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A Back To The Future musical? We don't know how to feel about this. More »
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As part of an endeavor to depict Marty McFly's adventures entirely à la plastic brick, LEGO builder Alex Schranz has created an incredibly detailed diorama of Hill Valley from Back to The Future, Part II. Visit all of your favorite spots that will exist in three years, such as Cafe 80's and the cineplex that's screening Jaws 19. More »
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In just two months from today, we finally get to see the most famous "sword and planet" saga, John Carter of Mars, brought to life by Wall-E's Andrew Stanton. But Disney has been trying to make a John Carter movie for 25 years — and some of these versions could have been pretty horrendous. Legendary Disney historian Jim Korkis details all of the John Carters that never happened. More »
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When you call for a doctor in the 31st century, you have a wide choice of physicians. Hell, you can call up multiple versions of Neil Patrick Harris depending on whether you need a high school MD or a PhD in horribleness. Hopefully, you just want them for their minds. More »
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There hasn't been a truly great time travel movie in quite some time, maybe since Primer. But we've got high hopes for Rian Johnson, the director of Brick, to create a cool new spin on the genre with his new film, Looper. More »
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Many of science fiction's most rosy ideas of the future seem less and less likely, or they've already failed to materialize on schedule. But the future could still be a beautiful place. More »
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What if Back to the Future had ended by taking Marty and the Doc to a whole new galaxy? This amazing fan-made video opens up a whole different universe for the BTTF series. The rotoscoping is pretty impressive. [Midians Music on YouTube, via Unique Daily and Slashfilm] More »
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This Friday, the prequel to The Thing comes out, and we're going to get to find out all about what happened before John Carpenter's totally self-contained movie. Will Hollywood never stop tacking on prequels to the beginning of movies that don't need them? Probably not. More »
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Great Scott! Nike is releasing the Nike Air Mag kicks, just as they were prominently displayed on the feet of Michael J Fox in the future vision of Back To The Future 2. Watch the glorious announcement right now. More »
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A whole generation of people grew up dreaming that one day they would own these shoes, worn by Marty McFly in Back to the Future II. Now, it appears that Nike is releasing Back to the Future style Nike Kicks so that everybody can feel like they're about to jump onto an antigrav skateboard. More »
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Are you a Caucasian male who lives in the countryside? If so, you're America's prime demographic to accidentally die during ill-advised, testosterone-fueled stupidity! These findings come courtesy of a recent study in Social Psychological and Personality Science ("Living Dangerously: Culture of Honor, More »
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Science fiction and fantasy are full of weird games, from Quiddich to Pyramid. There are games of death. There are games of skill. But most of all, there are games that you'd have to be nuts to try and duplicate in real life. More »
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Some of the coolest machines in science fiction are cars. Everybody from Rick Deckard to the Doctor (from Doctor Who) has rocked a cool set of wheels. And some amazing artists have reimagined these iconic vehicles. More »
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Can James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender make us believe they're playing the same characters as Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen, in X-Men: First Class? We have high hopes. But recasting iconic characters doesn't always work out that great. More »
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Gallery 1988's latest pop culture-themed art show takes us back to the 1980s, with artistic explorations of Beetlejuice, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and Back to the Future. It's called, appropriate, the "3B" show. More »
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While the rest of the world dons their fancy hats for the Royal Wedding, we wanted to pay tribute to the great amazing science fiction and fantasy-themed weddings that have rocked our universe. More »
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Artist Ian Glaubinger created some fantastic retro-1980s cereal boxes for some of your favorite movies. But would you dare to add water to your Gremlins cereal? Come to that, would you dare to eat Plutonium-laced Back to the Future bites? More »
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You may have heard that the Chinese government has recently put a moratorium on films and television shows featuring time travel. How come? They're dismayed by the many historical inaccuracies perpetuated by popular time-travel dramas. More »
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Screw a spaceship, we want a time machine! Time machines rule, because they crack open the mysteries of the past and future. And each time machine has its own weird personality. And if you visited another planet, you'd probably suffocate. More »
