Back to the Future Part II

The Future is Going, Going...Gone

Considering what today is (Wednesday, October 21, 2015), there can only be one movie that I could be wanting to write about today. I am of course speaking of Back to the Future Part II.

I love this movie and the trilogy, and I could go into great detail about all of the wonderful things about it, but for right now, for this day and moment in time, I want to talk about what this particular installment of the trilogy has meant to 30 years of movie-goers and the future.

Just like many a fan of this film franchise, for years I have been waiting for this mysterious, ever distant October 21 in the year 2015. Also, like many fans I decided to watch Part II to celebrate the day. It wasn't until after I finished watching the film again for the (I don't even know how many) time, that I finally realized what the arrival of this day actually meant. Especially, the way I and several others will watch the movie in the future. Please hear me out. This might sound a little strange, but think about it for a moment.

I will no longer be able to watch Back to the Future Part II the same way from this day forward. What takes place in the beginning of the film is no longer the future (at least from our standpoint). As of right now, the time to which Marty and Doc travel is the present. Our present. Tomorrow, the events of the film will take place in the past. All of the events. The whole film will take place in the past.

I don't know about other fans of the movie, but I was not fully prepared for everything this day would mean when it finally came. For years, I waited for October 21, 2015 to come. I was so excited to find out how close we would get to the future they had created in the movie. Now this day has come, and it's almost over. Terrifyingly enough, this movie will now take on a different meaning for future generations, because every bit of the movie will take place in the past for them. There will no longer be a past, present, and future for them (in the sense of the film). There will only be the past for future viewers.

I don't know about you, but "that's heavy," and it weirds me out thinking about it.

I'm sure this may not have even occurred to most people, but I wanted to record my strange realization about this movie today for others to read, too. What better a place to write about this subject than a movie blog. Please forgive me for the rushed, probably confusing writing. I wanted to get this done today, October 21, 2015 before it was too late.

Anyway, see you all in the future.