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[–] finitebanjo 86 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

You couldn't make Back to the Future II today because a positive outlook on the future is no longer believable even for a family film.

[–] wetsoggybread 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You couldnt make back to the future today because their future is already in our past, their future (2015) is already 9 years ago now

[–] finitebanjo 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I can't tell if the thread has some sort of running gag or if you're actually confused by the concept.

You don't have to make the future 2015. You don't have to make the past 1955. You're making the film, today, not when it was actually made, thats the entire point of the prompt.

[–] III 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I feel like the future being 2015 is extremely in line with the gag.

[–] finitebanjo 2 points 1 week ago

I feel like the future being 2055 is extremely in line with the gag. Because we make the movie in 2025. And the plot is going 30 years into the future.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You just have to switch the first and second future, the default future is the Biff timeline, then you have to change the future to make the hoverboard timeline.

[–] finitebanjo 5 points 1 week ago

That would actually be so cool but I can already see the scathing online criticisms:

"New WOKE BTTF2 ruins a family movie with vulgar dystopian future, not an ounce of original thinking in the writer's room. Entire second act of film missing as plot is resolved in only 1 trip."

Might be better to just stick to original stories and concepts, tbh.