Back to the Future Day live: Is October 21, two thousand fifteen turning out like the film predicted?

By Barney Henderson, Rupert Hawksley, Helena Horton

1:00AM BST twenty two Oct 2015

• It’s Back to the Future Day! And the internet is going crazy

• Everyone is excited, from civillians to cast members

End of Back To The Future Day

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Back to the Future Day packed with nostalgia – and jokes

When Marty McFly travelled to the future in the one thousand nine hundred eighty nine “Back to the Future” sequel – to October 21, 2015, to be precise – he was greeted by flying cars, self-tying sneakers and hovering skateboards.

The futuristic items were from a distant world for the time-travelling teenager on a journey from one thousand nine hundred eighty five to two thousand fifteen to save his children.

Michael J Fox in Back to the Future (1985) Photo: REX

But that day ultimately arrived on Wednesday, dubbed “Back to the Future Day” as fans of the blockbuster trilogy around the world celebrated the movie milestone.

Marty McFly rails a hoverboard in Back to the Future II

US President Barack Obama tweeted:

Glad Back to the Future Day, @RealMikeFox! Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then? That’s mighty, man.

At the Houston, Texas headquarters of DeLorean cars, whose gull-winged DMC-12 model was adapted in the film into a time machine, crowds gathered to mark the anniversary.

Doc Brown is seen holding a tablet in Back to the Future II

“A lot of people are getting their cameras out and taking pictures,” DeLorean Motor Co CEO Stephen Wynne told reporters. “When we opened. at eight o’clock this morning, a woman ran in and she was dressed as Marty McFly and everybody goes, ‘whoa’!”

In Canada, a playful recall announcement on the official Health Canada website said that “a certain DMC-12 car converted into a time machine, a defect in the flux capacitor could lead to inability to travel through time. Doc Brown will affect repairs.”

One brief scene has US baseball fans abuzz. A holographic news board informs Marty McFly that the long-suffering Chicago Cubs have won the two thousand fifteen World Series.

The Cubs actually made it to the Major League Baseball playoffs this year, and it seemed like the scene might be prescient. But now the Cubs are one loss away from being eliminated from contention by the Fresh York Mets, which would proceed the Cubs’ 107-year championship drought.

In Back to the Future Part II, hero Marty McFly travels from his present-day one thousand nine hundred eighty five to thirty years in the future – October 21, two thousand fifteen – to prevent his children from making decisions that would jeopardize his family.

Back To The Future’s Michael J. Fox & Christopher Lloyd Reunite In Fresh Toyota Commercial Photo: Toyota

While the so-called hover boards have yet to make their commercial debut, other gadgets such as wearable eye glass screens and movie calls have turned out closer to the mark.

“We’ve got 3D movies,” Lloyd says as the two actors sit in a diner. “We’ve got fingerprint technology,” Fox answers.

Marty is given a pair of self-tying footwear in Back to the Future II Photo: universal Pictures

Pepsi unveiled a limited run of “Pepsi Flawless”, the soda McFly drinks in the film, while Nike, whose power-laced boots the character wore, tweeted Fox on Tuesday telling “See you tomorrow”, leaving fans speculating over the message.

Some fans had hoped for a revival of the franchise at a time when others movies are getting reboots. But earlier this week, one of the films’ executive producers said a fourth instalment was unlikely.

00.29 – How the day played out. Was it as predicted in 1985?

Back to the Future Day is over. The exact time Marty and Doc Brown travel forward to from one thousand nine hundred eighty five – has been and gone. This time round.

00.08 Driver in silver DeLorean stopped doing 88mph

The police wrote: “Michigan State Police troopers stopped a silver DeLorean today for driving 88mph in a 55mph zone.

“The two occupants, Dr Emmett Brown and Marty McFly, were given a spoken warning to drive more securely on Michigan roads. Dr Emmett Brown responded by telling, ‘Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.’”

The Canadian government also joined in the joy, releasing an official recall notice on the DMC-12 model DeLorean.

“On a certain DMC-12 car converted into a time machine, a defect in the flux capacitor could lead to inability to travel through time while travelling at eighty eight miles per hour (141.6km/h) and may increase energy consumption beyond 1.21 gigawatts,” the spoof statement said, referring to the speed at which the films’ DeLorean can travel to the future. “This could have disastrous consequences.”

A silver DeLorean that was stopped by Michigan State Police Photo: Michigan State Police

Back to the Future Day is impacting on the two thousand sixteen race for the White House. Sort of. Here’s Marco Rubio’s effort:

In honor of #BackToTheFuture day. Yesterday is over and we’re never going back. https://t.co/UG4nmTKHhp

Ben Carson joined in the joy:

Been attempting to get up to eighty eight MpH so I can see the future when Ben is elected President, but I’m not as quick as a Delorean. #BackToTheFuture

Ted Cruz chipped in with a quip about the Iranian nuclear deal:

In 1985, Doc Brown gave Libyan terrorists a fake nuclear bomb. In 2015, @POTUS gave Iran keys to the real thing. pic.twitter.com/kLZRvGW8wN

Martin O’Malley’s tweet bypassed humour:

30 years from now, we could be five years away from a 100% clean energy powered electrified grid. #BackToTheFuture https://t.co/H8NGpC0meY

Christopher Lloyd has given an interview to Vulture.com about Back to the Future Day. He says he’s astonished by all of today’s excitement:

“I didn’t imagine that thirty years later, there’d be this enthusiasm and excitement about it. This celebration, I didn’t see that coming at all. Back to the Future came out, and there was a two-year lapse, and we did II and III together. We were just making another movie and hoping it gets past opening night. But the kids who spotted this film, they’ve grown up and had kids, who have grown up and had kids. It’s exponential, it just keeps spreading out more and more. But the film has aged well. I witnessed it last night. It seems very contemporary.”

Even the leader of the free world is getting in on the excitement generated by Back to the Future Day:

Blessed Back to the Future Day, @RealMikeFox! Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then? That’s strenuous, man.

Duo tie the knot with Back to the Future themed wedding on Back to the Future Day:

Jordan Gillard and his bride Sally Evans had a Back to the Future themed wedding Photo: Media Wales Ltd

Jordan Gillard, twenty six and Sally Evans, 24, from Pontypridd are massive fans of the film, so after Jordan got down on one knee and proposed last year they knew a themed wedding would be on the cards.

