Showing posts with label Max Headroom. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Max Headroom. Show all posts

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 9th July, 2025.

9th July, 2025.


Right … I had free time, yesterday: as the workmen I was expecting couldn’t make it.

In exchange?   And as a result of the phone appointment I had with a locus GP at my surgery?

I had to head into town to chat to my doctor in person.

As a result?

I had to wee into a pot: so the doctor could check my urine,

Apparently, that’s OK.

I am also going to have to poo in a pot: so I can post off a stool sample.

The older I get … ?

The more life turns yummy!

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Did I mention I’ve been watching various episodes of Max Headroom?

The US series, rather than the original British show.

The thing can be surprising.

A few nights ago, I saw Robert O’Reilly — who Star Trek fans will remember as Gowron, the Klingon Chancellor — turn up in the first season, as a media savvy terrorist.

It was the eyeball thing he does: it’s very distinctive … !


But he wasn’t the last Star Trek alumni to crop up in Max Headroom.

Rosalind Chao — Keiko O’Brian — turned up in last night’s episode: playing a junior journalist.

You know, actor spotting could be a new game!

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On a related note … ?

That particular episode, Deities, was very good: and saw Edison Carter and the team investigating a dubious church: one that’s offering a dubious form of resurrection in return for a lot of money.

And manage to kidnap Max, in an effort to steal the technology that powers him.

Or, at least, turn him into a televangelist!


It’s well worth a watch.

For no other reason than this: the earlier scenes, the ones with Rosalind Chao, manage to convincingly present Edison and the team as a group of journalists, discussing the stories they’re going to chase.

That’s quite something!

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Monday, 4 January 2021

Nik Nak’s Daily Teaser — 4th January, 2021.

4th January, 2021.


Right … with all due apologies?

Today’s intro includes a rather sad joke you can pull off with a pair of tongs.

On an upside?

I boil washed my teatowels, yesterday: the tongs come in handy for fishing them out of the big pot.

On an equal upside?

The earworm’s gone: after a bout of the Barron Knights.


Nope, I’m not telling you what the original earworm was: you’ll never get rid of it!

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While we’re at it … ?

You’re possibly aware that I listen to Radio 4’s Today programme: and, usually?   I don’t expect it to collide with Dr Who, one of my favourite TV shows.

It did, this morning.

With the presenter telling us that — according to a few UK tabloids — Jodie Whittaker will be leaving Dr Who, after the thirteenth series.

That’s a disappointment, if it’s the case.

Covid 19 — and, I suspect, budget reductions — have meant she’s done a lot less work than her predecessors.

We’ll have to wait for an official announcement from either her, or the BBC.

But … ?

I have to ask what the odds are for a very competent black British actor being cast in the role, full time?

Considering one has already been offered the role, and apparently, turned it down?

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Thursday, 24 October 2019

Max Headroom — 20 Minutes into the Future: A Review

24th October, 2019.


It has to be said, I’m … terrible, sometimes.

Especially on a few fronts.

Getting a boiler repaired is one.

It’s a long story: one for later, maybe.

Making my mind up is another.

Frankly … ?

There are times the I don’t know if I’m coming or going … !

At any rate … ?

Tonight, I’ve managed to see Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into The Future …

And I’m possibly kicking myself for missing it the first time around … 

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