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 2nd
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 3rd 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.
