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Being an 80’s kid I grew up on a selection of films that are still part of pop culture today, Back to the Future Trilogy was one of those sets of films, most people know of them or have watched them, this is one of those films that define the 80’s, but why do I like them? why is it still one of my favourite films?

Born in the ’80s
So being born in those early ’80s when the film was released in 1985 I was a little young to watch it straight away, so actually, for me, it turned out that I watched all three in very short time with the second and third film released in 89 and 90, I even videotaped them when they eventually came on TV and rewatched them several times. As the years went on I have bought them on DVD, Then Blu-Ray and eventually digitally, and let’s be honest the SFX still holds up and watching them doesn’t lose any of the quality, I would argue they look better now than they did back in the day.

In the last couple of years on one of our family film nights, the kids watched them for the first time and I was unsure whether they get it, let’s not forget it’s from the 80s which for kids nowadays is old, but the films are all based in the ’50s a time completely away from them, it’s old even for me lol, but they actually enjoyed it! I Tigger in particular enjoyed it more than Roo, even very recently Tigger decided to watch the Trilogy over his own film nights at the Christmas holidays, which surprised me, I would choose it but of all the things he could watch he choose that.

But Why?
But why do I love it so much? Why do I hold it so close to my heart? Its possibly partly down to bring it back to my childhood, growing upon it, it was one of those films like Ghostbusters that I always remembered, even when I was very little, obviously the story is legendary and again was one of the first time travel stories for me, and for many people, one of the ones that people still use, even in pop cultures like Family Guy and Avengers, they reference it. As a young boy, some of the more adult references went over my head, and I’ve appreciated them as I got older, the characters are great and Michael Fox and Christopher Lloyd with all ways be Marty and Doc to me, they have done other stuff but for me…it’s Back to the future.

I like the integrated story and complex side of it, but it was still enough for a kid to understand even though there are lots going, and I love that it spans for generations of time frames, the Western in the third was excellent and a great difference to the others, but even the future was funny to look at, as we sailed past 2015 it was funny to look back and thing genuinely what they thought we would be doing, many people thought we would have flying cars etc… however back at the ’50s and 80’s the detail of the films going back and forth and crossing over from the footage they previous did and linking was excellent and for younger me, I was astounded.
Its one of the few things in life that I will take forward always, in pop culture world and films for me Back to the Future is up there with Ghostbusters, Jurassic Park, Heman, Turtles etc. all classic 80’s and early 90’s things that I love, I so pleased my kids like it, and I hope they grow up still appreciating it as I did.
Win a LEGO 41611 Brickheadz Marty McFly & Doc Brown
To help share the love of Back To Future with you all, I’m lucky enough to have a retired LEGO 41611 Brickheadz Marty McFly & Doc Brown set to giveaway.
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LEGO 41611 Brickheadz Marty McFly & Doc Brown
153 Comments
Marty!
1 February 2021 at 10:53 amI love Doc!
1 February 2021 at 11:02 amWould be incredible to win 🤞🏼🍀
8 February 2021 at 9:52 pmMarty McFly is my favourite character.
1 February 2021 at 11:16 amhas to be Doc
1 February 2021 at 11:17 amMarty McFly is my favourite
1 February 2021 at 11:26 amGot to be the Doc
1 February 2021 at 11:58 amMarty McFly!
28 February 2021 at 8:31 amGreat prize!
1 February 2021 at 11:59 amThe doc is my favourite
1 February 2021 at 12:01 pmLike Doc as he’s a bit wacky
1 February 2021 at 12:05 pmMarty McFly
1 February 2021 at 12:15 pmthe films of my teenage years. never tire of watching this trilogy and would love to make this with my nephew who loves his lego
1 February 2021 at 1:33 pmWe need to generate 1.21 gigawatts of power!
1 February 2021 at 2:24 pmDoc has always been my favourite. We introduced my sons to the BTTF films last year and now they love them too 🙂
1 February 2021 at 2:31 pmEmmett “Doc” Brown is just the best. Reminds me of me
1 February 2021 at 2:43 pmI am born in the 80’s too and I share the same love for this movie. We also have a DVD of it and would rewatch it every now and again with my wife. This film never gets old for me.
1 February 2021 at 3:19 pmit’s got to be doc, he’s great
1 February 2021 at 3:19 pmI love this prize
1 February 2021 at 4:12 pmMy favourite is Back to the Future part II
1 February 2021 at 4:49 pmHas to be doc brown
1 February 2021 at 4:49 pmMy favourite is back to the future 1
1 February 2021 at 5:22 pmI love Doc!!!
1 February 2021 at 5:27 pmI love BTTF 1 the best! I got the Playmobil DeLoren for my birthday yesterday! I’m also an AFOL so would love love love these Brickheadz!!
