Your ideas for a BttF remake/reboot....

[Spykes]

For starters, I'd like to say that I'm not necessarily in favor of a remake or reboot of BttF as it likely wouldn't be anywhere near as good as the original (as tends to be the case with remakes), but I'd still see it regardless.

That said, if they were to make a remake of BttF, how would you like to see it done. Who would you cast from current actors? What would the time machine be (can be anything, not just a car)?

CAST

Marty McFly -
Dr. Emmett L. Brown -
The Time Machine -
Biff Tannen -
George McFly -
Lorraine Baines/McFly -
Jennifer Parker -
Mr. Strickland -

Would you keep the plot exactly the same or would you tweak some elements of the story? Would you want it to be a straight up remake (a la Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) or a reboot/quasi-sequel (a la Alice in Wonderland).

Lets here your ideas.....

[nodoctors]

This may be a bit off topic...but are you a fan of John Olson?

[mcfly88]

Zac Efron for the role of Marty McFly... The time machine would have to be the delorean for it to work...

Have absolutely no idea about the rest of the characters, they are all unique & were all cast so perfectly.

[xbskid]

I vote for no reboot. A reboot will only tarnish the awesomeness of the existing legacy, of which Telltale will be expanding.

[Spykes]

I vote for no reboot. A reboot will only tarnish the awesomeness of the existing legacy, of which Telltale will be expanding.

Eh, you're no fun! I don't really want a reboot either, but it would still be fun to brainstorm who of todays actors would play the characters.

[doggans]

You just KNOW it would be Shia LaBouf as Marty. And there'd be nothing we could do to stop it.

[jp-30]

Zac Efron for the role of Marty McFly... The time machine would have to be the delorean for it to work...

Good idea - the remake should be a musical! Glee's popular with the kids, I can totally see a whole-cast production of 'The Power of Love'.

I'd have David Bowie as Doc, I think.

[Secret Fawful]

CAST

Marty McFly - Marty McFly (as himself) or Neil Patrick Harris or Alan Tudyk
Dr. Emmett L. Brown - Christopher Walken or Tim Curry
The Time Machine - Prius
Biff Tannen - Sam Rockwell or Nathan Fillion or Adam Baldwin
George McFly - Rick Moranis
Lorraine Baines/McFly - Blake Lively or Felicia Day
Jennifer Parker - Jewel Staite or Morena Baccarin
Mr. Strickland - Adam West


Director: Joss Whedon or Steven Spielberg or JJ Abrams or Martin Campbell
Composer: Michael Giacchino

[Spykes]

CAST

Marty McFly - Marty McFly (as himself) or Neil Patrick Harris or Alan Tudyk
Dr. Emmett L. Brown - Christopher Walken or Tim Curry
The Time Machine - Prius
Biff Tannen - Sam Rockwell or Nathan Fillion or Adam Baldwin
George McFly - Rick Moranis
Lorraine Baines/McFly - Blake Lively or Felicia Day
Jennifer Parker - Jewel Staite or Morena Baccarin
Mr. Strickland - Adam West


Director: Joss Whedon or Steven Spielberg or JJ Abrams or Martin Campbell
Composer: Michael Giacchino

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say..... Firefly fan.

[doggans]

CAST

Marty McFly - Marty McFly (as himself) or Neil Patrick Harris or Alan Tudyk
Dr. Emmett L. Brown - Christopher Walken or Tim Curry
The Time Machine - Prius
Biff Tannen - Sam Rockwell or Nathan Fillion or Adam Baldwin
George McFly - Rick Moranis
Lorraine Baines/McFly - Blake Lively or Felicia Day
Jennifer Parker - Jewel Staite or Morena Baccarin
Mr. Strickland - Adam West


Director: Joss Whedon or Steven Spielberg or JJ Abrams or Martin Campbell
Composer: Michael Giacchino

Much of this cast makes very little sense. And yet I really want to see it happen.

[Secret Fawful]

A reboot doesn't mean it has to be exactly the same as the original. If that was the case I would just watch the original. In which case - it makes perfect sense. Watch more movies with these actors, I guess? I can explain my reasoning for each person if you want.

Oh and no, its not because I'm just a Firefly fan. It's because it was late at night, my brainpower was limited, and these were the only people who came to mind that perfectly suited my reasoning.

[GhstbstrLMLIII]

Mr. Strickland - Adam West

This made my day. That could be absolutely hysterical.

