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Oct. 26 1985: When This Baby Hits 88 MPH…You’re Gonna See Some Serious Sh-t!

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In the fictional world of Hill Valley, California today is a momentous day in history. Twenty-five years ago this morning, while being chased by angry Libyans, Marty McFly attempts to outrun them in a gussied-up DeLorean. Instead of escaping from the Twin Pines Mall parking lot, the DeLorean reaches 88 mph, the flux capacitor designed by Dr. Emmett Brown activates and transpors Marty and the fancy car back to the year 1955.

The movie Back to the Future actually premiered in July of 1985 — 25 years ago. But those of us die-hard fans know all of the movie dates all too well. Oct. 26, 1985 at 1:24 AM is among the most important moments in the film’s storyline.

I was 17 years old when I first saw the DeLorean disappear in a flash on the big screen. No other movie made such an impression on me in my teen years as BTTF did. Perhaps it was the fact that like Marty, I was also a bit of a loner in high school and anxious about my own future. And yeah, there were Star Wars geeks & Trekkies — but ever since BTTF I’ve been a time travel fanatic.

So cheers to Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis & Dr. Brown on the 25th anniversary of the first trip of the time traveling DeLorean!!

-Bruce (GayPatriot)

Comments

  2. Bruce, your inner nerd is showing guy. Have some self-respect… keep this for when you and Dan get together to throw-down on Hollywood’s greatest moments of 1985. Just kidding.

  5. Speaking on time travel, another important land mark event that changed DC Comics forever called The Crisis On Infinite Earths:

    http://onceuponageek.com/images/poster-crisis2.jpg

    It resulted in the deaths of Crime Sydicate of Amerca & Earth-3, Supergirl, Silver Age Flash (Barry Allen), the Silver Age Wonder Woman of Earth-1, The Golden Age Wonder Woman Earth-2, Alexei Luthor of Earth-2, Psimon of Earth-1, The Huntress & Earth-2 Robin, etc al.

    The story has every character ever created in the series, but the primary characters are Harbinger, Pariah, Lady Quark, Dr Light II, the Golden Age Superman, the Silver Age Superman, Alex Luthor of Earth-3, & the villain called the Anti-Monitor or Monitor II. Essentially, Crisis got rid of the multiverse & streamlined the whole DC Universe for a single universe.

  10. I wished they did not create the following 2 sequels; it was better left to the people’s imaginations about the future rather than showing it in BTTF 2 then going further backward in time in BTTF 3.

  12. Bruce, this was my favorite movie too!! Michael J. Fox could do no wrong. I was 7 years old when we went to the show to see it. I was in suspense the whole time. I got the entire trilogy for my 25th birthday. I love it!!!