Back To The Future: 2015?

[Nardpuncher]

Nope.

Well... never mind, I was, for part of it. I couldn't see much, though, if you follow me...

But the key 1955-'85 difference is the cultural tumultuousness of the sixties and seventies, which were far more impactful than anything that happened in the nineties or the aughts. We've even started to forget about 9/11, in everyday life at least (or else 2012 would never have been greenlit), but no one in the 80s could ever forget about Vietnam, or the Cold War.

In the 80s, people were going to Star Trek and 007 movies, watching TV, starting to use cell phones and computers and were dealing with hostile Middle Eastern governments and terrorists. In 2015... we'll likely still be doing all of that.

You're right in that there just isn't enough of a difference. Music is different and fashion to a degree, but it's the different mind set that helped make the humor in the original movie.
By the way, I saw the original movie in the theater at age 12.

All I want is Marty's shoes from the future (don't really need power laces) I heard Nike made a limied amount a couple of years ago.
Pepsi should come out with Pepsi Perfect in those bottles for 2015 too!

 

[Kirkman1987]

^

A remake of Metropolis is in the works. It has a entry on IMDB, although it's in the very early stages.

I can't imagine anyone replacing Fox and Lloyd. I think you can forget Llyod doing it, I don't think Llyod would feel comfortable doing it without Micheal J. Fox.

and they want Shia as Marty.....that makes me puke

Jeff Daniels as the Doc I could kinda see, I admit.

 

[Jadzia]

There are too many sequels and remakes nowadays.

It isn't just the story that made BTTF a good film -- the atmosphere of the film played an equally huge part of it. So much so that it could have been a different story, but have remained quintessentially BTTF.

If a sequel or remake happened, I'm almost sure it would fail to recapture the atmosphere of the original film. It would be a poor imitation.

A prequel wouldn't be a good idea either.

 

[Ethros]

Anyone who thinks BTTF needs remaking should be lined up and shot.
Simple as.

 

[SalvorHardin]

Chances are it will be crap...but what the hell.

I'm not paying for it and the old movies will still be there to enjoy.
So they can do what they want, I don't care much.

 

[Tom]

BTTF is one of the few 70's -80's classic trilogies that has stayed un-touched (unlike Star Wars and Indy etc..). It should be left alone and not exploited with sub-par remakes or sequals, they would never be able to capture the magic.

That said, I was working on a little fan fiction a while back for fun, the strory would be in the present day and involve Doc Brown's nephew (in his upper 30's), the nephew inherited the Doc's estate (what was left of it) when the Doc dissappeared in 1985. The nephew (who also dabbles in science and is a little 'out there') finds out that the Doc had a pre-paid storage garage that was never checked out. He checks out the garage with 15 year old son and find the a suped up car (not a Delorian, something else) that was the prototype for the time machine. He finds notes from the Doc explaining why he could not use that car etc.., the nephew figures out the issue and fixes it and his son messing around with the car later accidentaly goes back in time.... Something like that.

 

[Checkmate]

Yeah, it's really hard to imagine the comedic possibilities of a stereotypical teen of the 2015s (remember, he'd only be 2 or 3 right now) being whisked back to 1985 or 1955. The general lack of the Internet, no iPods, and no modern cellphones. At best he might find an old Commodore 64 or Apple //c which would be completely alien to him even if he could figure out something useful to do with it.

And it's not like the stereotypical 80's can't be portrayed the same way the stereotypical 50's were in the original trilogy. Not at all. Everyone wearing bad fashions and sporting bad haircuts while playing with their Rubik's Cubes or blathering on about selling/buying their stocks on their giant "portable" phones.

Yep. I really can't see any possibilities there. Especially if the kid is into some kind of subgenre that may be popular in ~2015 (which is still a long ways off, despite some people's lack of an insight).

 

[barnaclelapse]

I'd seriously rather they didn't.

 

[sojourner]

(remember, he'd only be 2 or 3 right now)

hehe, early morning post? To be a teen in the teens' he'd have to be 8 to 13 right now.

 

[Trekker4747]

(remember, he'd only be 2 or 3 right now)

hehe, early morning post? To be a teen in the teens' he'd have to be 8 to 13 right now.

But you're not thinking fourth dimensionally!

 

[Jadzia]

That said, I was working on a little fan fiction a while back for fun, the strory would be in the present day and involve Doc Brown's nephew (in his upper 30's), the nephew inherited the Doc's estate (what was left of it) when the Doc dissappeared in 1985. The nephew (who also dabbles in science and is a little 'out there') finds out that the Doc had a pre-paid storage garage that was never checked out.

I like your idea up to this point.

