Talk:Max Headroom (TV series)

message: "is a short-lived but ground-breaking American science fiction television series"
^^^^^ On some days i actually forget George Bush invented the internet , but usually I get woken up quite fast .  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.101.38.216 (talk) 15:58, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  A good start 

message: I feel that it's incredibly important at least have a basic plot description on all media based entries. Would someone who watched the show please let us all know what it was about. Facts and Cast incomplete without Point and purpose  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.148.172.152 (talk) 17:38, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  PLOT? 

message: It would seem that some of the outside links are no longer valid.  If possible someone should find valid links to the news stories of the past that will still be available.  Having not read the original article I don't feel qualified to do this myself.  
It would also seem that a mention of how these stories vanished off the "ahem" news sites would also be an interesting background.  Something like reality seems to follow fantasy in how these true stories vanished just like the did in the show. I would get a chuckle out of it if I read it for the first time, and I think it dosen't detract from the feel of this article in any way.
My 2 cents  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.188.106.132 (talk) 03:13, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Re edit needed

message: Should this perhaps be demerged into a Max Headroom (tv show) article, which can focus on the show itself and its mythology, and leave this as the Max Headroom "character" page? KeithTyler 19:26, Jun 9, 2004 (UTC)
:Personally, I would leave them together, but perhaps proper section headings would be good. --Amillar 16:00, 13 Jun 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As part of my effort to break out the episodes into their own articles and move the format of all these articles to the Television WikiProject, I went ahead and de-merged the Max Headroom series from the Max Headroom character.  I also went through all other wikipedia articles that referenced back to Max Headroom and removed their ambiguities.  This resulted in a little below 40 references back to the character, almost 90 references to the series and about nine articles that needed to remain ambigous.--P Todd 06:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demerge into TV show article 

message: Regarding the statement:
:With the backgrounds and video editing, the average viewer was convinced that Max was computer generated.
This sounds a bit too much like simple opinion, or the hope of the Max Headroom creators. Is there any evidence of such a prevalent belief? I may not be an "average" viewer, having a passing acquaintance with computer graphics in 1985, but I was rather sure that such a computer-generated "talking head" was well beyond the technology at the time. -- Jeff Q 05:39, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Average" viewer "convinced"? 

message: I've been trying to search around for any news of a DVD release and haven't found anything but fan demands.  Amazon doesn't even have a page for people to request the item and ask to be notified if its release is announced.  Does anyone know who owns the rights to the series?  Postdlf 06:25, 20 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I was at a convention this weekend with W Morgan Sheppard, and he said that the producers are arguing about who owns Max Headroom, so don't expect to see anything official until the dispute is resolved (if it ever is). 87.194.248.24 (talk) 18:48, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  DVDs? 

message: "Network 23 was inspired by the 23 enigma with the specific real and theoretical televisual reference derived from Genesis P-Orridge's use of the number 23 etc". This is a statement of fact, and Wikipedia cannot make statements of fact because it is not an authority in itself; it must provide sources. If this could be written as "According to series creator Annabel Jankel in (article, date), the name of Network 23 was inspired by "quote" etc" it would be acceptable, but in its current form it is not. I am also unconvinced by the reference to Genesis P-Orridge.
::What does the phrase specific real and theoretical televisual actually mean?  I mean, and I'm not trying to be perjorative, what could that possibly mean? wasserperson 04:56, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: Here's a reference. http://www.fuchsiashockz.co.uk/articles/cyberpunk/william_gibson_interview_by_giuseppe_salza.php 
This was revealed doing a simple search on Google. Whoever deleted this: Lay off the burden of proof bit and take the time to make sure you're correct before deleting valid information. --Happylobster 14:53, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gibson's script reference 

message: Given the propensity for both network and cable stations to reedit and censor old shows (like The Tick for example), I wouldn't be greatly shocked to discover that G4/TechTV (whatever they call it these days) went to the editing room and cut things out.  If true, does anyone have some details on this? Sweetfreek 20:30, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cut or Uncut? 