[MightyThirstyPirate]

More fun to speculate on the likely scenario Hollywood would give us rather who'd actually fit the roles well.

Marty McFly - Shia Labouf (or Sam Worthington)
Dr. Emmett L. Brown - Will Ferrell
The Time Machine - 2010 Mustang
Biff Tannen - Sascha Baron Cohen
George McFly - Hayden Christensen
Lorraine Baines/McFly - Natalie Portman
Jennifer Parker - Megan Fox
Mr. Strickland - Patrick Stewart

[JuntMonkey]

I'm pulling for Bieber and I'm not joking.

I vote for no reboot. A reboot will only tarnish the awesomeness of the existing legacy, of which Telltale will be expanding.

Did the new Karate Kid do the slightest bit of anything to affect the '80s version in people's minds other than giving it publicity? Did Burton's Alice in Wonderland ruin people for the books or the Disney movie? Do crappy Shakespeare productions harm the integrity of the original works? Did the Aeon Flux movie, one of the worst ever made, hurt the excellent television show?

The answer to all of these is no. "Reboots" aren't tarnishing anything. The only reason you have a problem with it is because the original is still relatively recent. It's still a fun mythology that certainly has the potential to be explored further in different ways.

[doodo!]

Am I the only one that absolutely, positively, hates this entire idea?

I don't like your examples, if they reboot back to the future, it would just be so wrong...everything about the movie fits the 80s and then 50s, it's cool, it makes sense. It was a period piece, it was made in the 80s...

What would a reboot do, go back to the 80s? Take place 2010?? How stupid would that be? Please spare us...

The movie doesn't even lend itself to today's cinema, unless it was a cheesy chick flick adaptation called the time traveler's wife...ITS THE 80s!!!!

[Spykes]

Am I the only one that absolutely, positively, hates this entire idea?

I don't like your examples, if they reboot back to the future, it would just be so wrong...everything about the movie fits the 80s and then 50s, it's cool, it makes sense. It was a period piece, it was made in the 80s...

What would a reboot do, go back to the 80s? Take place 2010?? How stupid would that be? Please spare us...

The movie doesn't even lend itself to today's cinema, unless it was a cheesy chick flick adaptation called the time traveler's wife...ITS THE 80s!!!!

Ugh. Sorry for trying to get people to use a little imagination and have a fun little brainstorming session. Apparently that's a no-no around these parts.

[JuntMonkey]

Am I the only one that absolutely, positively, hates this entire idea?

I don't like your examples, if they reboot back to the future, it would just be so wrong...everything about the movie fits the 80s and then 50s, it's cool, it makes sense. It was a period piece, it was made in the 80s...

What would a reboot do, go back to the 80s? Take place 2010?? How stupid would that be? Please spare us...

The movie doesn't even lend itself to today's cinema, unless it was a cheesy chick flick adaptation called the time traveler's wife...ITS THE 80s!!!!

The 1985-1955 thing is really interesting. In the '80s, 1955 was already a WILDLY different and distinct era. If a movie were made in a couple of years with the same time difference, Marty would be going "all the way back" to 1982 or so. It seems so weird, because the difference between the '80s and now is not close to the difference between the '50s and '80s.

It could still work pretty well though - the '80s have certainly distinguished themselves...think about it - music, early video games (which Justin Bieber has never seen), hairstyles, malls and pizza parlors with those red tiles, fake wood paneling on the walls, no internet, no cell phones, etc. It does have a lot of potential, and ultimately if you don't think so you're not thinking fourth-dimensionally.

Ugh. Sorry for trying to get people to use a little imagination and have a fun little brainstorming session. Apparently that's a no-no around these parts.

Adventure games have hardly evolved at all since 1987 (they've arguably devolved). Why would a forum with a bunch of the genre's biggest fans/apologists be able to think of things in new ways?

[Michael J Fox is Canadian]

Most people cringe at the thoughts of a remake of their favourite films. In the case of BTTF though a remake would be far better than a sequel.

One thing a BTTF remake has going for it is that the time disparity would instantly bring something new to the table. Imagine a teenager traveling back from now to the 1980s and seeing hair metal punks? They probably wouldn't redo the entire trilogy but let's say they did with 2015 as the present using the same time intervals

Part I would be going back to 1985
The scene of marty dumbfounded over the past could be the same expressions but updating it to a kid born in the late 90's seeing the 80's ala hot tub time machine.The scene at the baines would likely be updated from a television set to NES. Unfortunately the skateboard scene would be out of date.

