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When The Behind the Scenes Pic of the Day hits 88 miles per hour you’re going to see some serious shit!
UPDATE: In my haste to post this item this morning (a day which started in LA, ended in Austin and saw me running to my plane like I was in a Richard Curtis movie and was about to lose my one true love forever) I neglected to mention that Kevin Bosch sent along this rather cool image of Marty and Doc Brown straddling fire that isn't there yet. Kevin works with the group We're Going Back which is organizing a Back to the Future fan event beginning Friday (November 5th) and ending Friday November 12th, the exact days of Marty's adventure in 1955 as a way to raise money and awareness for Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's Research Charity. A very noble and worthy cause. If you're in or around the Burbank area there are guests, tours of original filming locations and a bunch more to make the inner BTTF nerd smile with glee. Make sure to check out their website and see all the cool shit they're throwing together. My apologies for forgetting the mention in the original post.
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with today’s Behind the Scenes pic!
With all the hullabaloo surrounding the Blu-Ray release of the Back to the Future Trilogy (a set which Amazon has delivered and sits back home on top of my printer waiting for me to wrap up my business in Los Angeles, by the way) I figured a BTTF image would be called for.
What I dig about this shot is that it seems to be alternate angle on an extremely iconic scene. It looks like a composite shot obviously from the Twin Pines sequence with good ol’ Doc Brown with his handy dandy remote control and Marty with his cutting edge giant VHS camera shot against blue screen. That means no Libyans in this shot, but you can’t have everything!
This photo comes in super big version, so click for it if you wish! Enjoy!
If you have a pic you think should be included email me. I’m looking for the iconic, the rare or the just plain cool behind the scenes shots to feature here.
Tomorrow’s pic is a picture within a picture… whoa…
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Dork thinks he's gonna drown.
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Do we become assholes or something?
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Love this movie.
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Because apparently we're still gonna need roads come 2015! Great pic, that scene always looked as if they we're superimposed!
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Doc Brown invented time travel! 11/5/1955
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You're my Ma... My ma...
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...cause in the movie shot, they´re standing over the DeLorean´s trail of fire...
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That's the ILM effects shot when the car jumped through time and causes two rows of flame from the tires to travel through where the characters are standing. The actors did the shot on an ILM bluescreen stage, standing on reflective material.
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http://tinyurl.com/2bdge5o
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an amazing all-time classic.period.
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The Matrix?
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EVER!EVER!EVER!EVER!EVER!
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2 and 3 are magnificent box office confection.
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Yeah, just watched the sequels again recently. Completely lacking the magic of the original, way worse than I remembered.
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Awesome, Fox's Marty can get pretty dark.
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there were decent sequels to the original,maybe disappointed to some people but no dreadful at all.dreadful were the Matrix sequels,dreadful were the SW prequels,Indy 4,SM3,not the BTTF sequels.
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Nov. 5, 2010, 11:45 a.m. CST
Whatever happened to the original Jennifer?
by George_clooneys_caesar_cut
She was even hotter than Elizabeth Shue.
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is on the blu-ray set in the new documentary, she explains why she never returned even though she was offered the sequels.
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Although the Marty-waking-up-thinking-it's-a-dream and-the-"you're my..my..." got old in Part 3. Hell, in Part 2. But other than that, love em.
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in the film. Weird, I always imagined the flames were added to the shot, not the other way round.
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I just realized that Elizabeth Shue is a horible actress in the sequels. She is way too over the top, they should have kept the original actress. Same goes for the guy who plays Goldie Wilson, he over acts it too much as well. That's it, those are my only complaints for an otherwise flawless trilogy. IMHO.
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Emmett Brown is the reason I remember the 5th of November.
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original was so fabtastic i never had interest in the sequels... nor shall I. wish i had done the same with star wars.
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Or making it a single link?
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And she had clown hair in part 2.
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I was talking to my father in law about movies this weekend. Since he was 12, he has gone to the theater to see a new movie every Satruday. He still does. Sometimes TWO movies. I kept saying over and over how when I think of going to see a new movie I just think: "Or, I can just stay home and Watch Back to the Future again. Can't get any better than that".
