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Max Headroom
IMDB ^ | 1987 | IMBD

Posted on 07/05/2024 6:25:30 AM PDT by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at imdb.com ...


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


1 posted on 07/05/2024 6:25:30 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

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


2 posted on 07/05/2024 6:28:32 AM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (The Democrat breadlines will be gluten-free. )
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder
That's cool to hear!

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

3 posted on 07/05/2024 6:34:18 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: DallasBiff

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


4 posted on 07/05/2024 6:37:59 AM PDT by BobL
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To: ConservativeMind; dfwgator

[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


5 posted on 07/05/2024 6:39:36 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DallasBiff
Joe to the Max!


6 posted on 07/05/2024 6:46:16 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (The country bounces along like Custer on the way to Little Big Horn, thanks to Dear Leader)
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To: DallasBiff
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.
7 posted on 07/05/2024 6:47:09 AM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

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.


8 posted on 07/05/2024 6:55:19 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Bidens uncle's cannibals ate my support dingo.)
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To: DallasBiff

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


9 posted on 07/05/2024 6:59:53 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: COBOL2Java
> Joe to the Max!

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

10 posted on 07/05/2024 7:03:54 AM PDT by dayglored (Strange Women Lying In Ponds Distributing Swords! Arthur Pendragon in 2024)
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To: COBOL2Java

Joe Headrot.


11 posted on 07/05/2024 7:29:02 AM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: SaveFerris
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.


12 posted on 07/05/2024 7:36:45 AM PDT by jmcenanly (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.” ― Winston)
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To: jmcenanly

He looks more like a time-traveler


13 posted on 07/05/2024 7:39:29 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DallasBiff

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

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


14 posted on 07/05/2024 7:48:38 AM PDT by hardspunned (Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
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To: DallasBiff

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


15 posted on 07/05/2024 8:21:48 AM PDT by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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To: DallasBiff
IMG-9091
16 posted on 07/05/2024 8:37:05 AM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Still praying.)
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To: DallasBiff

Blank Reg was one of the greatest TV characters ever!


17 posted on 07/05/2024 8:48:08 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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To: dayglored
Paranoimia d;^)
18 posted on 07/05/2024 9:08:14 AM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: SaveFerris

Don’t forget Honey I Shrunk the Kids

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


19 posted on 07/05/2024 9:17:11 AM PDT by SemualRoberts (one of the Comforter's vessels, one of many of Yeshua's chosen )
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To: SemualRoberts

oh


20 posted on 07/05/2024 9:17:43 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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