Part II would be going forward to 2045
They could actually portray the future mostly the same way they did the first time around since most of that stuff still hasn't happened (though i'm sure there's 6 channel voice activated TV's somewhere in the world). It is actually quite possible to see holographic sharks and images as that is being worked on heavily.

Part III would be very different as 1915 was nothing like 1885. The old west was long over mind you it's still feasible to have an outlaw like Buford tannen. The big problem though would be this puts us in world war I which would leave less men around and be a critical plot point.




One big problem is the time machine; i can't see any car replacing the delorean and likely the only operational deloreans today are probably BTTF nostalgics.

[sn939]

Personally, I really don't want them to remake or reboot the series...I'd much rather they continue to do 'loose sequels' like the games, or even 3-D animated films continuing the story of the movies.

In case they did do a remake though, I suppose one thing they'll really have to watch out for is the tone. BTTF was an action-comedy back in the 80's, but it can still come across as vaguely serious story-telling even today. By 21st century standards though, BTTF's plot and tone, if transplanted directly to the present day, would just be needlessly cheesy and campy. I mean, I kinda find it hard to imagine scenes like Marty dressing up in a radiation suit and pretending to be an alien to scare his father, or Doc casually ripping off plutonium from terrorists, or hell, even the idea of harnessing the energy from a lightning bolt to time travel...working today, unless the movie was a straight up slapstick comedy.

Also, in terms of time travel theory, I'm not really sure how BTTF's 'theory' (or lack thereof) would fair today, when there's so much more discussion and consciousness about time paradoxes and stuff. The plots of the original trilogy have been broken down and critiqued over and over again in the last thirty years...I wonder if people will accept the same apparent plot holes and inconsistencies in a supposedly 'modern' sci-fi film...

[Michael J Fox is Canadian]

Personally, I really don't want them to remake or reboot the series...I'd much rather they continue to do 'loose sequels' like the games, or even 3-D animated films continuing the story of the movies.

In case they did do a remake though, I suppose one thing they'll really have to watch out for is the tone. BTTF was an action-comedy back in the 80's, but it can still come across as vaguely serious story-telling even today. By 21st century standards though, BTTF's plot and tone, if transplanted directly to the present day, would just be needlessly cheesy and campy. I mean, I kinda find it hard to imagine scenes like Marty dressing up in a radiation suit and pretending to be an alien to scare his father, or Doc casually ripping off plutonium from terrorists, or hell, even the idea of harnessing the energy from a lightning bolt to time travel...working today, unless the movie was a straight up slapstick comedy.

Also, in terms of time travel theory, I'm not really sure how BTTF's 'theory' (or lack thereof) would fair today, when there's so much more discussion and consciousness about time paradoxes and stuff. The plots of the original trilogy have been broken down and critiqued over and over again in the last thirty years...I wonder if people will accept the same apparent plot holes and inconsistencies in a supposedly 'modern' sci-fi film...

Well the plutonium thing could still be rationale, it isn't any easier to get now than it was in 1985 (or 1955 for that matter). Not sure how plausible a terrorist organization lanking about would be though. You're right about the sci-fi stuff, that would need to be updated; not sure if any cars today could have been confused for space ships in the 1980's, and obviously Darth Vader was well known.

[ELB1985]

I would like another future movie.... Everybodys know about hover boards and flying cars because of bttf 2 its pop culture!....in 4 years then what will people qoute?

"you mean you gotta use your hands? thats like a babie's toy."

if we could have a sequel maybe of the brown boys J and V. only an hour long. of them visiting 2045, they need to get future tech for there father on a time travel mission.... theres alot of room for fun things.


Although! It would have to be put together perfectly. it would need the same FEEL , same visual effects! (cables and hooks for hoverboards!) and same quality of humor/storytelling. Anything goes wrong it could ruin everything.

[AndyTheFrog]

I know this is supposed to be a fun thing, but just thinking about rebooting or remaking BTTF makes me cringe. BTTF is absolutely perfect, just the way it is. And the actors fit the characters so well I just cannot bring myself to imagine any other actors portraying them. Especially because I think Bieber would land the role of Marty, and that kid can't act if his life depended on it.

