Late night. A Serbian Orthodox church in Maryland. November winds rattle the trees. In a shadowed corner, near the entrance to the common areas and the kitchen, a lone Orthodox priest speaks with a figure in a coal black suit.
Category: CyberNoirAlley Phillosophy
CyberNoir Philosophy: Election Day in Max Headroom
If there was ever an episode of Max Headroom which remained embedded in my brain through my life, it was this one. Originally titled “Election Day” and later “Grossberg’s Return” the big draw was Charles Rocket coming back as evil corporate Yuppie Ned Grossberg. He uses his guile and complete lack of ethics to usurp… Continue reading CyberNoir Philosophy: Election Day in Max Headroom
CyberNoir Philosophy: “Words are much too valuable to be free.”
Max Headroom, after its cancellation, returned with two unaired episodes during the late 80’s Writer’s Strike to fill in gaps in network schedules. “Lessons” was one of the unaired episodes. On the surface it’s a tale about censorship run amuck, headed by a computer that decides what should or should not be censored based on… Continue reading CyberNoir Philosophy: “Words are much too valuable to be free.”
“Just give us what we want, and we all come out winners.”
This is a pretty common trope. It shows up in all sorts of media. It also shows up in think pieces about 'what can the Democrats do to rebrand themselves' from folks who won in (R) districts. Their secret to success? It's not just talking a about economic issues and actually redressing the wealth drain,… Continue reading “Just give us what we want, and we all come out winners.”
“Just give us what we want, and we all come out winners.”
This is a pretty common trope. It shows up in all sorts of media. It also shows up in think pieces about 'what can the Democrats do to rebrand themselves' from folks who won in (R) districts. Their secret to success? It's not just talking a about economic issues and actually redressing the wealth drain,… Continue reading “Just give us what we want, and we all come out winners.”
NOIR/CYBER Philosophy – Power, Privilege and Body Banks
I think about Max Headroom a lot. I’m old enough to remember the first broadcast. I taped it on my dad’s VCR. We got a VCR years after all my friends. It was a big deal for us. My family never spent money, even if they had it. I always got the sense they were… Continue reading NOIR/CYBER Philosophy – Power, Privilege and Body Banks
CyberNoir Philosophy: Selling Your Mother for Egg in your Beer
You’ve probably heard this old phrase. “He’d sell his own mother for a dollar/drink/free meal.” It’s a character flaw – they’re either desperate or morally bankrupt. Often, they’re poor or have pretensions to social climbing. Think of the sleazy lawyer always on the make. Think of the partner who sold your counterfeiting plates for just… Continue reading CyberNoir Philosophy: Selling Your Mother for Egg in your Beer
Upcoming Blogs: Thoughts from CyberNoirAlley
Life is a series of stages. Those stages, for me, are about being a different “X Guy” at different times. In high school, I was ‘that weird guy’ or ‘that Kafka guy’ because of my love of SFF and deep obsession with the works of Franz Kafka. I even had a T-shirt from the local… Continue reading Upcoming Blogs: Thoughts from CyberNoirAlley
Biomechanoid Blues 