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Nov. 5, 2010, 12:25 p.m. CST
Kurema, not because of the gunpowder treason and plot?
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
I always loved the sequels but it's always different when you see something as an 8-9 year old. I still think they hold up well today but the original is rightly a classic in every sense of the word.
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Check out my blog for a a series called "The Raddest Movies Ever!". I go thru each year, starting with 1971, and pick the top 5 coolest movies from that year. Check it out here:<br> http://3dchain.instituteofidletime.com/ -Erik
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Oh, the irony!
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Nov. 5, 2010, 12:36 p.m. CST
I can't wait for the new videogame either
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Here's an interview with this kid they got to do the Marty voice, sounds pretty close to Michael J Fox. <p>http://www.cinemassacre.com/2010/11/05/aj-locascio-interview/
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on some kind of mirrored surface, right? Did they do that on purpose to get the reflection, for later use in compositing the shot?
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I never caught that before. Or, as Biff said in part 3 "Neeeekaaay"
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WereGoingBack.com, an 100% fan organized, Back to the Future celebration to raise funds for the MJF Foundation, going on in this week in Los Angeles (Nov 5-12). Thanks for helping get the word out, Quint.
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my bad!! I swear I didn't see it before I posted!
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It's coming on in about an an hour here in Dresden. The TNT movie channel is in English so I get to pop open a beer and watch one of my all time favorite flicks.
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I'm loving it so far. Part 2 is worse than I remembered it being. part 3 I havent checked yet.<P> I'm a continuity NUT so I'd really have preferred the original Jennifer. <p> ah well
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Should be a pretty cool event.
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...was played by Claudia Wells. She couldn't make it back for the sequels because her mom was unfortunately diagnosed with cancer and she wanted to be with her in her time of need. She pretty much dropped out of acting after that, but in 2008, appeared in an indie drama called Still Waters Burn. She is also the owner of Armani Wells, a men's clothing store in Studio City. And yes... she's still smokin' hot, too.
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Over-ACT-ing? Watch your MOUTH there, m'man. I'm gonna be MAAAAYYY-yor one day, you'll see. An' I'm gonna CLEAN UP this town!
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There's that word again. Is something wrong with gravity in the future?
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Nov. 5, 2010, 2:07 p.m. CST
Never knew there was a different Jennifer in 2 and 3
by Ben_Richards_Bomb_Collar
Wow. And I've only seen the 3 movies about 200 times at least. It suddenly makes sense why every time I see 2 or 3 I'm like "man, that girl aged terribly, she was so hot in the first one."
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Nov. 5, 2010, 2:11 p.m. CST
Also count me as someone who missed Doc's NIKE's
by Ben_Richards_Bomb_Collar
Take a gander at them moccasins. What kind of skins is them? What's that writin mean? "Nee-kay?" what's that, some sorta Injun talk?
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If you dont like BTTF 2. 3 i can see not actively liking... but hating either of them makes you crazy. So fun. So awesome. Hoverboards, almanac, ohh la la... movie is great.
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...where Marty and the Doc are standing in a mall parking lot?
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because a car is coming hurdling towards them, goes back in time, and leaves a trail of flames that goes right under them.
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Heh heh heh ...
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this was pre-CGI and the car and the fire were all practical effects. Today you would use CGI for the car and fire and possiby some dynamic 360 camera moves. Sequels still fun (Cubs win the WS, and homage to Eastwood, and shark still looks fake)
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Back to spasm
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Another red letter date in the history of science
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This is heavy doc.
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Perfectly written. Seriously. That's like provable, scientific fact. Perfectly directed - come back Robert Zemeckis, we miss you. Perfectly cast - lightning in a bottle. <p> <p> The sequels have pros and cons, but no one can deny that Part II was a pretty fucking ballsy move on the part of the Bobs Gale and Zemeckis. <p> <p> I waxed lyrical and nostalgic on how wonderful this movie is a few weeks ago, after seeing it for the millionth time - but first time on the big screen - and it truly is. <p> <p> It's heartening to see the love it gets, and that it's one movie that seems to be immune to the "too cool for school" hordes. <p> <p> I'll say it again. Perfect.
