#Matt Frewer

[haveyouseenthisseries-poll]

#tv shows #tv series #polls #alice 2009 #caterina scorsone #andrew lee potts #matt frewer #2000s series #canadian series #have you seen this series poll

[gameraboy2]

"Bringing you the truth in a world gone Max."

Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays in Max Headroom (1987)

#max headroom #matt frewer #amanda pays #1987 #1980s #vintage #television #vintage television #ad #ads #advertising #advertisement #vintage ad #vintage ads #vintage advertising #vintage advertisement

[animatejournal]

The Pink Panther Studio: MGM Animation | USA, 1993

#Pink Panther #Opening Theme #Reboot #90's #Animation #Cartoon #Matt Frewer

[ghostlyarchaeologist]

The Librarians S01E04 And Santa's Midnight Run.

#the librarians #dulaque #lamia #jacob stone #cassandra cillian #ezekiel jones #matt frewer #lesley-ann brandt #christian kane #lindy booth #john harlan kim #oh jake #sweetie you're not eliot #190 iq yet still a dumbass #ghostly'sgifs

[coupleofdays]

This image of what a 1990s American version of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen would look like is awesome for many reasons, of course:

My eyes are of course drawn to the upper left corner, where among other images of possible 80s League members, we see good old Tron. And look who he's hanging out with: None other than Max Headroom!

For those of you who don't know, Max Headroom was a 1980s TV character, who was presented as if he was CG generated, but was in reality an actor (the extraordinary Matt Frewer) in physical costume and makeup made to look as if he was CG. He was intentionally portrayed as often "malfunctioning", stuttering and repeating himself for humorous effect. Here's a collection of funny bits with him, to give an idea of what he was like:

I've always been fascinated by this concept, of using traditional effects to pretend that something is computer generated. And that's why I think Max meeting Tron is fitting. The original Tron film is of course famous for its actual CG elements, but a lot of the film instead uses other special effects, such as matte paintings, cell animation and the lovely backlit animation, to portray the computer world. This feels to me like a variant of the "trickery" behind Max Headroom, a way of filmmaking that was probably unique to that era when CG was just starting to become the hot new thing, and was promising great leaps forward for special effects, but wasn't able to live up to those promises just yet (and some would argue that it still hasn't).

Also, I think a crossover between the characters would be really funny, with the stoic serious warrior Tron having to deal with the joking, self-absorbed jackass Max Headroom.

#Tron #Tron 1982 #special effects #Max #M-M-Max #M-M-Max Headroom #Max Headroom #Matt Frewer #League of Extraordinary Gentlemen #1980s #Youtube #Davinder Brar

[girl-drink-drunk]

okay national lampoon movie starring matt frewer, with a kevin mcdonald credit and directed by kelly makin, don't let me down

#i am going in with no expectations but i will watch literally anything with matt frewer so it can only let me down lol #but i've got hopes! #national lampoon senior trip #matt frewer #kevin mcdonald #kelly makin

[vinluco]

HI MAX FANDOM (all,,, three of you,,,) LOOK AT MY FAVORITE SCREENSHOT FROM 20 MINUTES INTO THE FUTURE IM SOBBING

MAX NUZZLES INTO THE HUG??? BRYCE LOOKS SO RELIEVED TO SEE HE'S OKAY??? IM CRYING?????

MAX CLOSES HIS EYES AND- ableit, as best as he can- NUZZLES THE SCREEN AGAINST BRYCE.

Episode is "The Blanks," S01E06. You can find the whole series on archive.org!

this is not a ship post!!! Bryce is a minor!!!! proshippers, im shitting your pants!!!! DNI !!!!!

#max headroom #matt frewer #bryce lynch #20 minutes into the future #80s #screenshot #the blanks #not a ship #do not ship #do not tag as ship #proshippers dni #chris young

[themagichour]

#max headroom #matt frewer #bob geldof #the boomtown rats

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

Oh hi

I wanted to draw him, since I feel like it’s been a while. Also my style developed and I’m not working on that one series rn-so he seems less evil now.

Commissions open

#i screwed up on the last one #a sketch is a sketch don’t get me on that #sketch dump #sketch #doodle #max headroom #Matt Frewer #Matthew Frewer #twenty minutes into the future #Coke #coca cola #new coke #1985 #80s nostalgia #80s commercials #channel 4

[dougielombax]

Max Headroom looks like if Kryten from Red Dwarf and Ben Browder had a baby which was then Yassified in photoshop in post-production.

#dougie rambles #personal stuff #max headroom #matt frewer #red dwarf #kryten #farscape #stargate #ben browder #it’s true #my poor attempt at a joke #yassification #yassified #photoshop #post production

[raindingrandom]

Crazy Frog Trivia #10

The "What's going on?!" sound clip at the beginning of Axel F was sampled from Season 3, Episode 5 of the 1985 TV series, The Max Headroom Show.

In one scene, Max (played by Matt Frewer) plays some bird noises for the viewer. But when the noises abruptly stop, Max goes from excited to angry, giving the following quote:

"Hey! Wha? What the hell, who did that? What's going on?!"

#Crazy Frog #The Annoying Thing #Axel F #Crazy Frog Trivia #Max Headroom #The Max Headroom Show #what's going on #song sample #Matt Frewer #So THAT'S what was going on (on)

[gameraboy2]

Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays in Max Headroom (1987)

#matt frewer #amanda pays #max headroom #1987 #1980s #vintage #television #vintage television

[major2501]

Showing my age now.

#max headroom #matt frewer #channel 4 #channel 23 #80s #cyberpunk #dystopian #dystopia #edison carter #uk #cyberpunk aesthetic #scifi

[ubiq80]

Max Headroom

#max headroom #80s #80s tv #matt frewer

[fancoloredglasses]

M-M-M-Max Head-Head-Head-Headroom

(Thanks to Keltik Danger)

[All images are owned by Lorimar-Telepictures. Please don’t sue or cancel me]

First, a bit of history...

In the early 80s, a sub-genre of science fiction known as “cyberpunk” was created. The overall theme of the genre was a dystopian future where corporations have more authority than the government (why does that sound eerily familiar?). Most of the more popular source material includes a world where all computers are connected via a nebulous network known as “cyberspace” (OK, this is getting a bit too close to home...) where artificially intelligent entities evolve and potentially begin to take over (Now hang on a minute!). Most stories revolve around a street-level “hero” struggling against the status quo to try to give some power back to the little guys.

Over the next few years, it started becoming more mainstream, including the films Blade Runner and The Terminator.

Which brings us to this review...after a bit of backstory.

The British network Channel Four wanted to create a music video show starring the first-ever “computer-generated host” known as Max Headroom (played by Matt Frewer, who would later play Moloch in Watchmen), but first they had to explain where this entity came from. So they produced a TV movie called Max Headroom, 20 Minuted Into the Future, where Frewer played Edison Carter, a reporter who was comatose after running his motorcycle into a sign labelled “max. headoom 2.3 meters” (in the UK, the use “maximum headroom” as opposed to “maximum height” in the US) The network uploaded his brainwave patterns in an attempt to gain whatever information Edison nearly died to obtain, and those brainwaves created...

Max Headroom (whose program glitches frequently, making his seem like he has a stutter and, despite being the intellectual property of whatever network created him, is very anti-establishment, often insulting the very sponsors who pay for his continued existence. Ironically, his image was heavily merchandised and he was the spokes-being for “New Coke” (nowadays known as “Coke II”)

After The Max Headroom Show was cancelled in the UK, US producers were eager to bring the concept to an American audience. However, instead of Max being a DJ, the producers decided to create a series around the concept of 20 Minutes Into the Future.

Max Headroom is set, naturally...

It is a world where there are a huge number of television stations, all vying for as big a slice of the rating pie as possible, keeping the masses as entertained so they stay docile (Now hang on!) while buying things their sponsors pay big money to advertise.

Frewer returns as Edison Carter, an investigative reporter for “Network 23″. Edison exposes social injustice on a daily basis on the Network 23 news, as well as his own show. His reports uncover a great deal and make many powerful entities nervous...yes Network 23 refuses to silence him (No, Network 23 isn’t morally better than the others; Edison’s broadcasts bring huge ratings (and huge ad dollars) so they give him a lot of leeway) Edison is constantly going out into the field to get his reports only armed with his video camera (and not even a cameraman for backup) In the pilot episode, Edison pissed off the wrong people and ran into a certain sign while escaping, which led to the chain of events that created Max.

Edison’s handler is Theora Jones (played by Amanda Pays, who would later play Tina McGee in the 90s version on The Flash.

Edison’s producer is Murray (not sure if that’s his first or last name), played by Jeffrey Tambor, who played the Director of the BPRD in Hellboy. Murray is constantly pushing Edison to get to the bottom of whatever story he’s chasing while trying to keep the Network execs off of Edison.

Speaking of Network execs...

The Chairman of the Network is Ben Cheviot. Unlike the rest of the Board, Cheviot tries to do the right thing, but ratings (and profits) are still a priority for him.

Bryce Lynch is a prodigy who is the head of R&D for Network 23 and the person responsible for creating Max after Edison’s accident.

The show tackles subject matter that is a cross between pure science fiction (advertisements that could make viewers explode) and totally plausible (terrorist organizations selling exclusive broadcast contracts to TV networks) to relevant even today (TV editing content to fit their narrative...

(Thanks to BRND MYR)

As always, if you would like to see an episode reviewed, please let me know!

#Max Headroom #matt frewer #network 23 #cyberpunk #Fan Colored Glasses

[docgold13]

Batman: The Animated Series - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Sid The Squid

Sidney Debris, also known as Sid The Squid, was a low-level mobster who worked for Rupert Thorne.  Something of an incompetent daydreamer, Sid fantasized about becoming the biggest, toughest and most renown gangster in all of Gotham.  Being clumsy and small of stature, however, Sid was often relegated to grunt work, usually acting as a lookout during heists.

One evening, Sid was standing guard outside a warehouse where an illegal drug buy was going down.  The Batman arrived to bust the operation. A startled Sid nearly slipped off the edge of the building.  Batman rushed to rescue him yet, saving Sid caused Batman to fall. It appeared as though the Dark Knight had slammed into a gas tank resulting in a massive explosion.  Sid was left holding Batman’s empty cowl and his cronies concluded that lowly Sid Debris had somehow managed to kill The Batman!  

This resulted in Sid becoming a celebrated figure throughout the criminal underground.  Enraged that someone else and done in his arch rival, The Joker attempted to kill Sid.  Somehow Sid managed to escape and thereafter he was accused by Rupert Thorne of trying to muscle in and take over his operation.  It was then that Batman revealed himself as alive.  The Caped Crusader had merely faked his death so to garner proof regarding Thorne’s narcotics operation.  Indeed it had been Batman who had saved Sid from The Joker.  

Sid was ultimately charged and sent to Stonegate Penitentiary.  There he finally realized his dream of being a big shot as all his fellow inmates cheered him on, calling him 'the man who almost killed The Batman.'

Actor Matt Frewer voiced the hapless criminal, appearing in the fifty-first episode of Batman: The Animated Series, ‘The Man Who Killed Batman.’  

#batman the animated series #Batman #Matt Frewer #Sid the Squid #The Man Who Killed Batman #DCAU #cut-out #paper art #DC Comics