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BTTF - Cafe 80`s

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A one-minute clip from Back to the Future Part II showing the Cafe 80's scene with Max Headroom-style pseudo-CGI waiters of Reagan, Michael Jackson, and Khomeini.

Cited in Max Headroom threads as an example of the show's visual style being copied in film.

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@UncleSlacky2019 · in “Max Headroom broadcast signal intrusion”

The same effect was used in the "80s Café" scene in Back to the Future II with Reagan, Michael Jackson and Ayatollah Khomeini: [VIDEO]

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@DonHopkins2021 · in “The Max Headroom Incident”

The Art of Noise with Max Headroom - Paranoimia (Official Video) [LINK] Coca-Cola Max Headroom | Max Headroom Coke commercials [LINK] Max Headroom on Sesame Street [LINK] The Headroom Collection on Letterman, 1986-1990 [LINK] Terry Wogan interviews Max Headroom [LINK] On Max Headroom: The Most Misunderstood Joke on TV [LINK] Back To The Future - Cafe 80`s [VIDEO] Altered Carbon Carnage: Who is Carnage? Who is Matt Frewer who plays Carnage? [LINK] Star Trek the Next Generation: A Matter Of Time [LINK] Matt Frewer Interview: Doctor Doctor, Max Headroom, Altered Carbon: Carnage, Orphan Black, Eureka [LINK]

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@tempaway45751442024 · in “Max Headroom and the World of Pseudo-CGI (2013)”

And the Max Headroom style was notably copied for the Back To The Future 2 "80s Cafe" scene, with Max Headroom style version of Reagan, Michael Jackson and Ayatollah Khomeini. [VIDEO]

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