Bob Gale - Claudia Wells - Kevin Pike

Bob Gale - Claudia Wells - Kevin Pike …… Meeting Back to the Future

“The Future is here !!!”

Bob Gale - DeLorean Time Time

Being a huge fan of Back to the Future (ever since the DeLorean appeared from Doc Browns truck in the original film),

meeting the creators and actors of the film was a mission that seemed impossible ……..

in July gave the the opportunity not only to meet :

Bob Gale (Screenwriter and Co-writer of Back to the Future)

Claudia Wells (aka Jennifer Parker - Marty McFly’s Girlfriend in the first Back to the Future )

Kevin Pike (Back to the Future -Special Effects Supervisor)

But also opportunity to spend time with them, and even drive Bob Gale to the event !

Let me start with a little back story…..

Taking you ‘Back’….. Back in time to 2016 when I decided to make my dream come true by owning a DeLorean !

I certainly didn’t release on what a roller coaster ride my DeLorean would take me on…..

(I know “where we’re going we don’t need roads” !! ) but in this story we do ….

It’s took me to new places, met some amazing people, found new communities, learnt so much including engineering, electronics, car mechanics (including engine strip and rebuilds), vehicle electronics, Movie prop making, website design, sales and marketing, website design, SEO, and much much more….

Some may say it’s a Car ….. well yes, that of course is true, but it’s much more than that …..

The DeLorean was one man’s vision, a vision for a new future of automotive car building in the hope of providing an ethical Sports Car to masses. This vision was from a briliant engineer called John Z DeLorean.

A car to this day, was built in record time (28 months) a record which has never been beaten. Especially as he started it all without a factory, no workers, no money, not even a working proto type.

All these factors didn’t matter to John, as this was to prove one man could accomplish anything in late 1970’s 1980’s with just imagination, sheer will power, and undoubted belief he could start his own car company.

Anyway I digress (as I could get too carried away telling this story) please read more here ….

Fast forward to 1980, a Visionary Writer called Bob Gale wrote the Back to the Future Script along with Robert Zemeckis. At the time the studios’ did not like the script and concept, saying Time Travel movies just do not work, they where looking for something different.

But Bob and Robert persisted (again similar to John DeLorean never givinging up on their dream. With the script being knocked back (over 40 times) finally Universal picked up the production through Amblin Entertainment

And the Future was now set…….

Bob Gale - DeLorean Time Machine with Mark Elliott

Claudia Wells Back to the Future - with Mark Elliott

Fast forward again to 1985, by this time a lot had happened (especially concerning the DeLorean) with John Z DeLorean’s dream becoming a reality in February 1981 with the 1st DeLorean rolling off the production line. But then on 26th October 1982 the company filed for Bankruptcy. John DeLorean along with his car’s reputation where in tatters.

Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis where looking for a Time Machine for their script (the original idea was a refrigorator) and the futuristic DeLorean was the only vehicle that they wanted Doc Brown to drive and convert into a ‘Time Machine’

Pressing the fast forward button to March 2020, the start of lockdown ! a very strange time for everyone.

I was not furloughed from my job which meant I worked all the way through the lockdown. But with no car shows, no events, and no days out and about. I thought why not use this extra spare Lockdown Time to Lock myself in the garage to convert My DeLorean into a perfect replica of the ‘A-Car’ Time Machine as used in the first film ( as any one would do ! )….

So in March 2020 I began….

 The idea had come from visiting may shows throughout the years I owned my Delorean. At these shows I would display the props like the flux capacitor (as that’s one of the first questions anyone asks ) when they see a DeLorean. And also a Hoverboard, Almanac, Nike Mags, Marty’s cloths and trainers, and all the letters from the films.

Seeing what enjoyment everyone got from the props, I thought when you say DeLorean the Time Machine words always follow on.

 I am both a fan of the car itself and John Z DeLoreans background story, and also a huge Back to the Future Fan. So putting these two together is a Dream come true.

 As I entered the conversion I released two things :

1. It had to be movie accurate, so all the parts needed to be built out of alloy and all the hoses wiring etc had to be real

2. I didn’t want to damage the DeLorean in anyway (as a conversion would require drilling into those lovely stainless steel panels) so any equipment fitted must be able to be removed without any damage to the car itself.

 So both of these two points would add major complications on top of an already difficult task

 So I spending the whole of lockdown studding the A Car in the film (which is now located in Los Angeles California’s Peterson Museum) .

Luckly for me it was rebuilt in 2015 for the 30th celebration of the Back to the Future franchise. So there were plenty of photo’s. Of course there’s’ more to it than studding the photos

The rebuild of the car came out on Blu Ray, so I watched this (just a few times !) and then the exact dimensions had to be obtained.

Claudia Wells - Kevin Pike - Mark Elliott with the DeLorean Time Machine

 Fast Forward again now to July 2022 where the opportunity to meet the creator of Back to the Future, the Special effects Supervisor for the Film and also Marty’s Girlfriend

came to Southampton.

Claudia Wells from Back to the Future with Mark Elliott with the DeLorean Time Machine

Claudia Wells Back to the Future signing our DeLorean Time Machine

 I desperately wanted their signatures, but how was this going to happen when they are in such demand at these events. But little did I realise I would have the opportunity to Drive Bob Gale to the Event itself, where he would sign my car. Which would also give me time to answer the questions I always wanted answering.

So the doors of the Hotel opened and Bob Gale walked out, (I still cannot believe I met him) he shook my hand and asked my name. He was so friendly and really wanted to spend time talking about Back to the Future Film, at the same time signing the back seat of my DeLorean and my Hoverboard !

We then set off in the Time Machine with both doors open, as we drove past all the fans waiting to get into the event. Arriving in ‘Style’ in Bob Gales visionary Time Machine

Kevin Pike Back to the Future Special Effects Supervisor with Mark D Elliott

Bob Gale was an absolute pleasure to, and is genuinely happy that everyone enjoys the Film which keeps it Alive….

Then I returned to the Hotel, this time the doors opened to reveal Claudia Wells who enthusiasm, energy and enjoyment of the Film was absoutley fantastic, especially as she interacted with all her fans. She was so easy to talk to and was only too pleased to take part in a mini-photo shoot and signing with my DeLorean.

I spoke breifly spoke with Kevin Pike on the Saturday (to ask if he could cast his expert eye over my Time Machine Conversion,) what better person than the Special effects Supervisor of Back to the Future to give me advise on Time Machine conversions !

So on Sunday he rembered I was desperate for his oppionin and visited my DeLorean to give me the ultimate word on whats correct

He has an excellent sense of humour and a fantastic memory for detail. He started at the front of my DeLorean with the flux bands and worked all the way around the car (which I have filmed !) He very compilentory (especially on my Flux bands which took me absolutely ages to get right), and was giving me pointers regarding the finer details on the components and wiring (even down to the tightness of the wiring looms). Also the exact colours to use (which even with all the reasearch I did, did not find this information. So once again Thank You to Kevin for his time and advise.

I was so happy that he had the time to spend with me, and now my mission to fix all those points he went through, and at the same time was Surprised how much detail I got correct.

 Then managed to get Kevin Pike and Claudia to pose for a Time Machine Photo’

Being at this comic con around such creative, energetic, imaginative people is truely refreshing. This is a world of ‘Anything it possible’, if you can imagine it, it can be built for everyone to enjoy through the media of TV and Film. I felt truely energised, and greatful these people had brought something special for anyone from the age of 3 to 103 to enjoy for a lifetime.