Sally said: “Jordan and I have been together for around ten years and we’d always talked about having a Back to the Future themed wedding. So when he proposed we knew we’d stick to the idea.

“We’re kind of ‘mega nerds’ about the film, so when we knew Back to the Future Day was coming up this year we planned everything around that.”

The duo began the plans earlier this year by sending out invitations, which were in the form of a letter that Marty wrote to Doc in the film.

“We’d been planning it for a while and we had lots of bits and lumps to go with the theme,” Sally said.

“Our table plans were organised around different places Marty and Doc visited in ‘2015’, we also have a ‘Hill Valley’ sign we painted ourselves to go outside the venue and the ceremony music was the orchestral version of the sound track.”

Sally arrived at the wedding, which was held at De Courceys Manor in Pentyrch, in a Buick, a car which was used in the film. While Jordan ‘time travelled’ to the venue in a DeLorean, the car which Doc Brown used as his vehicle of choice for travelling through time.

Here’s how the ‘self-tying’ laces self-tied in the film:

Filming Marty’s Auto-Lace Sneakers for Back To The Future Part II, 1989. pic.twitter.com/TLrHNTubEL

Michael J. Fox will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight:

Blessed #BackToTheFuture Day! We have something very special with Michael J. Fox TONIGHT on #KimmelinBrooklyn! pic.twitter.com/OSWzjgm547

Lots of excitement about Nike releasing ‘self-tying’ trainers this evening:

That’s it from me but here’s a monster of a graphic, courtesy of superscholar.org, to pore over until Barney Henderson picks up the reins.

Here’s the third in our series (oh for God’s sake – Ed) of original Back to the Future reviews. This one from John Coldstream, published in 1990, is a review of Back to the Future III and applauds “a wholly delightful excursion, in the arms of some master craftsmen who have recaptured the spirit that made the very first of the series so appealing.”

Any Back to the Future fans out there who also support Everton FC (if you’re reading this in America, they’re a soccerball team)? Well, dear readers, this is going to suck your mind.

When Marty McFly travelled back to one thousand nine hundred fifty five Everton finished 11th, when he went back to one thousand nine hundred eighty five they finished 2nd, 11-2=9 pic.twitter.com/fU7pUvi1eZ

People do realise Marty McFly didn’t *truly* arrive in our universe today, right?

Here’s the 2nd in our series (not indeed a series is it? – Ed) of original Back to the Future reviews. This one from Hugo Davenport, published in 1989, is a review of Back to the Future II and it says: “The film is utter of sparky, inventive jokes and some special effects (the anti-gravity skateboards stand out) that will amze even the most blase youthful video-sophisticate.”

Is there a brand on this planet not hopping on the Back to the Future bandwagon? #QTWTAIN

May I refer you, @Mopar71, to the fifth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the Fresh Testament (it’s the passage about the splinter and the eye btw).

I’m over Back to the Future day. Too many peeps posting about it.

This is tinged with melancholy, is it not?

Trust Microsoft to be one step ahead of everyone else. But I like this. it’s a look at what the world will be like in 2045, thirty years from now (the same hop forward in time taken by Marty and Doc in Back to the Future Two).

Here are their thoughts:

Futurist Ray Kurzweil said that it was flawlessly reasonable to expect computers to exhibit human-level intelligence and emotions within the next fifteen years. So in thirty years, expect to see AI intelligence introduced as a virtual presence that you can see and potentially feel.

We’re still at very early stages for the Internet of Things (IoT), but we are already eyeing connected devices such as the Microsoft Band. In 2045, expect to live in cities where everything could be connected. You may well be regularly talking to your fridge, cooker or thermostat!

Robots can already be used for requesting and repetitive tasks not suitable for humans. Imagine a world of connected robots communicating together, monitoring events, controlling and manipulating physical objects. Do you want a robot mate to string up out with? Maybe one that could serve you drinks?

There are already a number of tech companies presently working on this. In thirty years, expect it to be a reality where people call for a taxi without a driver, which drives itself to the venue of your choice, which you pay for on your hand-held device. Will we be still using smartphones?

We’ve began the age of the HoloLens. Where will this technology be in thirty years? Imagine going to a style retailer and practice a shopping practice where you can attempt on different clothes with a pair of augmented reality goggles? Or play movie games using 3D photos without the use of a screen.

Thanks, Microsoft. And what will future generations detect if and when they travel back in time?

Cracking

We can confirm that ITV2 did cut parts of Back to the Future. And with f—–g good reason.

@ruhawksley they substitute “you’re gonna see some serious shit” with “you’re gonna see some serious stuff” sometimes,

Back to the, er, past. Our peerless archivist Gavin Fuller has dug up the original Telegraph review of Back to the Future and it’s a rather wonderful thing.

Eric Shorter wrote in 1985: “It restores your faith in the joy to be mined from a time machine because it is well written, wittily conceived, tautly plotted and once its premise has been granted, as in all good farce, it proceeds with unerring logic to develop its absurdity with a decent, rabid sense of seriousness.”

The Back to the Future marathon is well underway on ITV2 (it embarked at Four.29 *bravo*). But one fan ain’t blessed. Can anyone confirm whether this is true? Tweet me @ruhawksley

@ITV @itv2 if your going to demonstrate all the Back to the Future don’t cut bit out of the film. #BackToFutureDay #BackToTheFuture

Starter for Ten. Do you know why Doc Brown’s DeLorean needed to reach eighty eight mph? Nor me, but this article exposes all (as well as a entire blast of other things you may not know).

My colleague Mark Monahan assures me that this is essential background reading for any Back to the Future fan. Yes, it’s his review of the original film.

“This fusion of sci-fi, act, romance and comedy could have been a dreadful mess, were it not for writer-director Robert Zemeckis and co-writer Bob Gale’s refusal to let a liberate line or idea escape their pens.”

If that hasn’t put you off, read the lot here.

Just having a few drinks, things got a bit out of forearm and the next thing I knew.

A photo posted by @bestofbritishtattoo on Jul 15, two thousand fifteen at 12:18am PDT

Excuse the bad language but one does wonder whether @lorenzo_toilets is getting into the “f—-n” spirit of things.

Did George Orwell fans just go fuckin bananas like this for the entire of 1984

‘Tis indeed a very nice touch. Bravo, Amazon.

