Today IS the day Marty, Jennifer and Doc Brown traveled 30 years into the future in the movie "Back to the Future II".
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| Notice the date. 21 October 2015...Thursday?? Must be proof this is an alternate future. |
It's always fun to look around at all the things they got wrong or right or came close. No hoverboards, Mr. Fusion or flying cars, but even though it is represented in 1980's technology, the multiple channels on TV and face to face communication (and the fact that his boss is monitoring him) all sound a little familiar. The rise of 3-D movies, the communication/gaming headsets the McFly kids wear, very similar to Google Glass and Oculus Rift, right down to the gang's arrest being filmed by the media with a drone.
That's always the trick about speculating about the future. Many shows have done this over the years. Just take a look at the 'futuristic PADD's from "Star Trek The Next Generation". I have something similar sitting on my desk and one even smaller and thinner that I keep in my pocket.
But that can also be the cool thing about creating a future world. Fond memories of these imagined futures spark the creativity in young future designers and of the inventions of tomorrow.