I was so pleased that in addition to the Back to the Future As an additional bonus I also got to drive :

Chris Barrie with Mark Elliott - Red Dwarf - Brittas Empire - Splitting Image

Chris Barrie -

Comedian, impressionist - Spitting Image - Red Dwarf (Arnold Rimmer) - The Brittas Empire (Gordon Brittas) - Tomb Raider (Lara Crofts Butler)

Maia Brewton (Adventures of a Baby Sitter) (Back to the Future) with Mark Elliott

Maia Brewton -

Adventures of a Baby Sitter - Back to the Future

Tim Blaney-

The Voice of Short Circuits - Johnny 5 - Puppeteer and voice actor - Voice of Frank the Pug in Men in Black

Short Circuit - Johnny 5 with Mark D Elliott

Tim Blaney - The Voice of Short Circuits - Johnny 5 - Puppeteer and voice actor - Voice of Frank the Pug in Men in Black with Mark D Elliott

Gremlin (Stripe) - Proving DeLorean’s do have Gremlins in them !

Bob Gale with Mark Elliott’s DeLorean Time Machine

Claudia Wells Back to the Future (Jennifer Parker ) with Mark D Elliott

Claudia Wells Back to the Future (Jennifer Parker ) with Mark D Elliott

Claudia Wells Back to the Future Jennifer Parker

Bob Gale never running OutaTime to sign our Back to the Future DeLorean Time machines and props.

Living the Dream - Bob Gale with Mark Elliott’s DeLorean Time Machine DeLorean

Great Scott - We also have video of the event …. Watch this space !!!

27 Back to the Future Gadgets and Trends we have in 2025

27 Gadgets featured in Back to the Future' gadgets that are real in 2025 !……

2015 was the year when Back to the Future II promised everything would be cooler.

The first Back to the Future movie hit theaters 37 years ago.

In the sequel, released in 1989, director Robert Zemeckis imagined a futuristic world where people would have hoverboards, food hydrators and automatic dog walkers. Oh, and for some reason, fax machines would still be cool.

Amazingly there are some gadgets the film predicted correctly. Here are a just a few tech tools from the Back to the Future universe that have actually come to life.

1. Phone glasses

Phone Glasses

In Back to the Future II, everyone wore multi-purpose smart glasses to watch TV or answer calls.

Today, we have things like Google Glass and the Oculus Rift for similar-ish tasks, though neither are super mainstream yet.

Marty’s future self gets fired during a video phone call in Back to the Future II. That call is not only prophetic of video chat applications like Skype and Apple’s FaceTime but also of Facebook, in that personal details like date of birth, occupation, political leanings, and hobbies are shared electronically.

BTTF Phone Glasses

Of course, the movie gets a few details a little wrong—like the widespread use of fax machines. But amazing prediction being the movie was released some 36 Years ago

2. Doors with fingerprint recognition (and biometrics in general).

THUMBPRINT BIOMETRICS

BTTF Fax Machine

Thumb Print Reader

Thumb print reader on front door

Aside from phones with touch ID, people today can buy door locks that operate with fingerprint recognition.

In BTTF II’s version of 2015, thumbprints are the preferred mode of identification. We first see a futuristic thumb-pad in action when Hill Valley Police use one to identify Jennifer, whom they find sleeping in an alley.

Once at the McFly residence, we see another thumb pad, in the place of a doorknob. They pop up again as a way to make mobile payments. None of that seems very far-fetched today.

The real question when it comes to thumbprints isn’t about the technology itself, but if it’s “the most efficient, reliant way of accelerating and expediting transactions,” says Shawn DuBravac, head of research at the Consumer Electronic Alliance.

What seems more likely is less of a reliance on actual thumbprints and more of one on our smartphones, which DuBravac says “will become an extension of your thumbprint.” That sounds better anyway. If your front door and phone communicate with each other, the door can open while you’re walking toward it, rather than requiring you to press your thumb to a pad.

For an even more futuristic twist, there's a hotel in Barcelona that has a fingerprint recognition system on its doors, as well as a Singaporean hotel that has fingerprint recognition technology. (On top of that, it also largely be run by robots.)

3. Marty McFly's self-lacing Nikes and Smart Clothing

THE SELF-LACING NIKES

Do we really need self-tying laces ?

Not really. Laces are not only very easy to tie, but also quick and don’t exactly require a ton of energy.

But that doesn’t mean that self-tying laces aren’t super cool or make us any less excited about the prospect of someday owning our very own pair of Nike Air Mags.

Gone would be the days of not only your shoes coming untied by accident, but also trying them too tight or too loosely. That’s a world I want to live in.

In the sequel, McFly slips on a pair of self-lacing white Nikes, inspiring a chorus of ooh-ing and aah-ing sneakerheads.

In 2011, Nike actually released 1500 pairs of limited edition Nike Air Mags, replicas of the '80s high-tops.

They were only sold through an eBay auction, with benefits going toward the Michael J. Fox foundation for Parkinson's Research.

Nike Mags

Nike Mags Hoverboard

2011 Nike Mags

 Auto Adjusting/Drying Clothes

Real world technological advancement has led to the public sale of hydrophobic sprays that can prevent items and clothing from becoming wet, but we still don’t have anything close to the amazing jacket that Marty McFly wears in Back To The Future Part II - which not dries itself after the hero’s hoverboard mishap, but even has the capacity to grow and shrink to fit perfectly on a person’s body. This would certainly make shopping a hell of a lot easier (no need to try anything on!), but clothes probably also last a lot longer.

Self Adjusting Jacket

Size Adjusting Fit Jacket

Auto Drying Mode On

4. TV video calls

VIDEO CALLS IN THE FILM.

Video Call

Mc Fly Video Call

TV SKYPE CALLS WITH AN XBOX ONE

Video chatting straight from your TV seemed like a futuristic impossibility in 1989. Today, we have the power of video calling in our pockets. There are also numerous ways to video chat on a TV in today's world, from using a smart TV with Skype to using a BluRay player or an Xbox One.

5. Tablets

Characters casually wield tablets in the film and — surprise, surprise — we're obsessed with the things now. Sure, we all made our jokes when the iPad was initially released, but tablets have since become the perfect in-between for people carrying laptops and too tired to stare at small phone screens.

BTTF Tablet

Mobile Payment Technology

Viewers catch a glimpse of a flat, wireless electronic device in the film, during a scene in which an elderly Terry asks Marty to electronically donate $100—equal to only a couple of inflation-adjusted 1985 dollars—to save the town’s historic clock tower.

Thankfully, inflation hasn’t hit the dollar nearly as hard as Back to the Future predicted. But mobile technology has met and even surpassed that of the devices in the movie—in a way that one of the film’s screenwriters recently said he never could have imagined.

6. 3-D movie obsessions (and never-ending sequels)

Jawes 19 3D

Jaws 19

AN AUDIENCE WATCHES A 3-D FILM

In one scene, McFly walks by a movie theater called a Holomax playing Jaws 19 — and a hologram of a shark leaps out at him.

Sure, we don't have hologram theaters, but 3-D movies have become de rigeur (experiencing a particular boom after the release of Avatar in 2009) and are only becoming more impressive.

Sequels and remakes in general are also getting fairly more aggressive in Hollywood. (Looking at you, Fast and Furious 7 and Spider-Man).

7. Hands-free gaming

THE ARCADE GAME WILD GUNMAN

Wild Gunman

Marty playing Wild Gunman

THE XBOX KINECT Playing video games with your hands is basically like playing "a baby's toy," according to a kid in the film (played by a pint-sized Elijah Wood). Today, we have the Xbox Kinect, which can operate via gestures and spoken commands.

