Among the many sacred cows of the speculative fiction
umbrella, the one that has probably gotten the most noise this year is the Back
To The Future Trilogy. Yes, go on about how hyped people are for the upcoming
Star Wars sequel, but there’s no way that you can say with a straight face that
the constant quibbling about what Back To The Future Part II did/didn’t get
right about its vision for the year 2015 wasn’t
more prevalent than the hype for The Force Awakens. So, while other cinemas
brought back the original film(s) to cinemas on the lauded day of October 21st,
2015, some even doing it at the exact minute
that the main characters arrived in the film for extra geek cred, my local
arthouse theatre had something else in mind: A fan-funded documentary about the
phenomenon itself. With a one-night-only showing on the big screen, and about
fifty Marty cosplayers in tow (and only one Mr. Strickland, funnily enough), what
self-respecting SF geek could pass it up? But how did it actually hold up? This
is Back In Time, and points to you if that didn’t immediately make you start
humming the Huey Lewis song. Either of them.
