We're now more than 20 minutes into the future, but the Max Headroom TV series remains seminal for me. During my time as a Texas Student TV producer, I named our best camera "Edison" to honor legendary videojournalist (and Max Headroom progenitor) Edison Carter; now technology has vaulted far beyond Hi8 tapes to capabilities that were once only found in science fiction. At some point, something resembling the Zik-Zak Corporation's "blipverts" will probably be born of the advertising arms race for audience attention.
Oh, a chance for me to trot out my joke. When the cast of Max Headroom goes out to dinner, who picks up the tab? Amanda Pays!
