Back To The Future Part II (1989) Retrospective / Review

[@OliverHarper]

Get the Back to the Future Trilogy Blu-ray set here goo.gl/Lbs8Pr

[@jasrust]

Oliver Harper Oliver, do you have a link for the American website you can order the expanded cd soundtrack from? I've lost it.

[@MLdoktor]

Oliver Harper These reviews are so incredibly well done! You're the best Oliver!

[@randalgraves6979]

I already have all 3 dvd Sets.

[@swishpronoob]

Would you the The Time Machine, original and remake?

[@GisherJohn24]

was hard to like this movie without Crispin. He was SORELY MISSED.

[@lenzino7383]

Never understood why Part II got harsh criticism. Sure, Part 1 has more heart but Part II arguably had a better storyline and all the time travel hijinks was surprisingly fun, not the least bit confusing and I love how the first film is revisited but cleverly shows the same scenes we've seen from new perspectives. Hard to believe now that movie's future takes place in the past now. 30 years have come and gone so quickly. Still one of the best trilogies of all time.

[@blakeharris58]

lenzino7383 Part II is the best of the trilogy, mainly BECAUSE of the time travel hijinks. And the ending! Ahhhhhh the greatest cliffhanger ever.

[@ogbee9690]

It was by far the darkest of the trilogy

[@bennettfender1546]

Sci Fi Early 2000's Guy that's part of why I enjoyed it better than 3 with that movies sappy happy tone uh I hate that movie sucks that this movies excellent cliffhanger is ruined by 3.

[@emirvmendoza]

If anything, Part I should have gotten the harsh criticism. Not Part II and certainly not Part III. I talk about it in my reviews of the trilogy.

[@ojpistorius6369]

@@blakeharris58 I think the infinity War Cliffhanger gives it a run for its money

[@superplushkolin7831]

I always loved the idea of Doc having different types of money for every year and timeline

[@samuelbarber4154]

Maybe Marty didn't even pay for that Pepsi Perfect.

[@jeffpraterJSF]

Shadow mor what’s wrong with that? You’ve definitely paid with money from even the 60’s. Never had a coin from 1965 or something?

[@jacobturnerart]

@Thulsa Doom All transactions seemed to be via thumbprint, so I'm guessing future Marty got the bill!

[@ArtofLunatik]

I tried paying with a old five dollar bill once, and got the cops called on me because they thought it was fake. Even got confiscated, but later mailed back in an evidence bag lmao

[@christianmorera4127]

@Thulsa Doom the preservation ppl wanted a thumb print earlier, so I believe that's how he paid for the almanac.

[@dennett316]

Got to disagree about the ending...I thought it was great. Showing Doc successfully sending Marty back in the original, only for Marty to come sprinting around the corner behind him in a shot that was well recreated from the first film...just a great visual, and I put myself in Doc's shoes and how it'd appear from his perspective, you'd absolutely freak out. I also loved the concept of the letter through time. I think BTTF is my favourite trilogy, just about beating out the original Indiana Jones movies. Very slight dips in quality with each sequel, but all are very good and very well written.

[@Life-Row-Toll]

Well stated!

[@gc3k]

+Paul Dennett I agree, but I agree with what Oliver said about the trailer at the end of Part 2 deflating the anticipation for Part 3. A short teaser about Marty in the West was enough

[@zeeshanshaikh8714]

Paul Dennet I couldn't agree with you more

[@tokyosmash]

Same here

[@dangxdc8348]

I LOVE THE CRAZY CLIFFHANGER of stranding Marty in 1955 ALL OVER AGAIN

[@crazymaner2003]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT. The third act is most certainly not a weakness with the film, it's the best part of the film. The revisiting of the original film is bloody genius and the cliffhanger is one of the best in cinema history.

[@Pulsar77]

+crazymaner2003 Totally agree. I love the third act and the way it ties in with the first film is absolutely brilliant.

[@charliegreer2691]

I agree with both of you man. Ive always loved the third act

[@jasongradyphstiger6179]

@@charliegreer2691 same as me.