1 February 2021 at 6:55 pmMarty McFly is my fave.
1 February 2021 at 6:59 pmI love Doc
1 February 2021 at 7:06 pmMarty McFly – loved Michael j Fox in this role
1 February 2021 at 7:19 pmDoc is definitely my favourite character x
1 February 2021 at 8:12 pmI like Doc and Marty, the film wouldn’t be the same without either of them
1 February 2021 at 9:36 pmIt has to be Doc, the crazy man made these films epic
1 February 2021 at 9:45 pmHas to be the Doc 🙂
2 February 2021 at 12:37 amYou can’t beat the original although I like the Wild West setting too.
2 February 2021 at 5:03 amDoc Brown. This is so cool. Back to the Future 2 is literally my favourite film of all time. What a prize.
2 February 2021 at 6:12 amI’m a huge fan of the 80’s (it was even the theme of my 30th birthday party ‘a few’ years ago). Doc and Marty are two of the pinnacle characters of the decade along with the DeLorean. We can’t get enough of all of the BTTF films in our house. The song ‘The Power of Love’ also played a part when my husband proposed to me. These Lego figures wouldn’t in very well and would be very well cared for!
2 February 2021 at 6:16 amDoc
2 February 2021 at 10:18 amThe Doc for me, love his craziness and enthusiasm
2 February 2021 at 2:03 pmMarty
2 February 2021 at 2:51 pmFilm – it has to be BTTF2 – the only time, in my opinion, that a follow up has been better than the original. As for character love Einstein and Copernicus, but my fave is the 50’s teen Biff Tannen – he makes me laugh so much and I think I would have had a bit of a crush on him had I been around in the 50’s.
2 February 2021 at 3:03 pmI love the first original back to the future, although they are all fantastic…. every Christmas my crazy brother has a personal challenge where he trys to count the amount of times doc says ” great scott” !!! Lol
28 February 2021 at 2:09 pmMy fave film is back to the future part II
2 February 2021 at 3:31 pmThey’re all great but, as a fan of Westerns, I really enjoyed the third one.
2 February 2021 at 3:34 pmMarty McFly
2 February 2021 at 3:55 pmClara Clayton
2 February 2021 at 5:08 pmEinstein
2 February 2021 at 6:28 pmI love the Doc.
2 February 2021 at 9:07 pmgot to be marty
2 February 2021 at 9:28 pmMarty McFly
2 February 2021 at 9:37 pmDoc Brown has to be favourite, although he should be a professor!
2 February 2021 at 9:42 pmMarty McFly
2 February 2021 at 10:07 pmThe doc, grandson may disagree with me though
2 February 2021 at 11:19 pmDoc brown my favorite
2 February 2021 at 11:21 pmHas to be Doc! He’s awesome and so clever.
2 February 2021 at 11:30 pmDoc is my favourite he’s such an eccentric character
3 February 2021 at 1:20 amLove Back to the Future: hard to pick between the Doc and Marty. The Doc just takes it as I ❤ maverick madness 🙂
13 February 2021 at 7:37 pmBiff
3 February 2021 at 2:09 pmDefo Marty
3 February 2021 at 3:31 pmThe Doc’s got to be my fave. 🙂
3 February 2021 at 4:47 pmOur boys love Lego, fabulous prize
3 February 2021 at 5:13 pmDoc Emmett Brown
3 February 2021 at 5:31 pmMarty McFly
3 February 2021 at 5:52 pmOur family all love a bit of Lego
3 February 2021 at 5:57 pmDoc Brown without a doubt.
3 February 2021 at 6:36 pmI love Marty himself, he’s so funny!
3 February 2021 at 8:01 pmDoc he has always interested me i think he’s quite funny too
3 February 2021 at 9:44 pmThe very first film was my favourite! My favourite character is Marty 🙂
3 February 2021 at 9:49 pmHas to be Marty
3 February 2021 at 10:15 pmit has to be the first film and Marty of course lol
4 February 2021 at 10:05 amMarty!
4 February 2021 at 10:06 amI love Marty McFly!
4 February 2021 at 10:53 amHas to be Marty McFly!
4 February 2021 at 11:09 amThe legend thats Marty McFly
4 February 2021 at 12:37 pmDefinitely Doc! It’s the hair and the crazy scientist vibe!
4 February 2021 at 4:29 pmMarty
4 February 2021 at 4:40 pmIt’s got to be the Doc so much character
4 February 2021 at 7:24 pmI just love Doc
5 February 2021 at 4:34 pmLove these films!
6 February 2021 at 11:49 amIts got to be Doc Brown. Always been a fave of mine. I had tickets to see the theatre show in Manchester before lockdown – cant wait to see it post lockdown
