Michael J Fox was busier than you can imagine. Not only was he doing movies, h was filming the popular sitcom, Family Ties, on top of everything else..
I think he was also working on Teen Wolf. I remember a biography where he was talking about how he would only get maybe a couple of hours of sleep. I'd be dead.
The scene where Doc calls Marty and wakes him up at 12:28 am, Fox was really sleeping. He had just come from the set of Family Ties and hadn't slept in 2 days.
@@Billinois78 Teen Wolf is a very underrated movie that doesn't get talked about enough. It's so enjoyable. It was overshadowed by Back to the Future.
theyve had area codes for a long time but you used to only need to use them when calling long distance and people didnt typically call long distance because of the cost
Yeah, they’ve been around for ~75 years. I remember when they started adding a gazillion area codes when I was a kid in the 90s. The town I grew up in got split between two area codes, so suddenly I had to remember which of my friends had what area code just to call them to find out what the day’s homework was, because my doofus ADHD brain would always forget to write it down lol. I guess it was easier for me to just keep track of the area codes. 😆
Perhaps best written Trilogy there is. You can watch this trilogy repeatedly and laways fun new thing. Tom Wilson does amazing roles as Biff thru ought the series.
Never apologize for pausing to discuss the movie. You picked up on so much that a lot of people miss watching it for the first time. So glad you enjoyed this!
I'm a screenwriter and actor. Trust me. People come up with these ideas. They just don't get made. There are no big, crowd-pleasing movies green-lit anymore that aren't an already established intellectual property. If it isn't a comic book, a reboot or a sequel, the studios are not interested, period. I had a meeting at the studio that made Back to the Future (Amblin) and when I talked about how amazing BTTF is and said they should do more movies like this the executive said "yeeeeeaaaaah, but you have to ask yourself, what would make that kind of movie relevant to today's teens? You'd need something to really make it edgy". In other words, executives don't understand movies, they don't understand what people want, and they absolutely will not make what people want. Bottom line: they're not fans. They're MBAs who spend their lives worrying about losing their jobs or being blamed for a flop.
If you ever watch the movie again, you'll notice lots of little hidden Easter eggs - like the "Twin Pines Mall" becoming the "Lone Pine Mall" at the end of the movie (because Marty hit one of the pines with the DeLorean), the guy who says Marty's playing is "too darn loud" is the musician Huey Lewis (who performs many of the songs in the movie with his band "The News"), the porn theater in 1985 is playing the film "Orgy American Style" which stars George Flower - who plays the "bum" on the park bench -- plus about a hundred more scattered around. There are even more in the sequels.
I watched that movie at least 100 times before some RU-vid video pointed out that Twin Pines Mall name change to me 8-D the movie is just TOO good, every time of those 100 times i was just captured by how good every single scene is. That's why i am a Back To The Future reaction tourist :D
One of those easter eggs is when Marty is struggling to open the bottle of Pepsi. He's trying to twist off the cap, but, twist off caps hadn't been invented yet. His father grabs the bottle of Pepsi, and uses the built-in can opener on the vending machine to remove the cap and then hands it back to Marty.
@@Social_Idot in the second movie, Marty recognizes Red when he runs into him in the alternate present. Red seems put off by hearing Marty saying his name. It was a subtle moment but a nod to the character.
They did have pencils in 1955, but ballpoint pens were just starting to gain popularity - so it's likely that many people would still be using fountain pens and ink.
Grew up in the 80s, teen in the 90s No evidence either aside from physical pictures which can be destroyed It’s the same for me today Zero social media, I don’t take pictures or videos Keeping life as simple as possible
The 60s/70's was the 'Golden Age' for popular music. Real musicians playing real instruments & actually singing, live, without, auto tune or studio manipulation. Much of it holds up to modern performances to this day. & The music is over 50 years old.
Interesting thing about 555 numbers; you will almost always see a phone number in television shows or movies start with 555 because most 555 numbers aren't working numbers. They stopped using legitimate phone numbers a while ago in film because real people and businesses were being harassed.
I think that they even stopped using 555 numbers because it started to become a joke. For example, in Last Action Hero (1993), the kid points out to Arnie's character that all of the phone numbers are 555 numbers, thus proving that they're in a movie. I'm not sure that I've seen a movie or show use a 555 number since. Instead, I've seen numbers that look more legitimate that I assume are either also set aside as non-working or maybe owned by the studios and just go nowhere or to an automated message (like "thanks for watching our movie" or something).
