Happy Back To The Future Day, fellow nerds. It is official: Marty McFly, Doc Brown and a mama that was hot for her own son get to celebrate the movie’s thirtieth anniversary. There are so many questions about which of the movie’s predictions about the year 2015 were correct and what ones were off the mark.
On Wednesday, Americans should be on the look out for a high school kid, wild-haired scientist, and a sheepdog. They’ll be flying a DeLorean and going 88 miles per hour. If you know what I am talking about, congratulations, welcome to middle age.
So do we have “smart glasses” now? Marty McFly had a pair of shades he could use to answer and talk on the phone. The advancement may have had all the earmarks of being unlikely to most movie-goers when the film was released, but electronic eye-wear Google Glass can now do that and more. Also, Marty McFly addresses Douglas J Needles and his supervisor Ito Fujitsu using live video conferencing on a large screen TV. This technology was a far-flung dream in the 1980s, but now using FaceTime and Skype, individuals can talk to anyone on the planet from the comfort of their home.
Great Scott! The most amazing of the inventions has the most opportunity with regards to working out as expected: The Chicago Cubs have a shot at winning their first World Series since 1908. If the Cubbies pull it off this year, everything will be acquitted, and nothing else matters because it needs to be this year and now because of this movie. Too bad the movie did not predict who will win next year’s election.
Where’s my Hoverboard? Well, that car is becoming a reality as well. We may not have flying vehicles, but we can now start vehicles with just a touch of a finger. What about drones walking the dog? Man, that could be helpful when you have an 180-pound dog and have to clean up after it too. But there are drones involved in our lives. Smile, because a drone may be taking a picture of you right now!
What about dead celebrities as computer avatars? Well, we do have the holograms of the late Michael Jackson and Tupac to watch now so that did come true. Now, Jaw 19 was not so lucky and thank goodness we did not have to go through that madness. The last prediction: No, Pizza Hut did not become part of the dehydrated food system. But can we look at lowering the calories of a slice? That would be great!
Most motion pictures set in the future bounce take place far ahead to be totally removed from present day society. If nothing else, they don’t peg a particular date to the present activity. There’s something vastly bewildering about how many of Back to the Future’s predictions were way off. It’s the future, as separated through a neon ’80s lens. Future Biff and his goons talk while wearing boombox vests and tops that look like pasta strainers. Flying cars wonder past presentations commending the ethics of ejector seats. Men wear bow ties made of Saran wrap or only two standard ties on the double. Doc Brown fills up the Delorean with steaming heaps of rubbish. Marty McFly Jr. uses a payphone.
Here’s the thing: the creators of Back to the Future Part II had no clue what 2015 would be like. Notwithstanding, without a doubt they did a remarkable job of envisioning it, and that is all we could have asked for.
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