[@alienklein]

Agreed

[@dnasty312]

While working *Avengers: Endgame,* *Back to the Future Part II* is one of the hints I dropped 🙊

[@wjzav1971]

In a world where most sequels are underwhelming, it is kind of amazing that this series could sustain it's quality for the most part.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

I agree. They also saved tons of money filming back to back sequels, and made it so we only had to wait like 6 months between 2 and 3.

[@brucesnow7125]

"Shark still looks fake" - always cracks me up

[@DanVillainFilms]

I prefer part 2. Spent more time with it on home video as a kid. It's more fantastical, colorful, endlessly quotable. I know it's inferior to part 1 as a film but it's my personal favorite.

[@GisherJohn24]

i couldn't embrace it like you, I missed Crispin Glover that much.

[@flightofthebumblebee9529]

@@GisherJohn24 I saw part 2 in theaters and still had no idea it wasn't Glover.

[@DasObscure]

You and Oliver, I've found two people who agree with me on this highly unpopular opinion! Haha I absolutely love it how they visit the future, then we have the bleak, dark, nightmarish alternate 1985, then the 1955 from an alternative perspective and how they have to "choreograph" themselves around their other selves. I think it's so awesome! I mean, for me the 1st and the 2nd are very close when it comes to enjoying them, but I do have a slight preference for the 2nd one, always have - although you are right and I agree that from a cinematic perspective the 1st one is superior.

[@vigilante8374]

@@DasObscure I'm not sure if it's a "highly unpopular" opinion so much as the pro-Part 1 fanbase is so loud and aggressive with their criticisms of Part 2, *most* of which pure nonsense. Hell, even you two are both falling all over yourself to say that Part 1 was really superior but you just happen to like Part 2 better... bah. Well, I for one don't feel like Part 2 should be a guilty pleasure at all. The only thing that Part 1 did much better than Part 2 was its amazing ending. That's NOT a criticism of Part 2's great cliffhanger ending... it's just that Part 1's ending turned out to be such a perfect storm of "dramatic" and "heartfelt" that it was impossible to top. But *other than the ending* Part 2 was simply superior in every way. The retrofuturism was more far interesting than the merely-adequate 1955 setting AND it only took up the first part of the movie--unlike Part 1 and Part 3, they didn't fill the entire film with gags related to the time period they happened to be in. If you want time period based humor (or just to admire the visuals) I feel like there are many better options out there than the Back to the Future franchise. I don't think that's what made BttF so special. The only time period based gag that is even memorable at all is the guitar playing scene--funny and classic, sure, but Part 2's 2015 setting had more memorable moments despite taking up far less of the movie. But let's get back to the "heartfelt" stuff: all of the characters in Part 2 felt more real and more important... even 1955 Biff, though still a stupid comedic figure, is far more real and menacing. In Part 1, I just had a hard time caring that much about Marty's parents. They were so busy doing comedic gags and making Marty wince and squirm that his parents both ended up feeling like pretty damn shallow parodies of real people. Which, you know, is fine for a popcorn comedy film, and yet fans of Part 1 go on and on and on about how Part 1 has more "heart". Well yeah, the ENDING of Part 1 had more heart, sure. But the bulk of the film? All the stuff with his parents? Or even his modern day family? No no, all of that had LESS heart than Part 2. Who cares about their romance? Who really cares about the over the top ultradork father or the mother who is, and I quote After Hours, "some kind of a danger-whore"--someone who falls in love with people based purely on the adrenaline of injury and violence? (Not heroism, but specifically danger as the car accident injury stuff shows.) The two of them were props, not people who mattered. And then we come to drama. Again, sure, the ending sequence of Part 1 did it all superbly well with the car trouble, the lightning bolt, the letter, the Libyans, etc. But the rest of Part 1? I mean we've got disappearing kids in the picture thing,,, which even as a kid I thought was a little bit odd and silly feeling, and it feels much sillier now. Even for a lighthearted movie like this it's a pretty lame mechanic. The bit where Michael J Fox goes translucent was scary as a kid but it's quite ridiculous now... it doesn't even make sense based on the film's own time travel logic because Marty doesn't even do anything to fix the timeline; it fixes itself and then he pops back up solid again. And then there's the setting up his father and mother thing which again, the dramatic potential is really muted because it's 95% comedic and his parents aren't anywhere close to being real three dimensional people. Moment where Biff gets punched is pretty good, but that's just one brief scene. But set that up against the madcap drama of Part 2 and there is NO comparison. It's much faster paced, it has huge surprises (far more than the first one), and it has a significantly darker tone that helps us care more about the characters and the plot... and yet at the same time it's pulling off this drama it manages to stay pretty funny all along the way. In terms of originality, well, they were both highly original films and yet the meta-movie thing had NEVER been done before. Part 1 fans have the gall to say this is somehow a weakness of Part 2 but that's just asinine. Heck, I'm not even sure the 3 time period thing forked timeline thing had ever been done before in that manner, and it was a stroke of brilliance. Having them go back to 1985, see it's been changed, then Marty says ok we'll stop it in 2015 and Doc says no, that's impossible and he explains it to the audience with a drawing that even an 8 year old could readily understand... that was genius-level storytelling. Requiring them to go on a detective expedition to figure out when they had to go was brilliant (albeit the limits of the movie runtime meant the detective work boiled down to, um, asking Biff. But still, it was fascinating that they had to do that, that they did not know *when* to go.) So yeah, I don't begrudge anyone who likes Part 1 better. Both are great movies, and the entire ending sequence of 1 is impossible to top. But it's downright criminal the way Part 2 gets slandered, and I don't feel guilty at all about liking it more. It has far more drama because it isn't afraid to get a little dark and faster paced, it doesn't hang that drama nearly as much on the silly parent characters, visually it is MUCH more interesting, and its approach to a time travel based plot was revolutionary and brilliant in *two* entirely distinct ways (the forked timeline and detective work to try to figure out when they needed to go, and then the story inside Part 1's story.) That was WAY longer than I intended.

