Retroist Podcast Episode 360 (Back to the Future Part II)

Retroist Podcast Episode 360 (Back to the Future Part II)

Back to the Future Part II had a lot to live up to. The first movie was already huge, and by the time the sequel showed up people were ready to see Marty and Doc again. This was not just another follow up. It felt like an event. Audiences had been waiting to find out what happened next, and the movie gave them a future full of flying cars, weird gadgets, and, most importantly to a lot of us, hoverboards.

On this episode of the Retroist Podcast, I talk about Back to the Future Part II, starting with the fact that my friends and I really believed hoverboards were real. Or at least that they had been real for a minute and adults had ruined it for everybody. It did not help that Robert Zemeckis was willing to play along. When you are a kid, that kind of thing gets in your head fast, and this movie knew exactly how to make that future feel real enough to believe.

From there I get into the movie itself, its release, and why it hit people the way it did. Part II did not just try to do the first movie again. It went bigger, stranger, and a little darker. You got the shiny future, the nightmare version of 1985, and that great trick where the movie loops back into the first film from a different angle.

I also talk about the cast, the making of the sequel, the music, and how this became one of those movies people kept revisiting. Even if the first film is the one most people call perfect, Part II is the one that really fired up your imagination. For a lot of us, it was the movie that made the future feel close enough to almost touch.

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Retroist Podcast Episode 328 (Dark Night of the Scarecrow)

Retroist Podcast Episode 328 (Dark Night of the Scarecrow)

Halloween is just around the corner, and I wanted to talk about a made-for-TV movie that I first saw as a kid: Dark Night of the Scarecrow. This spooky revenge film revolves around a terrifying scarec...

25 Loka 202428min

Retroist Podcast Episode 327 (It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown)

Retroist Podcast Episode 327 (It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown)

Back in 2009, I recorded a podcast about It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. It was a childhood favorite and a podcast that many people have emailed me about over the years. So now that I am commit...

11 Loka 202433min

Retroist Podcast Episode 326 (The Goonies)

Retroist Podcast Episode 326 (The Goonies)

The Retroist Podcast is back with an episode I promised to release during my first year of the podcast, The Goonies. On this episode, my first of the new season, I am happy to finally have covered thi...

27 Syys 202442min

Retroist Podcast Episode 325 (1984 Summer Olympics)

Retroist Podcast Episode 325 (1984 Summer Olympics)

Welcome to the 400th episode of the Retroist Podcast. On this episode, my last of the season, I decided to talk about the 1984 Summer Olympics. These Los Angeles games were a big deal for me. I don’t ...

25 Heinä 202451min

Retroist Podcast Episode 324 (VCR Revisited)

Retroist Podcast Episode 324 (VCR Revisited)

On the newest episode of the Retroist Podcast, I am revisiting a subject I dealt with over a decade ago, the VCR. The original episode I did, had always been a favorite of mine, but I have wanted to r...

5 Heinä 202435min

Retroist Podcast Episode 323 (Breakin')

Retroist Podcast Episode 323 (Breakin')

As this season of the Retroist Podcast wraps up, I wanted to cover some of the films that tried to cash in on the breakdancing craze.  Breakin’ was the first film to hit the theaters, and it captured ...

21 Kesä 202428min

Retroist Podcast Episode 322 (Indiana Jones Toys & Games)

Retroist Podcast Episode 322 (Indiana Jones Toys & Games)

I wanted to wrap up my coverage of Indiana Jones with a discussion of some Indy odds and ends. So on this episode of the Retroist Podcast, I am going to talk about Indiana Jones Merchandise. I focus o...

7 Kesä 202426min

Retroist Podcast Episode 321 (Indiana Jones Video Games)

Retroist Podcast Episode 321 (Indiana Jones Video Games)

In this episode of the Retroist Podcast, I am going to take a look at the first two decades of video games featuring Indiana Jones. This started with me just going to talk about a couple of games, but...

24 Touko 202428min

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