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Nov. 5, 2010, 3:32 p.m. CST
the best stuff in part 2 for me is when they go back to 55
by fat_rancor_keeper
....and we get to see everything from different angles and all the awesomeness from part 1 with a new twist. <p> That was done extremely well for the time and especially considering they didn't even have access to greedy crispin glover who apparently wanted too much $$$.<P> the final half of the movie and classic cliffhnager makes up for the cheesy 2015
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...the somewhat cheesy 2015 segment which doesn't hold up as well.
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... you're right. Those are the great little background moments that make the Trilogy nigh-on perfect. Proves that they actually CARED about their story and what they were doing. <p> <p> I'd have to check, but apparently... in Part II, when "1985" Doc meets "1955" Doc preparing for his "weather experiment", he's wearing the long dark mac and hat, before riding off on his bicycle. <p> <p> If you look at Part I, when we cut to Doc before he gets stopped by the Hill Valley beat cop... There's a background character in a dark mac and hat riding off on a bicycle. Could be a myth, but I'll check sometime. If true, that's awesome. <p> <p> Anyway - great Pic of The Day. Not seen it before, anywhere. Thanks for the new desktop background!
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.. I remember even as a 13-year-old seeing Part II, that's what I thought. Loved the hoverboards of course, but didn't dig the day-glo future or the goofy Future-McFlys... but as I said, when it gets back to Alternate 1985 than '55 (during which the technical filmmaking prowess is frankly still stunning - and makes me miss Zemeckis when he's off dicking around with mo-cap) it's a strange, brave, ballsy flick. We were talking about one of the biggest feel-good hits of all time, and they actually made a sequel that didn't rehash the original, but revisited it in a really challenging way. I remember kids at my school hating it because they didn't understand there being two Martys, two Docs... and I love that Zemeckis and Gale TOLD THEIR STORY, and didn't make any concessions for anyone who didn't see the first.
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The shot was done as a comp for safety and time reasons. The fire trail fx was unpredictable, especially two trails at the same time. The actors were shot on a reflective material (mylar) for their reflection on the ground, remember, the mall lot was wet.
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Those were the best possible sequels. BTTF1 is a flawless perfect film with a flawless perfect screenplay. There was no way the Bob's were going to repeat that. Zemeckis smartly took the opportunity to go dark and mess around with the paradox idea/alternate 1955 perspective in part 2. That was a stroke of genius and made that movie way more interesting than in could have been. BTTF3 is basically a western comedy with a hint of sci-fi thrown in. Not as good as the first two but supremely entertaining. Tom Wilson's best performance might just be as Buford Mad Dog.
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Amblin must have had a deal with Nike, remember the same year of this film, 1985, "The Goonies" had all their kids wearing Nikes.
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either:<p> <p> 1. Filming the car speeding through the parking lot by itself, filming the actors on the parking lot without the car (using cues & creative lighting), and drop in the fire and other disappearing VFX in post. It's just a matter of compositing the different plates together with the pyroclastics & particle effects.<p> <p> 2. Alternatively, you could do it almost the same as method 1, but drop the actors on a green.<p> <p> It's really not cost effective or really necessary to do the CG for the car itself. Why spend the money when you can set up & use predictable camera & lighting rigs? Why risk actually creating problems by making the car CG? Doing that means that you've also got to do even more color matching & motion tracking.<p> <p> Basically, doing the car as CG for this scene would make it unnecessarily complex and expensive. I spend all day doing CG. Trust me when I tell you that there's no way that CG would make this job easier & more believable. CG just for the pyroclastics & particle systems. That's all the fancy modern stuff you'd really need.
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I even prefer them over any Raiders sequel. I understand they aren't everyone's bag, and aren't as magical as the first outing, but a lot of thought went into them and they are just flat out entertaining. And while the second may be the 'weakest' as a single film, it took some risks to ramp up the time travel, and almost everything in the second pays off nicely in the third, unlike other back-to-back sequels.