If you have Amazon Prime (Movie), they’re letting you stream the Back to the Future trilogy today. That’s a nice touch 🙂

Speaking of the DeLorean, this is a lovely chunk by Andrew Frankel on how the film’s automotive starlet has stood the test of time.

“It’s a question to which we think instinctively we know the response. What was the DeLorean like to drive? It was rubbish, surely? Actually, and as we shall shortly see, it’s not fairly as elementary as that.”

It’s Four.29pm! The precise moment Marty McFly and Doc Brown arrive in “The Future”, on October 21, 2015. Oh sorry, that’s American time. as you were *puts cellophane back on DeLorean-shaped cake*

Thanks, Helena. Sorry I’m late, everyone, couldn’t find anywhere to park the hover board. Hope you’ve all had a blast. Let’s kick things off with this timeline of Michael J Fox’s career.

Say goodbye to me and hello to Rupert Hawksley

It’s time to forearm over the liveblog to someone else now, and that someone is Mr Hawksley.

People who have been emailing in and tweeting, please now direct your BTTF musings to [email protected] or tweet him at @ruhawksley

I’ll leave you with this:

The one thousand nine hundred eighty nine film “Back to the Future II” displayed life on Oct 21, two thousand fifteen — Dual Neckties. [WTF?] pic.twitter.com/CCGAgs9F8a

It’s a very special day indeed today – not only is it Back to the Future day, but it is also the night the third scene of the Apprentice airs.

We wonder if there will be any jokes – Lord Sugar has been retweeting BTTF jokes today.

SIX HOURS TO GO! Who will be the 3rd (and possibly 4th and 5th) candidate fired? Tune in TONIGHT for @bbcapprentice pic.twitter.com/XSnnk3SUY2

If you have the funds, you should most likely donate to the Michael J Fox foundation

That’s right, he has his own charity, which is aiming to combat Parkinson’s disease.

What better day to donate than on Back to the Future day? Donate here.

Spotify’s Back To The Future playlist

Fancy a bit of retro music? Spotify has created a playlist of the tunes that were popular in 1985.

It’s most likely better than listening to Bieber.

Some good tweets

The one thousand nine hundred eighty nine film “Back to the Future II” envisioned life on Oct 21, two thousand fifteen — Thumbprint Locks. [Got it] pic.twitter.com/hrBia4aXje

Not looking forward to Back to the Future Boxing day. Cold Delorean sandwiches for a week!

See all of you making jokes about Back to the Future? You’re David Cameron, you are

The should make back to the future a subject in school. I think kids would benefit from it more than other subjects.

Just like Back to the Future predicted, you hate your stepdad

Pete Wentz has got in on the act. This ain’t a scene, it’s a goddamned tweet round-up.

blessed back to the future day.

How BTTF predicted Trump

That’s right, people are telling that the film franchise predicted Donald Trump, everyone’s favourite American Presidential Candidate.

YES!! Donald Trump is Biff Tannen from Back to the Future Two. (via @kristinanapoli) pic.twitter.com/WuiqobZSCW

Say what you will about the accuracy of Back to the Future’s predictions, it ravaged Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. pic.twitter.com/ROUwsy8YrQ

Yeah yeah, Back to the Future II wasn’t that good. But Trump was Good in it. Terrific actually. pic.twitter.com/e5W6ye7qGO

Back to the Future Day. I can only assume that if Trump completes up as President, Marty McFly messed up a past timeline.

Unexpected REALISATION! Alternate one thousand nine hundred eighty five Biff in Back To The Future two IS Donald Trump!

Lots of people talking about Back to the Future II and the Cubs but what about Trump being rich Biff in the alternate timeline?

People are telling that he resembles Biff Tannen, the bad fellow in the films. Biff uses the riches he gets from his casino/hotel to wiggle up the Republican party and then finishes up assuming political power in Hill Valley. Sound familiar? They also look creepily similar.

I have never seen a skinny person drinking Diet Coke.

Is this the worst tweet today?

It’s very likely not a good idea to attempt to ‘meme war’

America has woken up

They are in for a TREAT today!

Ok please just get all the “Back to the Future” references out of your system before noon, plz.

i cant believe its back to the future day

Just For Your Information that the entire Internet is going to be Back to the Future today.

University of Leicester forms Department of Transtemporal Studies

They’ve written a spoof (we think) web page especially for Back to the Future day.

Here’s an excerpt:

“The Department of Transtemporal Studies at Leicester (formerly the School of Anomalous Chronography) was founded in 1985. We are a leading centre for research and instructing into all aspects of time travel.

“Staff in the Department have extensive practice of journeying to a broad diversity of historical and future periods, using a range of technics. We have a comprehensive selection of state-of-the-art time machines, ranging in size from multi-person vehicles to individual wristbands, which are used for training our degrees and also for research at the cutting edge of chronolysis and chronography.

“Please contact us to find out more about our degrees, our research and our achievements – past, present and future.”

I am liveblogging the wrong day

To feast this special day, why not permanently ink it on your bod?

N.B. we are not responsible for any regrettable tattoos that arise as a result of this post.

A photo posted by Mike Lutke (@mn_lutke_photography) on Oct 20, two thousand fifteen at Five:02pm PDT

Anyone know any tattoo parlors doing Back To the Future tattoos tomorrow?

South West trains are at it again:

Teenagers react to back to the future

If you are older than the author of this live blog, this will very likely also make you feel old:

It’s fairly funny, tho’.

I feel so old

@JamieRoss7 want to feel old? This is Doc and Marty McFly now. pic.twitter.com/PZcGctn7jW

Here are some odds from Paddy Power on what will happen in 2045

“The bookmaker has leaped in his handy time machine to suggest Two/1 for Police to be using hover boards, while it’s a futuristic Four/1 for Domestic Robots to be used at Buckingham Palace.

“Paddy might sound like he’s from Planet Vulcan, but the bookie is even suggesting just 9/Four for England to have won the football World Cup by 2045.

2045 UK Predictions

• Two/1: Hoverboards to be used by police officers

• Four/1: Domestic Robots to be in use at Buckingham Palace

• 9/Four: England to have won a football World Cup

• Four/11: Labour to have won a majority in a general election

“Paddy Power said: “Good Scott! Back to the Future got a few things right but England to win a World Cup? Surely not!””

How homes could look in the future

We’ve got a nice property lump up about what homes will be like in the future.

Have a read, evidently we should expect Self-cleaning fabrics, truly waterproof materials and individual climate control.

