The 'Back To The Future' Appreciation Thread

[Golgo-13]

http://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/trailers/462455-back-to-the-future-30th-anniversary-trilogy

Back to the Future 30th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray Coming in October

This is going on my Christmas list.

 

[GREEN =w= DAY]

i remember the BTTF animated series had an intro with Christopher Lloyd reprising his role as Doc

only remember seeing a handful of episodes but the main focus was Doc's kids. Marty and Doc had supporting roles

 

[Dr. Evil]

The only thing I remember about the Animated series are the science experiments involving Bill Nye the Science Guy.

 

[Sean of Justice]

Oh yes indeed, it ran for one season on ABC in 1982-1983, as part of the"Mork and Mindy/ Laverne & Shirley/ The Fonz" hour on Saturday mornings. The live action Mork and Mindy show had already been cancelled the previous spring but I guess they figured they'd already spent the money on the cartoon so they might as well air it. It's pretty awful. Robin Williams is supposed to have done Mork's voice but it doesn't sound like him to me. Pam Dawber and Conrad Janis were also involved. There are clips on YouTube.

The weird thing is that the live action M&M show had been suffering from nosediving ratings for three years before the cartoon came out so I'm not sure why they thought kids would watch a cartoon version if they wouldn't even watch the "real" version.

So by comparison the Back to the Future cartoon came off pretty well!

Wow, ya learn something new every day.

 

[danoyse]

I never really watched the animated series. I was in high school by then and not really into Saturday morning cartoons anymore. I remember they had the cutouts outside the ride at Universal Studios in Florida.

But when I was younger, I remember seeing Michael J. Fox on the “One to Grow On” segments on Saturday mornings - these were on NBC, which where Family Ties aired.

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I used to freak out when Michael turned up on those, I had such a crush on him.

 

[Vaibow]

Time for Doc Brown to go on an adventure?

If, a big if, they were to 'reboot' and carry on the franchise, set in the universe we are familiar with, how would it continue?

If you think it shouldn't be done, fair enough, but no need to post it, i just fancy hearing ideas of how it can move forward.

 

[DKDetective]

Wonder if the transfer will be new. Movie trilogy deserves Lawrence of Arabia and Indiana Jones treatment.

My understanding was the last transfer was rather good, wasn't it? I understand there are limitations in the quality of the transfer based upon the original theatrical appearance of the film.

 

[sueb1863]

Time for Doc Brown to go on an adventure?

If, a big if, they were to 'reboot' and carry on the franchise, set in the universe we are familiar with, how would it continue?

If you think it shouldn't be done, fair enough, but no need to post it, i just fancy hearing ideas of how it can move forward.

They'd pretty much have to do it with Doc, Clara and the kids traveling through time in the locomotive. I don't think there are any other scenarios that would work. Even if Fox was in any shape to reprise his role, Marty's life wouldn't be nearly as interesting if he's not running around with Doc, and it seems clear by the end of the third movie that they've gone their separate ways to live their own lives.

 

[titansupes]

Anybody know about the book? Looks great to me.

Great Scott! Go Back to the Future with Doc Brown and Marty McFly in this visually stunning look at the creation of one of the most beloved movie trilogies of all time.

Few films have made an impact on popular culture like the Back to the Future trilogy. This deluxe, officially licensed book goes behind the scenes to tell the complete story of the making of these hugely popular movies and how the adventures of Marty McFly and Doc Brown became an international phenomenon.

Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History is a stunning journey into the creation of this beloved time-traveling saga and features hundreds of never-before-seen images from all three movies, along with rare concept art, storyboards, and other visual treasures.

The book also features exclusive interviews with key cast and crew members—including Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, and more—and tells the complete story of the production of the movies, from the initial concept to the staging of iconic scenes such as the “Enchantment Under the Sea” dance and the hoverboard sequence. The book also delves into the wider Back to the Future universe, exploring the animated television show and Back to the Future: The Ride.

Written by Michael Klastorin—the production publicist on the second and third movies—with Back to the Future expert Randal Atamaniuk, this book delivers a range of surprises from the Universal Pictures archives and also includes a wealth of special removable items.

Comprehensive, compelling, and definitive, Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History is the book that fans have been waiting for.

