Episode 90: John's Canon #4 - BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)

" The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some *style?*" Ever since The Seat Struck Movie Podcast began, John was itching to discuss his ALL TIME favourite film: BACK TO THE FUTURE. Guess what? That time has finally arrived! Joining this canon pick discussion is co-host Curtis (back from his trips to Eastern Europe and Ireland!) and John's brother Billy. We spend a lot of time covering this movie, discussing topics such as: our experience watching these movies as a kid; the movie as a contemporaneous 50s nostalgia vehicle, now turned 80s nostalgia vehicle; casting discussion and behind the scenes chatter (did you know Eric Stoltz was originally supposed to play Marty?); running through our favourite quotes and scenes; and of course, some minor sequel chatter. Honestly, we could have gabbed for another half hour, but when you don't have a DeLorean running at 88 MPH, you're a bit limited on time. Let's save that for when we revisit the sequels, shall we? As a reminder, we have changed things up over the past couple of weeks. Instead of our usual discussion of watchlist additions or 'what we watched this week', we discuss the 'News of the Week' in the world of film and entertainment. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction NEWS OF THE WEEK 00:03:58 New releases: ACROSS THE SPIDERVERSE, and TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF BEASTS. 00:08:30 Oppenheimer gets an R rating, and IMAX discussion 00:10:00 Jared Leto climbing windows, and Killers of a Flower Moon chatter 00:11:20 New trailer for the Twisted Metal TV series 00:15:33 Jurassic Park hits 30! 00:17:00 "The Binge Purge" Streaming TV discussion 00:22:40 BACK TO THE FUTURE DISCUSSION 01:07:42 Scores and Wrap up CREDITS AND PLUGS https://www.vulture.com/2023/06/streaming-industry-netflix-max-disney-hulu-apple-tv-prime-video-peacock-paramount.html Intro: Johnny B. Goode scene from "Back to the Future" Outro: Power of Love - Huey Lewis & the News Quinn: @seatstruckreviews Curtis: https://www.the-back-row.com/ - check out 'Runstedler's DVD Pick of the Month' https://curtisrunstedler.ca/ John: johnnycakes.substack.com @johnnycakes on Letterboxd Check out John's other podcast Domestic Pints ONLY! @domesticpintsonly on IG; find us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.