[js1138]

The government types have certainly been painted as plenty evil. Sadly, given certain factions of the government ...

After Waco, who would be surprised by the characters in "Taken"? In both cases, the government sees itself as defending the country. The Max Headroom character in "Taken" is just a typical curious scientist, one who enjoys seeing hamsters explode in microwave ovens. Reminds me of the carelessly evil scientists in E.T.

[Quix]

Yeah, the exploding hamster and the more or less incest sure detracted from his character, to me.