Special Report: ‘Back to the Future’: 30 years later
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“Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
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A plutonium-powered dose of 1980s nostalgia drove “Back to the Future” fans to theaters Wednesday.
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In the shadow of the clock tower on the Universal lot, “Back to the Future” writer and producer Bob Gale (the man who came up with the whole paradox) took us through his personal collection of authentic “Back to the Future” and “Back to the Future II” props.
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Many seismic events have shaken the world in the past 30 years -- the fall of Communism, the rise of the Clintons and Bushes, the invention of the iPhone, the realization that suspenders are a bad look for anyone under the age of 70.
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Editor’s note: Oct. 21, 2015 is the official Back to the Future Day.
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When Marty McFly traveled 30 years into the future at the end of “Back to the Future,” he would arrive, in the sequel, just before 4:30 p.m. on Oct. 21, 2015 — in a world where they famously wouldn’t need roads and where skateboards didn’t need wheels.
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The DeLorean? Sure. The Enchantment Under the Sea Dance? Probably. The flux capacitor? No doubt.
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Editor’s note: To celebrate Back to the Future Day we’re rolling out our old reviews of this classic time travel movie.
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Editor’s note: Celebrate Back to the Future Day with a look back at the conclusion of the “Back to the Future” franchise.
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As the clock ticks down to Oct. 21 (the day Marty McFly landed in the future), it looks like things aren’t going to quite match up to the version of 2015 we saw in 1989’s “Back to the Future Part II.”
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If you were to hop into your DeLorean time machine today, get the flux capacitor “fluxing,” and drive 30 years back, you’d be in the midst of — Great Scott!
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Welcome to the Movies Now box office time machine. With “The Perfect Guy” edging out M.
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Although our present day looks a little different from what Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale imagined in the “Back to the Future” trilogy, the films’ ideas, futuristic toys and capabilities have trickled into real life.
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That’s heavy, Doc.