It's very much in character for the doc to have planned for his time 'away' by having something like pre-paid storage, so that nobody can steal and abuse the technology while he's away in another time. But maybe just a collection of prototype parts and schematics, rather than another time machine.

I also like the idea of extending the BTTF2 gimmick of seeing events from the first film through a new pair of eyes. This time being the eyes of the doc's nephew who is on his own time trip, say, back to 1985 to see his uncle who designed this technology.

Cue complex web of temporal paradoxes, and wildly incomprehensible plan put everything right again.

I can't remember now, did we ever learn why the doc banged his head? Perhaps that could be implicated in the fourth film's story. Whereby the flux capacitor is a paradox with no origin -- the device in 1985 comes from the nephew who took one back in time with him.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I can't remember now, did we ever learn why the doc banged his head?

He was hanging a clock, and fell off the toilet he was standing on at the time.

 

[Mutara Nebula 1967]

I would LOVE to see this and watch Marty deal with the oddities of 1985-giant sized walkmans ect and people looking at him like he was nuts walking around with a Blue Tooth in his ear that doesn't work. The possibilities are endless!

 

[Tom]

It's very much in character for the doc to have planned for his time 'away' by having something like pre-paid storage, so that nobody can steal and abuse the technology while he's away in another time. But maybe just a collection of prototype parts and schematics, rather than another time machine.

I also like the idea of extending the BTTF2 gimmick of seeing events from the first film through a new pair of eyes. This time being the eyes of the doc's nephew who is on his own time trip, say, back to 1985 to see his uncle who designed this technology.

Cue complex web of temporal paradoxes, and wildly incomprehensible plan put everything right again.

I can't remember now, did we ever learn why the doc banged his head? Perhaps that could be implicated in the fourth film's story. Whereby the flux capacitor is a paradox with no origin -- the device in 1985 comes from the nephew who took one back in time with him.

The possiblities are infinite with out the original cast, but it needs the right actors to pull it off. The only reason i mentioned another car was me remembring the line about how the Delorians stainless steel body helped the flux dispersal ..., so i't got me to think if he had tried it in another type of car but could not get the field to disperse the right way, the nephew finds a way to over come that issue. etc..

 

[sojourner]

I would LOVE to see this and watch Marty deal with the oddities of 1985-giant sized walkmans ect and people looking at him like he was nuts walking around with a Blue Tooth in his ear that doesn't work. The possibilities are endless!

Yea, that would be a great re-work of the "lifejacket" jokes from the original.

"You hard of hearing kid?"
"no, why?"
" just wondering why you have that hearing aid"

 

[Geckothan]

NO! No more prequels, sequels, reboots or remakes!

 

[captcalhoun]

doc fell off his toilet and banged his head on the porcelain.

 

[Trekker4747]

I can't remember now, did we ever learn why the doc banged his head?

He tells us how in the first movie when he's explaining to Marty how the time-machine works.


Doc: "Here's a red-letter date in the history of science, November 5, 1955.... Yes, of course! November 5, 1955! :laughs:"
Marty: "What, I don't get it. What happened?"
Doc: "That was the day I invented time-travel. I remember it vividly: I was hanging a clock in my bathroom standing on the toilet, he porcelain was wet; when I slipped I hit my head; and then when I came-to I had a vision! A picture in my head! A picture of this! The Flux Capacitor!"

This information is also mostly repeated when Marty is trying to convince Doc in 1955 to listen to him and later on when Marty shows Doc the DeLorean.

It's also a nice-touch that when Doc has his freak-out over seeing Marty in the mansion in Part 3 and retreats to the bathroom we see a clock hanging over his toilet.

 

[Jetfire]

NO! No more prequels, sequels, reboots or remakes!

That is wishful thinking these days.

If they got the right actors and the story close to the original...that is wishful thinking too.

 

[Checkmate]

I can't remember now, did we ever learn why the doc banged his head?

He tells us how in the first movie when he's explaining to Marty how the time-machine works.


Doc: "Here's a red-letter date in the history of science, November 5, 1955.... Yes, of course! November 5, 1955! :laughs:"
Marty: "What, I don't get it. What happened?"
Doc: "That was the day I invented time-travel. I remember it vividly: I was hanging a clock in my bathroom standing on the toilet, he porcelain was wet; when I slipped I hit my head; and then when I came-to I had a vision! A picture in my head! A picture of this! The Flux Capacitor!"

This information is also mostly repeated when Marty is trying to convince Doc in 1955 to listen to him and later on when Marty shows Doc the DeLorean.

It's also a nice-touch that when Doc has his freak-out over seeing Marty in the mansion in Part 3 and retreats to the bathroom we see a clock hanging over his toilet.

Seems like a perfect plot point to exploit if a sequel is ever made.