Back to the Future Reboot - Is NOTHING sacred!
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The originals were cracking movies. Many a rewatch over the years and one of those films with some classic lines that you remember forever.
40 years old since the original!!! Wow.
So if they release it in 2025, and go back to the future 30 years, they land in 1995. No smart phones back then, but mobile phones were a thing though. You could have some fun with that, along with all the other anachronisms, especially when we consider the technology advances and how they've accelerated in recent years.
Plus loads of other stuff. Smoking was allowed in pubs, hotels, maybe even planes. Bill Clinton was president (now we've got sleepy Joe) Twin towers existed.
I would be very disappointed if they did a straight lift of the script from the original (need to get mum and dad to fall in love and the lightening strike on the clock tower) but if they come up with something original, I would certainly be interested in it. There is loads of fun to be had with how things have changed across 3 decades.
I don't buy into the 'run out of ideas' theory here, unless of course they literally copy and paste the script. That would suck. Hopefully its just taking a fun movie concept that is proven, and then going ahead and being creative with that. I think its actually more lazy to label it as 'run out of ideas' than it is to take a time travel concept and make a fun, modern movie from it. Its been 15 years since Hot Tub time machine, so we're due another time travel masterpiece!
40 years old since the original!!! Wow.
So if they release it in 2025, and go back to the future 30 years, they land in 1995. No smart phones back then, but mobile phones were a thing though. You could have some fun with that, along with all the other anachronisms, especially when we consider the technology advances and how they've accelerated in recent years.
Plus loads of other stuff. Smoking was allowed in pubs, hotels, maybe even planes. Bill Clinton was president (now we've got sleepy Joe) Twin towers existed.
I would be very disappointed if they did a straight lift of the script from the original (need to get mum and dad to fall in love and the lightening strike on the clock tower) but if they come up with something original, I would certainly be interested in it. There is loads of fun to be had with how things have changed across 3 decades.
I don't buy into the 'run out of ideas' theory here, unless of course they literally copy and paste the script. That would suck. Hopefully its just taking a fun movie concept that is proven, and then going ahead and being creative with that. I think its actually more lazy to label it as 'run out of ideas' than it is to take a time travel concept and make a fun, modern movie from it. Its been 15 years since Hot Tub time machine, so we're due another time travel masterpiece!
bobbo89 said:
You'd have to be nuts to try and re-make BTTF, they deserve to be left alone as a piece of cinematic history. What I think you can do however is create a film that respectfully doff's the cap to them and I think that's what Abrams will do.
E.T. is another favourite of mine and TBH I didn't immediately connect the dots on first watching Super 8 which IMO is really good.
Yeah, have to agree, I hadn't actually connected ET and Super 8, both of which are brilliant films.E.T. is another favourite of mine and TBH I didn't immediately connect the dots on first watching Super 8 which IMO is really good.
I think Abrams could do a good job if it's a homage to BTTF rather than a straight remake/reboot.
bobbo89 said:
White-Noise said:
bobbo89 said:
You guys actually read the article?
"Producer and director J.J. Abrams is gearing up to put his own spin on the beloved franchise. While it won’t be a direct remake, Abrams is planning an homage to the spirit of Back to the Future, much like his approach with Super 8 (2011) and Steven Spielberg’s E.T.: The Extraterrestrial (1982)"
It's not a remake, in the same way Super 8 wasn't a remake of E.T. It'll simply take aspects of it and weave it into a different story. Has potential IMO and it'll be cool to see a film that nods to one of my all time favourites...
This is my thinking. Back to the future and the sequels are just absolutely incredible, and thinking about it are films I could easily watch again and again. I wouldn't want to see it re made."Producer and director J.J. Abrams is gearing up to put his own spin on the beloved franchise. While it won’t be a direct remake, Abrams is planning an homage to the spirit of Back to the Future, much like his approach with Super 8 (2011) and Steven Spielberg’s E.T.: The Extraterrestrial (1982)"
It's not a remake, in the same way Super 8 wasn't a remake of E.T. It'll simply take aspects of it and weave it into a different story. Has potential IMO and it'll be cool to see a film that nods to one of my all time favourites...
But this to me suggests it's not a re make, I'm not sure what a re boot is exactly. But an homage, something along a similar line with a more modern take on it I don't have an issue with. Those original films will be forever classics and favourites. My perception this is something in a similar vein inspired by them but as separate films. If its good then great, if its crap then it will be forgotten and life continues. If its good and it doesn't rip off the original then I'll be more than happy.
E.T. is another favourite of mine and TBH I didn't immediately connect the dots on first watching Super 8 which IMO is really good.
Will they do something with BTTF at some point? No, I don't think so. It's not a rich franchise with lots to adapt, the draw was the two leads and the premise which has been replicated numerous times over the years. Just like Jaws spanwed many other shark attack films but the world itself doesn't lend itself to remakes/reboots.
The original BTTF is one of those few films that gets as close to a perfect film as you can get. Best left alone.
P-Jay said:
Time4another said:
Writers Robert Zemekis and Bob Gale have always said there will be no reboot while they are alive. Obviously money talks but there is no mention in that article of how they have got Zemekis and Gale on side.
The headline is misleading, it's a BTTF like film, but not like the original precisely because Bob Gale won't have it. JerseyRoyal said:
The idea that old IP you like should be left in stasis doesn’t make sense from a business or creative pov tbh.
If people feel like there are more stories to tell/money to be made they’re going to do it.
I think the “requel” trend just now is better than the sequel or reboot dynamic tbh.
Some of the recent series continuations have been pretty good.
Wouldn't want a remake, but a full or series where someone finds the delorean Doc hid for Marty in the mine in, say 1975, before it got found for BTTF 3 and goes on their own new adventures before returning it could work.If people feel like there are more stories to tell/money to be made they’re going to do it.
I think the “requel” trend just now is better than the sequel or reboot dynamic tbh.
Some of the recent series continuations have been pretty good.
Lucas Ayde said:
Once everything is streaming only we'll be lucky if we don't start to see the originals disappearing once the woke remake is out.
Hence why I have everything I want to rewatch on physical media. (btw I have nothing against remakes when they're done well. The Thing, Scarface, Heat, The Departed, Oceans Eleven etc are all great remakes that added something new. But BTTF is a PERFECT film. There's nothing more to be done with it.)
Funk said:
Agreed - BTTF is almost the perfect film and should be left alone; I wouldn't watch a reboot of it. It's lazy - Hollywood has run out of good ideas so they look back at things that did well in the past and assume we'll all put on rose-tinted glasses and pony up to watch.
What they SHOULD do is reboot films that had a fantastic premise/plot but were terribly-made (and as such were a let-down) at the time.
Same, leave it alone. The ones that followed where pale versions too ...What they SHOULD do is reboot films that had a fantastic premise/plot but were terribly-made (and as such were a let-down) at the time.
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Funk said:
Agreed - BTTF is almost the perfect film and should be left alone; I wouldn't watch a reboot of it. It's lazy - Hollywood has run out of good ideas so they look back at things that did well in the past and assume we'll all put on rose-tinted glasses and pony up to watch.
What they SHOULD do is reboot films that had a fantastic premise/plot but were terribly-made (and as such were a let-down) at the time.
Agree to both paragraphs. I was just saying this about the invention of lying. I love the premise and some of the scenes but the film didn't seem to exploit it enough and we got another Bruce Almighty/Absolutely anything. What they SHOULD do is reboot films that had a fantastic premise/plot but were terribly-made (and as such were a let-down) at the time.
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