Max Headroom FINALLY Coming to DVD!!!

POSTED BY: cljohnston108
UPDATED: Saturday, October 2, 2010 21:31
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OPPYH

Saturday, February 27, 2010 5:39 PM

I never watched this when it aired. Much like Automan I skipped it completely.

I will buy the dvd set and check it out.

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11THHOUR

Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:14 PM

MAX!!! Finally, finally coming to DVD... took long enough! Glad to see they'll be including lots of bonus material. This show screams for bonus material.

Max Headroom is a kind of spiritual cousin to Firefly. Both brilliant and unique shows that didn't last too long on broadcast TV... bit of trivia, Mark Sheppard's (Badger) dad was a regular cast member on Max Headroom. Both shows had amazing created worlds, the art direction and atmosphere gave both shows a look all their own. They are both art.

Max Headroom was messed with too back in the day and deserved a much longer run. Maybe its dark and smart satire of TV networks hit the mark a little too often. The portrayal of a network that watches ratings in real time and will pull the plug on a show, sometimes in mid-stream, sounds a little too familiar...

I'm definitely buying this when it's released, and probably extras to introduce the show to folks who missed it.

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CHRISISALL

Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:27 PM

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Originally posted by 11thHour:

Max Headroom was messed with too back in the day and deserved a much longer run. Maybe its dark and smart satire of TV networks hit the mark a little too often.

It was not a safe show to show. Had the ratings been through the roof, they would have grit their teeth & beared it. Just okay ratings meant they could flush the anti-corporate abomination.

The laughing Chrisisall

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LWAVES

Saturday, February 27, 2010 9:45 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
It was not a safe show to show.

I would have sworn that you had started this thread Chris. Well, I got that one wrong.

So this show completely skipped by me. I knew it was around and that everyone was going on about it but never got around to actually watching it. In fact the only things I remember about it are Matt Frewer played Max, the stuttering head with shades.
Could someone please tell me what the show was all about?
Is it worth checking out for someone who has never seen it?
Why wasn't it a safe show?

"I don't believe in suicide, but if you'd like to try it it might cheer me up to watch."

CHRISISALL

Saturday, February 27, 2010 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by lwaves:
Could someone please tell me what the show was all about?
Is it worth checking out for someone who has never seen it?
Why wasn't it a safe show?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_%28TV_series%29

Quote:
In 1987, the story told in 20 Minutes into the Future, a made-for-television movie, formed the basis of a fully-fledged drama television series. The film was re-shot as a pilot program for a new series broadcast by the U.S.-based ABC television network. The pilot featured plot changes and some minor visual touches, but retained the same basic storyline. The only original cast retained for the U.S. version series were Matt Frewer (Max Headroom, Edison Carter) and Amanda Pays (Theora Jones); a third original cast member, W. Morgan Sheppard, joined the series as "Blank Reg" in later episodes.

The U.S. series expanded on the cyberpunk themes in the British TV movie but otherwise had no connection to the British music video show. In an arrangement perhaps unique in the history of television, the U.S. spin-off series featuring Max Headroom was a fictional drama, while its main character was originally created for a non-fiction entertainment show in Britain.

It skewered Corporate s***bags & ridiculed the plugged-in mentality of couch potatos.
I'm amazed it was even made in the US at all.
Plus: some chases & stuff.

A must-buy.

The laughing Chrisisall

"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010

CHRISISALL

Monday, March 1, 2010 8:54 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by OPPYH:
I never watched this when it aired. Much like Automan I skipped it completely.

I will buy the dvd set and check it out.

The laughing Chrisisall

"I only do it to to remind you that I'm right and that deep down, you know I'm right, you want me to be right, you need me to be right." - The Imperial Hero Strikes Back, 2010

STORYMARK

Monday, March 1, 2010 11:23 PM

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Originally posted by piratenews:

Warner is perhaps bad news. An indy label might've been a better choice for aggressive distribution.

Well, someone clearly didn't bother to read....

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CLJOHNSTON108

Wednesday, March 3, 2010 1:47 AM

I finally got to see the original British version, and it's cool how a lot of elements in the first half were kept exactly identical in the American version, and then it all diverged wildly.
Here's a cool website...

Max Headroom Chronicles: S-S-Start Here
http://www.maxheadroom.com/

CLJOHNSTON108

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:12 PM

Max Headroom - The Complete Series: Date, Cost, Packaging and a Hint About the Extras!
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Max-Headroom-The-Complete-Series/1368
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CHRISISALL

Tuesday, April 27, 2010 11:27 PM

S-S-S-Swe-e-et!!!

The laughing Chrisisall

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