[@ntb4427]

This trilogy will always be my favorites. All three are flawless to me. That's my opinion. Thank you for doing retrospectives on this trilogy

[@lillie7450]

I didn't know thst Michael J Fox played his daughter until now....very Eddie Murphy of him.

[@brettthebest3978]

lillie me too

[@thefonzkiss]

If you’re referencing the Nutty Professor/The Klumps this was eleven years before that so its hardly a relevant comparison. He also played the Irish relative in part three.

[@martymcfly5434]

@@thefonzkiss 😁⌚👍

[@Dmiller7239]

He did it before Eddy did

[@chindleymuffin]

Herculee Herculee!! *claps hands*

[@MegamanNG]

Yeah. It's a year late but there's another thing the movie predicted... the Cubs won the World Series. Hundred to 1 shot.

[@jakfrank9672]

Fuk. They did too. Why didn't we. Put our. House on it!?

[@ps3master72]

I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubbies!

[@mikesbookreviews]

It's a shame that everything I love in media has to have politics thrown into it now. Some of us truly DO NOT CARE. Thank you for the review, though.

[@DemonBoy3223]

Awesome review. I saw the first two _BTTF_ films in cinemas on October 21. The experience in seeing a BTTF film was like a dream come true. ;) The entire theater cheered at the best parts; Especially when Doc said "Wed. Oct 21 2015", *everyone* cheered like crazy. Definitely worth the $10.65 ticket price.

[@Life-Row-Toll]

I was totally looking for a venue in my area, but wasn't so lucky:/

[@DemonBoy3223]

Life-Row-Toll I'm truly sorry, dude. I will say, you would've loved it. I think my fav part is the moments when the Delorean goes through time, disappearing in a puff of smoke, the explosion sound *shook* the theater. And I loved hearing Alan Silvestri's outstanding music score and the songs 'Power of Love' and 'Back in Time' on the cinema speakers. ;) But don't worry. I'm sure 5 or 10 years from now, they'll re-release them again. Yeah it's a long time, but there's always the off-chance.

[@PowerGlove79]

George Bean I also saw the trilogy on Oct. 21 2015. But I saw it at Puente Hills Mall, which is the mall where the Delorean was revealed in the first one.

[@787brx8]

George Bean SLC area?

[@alexc5656]

Wow 10.65 for a movie ticket, it's like a dream

[@16BitJay]

Got to see a double feature of this and the first movie on Wednesday, it was really nice to see them in the cinema even if I had seen them before. It was a great experience. The actor who played Biff really nailed the role, I said to my friend that I think they are probably the best trilogy that follow on from each other.

