Back to the Future's Predictions: Hits and Misses
Dehydrated Food and Multichannel TV Broadcasting. Back to the Future was a milestone in 1980s cinema and became a cultural phenomenon. Its sequel, Back to the Future part II , impacted young minds like mine and made us dream about flying cars, hoverboards, and automated homes. Though Back to the Future Part II was released in 1989, it’s amazing how it depicted many gadgets and technologies that are now a reality, some that came close, and others that didn’t quite hit the mark. As Marty McFly desired to explore the future, we’ll walk through what really came to fruition and what didn’t in terms of products, technology, and cultural behavior. We are now in 2025, exactly 10 years beyond the hypothetical 2015 where Marty and Doc landed. What do we have now that would mark as a hit? Flat TVs : It was a huge change from the late 80s and throughout the 90s. In the 2000s, we saw a surge in flat screens and how much larger they became over the years. Could Marty have imag...