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And in the sequels he'd go to 2053, then 1923.
The differences wouldn't be nearly as dramatic though.
The whole no internet thing would be pretty different. Marty was a high schooler. Going back to 93 would still be quite weird for him
The internet absolutely existed in 1993, but it was vastly different from today
Ok grandpa. Let's get you back to bed.
Mostly just in universities and government until 1994. There were BBSs and online services, but not really public internet.
Yeah, the biggest delineation is "world without computers and digital electronics" vs. the world after all that proliferated. I'd still consider the 80s and 90s part of the "modern" era, what we used to call the "information age" or "computer revolution".
Pretty much all our modern tech is just more advanced versions of the same shit we already had in the 80s. Even social media (BBSs).
Well BBSs, Usenet, etc were far more niche. Social media today is nearly ubiquitous.
I wonder how many people whose childhood was in the 50s felt the same when BTTF came out, that it was all still the modern era?
I'm not sure, my Dad is a 50s kid and he always complained that shit went downhill in the 80s. He displayed absolutely no interest in the media of the decade, the culture, music, or whatever, and probably felt very out of place. I don't feel the same way. I am just as comfortable with the world now as I was back then.
Marty plays EDM at the prom instead of rock and roll
I'd go back to '93. Vs. had just been released, Jurassic Park was in theaters, the US dollar had almost exactly double the buying power it has today, and I still remember how to design web sites using tables.
I would watch that
A Back to the Future reboot would be amazing if they did it right
I'm not convinced it's possible for Hollywood to get this one right.
Robert Zemeckis will be dead first.
IIRC, according to his rights agreement, he ACTUALLY has to be dead before they can attempt a remake.
Yep, that's why I said it.
Event television would be a big thing. I was a senior in college in 93. Seinfeld, Simpsons, Frasier, you had to schedule your day around that. The bar I worked at would even put these shows on instead of playing music and market it as a reason to come in.
Yes, we could record shows on VHS and watch them later, but that was mostly done with daytime soap operas - also a thing that has mostly gone by the wayside.
Landline phones with answering machines would throw a teenager from today into chaos.
Smoking everywhere. Not even California had introduced smoking bans yet.
No TSA. Flying was fun.
Weed possession was a decades long sentence.
You could play around with all kinds of things that were different.
Wow, that's so long ago! It's been so long, I don't remember the 1990s at all :)
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