I have let you all down and I am very sorry:

This is an intellectual politics blog

And this is an absolutely sick burn from David Cameron, if it is true:

Cameron just did the unpreventable Back To The Future joke “Corbyn should get in his DeLorean, go back to 1985, and stay there” #PMQs

Our Asa did not love it, however:

That #BackToTheFuture joke was all too inescapable. *cringe* #PMQs

People love tweeting about how they haven’t seen the films:

Blessed Back-To-The-Future Day! *pops on hover-board and licks spaceman food* (i’ve never seen it)

When you’ve never seen Back to the Future, so you have no clue what’s going on.

Today I feel like the only person in the world who has never seen Back To The Future.

I’ve never seen Back To The Future II, but I have observed Back To The Future twice in a row, does that count?

I’ve never seen Back to the Future and, to be fairly frank, you lot are not indeed selling it to me.

Most likely not the best time to say I’ve never seen back to the future

I’ve never seen Back to the Future so I have no idea what everyone on my timeline is talking about.

About the only person that’s never seen back to the future

Bonus- This is the worst joke on Twitter:

It’s lunchtime (almost) so here’s a nice long-ish read from Telegraph Travel about the future of travel.

Will we be using hoverboards anytime soon? Find out here.

Back to the Future four parody trailer:

Robot dogs, Kim Kardashian as president and Madonna’s two thousand forty world tour. is this what Back to the Future four would look like if it was made?

This is a very well-made parody movie:

No one could have predicted this:

Hoverboards are all very well, but #BackToTheFuture never predicted Jeremy Corbyn at #PMQs – did it? pic.twitter.com/eu8mUb6N6P

Please stop this at once:

Austria legalises hoverboards just in time for Back to the Future day

Justin Huggler reports from Berlin:

You can now legally use a hover-board on the streets in Austria – in the unlikely event you can get your mitts on one.

In a bizarre homage to the Back to the Future film trilogy, the Austrian ministry of transport has made an official ruling that hover-boards are street-legal.

The announcement was timed for today’s date, October 21, two thousand fifteen – the date Marty McFly travels to the future in the films and very first encounters a hover-board.

You can now use a hover-board on Austrian roads and pavements without any special license or permit.

The only problem is that the films’ prediction of levitating teenagers was slightly off.

Genuine hover-boards which float above the road surface are not yet commercially available.

However, several manufacturers are working on prototypes, and no one could accuse the Austrian authorities of being unprepared.

The ministry of transport says hover-boards are legal “anywhere you could go with an old-style skateboard” in an official announcement on its website.

“It is significant that you don’t obstruct traffic or pedestrians,” the announcement says.

But the ministry warns that because of its capability to travel in different terrains, a hover-board could also be “considered an aircraft”.

“Depending on where you’re traveling with your hover-board (water, soil, air), different rules may apply,” it says.

The ministray says the use of a handlebar, as seen in the film, is not a problem.

But it says anyone wanting to use the rocket-powered “Pit Bull” hover-board depicted in the film would need a pilot’s license.

The website also warns hover-boarders: “It’s always a good idea to wear a helmet for your own safety when railing.”

Stanford University create driverless DeLorean car for Back To The Future Day

Some sobering news:

When Marty & Doc set off back in one thousand nine hundred eighty five the average UK house was £34,655. When they arrive today it’s £202,859 pic.twitter.com/uuMP2QhKQb

People old enough to buy property in one thousand nine hundred eighty five were very fortunate, weren’t they!

Also in this deleted scene Marty McFly worries that being romantic with his mum will turn him gay:

Does this mean he thinks it is worse to be gay than it is to be inappropriate with your mother?

Pizza Express have ‘invented’ instant pizza

Would you eat it?

Want to rail in a DeLorean? Here’s how.

Uber have teamed up with Pepsi to enable a limited number of passengers to drive in the iconic cars.

From 10am to 3pm today, you can get a lift in one with the app.

Consumers simply have to inject the promo code “PEPSIMAX” into the Uber app to unlock the DeLorean icon and have the chance to get a free rail in the iconic time machine.

Yet more ‘police banter’:

Anyone travelling at 88mph hitting a pole, causing power cut & stopping the town clock will likely receive a fine & points! #BackToTheFuture

Oh frabjous day.

People are worried that politicians are going to make bad Back to the Future jokes at PMQs

It is assumed that Jeremy Corbyn very likely won’t.

The look the headmaster would give you when cooing in assembly https://t.co/rrylju0Cyn

He will pull that face if any humour is attempted.

If Cameron slips a Back To The Future reference into #PMQs today, let’s all meet at Westminster later and burn the mother down.

Today’s PMQs: Cameron clears mouth: “Thing about appointing Seumus Milne is. it’s BACK TO THE FUTURE.” *muffle* “Tormentor, that doesn’t work”

I’m putting £100 on Cameron shoe-horning in some feeble ‘Back To The Future’ joke. #amiright #PMQs https://t.co/izlPo5Dqjv

Shall we all agree to down a entire bottle of wine every time MP mentions Back To The Future at PMQs & then at least it might all end quicker

The life and times of Michael J Fox

The culture desk have chronicled Michael J Fox’s life and given a review.

Their view is that as well as being an exceptional entertainer, he is an exceptional man.

A Special Message From Doc Brown

Back To The Future Day is here and Doc Brown has recorded a special message for all the fans on this special day.

This man has a more cynical treatment to the festivities:

What’s your favourite #branded #tweet?

Six experts predict what life will be like in 2045

Will they be better at predicting what the future is like than Back to the Future? They’ve told James Titcomb and Madhumita Murgia from the Technology desk what we should expect in thirty years time.

Predictions include the capability to buy emotions online, invisibility cloaks, artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

Read their article here.

Back To The Future reminds me of that time when I was a child when I fell asleep in the car and when I woke up it was the next day.

Train station banter:

The spoilsports at South West trains have reminded passengers that they are not permitted to use hoverboards or time travel while using their service.

It seems like wherever you go today, you’ll see tepid Back to the Future jokes, including on this live blog!

What a glorious occasion!

It must be a bit confusing for those who have not observed the film.

Evidently Back to the Future Day is going on until tomorrow morning. It is unclear whether livebloggers will be expected to sit at their computers until then (a source says that she hopes that isn’t the case).

