{"id":47769,"date":"2015-10-21T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2015-10-21T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=47769"},"modified":"2015-10-22T16:14:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T20:14:27","slug":"the-future-as-in-back-to-the-future-is-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=47769","title":{"rendered":"The Future&#8211;as in Back to the Future&#8211;Is Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/the-future-as-in-back-to-the-future-is-now\/back-to-the-future-ii\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II.png\" alt=\"BACK TO THE FUTURE II\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II.png 525w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a>As all good movie buffs know, today is Back to the Future Day&#8230;specifically, today is the &#8220;far-off&#8221; date that Marty McFly (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?ac=Michael%20J.%20Fox%7C724295&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Michael J. Fox<\/a>)\u00a0journeyed to in pal &#8220;Doc&#8221; Brown&#8217;s (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?ac=Christopher%20Lloyd%7C485012&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Christopher Lloyd<\/a>) DeLorean-based time machine in order to straighten out his trouble-plagued family in 1989&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/back-to-the-future-part-ii\/025195039420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Back to the Future Part II<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While director and co-creator Robert Zemeckis stated that he didn&#8217;t want to set too much of the second series entry in 2015\u00a0because most time travel\u00a0movies tend to get their predictions wrong, he and writing partner Bob Gale did manage to concoct a realistic and at times surprisingly accurate look at 21st-century everyday American life. Big-screen TVs and home\u00a0computers are commonplace, and Google Glasses are not that far off from the video lenses that Hill Valley citizens are sporting (double ties still optional). USA Today is still being published. The good folks at Pepsi, however, have\u00a0yet to perfect Pepsi Perfect (this month&#8217;s limited promotion notwithstanding).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/the-future-as-in-back-to-the-future-is-now\/back-to-the-future-ii-3\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II.jpg\" alt=\"BACK TO THE FUTURE II\" width=\"525\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II.jpg 525w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a>From a cinematic standpoint, today&#8217;s revived interest\u00a0in 3D\u00a0action and family movies can be seen as a lower-tech parallel of Back to the Future Part II&#8217;s\u00a0holofilms&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/the-future-as-in-back-to-the-future-is-now\/back-to-the-future-ii-2-2\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-2.jpg\" alt=\"BACK TO THE FUTURE II 2\" width=\"525\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-2-300x161.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a>&#8230;but don&#8217;t worry, Marty. 1987&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/jaws-the-revenge\/025192347726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Jaws: The Revenge<\/a> pretty much put the last nails in the coffin of that particular franchise (Of course, one has to wonder what a holographic version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/sharknado\/018713607737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sharknado<\/a> would look like).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/the-future-as-in-back-to-the-future-is-now\/back-to-the-future-ii-3-2\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-3.jpg\" alt=\"BACK TO THE FUTURE II 3\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-3.jpg 525w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-3-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a>Hoverboards are still a long way from being a part of everyday use, not to mention &#8220;power-lacing&#8221; athletic shoes (Get with it, Nike!).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/the-future-as-in-back-to-the-future-is-now\/back-to-the-future-ii-4\/#main\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-4.jpg\" alt=\"BACK TO THE FUTURE II 4\" width=\"525\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-4.jpg 525w, https:\/\/onecinephile.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-II-4-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a>And&#8211;sorry to say it, Cubs fans&#8211;but as of this morning it&#8217;s looking like 2015 might not be your year, after all (not that you were going to play Miami in the World Series, anyway).<\/p>\n<p><em>What are your thoughts, fellow residents of the 21st century? What promised innovation from the Back to the Future series are you still longing for? And in what cinematic future would you be the most interested in living? Sound off in the comments section below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Back to the Future Day, readers! We salute the &#8220;far-off world&#8221; of October 21, 2015 that was depicted in Back to the Future Part II and look at how it compares to today&#8217;s reality (yes, the lack of practical hoverboards is particularly disappointing). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":47770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1528,1697],"coauthors":[1720],"class_list":["post-47769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-articles","tag-1980s-movies","tag-back-to-the-future"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Future--as in Back to the Future--Is 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