Back to the Future - Back in theatres

Great Scott!!! It's one of those movies I always stop on when I'm flipping channels.

 

"Chuck? This is your cousin, Marvin. Marvin Berry?!
You know that new sound you've been looking for?
Well, listen to this!"

 

This is one of those movies that if it's on TV, I'll still drop everything to watch it. I went and saw this five times in the theatres, too ... and when I recently saw a Delorean at a used car lot, I resisted every urge to ask the salesman about the flux capacitor.

The one line I always use from BTTF - "Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads."

 

Couple of things I always thought was never fully explained is when the cop asks Doc about his "Weather Equipment" permit and Doc is searching through his wallet. Did he actually have a permit for it, and how did he get one, or did he not have one and make an excuse. And why didn't the cop ask to look in there.

That, and Doc painted the Start line on the road. No one was around to wonder why the heck was Doc painting a Start line on the road?

 

Sic, if only you could go back in time

 

Lea Thompson. Yum.

 

Can't answer the second question but in the book - yes, there was a BTTF novel adaptation that came out in the summer of 1985 and I owned it - Doc bribed the cop with a $20 when he was asked for a weather equipment permit.

 

Those movies were a crock of shit. It's 2010 and I don't see my Mr. Fusion reactor on the drawing board. Even more far-fetched, the Cubs are at least another century away from winning a World Series.

 

If you're hardcore, have a long commute and/or some yard work to do, these are worth listening to. It's an hour-plus long podcast review of each movie, done as a retrospective series. They're also available free in iTunes if you want to download them that way.

http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/archives/nppbttf01.php

http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/archives/nppbttf02.php

http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/archives/nppbttf03.php

 

I loved the first and third in the trilogy, didn't care much for the second one.
The DeLorean was the perfect car to use. Would have been interesting to see, had the car still been in production when the first movie came out in 1985, if being in the movie would have led to a spike in sales like the Trans Am experienced with the "Smokey" movies and "Knight Rider."

 

Fox and Thompson are on the cover of this week's EW.

 

Elisabeth Shue (in II and III). Yum.