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The thing you have to remember is that BTTF was never intended to be a trilogy. That "to be continued" thing was slapped on when the movie hit VHS. So, when they decided to build two full sequels to the original, #2 had to be a bridge film. It had to resolve the pseudo-cliffhanger of #1 an set up for #3. In that, the movie does what it's supposed to do quite spectacularly.<p> <p> To me, the problem with #2 isn't Shue, the absence of Glover, or the multiple timelines/periods issue. That's just a whole lot of fun with "what ifs" and the idea that history repeats itself. <p> <p> To me, the only problem is the casting of Fox as his own daughter. Totally funny, but pretty awkward, especially since they cast him also as his son. Actually, I would've enjoyed watching Wendy Jo Sperber, who plays Marty's sister in #1, also playing his daughter. Would've been even funnier to see her only get cast as Fox's sister, no matter whether he's Marty or Marty Jr.<p> <p> The weakest of the 3 flicks, to me, is #3. It seems unlikely that Doc would go to the future, do all of this things like hover conversion & rejuvenations, but forget to change his car over from gas to electric. To me, even as a kid, that was total BS. I always wondered why, if he converted the time circuits to Mr Fusion, that he'd forget to covert over to electric totally. It made him seem a bit stupid. That convenient plot device alone ruins #3 for me. It's a lazy sort of setup. Even if the rest of the film is fun and different, it's like starting a relationship based on a lie. Annoyed the hell out of me then. Annoys the hell out of me now.
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2 and 2.5. It's really just one long 4 hour movie split in 2, like Kill Bill. Had #1 not been years earlier, BTTF would've felt less like a trilogy and more like a 6 hour flick. Like a 6 hour time traveling equivalent of Groundhog Day, in some respects.
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in PART 1,was in the theatrical release too or they put it later when the movie was released for the VHS format? if it wasnt in the theatrical version,then how the movie ended? in the scene where Marty looks at the Jeep and says to his girlfriend that everything is perfect?
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But they're not. That's really sort of the brilliant thing. History does have a way of repeating itself. The way 2 & 3 do this might be a bit heavy handed in that regard, but it makes that point quite clearly. It plays on and with the idea that everything is cyclical, but, since we only live one lifetime, we never see it. Since Marty gets to time travel, he does and that becomes part of the comedy.<p> <p> Plus, they're not remakes in so much as that #1 is a reflection on youth and growing up. 2 & 3 are about wacky time traveling shenanigans with some stuff about finding love and overcoming your personal weaknesses, like impulsive anger. The messages behind 1 VS 2&3 are really different. You may be exploring different angles of events of 1, but not the core messages themselves.
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makes BTTF 4 or remake the original one.with Zac Efron as Marty.FUCK.
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Nov. 5, 2010, 4:42 p.m. CST
Remakes of the first? Way off the mark braindrain.
by Biffs_Pleasure_Paradise
The sequels are nowhere near to being remakes of the first. Yes there are scenes that mirror scenes from the first, but these are all tongue-in-cheek gags in reference to history repeating itself. They are not repeated plot points.
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The pseudo cliffhanger was always there. Note the difference in Marty's age between 1 & 2. I think that the movie was intended to end this way. The "to be continued" wasn't originally there and the movie cut to credits after the Delorean shot off into the future again. Sort of like how the Neverending Story suggest future adventures, but never shows them. When Universal saw $$$ after it came out.... That's probably when they went full trilogy. Sort of like how Star Wars ended, but also left it way open for sequels and filled them out after the studio saw $$$.
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Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there something wrong with the earth's gravitational pull?
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AICN recently had a bit stating as much. All of the heavies involved with 1-3 have to agree. When Zemeckis & Gale became aware of Fox's illness, that put the kibosh on any BTF4 talk. Anything else is just fanboy gossip. <p> <p> I've seen the entire series a couple of hundred times (literally) and there's really no need for a #4. I'm happy with the Telltale games coming out. That's as far as it should go. (Assuming you're not a fan of the old cartoon too.)
