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Originally Posted by Anonymouse
I've been wondering for ages why this situation seemed so familiar - and last night at work I finally remembered.
Did anyone else here ever watch the Max Headroom series? The last episode shown involved a Japanese corporation, Zik Zak, taking over Network 23 in order to gear its output to what they wanted. An exchange between one of their execs and the head of 23 says it all:
"This [i.e. floods of advertising] is what you have failed to deliver! This is what the people want."
"How the hell do you know what people want?! We've been at this for years, and we still don't know!"
Zik Zak's arrogance in claiming to know what consumers want sounds to me exactly like Phorm's attitude re Webwise. In many ways that show was way ahead of its time.
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ohh yes, the old blipverts....
i cant find the old video clip for that in 2 minutes but others might have fun looking
http://www.maxheadroom.com/mh_episode_11.html
Carter: "Edison Carter to Network 23... come on, guys, clear this link!"
Carter: "This is Edison Carter, answering the questions other people are afraid to ask. What I want to know is this: Who died today in apartment complex 1-4-2-zeta, and who is trying to suppress the story?"
Murray: "Have you looked at our ratings? The numbers are up three points in the first five minutes!"
Carter: "It's MY neck out there!"
Gene Ashwell: "Come on, Ben - the only people that inactive are pensioners, the sick or the unemployed... I mean, who really cares?"
Mrs. Formby: "We are the only channel with blipverts. We lose them, and we lose the Zik-Zak Corporation to our competitors."
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http://search.virginmedia.com/result...&cr=&x=28&y=13