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Want to know everything you absolutely need to about Back to the Future but don't have the time to sit down and watch the whole thing? We feel that - after all, it's a busy world these days. Now, thanks to the animators at 1A4 Studios, you can just check out this speedrun of the classic comedy which doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but still makes about as much sense as Back to the Future. All the requisite thrills, chills, and spills are intact, though it will come together a little better if you have seen the movie like a million times before this. You have seen the movie like, a billion times before this, right? Of course you have.

LEGO's just released the summer review results from their CUUSOO website, which is a system where modelers can submit their creations in the hopes that they'll eventually become actual sets. Once a submission manages 10,000 votes from the community, LEGO reviews them and makes a call on whether they move forward with the project. That's how that sweet Minecraft LEGO set came to fruition. One of those in the spotlight this time around was an impressive Back to the Future DeLorean model. You can probably see where this is going. Yes, a Back to the Future LEGO set is really, truly happening.

While there are many official LEGO tie-ins available, Back to the Future sadly isn't one of them. That might be changing, however, now that user m.togami has received 10,000 votes on LEGO's CUUSOO website. With the passing of that important milestone, the possibility of this becoming an official LEGO set moves tantalizingly close to reality. But it's not there yet.

Not all LEGO builds have to be massive to be impressive, even if that usually helps. This LEGO DeLoreon, for instance, is not full-sized; it's not even what you might call "large." Instead, it's a 1:15 scale model of the real deal, the real deal of course being the time-traveling one from Back to the Future. Constructed by Alex Jones, AKA, Orion Pax, the build is made completely of standard LEGO parts, but a custom silver paint job. And yes, the wheels can go into hover mode.

Everybody wants a hoverboard and what more iconic hoverboard could you possibly ask for than the one from Back to the Future II. Granted, you might prefer a hoverboard that actually, you know, hovers, but this Back to the Future replica board is the best you'll be able to do at the moment. These official Mattel replicas are going for the relatively high price of $120, but after the pre-order there'll only a limited amount for sale, and there's no guarantee you'll be able to snag one of those. On top of that, the price will be higher, so act now if you're down.

Alex Jones recreated Hill Valley, the iconic town from Back to the Future, in LEGO, because this is what LEGO is for. Jones has been working on the build for quite some time, and cited endless hours of watching Back to the Future to be part of the build process in order to get everything correct. Not exactly the worst fact-checking scenario. He created each building separately, then lumped them into the whole scene, which measures in at 140 by 140 studs. More pictures after the jump.

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At 10:04pm on this day in 1955, the courthouse clock tower in Hill Valley, California was struck by lightning; it hasn't rung since. Other events of the day: George McFly punched Biff Tannen in the face and kissed Loraine Baines for the first time, and a mysterious young man named Marty played "Johnny B. Goode" at the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance, thus inventing rock n'roll. (pic: Dan Meth via Workman Says Things)

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Today is Thursday, October 21, 2010. Not a particularly eventful day by most standards, until you ponder this little tidbit: In exactly five years, on October 21, 2015, Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and a strangely unfamiliar Jennifer Parker will arrive in Hill Valley in their time-traveling DeLorean. Yes, in five short years, the "future" scenes in Back To The Future II will take place. All in all, the filmmakers made a lot of startlingly accurate predictions. They foresaw flat screen, wall-mounted TVs with picture-in-picture and hundreds of channels. They hinted at hands-free video game systems, ridiculing anything else as "like a baby's toy." But then again, Marty Sr. was fired over a fax machine... Those will somehow need to make a resurgence over the next five years. (And who knows, maybe that'll be the next vintage technology that hipsters will ironically embrace.) But there are also a lot of cool futuristic things which haven't seemed to come to fruition since the film's release. Personally, I find that very disappointing, and have compiled a list of some of the more pressing things that we so desperately need to accomplish in the next half decade. Hurry up, science and society!

Following on the surreal glance we got yesterday at an alternate Back to the Future where Eric Stoltz starred as Marty McFly instead of Michael J. Fox, Fox has done a shot-for-shot remake of the 1985 Back to the Future teaser trailer to promote a Spike awards show and in honor of BttF's 25th anniversary. He's still in fine form.

Before Michael J. Fox leapt from TV to film stardom by playing Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, there was another Marty: Eric Stoltz, who you may know, depending on your vintage, as Rocky Dennis in the 1985 film Mask or as Daniel Graystone on Caprica. Back to the Future was five weeks into shooting with Stoltz as the lead when director Robert Zemeckis decided things weren't quite right: Comparing notes with executive producer Stephen Spielberg, Zemeckis said "I just don't think we're getting the laughs I was hoping we would get." They ultimately made the "horrific," "heartbreaking" decision to replace Stoltz with Fox, reshot five weeks of work, and thus the Back to the Future we know today was born. This never-before-seen footage from the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy DVD and Blu-Ray box set, which comes out on October 26th, gives us a glimpse at an alternate BttF where Stoltz plays McFly. (via Hollywood Reporter)

The sneakerheads at Nice Kicks have dug up a patent filed by Nike for "An article of footwear with a lighting system ... The lighting system includes three lighting devices disposed on the article of footwear. The lighting system is also associated with an automatic fastening system." Now, the second coming of L.A. Lights may not be particularly exciting, but that automatic fastening system ... well, it's impossible to mention without mentioning Back to the Future II, so: Yeah, in Back to the Future II, Marty McFly had a pair of self-lacing Nike sneakers that were pretty cool, and so geeks are getting very excited about this Nike patent application. As Engadget points out, "few patent apps ever lead to a real retail product," but you can salivate anyway: