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
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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.”
Biomechanoid Blues 