Sci-fi/retrofuture theme: Back to the Future Part II trailer

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

The second film in any trilogy always seems to be the worst, but this was still more entertaining than a lot of stuff out there. Also, MJF FTW any day!

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[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I also have an explanation about how the BTTF2 version of the future has fax machines, but no cell phones and they have flying cars and we don't. It involves Marty not hitting the Rolls Royce at the end BTTF3. It changed the timeline. My theory is that the guy in the Rolls Royce is an engineer who went on to help develop cell phone technology. However, originally he had been hit by Marty, but survived the accident. In that reality, he devoted his career to creating accident-avoidance technology that was so sophisticated that it enabled the development of flying cars. Now that won't happen and instead we have a bunch of lameass smart phones instead! Thanks a lot, Marty!

Anyway, it's a great way to shut people up when they say that the world of today isn't shaping up to look like it did in the movie. Feel free to use. :D

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Or the driver of the RR could have been a woman. Apologies for my non-gender-neutral language!

[lightning-rose.livejournal.com]

Nice theory, except that cell phones already existed by 1985. Sorry! :)

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Oops! I didn't explain that very well. The word "improve" would have better than "develop" there. So, yeah, sorry. However, someone did come up with something sort of Skype-ish.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I actually had one of those 80s phone sets that was about the size of a lunch box. It was the kind you plug into your car's cigarette lighter, but you could carry it with you for whatever reason. I used it until about '92.

[doylescordy.livejournal.com]

Late 2012 and we still don't have Hoverboards.

:(

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

It's a conspiracy, man! Zemeckis said so! Here's proof in this amateur recording of a grainy video:



I remember seeing that video and wondering whether Zemeckis was pulling our collective legs. Indeed he was. I knew a lot of people who totally believed it, though. Idiots.

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

<3 this movie!

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Me, too! :) Like I said, it's still better than a lot stuff out there in spite of the plot holes. It's supposed to be fun, not a documentary.

[doylescordy.livejournal.com]

Me too! Especially the 2nd half where the events of the 1st movie were going on in the background. I thought it was pretty clever of an idea. I don't care about the plot holes either. I just have fun watching it :D

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

I agree! The 1955 scenes are the best part. :)