came across a truly strange artifact on tv last night, while taking a breather from the war coverage on RAI: the ‘whacketts’ episode of max headroom, a now-quaint cyberpunk TV series from ‘87 which lasted a whole 12 episodes.
in retrospect, Max Headroom’s dystopian production design is unmistakeable from that of ‘Dark Angel’, and while it may have been a ripoff of Blade Runner (hell, what isn’t, these days?), i think it’s now safe to say the series was way ahead of its time.
yet as for why it’s still in rotation, in a somewhat decent timelsot (11ish), on a non-cable network, some 16 years after its cancellation in the U.S., i can’t say. though the italian dub is remarkably well done — as they always are.
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