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80s, Alan Silvestri, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Michael J Fox, Robert Zemeckis, Rock Music, Time Travel
Back to the Future- Poster..
Time travel is one of the most fascinating topics which have emerged among the scientific community. Though there are few staunch academicians and scientists (Including everybody’s favourite Einstein) who opine that Time Travel can be called only as a fiction theoretically and practically impossible due to various scientific reasons, the thought of traveling in time either into future or past has always been a breathtaking idea. There were countless books from authors such as H.G.Wells, Isaac Asimov which came under this category which never failed to entertain and take the readers into a new fascinating world altogether! Time travel is one of those rare aspects where Science meets Arts, Creativity Imagination and even Sky is not the limit for this amazing union!
Cinema, which is one of the most powerful mediums which has the power to influence a wider audience and school of thought, was also influenced deeply by Time Travel. This influence took new bounds when George Lucas made the Star Wars series during late 70s-Early 80s, light-heartedly based on Isaac Asimov’s series- The Foundations. It is to be noted that the same author wrote I,Robot which has influenced generations of Sci-Fi lovers all over the world.
Star Wars- the series which turned Hollywood towards Science Fiction..
It was during the mid-80s one brilliant movie series took its birth in Hollywood called Back to the Future . Directed by Robert Zemerckis, this was perhaps one of the most popular movies which introduced the “Time Machine” through the scientist character Doc and the hero Marty’s experiences in traveling from present to either Past or Future.
Marty and Doc- the Best Time Travel duo!
The film beings with a peculiar introduction of The Doc Emmett Brown’s lab, which immediately drifts to the introduction to our hero Marty McFly (Michael J.Fox at his career best role!) trying to play guitar and working on the sound acoustics. The first impression we get on Marty is that he is adorable, cool and troublemaker as well in his school!
While Marty is happy in his own world planning a long time date with his lovely girlfriend Jennifer (Claudia Wells), he happens to head back home after a tough day at school bumping into his father’s (George McFly) bully Biff Tannen. The viewer immediately gets an opinion that Marty’s father is poor at confrontations and his mom was more confident type!
Doc giving Marty the demo for Time Machine..
As the film is about the Time Travel and the adventures related to it, the director takes us over a ride on the Doc’s Time Machine (Designed in style- The DeLorean!) and the scenes drift in such a way that Marty escapes in time, in order to get away from Libyan terrorists who arrive to kill the Doc (The Doc apparently trades some plutonium which is the fuel for the Time Machine- from the Libyans saying he would make a nuclear bomb out of it!).
It so happens that Marty lands back from his current time of living 1985 to 1955( Apparently the time of his parents young age) and gets highly surprised by bumping into his parents younger selves. These scenes are hilarious and interesting to watch! As if to make things worse, Marty’s mother as her younger self fancies Marty instead of his father!
Luckily Marty gets the help from the Doc (Younger Doc of the 50s!), and rest of the film is about how Marty sets the stage to go back to the future (1985) along with helping his parents to get together!! Lea Thompson ( Marty’s doting mom Lorriane McFly) excels in her two roles, one as the older and conservative mother or Marty and the other is the young and charming Lorriane from the 50s!
The soundtrack for this film is another asset, along with Michael J.Fox, and Christopher Lloyd steal the show without any slightest doubt! Watch out for the popular Johnny B Goode song (originally performed by Chuck Berry) performed in Hard Rock style by Marty (Michael J Fox himself sang this song!) in the past, leaving the audience flabbergasted! Huey Lewis and the News gave their best tracks “Power of Love” and “Back in Time” for this phenomenal film!
The moment Marty lands back to the present day successfully and feels happier to be home, the trouble arrives again..for his utter shock and the viewer’s pleasure!
Back to the Future undoubtedly remains to be one of my all time favourite movies, and it is a true classic as far as Time Travel films are concerned!
Eternal Movies 
This is one of the favorite films of my childhood in the 80s. I can watch any of the Back to the Future movies over and over again, and they never get old. This post has brought a huge smile to my face, thanks for that! 🙂
I work with a bunch of geeks (which rocks!) and if there’s an awkward silence during a meeting or long drive somewhere, one guy always says “roads? where we’re going, we don’t need roads”, and for a younger guy, his Christopher Lloyd voice is creepily spot on. and then we all laugh.
RedHead..That’s really wonderful 🙂 This series is so much fun and enthralling to watch when there is that little adventure missing in our daily lives!