Wild Gunman

8. Holographic Advertisements

The proliferation of holograms definitely sounds cool, just because the technology would actually be neat to see in real life, but it has its downsides as well. For example, do you really want to be just minding your own business on a street corner and suddenly get attacked by an advertisement for Jaws 19?

Halographic Jawes

9. Dog Walking Drone

Dog Walker Drone

Owning a dog is a lot of fun, but it’s also a lot of responsibility. That fact was surely the inspiration behind the dog walking drone featured in Back To The Future Part II. Sadly, this device would probably be exploited, but it would definitely be helpful if you’re just too busy to go for a walk, or are on vacation and can’t find a dog walker.

Flying drones are ubiquitous in Back to the Future’s 2015, and they’re shown doing everything from walking a dog to capturing images for news organizations.

The latter prediction has come true, and while people still walk their dogs the old-fashioned way, drones—widely available to consumers for about $1,000 a pop—have given us new and creative ways to catch fish, deliver dry cleaning, and make people feel awkward at holiday parties

Owning a dog is a lot of fun, but it’s also a lot of responsibility. That fact was surely the inspiration behind the dog walking drone featured in Back To The Future Part II. It would definitely be helpful if you’re just too busy to go for a walk, or are on vacation and can’t find a dog walker.

10. Floating Back Fixer

BTTF Flying Back Brace

Hurting your back is rough, simply because it means that practically every move you make starts to hurt. It’s why I can have a lot of appreciation for the floating back fixer that George McFly uses in Back To The Future Part II.

11. Food Hydrator

Food Hydrator

A part of me does wonder if the taste of the food featured in Back To The Future Part II is at all affected by the dehydrating/hydrating process, but assuming that it’s not, then hopefully this technology will eventually become a part of our everyday life.

Not only would it make preparing meals incredibly easy, but it would also make it extremely simple to send a great deal of food to people and areas suffering from starvation.

 “Boy, oh boy, Mom, you sure know how to hydrate a pizza.”

But, “Boy, oh boy, Mom, you sure know how to PRINT a pizza” is a total possibility.

“In the future, maybe consumers will go down to the store, pick up a tube of A, B, and C molecules, type ‘filet mignon’ [into their 3-D printers], and they’ll have filet mignon,” says Roger Clemens, a food scientist at USC and spokesman for the Institute of Food Technologists. Early versions of this technology are currently in the works. In fact, a pizza printer exists, though the product doesn’t look delicious, or even edible. Still, the dream of “pizza from a tube of nothing,” as Clemens calls it, is alive.

 12. Sleep-Inducing Alpha-Rhythm Generator

A bad night’s sleep is the worst. You wake up feeling miserable, and that particular feeling seems to follow you throughout the day as everything becomes stupid, annoying, or enraging. If we actually had EZ Sleep’s Sleep-Inducing Alpha-Rhythm Generator, however, all of this would be put in the past. At night, you just point the two lights at your face, and before you know it you’re getting the most restful sleep of your life.

All it takes is a quick flash from Doc’s handheld device made by EZ Sleep, and Jennifer is out cold. A product like this in the wrong hands would be trouble.

“The idea that we can induce a radical change in at least an unhealthy brain with a series of light flashes is not completely out there,” “The demand for it would be incredible. People are definitely looking for that device or that pill that makes sleep automatic.

13. Hoverboards

Can anyone honestly say that they walked away from a screening of Back To The Future Part II without wanting a hoverboard of their very own?

While surely dangerous – just like any skateboard – they look like they’re a ton of fun, and also a good method of transportation.

It’s true that they have their limitations – like lower-power models struggling to work over water – but I wouldn’t even hesitate picking up the real deal if it worked exactly how it does in the film.

We’re talking about a real hoverboard here, not Hendo’s hoverboard, which requires a specialized surface to hover. In BTTF II, the hoverboard Marty borrows from a young girl works on any surface except water.

How far away is that? Frey is firmly noncommittal. “Ten years, 20 years, who knows?” he says. He’s not so quick to discount Hendo’s innovation, though, saying, “It’s an interesting breakthrough in thinking that dramatically brings a BTTF II–type device much closer.”

14. Weather Control and Scheduling

Weather prediction has certainly come a long way since Back To The Future Part II, but sadly we still haven’t gotten to the point where a government body called "The Weather Service" can schedule when it’s going to rain.

It’s a shame it doesn’t exist, because it could not only stop or prevent major disasters, but also save lives. It would even be beneficial for all of us on a day-to-day basis, just because it would allow us all to plan our schedules better around necessary but dreary weather.

15. Mr. Fusion

The Mr. Fusion Home Energy Reactor has a fairly small role to play in Back To The Future Part II, but given that it’s an invention that could potentially solve the world’s energy problems, it deserves very special recognition.

The idea of turning garbage into fuel is one that today’s scientists only dream about, and if the technology were actually invented it could change everything. The version featured in the film isn’t 100% ideal, as it can really only power the DeLorean’s time circuits and flux capacitor and not the car itself, but it is the ultimate step in the right direction.

16. Flying Cars?

Flying Cars back to the Future

When Doc, Marty, and Jennifer first arrive in 2015, the airborne DeLorean is cruising through the sky on a literal highway. According to Thomas Frey, executive director of futurist think tank the DaVinci Institute, we shouldn’t expect to see either of those things, ever.

“We will never get to the flying car era,” Frey told Vulture. “We will get to the era where we get flying drones that haul people, though.” The BTTF II model, in which a person gets behind the wheel of his own flying car, is too dangerous, Frey says.

Flying along the Freeway

Flying Taxi Cab

“Once we get into three-dimensional space, flying vehicles are exponentially more complicated, As for the highway in the sky, Frey envisions a much more sophisticated solution to controlling air traffic. “Directional layers of airspace,” he says, where specific altitudes have a designated direction in which vehicles fly.

Flying DeLorean

Not to Mention the Weight
Don’t believe Goldie Wilson III, grandson of former Hill Valley mayor Goldie Wilson, who charges “only $39,999.95” to convert an “old road car into a skyway flyer.” Frey says, “Traditional cars are way too ‘Heavy’. They’re constructed all wrong for something like that.”

Wilson Hover Conversion

 17. Robot Gas Stations
By 2015, Hill Valley’s local Texaco has lost its attendants, replacing them with a robotic arm that fills the tanks of flying cars. The Dutch have invented a robotic pump, and though these are a long way from ubiquity,

Robot Gas Station

More likely, though, he says, is a variation on the full-service gas station but for electric cars. “Being able to drive over a platform with an electric car, and charge your battery and never have to get out, is entirely possible right now,”

18. Neon Curbs

Neon Curbs

It’s easy to imagine why neon curbs would be common in 2015 Hill Valley, given the need to land a car from above, but don’t expect to see them in real life.

In fact, all public-safety lighting may one day be replaced by jellyfish genes, “We’re able to embed them in trees and plants, and there’s some interesting speculation that a lot of night lighting is going to go away and we’ll have our plants and trees glowing in the evening.”

19. Abolition of the Justice System

Back to the Future Police

 In 2015, Doc tells Marty, lawyers are abolished and the criminal justice moves at the speed of light. That’s how Marty Jr. is tried, convicted, and sentenced within two hours of his arrest.

That kind of justice system would require a society in which “surveillance is so pervasive, intrusive, and thorough that every action (and thought?) could be monitored and recorded.” The technology to achieve that type of surveillance, at least as it relates to actions, exists today, but let’s hope it’s never deployed.

Not because we should fear the technology itself, Smith says, but because of the people behind it. “We would always need to worry about the manipulation of criminal evidence and control of prosecutions by those flawed human beings who are controlling the technology.”

20. Bionic Implants and Rejuvenation Clinics

Technological advancements in BTTF II’s version of 2015 aren’t limited to consumer electronics and transportation. There are a few goodies for those hoping to live forever, too.

Bionic Implants Griff Tannen

Bionic implants are apparently elective enough that teenage Griff Tannen has them, and Doc mentions a trip to a rejuvenation clinic that, among other things, added 30 to 40 years to his life.

Doc Brown Rejuvenation Clinic

Doc Brown Rejuvenation Clinic

Frey, who has written extensively on the future of biotech, says 3-D printing presents an alternative to rejuvenating our failing bodies or augmenting them with mechanical implants.

“There’s all this work being done on 3-D printing body parts. How long until we can 3-D-print an entire replacement body for ourselves?” he asks.

21. Cubs Sweeping the World Series in 5 games

If we would have done this piece a few years ago, BTTF II’s joke about the Cubs finally winning the World Series would be just that — a joke.

But in 2016 just a year after they predicted in the film it actually happened ! ….”If only we could go back in time and put some money on the Cubbies”

Cubs win world Series

22. Computers that take orders via voice controls:

Cafe 80’s

Siri, anyone? And the new Apple TV emphasis on Siri integration makes it even weirder.

23.News footage being filmed by a drone:

News Drone BTTF

Drone footage is increasingly common, though they didn't quite foresee the explosion in the amateur drone market.

 24. Super-thin advanced digital cameras?

Marty McFly and Doc Brown

If anything, Doc Brown is a bit behind the times. Our phones are usually our cameras now too.

25. Large Screen Multi Channel :

BTTF Large Screen TV

While we might not watch six TV channels at once, Marty's son certainly has the same need for multiple streams of information as today's millennials. We just prefer them in rapid succession, on our phones, or via a dual monitor setup.

26. Waste-Fueled Cars

Although you can’t yet buy a vehicle with a fusion engine, like that in Doc Brown’s DeLorean, the scene in which Doc uses garbage to power his car (well, technically the flux capacitor) is prescient.

In fact, Toyota is promoting its new hydrogen fuel cell car—the Mirai—with an ad campaign featuring Back to the Future actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

Hydrogen-powered cars are lauded as environmentally friendly since they convert hydrogen and oxygen to electricity, with water vapor as a byproduct. That eco-friendliness is partly offset by the fact that fossil fuel or natural gas is typically consumed to create the hydrogen in the first place, but scientists are experimenting with solar and wind-powered generation—and, in Orange County, Calif., hydrogen will be harvested from human waste.

27. Pepsi Perfect

Pepsi Perfect

This one is a marketing stunt, though hardcore fans might not mind: In honor of the trilogy’s 30th anniversary, Pepsi is selling a limited number of bottles of “Pepsi Perfect,” the soda of choice in Back to the Future‘s 2015.

The bottles, sold in the movie for $50

Despite the futuristic packaging, the flavor of Pepsi Perfect is traditional; the company is using natural cane sugar rather than the typical corn syrup. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it any healthier.

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Ghostbusters Afterlife - The Proton Pack

How does the Ghostbusters Proton Pack work ?

Ghosbusters Proton Packs

GHOSTBUSTERS - The Proton Pack

The Proton Pack is the most powerful tool that the Ghostbusters carry on a daily basis, equipped with a power source that has a half life of 5000 years, it’s not prone to running out of power. In Ghostbusters II However, it must be recharged at times.

The Proton Pack is an ‘Unlicensed Nuclear Accelerator Backpack’ that consists of raw nuclear energy and Protons.

The Proton Pack is mounted onto an Army issue A.L.I.C.E. Pack Frame with adjustable shoulder and kidney straps and belt, the Proton Pack consists of two parts:

The Nuclear Accelerator Backpack (Proton Pack, Positron Collider, Cyclotron.) and Particle Thrower (Proton Gun, Ion Wand, Ion Cannon, Neutrona Wand.).

Once you turn the Proton Pack on, you can also switch on the Particle Thrower. The Accelerator accelerates the Protons from the Cyclotron on the pack into the Particle Thrower, and you get an extremely powerful but destructive particle stream that consists of Protons and raw nuclear energy.

This is capable of entangling a ghost against its will (An excellent way to think of the particle stream would be as a lasso for ghosts.).

"The Proton Pack is not a toy." …Egon Spengler

Proton Pack

Ghostbusters Proton Pack

All ghosts are made up of Psychokinetic Energy (Which consists of Electrons, Neutrons, and the infamous substance known as "Ectoplasm".).

The Electron is one of three elements in an Atom (The other two being the Proton and the Neutron.). Electrons carry a negative charge (As does Ectoplasm.), whereas a Neutron has no charge and a Proton has a positive charge.

Negative energy is no match for positive energy. When a person fires the particle stream at a ghost, the ghost will become entangled in the stream and will become trapped (Unless the spirit is more powerful and so the power in the stream will have to be increased accordingly.).

The Particle Thrower also features a control for stream length. This proves invaluable when tracking a ghost that floats.

The Proton Pack can disintegrate a paper cup, cut through steel, chop down big trees, and blast a dam.

The particle stream is harmless to humans on low power. It was later discovered that particle streams could be adjusted to simulate sunlight, in order to vaporize Vampires, and temporarily transform werewolves back into their human form until the next full moon; To permanently cure a werewolf, Wolfsbane Soup is needed. 

The Proton Pack has two settings:

Setting 1: Attack. Generates the most energetic stream of particles, expressly designed to weaken an entity's psychokinetic energy and it's connection to our time-space continuum (referred to officially as "Ectopresence")

The GBI pack is set to still emit a weak Confinement field even in Attack mode--GBI Case File GBNY-1986-4/405 (code name "RoboBuster") demonstrates the necessity of not using a "pure" Attack mode.

Setting 2: Confinement. Generates a positively charged "cage" around the entity being confined; however, the Confinement is only effective if the entity's Ectopresence has been reduced to a valence of zero--otherwise it can easily break the Confinement stream.

Once Confined, standard procedure is to capture the entity in a Ghost Trap.

Safety Precautions: 

There are two warnings about the Proton Pack that should be taken very seriously: 

1) Do not cross the streams:

This process is extremely dangerous as it causes Total Protonic Reversal, which results in the molecules of any nearby person to explode at the speed of light. Information on this situation is sketchy due to the rarity of it ever happening, it has only occurred once where those participating have survived.

Please refer to the case where the Ghostbusters fought Gozer for more details.

2) Do not allow the pack to overheat:

This in some ways is similar to Total Protonic Reversal, however on a more limited scale. It is however still extremely dangerous and it is rare for a person in the vicinity to survive a blast caused by overheating.

A standard radius of destruction from four Proton Packs has been estimated as a quarter of a mile. There are twenty seconds at maximum boost before the Proton Packs overload.

Optional Extras: Rifle Scope. 

F/N Adapted from information gathered from The Proton Lab.; some fan fictions have speculated additional settings on later models

The Science of The Ghostbuster's Upgraded Proton Pack

In practical terms, the Proton Pack is a miniature particle accelerator that ensnares negatively charged ectoplasmic entities inside a positively-charged proton beam.

The term "Proton Pack" is not used in the original movie at all — it was originally described as a Positron Collider.

It was not until the subway tunnel scene in the second movie that the word is actually used. So, let's take a look at the physics behind the Proton Pack and see whether it is possible to build one.

Overview of the Proton Pack

Proton Pack Parts

Easter Egg in the new film Trailer …..

·         The Ghostbusters trailer contains an Easter egg hidden in the whiteboard filled with physics equations. This Easter egg goes by quickly but if you pause at just the right moment, you will see one "equation" on top is a URL that spells paranormalstudieslab.com.

