5 Predictions That Back To The Future Got Right And 5 That Missed The Mark

Time has caught up with the world and today we reach a milestone that Back To The Future fans have been hanging out for since the franchise first debuted 26 years ago. Today is Wednesday, October 21, 2015, the futuristic date Marty McFly and Doc will descend toward Hill Valley, California, at 4:29 pm.

It looked a little something like this:

The prophetic scenes of Marty exploring the weird and wonderfull future were a little hit and miss, with some predictions completely off the mark (flying cars), while other technology (like Google Glass) have no practical value in our modern lives.

While it might seem a lil’ disappointing that we don’t have hoverboards and food hydration, some aspects of the movie didn’t give us futuristic foe enough credit. Take for example their prediction we’d all be using fax machines and no acknowledgment that we’d progress to having a gadget in our pockets capable of accessing the world’s information, streaming TV, news, creating videos.. etc etc.

Here’s a simple rundown of the film’s predictions for October 21 compiled by the kind folk at Digital Spy: