Great Scott, it's 2015! So just how many predictions did Back To The Future II get right?

Daily Mail ^ | 01/03/2015 | By LOUISE BOYLE

[SeekAndFind]

Great Scott - is it that time already?

2015 has finally come around, and for movie buffs everywhere, there is but one pressing question - how many predictions did Back To The Future II get right about this year?

In the 1989 sci-fi comedy classic, Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) and sidekick 'Doc' Brown (Christopher Lloyd) travel through time to the futuristic year of 2015.

And remarkably, there were incidences where the film's futuristic predictions were eerily accurate.

In the movie, Marty McFly of 2015 speaks to his colleagues on a video call - a fairly spot-on representation of how we chat using Skype or FaceTime.

The characters also answered calls with glasses - similar to how computerized eye-wear Google glass works. The film also sees a dehydrated pizza growing into a meal-sized dish after 12 seconds on the 'hydrator plate' - this could be seen as an early form of the microwave meal.

3D movies (such as the film's prediction of a Jaws 19) have now become a reality along with holograms.

While the movie was spot on with many of its predictions, not quite everything from Back To The Future II has come to pass.

Flying cars have not hit the mainstream in the new millennium.

[SeekAndFind]

MOVIE’S HIT AND MISS PREDICTIONS

HITS

Wearable technology

3D films

Video-call communication

Microwave-style meals

MISSES

Hoverboards

Flying cars

Self-tying shoe laces

Time travel

Dominance of fax machines

[albie]

Dominance of fax machines”

...that’s a funny one. Some people don’t even scan anymore. “Authentisign” allows someone to sign without ever printing a piece of paper.

[mad_as_he$$]

I submit that there may be time travel but we are not privy to it. There are guys that manage to get a board to “hover” for a short period of time usually followed by a painful crash!

[Salgak]

We got Time Travel next month. . . (grin)

[Vaquero]

where's my Flying Car?

[Junk Silver]

“3D films

Microwave-style meals”

Microwave ovens were a long established technology in 1985 when the first “Back to the Future” movie was released. 3D movies were popular in the 1950s and date back to the 1920s.

[ThunderSleeps]

“Authentisign” allows someone to sign without ever printing a piece of paper.

I do that kind of thing all the time at work with PDFs.

[Jack Hydrazine]

It did predict 9/11!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPJQ-1Y8jfY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_P_wLBxpYE

[Sgt_Schultze]

Hendo Hoverboard

[Happy_Regicide]

Uhm...

Microwaveable meals?

Countertop microwave ovens were common by 1970 (invented in the 40’s).

BTF was released in 1985.

[Cowboy Bob]

The film also sees a dehydrated pizza growing into a meal-sized dish after 12 seconds on the 'hydrator plate' - this could be seen as an early form of the microwave meal.

Didn't they have microwaveable meals in 1989? If so, then how is this a prediction of the future?

[bigtoona]

They also missed:

US becomes oppressive communist oligarchy ala 1984 but with 2015 technology

[mad_as_he$$]

lol....

[Mouton]

I bought my first microwave in 1980 at Sun Valley Mall in Concord Ca. I know Ca was considered at the edge of innovation at that time but not so much Penney’s where I bought it!

[PapaBear3625]

MISS: No “Mr Fusion” able to generate gigawatts of power from the contents of a can of beer.

[cuban leaf]

HAHAHAHA! That was a hoot!

[Mercat]

The Pop Sci magazines have been predicting flying cars for decades, way before the 90s. I know because Mr. M has subscribed for decades and they all are in my bathroom.

[eartrumpet]

In 1967, Amana, a division of Raytheon, introduced its domestic Radarange microwave oven, marking the beginning of the use of microwave ovens in home kitchens. Although sales were slow during the first few years, partially due to the oven’s relatively expensive price tag, the concept of quick microwave cooking had arrived. In succeeding years, Litton and a number of other companies joined the countertop microwave oven market. By the end of 1971, the price of countertop units began to decrease and their capabilities were expanded.

http://www.smecc.org/microwave_oven.htm

[Kirkwood]

I bought a microwave at Sears in 1981.