[@TaliaIGhul]

Oliver, it's a year late, but the Cubs won the world series. LOL

[@SerenityBane]

Oh, I miss that Back to the Future Ride. It was so much fun!

[@SoulTaker78]

I went on that ride back in 1999 while I was in LA for E3. It was very awesome! The feeling of acceleration they achieved for a seat that doesn't really move much was amazing. I was holding on hard for dear life most of the ride.

[@aegisofhonor]

how you mentioned your opinions of Part II is exactly how I felt. As a kid, I loved Part 2, it was so quick paced and full of surprises, I was hooked, but as I got older, I realized that it's just a little too big for it's britches and feels incomplete in the end. Part III in many ways is a better film and the original is by far the best of the 3, but yes, up until the mid 90s, I would have said Part II was the best of the trilogy, now it would be my least favorite (by a small margin, because all 3 are some of my favorite movies of all time).

[@jeffpraterJSF]

Exactly the same, part 2 was my favorite as a kid and I rewatched it the most. Except now I like part 3 the most just because I like cowboy shit but I know part 1 is the best by a mile story wise

[@Texy88]

Did you notice the shirt that Doc wore whilst he was in the future, containing cacti etc, foreshadowing what was going to happen to him later on in the film?

[@Life-Row-Toll]

Great eye, indeed!

[@LinkMarioSamus]

I didn't quite notice that, but Doc himself mentioned in a throwaway line that he wanted to go to the Old West. Plus there's alternate 1985 Biff watching A Fistful of Dollars.

[@coreyabell2497]

Funny how Doc didn’t know of Clint Eastwood in 1955

[@camilohiche4475]

MIND = BLOWN

[@truebluehube]

And in part three a faded version of the shirt is used as a mask when he steals the train

[@TroyBlackford]

The end sequence of this movie, fighting Biff over ownership of the almanac, is just a master class in a domino string of reversals. Amazing.

[@89tilinfinity29]

Hands down one of the most underrated sequels of all time imo. Its might not be greater than the first, which is what every list demands a great sequel to be. It has to be better than the first but this movie was just as much fun, cleaver as the first and love how the it revisits the first film and doesnt completely copy it in terms of copy and paste story. This is an underrated gem and a movie that I wore the VHS out just as much as the first. True classic.

[@falksi3182]

My favourite BTF movie. I absolutely love the 3rd act, and how they tied it in with the 1st movie. Supremely clever.

[@plm3d]

The trilogy as a whole were very good movies and merged together well in that each one continues directly from the previous movie. Even though the sequels were nowhere near as good as the first, I still enjoyed and appreciated them. It is strange how your tastes change as you get older where I used to dislike the third movie but now I enjoy it as much as the second. It's also kind of funny now to go back and rewatch the second movie and see how ridiculous their interpretation of the future was presented. I guess we can excuse it as an alternative timeline that never came to fruition. The one thing that really bothered me though was that it is impossible to go into the future and see your future self because when you go into the future then you've just left the time stream so the future would be the one where you didn't exist. Just like if you go 1 minute into the future you won't see your future self either. That's not how time travel supposedly works according to the rules set up in the movie. Also, it's kind of ridiculous to go into the future to change something when you should go into the past if you want to change the future since the future is not set as we've seen in the Terminator series and countless other time movies. Anyways, great retrospective as usual.

[@pts5217]

Another great review. There’s something hypnotic and soothing about the narration. I can watch these all day.

[@ReverendMeat51]

I love the ending of Part II. Delorean gets incinerated, doc brown presumed dead, all hope is gone, and then the western union guy shows up with a letter from the 1800s, that's just cool

[@stevenesbitt3528]

Dan I'm with you, I think the ending is great

[@ajtay9534]

Seriously, bro. Love these reviews. Your reviews are really awesome and really enjoyable listening to anytime especially on the train to work. Well done, yet again.

[@outtabubblegum7034]

The part II is my favorite, even now, after 2015. I don't understand why people don't like it that much.

[@DutchGuyLeroy]

This just made my day. Thanks Oliver!

[@Cml725]

As far as sequels go, the second and third parts are awesome!

