![]() ![]() If we look at the characters in the show, we can equate them to Cyberpunk 2020 character classes. With only 20 episodes between the two seasons, Max Headroom is jam-packed full of cyberpunk goodness to harvest for any cyberpunk game. When I envision a Cyberpunk world, “Max Headroom” always dominates its images. I wouldn’t fully embrace the genre until I was introduced to the Cyberpunk 2020 roleplaying game years later. Movies like Blade Runner and the novel Hardwired written by Jon Williams preceded the show. It certainly wasn’t the first to shine a light on this emerging genre. Max Headroom opened up a whole new world to me, the dystopian future of cyberpunk. This special was later reworked for American audiences and became the premiere episode of what I sat down to watch in 1987. But as I was researching for this article, I found out that Max Headroom premiered two years earlier in the United Kingdom as a host of a video music program titled “The Max Headroom Show.” To UK audiences’ context to the persona, a one-hour “Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future” special was produced that told his origin story. Edison’s unconscious body was retrieved and brought to Bryce’s laboratory, where his mind was digitized to find out what Edison had discovered, thus creating his digital alter ego Max Headroom.īefore this, I didn’t know where the Max Headroom persona blossomed from. The last thing Edison saw as he was going over the handlebars of his bike was a gate barrier arm that read max headroom, which his head struck with great force. Bryce Lynch secretly locked away on his private floor, accessed the building’s security system, and activated the parking garage gate systems to make Edison Carter crash his motorcycle. Edison was fleeing Network 23 with evidence for his latest story. Bryce Lynch created the persona of Max Headroom after Edison Carter suffered a motorcycle accident. In the premiere episode, the origin of Max Headroom is revealed. Luckily for Edison, TV ratings are the only thing the network’s board cares about, and he always puts them on top. Many of the stories Edison Carter covers link back to his network, which he has no problem exposing. ![]() When the camera is not broadcasting, he relies on his controller to aid him in getting out of tight situations. His weapon is his camera with its live feed and reputation as a trusted journalist. His reputation for candid reporting and obsession with truth establishes him as a rating juggernaut for Network 23. The show revolves around Edison Carter, who broadcasts “live and direct,” groundbreaking greed and corruption news stories. The show’s other supporting characters included Ben Cheviot, head of Network 23, played by George Coe, Bryce Lynch, a child prodigy and computer hacker, played by Chris Young, and Blank Reg, owner of Big Time TV, a mobile pirate television station, played by W. Assisting Edison at Network 23 is his controller Theora Jones played by Amanda Pays, and producer Murray McKenzie played by Jeffrey Tambor. Max Headroom starred Matt Frewer as Edison Carter, an inquisitive, well-known, and respected TV reporter for Network 23 and his digital alter ego Max Headroom. As the opening credits rolled, I found myself transported 20 minutes into the future. I wasn’t sure what the show would be about, but I was intrigued. He was everywhere, in Coke commercials and even in the “Paranoimia” music video by Art of Noise. His digital persona was already seeping into pop culture and advertisements. In 1987 I sat down in front of our family television set to watch the premiere episode of Max Headroom, a new show on ABC. ![]()
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