"Blipverts" is the first regular episode of the science-fiction television series ''
Max Headroom
Max Headroom is a fictional artificial intelligence (AI) character portrayed by actor Matt Frewer. Advertised as "the first computer-generated TV presenter", Max was known for his biting commentary on a variety of topical issues, arrogant wit, ...
''.
Production details
"Blipverts" was the reworked version of the original ''20 Minutes Into the Future'' film. The only actor other than Matt Frewer to appear in both versions of the story was
Amanda Pays
Amanda Pays (born 6 June 1959) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Theora Jones in the film and television series '' Max Headroom'' and as Christina "Tina" McGee in ''The Flash'' and reprised her role in the 2014 series of th ...
(as Theora Jones,
Edison Carter's "controller").
W. Morgan Sheppard would reprise his role as Blank Reg later on in the series (but not in this episode), making him the only other actor to have thus crossed over. All other roles were recast, and several characters (most notably
Bryce Lynch) were made far less sinister. Also, in the original film the character of Max Headroom existed as a physical hardware unit, which in the end was "stolen" by Blank Reg and his underachieving pirate network, "Big-Time TV", and went to work for them; but in "Blipverts" and for the rest of the series it was established that Max existed only as software, an independently acting computer program which escapes into the
Network 23 mainframe and in the end elects to stay there.
See also
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Blipvert
A blipvert is a very brief television advertisement, lasting one second. The word is a portmanteau of ''blip'', a brief sound, and ''advertisement''.
The term and concept were used in the 1985 film '' Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future'' and ...
Max Headroom
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