We had area codes back in the day. We just didn’t need to dial them if you were calling locally (from & to the same area code). You only dialed the area code first for long distance calls.
If you want to see a really fun Michael J. Fox movie, you might want to check out Greedy. It is a fairly unheard of movie with an great ensemble cast. (Kirk Douglass, Olivia D'Abo, Phil Hartman, Ed Begley Jr., Nancy Travis, Jere Burns, Colleen Camp, Siobhan Fallon, and Mary Ellen Trainor).
One of the best movies in history and I believe used in film classes as an example of excellent storytelling. It's bittersweet to watch tho as knowing Michael j fox condition, as he suffers from advanced parkinsons so had to retire. However he's raised a billion dollars for research on disease. Him having been such a fit and physical actor it's sad watching him struggle to even walk now.
Since you in the 80s please review Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swazie. I think you will like it. If people in comments says not to don't listen at them! 🤣
I remember as a kid not getting the bit about Biff asking who’s going pay for his dry cleaning because he spilled beer on himself in the accident. That whole scene is perfection. With the dismount of say hello to your mom for me.
To me, the sign of a great movie is one that you can watch over and over and over again and still enjoy it. This is definitely one of those movies. I've literally seen it a hundred times and still love it just as much. That being said, I'm reminded of something that Roger Ebert the film critic once said about it: "I wish I could forget that I ever saw this movie so I could enjoy seeing it for the first time all over again." So true!
It's interesting watching this movie reaction today -- hadn't really thought about this: That JVC camcorder "worked" for Marty to hook up to Doc's TV, because in 1985, the TV connectors/technology wasn't really that different yet [30 years difference], but, today, say... he'd have recorded that whole video on an iPhone, and good luck trying to hook that up to a 1950's TV. (granted, i spose they'd just watch it on the iPhone) ... maybe nevermind this. :) Mostly saying that our tech change from 1985 to now has broken the idea of hooking up the "modern thing" with the "old thing"
If you haven't watched the second one yet, as soon as it says "to be continued" make sure you turn it off so you don't get a spoiler for the third movie. It literally goes right into the trailer for the third movie.
@@BillyBong If the trailer isn't seen you aren't really sure where Doc winds up. Spoiling the magic of just watching the movie to find out. A lot is given away in the trailer.
@jbmopar1971 What? They know where he is going, it's in the letter at the end of the movie before the trailer. If someone couldn't figure out where they were going after the second movie, they are dumb or didn't pay attention. Plus, why do all movies have trailers? They would never make a trailer if this was the case. Never once in my life did anyone ever say skip the trailer at the end of the movie for spoilers until the spergs in youtube comments.
@@BillyBong I'll give you that I forgot the end of the second one when the letter is received from western union they do say where he is. That's about it. All I was trying to do was have someone who seems to enjoy movies being surprised at seeing certain things.
80's and 90's were the best decades ever. Best movies and music. I live by childhood in the 80's (born in 1978) and my teenage years in the 90's, so I'm a lucky girl. And I watched these movies when I was a child. So weird that you are only watching this NOW!!
This is one of your best reactions to date! Hysterical. You had me dying at some points. Especially how you called noticing an obvious driveby shooting, then Peabody's shotty, and other shit. I'm dead bro.
My husband and I went to Universal Studios here in Cali. My husband was chosen to do the Towne Clock Scene with doc and it was so cool. He looked as if he was there. This was July 1997. It was our honeymoon. Great movie to show. Great memories
I got chosen for that, too! I have a VHS tape in my family's den somewhere of me on that clocktower. I was such a fan, I knew all the lines and facial expressions. "Great Scott!!"
1. The cranky principal Mr. Strickland/James Tolkan also played the ship's squadron leader in "Top Gun". 2. The teacher that tells Marty, "I'm afraid you're just too darn loud" is Huey Lewis himself. (Heart of rock and roll, Power of love. etc. 3. Eric Stoltz was first cast as Marty, but he didn't play well with others and was fired. Some of his long shots are still in the movie. 4. The flammable material set on fire with the model exercise had to have been put there on purpose. 5. It's always fun to see how people react to the Marty and his mom car scene. 🤣 6. George McFly/Crispin Glover didn't like that the story ended with the family being prosperous. 7. IMVHO part II is the best of the trifecta. 8. If you want a first time/share of an OUTSTANDING movie, if you haven't already, where Christopher Lloyd plays the heavy, you must do "Who Framed Roger Rabbit".
