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‘The film wouldn’t even be made today’: the story behind Back to the Future at 40 (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Among the things that made it so good was the subtle details to the humor. The "Twin Pines Mall" name change to "Lone Pine Mall" still amuses me to this day.

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    I didn't think it would be make today mainly due to the context. The desire of 1985 to be like 1955 is very different from the desire of 2025 to be like 1995.

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    i think they could have said it would have been less of a visual difference if it was made today. Fashion and design i think changed more from 50s-80s than it did 90s-2020s, and visuals are a huge part of making movies. But the author didn’t do a good job of making that case.

    Also we did have Wonder Woman 1984. Granted the time travel was shoehorned into a superhero movie but it was almost exactly the time jump in question.

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