Max Headroom

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Max Headroom is a look into the future. Society is run-down and dominated by televisin and large corporations. Edison Carter is a reported intend on exposing corruption and greed. In the pilot episode, Edison is hunted down by his own employer. He is injured and his mind is digitized into a computer program....  more

Max Headroom is a look into the future. Society is run-down and dominated by televisin and large corporations. Edison Carter is a reported intend on exposing corruption and greed. In the pilot episode, Edison is hunted down by his own employer. He is injured and his mind is digitized into a computer program. The resulting program takes on a life of its own. This is the creation of the eccentric and unpredictable character of Max Headroom. Max can move through computer and television networks at will. The series is about Edison Carter and Max Headroom in their combined fight to expose and eliminate the corruption in society. less

• DVDs, hello?

  Someday? Soon? This was such a great show. They owe us!

  Someday? Soon? This was such a great show. They owe us! less

  Lokar Last online 2 hrs, 36 mins ago
  5 comments, last one Apr 12, 2008 + Add Comment

• the UK and the american version

  I really think the old one was better but that is just judging from the start of the Blipverts episoide the whole atmosphere was better in the UK version i just hope it gets to be as great as it its amazing but not as gribbing

  I really think the old one was better but that is just judging from the start of the Blipverts episoide the whole atmosphere was better in the UK version i just hope it gets to be as great as it its amazing but not as gribbing less

  naptess Last online Sep 8, 2008
  5 comments, last one Jul 3, 2007 + Add Comment

• What no posts on this show

  How very dare you (uk only joke) its great i loved it i have them all on vhs from like 1986!

  How very dare you (uk only joke) its great i loved it i have them all on vhs from like 1986!less

  THE_GFP Last online Sep 4, 2008
  10 comments, last one Sep 19, 2006 + Add Comment

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  9 Superb

  Either ahead of it's time or behind in technology. Either way, an awesome series. hide show

  When i first watched Max Headroom as a teenager i pretty much believed it. Many people stated that "a world like shown in the series Max Headroom will not happen nor will we see anything like those shows they show on TV there".
  Well we are still not there but the path gets clearer. Meaning that from todays point of view, knowing the development of TV of another decade, the stuff they show in the series seem so much more possible. Doubt the series would be much of a success if aired again. The outdated equipment like monitors and cameras and the overwhelming 80s look is too much a contrast to work as a view 20 minutes into the future when it's 20 years into the past. I wish they would redo the series or at least make it a nice movie tho it might destroy some of the charm the series has.
  If they would film Max Headroom today the stuff would be much more brutal and inhuman than the original as the stuff they showed then wouldn't shock anyone anymore.

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  lilGrumpf Added Sep 14, 2007 All my reviews
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  9.9 Superb

  M-M-Max Headroom! hide show

  This series had a surreal feel to it. It was a combination of "Roller Ball"(the original, not the awful remake) and "Blade Runner".
  
  Max was a bright shining star that burned out far too quickly. He even appeared as a guest on David Letterman!
  
  This is one series that begs to be remade. Frewer is still alive, give him a call! I heard hes currently on "Eureka!" So maybe hes ready for a big 2 series come back. If they do bring it back they need to keep the same look and feel of the originals. The atmosphere of the sets is a large part of its appeal.
  
  This would be good series for the SCI-FI Channel to take on.

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  SoylentYellow Added Dec 27, 2006 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  A cool sci fi show. hide show

  A look at a distant future, we may be there by now. The news media today controls how people think. With the advent of satellite television, people around the world can view the same news programs simultaneously 24 hours a day. This have both good and bad implications. News media companies who have agendas other than informing the public on current events are so real today. Max headroom was a prediction of what might happen to the world if news companies look to influence how the public thinks and create chaos to a society. This is a cool show that explores that very real possibilities happening now in the 21st century.

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  sfviewer Added Aug 21, 2006 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Entertainment to the MAX ! hide show

  When all the media is being controlled by a few "greedy" bigwigs, whose sole motive is to control the entire population's mind using unethical subliminal techniques in their advertisements and other messages, it seems the world is doomed. However, one reported discovers this outrageous plan and is determined to expose it. Alas, the bigwigs come to know of his plans and try to catch him. In a fast and furious car chase, he has an accident in an underground parking lot and dies with the memory of the last thing he saw: a caution sign indicating the Maximum Headroom in the parking area. The bigwigs take his memory and digitize it into their computers and a new personality is born: Max Headroom. Max uses his knowledge and the computer access and the help of a few human friends to expose the corrupt businesses who were responsible for his death and for controlling the mids and bodies of milllions of consumers. Entertainment with a moral message. What more can one ask for ?

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  rajkbose Added Jul 30, 2006 All my reviews
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  10 Perfect

  Edgy sci-fi classic about a future world controlled by technology and television. hide show

  Reporter Edison Carter is a normal man. He works hard and dreams of breaking a big story.
  
  One day, he gets his chance. Does he ever.
  
  A television conglomerate secretly places vast numbers of super-compressed subliminal ads called 'blipverts' into breaks between shows. They are so quick that it's impossible for people to turn the channel. The advertiser has a captive audience-- literally.
  
  Until one day, the plan takes a turn for the worse: some viewers cannot stand the pressure, and their brains fry.
  
  Carter wants to do the report, but the t.v. bosses are not so eager to let him do this. The man gets into a chase for his life, pursued by company thugs. A producer rescues him after network bigwigs have picked his brains. The brass siphoned out the computerized personality named for the traffic sign that was the last thing Carter saw:
  
  Max Headroom.
  
  Edison must bring the story to the public and save the lives of himself, his friends and everyone else fighting to get out from under the nightmare hegemony. Exciting, well-acted and written, and with visuals far above standard for prime time shows.
  
  A great series, far too short.

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  Lokar Added Jul 29, 2006 All my reviews