The Maxx

I used to watch it on MTV Oddities. Saw every episode. Unfortunately, I can't say how accurate the show was to the comics because I've never read the comics. :sweat:
 
I have the VHS release. I'm hoping CBS-Paramount evetually releases the series on DVD because the VHS version omitted the episode featuring Mako (a Savage Dragon character actually). The VHS edit is streamlined into movie mode. If there is a DVD I hope it gets an episodic release a la Spawn 10th Anniversary Edition.
 
Whilst I have the entire series downloaded I haven't watched much of it (only bits of episode one) and it looks great thus far. However, my only let down is the voice actor of The Maxx. It annoys me a lot because it's put on far too much.
 
One of the best animated series EVER. I have the VHS release, and I agree, a DVD would rock some faces. I love the production style of the show as well. I also have The Head on tape, that was also a part of The Oddities. :D
 
I've only seen bits and pieces of this show, but it was sO bizarre that it was good. A real "pushing the envelope" show. Not like the South Park pretenders that think "shock them with simple ignorant language" is "edgy". :p That show was "edgy". It had episodes around subjects that would make corporate TV run away screaming their little girly screams. (How can we sell mega-products of this?) I sO want to see this whole show someday. :sad:

(I still use the line from that show that no one understands - "I'm Mister Gone, student of the Black Arts,,, but not a very good one or I wouldn't have to keep shooting fools like you" [punctuated with a powder flash from a pistol, yes kids, they didn't shade the gun green or make it fire stunning pulses.]

The amazing part? They never had to point out that the whole base for the insanity, was child rape. My god that was a hard subject to use and I think they did it so well.
 
Amazingly, the show was more or less just a recorded reading of the books and every scene was an actual comic panel with added animation. This is both impressive for many reasons and lame for many others. Overall, I enjoyed it a lot, but I hadn't had access to the comics beforehand. If I had, I might have felt underwhelmed by the series.
 
Except for the tacked-on ending and the need to remove some characters that belonged to other people like Savage Dragon, its probably one of the most accurate comics to film adaption ever. The animation is based on the panels, but its least a little better than the crude "Marvel Superheroes" style of animating comic panels. I remember anticipating this show for months and being disappointed as it got delayed for umpteenth reshowings of "The Head." Its well worth seeking out.
 
My favorite lines wereJulie:Keep in mind that I have a home and a job and you have a blanket with vomit on it.Homeless Guy:But I like my blanket.The Maxx:You got any toast?(I was trying by memory on the first one so it probably ain't verbatim)
 
:shrug: I was thinking Zatch Bell, but same thing really. Not much different than all us animation using phaser beams, because everyone knows high intensity lasers only knock you down, who would even imagine they'd burn holes strait through :sad:
 
OMG, I freaking loved that show! i've been waiting patiently for it to hit DVD, really hoping it would since Aeon Flux was released.

It's been years since I've seen it but I still remember everything you guys mentioned vividly.
 
I watched an episode of this yesterday. Man, this show's animation style is weird. It really shows that they're basically reading the script out of the comic book, but moving the pictures.
 
OMG, so glad someone posted about this! I loved this show when it was on. I actually saw the show first, which inspired me to check out the comic, which I was amazed to discover was nearly idential to the show in every way. They did an amazing job translating it to the screen!

I, too, have the VHS version, and was disappointed that it omitted some stuff and even changed some of the music. At a comic book convention recently I shelled out $20 for a bootleg DVD that promised to be "the complete series"... only to find out it was just a dub of the VHS version. Buyer beware, I guess.

For anyone who was a big fan of the show but never read the comics, seek 'em out... the comic series goes a good 20 or so issues beyond what was adapted into the show.
 
Yeah, there was one song that the creator, Sam Kieth, considered really important to the show. I think it was on the TV version but they replaced it with something else on the VHS. Hopefully any DVD would faithfully replicate the TV version instead of the VHS.
 
Yeah, there was a song that played 2 or 3 times, whenever someone would turn on a radio....

In the original TV version, the lyrics were "I want to marry a lighthouse keeper and keep him company....."

The VHS version was changed to "I'm in love with the school bus driver, he gives me a ride....."

Not sure what the significance of the original was but I do recall Sam Kieth being very disappointed that they couldn't keep it. I don't believe the latter had any real significance, it was just filler.
 
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