30 Years of Back to the Future: A Timeless Masterpiece - Consequence of Sound (blog)
Future Week comes down to the wire. In honor of the 30th anniversary of Back to the Future , we’re celebrating the entire time-traveling trilogy with features throughout the week. On Monday, Senior Editor Matt Melis explored how the series’ extensive use of product placement helped make the films instant classics. On Wednesday, the film staff took an exhaustive look at the trilogy’s inventive technology. And today, Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman goes back in time by revisiting his Hill Valley-related memories. It’s summer, 1990: I’m less than six years old and watching my father comfortably drive his pewter BMW 535. The two of us are heading straight up the Florida Turnpike, and we’re about an hour outside of Universal Studios Orlando. My finger punches the magical skip button, and after a few seconds of scribbling noise, The Outtatime Orchestra starts to soar with the film’s iconic theme. About 30 seconds in, I’m feeling real antsy and excited, so I turn to my father and suggest a dumb idea: “Let’s go 88 mph. ” Looking around and consulting his trusty radar detector, he accelerates and rockets down the desolate highway, telling me to watch the speedometer. Source: consequenceofsound.net