6 February 2021 at 1:41 pmGot to be Marty!
6 February 2021 at 3:13 pm“Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine…
6 February 2021 at 9:55 pmMarty McFly – lovely competition.
7 February 2021 at 10:33 amMy favourite has to be Doc great character
7 February 2021 at 8:09 pmDoc brown us by far the best!!!
7 February 2021 at 11:01 pmDoc has to be my fave, what a character!
8 February 2021 at 5:54 amI love Doc!
8 February 2021 at 6:41 pmIt had to be Doctor Emmitt Brown!
9 February 2021 at 12:13 pmMarty!
9 February 2021 at 1:58 pmgot to be doc
9 February 2021 at 5:08 pmMarty, but I really love him Mum too!
9 February 2021 at 8:06 pmI love all the back to the future films, my favourite character is defo Marty Though! 🙂
9 February 2021 at 9:11 pmMy favourite film was the first one and my favourite character is Doc Brown
12 February 2021 at 1:33 amI love Marty
13 February 2021 at 8:40 pmDoc – Reminds me of my Grandad!
13 February 2021 at 9:18 pmMarty my favourite of all time
16 February 2021 at 1:20 amEinstein
16 February 2021 at 7:50 amHas to be Doc ! I think he was based on a mad professor uncle I used to have
16 February 2021 at 5:39 pmHas to be Marty
16 February 2021 at 6:41 pmThe Doc is my favourite character.
17 February 2021 at 7:21 amI like the third film the best
19 February 2021 at 3:04 pmHas to be the Doc, hands down!
19 February 2021 at 3:54 pmDoc 🙂
19 February 2021 at 10:32 pmMarty McFly
21 February 2021 at 11:09 amBiff Tannen is that bad? ha ha
21 February 2021 at 12:54 pmThe doc is my favourite
23 February 2021 at 7:32 pmThe doc
23 February 2021 at 8:28 pmMarty
24 February 2021 at 8:32 pmI love Marty!
24 February 2021 at 8:40 pmLove these films!lets hope
24 February 2021 at 10:48 pmMarty as he goes from one disaster to another but makes everything right in the end.
25 February 2021 at 7:14 pmThe first film is probably my favorite.
25 February 2021 at 8:25 pmMarty Mcfly legend!
26 February 2021 at 4:20 pmThe Doc. Such an eccentric character, and funny!
26 February 2021 at 11:51 pmDoc Brown mad as a hatter
27 February 2021 at 2:01 pmThe legend that is Marty Mcfly….
27 February 2021 at 4:22 pmoh Marty is defiantly my favourite
27 February 2021 at 4:58 pmDoc Brown as he’s such a mad genius scientist but one you’d also want to go on adventures with!
27 February 2021 at 8:59 pmI love the Doc
27 February 2021 at 9:08 pmMarty is my favourite character!
27 February 2021 at 10:19 pmBut controversial, but I love Buff (especially as a cowboy in BTTF3).
27 February 2021 at 10:27 pmOooh A good question, it has to be between the Doc and Marty. Its a toughy. Marty. I choose Marty.
28 February 2021 at 1:07 amDoc Brown – such a crazy character and fun to watch him.
28 February 2021 at 1:28 amMy fav character is Doc
28 February 2021 at 6:40 amDoc Brown
28 February 2021 at 6:53 amGot to be the Doc – Great Scott!
28 February 2021 at 9:27 amAlthough the cast are amazing, and so talented, the characters all have so much impact, but I think my favourite character has got to be Doc Brown
28 February 2021 at 10:32 amHas to be doc
28 February 2021 at 11:01 amI loved Marty McFly
28 February 2021 at 12:36 pmMarty mcfly
28 February 2021 at 12:45 pmIt has to be Marty McFly. I’ve always had a crush on Michael J Fox.
28 February 2021 at 1:18 pmeinstein
28 February 2021 at 1:27 pmI like the doc
28 February 2021 at 1:33 pmThe Doc is my favourite.
28 February 2021 at 1:50 pmlove the doc
28 February 2021 at 2:53 pmDocs is awesome
28 February 2021 at 2:56 pmMarty’s Dad is my favourite, so clueless but still gets the girl 🙂
28 February 2021 at 3:01 pmAwes giveaway fantastic
28 February 2021 at 3:08 pmBiff – such a comical “villain”
28 February 2021 at 3:27 pmDoc is my favourite!
28 February 2021 at 3:36 pmThe first film and Marty McFly!
28 February 2021 at 4:03 pmHas to be Marty!
28 February 2021 at 4:08 pmMarty McFly is my favourite
28 February 2021 at 4:35 pmThey are my favourite films. When I was a teenager Michael J Fox was on my bedroom wall. I used to know the words to the film off by heart and when he was talking to Jennifer I used to pretend it was me .
28 February 2021 at 4:50 pmOld man Biff! Cranky oldie that he is!
28 February 2021 at 5:08 pmMarty McFly is my favourite character
28 February 2021 at 5:33 pmMy favourite is back to the future part 2.
28 February 2021 at 5:40 pmMarty x
28 February 2021 at 5:57 pmMarty, obviously.
28 February 2021 at 7:36 pmLove Doc and his crazy hair xxx
28 February 2021 at 7:53 pmMarty McFly is my favourite
28 February 2021 at 8:23 pmMy favourite character is Marty Mcfly
28 February 2021 at 8:55 pmMy favourite has to be Marty Mcfly. When he was in the good wife i still thought of Michael j fox as Marty. X
28 February 2021 at 9:03 pmLove all 3 films I think the 2nd is my fave Doc is great
28 February 2021 at 10:38 pmMarty McFly!
28 February 2021 at 10:59 pmDoc who doesnt love the doc x
28 February 2021 at 11:28 pm