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the themes of the flicks would be the same. They're not. They tell different stories and have different core messages. Just because you go back to your bedroom every night doesn't mean that you actually "remake" your days. They are just recurring elements. That's all.
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Even though they're supposed to be more successful in the altered timeline. That always bugged me. Still a great movie.
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You always hear these stories about people who win the lottery, but never move out of their crap houses. Plus, you have to consider that, even though the McFly family went from lower middle class to straight up middle, they weren't exactly rolling in the dough just yet. George was only just becoming a published author. That was his 1st book. The new truck for Marty, for all we know, could have been bought off of the advance from the publisher. Besides, it's not like they lived in a shit neighborhood to begin with. They just lived like shit, George being a white collar grunt & whatnot. Presumably, George became the boss that Biff would've been and Biff, not having George to do his work anymore, ended up going blue collar.
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invented the hoverboard? Classic.
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and Michael J. Fox as well. I remember when he was on Letterman plugging the film. Letterman asked him what it was about. Fox replied, "I have no idea". Sure I could have watched it more than once and understood everything, but it wasn't enjoyable enough to warrant a 2nd viewing. Never watched the 3rd one. First one was great fun.
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I saw that interview of him saying "I saw Part II on an airplane and didn't understand any of it" <p> I don't get what's supposed to be so confusing about that movie.
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The 2nd film predicted 15 real products we now have from tablet computers to 16/9 aspect flat screens to hands free xbox 360 controls. We even have flying cars that run on regular gas like in the movie and are now approved for flights. So maybe 2015 will be identical. Sure they'll never let us have that many flying cars but that's fine. Let that stay a fantastic element of the movies.
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where Marty first arrives in the future. Always thought that was funny
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That's not Doc hanging from the clock at the beginning of the movie, that's a little Harold Lloyd hanging from the clock in a reference to the movie "Safety Last."
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Nov. 5, 2010, 7:42 p.m. CST
I think BrainDrain meant the clock Doc was hanging up
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
When he fell and hit his head on the toilet seat. At the beginning of Part III you can see it in the background.
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deal or were they fake prosthetics?i always was curious with that.
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Nothing out there fucks with BTTF. The perfect, absolutely perfect blend of action, comedy and romance. It has something for misunderstood kids who cant relate to their parents, and for parents who wish they could hace changed a few moments from their past. I cant say enough about BTTF. <p> I own a limited pair of Nike 2015 hyperdunk mcfly sneakers, Ive never worn them. 1 of very few hundred. I wish I could get the box signed by MJF and Lloyd.
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there would have been flying cars in 2015 if the tragedy of Marty McFly and teh Rolls Royce would have happened, if it did the laws would change about driving and eventually lead to the invention of the flying car, but since he had no accident there was no need to invent flying cars to make the roads safer.
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flying options on the Train like the you're fired fax?
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Original timeline, Doc gets shot dead, Marty hits 88 mph blah blah blah now in the altered timeline Doc gets shot, Libyans hit the photo booth, but then Marty and Doc have a hug with a bulletproof vests? But where the fuck did the Libyans go?
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My own DeLorean Time Machine Replica.
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Doc Brown meets Walter Bishop...the mind reels at the Mad Scientist possibilities.
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I would need to check again in the Extras section of my DVD-Box, but as far as I understand Zemeckis did not want to do any sequel in the first place. But then the movie became a huge success, studio wanted more, so he planned on doing a 3 hour movie that contained elements from both part 2 and 3 (and I bet some stuff that was not included in the end). It was supposed to be an epic tale about the consequences of time travel. It is quite obvious that this did not go the way Zemeckis wanted. However, I kinda like 2 and 3. But Part 1 is waaaaaay up above them. (But, for that matter, waaaaay above everything Hollywood throws at us today, as well).
