Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future story
The film introduces Edison Carter, a television reporter trying to expose corruption and greed. Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (called "blipverts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.
8 total · 3 choice · 2 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| digital clone of a person | choice | The contents of Edison's mind were uploaded to a computer and the entity the resulted became the television star Max Headroom. |
| mind uploading | choice | The contents of Edison's mind were uploaded to a computer and the entity the resulted became the television star Max Headroom. |
| unethical business practices | choice | The Network 23 television network was using a new form of subliminal advertising, called blibverts, that stopped channel surfing to increasing their ratings, but the ads caused some people to spontaneously explode. |
| dystopia | major | The film is set in a dark and dreary future where everything is ruined and destroyed. |
| journalism | major | The television reporter Edison and his new partner Theora were working on exposing Network 23 for using a new form of subliminal advertising that made some people explode. |
| computer hacking | minor | Theora hacked into the Network 23 computer system in order to help get Edison access to the Network 23 corporate headquarters among other things. |
| sadism | minor | Blank Reg wanted to smash the hand of Edison's comatose body for no good reason. |
| speculative subliminal stimuli | minor | The Network 23 television network was using a new form of subliminal advertising, called blibverts, that stopped channel surfing to increasing their ratings, but the ads caused some people to spontaneously explode. |