Max Headroom: The Complete Series!!
03-25-10, 09:12 PM
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Max Headroom: The Complete Series!!
From an email from Shout! Factory:
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The rumors are true — well, the ones regarding Shout!’s forthcoming release of Max Headroom: The Complete Series anyway. We really aren’t in a position to confirm or deny some of those other salacious page-turners. Of course, you do remember Max Headroom. He was the spokesperson of a generation. He did soda commercials, hosted his own music video program and was even in an Art Of Noise video back in the day. The eponymous character was the center of the cult favorite, which lasted only 14 episodes in 1987-88. It starred Matt Frewer as a reporter whose mind is downloaded into a computer to create a virtual clone who exists in the digital world. A little ahead of its time perhaps? The cast was rounded out by Amanda Pays, Jeffrey Tambor and W. Morgan Sheppard. More details to follow as we get closer to the August street date.
The rumors are true — well, the ones regarding Shout!’s forthcoming release of Max Headroom: The Complete Series anyway. We really aren’t in a position to confirm or deny some of those other salacious page-turners. Of course, you do remember Max Headroom. He was the spokesperson of a generation. He did soda commercials, hosted his own music video program and was even in an Art Of Noise video back in the day. The eponymous character was the center of the cult favorite, which lasted only 14 episodes in 1987-88. It starred Matt Frewer as a reporter whose mind is downloaded into a computer to create a virtual clone who exists in the digital world. A little ahead of its time perhaps? The cast was rounded out by Amanda Pays, Jeffrey Tambor and W. Morgan Sheppard. More details to follow as we get closer to the August street date.
03-26-10, 12:16 AM
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If it's not a crazy price I'll be buying. I thought that show was pretty good.
Edit: Ordered.
Edit: Ordered.
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03-26-10, 07:25 AM
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$50 retail price
$35 Amazon pre-order price
As much as I like Max Headroom and for as long as I have waited for it to arrive on DVD, I'm not in a rush to buy it. I'll get it eventually when it drops in price or if it's on sale ($25 maximum). It'll be on my "Wish List".
The Flash (another program starring Amanda Pays) retails for $60. I bought it a couple months ago at BestBuy on sale for $15.
$35 Amazon pre-order price
As much as I like Max Headroom and for as long as I have waited for it to arrive on DVD, I'm not in a rush to buy it. I'll get it eventually when it drops in price or if it's on sale ($25 maximum). It'll be on my "Wish List".
The Flash (another program starring Amanda Pays) retails for $60. I bought it a couple months ago at BestBuy on sale for $15.
04-28-10, 02:48 AM
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D/D/D/D/D/D/D/D/D/Definitely going to be picking this up.
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I do think that with this being a Shout release (unlike The Flash, which is WB), that it would be a bit more unlikely (although then again, I remember picking up the 4 SCTV volumes at DG for $10 each, so anything's possible).
04-29-10, 09:41 PM
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Sorry if I've missed this but has there been any confirmation whether or not "20 Minutes Into the Future" is going to be included in this set? If not, I might not buy it.
04-29-10, 10:15 PM
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Since I refuse to buy anything new from Shout!, I'll grab this used as soon as it pops up.
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04-30-10, 12:18 PM
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That. Shout! will never get a single penny of my money ever again. I only buy their products used so they don't get the additional sale tick.
04-30-10, 03:10 PM
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My take is that it's kinda dumb for studios to make those kinds of promises in the first place. There's plenty of DVDs that become rare for real reasons (like the first Little Shop of Horrors that had the deleted scenes) or movies that lapse into rights hell and stop being printed. I don't see the need for studios to intentionally restrict themselves in this manner.
And I should really check out that show, sounds like something I would like.
And I should really check out that show, sounds like something I would like.
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Yes, "20 Minutes Into the Future."
If so, I don't think it will be included in this set because Warner doesn't own the distribution rights to the telefilm (BTW, the pilot/first episode of the series is a reworking of the telefilm). What would be nice, though, is if one of the special features was about the origin of Max Headroom and if the 1985 film was mentioned in some shape or form.[/SIZE]
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MY first reaction when I heard this news (a few weeks back) was "Well it's about bloody time!". I've been waiting for this for a long time. For several years I've thought the likelyhood of this series being released was less likely than "Song Of The South" being released, and we all know the likelyhood of "SOTS" being released is very slim at best. OK so now I'll live to see Max Headroom on DVD, but probably not "SOTS".
It would be nice if the original Brit film (already discussed some here as "20 Minutes Into The Future") eventually gets released.
It would be nice if the original Brit film (already discussed some here as "20 Minutes Into The Future") eventually gets released.
05-06-10, 08:07 AM
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My take is that it's kinda dumb for studios to make those kinds of promises in the first place. There's plenty of DVDs that become rare for real reasons (like the first Little Shop of Horrors that had the deleted scenes) or movies that lapse into rights hell and stop being printed. I don't see the need for studios to intentionally restrict themselves in this manner.
05-06-10, 08:25 AM
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I remember when this series came out I thought it was cool I was 13 but after a couple episodes I didn't like it. Maybe I should give it another try however I feel this will be really dated.