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Re: Just Max Headroom to go...
All I remember, now, is Trojan Sheep...
Baa--aa--aa!
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a turk with a dirk may stick a clerk!"
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Count me for an instant purchase of Max Headroom, if it ever comes out!
Great show!!!!
Heck, I reckon you wouldn't even be human beings if you didn't have some pretty strong personal feelings about nuclear combat.
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I was particularly stricken with what's come to pass in the area of broadcast news. Max Headroom had an episode about news exclusives becoming a commodity. While we haven't (as far as I know) come to a situation where someone would give a news organization an exclusive on a terrorist act, it doesn't seem so unbelievable.
And who would argue that we're not too far off from the idea of yanking a program while it's on the air just because the instant ratings are showing a drop!
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Welcome, Bikemadness...
Your disappointment in the lack of Max Headroom is shared by many of us.
Bruce
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Yes, count me among the throng. I only require Max and one other show on DVD to make me a happy man:
Cupid, one of Jeremy Piven's finest hours.
"I was thinking of the immortal words of Socrates, who said: 'I drank what?!'"
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Yes, count me among the throng. I only require Max and one other show on DVD to make me a happy man: Cupid, one of Jeremy Piven's finest hours.
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Hey, me too! My two TV on DVD Holy Grails... Well, actually, now that I think about it, there's one more - MTV's short-lived animated series "Downtown".
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Personally, I want the Max Headroom shows-- The Cinemax shows and the Showtime ones, as well! Not to mention Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey. Now, those, I am certain, would be more impossible to get hold of than an elephant's ear on a bun, considering all the music and guests and such.
"A jerk with a quirk may do the work. Or,
a turk with a dirk may stick a clerk!"
-Shemp Howard in "Blunder Boys"
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As someone noted above, it is/may be prophetic. The government's ability to gather and centralize information can only grow. I'm no conspiracy theorist, that's a plain fact with digitization. So this is an important show, indeed.
And it is also stylistically way ahead of its time. I wonder how it would go over today?
Finally, how many released on DVD shows rank far below this one? I would bet a good number.
Heck, I reckon you wouldn't even be human beings if you didn't have some pretty strong personal feelings about nuclear combat.
