Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site caip.RUTGERS.EDU Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!pyramid!pyrnj!topaz!caip!wex From: wex@mcc.arpa Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Max Headroom, episode 2 Message-ID: <202@caip.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 14:51:28 EDT Article-I.D.: caip.202 Posted: Thu Oct 24 14:51:28 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 26-Oct-85 07:15:13 EDT Sender: daemon@caip.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 24 From: Alan WexelblatIn my area (Austin, TX), Cinemax is showing Max one episode per week, with four showings of the same episode during the week. The week begins on Wednesdays, at 6:30PM CDT. Episode 2 is every bit as interesting as 1, and it includes an extensive (4 minute) summary of episode 1, which gives you the full plot, and very little of the `feel.' Again, I won't give away the plot, except to say that there is more humor here than in 1. I especially recommend that the "man-in-the-rubble" people watch it. Episode 2 gives some wonderful characterizations, with one of the bad guys quoting Shakespeare and calling the other a "Luddite." The British are clearly aiming at a more literate/educated market than their American counterparts. Still excellent computer graphics, including a good example of a program that is (to some extent) self-debugging. The action is a bit slower this time, and there's a truly bizarre bedroom that has to be seen to be believed. --Alan Wexelblat WEX@MCC.ARPA