Max Headroom

IMDB ^ | 1987 | IMBD

[DallasBiff]

In the near future, an intrepid investigative TV reporter does his job with the help of his colleagues and a computerized version of himself.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: ai; backtothefuture; biden; maxheadroom; politics; trump

[DallasBiff]

For the youngins out there, Max was a minor hit nearly 40 years ago, and with all the AI gossip swirling about Biden, it's amazing how much Max Headroom looks like a young Biden.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

One of my good friends was the main editor on that show. I loved that show, it was so delightfully weird.

[ConservativeMind]

That's cool to hear!

Matt Frewer is an excellent actor. He's very expressive and plays mania very well.

[BobL]

For those who didn’t know, the name Max Headroom came from a UK highway sign indicating clearance of an overhead bridge.

[SaveFerris]

[Matt Frewer]

He had a small part in “Spies Like Us” - he is one of the 2 soldiers firing automatic weapons into the water hazard.

https://youtu.be/DV_eqkGxAa4?si=jToqEVH_XMO711xU&t=24

Matt Frewer is on the right

[COBOL2Java]

Joe to the Max!

[dayglored]

From the Wikipedia article on Max Headroom:

Max was advertised as "computer-generated", and some believed this, but he was actually actor Frewer wearing prosthetic makeup, contact lenses, and a plastic moulded suit, and sitting in front of a blue screen.

Harsh lighting and other editing and recording effects heighten the illusion of a CGI character.

According to his creators, Max's personality was meant to be a satirical exaggeration of the worst tendencies of television hosts in the 1980s who wanted to appeal to youth culture, yet were not a part of it.

Really very impressive what they did WITHOUT computer generated effects.

[BipolarBob]

I loved the show as well. haven’t thought of it much in years but now that we have Joe Dementia, I can see some stuttering similarities.

[al_c]

Nah ... Max has way more class than Biden.

[dayglored]

> Joe to the Max!

That was done two years ago, just imagine what could be done with today's AI tech!

[beethovenfan]

Joe Headrot.

[jmcenanly]

He also had a role in Star Trek: The Next Generation as Berlinghoff Rasmussen, a light fingered time traveler. This was especially difficult, since the role had been written for Robin Williams.

[SaveFerris]

He looks more like a time-traveler

[hardspunned]

Biden looks s lot more like the banjo player from the movie Deliverance.

https://youtu.be/NFutge4xn3w?si=lUVkGxSCcWxK5kNh

[SMARTY]

I liked the computer holograph “Ollie” on “Red Dwarf”...

[broken_clock]

[Conan the Librarian]

Blank Reg was one of the greatest TV characters ever!

[CopperTop]

Paranoimia d;^)

[SemualRoberts]

Don’t forget Honey I Shrunk the Kids

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097523/characters/nm0001242?ref_=tt_mv_close

[SaveFerris]

oh