Back To The Future Day is tomorrow (Marty and Doc arrived in Hill Valley at Four.29pm Pacific Time, which is 0.29am British Summer Time)

This tweeter has pointed it out, evidently they actually went Back to the Future after midnight UK time.

Oh, and fortunately for us, the DWP have chipped in with some ‘banter’ which is sure to make all of their many fans amused.

They wrote: ‘Pensions? Where we’re going we don’t need pensions…’ #DontIgnoreIt #BackToTheFuture http://www.workplacepensions.gov.uk/ “

And then on their pic, they put “Erm, actually you do.”

It’s a bit of a weird joke.

Superfan explains why Back to the Future is so significant

Back To The Future Superfan, Charlie Moore, explains why today is so significant and what he will be doing to feast

Protesters park a DeLorean outside Parliament to protest the fact that hoverboards are illegal

Hoverboards have been made illegal to rail in public, along with Segways, and this has annoyed some fans of innovation.

We’ve received a press release from Project 42, who manufacture hoverboards.

Naturally, they are annoyed about the ban so they are parking a DeLorean outside Parliament and will have a Marty McFly lookalike on a modern day hoverboard.

Here is what they said:

“21st October 2015. That’s the date Marty McFly travelled thirty years into the future at the end of “Back to the Future.” He arrived in a world where a can of Pepsi costs $50 and where hoverboards were on every street corner.

“Today, Pepsi remains affordable but the wish of hoverboards seems further away than ever despite thousands of British consumers purchasing the self-balancing devices. On Sunday last week the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) outlawed ‘hoverboards’ and other self-balancing vehicles due to a law that was made in the one thousand eight hundred thirty five Highways Act, one hundred eighty years ago!

“Project forty two (P42), a UK accelerator behind the UniWheel, one of the self-balancing products, has arranged for a genuine DeLorean to descend on the Houses of Parliament to highlight how this archaic law could stifle tech and innovative products that were once a wish. With the technology developing so quickly, only now has it become clear that this law will prevent people in the UK from experiencing their fantasies and railing hoverboards.”

Back to the Future: Its bearing appeal, and why it should never be remade

The University of Leicester has analysed the appeal of Back to the Future and has argued that it should never be remade (especially, perhaps, by Keith Lemon. )

Here’s a snippet:

“In latest years, following the film’s cinema re-release for its 25th anniversary, Secret Cinema’s very acclaimed immersive screenings of the very first film, and technological developments such as Lexus’ hoverboard inspired by the films, the appeal of Back to the Future seems to be enlargening. Perhaps this is because nostalgia for the film and its characters has not been affected by attempts to remake or re-boot the series. Unlike many other popular franchises of the 1980s such as Indiana Jones or Ghostbusters there are no plans to remake or extend the Back to the Future series.

“In fact its creators are set against the idea of a remake, with director Robert Zemeckis telling it could not happen until he and the film’s writer, Bob Gale, are dead – and hopefully not even then. In a rather grandiose claim, Zemeckis argued it would be like remaking Citizen Kane asking ‘What folly? What insanity is that?’ (Collins, 2015). But is he wrong to compare Back to the Future to, what is often thought of as, the greatest film of all time?”

Back to the Future II is now a film about the past. pic.twitter.com/KOTCqhZZcf

Here are thirteen things you may not know about the film franchise, willingly put together by tjhe experts on our Film team.

To commence you off, evidently tt was almost called Spaceman From Pluto and Crispin Glover hated the ending.

The Surrey police force has got in on the activity.

They’re most likely attempting to get a few more followers, but their Photoshop abilities are pretty exceptional:

‘Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!’ But eighty eight in a thirty gets you points & a fine in all timelines. #BTTF2015 pic.twitter.com/sGLxpKy0WK

Marty McFly’s back to the future trainers become reality

This movie does what it says on the tin:

ITV two are displaying all of the films today and the Keith Lemon Back To The Future trubute.

Police coerces in Aus are attempting to outdo each other

It’s been Back to the Future Day in Australia for a little while now, and some police coerces have attempted to get in on the activity.

Is it just us, or are State Police Force social media teams attempting to out-viral each other? #BackToTheFutureDay pic.twitter.com/dPdu4UJWsk

Marty McFly from Hill Valley, California was arrested in Melbourne today for disturbing the space-time continuum.

Officers from the Climb on Isa Hoverboard Unit are investigating a crash involving a silver vehicle travelling at 88mph #BackToTheFuture

07.00 What’s the plot?

Dr Emmett Brown takes Marty and his gf Jennifer to the future to prevent their kids from “ruining their lives”.

Doc Brown and Marty McFly travel to in the screen classic’s one thousand nine hundred eighty nine sequel Photo: Universal Pictures

After doing that, Marty buys a sports almanac for 1950-2000, thinking it might help him in his time. Doc finds out and throws it away, but two thousand fifteen Biff (now a very old man) finds the book and uses the DeLorean to give the almanac to his junior self.

When Marty and Jennifer arrive back to their own time, they find it has totally switched – Biff is very rich and practically wields the city, (sound familiar?). He is married Marty’s mother, killed his dad, and when Marty starts to ask about the almanac, he wants to kill him too.

Doc also finds out that he was imprisoned in an asylum, so the two go back to 1955, the night of the Enchantment-Under-The-Sea party in an effort to take back the almanac.

What did ‘Back to the Future II’ get right about 2015?

Big-screen televisions and movie calls

The film features several scenes of characters watching screens very much like the oversize ones we actually use these days. That’s telling something, because most TVs of the 1980s were strenuous, square appliances with bulky picture tubes. Some of them even came in wood-grain cabinets like furniture!

Also, the “BTTF II” characters talk to the screens just like we do today. Not bad, given that videophones — tho’ long promised — hardly existed in 1989. With FaceTime and Skype now staples, the movie call has evolved from a business medium to an essential of everyday life.

Earlier this year, Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru broke the world record for the longest hoverboard flight, standing on the back of a Omni Hoverboard, his homemade, propeller-powered vehicle. With its downward-thrusting propellers, powered by a dozen lithium polymer batteries, it looks like a military drone and floats like a giant swimming aid with a man on top.

Duru is not the only engineer who believes we can fly. A California company used Kickstarter money to develop the Hendo Hoverboard, which uses electromagnets to zip above a metal floor, while car manufacturer Lexus recently unveiled a wheelless skateboard made from bamboo and carbon fibre fitted with a superconductor cooled by liquid nitrogen to enable it to levitate above magnetic flooring.

