Back to the Future Trilogy 4K UHD (1985-1990)

[Ruemorgue10]

Chiming in on the sequels...

I like the concept of BTTF Part II more than the finished film, which has a weird tonal change going from the silly, almost campy first act to the dark and depressing second act. There's also way too much material crammed into it...it really should've been two films, with the first half covering the future segment and alternate 1985 and the second half about the return to 1955.

Of the two sequels, I like Part III much more. As others have mentioned, the role reversal with Marty and Doc provided a nice change-up. The movie really belongs to Christopher Lloyd and he gives his best performance of the trilogy here. I also enjoy the leisurely pace of Part III, whereas the urgency of Part II's plot has the film constantly moving from one time period to another with almost no breathing room. And as previously mentioned in another post, the climatic train sequence is incredible. It doesn't quite match the edge of your seat climax of the original, but it comes damn close to it.

[Geoff D]

It's weird but for me you could end BTTF with Marty just getting his parents back together at the Under the Sea dance, it's such a joyous moment with the music all swelling up (along with a few tears!). The rest is still brilliant helter-skelter excitement but Marty's done what he needed to do so I don't feel it as much I do that train heist sequence.

[Bates_Motel]

Originally Posted by Brian81

'Back in the day', it seemed like "2" was the one most seemed to like the least.

It 100% was, mostly because it didn't have an ending. People then didn't know how to handle the cliffhanger/6-month wait for the finale. A lot of people also felt it was just a big needless commercial for part 3, since it was basically a re-tread of the first film (although a smartly-written one). I remember after the climax when Marty came running around the streetcorner right after Doc sent him back, the whole theater groaned.

After part 3 was sorta underwhelming, people started warming to part 2.

[nick4Knight]

Originally Posted by Bates_Motel

I remember after the climax when Marty came running around the streetcorner right after Doc sent him back, the whole theater groaned.

I'm so glad that I was too young to be in the theatre to experience that for one of the most awesome endings I can recall growing up.

The idea that an entire audience would react like my mum did (when she watched on VHS years later on a family movie night) to a BTTF classic moment is cringe as hell.

[The Edge]

Originally Posted by rroeder

Felt forced and the late 80's version of the old west was pretty lame, not sure why they did back to back sequels like that(I'm sure someone here can tell me ) but there were too many trilogy's and sequels during that time- 2 BTTF movies, 2nd Ghostbusters , 3rd Indiana Jones, 3rd Karate Kid.

The best movies in the late 80's were the non trilogys/sequels, altho The Last Crusade was pretty awesome in my book

If you haven’t read “Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History” by Michael Klastorin, you may want to. That book will fully answer that question and then some. You can find it on Amazon and digital book stores like iBooks. It’s truly worth a read!

[manutd123]

I enjoyed BTTF 2 especially the leaps in time to 2015 and 1955 in that movie. Not so much the alternate 1985. I also enjoyed the ending when he meets back with the '55 Doc at the end.

I think where I struggled was the mini-trailer for Part 3 straight after....

I don't know why, but I almost wanted to savour what I had seen, re-watch etc and focus on that, but the 3rd movie in some ways took that away from me. It's unusual to have the trailer for the next movie straight after watching the previous one....

I felt the 3rd needed its on build-up.

BTTF Trilogy was great but 2 and 3 one after the other at the time was a bit like the Star Wars movies are recently - you enjoy them but you do need a little longer break between them...

[levcore]

Or how Marvel movies have been?

[Scott in UK]

Originally Posted by Ruemorgue10

There's also way too much material crammed into it...it really should've been two films, with the first half covering the future segment and alternate 1985 and the second half about the return to 1955.

Well with the stories of Part 3 and Part 2 originally being one whole film, they ended up already having sliced it into 2 seperate films as it is.

Originally Posted by manutd123

I think where I struggled was the mini-trailer for Part 3 straight after....
I don't know why, but I almost wanted to savour what I had seen, re-watch etc and focus on that, but the 3rd movie in some ways took that away from me. It's unusual to have the trailer for the next movie straight after watching the previous one....

I felt the 3rd needed its on build-up.

BTTF Trilogy was great but 2 and 3 one after the other at the time was a bit like the Star Wars movies are recently - you enjoy them but you do need a little longer break between them...

None of this bothered me back at the time!

