Comments on: Back to the Future

By: Lee

Lee — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:01:05 +0000

@Rosie Scribble, Jealous. I wish I'd seen this a the cinema. I wish they would show these films at regular cinemas every once and a while, surely they wouldn't lose money.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:59:54 +0000

@Dan, LOL I had no idea either - I've heard of General Hospital though. Seems like a stretch though even for a soap.

By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:57:45 +0000

@Heather, Oh wow, being able to watch BTTF for the first time, that's going to be a treat. I know exactly what you mean though, there are a bunch of films that I have only partially seen, in fact The Goonies was one such movie until semi recently that I hadn't actually watched all through. BTTF though is one of those films that I have no reservations suggesting it.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:19:10 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever watch BTTF. I’ve sat in the room whilst it was on but never actually watched it, if you know what i mean. i feel compelled to go do just that now though, great review. I love this blog,.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:41:00 +0000

@Rosie Scribble, I'm not sure I'd classify 24 as "very young'

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:40:36 +0000

@Erin @ Fierce Beagle, I have no idea who you are talking about, but I'll just nod and smile politely. Actually soaps are pretty notorious for having very short memories when it's convenient to moving the plot in directions that the writer wants to go. It always amuses me how few relatives that have moved away come back for family weddings for example

By: Erin @ Fierce Beagle

Erin @ Fierce Beagle — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:11:34 +0000

I’d like to add that Laura, on General Hospital, married Luke, her rapist. Very realistic.

By: Rosie Scribble

Rosie Scribble — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:27:13 +0000

I was very very young (of course) when I watched this film at the cinema. I absolutely loved it. It remains my favourite film of all time and that will never change.

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:32:28 +0000

@Dan, the show wasn't good if I remember correctly - Parker Lewis can't Lose was a superior offering.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:32:28 +0000

@Jeff, That's mighty fine trivia-fu indeed.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:31:21 +0000

@Avitable, another Ferris Bueller film would be wonderful – although without John Hughes I’m not sure I’d support it now.

As I think I’ve mentioned to you before, they did make a Bueller TV show. i never saw it, but I imagine it was awful.

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By: SingleParentDad

SingleParentDad — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:49:07 +0000

@Dan, Perhaps it was just me, I thought they were shite. But I know nothing. I like the Beverly Hills Cop sequels FFS.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:42:55 +0000

Oh, and to prove my knowledge of useless 80′s trivia, Wendie Jo Sperber was a regular in Bosom Buddies, with Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari. She was the only one who knew that the boys were cross-dressing.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:39:56 +0000

@Dan, Damnit – there goes my credibility. i was close though.

i saw safety last about 6 months ago – it was a lot longer than I was anticipating.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:38:49 +0000

@SingleParentDad, II and II are great films. Rare among sequels in that they compare well to the original. As for guitar - i keep telling you it's ukulele you need to learn man.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:31:00 +0000

@Dan, Oh, the clock is a replica of the famous silent film gag (of which the Doc Brown stunt is an homage)? That's awesome. Yeah, Lee, you should definitely check out that film, though I believe it's Harold Lloyd, not Keaton, that pulled that one off (Safety Last).

By: SingleParentDad

SingleParentDad — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:28:35 +0000

Marty McFly made me want to learn guitar, for about twenty minutes. I loved BTTF, but wouldn’t want a IV, to be honest II and III can be deleted for me.

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By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:17:52 +0000

@Arjan, You should re-watch it so you’re up to speed

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:16:08 +0000

@Rol, aye, Huey rules.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:15:51 +0000

@Kevin Spencer, apparently not. although in my defense I prefer a slightly more upbeat type of music. But the Smiths et al never really showed on my radar back then.

By: Kevin Spencer

Kevin Spencer — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:58:37 +0000

BTTF is one of my all time favorite movies. Excellent review by the way. Except for the bit when Mr Hughes expresses his distaste for music from the 80s. Heresy. The Smiths, The Cure, Depeche Mode etc. Are you even alive inside?

By: Rol

Rol — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:37:32 +0000

Best film of the 80s. With added Huey too!

By: Arjan

Arjan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:21:58 +0000

it really is an awesome movie.
btw..can’t wait for the cannonball run review, I saw that one a lót on tv.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:24:42 +0000

@Avitable, at this stage I'm now more concerned that there are at least three people who don't care about BTTF and are waiting on an ewok film?!? There was some talk about the Bueller sequel but I guess it's now got zero chance of being made.

By: Avitable

Avitable — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:30:08 +0000

This was a great review, and I’m glad that I don’t have to track you both down and wreak bloody vengeance.

I support the idea of a fourth BTTF film, but only if it was done right. Just like I want a sequel to Ferris Bueller where he takes a day off of work and takes his kid out of school, and Rooney is still principal.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:49:02 +0000

@Dan, good man – I take back some of the things that were written on the ladies toilets wall.

I should check out that film some time – I’ve never been a huge Buster Keaton fan but then I’ve never really seen much of his work.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:01:38 +0000

@Lee, It's a buster Keaton film - but I can't quite remember the name of it. I saw it recently however and it was very good indeed.

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:44:31 +0000

@Jeff, to be fair I think someone may have pointed out the clock in question because I believe that it may be a replica of a scene from another much older film. But it works great in this context.

I’m jealous as I heard a rumour that the town square was burnt down in that fire so now I’ll never get to see it. It’s been redressed a few times but that clock tower is so iconic!!!

If you are into movie cars you should try and track down the Ghostbusters Ecto 1 documentary (it’s on the Blu-ray but may be else where online) – highly recommend it

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:36:28 +0000

Oh, man… BTTF is gold. Now I want to go watch it.

I have to bow to your powers of observation, Lee. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it, but I don’t think I ever paid that much attention to the opening sequence with the clocks. Good eye.

Just to get under Dan’s skin a bit, I did go to the Universal Studios park in Hollywood some years ago and took the backlot tour. Parked in the lot on the edge of the tour was a Delorean they used in the film (along with a couple other cars… I think one was the Batmobile). The town square in the movie was a centerpiece on the lot. I heard a lot of trivia on that tour that I can’t seem to pull from the dusty, cobweb-ridden recesses of my brain, including a list of other movies (a long list, if I remember correctly) in which the square is featured. They also had an audience participation thing where somebody got to be Doc Brown in a replica of the clock scene (part of the “movie magic” section of the tour in a studio – not on the actual town square).

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:45:41 +0000

@Insomniac Mummy, was she wearing a wig in those? I just thought it was 80s hair.

By: Insomniac Mummy

Insomniac Mummy — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:15:11 +0000

BTTF IV? Bring it on!

One thing that always bothered me was Jennifer’s really dodgy wig in parts 2 and 3.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:06:26 +0000

@Lee, I shall try voting using crome and safari too. Plus my iPhone. Plus Kerry's iPhone

By: Lee

Lee — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:03:07 +0000

@Dan, works on my iPhone, maybe your Mac knows that you want to use it for evil?

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:58:29 +0000

Hey! No fair! That poll doesn’t seem to be working on my mac! I can’t vote for BTTF IV

Although I was able to vote at work a couple of hours ago.