Removable items include:
Hill Valley High School Tardy Slip
Back to the Future The Ride security pass
Save the Clocktower leaflet
Sepia photograph of Marty and Doc from Part III
Marty’s note to Doc from the first film with the envelope
George McFly’s book
Jaws 19 movie poster
George and Lorraine’s prom photo
Doc’s flux capacitor sketch from the first film
Doc’s note to Marty from 1885
Biff one dollar bill from Part II
Blast from the Past receipt from Part II
Lenticular version of the iconic McFly family photo from the first film

 

[Dave McFly]

 

[chamber-music]

i remember the BTTF animated series had an intro with Christopher Lloyd reprising his role as Doc

only remember seeing a handful of episodes but the main focus was Doc's kids. Marty and Doc had supporting roles

Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson, Mary Steenburgen and James Tolkan reprised their roles from the original films. They voiced their characters.

Ant-Man director Peyton Reed wrote and directed some of the BTFF Animated series

 

[Dave McFly]

Lloyd did not voice Doc, he only did the live action intro and outros. Dan Castellina did the voice of Doc.

 

[Lencho01]

How to Turn Empty Pepsi Cans Into a Back to the Future DeLorean

 

[NewYorkSpider]

This is a really interesting fan theory. Never noticed this.


http://hellogiggles.com/back-to-the-future-theory/

 

[Jochimus]

They'd pretty much have to do it with Doc, Clara and the kids traveling through time in the locomotive. I don't think there are any other scenarios that would work. Even if Fox was in any shape to reprise his role, Marty's life wouldn't be nearly as interesting if he's not running around with Doc, and it seems clear by the end of the third movie that they've gone their separate ways to live their own lives.

Either that, or do something similar to the new "Vacation" or even "Creed" - bring back one of Doc's kids as the chief adult/mentor figure that Doc was in the original trilogy (since, assuming an Animated BTTF-type scenario wherein the Browns ended up moving back to the [then] present-day, Jules and Verne would be probably pushing 40 or thereabouts now), and bring in some other new teenage character to fill Marty's role.

Not that any of this is anything to worry about, mind you...Zemeckis and Gale are determined to take BTTF with them to the grave. And given the quality of most '80s reboots and three-decades-after-the-fact follow-ups these days, I can't honestly say that that's a bad thing.

 

[Gold Samurai]

They'd pretty much have to do it with Doc, Clara and the kids traveling through time in the locomotive. I don't think there are any other scenarios that would work. Even if Fox was in any shape to reprise his role, Marty's life wouldn't be nearly as interesting if he's not running around with Doc, and it seems clear by the end of the third movie that they've gone their separate ways to live their own lives.

Which would fit nicely with the "4" concept in the movie posters. Every movie added another person to it


Marty
Marty and Doc
Marty, Doc, Clara

 

[Jochimus]

Actually, for lack of a new BTTF movie of any kind, I wouldn't mind seeing Zemeckis and Gale get back together for a big-screen adaptation of A Match Made In Space, and hire somebody to actually write the book as a tie-in. t:

 

[redhawk23]

The St. Louis Symphony will be live-scoring the film for a few nights, the last weekend before Halloween.

I've gone to similar performances for Psycho and Pirates of the Caribbean and they were fantastic.

 

[Travesty]

This is a really interesting fan theory. Never noticed this.


http://hellogiggles.com/back-to-the-future-theory/

I never caught that. That sounds pretty plausible.

 

[Mogwai]

I forgot about the cartoon lol

 

[Hunter Rider]

 

[Travesty]

Those eyes on Doc.

 

[DyeLorean]

https://www.facebook.com/WGNTV/videos/10153094417137411/

Very interesting to see Tom Wilson doing something related to Back to the Future. He has been absent from that for many many years.
On a side note, he looks a lot like the 1985's Biff make-up they did.

 

[sueb1863]

Watched the Profiles in History Hollywood memorabilia, prop and costume auction the other day. A couple of guys got into a bidding war over Marty's self-lacing Nike shoes from BttFII. They ended up selling for $70,000. O_O The "Your'e Fired" fax from BttFII went for $2,500 (the auction estimate was $400-$600).

 

[Travesty]

That's heavy.