[@Murrlin27]

Gods I loved these movies!! You do such great work on your videos. Such joys to watch!

[@Moviefan2k4]

This was one of the first movies I ever experienced in a theater; I was nine years old. To this day, I can quote most of it from memory...especially Doc and Marty's scenes together. I've been blessed to meet Christopher Lloyd, and it was truly a delight in spite of the long line. Zemeckis choosing him for Doc was pure genius, and its so hard to accept he's a very quiet man off-screen.

[@Quimper111]

Lorraine looks great in the alternate 1985.

[@chindleymuffin]

You like plastic boobs then??

[@Quimper111]

Lov'em

[@zandelscomicsandcards7543]

I respectfully disagree. Part 2 is still my favorite. And 3 is my least favorite. But I love them all.

[@redadamearth]

While parts 2 and 3 are obviously a lot of fun, I never thought "Back to the Future" needed a sequel. It's just a perfect film - and as fun as the sequels are, they just can't touch the first one.

[@2xDeuce]

Love the extra editorializing and personal thoughts from you, Oliver, about the film--ads a bit more personality to the Retrospectives. Great Work per usual!!

[@OliverHarper]

+2xDeuce Thank you very much!

[@steerpike66]

The Crispin Glover pay dispute was disgusting. George McFly was the breakout supporting role in the first movie and his performance was unforgettable. he should definitely have been offered pay parity with the rest of the supporting cast.

[@davidmaloney1339]

the reason they deleted the old biff fading scene is it wouldn't make sense as everyone is effected by change of the past and not just biff and everyone would fade out of existence. great video love bttf trilogy

[@usgatlas2085]

The trilogy is now complete, now Oliver we need to go back to the future.

[@joe95883]

Great Scott, Oliver!!! You did it again, You did a great job!

[@sydneyhalliwell2513]

I agree. Part 1 is the best, but for me part 3 is my personal favorite. And is the best of the sequels. Like you said part 2 was your favorite as a kid, as mine was too. But I think the best thing about the behind the scenes stuff is that the creators refuse to allow any remakes. They know this is a once in a lifetime magic. Keep up your awesome videos

[@kamenriderzo964]

I love your commentary it's so relaxing

[@CoolBoysBackYard]

Great stuff Ollie as usual, I had the honour as so many recently to watch both films at the cinema for its 30th anniversary special. I always hoped for years they were going to do that, I even said once I'd rather see the original movie trilogy on the big screen than a complete new forth film. I just hope this re-releasing stuff isn't a test in the water to make further more films. I have to confess while in the cinema the other day watching this and the first movie I had a tear in my eye when I heard the theme.

[@chalino19]

how did old biff know how to use the time machine?!?

[@fuzzydunlop1753]

Yeah I wondered about that too.

[@darkanimecommandersoto9992]

That is the one major thing that has bugged me ever since I first saw that sequence, not to mention knowing how to refuel it as well as what to use..

[@StarWarriorCentral]

We don't know how long he took to figure it out. We see him driving it away, then we next see him bringing it back in the next scene. For all we know, he could have returned it to a point in time when he was still trying to figure out how to use it in the first place. It's like when Marty returned to 1985 in the first movie at 1:24 AM when he left at 1:35 AM.

[@dublinbrummie]

How did old Biff get back to the same timeline as doc and marty when he changed the future?

[@lenzino7383]

@@dublinbrummie We can only assume Biff had all the time in the world to find out how to properly use the time machine because...well...it's a time machine! He could have end up in the past and learned the mechanics while manipulating his younger self and end up seconds back in the future like nothing happened. lol I mean Marty didn't really know how to use it in Part I when he went back to 1955!

[@JediKnight207]

Part 2 is the best of the trilogy, specially the production design.

[@Vietnam_Chr0nicles]

Amazing review Oliver. thanks for doing bttf2

[@ladydeath4437]

Great review Oliver! :D And i love to hear your calm, but at the same time, captivating voice!😊 keep the good work lad!😉

[@supreme-dictator-donald-tr6611]

Quality content as always great job with this one Oliver can't wait to see the next one you should think about entering the film business you have some top notch editing skills

[@thereisnopandemic]

Supreme-dictator-donald-trump How is screaming out to the sky going for you and your fellow minions?

