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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 <wex@mcc.ARPA>

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