This Is Heavy: The Best Sci-Fi Trilogy of the 1980s Finally Lands on Netflix
Get ready for a blast from the past!
Science fiction has always been one of the most beloved movie genres, as people’s speculations about the future and its technologies are never-ending. You surely watched (or at least heard of) such franchises as The Matrix, Alien, Men in Black, and Planet of the Apes.
If you miss good old sci-fi flicks made in the era where there were no computers and phones, good news for you! Quite soon, it’ll be possible to revisit an 80s trilogy that hits the very nostalgia button and, luckily, arrives on Netflix next week.
Set in 1985, the plot of its first chapter revolves around a teenager who is sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling machine built by a quirky scientist. There he meets his parents and accidentally prevents them from falling in love, therefore, his own existence is now in question. It’ll be a challenge for him to make them reconcile and to return to his time.
There is no need to put suspense on what we’re talking about as you have already guessed it’s the premise of Back to the Future, Robert Zemeckis’ timeless gem that received widespread praise from critics and became the highest-grossing film of 1985.
The success of the first installment allowed the filmmaker to continue the series with Back to the Future Part II (1989), where the duo is traveling to 2015, and Part III (1990), set in the Wild West in 1885, and to launch a multimedia franchise with games and parks.
The whole trilogy is full of inventive sci-fi elements, including the cultish DeLorean time machine, and high-class humor mocking all the eras where the protagonists end up.
However, it is the leads who make these movies so memorable. Michael J. Fox’s Marty McFly and Christopher Lloyd’s Doc Brown are now household names, their characters are considered iconic by all cinema lovers, while their chemistry is in the air.
It is Marty and Doc who inspired the eponymous characters of our favorite animated show Rick and Morty, while lots of allusions to this duo can be also found in Will Smith ’s Independence Day (1996), Cars (2006), and Zac Efron’s 17 Again (2009).
It’s a shame if you still haven’t seen this top-notch trilogy, but you can fix it already on July 1, when Back to the Future movies will become available on Netflix.