Set your flux capacitors to 1985
We were checking out of the hotel at 4 am so I had seven hours to kill, but instead of getting some sleep I watched five consecutive episodes of C.S.I. (the original series). I find C.S.I very comforting: they’ll take the most gruesome crimes and examine the grisliest evidence, but everything makes sense in the end.
Round midnight they started showing this commercial at every break.
The first two times my sleep-deprived brain thought it really was some kind of cleaning product for sports equipment ha ha. Could it clean the fuzz on tennis balls?
They also ran a commercial for the Scream Awards, featuring a tribute to Back to the Future on the occasion of its 25th anniversary.
Michael J. Fox appears in the ad as Marty McFly and I love Michael J. Fox and seeing him upsets me. Yes he’s been so brave about his condition but it feels like someone I grew up with got a raw deal. It’s not right.
Back to the Future has to be one of my all-time favorite movies. It is a nerd classic: the Theory of Relativity as a comedy. I must’ve watched it five or six times at the cinema with my classmates, and every time we saw it we noticed something else to discuss. There are lots of great lines in that movie but my favorite was uttered by Crispin Glover as George McFly when he introduces himself to Marty’s future mother: “I am. . .your density.” Crispin Glover went on to become one of the great Hollywood weirdos.
Then there’s the bit where Marty uses his Walkman to make George believe he’s from outer space. And Marty asking the waiter for a Tab and the clerk saying he has to buy something first. And people laughing at him when he tells them Ronald Reagan is president. And Marty’s future mom thinking his name is Calvin because it’s written on his underwear. And that DeLorean.
I miss our long discussions about how Marty could see himself leaving 1985 as he was returning to 1985.
Overthinkingit has a piece on the physics of Back to the Future.
I wonder if we’re getting the 25th anniversary re-release in local theatres.
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As expected, our stats have returned to normal. Theory of Relativity 0, Mostly Naked Jock 1.
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October 21st, 2010 at 09:25
I love this movie. I still laugh out loud every single time.
Check this quiz on Back to the Future quotes. You might ace it! http://www.sporcle.com/games/kgolisano/BacktotheFutureQuotes
October 21st, 2010 at 11:47
I’ve never watched this movie but if we do get the 25th anniversary re-release in local theatres I’ll go see it. I liked Michael J. Fox when he guest starred in Boston Legal.
October 21st, 2010 at 13:38
i’m sober na.so i choose the theory of relativity.harry einstein is the name of the physicist, right?
October 21st, 2010 at 13:48
ms. z, can you make a mobile compatible format of your website? thanks!
October 21st, 2010 at 23:35
Looking at him with a shaking hand, head and everytime he twitches is really horrible. I wish to see him the same way too =( he ain’t marty mcfly anymore if that’s what we always see when he gets interviewed …hayyyyyyyyy
October 22nd, 2010 at 13:39
Theory of relativity na lang den—-pero kamtotinkopit, i still want jock with books or jock who reads or kung ano man yan…By the way, pakisabi kay Harry na natanggal yung matris ko sa picture niya ha. Bilhan niya ako ng bago!