The look of the special, set "20 minutes into the future," was influenced by the dystopian filmsīrazil. And, with a streamlined face, stuttering voice and jerky movements familiar to early users of memory-challenged personal computers, Max was free to pop up on Network 23 whenever he chose. Since the last words Edison saw before crashing were "max headroom" on a security gate, his electronic alter ego identified himself as Max Headroom. The network's resident whiz kid uploaded a copy of Edison's brain waves to the computer as insurance. In an hour-long special made for British TV in 1984, reporter Edison Carter (Canadian actor Matt Frewer) crashed his motorcycle while trying to escape goons hired by his own network. The Old Spice guy and the smoking baby may have gone viral in cyberspace, but they can't outdo Max Headroom.
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