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When i didnt see WGB mentioned originally, I figured you had a policy against promoting events like ours in BtSPotD (a conflict of interest, maybe). I was happy that you posted my picture regardless, and used the opportunity to promote ourselves in the comments. I'm glad a lot of people enjoyed the pic (I had other fans tell me that it wasn't rare enough to submit). This picture for me, when I ripped it out of a movie making book in my middle school library, represents the first time this BTTF fan saw something that revealed how the movie was made.
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Those were the days...
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Was the coolest thing ever. I've never been to a special screening before.. and watching it with a bunch of fellow BTTF dorks was absolutely amazing. If you can catch the additional showing definitely do it. Not to mention the absolutely badass poster you get!
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I like them, but recognize several things that I consider poor ideas, most especially the "relatives all look the same/are the same actors" (especially in part 3) and the way the same sorts of scenes and situations (and dialogue!) keep appearing in different times (again, especially in 3.) But they are both fun films, and better than most sequels we see made. I just don't really care to revisit the sequels the way I can with the first. The original is one of the great/perfect movies of my lifetime, along with Raiders, etc.
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about a bluescreen in this, but Indiana Jones uses a bluescreen and everybody goes nuts. Just voicing my nerd rage. Sorry if I sound like a fanboy.
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Nov. 6, 2010, 1:46 p.m. CST
It wasn't bluescreen people were complaining about in Indy 4
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
It was CGI gophers and monkeys that looked like they came straight out of Jumanji.
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Part 1 is a classic, part 2 was a bit of a mess and part 3 was ruined by Christopher Lloyd literally shouting every single one of his lines. Also, the original Jennifer was way way way hotter than Elizabeth Shue.
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Nov. 6, 2010, 4:02 p.m. CST
I think alot of people felt a bit ripped off that it was Part 2
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
And that it left so many loose ends hanging. It's ironic really when you consider that pretty much every big movie these days is billed as part of a saga (Harry Potter, LOTR, even that Golden Compass movie that probably won't even get it's sequel) These days cinema goers wouldn't bat an eyelid at being given a cliffhanger like Part II. In many ways the BTTF sequels were ahead of their time.
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I love this pic because I always assumed they did a blue screen shot instead of doc and marty actually standing in the fire tracks the delorean left behind.. to this day the effects still hold up!
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Nov. 6, 2010, 7:34 p.m. CST
BrainDrain, the same thing's happening now
by KEVIN_COSTNERS_RECYCLED_PISS
Harry Potter is having part 1 released this month and part 2 doesn't come out till next summer. People these days are just alot more accepting of this kind of practice.
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altho hers are nice
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I always thought that it was some pyrotechnic effect and they just worse flame proof pants and boots or whatever. Now days I think it's hard for the current generation to appreciate the special effects of the past... especially something that was totally seamless like this.
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I think the only real problem is I had with #2 is that Biff's character changed far too much. In the first movie, he was a jerk, but yet he had some of the best lines.. so in a fairy tale sort of way, you like him as the bad guy. <BR><BR> IN #2 his character has gone too far, and we actually see him in a role that is more psychopath at times... to me that misses the mark. I can sort of see where they were going at the time... he was an attempted rapist of course, but we are faced with the sharp contrast of "old Biff" who we actually kind of like in the future, and this new alternate biff who kind of sparks real fear. Not a good mix. <BR><BR> #3 didn't work for me as much because... well, maybe it was because of #2. I mean the elements are all there and it's got some really strong moments. I personally can't stand Mary Steenburgen ( Clara ) as an actress, but that really wasn't it. <BR><BR> The manufactured irresistible "chicken/yellow/etc" thing which was weak in the first place got soooo old and dead, that it didn't help things. <BR>It just felt like there was a better story to tell in 3 in there somewhere. <BR><BR> I used to be way harder on those films, but after ALien 3 & 4 and the SW prequels came out, I'm much happier to accept them. <BR><BR> Hell even Ghostbusters 2 looks good these days compared to Alien 4, but that's another TB
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...and one Calvin Kline ;-)
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American Indians by annihilating them.
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No, The world's most famous 2nd movie/2nd act with cliffhanger was The Empire Strikes Back. People were used to the concept the better part of a decade when the BTTF sequel rolled around.
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