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So, yeah. It started with the 1979 property Battlestar Galactica. The reboot went REAL well. But they've now done Transformers, and are doing GI Joe, and there's a rumor that Tim Minear is going to be doing something with Alien Nation . . .
How about a Max Headroom reboot?
Lis and I were talking about this in the car, today. First: it wouldn't have to be set 20 Minutes Into The Future -- it could be set contemporary (although, obviously, with a few science fictional elements). Edison Carter wouldn't need that HUGE HONKIN' CAMERA any more -- something the size of a digital camera would be MORE than sufficient. A Bluetooth earpiece would allow him to communicate with Theora Jones, who would be able to hack into things that, in reality, wouldn't be possible, but that'd be one of the science fictional elements.
He wouldn't work for "Network 23" -- the concept of an actual network doing genuine journalism is obsolete -- but he could work as a webjournalist. And Blank Reg would also run a website.
Bryce might be an independent hacker/cyberpunk rather than working for a corp. And he'd create Max Headroom just for the heck of it. Max would be a computer worm built off of an AI/intelligent agent concept, being, of course, the OTHER important science fictional point. He'd be hunted by various agencies, including counter-cybercrime/cyberwarfare organizations, censorware providers, and even just plain old decent, hardworking anti-virus software folks.
All that is pretty easy.
But what if we go a little further?
What happens if we re-imagine Edison Carter as Chinese, or North Korean, or Iranian -- and female? Places with strong governmental restrictions on information?
Even if you kept Carter as British, those would be good places to set stories, of course. You could even do a Max Headroom show WITHOUT Edison Carter, where Max could go and help other underground journalists in repressive regimes like that. I like the idea of a repressive regime having trouble tracking down exactly WHO the upstart who's revealing what's actually going on -- because she wears a burqa, just like every OTHER woman.
How about a Max Headroom reboot?
Lis and I were talking about this in the car, today. First: it wouldn't have to be set 20 Minutes Into The Future -- it could be set contemporary (although, obviously, with a few science fictional elements). Edison Carter wouldn't need that HUGE HONKIN' CAMERA any more -- something the size of a digital camera would be MORE than sufficient. A Bluetooth earpiece would allow him to communicate with Theora Jones, who would be able to hack into things that, in reality, wouldn't be possible, but that'd be one of the science fictional elements.
He wouldn't work for "Network 23" -- the concept of an actual network doing genuine journalism is obsolete -- but he could work as a webjournalist. And Blank Reg would also run a website.
Bryce might be an independent hacker/cyberpunk rather than working for a corp. And he'd create Max Headroom just for the heck of it. Max would be a computer worm built off of an AI/intelligent agent concept, being, of course, the OTHER important science fictional point. He'd be hunted by various agencies, including counter-cybercrime/cyberwarfare organizations, censorware providers, and even just plain old decent, hardworking anti-virus software folks.
All that is pretty easy.
But what if we go a little further?
What happens if we re-imagine Edison Carter as Chinese, or North Korean, or Iranian -- and female? Places with strong governmental restrictions on information?
Even if you kept Carter as British, those would be good places to set stories, of course. You could even do a Max Headroom show WITHOUT Edison Carter, where Max could go and help other underground journalists in repressive regimes like that. I like the idea of a repressive regime having trouble tracking down exactly WHO the upstart who's revealing what's actually going on -- because she wears a burqa, just like every OTHER woman.