The 'Back To The Future' Appreciation Thread

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Funnily enough I only just managed to get myself the blu-ray trilogy of this set. I have only been able to watch the first movie as of yet but its amazing that however old you are you will enjoy that movie. Enjoyed it when I first saw it as a child in the 80's and still love it now as a man a few months from being 30, great stuff.

 

[Bruce Malone]

Hurwitz & Schlossberg admit Back To The Future dream

Chatting to Moviehole, then, the pair have since revealed what their dream project might just be, saying “we want Back To The Future”.

Whilst admitting his favour for sequels over remakes, he also argued that “The problem is [the sequel is set in] 2015, that’s why I feel it is inevitably going to be remade because it is dependent on time periods that people won’t connect with. It’s the perfect movie to remake, but it’s so loved by a generation that is still with it and going to be with it.”

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1297326/hurwitz_schlossberg_admit_back_to_the_future_dream.html

 

[Dr. Evil]

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/1297326/hurwitz_schlossberg_admit_back_to_the_future_dream.html

They are going to have a hard time convincing the two Bob's (Gale and Zemeckis) to remake the film.

 

[ALP]

I'd love a sequel.

I highly doubt Spielberg and the Bobs are going to make a sequel because the guys who made the new American Pie suggest it though...

 

[chamber-music]

If they do one day make new BTTF I prefer a sequel rather than a remake.

 

[Travesty]

If they happen to remake it, they better use a DeLorean, at least.

 

[Bruce Malone]

How would a remake work per se? Would they go back to the mid-80's I guess, would it still have the same culture shock value?

 

[samsnee]

How is it a perfect movie to remake? You should only remake movies that had good ideas but bad execution. You shouldn't remake good movies, and you shouldn't just remake really bad movies either.

 

[spidey-dude]

a sequel could work if they get imaginative (which is what back to the future has always been about) - an aging Marty and Doc realise that their time travelling actions have caused the current 2015 to be different than the one that should have happened.... Marty somehow ends up in trouble and it is his son who must go back to prevent the loss of his dad.... something like that where Michael J Fox doesnt have to be in too much of it but it still is a legitimate BTTF

BTTF is my fav movie no way does it need a remake!

 

[Immortalfire]

Hurwitz & Schlossberg are fooling themselves. Bob Gale has repeatedly said he will never allow a sequel/remake, or whatever else. Zemeckis and even Thomas F. Wilson, have echoed that sentiment.

 

[AndrewGilkison]

BTTF worked because it was "of it's time", just like the first Matrix movie was "of it's time". I don't see how a sequel or a remake can come close to capturing that.

 

[DyeLorean]

As a fan of the trilogy (and probably my favorite films ever), part of me is intrigued by the idea of a sequel. But the movies work so well on its own, that I don't want to see that ruined.
On the other hand, I completely don't agree with the idea of a remake. The movie is what it is because of how and when was released. Time is just a pivotal part of the charm, that it wouldn't make sense to try to recapture that in another time period. However, I wouldn't mind seeing another comedy/sci fi involving time travel, with BTTF as an 'inspiration', completely unrelated but keeping the tone.

 

[Drizzle]

As a fan of the trilogy (and probably my favorite films ever), part of me is intrigued by the idea of a sequel. But the movies work so well on its own, that I don't want to see that ruined.
On the other hand, I completely don't agree with the idea of a remake. The movie is what it is because of how and when was released. Time is just a pivotal part of the charm, that it wouldn't make sense to try to recapture that in another time period. However, I wouldn't mind seeing another comedy/sci fi involving time travel, with BTTF as an 'inspiration', completely unrelated but keeping the tone.

 

[DyeLorean]

Oh well, yeah, but with better taste! More classic comedy, as oposed to raunchy.

 

[Marx]

No remakes. Let it be!

 

[danoyse]

If Hurwitz & Schlossberg really appreciate Back to the Future, they should damn well know that there shouldn't be a remake.

 

[Wolfwood]

The story that was in the game satisfied any craving I had for a sequel. It was a little drawn out, but it was touching and had a good deal of fan service.

 

[SpitCurl]

The story that was in the game satisfied any craving I had for a sequel. It was a little drawn out, but it was touching and had a good deal of fan service.

I never want a sequel to happen, but I would be curious to see how they'd conceptualize the "future" without it bumping into our current and not-particularly-whimsical zeitgeist of AI/nanotech/bioengineering. Not that any of those things are dark or dystopian, per se, but, a Hill Valley were the Singularity has occured feels like a very different series.

Our idea of the future used to just be imagining our own time but with cooler/more convenient tech. In the 80's that meant flying cars, hoverboards, hands-free video games, holographic movies, etc... So, how does one create a future that fantastical without going in the direction that our most fantastic ideas now seem to point without ending up with a film where everyone either has a robot, is a robot, or spends all their time in VR pods?

 

[Dr. Evil]

Thomas F Wilson does something to where he doesn't have to answer any BTTF questions:

http://www.slashfilm.com/potd-tom-wilson-answers-back-future-burning-questions/

 

[Webhead2006]

Hasn't it been said thomas doesn't really like to assoicate himself with bttf any mmore.

 

[Travesty]

His Biff Song is really funny. He's a decent stand-up.

 

[LostSon88]

Stumbled upon this on Youtube. This is great.

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[Team Andino]

Stumbled upon this on Youtube. This is great.

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I was about to go to bed, well not anytime soon now. This was a blast thanks for posting!

 

[Gianakin_]

The perfect duology and with no3, a pretty good trilogy. Classics like these are not just masterpieces, they're inspirations.

 

[DCW]

The perfect duology and with no3, a pretty good trilogy. Classics like these are not just masterpieces, they're inspirations.

So true.