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We Are Nearly Back To The Future!

Jonathan1990Jonathan1990 Posts: 1,520
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Only a couple of months and it will be 2015 the year they showed in the movie Back To The Future in 1985. They had ideas then about what they thought this next year would look like. It looks like there will not be a flying skateboard. How different do you think the year is now looking compared to what they thought back in the mid 1980s?

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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Jonathan1990 wrote: »
    2015 the year they showed in the movie Back To The Future in 1985
    No it wasn't.
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    dodradedodrade Posts: 23,859
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    Jonathan1990 wrote: »
    Only a couple of months and it will be 2015 the year they showed in the movie Back To The Future in 1985. They had ideas then about what they thought this next year would look like. It looks like there will not be a flying skateboard. How different do you think the year is now looking compared to what they thought back in the mid 1980s?

    I think you mean part II which was released in 1989.
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    Big Boy BarryBig Boy Barry Posts: 35,391
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    I hold out hope that on January 1st, Mattel will unveil the hoverboard.
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    AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    Hoverboards have been invented.
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    LudwigVonDrakeLudwigVonDrake Posts: 12,836
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    I'll be more impressed if the Cubbies win the World Series. They won't beat Miami though..
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    quirkyquirkquirkyquirk Posts: 7,160
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    It's funny how Robert Zemeckis deliberately tried to avoid any kind of reality in depicting his version of the future and just decided to play it for laughs, and yet a lot of stuff in the movie have actually happened. The "hands free" video games and big wide screen TV's etc.

    I'm still waiting for that Black and Decker hydrator though :D
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    rfonzorfonzo Posts: 11,772
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    Yes we are nearly there. No sign of any hover boards but some prat skateboarded on a
    narrow strip of pavement whilst we were waiting for a bus.
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    David WaineDavid Waine Posts: 3,413
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    Don't forget that 2001: A Space Odyssey (circa 1968) predicted at least twelve BBC TV channels (with Kenneth Kendall still reading the news and not looking a day older) as well as American and Russian moon bases. Not to mention easy access to the moon in a vehicle that smacked of a private jet. Some of that is coming to pass. Seven BBC channels (but, sadly, no Kenneth Kendall) and Richard Branson's space venture.
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    GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,436
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    I'm just glad New York recovered from being a maximum security prison in 1997.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    quirkyquirk wrote: »
    I'm still waiting for that Black and Decker hydrator though :D
    :eek:
    I read that as vibrator :D
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    AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    rfonzo wrote: »
    Yes we are nearly there. No sign of any hover boards but some prat skateboarded on a
    narrow strip of pavement whilst we were waiting for a bus.

    Yes there is. I just posted above that hoverboards have been invented.

    Obviously they're not ubiquitous like in the film, but they do exist.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2831354/Marty-McFly-style-hoverboard-uses-electromagnets-sale-10-000-work-METAL-surface.html
    http://www.hendohover.com/#/

    At the moment they're not very practical because they work on an electromagnetic system which only works on a metal flooring. So they're not at the stage of development where you can hover around everywhere with them like in the film.
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    quirkyquirkquirkyquirk Posts: 7,160
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    There's a moment where Doc shows Marty that he's had cosmetic surgery. Of course this was scripted so Christopher Lloyd didn't have to wear ageing make-up for the sequels, and as Marty's expression shows, there wasn't much difference anyway lol. But ironically all these years later and it's becoming more and more like an everyday thing for people to do. Pop to a surgery to have botox and other procedures like it's a trip to the dentist.
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    Ted CTed C Posts: 11,731
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    David Waine wrote: »
    Don't forget that 2001: A Space Odyssey (circa 1968) predicted at least twelve BBC TV channels (with Kenneth Kendall still reading the news and not looking a day older) as well as American and Russian moon bases. Not to mention easy access to the moon in a vehicle that smacked of a private jet. Some of that is coming to pass. Seven BBC channels (but, sadly, no Kenneth Kendall) and Richard Branson's space venture.

    Plus they also correctly predicted tablets. There is a scene with the two astronauts sitting and eating, and in front of them on the table are small flat-screen tablets where they are watching TV.

    OK, it's not the most challenging prediction ever, most electrical items were already getting smaller and more compact, but it's still fascinating to see given it was only 1967.
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    dodradedodrade Posts: 23,859
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    Alrightmate wrote: »
    Yes there is. I just posted above that hoverboards have been invented.

    Obviously they're not ubiquitous like in the film, but they do exist.
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2831354/Marty-McFly-style-hoverboard-uses-electromagnets-sale-10-000-work-METAL-surface.html
    http://www.hendohover.com/#/

    At the moment they're not very practical because they work on an electromagnetic system which only works on a metal flooring. So they're not at the stage of development where you can hover around everywhere with them like in the film.

    Do they work over water?
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    mrkite77mrkite77 Posts: 5,386
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    Yeah that just makes me feel old. 1985 is as far away now as 1955 was when BttF first came out.

    If they did a remake, Marty would travel back in time... all the way to 1985. I wonder what type of music he'd play at the dance that would shock those innocent 80s teens.
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    mrkite77 wrote: »
    Yeah that just makes me feel old. 1985 is as far away now as 1955 was when BttF first came out.

    If they did a remake, Marty would travel back in time... all the way to 1985. I wonder what type of music he'd play at the dance that would shock those innocent 80s teens.
    To be fair, the song he played to 'shock' the youngsters in 1955 was written in 1958 so if a remake followed suit a song from 1988 would be played.

    How about The Timelords Doctorin' The Tardis
    ;)
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    Misanthropy_83Misanthropy_83 Posts: 2,561
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    waiting for a jacket that dries itself like in part II
    and a oven you put in a little pizza and it comes out cooked and really big
    and fruit bowls that descend from the ceiling and you have to hit it and yell "retract damn you retract" to make it go back up
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    quirkyquirkquirkyquirk Posts: 7,160
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    mrkite77 wrote: »
    Yeah that just makes me feel old. 1985 is as far away now as 1955 was when BttF first came out.

    If they did a remake, Marty would travel back in time... all the way to 1985. I wonder what type of music he'd play at the dance that would shock those innocent 80s teens.

    Ever see that Family Guy episode? It would be Never Gonna Give you Up by Rick Astley :D
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    tombigbeetombigbee Posts: 4,639
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    They have quite a lot of Jaws films to make in quite a short space of time...
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    dodradedodrade Posts: 23,859
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    tombigbee wrote: »
    They have quite a lot of Jaws films to make in quite a short space of time...

    Max Spielberg's career hasn't really lived up to expectations.
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    RorschachRorschach Posts: 10,818
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    Gulftastic wrote: »
    I'm just glad New York recovered from being a maximum security prison in 1997.

    Not to mention that we sorted out that nasty problem with the neutrinos mutating in 2012 before they flooded the world.
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    Steve_CardanasSteve_Cardanas Posts: 4,188
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    and no sign of the eugenics war yet
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    GulftasticGulftastic Posts: 127,436
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    I wonder if we'll ever find out what happened to the last of America's deep space probes. RIP Capt. Rogers.
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    Johnny ClayJohnny Clay Posts: 5,328
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    Inhabiting the moon is a good fifteen years late while we're at it.

    Perhaps they're waiting for the flares & stack heels revival first.
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    tombigbeetombigbee Posts: 4,639
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    Looking forward to jugs that pour the correct amount, jackets that dry your hair and tiny microwavable pizzas. 2015 can't come soon enough.
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