Fake Back To The Future Part 4 Trailer Got People Talking
I speculated over a decade ago that technology would advance to a point where we might see a brand new movie from one of the great actors of all time who is no longer alive, such as Jimmy Stewart. Technology, I postulated, would advance so far that we'd be able to make an image on the screen and imitate the voice so well that people would believe it was the real thing.
I don't think we're there yet, but there was a Back To The Future Part 4 trailer released last year that had people fooled so easily that they spoke of being excited about the movie coming out. It wasn't too many years ago that Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale said there would never be a sequel to the trilogy. They would not authorize the studio to do anything, nor would they sell their rights.
I don't want to use the term woke when talking about what's happening to some of our beloved franchises. Let's face it, woke can mean anything that you don't like these days. It's been used so much as to dilute the meaning of it. However, any lover of a franchise such as Star Trek, Star Wars or even The Terminator can admit that what's happened over the last decade is a departure from what made those brands popular in the first place.
I'm not ashamed to admit that I love the idea of Back To The Future Part 4. I'm a huge fan of the franchise, and if something could be done in the spirit of it, I'm all for it. Sadly, Michael J Fox is a no condition to reprise his role as Marty McFly. Christopher Lloyd has indicated interest, but is he able to do it the way he did it back then?
Zemeckis and Gale are not wrong when they say the story arc of the three movies is done. This makes the big question, what do you do with a Part 4? What would the story be and when would the timeline be? Let's be honest here. The town of Hill Valley is as much a star of the movie as the actors. You can't really take the time traveling aspect as depicted in this franchise and move it to another setting. That in itself is another way to dilute the product.
There's another thing to consider. We've already had a Part 4 for this franchise, though neither Zemeckis, nor Gale have acknowledged it to be official storyline canon. Those of us who are fans of the franchise have sort of proclaimed Telltale Game's Back To The Future story an unofficial sequel in the same way the company did the Ghostbusters game. It really is good. If you haven't seen it, you can look it up on YouTube and judge for yourself.
When I was watching this new trailer, I was skeptical. First of all, news didn't really break that there was a sequel. I just saw somebody making a video talking about this trailer. Secondly, it only took the DeLorean turning around scene in the trailer for me to think about Ready Player One. I was skeptical from the start and that sealed it. Somebody was having a little bit of fun with us.
However, there's something we should be considering as technology continues to advance. When the people use AI to do these things, we still see proof in what we're watching that it's not real. There could come a time when we won't be able to tell so easily. There may come a time when people use the likenesses of the stars of a franchise or just one or two stars in general and make something happen with that. It could just be an independent person, not a movie studio.
The places technology is going right now will have us asking moral and ethical questions. Just the basic question that I think of is one that should be seriously considered. Just because technology may allow us to do something like this, does it mean we should? In the end, I hold the same stance I did when I read what Zemeckis and Gale said a few years back. I support their decision to not go back to this franchise again.
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