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Back to the Future day - live, part one
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Hoverboard charged? Sneakers self-tied? Pizza hydrated? Fax received? Then you’re ready to follow the action as the world celebrates the day to which Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel in 1989’s Back to the Future II
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Wed 21 Oct 2015 09.25 EDT
First published on Tue 20 Oct 2015 18.05 EDT
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Not just a soulless digital board of information but a source of lols too!!1!
Even Waterloo Station is a #BackToTheFuture fan... Not quite sure what to do with my hover board now though! pic.twitter.com/uQfdikCcaK
— Katherine Legge (@katherinelegge) October 21, 2015
A place called Reston in Virginia has officially renamed itself Hill Valley today which only makes us think of the absolute clerical chaos that will take place as a result.
Back to the Future day has officially became political! After David Cameron’s PMQs lol, there’s an interesting piece here on how it’s being used by candidates in the US who have just released fundraising pitches based on the celebrations. Here’s one of them:
Keep up the good work, brands!
"I need to borrow your... Oreo board" #BackToTheFuture pic.twitter.com/SDmXATtv1l
— Oreo Cookie (@Oreo) October 21, 2015
“If you put your mind to it you can accomplish anything”. #BackToTheFuture pic.twitter.com/IVMmKIlhUm
— NESCAFÉ India (@NESCAFEIndia) October 21, 2015
There’s video of David Cameron’s Back to the Future joke if you can get away with booing at your desk.
The slightly depressing story of the Marty McFly impersonator who has lived in the shadow of Michael J Fox is now up, in case you can manage it.
“I hear all the time, hey you’re early! You’re not suppose to be here until the 21st,” said Tyler Dunivan a local Marty McFly impersonator.
“I’ve been told since I was 5-years-old that I look like Michael J. Fox,” he said.
The fun is over - David Cameron has referenced Back to the Future day in PMQs. Twitter is livid:
Actual words: “Today is Back to the Future day and many people think he [Corbyn] should get back in his DeLorean and go back to 1985”
General response:
Cameron tried to make a #BackToTheFuture joke, everyone go home now because he's RUINED IT.
— Roisin O'Connor (@Roisin_OConnor) October 21, 2015
But how does this relate to the history of Maidstone, you cry! Chill, Kent Online has got you with their detailed long read about how the town has changed over the past 30 years!
The coolest thing to do today is to say you’ve never seen Back to the Future apparently. Oh and to LIE:
Happy Back-To-The-Future Day! *pops on hover-board and eats spaceman food* (i've never seen it)
— nick grimshaw (@grimmers) October 21, 2015
Am I the only one in the world that has never seen Back to The Future & therefore don't understand what this 'special day' is all about?! 😕
— Brooke Kinsella MBE (@brookekinsella) October 21, 2015
I've never seen Back To The Future and only ever seen one Star Wars film. Sorry.
— Dave Gorman (@DaveGorman) October 21, 2015
We’ve also dug out the Guardian’s original review for the first Back to the Future, calling it “highly entertaining but that’s about it” which is pretty harsh on reflection:
Goodbye cruel world
We might not have hover cars in 2015 but we do have Bulgur Wheat & the #PowerofFrozen #BackToTheFuture pic.twitter.com/OKJOrjAsiU
— Iceland Foods (@IcelandFoods) October 21, 2015
Random celebrities tweeting about #BackToFutureDay - you got it!
Morning. Happy #BackToFutureDay. Feel a cheeky film marathon coming on...
— Michael Ball OBE (@mrmichaelball) October 21, 2015
Happy #BackToFutureDay people!!!
— Antony Costa (@AntonyCosta) October 21, 2015
What a day to be alive. 🙏🏼 #BackToFutureDay https://t.co/8nJujDpknH
— KT Tunstall (@KTTunstall) October 21, 2015
How about a slightly bitter song by the actor who played Biff on the questions he is sick of getting asked about the films? Yeah?
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