MetaFilter posts tagged with backtothefuture

Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?

P.o.B. — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:21:31 -0800

Black Friday is almost upon us and in less then a month it'll be Christmastime, and you're still wondering if you'll get your jetpack, hoverboard, or time machine? Well you're in luck, because you can get started with a new old DeLorean! It's the return of the DeLorean The DeLorean DMC-12 was the creation of John DeLorean:
John DeLorean never cared to fit the mold of a typical Detroit auto executive. He was a young, free-spirited maverick that revolutionized the auto industry as the major force behind America’s first muscle car– the Pontiac GTO.... As the young DeLorean’s star rose, he supposedly walked away from his $650,000 salary at GM and decided to go it on his own.

Although nowadays his car may be considered a modern marvel unfortunately his motor company was a huge failure. Delorean died in March of 2005 (prev) but not before he started plans for a new car. Also, you may need to ask some questions and keep up on all the news after you buy your 24k Gold DeLorean. Okay, so you've previously seen some game mods and you are excited to build your own time machine? Perhaps DIY, or just order the parts pre-made? Not so happy with a time machine? Perhaps you should talk to Rich Weissensel Oh, and if you can't afford the payments on your new toy(s), perhaps I could suggest some unorthodox tactics when the repo man comes.

Back to the Future: Crysis Edition

Effigy2000 — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:19:04 -0800

What do you do if you're a fan of the Back to the Future films and you know how to make mods in the PC game Crysis? Why, you make an awesome Back to the Future mod, of course!

Is someone trying to tell us something?

sk381 — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 14:03:41 -0800

Is The Large Hadron Collider Being Sabotaged from the Future? A couple of distinguished physicists posit that this indeed might be the case! [NYT Article]

Wait a tick. Basil, if I travel back to 1969 and I was frozen in 1967, presumably, I could go back and visit my frozen self. But, if I'm still frozen in 1967, how cou ... oh, no, I've gone cross-eyed.

WCityMike — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:44:03 -0800

M. Joseph Young does rather interesting, detailed temporal analyses of the different timelines created by the Terminator films, the Back To The Future trilogy, Millennium, those Trek films that dealt with time travel, 12 Monkeys, Flight Of The Navigator, Army of Darkness, Lost In Space, Peggy Sue Got Married, the Bill & Ted movies, Frequency, Planet of the Apes, Kate and Leopold, Somewhere In Time, The Time Machine, Minority Report, Happy Accidents, The Final Countdown, Donnie Darko, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and Deja Vu. I was particularly impressed with the 12 Monkeys analysis ...

Should Have Waited 7 More Years

cashman — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:21:29 -0800

Hello, McFly?! Don't you know that the McFly 2015's people have been buzzing about for years seem to finally be arriving in a few weeks? Auto-Lacing? Not quite, but there's flywire! Glowing? Well, no. But you could set your wallet ablaze.

Back to the future

adamvasco — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 03:33:27 -0800

By its own admission the US government is currently detaining at least 26,000 people without trial in secret prisons, and information suggests up to 80,000 have been ‘through the system’ since 2001.

even 200 years ago, there was a general insistence that prisoners be charged with and convicted of a crime before they could be condemned to the lower decks of an aging naval ship.

( prison hulks previously ).

Grand Theft Delorean

jonson — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 11:56:49 -0800

Back To The Future, Hill Valley is a "from the ground up" conversion of the videogame Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, with the goal being to re-set the game in the world of Doc Brown, Marty McFly & Biff Tannen. Sample videos of the progress so far. Please note that Hoverboards don't work on water. Via.

“Hey you, get your damn hands off her!”

hermitosis — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 10:24:13 -0800

Nike Air McFly to be released?!

Back to Back to the Future.

weapons-grade pandemonium — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:39:35 -0800

Was that real manure? Biff wants you to stop asking him the question. (YouTube)

Enchantment Under the Sea Dance Revisited

MetaMonkey — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 02:59:13 -0800

Wonder what it would be like to have Parts I and II of "Back to the Future" synched up on a split-screen during which both Marty McFlys are together? Enchantment Under the Sea Dance Revisited.