Movie glasses

The Back to the Future films also presaged wearable technology, such as wraparound glasses which Marty uses to reaction and speak on the phone (Google Glass, anyone?). Microsoft’s recently announced Hololens bears more then a passing resemblence to Junior’s goggles.As Doc might say: “Superb Scott!”

Self-tying boots

Nike is promising to develop hi-top trainers with inbuilt motors so the laces do the hard work by themselves.

Nike’s self-lacing trainers – available by the end of the year?

While we’re no nearer to a flying car than when the film was released in 1989, it got some things right. Biff, one of the series’ main characters, pays for a taxi rail with a thumb print – just like the fingerprint technology used on the iPhone six and cashless apps such as Uber, Hailo and Bounce.

Jaws nineteen trailer has actually been released

he scene in Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future II, released in 1989, when Marty McFly travels in his DeLorean to 2015? In the background, a cinema is advertising Jaws Nineteen. It is an amusing detail; a sly dig at the enhancing absursity of the (never-ending) Jaws sequels. But it could never indeed happen. could it?

What did Back to the Future II get wrong?

Flying cars powered by rubbish

We’re not fairly at the stage of watching cars zip through the air – albeit this dude has given it a good go. And fossil fuels still power our cars despite electrical making inroads. What price a flux capacitor. Can someone get Elon Musk on the movie phone.

Power clothing

Now this is one thing we wish two thousand fifteen had brought: jackets that dry themselves and footwear that lace themselves up. Look, no arms!

Fax machines

The film went a little too strenuous on its predictions for fax machines, which it imagined would be everywhere in 2015. Fortunately, they’re not

. And there’s one key invention Back to the Future II missed out: smartphones and tablets, undeniably the most significant technological breakthrough of the last decade. Apple didn’t even get a look-in.

Might have come in handy when Marty and the Doc wished to escape the future and head back to 1985.

06.45: It’s here – at last!

Hello and welcome to our Back to the Future liveblog on October 21, two thousand fifteen – the date that Marty McFly and Dr Emmett “Doc” Brown chose to travel forward in time from one thousand nine hundred eighty five in the hit sequel Back To The Future II.

According to the time-bending 1980s sci-fi flick, by October twenty one 2015, we would be living in a world of hoverboards, flying cars and self-tying shoelaces. And now that the day has actually arrived.

Stay with us via the day for all the updates on one of the most memorable days in film history.

The famous readout on the time-travelling DeLorean

Back to the Future Day October 21, two thousand fifteen live: Is your day turning out like the film predicted?

Back to the Future Day live: Is October 21, two thousand fifteen turning out like the film predicted?

By Barney Henderson, Rupert Hawksley, Helena Horton

1:00AM BST twenty two Oct 2015

• It’s Back to the Future Day! And the internet is going crazy

• Everyone is excited, from civillians to cast members

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Back to the Future Day packed with nostalgia – and jokes

The futuristic items were from a distant world for the time-travelling teenager on a journey from one thousand nine hundred eighty five to two thousand fifteen to save his children.

Michael J Fox in Back to the Future (1985) Photo: REX

But that day eventually arrived on Wednesday, dubbed “Back to the Future Day” as fans of the blockbuster trilogy around the world celebrated the movie milestone.

Marty McFly rails a hoverboard in Back to the Future II

US President Barack Obama tweeted:

Blessed Back to the Future Day, @RealMikeFox! Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then? That’s powerful, man.

At the Houston, Texas headquarters of DeLorean cars, whose gull-winged DMC-12 model was adapted in the film into a time machine, crowds gathered to mark the anniversary.

Doc Brown is seen holding a tablet in Back to the Future II

One brief scene has US baseball fans abuzz. A holographic news board informs Marty McFly that the long-suffering Chicago Cubs have won the two thousand fifteen World Series.

Back To The Future’s Michael J. Fox & Christopher Lloyd Reunite In Fresh Toyota Commercial Photo: Toyota

While the so-called hover boards have yet to make their commercial debut, other gadgets such as wearable eye glass screens and movie calls have turned out closer to the mark.

“We’ve got 3D movies,” Lloyd says as the two actors sit in a diner. “We’ve got fingerprint technology,” Fox answers.

Marty is given a pair of self-tying boots in Back to the Future II Photo: universal Pictures

Pepsi unveiled a limited run of “Pepsi Flawless”, the soda McFly drinks in the film, while Nike, whose power-laced footwear the character wore, tweeted Fox on Tuesday telling “See you tomorrow”, leaving fans speculating over the message.

00.29 – How the day played out. Was it as predicted in 1985?

Back to the Future Day is over. The exact time Marty and Doc Brown travel forward to from one thousand nine hundred eighty five – has been and gone. This time round.

00.08 Driver in silver DeLorean stopped doing 88mph

The police wrote: “Michigan State Police troopers stopped a silver DeLorean today for driving 88mph in a 55mph zone.

The Canadian government also joined in the joy, releasing an official recall notice on the DMC-12 model DeLorean.

A silver DeLorean that was stopped by Michigan State Police Photo: Michigan State Police

Back to the Future Day is impacting on the two thousand sixteen race for the White House. Sort of. Here’s Marco Rubio’s effort:

In honor of #BackToTheFuture day. Yesterday is over and we’re never going back. https://t.co/UG4nmTKHhp

Ben Carson joined in the joy:

Been attempting to get up to eighty eight MpH so I can see the future when Ben is elected President, but I’m not as swift as a Delorean. #BackToTheFuture

Ted Cruz chipped in with a quip about the Iranian nuclear deal:

In 1985, Doc Brown gave Libyan terrorists a fake nuclear bomb. In 2015, @POTUS gave Iran keys to the real thing. pic.twitter.com/kLZRvGW8wN

Martin O’Malley’s tweet bypassed humour:

30 years from now, we could be five years away from a 100% clean energy powered electrical grid. #BackToTheFuture https://t.co/H8NGpC0meY

Christopher Lloyd has given an interview to Vulture.com about Back to the Future Day. He says he’s astonished by all of today’s excitement:

“I didn’t imagine that thirty years later, there’d be this enthusiasm and excitement about it. This celebration, I didn’t see that coming at all. Back to the Future came out, and there was a two-year lapse, and we did II and III together. We were just making another movie and hoping it gets past opening night. But the kids who witnessed this film, they’ve grown up and had kids, who have grown up and had kids. It’s exponential, it just keeps spreading out more and more. But the film has aged well. I spotted it last night. It seems very contemporary.”

