And 27 years after Back to the Future II...

Back to the Future II got to the theaters in 1989 and it was supposed to be about life in 2015. 27 seven years after the movie was made, are the things that they predicted happening right now?

Do you remember the shark that jumped out the movie theatre in front of Marty McFly? Like in the movie, holograms are also a reality nowadays. Sony Pictures projected a Loch Ness monster at the Tokyo bay to promote the movie 'The Water Horse: Legend Of The Deep'.

Zemeckis also thought of a revolutionary pad to replace pen and paper when he created a scene were McFly was approached on the street to sign a petition and instead of a regular paper a guy showed him an electronic tablet, where people can sign, make notes, among other things. The iPad has many more features, but the original idea may have started after the movie.

The movie also predicted that in the future people would make calls by video chating instead of phones. Although phones are still an important communication device, nowadays we have many other options that make another Zemeckis dream become true. Cellphones and webcams are a great example of it.

Last but not least, Back to the Future II also predicted the creation of LCD tvs, because in 1989 people had to deal with small tvs with bad video quality.

Although Back to the Future II had predicted 27 years ago many technologies that are part of our lives today, there was some cool stuff that we are still hoping to get one day. For example: any kid who watched the movie in the 80's always dreamed of Marty McFly's flying skateboard! We have not seen anything like that yet, but some flying board prototypes are being developed. An example is McFly's skateboard replica created by French artist Nils Guadagnin.

We also haven't seen any flying cars or a time machine yet. However does anybody doubt that many other technologies predicted in Back to the Future II are going to become a reality soon ?