That was clear instantly - while Max's creators could write the character as artificial intelligence, they couldn't just invent animation techniques that were a decade off. Computer Animation Didn't Actually Exist In 1985Īt the time the concept for Max Headroom was taking shape, computer graphics were far too primitive to simulate a talking human face. So that was a plan - just need to send it to the computer animation department and let them work their magic, right? Well no, not in 1985. Max would be an obnoxious and condescending white American male in a suit. Morton decided his yet-to-be-visualized host should be the opposite of that, as unappealing as the VJs at MTV were appealing. Rocky Morton, a co-creator, was drawn to the idea of a host who was completely inappropriate to the material - music videos at the time were very creative, DIY clips with storytelling that spoke to young people like nothing else on TV. The show's producers hit upon animation, which evolved into the idea of a computer-generated talking head. Something like the VJs that MTV used, but different.
A new channel in the UK called Channel 4 was launching a music-video program, which would need some kind of constant element or structure to make it feel like a show and not just an assortment of unrelated clips.
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