There were pencils in 1955, but nobody would ever use one for a letter. Pencils were for figuring or shopping lists, anything that wasn't permanent. Letters were intended to last, so they were written with ink, and since there were no ballpoint pens then, people wrote with ink pens, which is what Marty was using when he writes his letter. (The next step up was fountain pens, which contained cartridges full of ink that you just changed out instead of needing a bottle. From there, a semi-dry ink was invented and the ballpoint to go with it, which is the most common kind today.)
Fun fact.. the dude who told Marty’s band they were too loud at the battle of the bands audition is Huey Lewis.. he sings the ‘theme’ song ‘Power Of Love’ & it’s the same song Marty & the band tried to audition w..
Yes, Jerry Lee Lewis was the musician who married his cousin. "Great Balls of Fire." The Jerry Lewis he's referring to here was an actor/comedian. He was a part of the Rat Pack. Basically rolled with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr.
You're only the second reactor who got the "Make like a tree, and get out of here" joke. Out of several-dozen times watching this with reactors, only one before you got it. Kudos! :)
It's Old Man Peabody growing pine trees. His son is credited as Sherman Peabody in the closing credits. The names pay homage to the late '50s/early '60s cartoon segment Peabody's Improbable History. It featured a talking genius inventor dog Mr. Peabody and his adopted human son Sherman who use the W.A.B.A.C. (way back, get it?) machine to travel back (and forth) in time. Sound familiar?
Fun fact: Michael J Fox was filming his sitcom, Family Ties, at the same time as this movie. He did Family Ties during the day and then went right to the other studio to film this at night.
IF time travel is possible.... and that's a big 'if'... You wouldn't just have to be able to manipulate time, but also space as well. If you stepped into a time machine that sent you back 30 years, without calculating for galactic movement, you would appear in the middle of space... as the specific point on the planet you are standing on would have been elsewhere 30 years before. The planet revolves around it's axis, while it revolves around the sun, while the solar system moves with the local cluster of stars, in the arm of the Milky Way that is, itself spinning, as the galaxy itself is moving in relation to the galactic core and other galaxies...... everything is always in movement. So you would need a way to not 'only' travel back in time, but to also pinpoint the exact point in space that the planet was at, in that specific point in time. ...and even if you could be precise enough to do all those calculations, and know exactly where the location you left from is at in the point of time you are going to.... depending on how much time you were traversing, the landscape might be different than you expect. The ground could be higher, or lower, than the point you left from. ...and that's just off the top of my head. I am sure there are a ton of other factors that would make time travel astronomically unlikely - at least in the terms of how we are assuming it would be done. Who knows.... maybe the answer lies in quantum entangled particles and their unique ability to share the same spacial proximity, even over large distances. We are so far from that type of technology though....
well done... I must have watched a dozen reactions to this movie over the last couple years and you are the only one ever that got the 'make like a tree' joke. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome reaction Major! You were so attentive you caught many of the details hidden in plain sight or shown / mentioned in the beginning. They do the same in the next one, foreshadowing things in the third. The Secret of My Success (1987) is another great Michael J. Fox film (and Doc Hollywood).
Don’t sweat the pausing. I’d rather you pause to discuss, instead of talking and missing something. Your reactions are dope af if people got a problem with the way you watch stuff we have a name for people like that, we call it Al-qaeda
"How's he a slacker? He does everybody's work." He might not have time to do his own work because of it. That's why Strickland calls him a slacker: he slacks off on his own work to do Biff's. I only just realised that because of your comment. And I've seen this movie a million times.
Boa reação! Muito legal ver a galera das novas gerações reagindo e gostando. A primeira vez que assisti esse filme foi na tv quando eu tinha 6 anos em 88 e fiquei impressionado. Os outros dois eu vi numa sessão dupla no cinema em 90. Incrível como essa trilogia é boa e até hoje surpreende até quem já vai assistir com alta expectativa.
Yup fun days...I was introduced to looney tunes back in the 80s I was a kid back then. But cell phones came out in the 98 and every teens becomes cheesy then 2000s era hits everybody tries to live in social media virtual life.
Oh yeah, Fox was massively busy in 1985, working on BTTF, Teen Wolf AND his role of Alex P Keaton on Family Ties. Rumor is he was sleeping in his car in between all shoots.