Fans will recognize this is a nod to the original movie as The Paranormal Studies Lab was the name of the laboratory run by Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) at Columbia University.

·         Eagle-eye fans who managed to pick up on this and visit the URL will come across a hidden web page on the physics of the Proton Pack, as explained by MIT particle physicist, James Maxwell.

James curiously shares a name with James Clerk Maxwell, the Scottish physicist famous for formulating the laws of electromagnetism. The laws of electromagnetism and special relativity play an important part in the physics of the proton pack.

The Original Proton Pack: The Cyclotron

*As Maxwell points out, the original Ghostbusters Proton Pack, as designed by Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), was a cyclotron.

This was one of the earliest types of particle accelerators ever developed. The device invented by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1932 works by accelerating charged particles along a spiral path.

Back then, cyclotrons were the most powerful particle accelerators around until they were replaced by the more advanced synchrotrons back in the 1950s though they are still used today in the first stage of some particle accelerators.

Inside the cyclotron, a charged particle is injected into the middle of the chamber where it is accelerated between two D-shaped electrodes or "dees."

In the case of the Ghostbusters' Proton Pack, that charged particle is a positron or positively charged electron. The magnetic field passing through the dees bends the particle's path, making it travel in a circle, while the electric field between the dees accelerates the particle, giving it a "kick" to make it go faster.

When the positron beam has enough energy, it strikes a metal target to release a beam of protons.

The kick the particle gets from the electric field is very similar to a parent pushing a child on a swing. If a parent times the push at just the right moment, the child gains more energy and swings higher and higher.

Instead of having one parent pushing from behind, there is also an adult in front who pushes in the opposite direction. If that parent in front also pushes at the right moment (and does not get hit in the face), the child will gain more energy and continue to swing higher and higher with each push.

Just as the child on the swing in our example gets two pushes, the positron gets two kicks. It gets one kick as it passes through the gap but as it circles back and passes through the dee in the opposite direction, the electric field switches direction to give it another kick.

This was a significant advance over previous particle accelerators. Previous accelerators, or linacs, just accelerated particles along straight lines. Inside the cyclotron, the magnetic field bends the beam, making it curve back on itself so it could pass through the gap where it could be accelerated multiple times. As the particle gains more energy, it spirals outward.

When the particles reach the rim, they exit the dees through a small gap to hit a metal target located at some point beyond the rim of the chamber.

This creates secondary particles, in this case protons (the positively charged partice found in the nucleus of an atom), which may be guided outside of the cyclotron and into instruments for analysis.

Proton beams look nothing like in the movie. Proton beams are (usually) collimated, i.e., they travel in straight lines. In the movies, they are seen to whip about and undulate wildly; this is probably done for visual effect.

Proton Pack Upgrade: The Synchrotron

The size of the accelerator is not the only practical consideration. As the positron spirals outward, it needs to sync up with each "kick," or the cyclotron resonant frequency.

This is the time it takes for the particle to complete a circle and depends on the strength of the magnetic field, the electric charge, and its mass.

If the particles go fast enough to approach light speed, its mass increases as relativistic effects come into play. This changes the cyclotron resonance and the beam goes out of phase with the oscillating electric field — the particle beam no longer gets the kicks at the right time.

The classical cyclotron is therefore only capable of accelerating particles up to a few percent of the speed of light.

To get even higher energy particles, the synchrotron solves this problem by varying the strength of the magnetic field. As the speed increases so too does the magnetic field. Instead of moving out in a spiral, the changing magnetic field exerts a greater centripetal force on thfaster-moving particle to keep it along the same circular path.

This means that the Proton Pack seen in the reboot is a far more powerful accelerator (Go, Erin!) but the science does not stop there.

To make all this possible, the Ghostbusters have to find a way to generate the much stronger magnetic fields needed to keep a charged particle moving in a circular path about the size of a back pack. To do this, they turn to superconductors and cryogen systems to generate these magnetic fields.

And Powerful Magnet to keep it Compact

To get the intense magnetic fields to make a synchrotron work, the Proton Pack uses superconduting magnets.

The resistance of all metals becomes lower as they as cooled but superconductors are special. At a certain critical temperature, their resistace falls to zero.

This means that an electric current flowing through a loop of superconducting wire can persist indefinitely with no power source. This allows superconductors to handle much larger currents than metallic conductors to produce more intense magnetic fields.

To achieve this, superconducting magnets need to be kept cold, at cryognic temperatures.

The new Proton Pack needs a cryogen system, possibly using liquid Helium to keep the superconductors at approximately minus 269.15 degrees Celsius or minus 452.47 Fahrenheit.

This keeps the superconductors at the temperatures they need to be to handle the large currents needed to generate the intense magentic fields for the synchrotron.

Crossing Streams: Does the Science Measure Up?

In an interview, Maxwell said that the movie's director Paul Feig made a lot of effort to make the science in Ghostbusters seem as realistic as possible, as we can see from the Proton Pack's blueprints.

Maxwell points out in the video that, while the science behind the Proton Pack is sound, there are limitations. For one, it's not possible to actually build a synchrotron particle accelerator into an actual back pack.

The technical considerations, e.g., getting the intense magnetic fields to make things work, are not practical.

One of the interesting challenges as one of the show's science advisers was figuring how actual science and technology could influence the prop design.

As a fan of the original Ghostbusters, he admitted that seeing scientists play the role of heroes, and saving the day, was one of the things that piqued his interest in the sciences as a child.

Hopefully, layering real physics into an awesome science based ghost-fighting weapon will do the same when the new Ghostbusters comes out, and capture a new generation of scientists like it did James Maxwell.

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Ghostbusters Frozen Empire Release

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire marks the 4th film in the franchise.

Being released this week the story returns to New York and features some of the original cast alongside the new Afterlife characters.

Here at Ghostbusters Hampshire we are especially excited, we are celebrating the films release with our very own ‘Ghostbusters Ecto 1 Tribute car’.

Based in a Modern 300c our car will feature the lights,sounds, Proton Packs, P.K.E meter, Ghostbusters trap, uniforms and more props from the film.

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Are Fat Bikes Cool ? (what is a fat bike) + ( the History of Fat Bikes )

Fat Bike

Are Fat Bikes Cool ? (what is a fat bike) + ( the History of Fat Bikes )

Fat bikes receive much attention for good reason. 

They’ve ridden the length of continents, across the snowy state of Alaska in winter, and along unique sections of coastline all around the globe, and even appeared at the South Pole by means of human power, one of which was actually a tricycle ! 

While fat bikes are capable of extreme all-terrain conquest, they also entice riders with their go-anywhere capacities on a more local scale. almost 12 years ago none of this existed.

The development of the conventional mountain bike is essential to the genesis of the modern fat bike.

In the 1970s and 80s, groups of ingenious riders in California and Colorado modified single speed balloon-tire cruisers with a wide range of gears, powerful cantilever brakes, and durable lightweight components. 

Like never before, early all-terrain bikes were able to explore new routes, both up and down the mountain. Mass manufacturing and broad distribution helped the mountain bike explode on the market in the early 1980s, and by 1986, mountain bikes outsold road-racing and road-touring bikes.

Adventurous riders explored deep into the backcountry, scouting new roads and trails, while others took to the streets and discovered that wide tires and an upright position make a comfortable urban commuter or cross-country tourer. 

Fat Bike Tyres

Fat Bike

Most importantly, mountain bikes enlivened cyclists with a new lens. With the ability to ride so many more places, the once finite resource of smooth pavement was replaced by an infinite universe of back roads, logging tracks, mining roads, and hiking trails. 

But limitations remained, especially on rocky terrain, soft surfaces, and steep grades. Since the late 1980’s, mountain bikes have developed through suspension, lighter materials, and improved geometry, but most advancements have focused on the ability to conquer rough terrain at speed (i.e. mountain biking).

Fat bikes attempt to solve the unique challenge of riding on a diverse range of surfaces, including sand, mud, and snow.

The history of the modern fat bikes includes two contemporaneous stories of development in Alaska and southern New Mexico. As mountain bikes arrived in shops in the 1980s, customizations for riding on sand and snow were quick to follow.

In 1987, the first Iditabike event challenged riders to travel 200 miles of Alaskan backcountry in winter, following snowmobile and dog mushing trails. 

The course followed the first section of the historic Iditarod dog mushing trail to Nome, another 1000 miles further. Conditions along the trail range from rideable frozen crust — the result of daily freeze-thaw cycles — to a mélange of soft snow, glare ice, and liquid water overflow.

Harsh conditions, and lots of walking alongside a bike in the snow challenged riders to improve their equipment for next year. A wider tire footprint was essential.

Fat Bike in Mountains

Fat Bike Rims (History)

Individual rims were pinned or welded side by side, laced in tandem to a single hub, with two tires.

With twice the footprint, the wider system allowed more riding and less walking.

One notable experiment, called the “six pack,” even used three rims and tires side by side on both the front and the rear of a custom frame.

The tandem rim concept was improved by removing the two inner rim walls, to accept a single large-volume tire, which could operate at low pressure, and was lighter.

Simon Rakower of Fairbanks, Alaska, modified rims in this manner for customers before entering production of the 44mm wide Snowcat rim.

These wide, lightweight rims allowed the largest possible footprint, and fit within most conventional mountain bike frames. Most importantly, these rims were available off-the-shelf.

They were standard equipment on winter bikes in Alaska for many years.

Fat Bikes Tyres (History)

Fat Bike Rims

At about the same time, Ray Molina was exploring new terrain in southern New Mexico, and across the border into Mexico.

Riding sand dunes and arroyos, Ray began manufacturing an 82mm wide rim in Mexico, along with a 3.5” tire to match, called the Chevron. 

He made several frames to accommodate the new equipment and testing took place at the Samalayuca sand dunes in Chihuahua, Mexico.

At the Interbike trade show in late 1999, Alaskan Mark Groneweld made plans to bring Remolino rims to Alaska.

Paired with his custom Wildfire Designs frame and a 3.0”-3.5” tire like the Nokian Gazzaloddi or the elusive Specialized Big Hit (both borrowed from downhill bikes), the first modern fat bikes were born.

John Evingson, of Anchorage, Alaska, also built and raced highly refined custom bikes to fit Remolino rims and 3.0” tires.

Long-distance winter riding and racing continued through the 1990’s in Alaska, and in 2000, Mike Curiak of Colorado won the first official Iditasport Impossible race to Nome, riding and pushing his bike over 1000 miles in just over 15 days.

Fat Bike Tyre (Designs)

The First Fat Bike

Mike’s accomplishment may be the greatest proof of concept for fat bikes, ever.

He rode a custom Willits frame made by Colorado builder Wes Williams, designed around Remolino rims and 3.0” tires.

The bike is now on display at Absolute Bikes in Salida, Colorado, one of the best towns along the Great Divide Route. Until 2005, custom frames and hard-to-find rims and tires comprised the microscopic fat bike genre.

The Surly Pugsley changed the fat bike scene dramatically, providing the single greatest boost to availability and participation in the history of the fat bike.

Released in an audacious purple color in 2005, along with the 65mm wide Large Marge rim and the 3.7” Endomorph tire, the modern fat bike era was born.

The Pugsley was available to almost every bike shop in the country through Quality Bicycle Parts (QBP), a distributor with broad reach.

The bike came as a bare frame and fork, and was intended to be completed with common mountain bike components, including standard 135mm hubs and a 100mm wide bottom bracket, also borrowed from downhill bikes.

Following the release of the Pugsley, and subsequent sales growth, several other companies quickly joined the market.

In 2007, pioneering a symmetrical aluminum frame with ultra-wide hubs (165mm, then 170mm, now 190mm) and rims (70mm and 90mm), the Fatback bike company of Anchorage, Alaska pushed fat bikes into the future, providing more flotation with less weight.

The First Fat Bike

In 2010, both Surly and Salsa released complete fat bikes through the QBP distribution chain, providing another huge leap in accessibility and sales.

This year, over a dozen companies are offering complete bikes.

Ten years ago, this would have been hard to imagine.

Fat Bike Tyres

Fat Biking on snow

The future of fat bikes is bright as new bikes and adventures make headlines each year.

From 22lb carbon bikes to rack-friendly steel touring models like the classic Pugsley, there is a fat bike for everyone.

Fat Biking

Thanks to Billy Koitzsch for the collection of historical fat bike equipment.

Credits to NICHOLAS CARMAN You can find his stories, photographs, and ideas online at gypsybytrade.wordpress.com.

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David left us this review :

“What an amazing experience this was!

Chosen for our son’s 16th Birthday but due to pandemic ended up being an end of school celebration.

So easy to book, Mark knows his stuff and being a Back to the Future fan, the things we wanted he already had sorted.

Car is unbelievable, the level of detail is incredible, exactly like one in film.

Our son had an amazing drive around and did an incredible photoshoot around the town where we live.

So not only was it an end of school celebration to remember, he also has some fabulous photos to remind him.

Professional and friendly service and Mark only adds to the experience with his knowledge and interest of the film.

Would recommend for any celebrations but especially for Back to the Future fans”

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THE RECKONING - Behind the scenes (of a filmset) !!!

SANDSTONE PRODUCTIONS - THE NEW FOREST

The Sun rises over the misty fields of the New Forest

As we take in the beautiful views over rolling landscape we find it hard to contain our excitement of spending our morning on a film set at Breamore House.

Creativity fills the air as filming begins on a project 1 year in the making.

A short film called ‘The Reckoning ‘ Produced by www.pavillionfilms.com is based on a poem written in 1976.

Breamore house was selected for both the backdrop and filming location

#thereckoning #Breamorehouse #filming #filmset #vintage

As the mist clears lifts from the beautiful grounds of Breamore house Toma ( the main character) can been seen driving his dark blue Morris 8 up to the Manor house to visit his uncle

Actually, I will stop there …. (as I do not want to Spoil this epic story) although you will need to wait till November 2022 for it’s release date

From the stillness and quiet surroundings of the grounds of Breamore House the words the Director is heard :

“ Roll sound ….. Sound speed …..Roll camera….Camera speed” (audio of film slate being read), Marker (audio of slate being closed) then

“Action!”

The 15 strong team comprising of Director, Assistant Director, Actors and Actress, Costume, Makeup, Grips, Camera Man, Cinematographer, Photographer, Camera Assistant, Runner, Lighting engineer , Sound, are now making this Poem into a short Film production

Words like Creative - Visionary - Teamwork - Artistic do not go far enough to describe how these very talented cast and crew collective ideas allow this story to be printed to film.

A perfectly example of proving ‘Nothing is impossible’

Just seeing how much care, attention and dedication is put into every second of the Film is truly fantastic.

Just to be a small part of this (yes you may see me for a brief second from a far ! ) was a fantastic experience and wish everyone at www.pavillionfilms.com all the success in post production.

Looking forward to working with you all again in the Future ….. Mark D Elliott www.sandstoneproductions.co.uk

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'A Cinematic Icon That Transcends Time and Space'

The DeLorean Time Machine:
'A Cinematic Icon That Transcends Time and Space'

In the realm of science fiction and pop culture, there are few movie vehicles as iconic and legendary as the DeLorean Time Machine.