[@Teatime7771]

I went on the ride when I visited Universal Studio Florida. The ride is great. I saw the Psycho house too, rode the King Kong ride and went on the Jurassic Park ride.

[@Deadchannel1737]

i love your retrospective parts they feel like a movie but in the style of a trailer

[@PopCultureguy]

Great Scout the Retrospective / Review: Back To The Future Part II (1989) is here back in time great job Oliver

[@vladobuster3281]

Hi Oli Great review once again! Just some trivia for you... In the cafe 80 , the person /guy on the second stationary bike is probably David Schwimmer. (Ross from FRIENDS). The deleted scene when Biff vanished makes no sense...If the director left the scene in ...everybody have to vanish. People vanished (like almost in first movie Marty) only if they are killed or never born in past (time paradox). Biff in the BTTF 2 changed the past, but nobody kill his younger self or his existence. Anyway , The BTTF2 is may favorite from the trilogy...because parts 1 and 2 got the same premise ,but in only different time periods ...the second movie got more tension, action, cool original story, future is fantastic (with clever ideas) and the final act (to avoid any time paradoxes) is perfect. However ,whole trilogy is for me MOVIE No.1.

[@russellj.s.257]

Vlado Buster When the dvd set first came out in 2003 it was explained that Lorraine shot him in 1990.

[@gtafelon]

Great Scott! What a fantastic review!

[@SadKeanu13]

Breakfast Club Retrospective?

[@benway20]

Being that I only lived two hours away from Universal Orlando, I rode the Back to the Future ride many, many times as a kid. It was amazing, and I'm sad it's gone.

[@sfighter0085]

Great as always. You didn't waste anytime with releasing this retrospective/review. As I said in my comment for the preview of this, this was actually the first Back to the Future movie I seen. And for while I really liked it, but it wasn't until I saw the very first movie that my love for this installment kinda shrank a little. Personally I don't think any of the sequels ever matched the quality of the first movie and it's great storyline. Finally years after your review of the third film and recent review of the first, this trilogy is now complete. :)

[@Hopscotchlemonadespritz]

The concept design for Pt. II conceived as a sunny, optimistic version of the severely degraded future seen in Blade Runner is noted. You get the sense that things haven't gone so bad and that going off-world needn't be an option. Biff's alternate 1985 self as a time-travel profiteer is hilarious in its over-the-top sleaziness. Marty's mother being cohersed into receiving breast implants had me howling as a youngster.

[@nintenguy3687]

Great job with this review!

[@danieljacobson7261]

I recently rewatched this and I was greatly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. BTTF was my favorite film series growing up and I mostly focused on 1 and 3 for being more light-hearted and fun. As I've grown older and now in my 20's, the more times I watch 2, the more I admire it. It has the most to break down and analyze. While I dreaded the darker 1985 as a kid, it's now my favorite part of the movie as I believe it showcases Fox's best acting in the whole trilogy. He just does such a good job balancing such a series role with hints of comedy. While the scene of him mourning his father feels out of place, his acting is just so damn good. I also really enjoy revisiting the original film and Marty in a spy outfit and the slapstick humor. Overall, I understand why people were disappointed with this movie when it was first released, especially that we know have the lighthearted part 3 that balances the tone, now I view part 2 as a gift that keeps giving.

[@Jordie_42]

great job oli. always watch your reviews and am a big fan of your edited clips of the movies you review. i was also a projectionist back in the day. oh yeah could you do a commentary of bloodsport with the boys? its one of my favorites

[@alfonzo9389]

I vaguely remember riding the BTTF ride at Universal when I was like 7. I hadn't seen any of the movies so couldn't care less at the time. Now that I'm a huge fan of the movies I could really use a DeLorean so I can go back and appreciate it 😔

[@davydevilution7297]

Fox is dressed in drag because it's funny! That scene where he asks from the stairs, "Grandma Lorraine is that you?"LOL

[@Teatime7771]

I met Christopher Lloyd and Thomas Wilson at comic con. That was awesome.

[@fabroc8]

Great review! It´s so funny people are always discussing which of the movies is the best, but my experience with this trilogy is very particular... I can't watch just one of the movies, every time I watch one I have this ridiculous like OCDs need to watch the three of them because they've always felt like one big story to me.

