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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Best Movie Remake idea... EVER!!!

Back to the Future... Part I

If you are looking at this,
you're smiling right now
The Premise is simple, a Marty McFly of 2015 goes on a crazy adventure that sends him back to a mysterious and quirky era, of 1985.

Image it, in the opening scenes where Marty is Segwaying across town, there are billboards advertising Avengers 2 and Modern Family, only to come across ads for Beverly Hills Cop and the Cosby Show once they find themselves stumbling through Hill Valley in 1985. He records the first experiment of a time traveling Volt with his iPhone 7. This movie would write itself.

When at his mom's house in the past, the family can pull the television into the kitchen and gather round to watch a classic episode of Family Ties, allowing the film to make a subtle nod to Micheal J. Fox.

The Modern Family of 1985
What could be more fun then poking fun of the 80's? You could drop lines like "This is just like that show, 'I Love the 80's'" You can make fun of Wham! Or a scene where Madonna appears on a poster, the main character goes "Who's that?" someone answers "That's some one hit wonder, Madonna." "That's Madonna!?!?" I could go on and on.

And of course, the fact that Back to the Future is coming up on 30 years since it's historic debut at theaters, the idea of a kid from modern times getting slammed into his parents era, 30 years prior, is a timeless concept that I feel would resonate with audiences. How many times have you read a Facebook post talking about how great the era of Atari and Transformers was, and how kids today just don't understand how good they have it.

Way to Go, a new Team Slogan?

And of course, there is the sequel. Where, in the original, Marty shoots into the future with a flying car, intense holographic advertising and CRT monitor based wait staffs that still serve coke in glass bottles. I can do without hover technology and Jaws sequels as long as the Cubs win the World Series.


Doc spoils Marty with $3500 shoes
The Back to the Future Movies are timeless and classic at the same time. Their influence on pop culture still resonating today from highly public and welcomed cast reunions to Nike's release of the shoe of the future, but the opportunities to rehash this series at the 30 year mark is just too tempting. Mark my words, there will be a loud calling for this in the years to come.

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