Conference noted::sf

    I heard on the news that BTTF II grossed (?) more than 7 million
    dollars on opening day, more than any other picture to date.  Ah,
    to be in pictures (at least a percentage of the take).
    
    /DR

    And do you know what *really* narked me off ?!  There were *NO* credits
    for the voice of the house computer in the 2015 sequence(s).  BTW, in
    case you didn't realise it, the voice was generated by DECvoice.  I
    don't have the EM handy, but DECvoice won the auditions for the
    computer's voice, but there was no credit given to the programmer, or
    even Digital.  Cads, bounders, illiterates, Vizigoths, Barbarians ...
    	Trully miffed,
    		     Harry :*(

It's not particularly surprising to me that they didn't mention
DECvoice.   They don't usually give credits for automobiles used,
or furniture displayed, or washing machines, either.  I'm sure they
view the voice-making device as just another appliance, or tool, used
in the production of the movie.

The operator of the machine probably should have been given credit.  Did
anyone happen to notice?

Dave C.

    Granted that credits are not usually supplied for specific items (eg
    'Edsel' provide by Fred's Ford Factory,or whatever), but they usually
    give credits of 'Motor Vehicles supplied by General Motors', etc.  In
    most other sf movies I have seen, there has been some sort of credit
    given for any effort in programming computers, or other equipment for
    FX.  However, for the house in BTTF2, there was el zippo.  Not even
    credit for the Digit who spent time programming the voice, or even a
    'Voice computer supplied by Digital Equipment Corporation', or anything
    similar.  I sat through the credits to check.  I even had the usher
    glare at me as I left because my fianc� and I were the last to leave
    the theatre.
    
    My main gripe is that a lot of people will believe that the voice was
    supplied from a specific (unnamed) human being (viz C3PO or HAL-9000 or
    SAL-9000 or 'Big-Brother' in THX-1138) *not* digitally synthesised by a
    real (read VAX) computer.
    		      harry :*) who-has-calmed-down-a-bit-from-his-last-note

See topic 851 for discussion of THX-1138.

Dave C.

    
    I have a problem with the explanation of timelines in BthF2.  When
    they wind up in the alternate 1985 (the War-Zone), Michael J. Fox's
    character suggests that they just jump back to 2015 and prevent 
    Biff from stealing the time machine.  Doc then explains that if 
    they jump to 2015, they will wind up in the 2015 that belongs to
    the alternate 1985 and therefore they won't be able to stop Biff.
    
    If this is so, then when Biff went back in time and gave the magazine
    to himself, he should have wound up in the alternate 2015 and
    therefore not been able to drop off the time machine.
    
    I'm also not entirely happy with the explanation that Fox's girlfriend
    and Einstein the dog will be alright if left in the alternate 1985.
    Doc says that if they change history back in 1955, then time will
    adjust around them and they'll never notice.  If the alternate timeline
    theory is used, then when they change history back in 1955, his
    girlfriend and the dog should be permanently trapped in the alternate
    1985.  
    
    Anyone else have any ideas on this?
    
    					~chris
    

REP  .9


    �If this is so, then when Biff went back in time and gave the magazine
    �to himself, he should have wound up in the alternate 2015 and
    �therefore not been able to drop off the time machine.

    
    Perhaps it takes time for the effects to be felt in the future.
    Remember in the first movie how when Fox stopped his dad from
    being hit by the car and in effect took his place the effects on
    time took several days to take effect.
    
    MTCW
    
    
    Steve

    Maybe I'm getting old and cynical, but does anybody really expect a
    movie like BTTF/II to be technically consistent?
    
    Video Review suggests a stop frame view of the odometer in the time
    traveling DeLorean in BTTF/I - one can easily infer the order the
    various scenes were a shot in.
    
    len.
    

    That's almost as bad as rewinding and watching for the mistakes in
    Star Wars...
    
    Consistancy like one actor playing the same part all the way through,
    and continuity, like an actor not suddenly changing his/her clothes
    miraculously in one scene..
    
    and Roman soldiers wearing wristwatches..
    
    But That's going too far!

                FWIW, I  was  watching David Letterman list night
                and he had  someone on (forget who) who said they
                were working on BTTF3!!  Dave asked him, "Dou you
                think that people really want BTTF3?" He replied,
                "More than that, Dave, people NEED BTTF3!"
                
                 rob -
                

    
    Re: .10:
    
       I was under the impression that taping of BTTF3 was done at the same
    time as BTTF2, they're just going to wait a while before they release
    it.
    
    
    					-mjg
    

    re:.11 re:.10
    
    That's correct. The two films were made back-to-back, with a
    two-week break in between.
    
    --- jerry

    RE:.10-12
    
    Maybe if were lucky, BTTF3 will skip the movie and head straight for
    videotape. :-)