and I still haven't seen these:

THEY LIED TO US

So funny to me that you're posting this. My son recently saw these movies and now is OBSESSED with all things Back to the Future.

He has been asking for all these collector items for xmas. And asked for a Delorean for his 16th birthday!

And he's been saying the same thing, that they were way off on the future.

JustErin said:

So funny to me that you're posting this. My son recently saw these movies and now is OBSESSED with all things Back to the Future.

He has been asking for all these collector items for xmas. And asked for a Delorean for his 16th birthday!

And he's been saying the same thing, that they were way off on the future.

it's unbelievable how a 85-90 movie trilogy can still attract new/younger DEDICATED audiences, kids and young teens from all eras fall in love with BttF no matter what

http://www.popcrunch.com/...came-true/

It's a slide show, but the 10 things are:

10. TV video phones

9. Doc Brown might be able to chuck a can of beer and a banana into a Mr Fusion Home Energy Reactor to kick start the DeLorean, but you really can run a car on household waste. Using a gasifier, any solid, dry organic matter can essentially be converted into gaseous fuel (see below).

8. You want digital zoom, facial recognition and viewing data? The future is now! Facial recognition software is already available on the iPhone, which can emulate much of these binoculars’ sci-fi functionality. If you’ll settle for a zoom lens, 3D mapping software, universal wi-fi and a top of the range hand held processor, then the iPhone really is the device of the future!

7. IMAX 3D, anyone? We might be safe from a holographic Jaws 19 jumping out of the screen, but with the new era of full color 3D we are soon going to be exposed to such horrors as Piranha 3-D. Furthermore, there are suggestions that home sets will be able to carry 3D which won’t require glasses at some point in the very near future

6. In the movie, Marty Jr uses a TV to watch six different channels at once – which is more split screen than even Jack Bauer needed. If there’s one thing we like it’s television, so what could be better than watching half a dozen different shows at once? While it might not be the most useful invention, it really does already exist.

5. While Marty is conniving to short change his employer before getting fired by his boss, Ito ‘Jitz’ Fujitsu, the screen throws up information such as the caller’s hobbies, favorite drinks, occupation and least favorite foods (Ito hates beer). While this might have seemed more game show than social media when the film was made 20 years ago, this is precisely the kind of thing we really do have today on applications such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. If you are unlucky enough to get sacked on online, you’re going to get sacked with friend recommendations and Farmville gifts floating in the background.

4. Imagine moving money to someone else’s bank account while you’re on the phone – already here! You can use online banking or PayPal to transfer cash, you can use a home card reader or, in the future, you might be able to use Jack Dorsey’s Square to authorise credit payments.

3. Apparently in the world of tomorrow our clothes will self-fasten. This is an idea that we can’t see soon enough, but lo and behold, it’s already here. Step 1: In the summer of 2008, Nike realized that after 19 years they should darn well get around to releasing Marty’s shoes from the movie. The Nike Hyperdunks aren’t exact replicas (they glow in the dark and have ’2015′ written on the tongue) but they’re the next best thing (see above). Step 2: This clever fellow has attached a motor to the back of a shoe, allowing the laces to auto-tighten. Combine the two and the future is ready made in your hands.

2. Though they might not be ubiquitous, thumb print entry systems aren’t that rare either. It’s not unusual to see them in secure access areas, while many companies are now adding thumb readers to company laptops – so every time you log onto your company computer you have to use the fingerprint scanner.

1. This is one invention that we definitely made happen – though we wish we hadn’t, because it’s ugly as sin. In fact, as is often the case with science fiction speculation, this is more retro than futuristic. See also the horrible fashion trend known as nu-rave.

RodeoSchro said:

http://www.popcrunch.com/...came-true/

It's a slide show, but the 10 things are:

10. TV video phones

9. Doc Brown might be able to chuck a can of beer and a banana into a Mr Fusion Home Energy Reactor to kick start the DeLorean, but you really can run a car on household waste. Using a gasifier, any solid, dry organic matter can essentially be converted into gaseous fuel (see below).

8. You want digital zoom, facial recognition and viewing data? The future is now! Facial recognition software is already available on the iPhone, which can emulate much of these binoculars’ sci-fi functionality. If you’ll settle for a zoom lens, 3D mapping software, universal wi-fi and a top of the range hand held processor, then the iPhone really is the device of the future!

7. IMAX 3D, anyone? We might be safe from a holographic Jaws 19 jumping out of the screen, but with the new era of full color 3D we are soon going to be exposed to such horrors as Piranha 3-D. Furthermore, there are suggestions that home sets will be able to carry 3D which won’t require glasses at some point in the very near future

6. In the movie, Marty Jr uses a TV to watch six different channels at once – which is more split screen than even Jack Bauer needed. If there’s one thing we like it’s television, so what could be better than watching half a dozen different shows at once? While it might not be the most useful invention, it really does already exist.

5. While Marty is conniving to short change his employer before getting fired by his boss, Ito ‘Jitz’ Fujitsu, the screen throws up information such as the caller’s hobbies, favorite drinks, occupation and least favorite foods (Ito hates beer). While this might have seemed more game show than social media when the film was made 20 years ago, this is precisely the kind of thing we really do have today on applications such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook. If you are unlucky enough to get sacked on online, you’re going to get sacked with friend recommendations and Farmville gifts floating in the background.

4. Imagine moving money to someone else’s bank account while you’re on the phone – already here! You can use online banking or PayPal to transfer cash, you can use a home card reader or, in the future, you might be able to use Jack Dorsey’s Square to authorise credit payments.

3. Apparently in the world of tomorrow our clothes will self-fasten. This is an idea that we can’t see soon enough, but lo and behold, it’s already here. Step 1: In the summer of 2008, Nike realized that after 19 years they should darn well get around to releasing Marty’s shoes from the movie. The Nike Hyperdunks aren’t exact replicas (they glow in the dark and have ’2015′ written on the tongue) but they’re the next best thing (see above). Step 2: This clever fellow has attached a motor to the back of a shoe, allowing the laces to auto-tighten. Combine the two and the future is ready made in your hands.

2. Though they might not be ubiquitous, thumb print entry systems aren’t that rare either. It’s not unusual to see them in secure access areas, while many companies are now adding thumb readers to company laptops – so every time you log onto your company computer you have to use the fingerprint scanner.

1. This is one invention that we definitely made happen – though we wish we hadn’t, because it’s ugly as sin. In fact, as is often the case with science fiction speculation, this is more retro than futuristic. See also the horrible fashion trend known as nu-rave.

interesting, very interesting, BUT...I still can't get some Robo-Nike trainers and a flying car/bike/skate /whatever anywhere

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"we don't have hovercrafts, but we can send a movie through the air in a few minutes." The Internet is our portal.

There will NEVER be another movie script like BttF. It is absolutely unique.