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Subject: Max Headroom, episode 2
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Date: Thu, 24-Oct-85 14:51:28 EDT
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From: Alan Wexelblat 

In 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