"Great Scott!" Back to the Future is 30 years old!
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BTtF is on Spike right now... Thought it was a random movie that someone threw on to fill time (figuring I was one of the few that would scroll through the usual lineup to see what else was on). I turned it on because because well, BTtF is the best thing on right now 
Then it hit me...They're probably showing it because it's been THIRTY YEARS since it was in theaters. I was barely 9 when I saw the movie the first time. It was one of the first movies I saw in theaters. My Dad was a SF Geek, so I'd already seen the Star Wars movie(s?) & was familliar with StarTrek, so the whole "Darth Vader/Vulcan" reference totally solidified this as the BEST MOVIE EVER!!! It's the 30th anniversary of the movie. I don't know whether to feel old or vindicated that it's still a "thing" dacades later. So for the point of the post, did you see it when you were a kid? How old? What did you think? Is it as awesome now as it was to kids years ago? Are you going to show your kids?
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Anonymous
| NO WAY! Oh my goodness. That makes me feel old! Sadly, I was in HS when it came out. Sigh. I guess that was 30 yrs. ago! |
Anonymous
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Awesome movie.
Excellent soundtrack. |
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My kiddo and I watched the trilogy during snow days this year We got it for christmas.
I saw it in theaters when I was 8. After my first sleepaway camp. It was out in the summer. |
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My kiddo and I watched the trilogy during snow days this year We got it for christmas.
I saw it in theaters when I was 8. After my first sleepaway camp. It was out in the summer. |
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| oops, sorry for the double post!!! Stupid error msg |
Anonymous
| It was released July 3, 1985. The studio should re-release this in theaters. |
Anonymous
YES!!!!! |
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we just saw BTTF II because it was ABC family channel in April. They go to November 15, 2015.
BTTF II is nowhere near as good as the first one, but it was interesting to see what they thought 2015 would be like. Marty has a Japanese boss and gets a FAX saying he's fired. (!) It's a pretty salacious movie--not sure it was a good one for my elementary-aged kids. |
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I was three when it came out, but I clearly remember seeing it when my mom rented it from Erol's about a year later. It was my favorite movie from that point forward, and I watched it every single day. I was the only kindergartener drawing flux capacitors and lightning bolts. Every toy, every bike, and every scooter had to get up to 88 mph before lightning struck the front porch, the street light, or the tree.
It's still awesome to me all these years later. My four year old is into it. I bought her a toy delorean off Amazon. Somebody up on Connecticut Avenue had a real one parked and she lost her mind. Okay nerd-fanaticism over. |
Anonymous
| It was the summer before my senior year in high school. Feels like it was a couple of years ago. |
Anonymous
Hush up that was just a few years ago when I was in jr high school.... |
Anonymous
| And the Karate Kid is 53! Time's a flyin'. |
Anonymous
I was supposed to marry him, live in a shack and have 6 kids. Glad I dodged that bullet. |
Anonymous
| I saw "Back To The Future" on my second date with my now (old) husband. I cannot believe that was 30 years ago!! |