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Back to the Future Reminder (October 21)
26 years ago, Marty McFly and Doc Brown climbed into their time-traveling flying DeLorean and set the controls to the distant future — October 21, 2015 — which happens to be this week.
This is a fun post about the predictions that Back to the Future got right, the predictions they got wrong, and the amazing technologies we have today that they just completely left out.
Meanwhile, in New York:
Ride-hailing service Lyft is offering free DeLorean rides Wednesday, October 21st in New York City to celebrate Back to the Future Day, when Marty McFly and Doc Brown traveled to the future in the (let's face it) middling sequel to the 1985 original blockbuster. The company is partnering with Universal and Verizon for the promotion, which will be offered to users from 11AM to 5PM via a "McFly Mode" toggle on the app.
Rides will be free, but the ability to travel either forward or back through the timestream is dependent on reaching 88 mph, and the speed limit in the Big Apple was just lowered to 25 mph, so don't get your hopes up.
Star Wars Ticket Demand Crashes Cinema Websites
Huge demand for tickets to the first screenings of Star Wars: The Force Awakens has put a strain on cinema websites.
Odeon and Picturehouse said their sites were affected, with Picturehouse saying it had seen "unprecedented" demand. However a Vue spokesman said it had sold 10,000 tickets in 90 minutes, adding "our customers continue to purchase online with ease".
The new film, which hits cinema screens on 17 December, is one of the most anticipated titles of the year. It reunites stars from the original trilogy of films including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. Advance tickets went on sale this morning, but the volume of people trying to buy them was too high for website servers to cope.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 20 2015, @09:58PM
Here's the new and final trailer, you be the judge:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE [youtube.com]
The guy at 0:50 sounds cheesy to me.
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(Score: 2) by jbWolf on Thursday October 22 2015, @02:48AM
It sounds cheesy because it does not allow you to identify the gender. I've heard that kind of voice in news interviews before, although I haven't heard it in a long time. They used to disguise the voice when they did interviews in the dark and were protecting their sources.
My guess is that the bad guy is a woman. We'll find out somewhere between two months and two sequels from now.
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