5 comments about Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future.

1. Max Headroom appealed to alot of people all over the world because it was quite different. It was like seeing "Road Warrior" or "Rocky Horror Picture Show" for the first time. It was refreshing and different and most of all not afraid to be that way. Clever writing and good acting sustained the show, afterall as fun as Max's head was it couldn't have carried the show on it's own. And of course that is why it failed as well. It seems networks somehow lose sight of giving good new SciFi shows much of a chance. Recently case in point "Threshold" was a wonderful brilliant new series, but like Max it was pre-empted for everything but your brothers bathroom breaks. I am afraid although I understand Baseball or some sport may appeal to alot of viewers you should just move the great SciFi show to another time slot. What would you fill in with till the sports show is ready to go on? How about Stupidous Home Videos or some other show that no one will miss if it isn't on every week or that it doesn't matter what order the episodes are shown in. I for one will snap the DVD of Max up if it comes out. I hope the studio executives are smart enough to make some easy money like they did with "Threshhold", "Brisco County Jr", and so many other single season great shows.



2. I just signed up to be notified when the DVDs are available - I guess there isn't enough Max Headroom fans out there to make it profitable? It is too bad - we will have to get it for free on certain Internet sites.
   
   Where is the economic sense in that? Get that box set made and soon!
   
   As for Max, it was a sci-fi series ahead of its time. While I am not sure that seeing it again will live up to my memory of the show - I sure want to find out!



3. This movie (and the TV series it generated) was a classic of Sci-Fi, and would still look current (as I remember it). The themes are still relevant.



4. Get the DVD of Max Headroom out as soon as possible please!! Thank you.



5. This is one of my favorite shows. Maybe it hit too close to home for the government or the networks or whoever felt threatened by it, but so much of it was predicting the kind of future we are seeing unfold now. From the massive rise in the use of credit vs. cash, to the incredible lack of privacy and threat of identity theft, this show present us with the reality of a Big Brother society. They were also on the money in terms of the divide between the rich and poor. The middle class is disappearring swiftly and as so many of us end up in poverty, there is nothing fictitious about the "Haves" and "Have nots".
   
   Frankly, I could have totally done without Max Headroom himself. I was never impressed with him. I watched this show for the real people. I watched it for the plots.
   
   I do wish they would put it out on DVD. I have most of the shows on VHS tapes I recorded off ABC back in the late 1980s. I hope they haven't disintegrated by now!
   
   I'm surprised the Sci-fi channel never picked the show up. It was a gem lost in a bowl of glass stones.

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1 comments about Max Headroom: The Original Story.

1. What a groundbreaking series and i love this movie , the series that followed is what the future was going to be, we could only imagine in the 80's. it was just great i can't wait until the powers that be release this movie and the series out on DVD Matt Frewer is just awsome as the wisecracking reporter in the future Edison Carter who breaks the stories with help from his friends at the network including max headroom his cyber buddy. the gadgets i just love some of them and few have already come to pass . Anyway Please Release this Movie And Series On DVD Whoever Owns the Rights Please. If you ever do release it, Release It with all the Max Pepsi /Coke Ads Etc. Parrrrty Onnn Ok !

5 comments about Max Headroom:Original Story.

1. Having been a child of the 80s i grew up with the shows and films like Max Headroom. I to as a UK citizen believe the producers of this show should produce not only the original film, with extras (would be great). But to bring out the series on dvd, would be a winner without a doubt.
   
   So come on Mr Producer Sir, listen to us all, from every continent of the world give us Max as we want him on a little digital disc, now is that too much to ask for ???



2. sorta like Nirvana's Nevermind closed out Rock and Roll. Nothing worth my time happened since. I'm really shocked it's not on DVD. Oh well, that's one more reason why I'll never get rid of my VHS player.



3. The American version with Jeffrey Tambor as Matt Frewer's boss was a better produced show with better budget, music, and faster pace. The original "pilot" from the UK drags often and has no music of interest. In the American released production, the camera angles and shadowing was more severe, the bad guys more evil, and the good guys not so obvious. I hope to find that on DVD soon.



4. I would love to see a DVD boxed set of all Max Headroom episodes!
   This original story is well written science fiction placed in a not-too-distant future setting. It portrays a darker future than most current sci-fi. It's full of edgy characters, and it's quite enjoyable, even if you weren't a fan of the series. Matt Frewer is awesome as Edison Carter and also very entertaining as Max.



5. I totally understand how people are feeling. I keep hoping they'll bring the Series back. For now, I just want it on DVD. If you find the address on who to write to, please let me know.