Oh yeah! The war on drugs was a great idea! Especially the CIA going into cities dropping the pallets of weapons and drugs. They just mysteriously showed up in cities
That garage was Doc's garage from the original property. When he sold off the rest of it after the house was destroyed, it became Burger King and all those other stores, shopping centers, and restaurants. The good who told Marty he was too darn loud was Huey Lewis, of the band that sang the main theme song, "Power of Love." Every phone number in North America had an area code starting in 1947, but the proliferation first of fax numbers then cell phones didn't make shrinking area codes in order to duplicate numbers necessary until the '90s and after. When I was little, for a local number in town, you only had to dial the last 4 digits of the number to be connected. Eventually, you had to dial the last 7 digits of your phone number, and finally, all 10, sometimes with a 1 first. Suicide doors open backward. Those lift up, so they're gullwing doors. First, every lane of every gas station was like that, then only the Full Service lane not Self-Serve, then there only was Self-Serve. Pay phones in 1955 took nickels, which Marty used. By the '70s, they took dimes. By the time the movie came out, quarters. In the Back to the Future movies, Billy Zane had his own hair. By Titanic, it was a wig. An average person in California wouldn't have paid any attention to who was a senator in Massachusetts in 1955. You don't know Jackie Gleason??? You have to see some episodes of "Jackie Gleason: The Honeymooners, with the stars Art Carney, Audrey Meadows and Joyce Randolph!" It's a CLASSIC from the DuMont Television Network. You can also react to Gleason here watching the hit movie Smokey and the Bandit (1977), also starring Burt Reynolds and Sally Field. He also starred with Paul Newman in the drama The Hustler (1961), which was followed by a sequel, The Color of Money (1986) starring Newman and Tom Cruise. He also starred in The Toy (1982) with Richard Pryor, and Nothing in Common (1986) with Tom Hanks. When Marty arrived, the theater had an ad outside for Cattle Queen of Montana, starring Ronald Reagan & Barbara Stanwyck. Both later moved to TV; Stanwyck starred on The Big Valley, Reagan hosted General Electric Theater then Death Valley Days, before being elected governor of California after years being president of the Screen Actors Guild. Jerry Lewis was part of the comedy duo Martin & Lewis for years before striking out on his own making his own comedies, starring in 60 movies, including The Nutty Professor (1963). He also hosted The Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon from 1966 to 2010, which raised nearly $2.5 billion for muscular dystrophy research. You were thinking of Jerry Lee Lewis & Joe Louis. Superman used to say "Great Scott!" on the radio series throughout the '40s and again in the '60s when the same voice actor recreated the role for a TV series of animated cartoons. When Marty punches Biff in the diner, for a split second they used a shot of the original Marty McFly actor from the first 6 weeks of shooting, Eric Stoltz. Go back to that scene and slow it down and you might be able to tell when it's not Michael J. Fox. The script for this movie is taught in film schools as an example of fantastic, maybe even perfect, screenwriting. The entire American side of the Niagara Power project only generates about 2.5 gigawatts of electricity, at the most! Did you notice Twin Pines Mall at the beginning was Lone Pine Mall at the end, because Marty had run over one of them? This movie ended with no thought of ever making a sequel. They just wanted to end with one last joke.
great reaction dude! wanted to answer your question (while i remember), the writing utensils in the 50’s were fountain pens that required liquid indian ink in little bottles to operate. quills were still occasionally being used too. maybe not in public schools, but i know in catholic schools where there were still some wooden desks, they had a little hole usually in the upper right hand corner where you’d drop the ink bottle to fill the pen with. if you can imagine cm, it was probably messy and certainly inconvenient, but they made it work.
OH SH*T!!!!! I went to school in the 80s. We had a mostly wooden desks, but a few newer desks (possibly composite). The wood desks has a round depression in the upper right corner and you absolutely just helped me figure out what it was for!!!! OMG!! I owe you a tea
You: “I wish somebody would put air in my tires and change my oil. Well, we do, it’s called Valvoline” Me: We are each others spirit animals. 🥰 I always go to Valvoline and tell others about it. It’s the best drive-thru oil change place. 🤗 Never thought I would ever hear anyone else mention it. Thank you for that.
7:20 - :)))) area codes existed since 1947 in US! The 555 numbers is what Hollywood used as their own "area code" so people won't call characters from the movies.
