3 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    As soon as I saw Max Headroom on the TechTV commercial announcing the upcoming series, I thought Mascot.

    The previous virtual mascot for the channel, Tilde, was female (appealing enough to the first niche gamer-type market ZDTV was shooting for), but she was not good enough. They used on-the-fly 3D graphics based on VR-suit-like encoding, so the movements of the character were not fluid or terribly near accurate.

    If Matt Frewer could record new vocals, I don't think anyone would object to a purely-digital Max Headroom. Digital!? But, what about..um..the original..was..good..um..ah.. Oh yeah..they just didn't have the technology to do it in 1985, you know.. psst.. they used a latex mask--it wasn't digital!. Also, surely Mr. Frewer is not doing terribly much since Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and Lawnmower Man 2, so he can probably use the money (that is, if a short revival of the original series doesn't load his pockets with royalties).

    Oh, and don't watch Lawnmower Man 2...for the love of all that's Holy! Don't watch it!

  5. Max Headroom world is closer than you think... by lightspawn · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If somebody told me teen would be locked up after refusing to watch TV commercials in school, I'd think they were kidding.

    I can't provide a link to this one, but a certain religious radio station gave away three radios as a promotion in a very low-income area - radios that were locked into the station's frequency, with no way to change it.

    An ATM tried to show me a commercial for something today.

    Does it seem to anybody else that we're in a handbasket going you know where?

  6. Re:The 80's are BACK! by rbeattie · · Score: 4, Insightful


    Ronald Reagan IS president, or hadn't you noticed?

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