Even the leader of the free world is getting in on the excitement generated by Back to the Future Day:

Glad Back to the Future Day, @RealMikeFox! Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then? That’s intense, man.

Duo tie the knot with Back to the Future themed wedding on Back to the Future Day:

Jordan Gillard and his bride Sally Evans had a Back to the Future themed wedding Photo: Media Wales Ltd

Sally said: “Jordan and I have been together for around ten years and we’d always talked about having a Back to the Future themed wedding. So when he proposed we knew we’d stick to the idea.

“We’re kind of ‘mega nerds’ about the film, so when we knew Back to the Future Day was coming up this year we planned everything around that.”

The duo embarked the plans earlier this year by sending out invitations, which were in the form of a letter that Marty wrote to Doc in the film.

“We’d been planning it for a while and we had lots of bits and lumps to go with the theme,” Sally said.

Here’s how the ‘self-tying’ laces self-tied in the film:

Filming Marty’s Auto-Lace Sneakers for Back To The Future Part II, 1989. pic.twitter.com/TLrHNTubEL

Michael J. Fox will be on Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight:

Glad #BackToTheFuture Day! We have something very special with Michael J. Fox TONIGHT on #KimmelinBrooklyn! pic.twitter.com/OSWzjgm547

Lots of excitement about Nike releasing ‘self-tying’ trainers this evening:

That’s it from me but here’s a monster of a graphic, courtesy of superscholar.org, to pore over until Barney Henderson picks up the reins.

Any Back to the Future fans out there who also support Everton FC (if you’re reading this in America, they’re a soccerball team)? Well, dear readers, this is going to deepthroat your mind.

People do realise Marty McFly didn’t *indeed* arrive in our universe today, right?

Here’s the 2nd in our series (not truly a series is it? – Ed) of original Back to the Future reviews. This one from Hugo Davenport, published in 1989, is a review of Back to the Future II and it says: “The film is utter of sparky, inventive jokes and some special effects (the anti-gravity skateboards stand out) that will amze even the most blase youthfull video-sophisticate.”

Is there a brand on this planet not leaping on the Back to the Future bandwagon? #QTWTAIN

May I refer you, @Mopar71, to the fifth verse of the seventh chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the Fresh Testament (it’s the passage about the splinter and the eye btw).

I’m over Back to the Future day. Too many peeps posting about it.

This is tinged with melancholy, is it not?

Trust Microsoft to be one step ahead of everyone else. But I like this. it’s a look at what the world will be like in 2045, thirty years from now (the same leap forward in time taken by Marty and Doc in Back to the Future Two).

Here are their thoughts:

Futurist Ray Kurzweil said that it was ideally reasonable to expect computers to exhibit human-level intelligence and emotions within the next fifteen years. So in thirty years, expect to see AI intelligence introduced as a virtual presence that you can see and potentially feel.

We’re still at very early stages for the Internet of Things (IoT), but we are already witnessing connected devices such as the Microsoft Band. In 2045, expect to live in cities where everything could be connected. You may well be regularly talking to your fridge, cooker or thermostat!

Robots can already be used for requesting and repetitive tasks not suitable for humans. Imagine a world of connected robots communicating together, monitoring events, controlling and manipulating physical objects. Do you want a robot friend to drape out with? Maybe one that could serve you drinks?

Thanks, Microsoft. And what will future generations detect if and when they travel back in time?

Cracking

We can confirm that ITV2 did cut parts of Back to the Future. And with f—–g good reason.

@ruhawksley they substitute “you’re gonna see some serious shit” with “you’re gonna see some serious stuff” sometimes,

Back to the, er, past. Our peerless archivist Gavin Fuller has dug up the original Telegraph review of Back to the Future and it’s a rather wonderful thing.

The Back to the Future marathon is well underway on ITV2 (it embarked at Four.29 *bravo*). But one fan ain’t blessed. Can anyone confirm whether this is true? Tweet me @ruhawksley

@ITV @itv2 if your going to display all the Back to the Future don’t cut bit out of the film. #BackToFutureDay #BackToTheFuture

Starter for Ten. Do you know why Doc Brown’s DeLorean needed to reach eighty eight mph? Nor me, but this article exposes all (as well as a entire blast of other things you may not know).

My colleague Mark Monahan assures me that this is essential background reading for any Back to the Future fan. Yes, it’s his review of the original film.

If that hasn’t put you off, read the lot here.

Just having a few drinks, things got a bit out of forearm and the next thing I knew.

A photo posted by @bestofbritishtattoo on Jul 15, two thousand fifteen at 12:18am PDT

Excuse the bad language but one does wonder whether @lorenzo_toilets is getting into the “f—-n” spirit of things.

Did George Orwell fans just go fuckin bananas like this for the entire of 1984

‘Tis indeed a very nice touch. Bravo, Amazon.

If you have Amazon Prime (Movie), they’re letting you stream the Back to the Future trilogy today. That’s a nice touch 🙂

Speaking of the DeLorean, this is a lovely lump by Andrew Frankel on how the film’s automotive starlet has stood the test of time.

“It’s a question to which we think instinctively we know the reaction. What was the DeLorean like to drive? It was rubbish, surely? Actually, and as we shall shortly see, it’s not fairly as ordinary as that.”

Say goodbye to me and hello to Rupert Hawksley

It’s time to palm over the liveblog to someone else now, and that someone is Mr Hawksley.

People who have been emailing in and tweeting, please now direct your BTTF musings to [email protected] or tweet him at @ruhawksley

I’ll leave you with this:

The one thousand nine hundred eighty nine film “Back to the Future II” showcased life on Oct 21, two thousand fifteen — Dual Neckties. [WTF?] pic.twitter.com/CCGAgs9F8a

It’s a very special day indeed today – not only is it Back to the Future day, but it is also the night the third gig of the Apprentice airs.

We wonder if there will be any jokes – Lord Sugar has been retweeting BTTF jokes today.

SIX HOURS TO GO! Who will be the 3rd (and possibly 4th and 5th) candidate fired? Tune in TONIGHT for @bbcapprentice pic.twitter.com/XSnnk3SUY2

If you have the funds, you should very likely donate to the Michael J Fox foundation

That’s right, he has his own charity, which is aiming to combat Parkinson’s disease.

