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I can't really imagine this new rendition having the same edge as the original did - but I'd be very happy to be proven wrong on this. My prediction is, that t

by hooby 4y ago

I can't really imagine this new rendition having the same edge as the original did - but I'd be very happy to be proven wrong on this. My prediction is, that they are going to look at the original Max Headroom material, and make a slightly more tame clone of that. I can't imagine them making a highly critical satire that shames modern day television hosts (and youtube content creators), the same way the original did with TV hosts of the day. The original was a bitingly harsh piss-take on everything wrong with TV. A true-to-the-roots recreation of that would have to be a bitingly harsh piss-take on everything wrong with today's social media + TV + internet culture.

zxcvbn4038 4y ago
I predict a dark and gritty remake where instead of cracking wise at the network executives Max mopes around questioning the existential nature of his being.
- jareklupinski 4y ago
  yes, where Max is even the new network executive, owning a network full of Max Headrooms on the new MaxTube or YouHeadroom or whatever
Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
Reboots almost always suck. The only exception I can think of is rebooted Battlestar Galactica which was great. All the new star trek suck - Orville is unironically truer to the original star trek vision then Discover or Picard. So what will they do to Max Headroom? Odds are that it will be ruined, but I also would love to be proven wrong on this. Also, a really key part of the original was the actor Matt Frewer. It'll be a tough job to find someone like him.
- fao_ 4y ago
  > All the new star trek suck Strange New Worlds sucks?
  - Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
    I haven't watched SNW yet so not counting that one.
- hooby 4y ago
  While you are certainly right that many reboots fall into "uninspired money-grab" territory, it wasn't necessarily my intention to imply that the Max Headroom reboot will suck. It might suck - but it might also turn out to be quite good. I don't know. But regardless of it's quality - I just can't see it having the same sort of bite. Achieving the same level of bite would require the jokes and themes to be updated to apply to the current day media landscape.
  - Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
    I agree with this and would add that updating the themes/jokes to the modern media landscape will not likely have the same bite as they did in the original. This is because modern media today is chock full of self-aware critiques, whereas back then this type of thing was less common and felt edgier because of it. My expectations are low, but I will check it out if they make it - hope reigns.

by hooby 4y ago

zxcvbn4038 4y ago

I predict a dark and gritty remake where instead of cracking wise at the network executives Max mopes around questioning the existential nature of his being.

jareklupinski 4y ago
yes, where Max is even the new network executive, owning a network full of Max Headrooms on the new MaxTube or YouHeadroom or whatever

Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago

Reboots almost always suck. The only exception I can think of is rebooted Battlestar Galactica which was great. All the new star trek suck - Orville is unironically truer to the original star trek vision then Discover or Picard. So what will they do to Max Headroom? Odds are that it will be ruined, but I also would love to be proven wrong on this. Also, a really key part of the original was the actor Matt Frewer. It'll be a tough job to find someone like him.

fao_ 4y ago
> All the new star trek suck Strange New Worlds sucks?
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
  I haven't watched SNW yet so not counting that one.
hooby 4y ago
While you are certainly right that many reboots fall into "uninspired money-grab" territory, it wasn't necessarily my intention to imply that the Max Headroom reboot will suck. It might suck - but it might also turn out to be quite good. I don't know. But regardless of it's quality - I just can't see it having the same sort of bite. Achieving the same level of bite would require the jokes and themes to be updated to apply to the current day media landscape.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 4y ago
  I agree with this and would add that updating the themes/jokes to the modern media landscape will not likely have the same bite as they did in the original. This is because modern media today is chock full of self-aware critiques, whereas back then this type of thing was less common and felt edgier because of it. My expectations are low, but I will check it out if they make it - hope reigns.