[Member-222782]

I haven't watched any of these films in so long that I forgot that Part II is such an uneven and even dark film at times. Now that my memory has been jogged I agree that it does feel a bit busy with so much story crammed into an hour and 50 minutes but it's actually my favorite BTTF sequel. When the third film came out I had not been a fan of Westerns (I am very much so today) so, needless to say I wasn't too crazy about it but it was such a fun movie that I ended up loving it anyway. Plus I love trains so that helped a bit. Can't wait to revisit the entire trilogy on 4K. I hope Universal doesn't skimp out on these and we get great-looking scans. Now to decide what to do with the three steelbooks and Flux Capacitor Blu-ray editions I currently own

[batman2000]

are there any events coming up where they would announce the exact date of the back to the future trilogy set?

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by Cinema84

I haven't watched any of these films in so long that I forgot that Part II is such an uneven and even dark film at times. Now that my memory has been jogged I agree that it does feel a bit busy with so much story crammed into an hour and 50 minutes but it's actually my favorite BTTF sequel. When the third film came out I had not been a fan of Westerns (I am very much so today) so, needless to say I wasn't too crazy about it but it was such a fun movie that I ended up loving it anyway. Plus I love trains so that helped a bit. Can't wait to revisit the entire trilogy on 4K. I hope Universal doesn't skimp out on these and we get great-looking scans. Now to decide what to do with the three steelbooks and Flux Capacitor Blu-ray editions I currently own

Really liked II, but III never really did it for me.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Really liked II, but III never really did it for me.

Oh, I got you. You're talking about movies.

[Usure]

So glad i've held out before buying the trilogy. i love digi-paks, so can't wait!

[Flyers99]

Originally Posted by Usure

So glad i've held out before buying the trilogy. i love digi-paks, so can't wait!

I was actually going to pull the trigger this week, but remembered this release

[adamjankowski]

I really wish they'd release just the first film on 4K without the sequels. I don' care for them at all.

[wildphantom]

Count me in as a huge fan that loves the sequels just as much as the first one. Recognising the first film is THE ONE and pretty much a perfect film. Yet the second one is one of the great sequels in my opinion. It’s aged so well, and it’s zany ambition can only be lauded. Especially in our current age of safe sequels.

As for Part III, I think it’s a marvellous western. Flipping the doc and Marty roles around completely, with a kind of melancholy to it all which I’ve always found moving. Plus, that final act is just as exciting as the finale to the first film.

I’ll never forget seeing Part III in the states before it came out in the U.K. I returned and all my mates begged me to tell them how on earth Marty could have gotten to 1885 without the car. Boy did I milk it for all it was worth. Such good times.

Adore this trilogy. Means as much to me as Star Wars and Indy.

[Scott in UK]

Originally Posted by wildphantom

I’ll never forget seeing Part III in the states before it came out in the U.K. I returned and all my mates begged me to tell them how on earth Marty could have gotten to 1885 without the car.

Yeah i do remember while waiting for Part 3 to be released that i kind of had the similar question to myself, altho not of how Marty was going to get to 1885 without the car, but the big question i had was wondering where the car was gonna be.

[ROSS.T.G.]

Originally Posted by HeavyHitter

Really liked II, but III never really did it for me.

I hated 3 when it came out but then again I hated westerns then. I really like it now.

[overmang5]

I love the trilogy as a whole, but I've always had more issues with II than either I or III.

III is a much more rounded story, with less plot holes.

The issues with II bug me more I guess. Including the changes in line delivery, and the fact that it totally knackers the ending of I, by having Biff continue to be a jerk after being knocked down by George. It just raises questions about what happened in the intervening 30 years that turned him into George's helper. He waxes his cars, he brings in the books, he even calls him Mr. McFly. But the last time we see Biff he's just as jerky and a bully and covered in manure.

Then by 2015 he's back to being his insufferable self as Gramps Biff.

Outside of that though, I love the trilogy, its definitely my favorite, and can't wait to own it in 4K.

Hope they include some movie replica memorabilia with the set. Maybe Doc's Letter to Marty from 1885, or a tiny hover board, or maybe Doc's time Machine model from 1885 with the double A batteries as the vents. Something unique like that.

[rocknblues81]

The first is great, the second is good... The 3rd is really good.