It’s here! We are in the future!
I admit, I have had this date in my calendar all year. Mostly because of all the hoaxes that have come in the years before. But now we are officially here. Which means that all of Back to the Future now happens in the past. Crazy.
But what did the movie get right?
Well, we don’t have Jaws 19. But 3D movies are really big.
No hoverboards or self-lacing shoes.
Sadly, no flying cars. Or Mr. Fusions. We’re still stuck on gasoline for the most part.
We can’t pay by thumbprint. Or can we? There’s Apple Pay, which is kind of similar.
The news used drones to film events. We sort of have that going on, though not in the same way. But it’s happening.
Flat screen tvs, video chat, virtual reality glasses, those all exist.
But I don’t believe there were any cell phones in the movie. There was a fancy payphone though. And lots of fax machines. Lots and lots of fax machines.
Sadly, our kitchens are not up to speed with BTTF yet. No food hydrators to make tiny pizzas into giant ones. No magical fruit tree coming down to give me a snack.
One thing I love is that the movie predicted the Cubs would win the World Series. And they’re still in it. I might have to cheer for the Cubs for this reason alone.
Apparently, a bunch of companies are getting in on the celebrating. Pepsi is releasing special bottles of Pepsi Perfect, and there’s a trailer out for Jaws 19. Nintendo is also putting out Wild Gunman, the game Marty plays in the diner.
So if you haven’t already done so, go back and watch Back to the Future II (and I and III) to celebrate. I might have done so this weekend as “research” for this blog post. The future is now, people. The future is NOW.