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[edit] Continuity

"In addition, the "To Be Continued..." caption was not added until the film was released to video."

I saw this movie in the theater as a kid, and I remember being quite excited when the words "to be continued" showed up at the end of the movie. I know that this is a referenced statement, but it is still wrong -- yes, even the BBC can make mistakes sometimes. Maybe the caption was added later, but it was not all the way until it was released on video. 24.59.148.187 21:59, 19 October 2007 (UTC)

I was pretty sure I heard this factoid as well. Is there any other reference to this that can be made? I'm sure the user above could have been mistaken, or could have seen the film in theaters in a late run or something? TheHYPO 19:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Zemeckis and Gale said on the commentary that there was no caption. Alientraveller 19:53, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Zemeckis and Gale could be mistaken too. Note that in the archives of this discussion several other people have noted the same. So... rather than waste time and effort hashing it out here, I'll nuance the statement to what we know is true: the Zemeckis and Gale claim it was not there. 24.59.148.187 (talk) 07:42, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

What archives? I'm actually confused in that the archive box on this page has no archives; also /Archive, /Archive, /Archive 1 don't seem to exist as pages. Where are the archives? I also am weary of your approach. The filmmakers should have final say as an official source. A few readers remembering something from 30 years ago should not be given credit against a secondary source associated with the film. It's as close to primary as we can get in this era, I would think. TheHYPO (talk) 03:11, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

HYPO, the movie was released in 1985, it is now 2008, that is not even 25 years, barely 23. Yes, the film makers SHOULD have final say, except that they didn't make the commentary right after the film, like most films now a days, but many of years later when they were producing the DVD version, thus they might have forgotten if they had used it or not if it was one of those one wanted to use it, the other didn't. I would say it is still up in the air on debate, but as for now, list the "facts" of published media, unless someone has a bootleg copy from 1985.[[User: IkeRay]IkeRay] 09:24, 6 March 2008(UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ikeray (talk • contribs)

Which reminds me...where did the other talk threads go? Eaglestorm (talk) 03:40, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, theHYPO, try this-Talk:Back_to_the_Future/archive1, can someone put them in the archive box above? Eaglestorm (talk) 06:42, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure what I have to add to this that others haven't already done, but I am one of the many people with memories of seeing the film in the theater in 1985. A year later, my parents got me the video, which I watched over and over, and I distinctly remember seeing the "To be continued" sign, which excited me tremendously. (I believe this video is still somewhere in my parents' house, so I could check.) Unfortunately, I cannot remember whether that sign showed up in the theatrical version I saw. I was only eight at the time. marbeh raglaim (talk) 13:55, 12 February 2008 (UTC)

Just wondering why the fact the movie inspired a Saturday morning cartoon was omited. Heck! I can't even find a referece to the cartoon on wikipedia. THat is just so wrong. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.192.4.65 (talk) 17:56, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

It's at Back to the Future: The Animated Series. Enviroboy^Talk_Cs 03:35, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Sidebar discussion

I have begun a discussion at Template talk:BttfSidebar about the possibility of replacing the sidebar on all bttf pages with the much more efficient navbox template which I have just completely rennovated. Please share your opinion there (not here) and if there is no objection (or consensus for objection), I'll start replacing sidebars with navbars. Cheers. TheHYPO (talk) 14:48, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Academy Award-winning"

Where does it say it won an academy award?--Dch111 (talk) 00:15, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/awards -- Lyverbe (talk) 00:25, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Oh, I was just confused when I didn't see it in the article itself aside from the first paragraph. --Dch111 (talk) 17:29, 21 May 2008 (UTC)