Static Thoughts - Back to the Future Animated Show

Last week the world celebrated ‘Back to the Future Day,’ a general celebration of the classic film trilogy that coincided with the day Doc Brown and Marty McFly were supposed to appear in the future in the 2^nd film.  It was a fun time had by all that mainly consisted of people meme-ing the film online and celebrating how much the movies still rock, and with good reason.  Aside from a few questionable aspects with Marty stealing rock ‘n’ roll music in the first film the Back to the Future trilogy is one of the best film trilogies of all time, a wonderfully written and super engaging sci-fi comedy series that was instantly beloved and remains a cultural touchstone to this day.  

Back to the Future was such a massive hit that even Ronald Reagan quoted in his 1986 state of the union address.  With a  hit that big it’s only logical that there would be some kind of extended universe material to continue the adventures of dweeby Marty McFly and crazy Doc Brown, especially given that the 3^rd film gave Doc a wife, kids, and a flying time travelling train car.  Well, in 1991 some cruel madmen decide to tell us what future Doc Brown and family did make for themselves and the abomination that is the Back to the Future animated series was birthed into the world. 

7 Films That Could Use A Female-Led Reboot

I've got another listicle up for the fine folks at Laser Time Podcast, this time going through all the movies I think could really benefit from a female-led reboot ala Ghostbusters & Roadhouse, read the full article here:

http://www.lasertimepodcast.com/2015/09/23/7-films-that-could-use-a-female-led-reboot/

Movie Monthly - The Time Machine (2002)

Edited by Robert Beach 

Welcome back to Movie Monthly where we spend a whole month looking at movies of one particular theme. To celebrate the return of Doctor Who later this week, we’re dedicating September exclusively to time travel flicks. Even though this genre seems broad, there are actually very few worthwhile entries in it. We’ll be looking at the weirder portions of that spectrum starting with the time travel story that started it all…sort of. In 1895, H.G. Wells penned what is arguably the first major pop cultural time travel story with The Time Machine. 

It’s an interesting speculative future story that’s honestly more of a fantasy adventure tale than a sci-fi story, especially when compared to the heavy social commentary inherent to the works of Wells’ contemporary Jules Verne. Wells’ novel was a pop smash at the time that influenced a lot of future tales through its unique blend of sci-fi affectations with Victorian fantasy adventure. That was the same basic blend that would eventually inform Doctor Who. Given that pedigree, The Time Machine has been adapted multiple times including an excellent B-movie version from 1960 and today’s subject: a 2002 feature film starring Guy Pierce.