[@CroPETROforeverNBA]

Jesus christ, this movie is part of my childhood, I watched it 100 times, and it is only NOW THAT I REALIZED that the date in the movie 21st October is the birthday of my mum... ok ok mock to me.

[@oobrocks]

Clubs won WS in 2016! (I never thought it would happen in my lifetime!)

[@DasObscure]

I absolutely love it how they visit the future, then we have the bleak, dark, nightmarish alternate 1985, then the 1955 from an alternative perspective and how they have to "choreograph" themselves around their other selves. I think it's so awesome! I mean, for me the 1st and the 2nd are very close when it comes to enjoying them, but I do have a slight preference for the 2nd one, always have - although it's true that from a cinematic perspective the 1st one is superior. Glad to see I'm not alone with this unpopular opinion 😅

[@srky4346]

The first is in my heart but, the 2nd movie is the one I’d watch over and over again.

[@thecalisthenicsroom]

If you’ve been to the universal’s ride...you’re a true legend!

[@zombieslayer4208]

I love the back to the Future franchise one of my favorites I watch these at least twice a year awesome review

[@trainknut]

It's been about 3 months since I watched the trilogy. Time to go back... BACK TO THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY BOX SET!

[@Corporal_Hicks]

Amazing review Oliver.

[@OliverHarper]

+Stefan J. Knudsen Cheers Stefan!

[@gc3k]

My favorite music scores from this movie if not the whole series is from the alternate 1985 scenes, especially "My Father"

[@carealoo744]

Why does this guy play like the entire movie before his retrospectives?

[@Nash9r]

The predictions of the fututre were perfect. We are just living in an alternate future since the space-time-continuum is messed up somehow.

[@Ry3Productions]

Brilliant review as always! Some great points made.

[@LATVERIAN1]

It's now 2016 and still no flying cars. Oh well.

[@irllcd13]

I'd settle for hoverboards (with or without POWEH)

[@MichaelTurner856]

@@irllcd13 Hahaa

[@flybywire09]

Your edits are fantastic. Great work.

[@kylereece1979]

As I said concerning the review on the first Back to the Future movie, along with every other of your retrospectives- there is a huge labour of love gone into making this. A fantastically comprehensive, collected piece of thoughts, nostalgia,memories superbly edited and presented. Ive terrific memories meself,of seeing this in a best mates house on video upon its VHS release,getting mind-warped within the time-warping conundrums. Your views on how the script might-should have been was interesting to hear. Its darker layers,tones, thickening plot ,and returning to the originals's setting-albeit in a different perspective- I can understand how that would skew peoples opinions- I myself really grew to appreciate its tone and storytelling the more I saw it into later years. Doc Brown's manic, frantic energy hypercharges the film with brilliant light-especially in the dark,broody "Ultimate 1985" scenes His kinetic narration to Marty about whats happening,and what they should do has the same spirit as the other two. The films downbeat ending for me leads brilliantly into part 3's dusty roaded, Sun scorched fun filled Western adventure. I actually really liked the game- I had it on the c64- lots of variety in the levels, - but that ended with an "Is that It!!?" finale too! Another Back of the Net retrospective , mate. Well done. Id LOVE to see you do one on Lethal Weapon!

[@docsdomain]

Part two is my favorite too.

[@BeaufortRyan]

I love Back to the Future part 2, because unlike other sequels, it is related to the title, but the opposite

[@samuelbarber4154]

Part 2 is my personal favourite out of the bunch, mainly because I like stories that play with time travel, with alternate timelines, the past, the future and even viewing the events of the first movie from a different perspective.

[@DasObscure]

Yup, same here.

[@cgh7337]

I never noticed Roger Rabbit in the window of the store Marty buys the almanac until just now. Also, I love Dr's shoes at 10:42.

[@dadoctah]

I remember instantly recognizing Deborah Harmon as the proprietor of the 2015 antique store and wondering if she was supposed to be the older version of the TV reporter who opens the first movie reporting the mysterious disappearance of a bunch of plutonium (the way Charles "Roger Rabbit" Fleischer was both the guy handing out "save the clock tower" flyers in 2015 and the mechanic in 1955 who got the manure out of Biff's car).