Forever etched in our minds as a vessel capable of transcending time and space, this charismatic silver sports car has captured the imagination of millions worldwide.

Introduced in the timeless classic "Back to the Future," the DeLorean Time Machine has become a symbol of adventure, nostalgia, and the limitless possibilities of time travel.

Let's take a closer look at the allure and enduring fascination surrounding this fictional but beloved vehicle.

1. A Timeless Design:

The DeLorean DMC-12, designed by renowned automotive engineer John DeLorean, originally aimed to conquer the automobile industry with its sleek stainless-steel exterior and iconic gull-wing doors.

However, it was its transformation into a time machine that cemented its place in cinematic history.

The DeLorean's stylish design and futuristic appeal became synonymous with time travel itself, possessing a unique ability to captivate audiences even after several decades.

2. The Flux Capacitor and Time Travel:

At the heart of the DeLorean Time Machine's temporal capabilities lies the legendary flux capacitor.

Created by the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, this fictional device allowed the DeLorean to reach the required speed of 88 miles per hour to activate time travel.

The flux capacitor demonstrates the quintessential blend of science and imagination that has made the DeLorean Time Machine such an iconic symbol.

3. A Vehicle of Adventure:

The DeLorean Time Machine, piloted by Marty McFly and Doc Brown, took audiences on thrilling and unforgettable journeys.

From the suburbs of Hill Valley to the Old West and even the distant future, the DeLorean became a vessel for exhilarating escapades and time-crossed character development.

Its ability to transport characters to various eras showcased the importance of personal growth and the impact of their actions on the space-time continuum.

4. Cultural Impact and Legacy:

Beyond its role in the "Back to the Future" trilogy, the DeLorean Time Machine has become ingrained in popular culture, inspiring countless parodies, TV programs, and homages.

Born from the imagination of writer Bob Gale and director Robert Zemeckis, the vehicle has since become a symbol of nostalgia for many who grew up watching the films, as well as a source of inspiration for future generations.

5. Real-Life Passion and Enthusiasm:

The DeLorean Time Machine continues to inspire a dedicated community of fans who devote themselves to replicating its design, modifying their own DeLoreans, or attending "Back to the Future" conventions.

These enthusiasts keep the spirit of the DeLorean alive, reminding us of the endless fascination and nostalgia associated with this iconic time-traveling symbol.

Conclusion:

The DeLorean Time Machine has transcended the realms of both fiction and film, becoming a cultural phenomenon admired by fans young and old.

Its timeless design, fictional technologies, and thrilling cinematic adventures have left an indelible mark on popular culture. Decades after its first appearance on the silver screen, the DeLorean Time Machine remains an enduring symbol of imagination, adventure, and the timeless appeal of time travel itself.

So, hop in, buckle up, and let your imagination soar as you embark on a journey through time and space with this legendary vehicle !!!

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Back to the Future - Fashion

Marty McFly

Back to the Future - Fashion

The clothing and accessories that people wear are a distinctive part of the popular culture. Clothing styles change not only with the time period, but also communicate one's social class and occupation. Those who don't dress appropriately are often viewed as outcasts or rebels, or at the very least, odd and out-of-place, so Marty McFly's clothing proved to be an endless source of embarrassment for him during his adventures, in spite of Dr. Emmett Brown's attempts to be prepared.

They generally had three options when they traveled from one time period to another:

• They purchased and changed clothes after arriving in a new time period

• They tried to find appropriate clothes for their destination before traveling

• They neglected to change clothes and just endured the awkwardness of attracting attention.

Note: Outfits are described here under the time periods the clothing came from, which were not necessarily when they were worn.

Back to the Future Fashion

Outfit 1: Marty McFLY

This Marty McFly outfit is probably the most iconic of them all.

Everything from the vintage wash denim jacket and faded dad jeans, to the orange puffer vest, looks as good now as it did back in ’85.

Trainers

They’re the overwhelmingly popular Nike Killshot 2 which was originally released in the ’80s and saw a surge in interest when it re-released in 2009, and subsequently in 2014 in collaboration with J.Crew.

Marty McFly

Marty McFly

• Denim Jacket:

• Quilted Vest:

• Tennis Sneakers: Nike Killshot 2 (They’re the overwhelmingly popular Nike Killshot 2 which was originally released in the ’80s and saw a surge in interest when it re-released in 2009, and subsequently in 2014 in collaboration with J.Crew)

• Aviator Sunglasses: RayBan

• Retro Calculator Watch: Casio

Marty

"Life preserver" First day of school in 1955 

• Marty wore a red and gray jacket (that he took off in the school cafeteria), white shirt with light blue rectangles, brown pants, brown loafers (slip- on shoes), and had hair tonic in his hair.

"Darth Vader" 

• The day of the skateboard chase – Marty wore the same red and gray jacket, this time with a black shirt with red chain link pattern, brown pants and Converse Chuck Taylor All-Star shoes.

"That zoot suit" 

• Marty wore a gray wool suit, a white shirt and narrow red tie, that afterwards he called a “zoot suit”. "Get yourself some 50’s clothes ... something inconspicuous!"

—Doc to Marty

Marty in his "inconspicuous" disguise.

• "Something inconspicuous"– Marty chose an “inconspicuous” outfit to cover his basic outfit; he added a black felt fedora hat, black leather jacket and dark sunglasses. When Biff confronted Marty, he referred to the outfit as "that stupid disguise".

• After getting to Biff's car, Marty took off his sunglasses. At the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, Biff's gang member Match wondered how he changed his clothes so fast. After being knocked down by a door as his other self ran through it, and when Biff stole back the almanac, Marty was forced to abandon the fedora, which had fallen off his head. When taking Doc back to his mansion, Marty put the jacket and Nikes by the fireplace, along with the letter, so they could dry off.

At the Delgado Mine – Marty wore the same clothes as the day of the skateboard chase, and added a tan overcoat.

Marty's 1955 western outfit

• "Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this" – Doc prepared Marty to travel to 1885 with a pink and blue shirt with long, yellow fringe running along the chest, back and sleeves, under five embroidered atomic model designs on the front and back of his shoulders, a red bandana around his neck, red corduroy pants, an ornately tooled belt with golden sunburst buckle, white Nike sneakers, and carried along a white cowboy hat and boots that were too tight.

Outfit 2: Biff Tannen

Biff Tannen

Oh Biff — the mild mannered, charismatic antagonist of the Back To The Future trilogy. 

Contrasting shirt tie combo, for the pants I tailored wool (herringbone) trousers. And for the shoes, black leather with white soles to complement the shade of the knit tie.

·         Bomber Jacket: (alt) Grey

·         Charcoal Wool Trousers

·         Black Oxford Shirt

·         Grey Knit Tie

·         Black Minimalist Sneakers

Outfit 3: George McFly

The timid George McFly

George McFly

·         Harrington Jacket: ASOS

·         Olive Corduroy Pants: Everlane

·         Grey Oxford Shirt: Everlane

·         Black Frame Eyeglasses: Warby Parker

·         Navy Suede Chukka Boots: Thursday Boot Co.

Outfit 4: Emmett Lathrop ‘Doc’ Brown

Doc Brown, the effervescent inventor of the first time machine, built out of a DeLorean sports car.

Often in a state of shock and awe, Doc had some questionable outfits throughout the series.

