# Back to the Future reboot **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 7, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782 "2010-11-07T09:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2010, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782/101 "2010-11-11T23:03:38Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Marty McFly-Seth Green(would work if Marty is in college) Seth Green will be 37 in February. But I like the idea of Ellen Page as a female Marty. And Lithgow is just perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782/102 "2010-11-12T03:00:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Doc Brown-Jeff Goldblum > Marty McFly-Seth Green(would work if Marty is in college) > The “car”-[The Dodge _Tomahawk_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodge_Tomahawk) That looks like Judge Dredd’s Lawmaster motorcycle! ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2010, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782/103 "2010-11-12T06:32:02Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Seth Green will be 37 in February. Yeah, but he’s short. And he’s currently plying two high school roles on TV. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782/104 "2010-11-17T19:53:58Z")
I say we get these guys to do an full length version of this and call it the sequel. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/bBBw9E2Q_aY/hqdefault.jpg "Terminator - How It Should End") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBw9E2Q_aY) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782/105 "2010-11-17T21:51:07Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > I say we get these guys to do an full length version of this and call it the sequel. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBw9E2Q\_aY&feature=player\_embedded](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBBw9E2Q_aY&feature=player_embedded) I second this notion. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782/106 "2010-11-17T23:58:31Z")
That was great. I third it. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2010, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782/107 "2010-11-18T14:16:41Z")
As far as the 80s culture clash aspect goes, _Hot Tub Time Machine_ actually covers some very similar ground. It’s obviously a very different style of film, but I think it shows pretty well that the concept could still work. As a side note, just like BTTF it features Crispin Glover as both teenage and middle-aged versions of the same character. The funny thing is that he’s just as convincing as both ages as he was 25 years ago. I swear that guy just doesn’t age. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-reboot/559782.md?page=5)