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Zarban laying down the truth

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Seconded.    I think it was a conscious choice on the filmmaker's part to go with a ridiculous Jetsons-style future, mostly because trying to accurately predict the real future is a fool's game.

I do wish the two-bladed tie had become a reality, though.  That one actually seemed plausible to me.

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You don't have any two-bladed ties? Well, I guess Indiana has finally pulled ahead of California in fashion. Just wait till you start seeing the three shells in restrooms.

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Protection and power are overrated. I think you are very wise to choose happiness and love. -Uncle Iroh

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33 (edited by Mr. Pointy 2011-12-28 21:20:31)

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Was happy to hear you guys, considering you guys seem to really like science (and detailed science) forgive some of the stuff in this movie. I think it was Brian that made the point, that if you have true characters and a good story, you just accept the magic bean and move on, great point.

And I never really thought about the whole "Biff was an attempted rapist of my now wife and now I'm employing him" thing. Maybe Biff should've been the bum on the bench, at the end (replacing the original, timey whimey explanation).

And I think it's fun to know how old people are when they see things. I was 10 when I saw BTTF (in theaters, born in '75), a great age to see it.

Please eventually do Part II & III smile (nice idea about Part II being the final chapter btw)

Edit: About what was thought in '89 about the future: I doubt many actually thought there would be flying cars in the "near" future. I also like the aesthetic of 2015 in BTTF2's future. 

But I never bought that the Cubs would win the World Series by then. Absurd. tongue

And sorry, but Delorean's really are shit cars (at least the engines). They really don't go fast.

I'd still want one though smile

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The only thing about the second one that really bothers me is how the main story arc starts. Old biff steals the DeLorean and goes back to give himself the almanac, then returns to the future so Doc and Marty can go back to 1985. The movie gives an explanation about the time divergence, but the fact that old biff gets back to the old future contradicts that explanation. I also don't like that they cut out the bit where old Biff vanishes. As a kid I thought he had accidentally stabbed himself with his cane as he was trying to pull it out of the car. Turns out he was in the process of vanishing.

And why would he vanish? Does Biff die before 2015 in the new future? Maybe that's why they cut it out? But then... so are we supposed to think he stabbed himself with the cane?

Also, they should have called back to the whole "Those boards don't work on water!" thing. They made too big a deal out of it for it to not get called back later in the film or the third.

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36 (edited by Ben 2011-12-29 19:24:40)

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I love Deloreans,.... I was even researching earlier today at prices for new and used Deloreans.  I want to get one, but they're out of my price range. sad    Maybe I should get that Model instead....  wink

I almost crashed my car last month by stopping in the middle of the road, staring at a Delorean pulling out of Wal-mart's parking lot.   big_smile

"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   cool

38 (edited by Mister Perfect 2012-01-02 01:35:44)

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Holy Shit! You guys were doing the commentary while we were having that 3 hour chat. smile  smile  big_smile  lol

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Hahahahahahahahaha! Sucker!

No, yeah, we were. :-P

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I always enjoyed this movie as a kid, but it wasn't until I watched it as an adult that I truly understood how great it was. I now got alot of the jokes (particularly Doc's) such as the world's gravity and Reagan as president, that went over my head as a young 'un.

It's a classic, a great, powerful story under the trappings of an exciting and funny adventure.

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. - Carl Sagan

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There's always debate on the greatest script of all time.  Many say Chinatown, other Butch and Sundance, and Casablanca stands out.  I absolutely maintain that the script for BttF deserves mention as a contemporary with those scripts.  An argument can be made for top 10, easy.

Eddie Doty

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It's so stupid that it isn't.

Eddie Doty

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45 (edited by Matt Vayda 2012-01-24 12:03:44)

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I did do all the graphics on that segment. I'd like to point out in defense of my soul that that segment was literally the very first of probably 50 we did on the show, which is why some of the graphics look nice and classy and others look kind of like hell. Nobody knew what they wanted yet, and some of the day one graphics are still in there with the week four graphics.

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good job nonetheless Teague!

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49 (edited by Snail 2012-02-27 18:54:45)

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"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   cool

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Whoaaaaaaaaaaa. I've met Terry, and Trey knows him. He's married to Pink Five.

Small world.

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