How Back to the Future has stood the test of time

For Back to the Future fans, October 21 is D-day. It’s the exact date in the future when Marty McFly and Doc Brown flew from the ’80s in a modified DeLorean. What, asks Mark Evans, makes the move as watchable today as when it was released?

It’s not often that you can correctly predict the weather. This time, though, we can be sure of it. At 4.29pm on Wednesday, it’ll be raining in Hill Valley, northern California.

There will also be flying cars zipping through the dark clouds overhead. Below, teenagers will get around with hoverboards and Jaws 19 will be playing at the local Holomax. We know this because we’ve seen it. In a movie. Made in 1989. Confused? Let’s go back to the past.