As the old saw goes, if you ask ten film critics which YouTube upload of the music video for Max Headroom’s 1986 novelty song “Merry Christmas, Santa Claus (You’re a Lovely Guy)” is the best, you’ll get eleven different answers. That’s fine for film critics, who like nothing better than sitting around watching every YouTube video that looks like it might be a version of “Merry Christmas, Santa Claus (You’re a Lovely Guy),” but not a lot of help for harried moms and dads who just want to know which Max Headroom video to have playing in the background while their kids open presents. Unfortunately, the film has been the target of so many restoration efforts, special editions, and director’s cuts over the years that picking the “best” version is utterly quixotic: It all depends what you mean by “best.” There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, but once you accept that no YouTube upload of Max Headroom singing “Merry Christmas, Santa Claus (You’re a Lovely Guy)” is right for everybody, you can make an informed decision about which version is right for you and your family. We broke down the pluses and minuses below.
from Stories from Slate http://bit.ly/2Q0CiSa
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