Holding Out for a Hero: Recent Episodes
Mike McPeek
I look at the superhero and Sci-fi genres in TV, movies and comic books and talk about what I think of them and how they relate to the world around us. Cover art photo provided by TK Hammonds on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@tkristin Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/holdingoutforahero/support
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Today I look at Max Headroom Episode 4 in filming order (not broadcast order) called "War". I give my commentary on the importance of Elon Musk buying Twitter and the role and responsibility of the news media.
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Today I look at Max Headroom Episode 4 in filming order (not broadcast order) called "Security Systems". I evaluate the predictions about tech companies, identity theft, tracking, cashless society and social engineering.
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Today I look at Max Headroom Episode 3 in filming order (not broadcast order) called "Rakers". I evaluate the predictions about hoverboards, video phones, credit cards, space shuttles and extreme sports.
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Rakers Website
Rakers episode on TubiTV
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Today I look at Max Headroom Episode 2 in filming order (not broadcast order) called "Body Banks". I evaluate the predictions about organ harvesting, Tv's everywhere, live streaming and small independent broadcasters.
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I start out a new series looking at the TV show Max Headroom. The first episode is call "Blipverts" and I will be talking advertising, the Internet and artificial intelligence.
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Blipvert Episode
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The season finale has a smashing ending, literally. And I have an announcement about future episodes.
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The story is coming to an end... or is it?
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I tell a little about myself and this podcast
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Vanya starts to discover her past, Allison examines her past and Hazel and Agnes hope to make a past together, if the world doesn't end first.
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Now that Number 5 has hit the reset button and completely change the previous episode, let's see what is going on now. Klaus is getting sober and Luther is getting drunk. Hazel wants to get together but not with Cha-Cha. Diego is in jail and Alison has to save the day. And you know how people always say "You'll take your eye out"?. Well Harold , I mean Leonard, finally does.
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Klaus gets his man - until he doesn't, the gang comes together to fight like a team until they can't and Cha-Cha is to take out Hazel until she won't. But none of that makes any difference because Number 5 hits the reset button.
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Number Five grows a plan, Klaus starts to grow up, Vania starts to grow more powerful and Hazel wants to grow somewhere else.
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Luther and Allison grow apart, Klaus get sober, Number Five gets drunk and Vanya’s boyfriend gets weirder
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Mom has issues, there’s a shoot out at the Academy and Vanya is just Extra Ordinary
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We learn more about the characters as they start to interact with one another
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I look at the first episode of the Umbrella Academy, talk about the characters and what I think of the episode.
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