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Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 11, 2013, 8:39 pm
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How do you top Back to the Future
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/>Ya can't. It's an impossible. Hell, even equaling the original
film was next to impossible as well. But that's not to say that
Back to the Future Part II doesn't have it's own moments. I find
it kind of odd that the one thing I looked forward to the most
while waiting four long years for the sequel to come out, turned
out to be the least interesting part of the entire series for
me. Sure, the future Hill Valley gave us the Hoverboards, Jaws
19 and a very young, babyfaced Elijah Wood. But in the scope of
it all, the future isn't all that interesting. Yes, they had to
go there to pick up the thread from the cliffhanger and set up
the final 2/3 of Part II. There's just no getting around that.
I think the thing that I just never liked about Hill Valley's
future was A) it was too clean. I'm not expecting Blade Runner
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/>bleakness. But admit it, this future is a little kid friendly.
Yeah, it's in keeping in line with the tone of the first film in
that it is after all a family picture. So, it gets a pass
there....barely. B) I can accept that Michael J. Fox has to play
Marty Jr. because they have to both look exactly the same or
there is absolutely no need for Doc Brown to bring Marty Sr.
into the future to course correct the events that are to unfold.
So, that too gets a pass from me. But what doesn't get a pass is
Fox playing the daughter. It's this little moment that just
makes me think I am watching The Nutty Professor.
As for the rest of the film, it gets an A-. I just like the
story that unfolds with the alternate 1985 and all the stuff
that Marty and Doc have to fix in order to reset the timeline.
It bodes well that we basically get to see parts of the first
film from a different perspective, which is really cool. This
more than makes up for losing Crispen Glover and Claudia Wells.
Kinda. Yes, it does suck that all we get of Crispin is stock
footage from the first film for key scenes in the sequel. But in
the overall scheme of the movie, he doesn't play a vital role.
But Claudia Wells is a different story all together.
Everyone that knows me, knows I still have mad love for
Elizabeth Shue
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/>But even I can't really connect to her playing Jennifer Parker
.
It's not that she is bad in the part, it's just that I always
have a negative reaction when another actor steps into the role
of what is a very important part of the story. These are minor
quibbles and really don't do too much damage to the series. It's
just something that stands out for obvious reasons. I still
highly recommend this as a Buy. Also, Part II did almost surpass
Part I in one aspect. It gave us the 2nd greatest Cliffhanger of
all time. I still to this day remember the collective groan from
the audience in the theater when the title card comes up on
screen....'to be continued...'. Nooooooooooooooooooo!!
The movie had really found its groove the last 30 minutes and
was flying by pretty fast and then....BAM! Time for you folks to
get out of the theater and come back 1 year from now. Argh!!!
One cool thing that Part II does one up Part I was right after
the title card, it kicks into the Trailer for Part III. People
were whooping and hollering. We couldn't wait to see how it all
ended. To this day, I have yet to see any other film show a
trailer like that before the credits roll. Anyway, a pretty
solid follow up to one of the greatest films ever.
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 11, 2013, 8:40 pm
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Neumatic Date: April 11, 2013, 9:28 pm
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I could have used a little more squallor in the future too, but
they were pretty antsy about showing it in the first place. If
they had known they were going to do a sequel, they NEVER would
have gone into the future. They did all this research but knew
they'd have a lot of it wrong, the only thing they committed to
was the flying cars, they felt that they couldn't do the future
without them. Even if it wasn't realistic.
I think, though, that the reason the future is like it is is to
give people something to look forward to. I have no desire to
live in Blade Runner world or any other dystopias I see in
movies, but Back To The Future is different because it's
characters we know in OUR present and they'll go into that
future, so we don't want it to be too terrible. It's like "how
can you enjoy your life if you know you're going to hell when
you die?"
Besides, we get our dystopia with 1985A. I feel like the movie
would have been too dark if we had TWO terrible worlds. This
way all three time zones are nice and different (and since 1985
Original is only pre-titles, it doesn't count as one of the
"worlds" they go to).
While I'm curious about how the would have done the 60s or 70s,
but I'm glad they didn't. The 50's felt a little like home away
from home, give Marty a little bit of familiarity. Plus the
best part is that the second movie ends with the same problem
that Marty had in the FIRST movie (being stuck in the 50s)
WITHOUT the exit that he used last time. He's screwed. He very
well could have been stuck in the 50s forever.
I will admit that MJF as his own daughter is weird, but without
it... I feel like something would have been off with only two
Martys in that dinner scene. It's the rule of three.
Elizabeth Shue I like as well, but she's really not much of a
character, she isn't very active, she's reacting to some stuff
part of the time but she's in and out. Which I get, it would
have been weird having her hang out with Marty for two whole
films, but Doc should have found SOMETHING for her to do in 2015
besides leaving her in an alley.
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 11, 2013, 9:35 pm
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That's the very reason why I give the 'clean' future a pass
because of the dark turn in the Alternate 1985. As you said, it
would have been a very dark film and this isn't what the first
film was about. It would have been waaaaaaaay to drastic of a
change in that regard.
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Neumatic Date: April 11, 2013, 9:45 pm
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To be fair, it wasn't really a "clean" future. It was garish,
thumb thieves ran rampant, there was traffic everywhere- even in
the sky, you were assaulted with loud media (TV billboards, loud
music, holograms), the justice system was pretty warped, the
alleyway was full of trash, inflation was out of control, there
was an oppressive amount of technology everywhere, even in the
house, there were a fair amount of police in that one little
town block, it never really felt like a warm and cushy future to
me. It wasn't the New Brutalism of Super Mario Bros or anything
like that, but it didn't really seem ideal under the glossy
finish.
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: April 11, 2013, 11:31 pm
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[center]Crispin Glover Wasn’t In Back To The Future II Because
He Didn’t Like Its Capitalist Message
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I still think that there is more to the story than what we have
gotten in the last 20 years.
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: March 4, 2014, 9:16 pm
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[center]Tony Hawk Rides a Back to the Future Hoverboard
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A good viral video with the likes of Christopher Lloyd, Tony
Hawk, Moby, Terrel Owens and more. But I'm still not giving up
hope that we will see a real, functioning hoverboard in my life
time. If it takes till I'm 99 years old for it to happen, so be
it. You can bet your sweet ass I will get one and ride
it....walker and all!
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Mac Date: March 5, 2014, 1:17 pm
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Well that was fun to watch. ;D
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Neumatic Date: March 6, 2014, 12:26 am
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I didn't really dig it that much, it was just a repeat of what
we already loved... there was no real attempt to explain how it
was real, or to make the boards look more plausible or anything
like that ("each microrepulsor array has it's own gyroscope and
emergency power source, we're using the same battery technology
used in the Tesla to power this thing, it's high capacity and
can run for about eighteen hours straight before a recharge.
Everything is regulated through the computer unit at the
back..." etc etc).
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Re: Back to the Future Part II (1989)
By: Chiprocks1 Date: October 21, 2014, 5:58 pm
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[center]Check Out The World's First Real Hoverboard - IGN News
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We are one step closer to reality. But that 10k price tag is
crazy.
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