What better day to donate than on Back to the Future day? Donate here.

Spotify’s Back To The Future playlist

Fancy a bit of retro music? Spotify has created a playlist of the tunes that were popular in 1985.

It’s most likely better than listening to Bieber.

Some good tweets

The one thousand nine hundred eighty nine film “Back to the Future II” envisioned life on Oct 21, two thousand fifteen — Thumbprint Locks. [Got it] pic.twitter.com/hrBia4aXje

Not looking forward to Back to the Future Boxing day. Cold Delorean sandwiches for a week!

See all of you making jokes about Back to the Future? You’re David Cameron, you are

The should make back to the future a subject in school. I think kids would benefit from it more than other subjects.

Just like Back to the Future predicted, you hate your stepdad

Pete Wentz has got in on the activity. This ain’t a scene, it’s a goddamned tweet round-up.

blessed back to the future day.

How BTTF predicted Trump

That’s right, people are telling that the film franchise predicted Donald Trump, everyone’s favourite American Presidential Candidate.

YES!! Donald Trump is Biff Tannen from Back to the Future Two. (via @kristinanapoli) pic.twitter.com/WuiqobZSCW

Say what you will about the accuracy of Back to the Future’s predictions, it pounded Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders. pic.twitter.com/ROUwsy8YrQ

Yeah yeah, Back to the Future II wasn’t that good. But Trump was Excellent in it. Terrific actually. pic.twitter.com/e5W6ye7qGO

Back to the Future Day. I can only assume that if Trump finishes up as President, Marty McFly messed up a past timeline.

Unexpected REALISATION! Alternate one thousand nine hundred eighty five Biff in Back To The Future two IS Donald Trump!

Lots of people talking about Back to the Future II and the Cubs but what about Trump being rich Biff in the alternate timeline?

People are telling that he resembles Biff Tannen, the bad boy in the films. Biff uses the riches he gets from his casino/hotel to jiggle up the Republican party and then completes up assuming political power in Hill Valley. Sound familiar? They also look creepily similar.

I have never seen a skinny person drinking Diet Coke.

Is this the worst tweet today?

It’s most likely not a good idea to attempt to ‘meme war’

America has woken up

They are in for a TREAT today!

Ok please just get all the “Back to the Future” references out of your system before noon, plz.

i cant believe its back to the future day

Just For Your Information that the entire Internet is going to be Back to the Future today.

University of Leicester forms Department of Transtemporal Studies

They’ve written a spoof (we think) web page especially for Back to the Future day.

Here’s an excerpt:

“Staff in the Department have extensive practice of journeying to a broad multiplicity of historical and future periods, using a range of technics. We have a comprehensive selection of state-of-the-art time machines, ranging in size from multi-person vehicles to individual wristbands, which are used for training our degrees and also for research at the cutting edge of chronolysis and chronography.

“Please contact us to find out more about our degrees, our research and our achievements – past, present and future.”

I am liveblogging the wrong day

To feast this special day, why not permanently ink it on your bod?

N.B. we are not responsible for any regrettable tattoos that arise as a result of this post.

A photo posted by Mike Lutke (@mn_lutke_photography) on Oct 20, two thousand fifteen at Five:02pm PDT

Anyone know any tattoo parlors doing Back To the Future tattoos tomorrow?

South West trains are at it again:

Teenagers react to back to the future

If you are older than the author of this live blog, this will very likely also make you feel old:

It’s fairly funny, however.

I feel so old

@JamieRoss7 want to feel old? This is Doc and Marty McFly now. pic.twitter.com/PZcGctn7jW

Here are some odds from Paddy Power on what will happen in 2045

“The bookmaker has hopped in his handy time machine to suggest Two/1 for Police to be using hover boards, while it’s a futuristic Four/1 for Domestic Robots to be used at Buckingham Palace.

“Paddy might sound like he’s from Planet Vulcan, but the bookie is even suggesting just 9/Four for England to have won the football World Cup by 2045.

2045 UK Predictions

• Two/1: Hoverboards to be used by police officers

• Four/1: Domestic Robots to be in use at Buckingham Palace

• 9/Four: England to have won a football World Cup

• Four/11: Labour to have won a majority in a general election

“Paddy Power said: “Superb Scott! Back to the Future got a few things right but England to win a World Cup? Surely not!””

How homes could look in the future

We’ve got a nice property lump up about what homes will be like in the future.

Have a read, evidently we should expect Self-cleaning fabrics, truly waterproof materials and individual climate control.

I have let you all down and I am very sorry:

This is an intellectual politics blog

And this is an absolutely sick burn from David Cameron, if it is true:

Cameron just did the unavoidable Back To The Future joke “Corbyn should get in his DeLorean, go back to 1985, and stay there” #PMQs

Our Asa did not love it, however:

That #BackToTheFuture joke was all too inescapable. *cringe* #PMQs

People love tweeting about how they haven’t seen the films:

Blessed Back-To-The-Future Day! *pops on hover-board and slurps spaceman food* (i’ve never seen it)

When you’ve never seen Back to the Future, so you have no clue what’s going on.

Today I feel like the only person in the world who has never seen Back To The Future.

I’ve never seen Back To The Future II, but I have observed Back To The Future twice in a row, does that count?

I’ve never seen Back to the Future and, to be fairly frank, you lot are not indeed selling it to me.

Most likely not the best time to say I’ve never seen back to the future

I’ve never seen Back to the Future so I have no idea what everyone on my timeline is talking about.

About the only person that’s never seen back to the future

Bonus- This is the worst joke on Twitter:

It’s lunchtime (almost) so here’s a nice long-ish read from Telegraph Travel about the future of travel.

Will we be using hoverboards anytime soon? Find out here.

Back to the Future four parody trailer:

Robot dogs, Kim Kardashian as president and Madonna’s two thousand forty world tour. is this what Back to the Future four would look like if it was made?

This is a very well-made parody movie:

No one could have predicted this:

Hoverboards are all very well, but #BackToTheFuture never predicted Jeremy Corbyn at #PMQs – did it? pic.twitter.com/eu8mUb6N6P

Please stop this at once:

Austria legalises hoverboards just in time for Back to the Future day

Justin Huggler reports from Berlin:

You can now legally use a hover-board on the streets in Austria – in the unlikely event you can get your arms on one.