07-15-2007, 09:39 PM
Hey, anybody remember the Max Headroom TV series from the late 80s? Way way WAY ahead of it's time for the time. It's available on DVD now, and you can watch several episodes of it (including the pilot!) for free here.
There are commercials, but they are -amazingly enough- placed at the places in the episodes where the actual commercial breaks originally were! So it's bearable to watch them. Nice long 12-15 min segments apiece.
It's amazing how little Max Headroom has dated over the years. Partially because I think they purposely made it an alternative history anyway. Partially because it was just THAT revolutionary. Some of the humor and satirical commentary is such that - given the censors at the time, I'm AMAZED it made it on the air at all!
Anyway - you might want to take a look. The episodes are pretty high quality, and the sound is pretty stereo quality too.
-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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There are commercials, but they are -amazingly enough- placed at the places in the episodes where the actual commercial breaks originally were! So it's bearable to watch them. Nice long 12-15 min segments apiece.
It's amazing how little Max Headroom has dated over the years. Partially because I think they purposely made it an alternative history anyway. Partially because it was just THAT revolutionary. Some of the humor and satirical commentary is such that - given the censors at the time, I'm AMAZED it made it on the air at all!
Anyway - you might want to take a look. The episodes are pretty high quality, and the sound is pretty stereo quality too.
-Logan
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"Wake up! Time for SCIENCE!"
-Adam Savage
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