OT: Back to the Future

Submitted by Rescue_Dawn on

Back To The Future was one of my favorite movies as a kid.....I think we all wondered what this day would be like when we saw the movie...

saveferris

July 5th, 2010 at 3:29 PM ^

According to IMDB, Doc Brown and Marty traveled to 2015, not 2010, and Wikipedia makes the actual date October 21, 2015, which is consistent with a World Series result being reported.  Still holding out hope that hover conversions for my Grand Prix will be available within the next 5 years though.

bjk

July 5th, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^

promising us flying cars since at least the '64 NY World's Fair, as well as domed cities. In '64, they were promising us flying cars by 2000. I suppose we have to make do with GPS instead. Edit: Eugene Vidal, Gore Vidal's dad, was on this in the 1930's. There is a brief write-up about the recondite dream of the flying car under the title "Seven flights of fancy that fizzled," here.