'2015? You mean we're in the future!'
Welcome to a dark Corners special.
It's 2015 the year which Marty McFly travelled In Back to the Future 2 -
and we're looking at what the film got right and what it got wrong.
'I gotta check this out Doc'
It's McFly's and it's McFails.
Copyright Dark Corners 2015
'And this is the year 2015?'
'October 21st 2015'
Of course we could have waited till the actual date that he went forward but let's be honest,
everyone and his brother is gonna be doing this so we thought we tried to get him first.
'First you get out and change clothes'
Most Obvious thing the film does to create the future is the clothes,
which are obviously futuristic and yet equally obviously 80s.
and they look ridiculous.
'All kids the future wear their pants inside out.'
On the other hand...
I think we'll call that a Mcfly.
and this is one of a whole bunch of things the film got near perfectly right.
Hands-free headsets...
'Dad, telephone, it's Needles.'
What amounts to Google glass?
'For a moment I thought I saw a taxi in my rear display.'
Facial recognition in cameras.
the Scenery Channel,
'Watching a little TV for a change?'
80s, Nostalgia
'Careful around that Griff character, he has a few short circuits in his bionic implants.'
Bionic implants, electronic billboards, curb front recycling.
Pepsi still changed their logo with unnecessary frequency
And his videophone is a combination of Skype technology
with the sort of useless unwanted personal information that Facebook forces upon you as soon as you log on.
That's extraordinarily Prescient.
'Read my fax'
And that's a fax machine.
Yes, there's just as many things they got dead wrong,
as exemplified by this edition of USA Today,
which despite its $6 price, enjoys a readership of 3 billion more than 40% of the world's population.
As for the headlines, kelp is still only really eaten in the Far East.
Japan is in recession,
the cubs are still hoping to break that 107 year world series drought,
although I suppose since we're doing this in January there's still time.
There's no such game as slamball,
which is perhaps why we don't have an extending bat.
They were damn close with a female president but...
Swiss Terrorism would actually make a nice change.
But the biggest error is the one that at the time must have seemed almost a slam dunk
'I can't lose.'
Not wanting to make light of a sad story,
But between affairs divorced the car crash and the fact that the queen is still alive and on the throne...
(at the time of recording)
That went wrong in more ways that anyone could have possibly predicted
Elsewhere in the movie...
'of course that was before we had dust replant Paper.'
Well we have kindles instead of dust repellent paper.
No sleep inducers.
No, Ozone indicators
and whatever the fuck this is we don't got it.
The thing is some stuff you just can't predict,
if someone had said how about if young people wear their trousers down past their asses...
Everyone else would have said don't be silly. They'd look ridiculous.
Just have them wear two ties in their pockets inside out.
And while we're talking about clothes...
'Power laces, alright!'
Nike is planning to release power laces this year,
'Let me introduce you to... the future.'
but if you simply can't wait...
'Shoes, I need shoes.'
These so these look good from the front,
Not so much from the side. I think that's only worth half a McFly
Similarly while self fitting clothes remain the fever dream of someone who hasn't heard of buying the right size,
and auto drying clothes just don't exist,
we do have intelligent clothes that will adjust themselves to outdoor temperatures
and wireless underwear that monitors your health or can be used to stimulate your partner remotely.
'You're not going to know where it comes from'
'Oh no!'
That's at least another half McFly.
'It feels like you are touching me.'
Moving on to entertainment.
'You mean you have to use your hands?'
'That's like a baby's toy.'
Lots of people are trying to develop mind control video games,
'Now you can use the awesome power of the force to move an object with the power of your mind.'
But keeping your mind completely focused on a single task is next to impossible.
'Control, control, you must learn control.'
but cinema in 2015 looks pretty close.
Endless sequels, shitty looking digital effects,
and unnecessary 3D.
'Shark, still looks fake.'
Although Max Spielberg's last cinematic was playing kid on plane in Catch Me if You Can.
Sasha Spielberg might have been a better bet, but she wasn't born when the film came out, so I guess you can't blame them.
But they did accurately predict the use of computer-generated dead celebrities to sell products
'Your choice of beans or chicken.'
On the more active side of entertainment the exercise bars of the film have completely failed to materialize
because frankly that's hugely unhealthy.
'Keep peddling you two.'
And nothing ruins a meal like the stink of people working out next to you.
So if you're forced to go for a run outdoors, what will the weather be like?
'Right now? It's pouring with rain.'
'Wait five more seconds.'
Controllable weather seems like one of the film's more out there predictions,
but in fact by seeding clouds with silver iodide we can make it rain or even snow
'Right on the tick, amazing.'
You just can't make it stop
'Too bad the postal service isn't as efficient as the weather service.'
Well, we got that right.
Since it's raining and there's nothing you can do about it an automated dog walker would be great,
But the majority available are just treadmills which doesn't really count.
The only actual robot dog Walker is Luna
Released four years ago costing three grand and entirely unable to stop a big dog from running off or indeed peeing all over it.
You might be better off just putting your dog into suspended animation.
'I put him in a suspended animation kennel, Einstein never knew I was gone.'
The Kennels don't exist, but the technology is being developed
Replacing blood with Saline solution to give doctors more time to work on life-threatening injuries
and trials on pigs have been successful
'I went to a rejuvenation clinic and got an all natural overhaul.'
You could also stretch your life with a bit of rejuvenation therapy
'Added a good 30 to 40 years to my life.'
Nonsense of course or is it?
Here's 2015's marty McFly and here's Michael J fox today?
Lea Thompson
And Elisabeth shue, they're clearly taking something
‘-I’m young!’ ‘-I’m old!’
Technologically dehydrated pizza is closer than you might think
'Hydrate level 4 please.'
This military-issue pizza will last three years and can be eaten straight out of the bag.
and while you can't power your car We've leftovers via, Mr.. Fusion,
you can put them into a fusion Jr.. And power your home.
I mean not all of your home, but it'll keep a few lights on.
'You should reprogram, it's dangerous to enter without lights.'
Culturally the film again scores highly.
'Throw in 100 bucks will ya to help save the clock tower?'
Seems excessive, but those charity workers who asked for a percentage of your salary are asking for at least that just less directly.
As for paying that money we can't thumb a payment,
But contactless payments at least represent a similar trend putting convenience and speed
well above personal safety and giving criminals instant reward for theft and grievous bodily harm.
'The system work swiftly the future now that they have abolished all lawyers.'
Well that just seems like wish fulfilment.
'And McFly, don't go anywhere, you're next.'
Speaking of criminals. It's nice to see racially integrated gangs in the future,
but to be honest it's still pretty west side story out there.
'Roads, where we're going we don't need roads.'
Finally, transport.
Road-legal personal hovercrafts do exist though you seldom see them because the majority of their drivers are of course dead
either crash or killed by their neighbors
but brace yourself for the first really practical flying car - The Aeromobil.
Well that's really just a plane with a slightly less aerodynamic nose,
also James bond got there years ago.
But of course what we've all been waiting for is the hoverboard.
'I need borrow your... hoverboard.'
30 years of hoping fueled by Robert Zemeckis is cruel lies...
'and they've been around for years, but parents groups did not let the toy manufacturers make them.'
And as has been well publicized one does now exist
'This is the real hoverboard right here.'
That said for sheer ingenuity and the sort of I wonder what will happen if I do this attitude
that leads so many unsung geniuses to end up as a sticky red smear on the pavement,
this guy has my hoverboard of choice
Totally not the results, but look flies have it we are officially living in the future.
'Your future is whatever you're make it!'
It's all a bit disappointing really.
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