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We love this mashup of Back to the Future's Doc Brown with an Ed Roth-style hot rod freakout drawing. The Delorean would have been perfect for the Rat Fink cartoonist, whose crazy style became synonymous with custom car culture of the 1960s and 70s. You can get this picture on a t-shirt today only at Tee Fury for $10. More »
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Lady Gaga is bringing futuristic video screen glasses to the world, but movies and television have already expanded our eyewear horizons. Here are a dozen specs, lenses and goggles with powers that go far beyond video play More »
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The 1980s wasn't just the golden age of Star Trek movies — it was also the heydey of teen comedies, from Porkys to Molly Ringwald. And what could be better than teenage hijinks with scientific craziness or bizarre supernatural powers? More »
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The new Back To The Future video game is set right after the third film. But this game also shows the first time Doc met Marty... when Doc was a mere 17-year-old. Check it out. More »
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Science fiction and fantasy films of the 1980s were filled with a ton of memorable, iconic, and patently ridiculous music. Here are 30+ of the decade's finest (and most painful) movie tunes for your listening pleasure. More »
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These days, every cool science fiction universe is a "franchise," meaning that it's a piece of intellectual property separate from any particular creator or even set of characters. It wasn't always that way — everything changed in the 1980s. More »
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In Back to the Future, Part II, Marty McFly watches promotional footage for the Biff Tannen Museum in a dystopian 1985. A rare VHS copy of this ad was recently unearthed, so make like a tree and check it out. More »
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A man is scared to get married because his parents' marriage is such a disaster — so he decides to travel back to the 1970s in a time machine to give both parents a makeover. It could only be Bollywood. More »
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Back To The Future producer Bob Gale mentioned they were auctioning off memorabilia, but we had no idea there would be so many goodies. Check out the greatest scores, including the exceptionally rare Eric Stoltz vanishing photograph. More »
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Watch the "never-before-seen" Back To The Future audition tapes, featuring Al Pacino, Eddie Murphy, Prince, Robin Williams, Pee Wee and more. But beware: world's scariest, most spot-on Alan Alda impression ahead... More »
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The real monster in the Back To The Future movies isn't the bully Biff, argues Premiere's Gene Newman. It's Doc Brown, the lying manipulator who deals with terrorists and nearly destroys the space-time continuum. Spoilers ahead. More »
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Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Bob Gale, Neil Canton, Robert Zemeckis and Huey Lewis all gathered in New York, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Back To The Future. Here's what we learned. More »
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Chances are, Joseph Kahn directed one of your favorite music videos: He's worked with U2, Britney, Eminem and Lady Gaga. He's just finished shooting a time-traveling horror comedy called Detention, and he gave us the inside scoop and exclusive photos. More »
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Five years from now, on Oct. 21st 2015, Marty, Doc and Jennifer return to Hill Valley in Back To The Future II. Watch our exclusive behind-the-scenes look inside the McFly kitchen and check out some see never-before-seen futuristic concept art. More »
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If you had to watch a remake of a 1980s science fiction comedy film, which one would you want to see remade? We're grappling with that question over at io9's Facebook page! Just remember: Be excellent to each other. More »
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Marty McFly laces up his old hyperdunks to recreate the original Back To The Future trailer, shot by shot. Sadly it's an award show ad, but let's just pretend he's getting the time traveling band back together. More »
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To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Back To The Future, we've got never-before-seen footage of original star Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly. Plus Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg and Bob Gale all explaining why they replaced him with Michael J. Fox. More »
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For many movie fans, Drew Struzan is the definitive poster artist. His work has brought film series like Indiana Jones, Star Wars and Hellboy to glorious life. But his work on the Back To The Future films remains our favorite. More »
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Robert Zemeckis hasn't quite found much success with his super-elaborate motion-capture and CG movies of late. So he's getting back to what he does best: live-action time travel movies, with Timeless... while casually courting the Superman director's chair. [Deadline] More »
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There's never been a contest of crazy — and scientific brilliance — as intense as the io9 Mad Scientist Smackdown. Now it's down to four legendary minds... and only two of them can go on to tomorrow's Final Smackdown! More »
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