2/13/2023 0 Comments Max headroom dvd![]() ![]() The show depicts a dark-future where corporations run the government and network television is the law. I think one of the best aspects of the Max Headroom show was the extremely ironic life-imitating-art aspect. This is quite definitively 80's science-fiction, but seems to hold up quite well with time.Īs I found out in the Live On Network 23 featurette, the history of Max Headroom was quite an interesting one, starting as a gimmick to tie together music videos into a television show for a (then) small British television station, then - to establish a backstory for the Max Headroom character - having a one hour movie created for HBO, then getting picked up as an American television series, and landing a corporate sponsorship with Zik Zak Coca-Cola to push their "New Coke," something else that helped to define the decade of Reaganomics. At the same time, however, this near-future dystopian series is very iconic of its own time, reflecting the punk-rock look of the 80's youth. ![]() ![]() That's possibly the best description for Max Headroom, with its predictions of a future with televisions, computer screens and security cameras everywhere you look, as well as its very outspoken, irreverent, anti-authority and anti-corporate statements.
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