[@gregorylevin4809]

Heah I grew up as a kid in the 80's, so Part. 2 was the best for me....👍🏽

[@invadervim9037]

I have watched back to the future 2 more than two dozen times, and i never realized that marty's daughter was mj fox in drag.

[@spookerredmenace3950]

i got to ride the BTTF ride in 93, loved it,

[@OhGlory-kc5lm]

Just saw this in theaters I haven't seen it in 5or 6 years I still love it to this day

[@LoneFerret]

Believe me, a lot of us were left wondering what was going to happen in part 3 even with the trailer at the end of the movie. Like your review, and it is the weaker of the 3. But it plays the role of "the second act" quite well, and ties in parts 1 & 3 wonderfully... in my opinion. It may not be as fun to watch on its own, but when one is on a Back to the Future binge it's perfect.

[@craigslaunwhite579]

I have literally watched BTTFuture2 more than 50 times, I memorized every line, such a great film. Thank you for this review. Some factual criticism I have from this video is that the Universal florida ride opened in 91. I only know this because I went to this ride in Jan 93 on a vacation to Universal and disney as a young kid at 12 yrs old. The Universal california ride opened in Mar 93.

[@Tree65247]

Good Job M8!!! Your not a slacker lol!!!

[@beeman2075]

Really enjoying watching your commentary Oliver on the first and second Back to the Future movies. They're great movies. My one small gripe with number II was always regarding how older Biff is shown to return the Delorean to the utopia 2015 after he gives the almanac to younger Biff in 1955, which in itself changes the future timeline. Older Biff should have gone forwards in time from 1955 to the presumably dystopic 2015, while Marty and Doc in utopia 2015 would have (again, presumably) either vanished from existence or remained forever trapped in their divergent timeline. Great food for thought. I'm still waiting for real hoverboards to be invented, and have been since number II was first released.

[@brendopls]

I enjoy both sequels, but I think its undeniable that they can't really stand on their own like the original can. You can watch the first movie, and get a fulfilling experience in itself - as for the sequels, you kinda need the background knowledge of the first for the second, and the background knowledge of the second for the third.

[@barneypaws4883]

Poor Crispin Glover got treat terribly. He should definitely have been in the two sequels

[@internziko]

Oliver.. I'm thinking you should do the matrix

[@OliverHarper]

+paul Z yeah I have been thinking about it, i will cover it when im proper prepared to tackle it.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Do No Escape (1994).

[@alfa01spotivo]

your wish has been granted

[@JSmith-Not-Smythe-Dear]

Pause @ 8:31. I’ve watched this movie dozens of times. Never noticed one of the channels Marty Jr. is watching advertises “The Super Inflatable Tit.” Now that’s funny - couldn’t type it without laughing. 😂

[@TheBeird]

Great review. I had the same experience as you Olly; this one was my favourite as a child but the first movie edged in as I grew older. I always loved the last third though, seeing 50's Hill Valley from an alternate perspective and allowing Thomas F Wilson more screen time.But bugger me. We've actually passed Back to the Future 2's 2015? I'm a thirty year old boy!

[@chrispig7748]

I did the ride at universal in Japan, it was brilliant!

[@samuelbarber4154]

Really, the trailer at the end should've been cut. So we have the letter and Marty going to meet '55 Doc, but no trailer.

[@enki9013]

Seeing that BMW series 6 was priceless...

[@Texy88]

My understanding is that they decided not to include the scene with Marc McClure reprising his role as Dave McFly because Wendie Jo Sperber, who played Marty’s sister Linda, was expecting a baby at the time, and there was a fear of people going “Well, if Dave’s there, where’s Linda?” (Also, Marc’s acting performance in that scene seems questionable, judging by comments that I have seen elsewhere on KZbin.)

[@SuperHns]

that retro store is also something they predicted well, we have those now! Also about them having all glasses on (everyone with their own screen), which basically happens now with our cellphones.

[@acsexpress5109]

@11:40 deleted scene of old Biff disappearing from the future. A character vanishing in a similar fashion due to time travel wasn't seen again until Looper, released, oddly enough, in the 2010's (2012)