"'max headroom' - an appreciation"
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On the futuristic adventure series tha
as both Max and as TV investigative
The first episode-a condensed and
version of the original two-hour teleinvestigating "blipverts," a form of a
commercials lasting split-seconds. RJapan who were hospitalized after ra
Pokemon TV episode affected their e
and created convulsions? Blipverts did the same-except, this
some people's brains exploded. When Carter is nearly killed try
memory is uploaded into a computer. Add a dash of artificial in
ego Max Headroom is born, with the convenient ability to zip t
Net.
the "cyberpunk" notion of
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Yuybt this dqing adventure series was too smart, too cheekydowner'for TV at the time-it wasn't exactly Nash Bridge^s. Adramas as trrt and, NYPD Blue, Max Headriomhad no i"p-oepisode structure to keep luring repeat viewers.
But there's no question i,t was presciently on-target. Blank Rewhen we said there washo future? Well, this is it."
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