Why Is “Back To The Future Day” Such A Persistent Hoax?
Photoshopping the date of the “future” from the flux capacitor’s dashboard is an oddly compelling hobby. It happened again today, don’t be fooled.
In July 2010, film news site Total Film made a fake image for the clock on the iconic Back to the Future car, make it appear that July 5, 2012 was the date in the future that Marty and Doc traveled to in the second installment of the series. The correct date from the film is October 15, 2015.
According to Total Film, they made the image as a goof to cover their tracks after they tweeted about it incorrectly. They didn’t realize that it would take off with a life of its own. I remember seeing the image passed around two years ago, and then being disappointed to discover it was fake.
You may have seen an image with today’s date floating around Facebook and Twitter. Some merry prankster is reliving the glory of the Great Back To the Future Day Panic of 2010 and trying it out again.
Will this happen again before 2015? After? Good grief, stop toying with our love of the greatest hoverboard film in cinema history!
HOT ON
More Buzz
Facebook Conversations
7 Responses So Far
- stefanieb2 thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is LOL
- paulap9 thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win
- nadenef thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is LOL & Old
- psdisasters.com readers just made Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... hotter
- lyond thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is
- ultra_balexbot thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win & LOL
- jimmyb5 Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... and thinks it’s LOL
- “back to the future day” is a hot search term for this page
-
jessie basu 10 months agowell internet has became a big place for rumors and hoaxes… anyways i am a big fan of Back to the future trilogy… this trio series is awesome and i have seen it at least 16 times… Marty was a smarty and Dr. Emmett
Brown aka DOC was too cool and hilarious… it was really a fun ride… i wish i had a time machine like Marty… thanx buzzfeed for reminding about it… www.latestsongsnews.com frnz i found a new blog for songs and movie info… it seems good to me so sharing it with you… if u don’t like than plz don mind… its case of different opinions only… :) -
-
- Thomas H thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win
- Aubrey Z. thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Trashy
- kate fisher thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is LOL
-
artemisstrong 10 months agoI think it works because Doc originally states he’s going “25 years into the future, to be exact”… which still would have placed it in 2010, not 2012. I think remembering that line, people misremember a shot of Doc actually typing this destination into the Delorean. “Memory can change the shape of a room; it can change the color of a car. And memories can be distorted. They’re just an interpretation, they’re not a record, and they’re irrelevant if you have the facts.”
-
- andersdhp thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win
-
-
daniels68 10 months agoActually, the screen capture of the display comes from after the DeLorean’s first time jump. So, the date on the picture should list the future date as October 26, 1985, 1:21 AM. In fact, you can tell its from the first time the display is shown, as the “Present Time” and “Last Time Departed” are of the same date, but the present time is one minute after 1:21 and the “Las Time Departed” is 1:20 (as the Doc set the DeLorean to jump one minute into the future, and it was still a minute back after it arrive when Doc turned on the display to show how the time machine worked to Marty).
-
- cmo143 thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is & Win
- dnt54 Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... and thinks it’s Win
- Nether Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ...
- fanaca Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... and thinks it’s & Win
- christianw6 Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ...
- clayc4 thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is
- torleifs thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win
- orangakaun thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is LOL
- darrylec thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is
- Brenda C. thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win
- eduardoarrochal thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win
- Spooky thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is
- tiffanyw12 thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Win
- fredodf thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is & Win
- vanedulac thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is & Fail
-
- Yobee thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is , Win & LOL
- Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is starting to get hot on Twitter Tweet It
- sarahh59 thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Fail
-
- Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is starting to get hot on Facebook Share It
- mjjii thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ... is Fail
- nickrrrad Why Is "Back To The Future Day" Such ...
- Oscar T. thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day&q... is LOL
- lizzydizzy thinks Why Is "Back To The Future Day&q... is Cute
Special Reactions
Your Reaction?
React with an animated GIF!
READY. SET. REACT!
GET STARTED