1989

Back To The Future Day

No need explaining what Back to the future is all about – we all know. But did you know what date today is?

 

October 21 2015

Yep, its the date Marty and Doc crashed the future in the second of the three time hopping cult sci-fi adventure films.

Watch the official trailer for Back to the future II

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Check out this really cool video recently shot where the two icons of the series discuss which predictions were right:

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What did the 2nd movie get right 25 years ago ? Let’s have a look ….

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I’m not going to say to much more about this. The trilogy speaks for itself, and it’s one series of movie I NEVER get sick of watching! But if you need a refresher, Wikipedia is the best place to go.

Enjoy!!!

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Back to the Future Hover Board

Loved the Back to the Future Trilogy – and one of the things that I’m sure every kid (or every kid in heart) would love is one of those Hover Boards from the second movie.

Well, believe it or not Mattel are planning on releasing a hover board this year based on the one from the movie:

back to the future hover board

Now, before you get too excited, it’s only a replica (but visually a perfect match).

It wont hover like the one in the movies.

Apparently, we need to wait until 2015 for that …….. 🙂

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Atari Lynx

The Lynx was a colour handheld game console that was released in 1989 – in fact it was the first colour one of its kind.

For the techncially minded, the Lynx used a 65C02 CPU, which was part of the 6502 8-bit family. But it also used a 16-bit graphics chip to achieve all the scaling and sprite effects – a stand out amongst other competing products.

The Lynx could run by batteries or mains, and had the ability for headphones to be connected also. There were two slidewheels, one for screen contrast and and the other for volume.

A large number of games were released for the Lynx – 120 in fact, and they came in the form of slim ROM cards that made them fairly easy to store. They featured a lip on the top so you could remove them from the back of the unit easier once finished playing that game.

Atari Lynx I Handheld

With a backlit display, the console featured a switchable right-handed/left-handed configuration, and the ability to network with up to 17 other units via its “ComLynx” system which in essence was a proprietry cable that Atari produced to phuscially link multiple units together. The best mutiplayer game was undeniably Slimeworld. Here’s a peek of the gameplay:

In the same year, Nintendo released the (monochromatic) Game Boy, and gradually they gained the market share of the console world (why I dont know – IMO the Lynx was better).

In 1990, Atari released version two of the Lynx. It was a bulkier unit, and what I noticed is that the volume could not go as loud as version 1. However, it had a clearer screen and a power save feature if you were running off batteries.

Atari Lynx II Handheld

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Christmas Vacation 1989

This is the one Christmas movie that I don’t think anyone can ever get tired of. Chevy Chase returns in the third installment of the Vacation series as Clarke W. Griswold as he tries desperately to maintain his sanity during the holidays with all of his relatives coming to stay under his roof and enduring all the mishaps along the way.

The movie, released in 1989, is always a ritual in our household to watch every Christmas , and the laughs are just as loud each time we watch it.

To kick off the festive season, where he decides to stay at home rather than go on a road trip, he takes Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo) and the kids, Audrey (Juliette Lewis) and Rusty (Johnny Galecki) to the mountains to find the perfect Griswold family Christmas tree. And it’s only the first of one hilarious scene after another, as we follow Clark and clan through one long laugh-fest, filled with surprises and fun.

The highlight of the movie for me (as I’m sure others) is the effort, the pain, and the sheer amount of lights that Clark puts up on the house. When they finally work (and blind the beegeezus out of the neighbours), there is a little bit of magic that all that effort has finally paid off. And, who hasn’t called people ‘Griswolds’ when you see over the top Christmas light displays that people have put up?

Enjoy the trailer:

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