message: Hello all.   Added this series to the Television Wiki Project and I'm working to reformat and build out the series entries.--P Todd 00:10, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Television Wiki Project 

message: I've just added a new category for the show's episodes. Robert Moore 04:31, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: New category

message: I think that in the television movie, Max was restricted to the hardware in which he was delivered to the pirate television station and therefore only appeared on their station. In the series, of course, he may show up anywhere, and speak to anyone.
:He had partial maneuverability.  He was "kidnapped" by Big Time TV once.  But most of the time, he was restricted to Network 23's facilities.  Some times, he was able to escape, but those were special circumstances. Val42 01:56, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Max's Maneuverability 

message: This article now uses the phrase "entertainment show" twice.  At least in American English, this doesn't mean anything.  Does it mean comedy?  I'd fix it myself, but I'm not sure what it's supposed to mean. ike9898 16:19, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  entertainment show? 

message: It seems to me that it'd be of interest to mention the WGN-TV hacking incident. No? --Koudelka 17:01, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WGN-TV Hacking Reference? 

message: Can we get a short description of the main concepts of the 'world' here in the first paragraph.
Thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by TransControl (talk • contribs) 04:11, 1 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: A short description of the main ideas in the 'Max Headroom' world

message: I removed the following from the "impact on society" section, first, because it is unreferenced, second, this content has nothing to do with the topic:
:The president of Network 23's largest corporate sponsor from Asia, the Zik-Zak corporation, is named Ped Xing. It could be a Chinese name (unlikely as Spoken Chinese has no syllables ending in "d"), but it is also the common American traffic sign "PED XING," an abbreviation for "Pedestrian crossing."
:In similar fashion to the twisted, yet bizarrely familiar future world of Terry Gilliam's Brazil, the juxtapositions of intentional technological anachronisms were a recurring feature in the series. As Theora types in computer commands for real-time control of satellites, a tight shot shows her typing on the keys of a manual typewriter; in a similar way, some videophone calling devices featured large telephone handsets. Cars appear to be modeled from the 1950s.
All of this could be useful information, were it referenced and placed in an appropriate section.  But, as I said, it has nothing to do with the program's supposed influence on society.
On the subject of the show's impact, though, I would suggest that the predictions section be merged with the impact.  Those two belong together.  Thoughts? ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 16:22, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Impact? 

message: Many Second Life users have experienced a "lag" while using SL'd voice chat program. this causes the other listener(s) to hear a stutter effect which is known in SL as "Max Headroom-ing".  Since I have no link to this fact I can not put it in the article. 71.80.71.225 (talk) 21:41, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Second Life Users 

message: In the Predictions section, the equation of "a 'computer bomb,' which 'links all the programs through the main one simultaneously, (creating) a massive overload.'" to a DOS (Denial-of-Service) attack is wrong.  This is not what a DOS attack is.  A DOS attack does involve an overload, but not by "linking all programs through one" simultaneously.  The overload is of a server application running on a host, by a high number of spurious messages in the form of external requests from one or many other hosts, such that the target host cannot service legitimate requests.  The phenomenon  as presented from the TV show would be analogous to all programs on a host being "linked through" the operating system, which, aside from the trivial obvious facts regarding the OS's management of running programs, is nonsensical (at least in common personal computers and embedded systems). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metafax1 (talk • contribs) 07:57, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Max Headroom predicted my job, 20 years before it existed, Annalee Newitz, August 10, 2010, IO9.com
Newitz is a published column, essay, and book author.  Though it is a blog entry, it's by a noted author, so this may help support the Predictions section.
--Lexein (talk) 06:59, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Predictions 

message: What does this comment mean?  "Although each story was self-contained, most of season one was aired in the wrong order as Body Banks follows on from Blipverts which is obvious from the dialogue."
It is unsourced, and having just watched episodes 1-5, I can't tell what is meant by it.  According to the episode air dates later in the article, the episodes were aired in the same order they're listed in the series (and presented on the DVD).  76.218.69.148 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 10:15, 28 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Order? 

message: June 1987 Playboy centerfold Sandy Greenberg had a Max Headroom inspired persona for a few pictures named Maxine Legroom (in January 1987).  Thinking a mention might be warranted for the impact on pop culture.  I just don't have any external sources readily available right this second to add.  Figured I'd mention it in case someone watching this page might want to edit it. Medleystudios72 (talk) 16:52, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maxine Legroom 

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