And at exactly 4:29 PM (Pacific Time) later today, Marty and Doc will appear in what is now present day Hill Valley, California where kids zip about on rad hover-boards, wear rainbow luminescent clothing and are enjoying "Jaws 19" in the local theater.
But, of course, Hill Valley and its futuristic, albeit present-day, inhabitants don't really exist. Neither do Marty and Doc for that matter.
Of course this is all about the '80s movie "Back to the Future II" in which Marty and Doc travel to the future to right a wrong caused by their time traveling.
Above is a mock-up of the LED display panel in Doc's Delorean except the current time displayed is right now (or was when I screen captured it) instead of 1985.
In honor of the day, the film is actually playing in several theaters. Nostalgia, hype about a great classic film or savvy marketing gimmick? Who cares? We may not yet have cars that can fly and be powered by garbage in a mini fusion reactor but what the heck...we can always look to the future.
Edit: We don't have flying cars yet but we do apparently have self-driving cars!
But, of course, Hill Valley and its futuristic, albeit present-day, inhabitants don't really exist. Neither do Marty and Doc for that matter.
Of course this is all about the '80s movie "Back to the Future II" in which Marty and Doc travel to the future to right a wrong caused by their time traveling.
Above is a mock-up of the LED display panel in Doc's Delorean except the current time displayed is right now (or was when I screen captured it) instead of 1985.
In honor of the day, the film is actually playing in several theaters. Nostalgia, hype about a great classic film or savvy marketing gimmick? Who cares? We may not yet have cars that can fly and be powered by garbage in a mini fusion reactor but what the heck...we can always look to the future.
Edit: We don't have flying cars yet but we do apparently have self-driving cars!