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ChainsawAsh
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29-Apr-2012, 12:31 AM

It doesn't come out until next Friday here in the States.

And about BTTF, I think the first one is a perfect, amazing stand-alone story, but the sequels throw in too much contrived B.S. to keep everything moving that it makes less and less sense as it goes on.  The "chicken" thing bothered me the most - a completely crippling personality flaw that Marty never had in the first one is suddenly introduced for no good reason, making his character seem much weaker, for what, the sake of giving him something he could change in the past to improve his future?  There are better ways to do that.

2 was also when they started casting the same people for different generations of characters - Michael J. Fox plays Marty and Marty's two children, for no good reason.  It's distracting, even though the fact that Marty, Jr. looks exactly like his dad is a plot point.  It's just a bit ridiculous.  Of course, 3 makes this even worse by casting the same actors as their century-prior ancestors - but that's to be expected, since 3 is basically a parody of itself.

2 does have one redeeming feature - the time travel mechanics, and the way the multiple timelines work.  I mean, really, it's just an expansion and clarification of the rules set up by 1, but it's very easy to follow for, say, a 6 year old, despite being a very complex topic.

And Marty's attempt at a disguise.  Love the hat.

But yeah ... I could go on and on about why BTTF 2 and 3 don't deserve to sit on the shelf next to the masterpiece that is the original.

Yet I somehow still like Ghostbusters II...