I just in general hate remakes or reboots of the movies I really care about. Most of the kids of today (not that I was a kid that long ago, am 25) wouldn't even bother watching the "old" BTTF, the only BTTF they would know, or care about, would be the new one. That would be awful.

Yeah, I'm no fun, I know :(

[ELB1985]

[QUOTE=AndyTheFrog;543912I just in general hate remakes or reboots of the movies I really care about. Most of the kids of today (not that I was a kid that long ago, am 25) wouldn't even bother watching the "old" BTTF, the only BTTF they would know, or care about, would be the new one. That would be awful.

Yeah, I'm no fun, I know :([/QUOTE]

your right... I'm 25 too. if your like me you seen Adams family the movies back in the 90s. With christopher lloyd as Uncle fester.

The tv show was in the 60s or 70s. I never seen those. SO to me Lloyd is the real Fester. Which means I'm doing the "beiber thing" to my elders!

And oddly enough I don't care. Which makes me worry even more about what you just said and the Kids younger than us........

[Michael J Fox is Canadian]

I think it always happens whenever there's a sequel/remake decades apart

Wall street (first one in 1987, second in 2010) a lot of people saw the second and didnt realize there was a first

the longest yard; original in 1974 starring burt reynolds remake in 2005 starring adam sandler. Funny thing; my dad saw the orignal in theatres and the remake on TV, I saw the original on TV and the remake in theatres. Anyhow there's many arguments over which of those is better usually the younger crowd arguing for the latter.

Batman kind of has 3 generations; Adam West in 1966, Michael Keaton in 1989 and Christian Bale in 2008 and there's 3 different arguments.


I couldn't imagine an argument with a youngster over who was the better Marty between Michael J fox and Justin Bieber.

[Tornreaper]

A reboot? Bad idea. reboots are only good if the franchise has been dead for quite some time. It was just recently brought back with a continuation of the movies. If BTTF the game was a reboot then it would have worked. But since that didn't happen we will have to wait for the series to be silent for quite a while with no cliffhangers.

Example: after season 2 if it ends and it is not open for a sequel or obvious their will be more (To be continued) and after maybe 5 silent years, Then a reboot would work.

[Doctor Who 88]

The co-writer of the BTTF movies: Bob Gale said to the press, "No remakes, no sequels, no spin-offs.....EVER!" and I would have to agree with him, because to me, remakes of classic movies almost ALWAYS end up terrible, am I right?

[JuntMonkey]

The co-writer of the BTTF movies: Bob Gale said to the press, "No remakes, no sequels, no spin-offs.....EVER!" and I would have to agree with him, because to me, remakes of classic movies almost ALWAYS end up terrible, am I right?

No.

Ocean's Eleven
True Grit
Maltese Falcon
Bourne Identity
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Thomas Crown Affair
Casino Royale

Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Lord of the Rings, The Hulk would never have been made with your attitude.

Plenty of remakes of foreign films as well such as Fistful of Dollars, The Departed, Insomnia, Twelve Monkeys.

Oh wait...I was initially answering for which ones are better. You just want a list of remakes that are decent films? There are a lot. It's a stupid stereotype and I'm sure the average quality of a remake is quite comparable to the average quality of any other film.

[Michael J Fox is Canadian]

A reboot? Bad idea. reboots are only good if the franchise has been dead for quite some time. It was just recently brought back with a continuation of the movies. If BTTF the game was a reboot then it would have worked. But since that didn't happen we will have to wait for the series to be silent for quite a while with no cliffhangers.

Example: after season 2 if it ends and it is not open for a sequel or obvious their will be more (To be continued) and after maybe 5 silent years, Then a reboot would work.

I can guarantee you if there is ever a remake/sequel to the films it will NOT consider the telltale game canon.

Doesn't universal hold the rights or do the Bobs?

[Shadowknight1]

I can guarantee you if there is ever a remake/sequel to the films it will NOT consider the telltale game canon.

Doesn't universal hold the rights or do the Bobs?

The Bobs have a contract to protect against a reboot or remake without their approval if I remember correctly.

[Michael J Fox is Canadian]

The Bobs have a contract to protect against a reboot or remake without their approval if I remember correctly.

So if Zemeckis and Gale both die does that guarantee no further reboot or remake?

[Shadowknight1]

So if Zemeckis and Gale both die does that guarantee no further reboot or remake?

Doubtful...probably if Zemeckis and Gale pass on, Universal gets the rights and can do whatever they want.