Tom Holland based his portrayal of Peter Parker in the Spider-Man movies on Marty McFly. That's why they seem so similar. It was intentional. Area codes were around LONG before the 2000's. They are nothing new, and they are not a recent invention. Before the days of unlimited cell phone plans, calling outside your area code was more expensive than local phone calls, so people often avoided it when they could. If you made a local call within your area code, it wasn't even necessary to dial the area code. That's why the use of area codes might seem like a new thing. And now with cell phones and smartphones, there are more area codes than before. Just because people didn't use something often or just because there wasn't previously as many of something, that doesn't mean that it's new.
That was a great reaction! Thank you! Of course they had pencils in the fifties … but a fountain pen was, is and always will be much more classy to use. I am so glad you decided to watch Back To The Future - it is an awesome trilogy that one must watch entirely to bring the best out of it. After you’ll watch parts two and three as well, you’ll see that everything wraps up in a perfect circle, like no other trilogy I’ve seen. As I don’t want to spoil anything, I’ll wait for you to watch part two and after you react to it I’ll show you something very cute (hopefully I’ll be able to put links in the comment). Looking forward to your next reaction. Salutations from a Romanian brother …
So, a note on Doc learning about his invention early. I have a theory...that when Doc Brown learned that an invention in his head becomes reality, it changes his future. When Marty originally talks to the Doc in the twin pines parking lot, he mentions that he'll be able to know who wins the next few world series. This, coupled with the article at the very beginning of the movie that talked about the Brown Mansion being burned down as well as stealing from the lybians, leads us to realize he's probably not in n the best place financially. (Also, the Doc literally says he spent his entire family fortune on making the time machine)However, once he sees with his own eyes his flux capacitor, he realizes that this invention will work. This instills a new sense of direction in his life, leading him to make smarter choices in life, financially. In turn, Doc is no longer obsessed with money. We see this when Marty buys the almanac in the next movie and when Doc finds it, he deeply disapproves.
"Does he have suspenders on?" Yes, they were an iconic feature during the preppy trend of the 80's! I also wore vests and ties as a teen in that decade, along with oxfords or loafers.
Now you have to do Back to the Future 2 and 3. One thing though, at the end of 2 they will give you previews of the third one. Stop the video before that happens so that you can have a TRUE first time reaction to it. Most important that you do that
Congratulations! When I was younger, growing up, this used to be my favorite movie as well. It replaced stuff like Suburban Commando or Hook which I was obsessed with as a child. Then, later, the film Contact took the #1 spot. For a short span, because I experienced it in the theater, probably and because I was a massive Daft Punk fan, Tron Legacy took the spot. Nowadays it's still/again The Fountain... I feel like it's not gonna retain the spot forever though....
This movie was everything as a kid.....still had hope for the future until 2012....and then the real 2015...ugh...lol more when we reach Pt. 2....this film...forever a classic.
555 is the first 3 digits they always use for a phone number in movies. Area codes were definitely a thing back in the day. if someone gave you their number back in the day they might not have given the area code if yall lived in the same area but you definitely had to punch it in before dialing the number
I still say the parent's, specifically George, purchased the truck for Marty as a "thank you" for helping him with his life since he remembers. A little hint is that George says the same quote to Marty while giving his book to him "if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything!"
If its 30 years between 198 and 1955 and Marty is 16, that means it was 14 years between the Enchantment Dance and Marty's birth.....for a total of about 2 years until Marty's face started to look like Calvin's face. That's a stretch. So...that's about 24 years between seeing Calvn in 1955 and Marty's FACE in 1985 (assuming marty didnt look like he was 16 years old when he was 4 years old, or 6, or 10, or 11) I went to my 25 year high school reunion and I couldnt remember my Prom date, despite the fact that she hardly changed. I just couldnt remember her face, despite the fact that I was crazy about her and we dated for 2 months.
I think that they just purchased the truck for him when he turned 16 because they could afford it, as most parents who can afford it do. As for the line about putting your mind to it, I think that that was to show us that Marty is responsible for motivating his dad and turning the family's fortunes around.
The parents aren't aware it was their son who helped them. The director made the family wealthier at the end and wanted to reward Marty with the truck he wanted.
Michael J. Fox was also filming the comedy sitcom "Family Ties" at the time he filmed this movie. He would be on set for the sitcom in the days and at nights and weekends he filmed "Back to the Future".