Doc Brown

Doc Brown

Doc Brown

·         Khaki Trucker Jacket: Flint and Tinder (alt)

·         Slim Fit Alpha Khaki: Dockers

·         Stripe Polo Shirt: Amazon Essentials

·         Suede Sneakers: Koio

“…your future hasn’t been written yet. No one’s has! Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one!”

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The clothing and accessories that people wear are a distinctive part of the popular culture. Clothing styles change not only with the time period, but also communicate one's social class and occupation.

Clothing in 1985

"C'mon, I had to change! You think I’m going back in that-- that zoot suit?"

—Marty

Basic outfit –

Marty McFly

Marty McFly

Marty McFly

• During most of his adventures, except when he changed clothes in 1955 and 1885, Marty wore Guess blue jeans with black 3/4" suspenders, a red t-shirt, lavender ("purple") Calvin Klein underpants, and white Nike Bruin shoes with red swoosh and backtab

(no word Nike on them until he visited 1885) with gray socks (changed to white socks when he visited 2015).

School outfit –

Marty McFly at School

• From Friday before school through his first day in 1955, Marty added a Guess Marciano two-tone blue denim jacket with an "Art in Revolution" button, a Fender P-Bass pin and a white checked Shah Safara shirt to his basic outfit.

• He accessorized this with a Casio CA50W digital watch on his left wrist, a silver Aiwa model HS-P02 Walkman, and mirrored Zeiss aviator sunglasses with a sweatguard in the morning.

• "Life preserver" – From the evening at Twin Pines Mall through his first day in 1955, Marty added a dark orange Class-5 bubble down vest to his school outfit.

• Tales From Space – Doc gave Marty a yellow full-length radiation suit for protection when loading the plutonium. Due to the similarity of his outfit to that of a space alien on a comic book cover, his outfit scared the Peabody family and an elderly couple driving past Lyon Estates in 1955.

• "Darth Vader" – Marty wore the yellow full-body radiation suit, a hair dryer from Doc Brown's suitcase tucked into a belt, and held his Aiwa portable stereo cassette player.

Darth Vader BTTF

 Doc Brown

Doc Brown

• "Devo outfit" – Doc wore a white full-length radiation suit, over a green print shirt, white undershirt, black pants and orange Nike Vandal high-top shoes. He also had a watch on his left arm, and digital stopwatch on a lanyard around his neck.
  
  

• Train shirt – While in 2015, Doc changed back to 1985-style clothing, a yellow Hawaiian shirt with a cartoon train pattern and brown cargo pants, expecting to return Marty, Jennifer and Einstein back home right away.

Jennifer "Hey Mom, nice pants" -

Jennifer wears a blue vest over a white shirt and has pink flower pants.

Other distinctive clothing of 1985

§  Dave wore a uniform for his job as a Burger King restaurant server.

§  George owned a suede jacket.

§  Biff wore a green warm-up outfit on Saturday; a purple warm-up outfit on Sunday.

 

Clothing in 1955

Biff

"Biff" - On Saturday, Biff wore a red short-sleeve pullover shirt.

School - At school, Biff wore blue jeans and a shirt with a checked red and white pattern.

For the rest of the week, Biff wore a grey jacket, a white T- shirt and black pants. He added a black shirt and a white tie for the Enchantment Under the Sea dance.

Lorraine

"You’re so ... thin" –

• On Saturday, November 5, Lorraine wore a pink and purple plaid dress which had a rounded collar, a matching belt around the waist, and a pink bow at the neck. She also wore white socks.

School –

• At school, Lorraine wore a blue blouse with a silver brooch and a purple pencil skirt. She also wore her hair in a bun.

"I think you'd look better wearing nothing at all"

• On Saturday, November 12 at Ruth's Frock Shop, Lorraine wore a pink knitted sweater, saddle shoes and a novelty black cotton giraffe-print circle skirt which Biff lifted up to expose her panties once outside the shop.

"Well, lookee what we have here" 

• At the Enchantment Under the Sea dance, Lorraine wore a pink strapless dress, bought with Babs at Ruth’s Frock Shop, which she covered with a white sweater. When she leaned over in the car, Biff was able to see down the front of her dress.

Doc

• On Saturday evening, Doc wore a silver robe with black lapels, white shirt, and white knit tie, and dark pants. During the rest of the week, he wore a long white laboratory coat, and put on a pair of green safety goggles when demonstrating the clock tower model. The following Saturday, as he tried to connect the electrical cable, Doc was wearing shoes with Velcro closures that had not yet been invented,[5] although he might have found them in his future counterpart's suitcase.

Other distinctive clothing of 1955

§  Milton Baines wore a coonskin cap, popularized by Disney’s Davy Crockett films.

 

Clothing in 2015

"First, you have to get out and change clothes."

—Doc to Marty upon arrival in 2015

Doc in his 2015 yellow coat.

Doc Brown

*              Marty in his future son's outfit.

"Marty, you’ve got to come back with me" 

• Doc appeared in Marty’s driveway wearing a long yellow coat, a red shirt with Japanese symbols (no undershirt), silver wraparound glasses with internal video display, and a plastic transparent necktie.

Train shirt – (See: 1985 Doc Brown)

Marty

"You're the spitting image of your future son" –

*              Marty Jr.’s outfit and Marty’s disguise consisted of an auto-adjusting and auto-drying jacket (though Marty Jr.'s jacket was broken on the left sleeve), blue jeans worn inside-out (Marty only turned his pockets out), white socks, white Nike MAG power-lacing shoes and a color-shifting lenticular baseball cap.

Marty Jr. wore a white t-shirt with a logo featuring a plus and minus sign. 47-year-old Marty wore a brown business suit over a light brown shirt and brown and yellow multiple ties with rising sun motifs. 

Biff

Biff's outfit consisted of a red quarter zip sweatshirt and black, white and green plaid pants.

 

Griff

Biff Tannen

Griff's outfit consisted of a helmet with sharp metal spikes, a black-ribbed light green jacket over a black chainmail shirt, black pants and black boots adorned with a sharp metallic rhinoceros-like horn.

 Marlene

Other distinctive clothing of 2015

§  Multiple ties worn by Terry, Goldie Wilson III and Marty Sr.

Clothing in 1985A

Lorraine

Lorraine 2015

 Lorraine Baines McFly, aged 47, in 1985A clothing and breast implants.

"You’re so ... big" – Lorraine Baines McFly wore a black, belted pant suit with patterns of multicolored dots, and high heeled shoes. The blouse had a low neckline revealing her breast implants.

Biff

Although Biff was fabulously wealthy as a result of his cheating with the almanac in 1985A, his sense of dress was still tacky as the Biff of the original timeline. His outfits were gaudy and ugly, with gold chains and bright blue blazers, giving him the appearance of a lounge lizard. After coming out of the hot tub, Biff wore a blue bathing robe over black swim shorts.

Other distinctive clothing of 1985A

§  Biff's bodyguard Match wore a white cowboy hat.

§  Biff's goon 3-D no longer wore his nominal 3-D glasses as the 3-D movies fad had long since faded by 1985. However, unable to part with the nickname, he wore aviator sunglasses which he had custom made, the left lens to be red and the right lens to be blue.

Clothing in 1885

"You can’t wear those futuristic things in 1885. You shouldn’t even be wearing them in 1955."

—Doc Brown at the Pohatchee Drive-in

Marty

"Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this" – (See: 1955 Marty)

Marty's 1955 western outfit plus hat.

"You sure look like Seamus McFly" – Same as "Clint Eastwood never wore anything like this" (see: 1955 Marty), with a straw derby hat[6]

"Some respectable clothes and a fine hat" – Most of the week, Marty wore a long, blue workshirt, brown jeans, and a brown sarape over long underwear, with a brown flat-topped hat, and boots.[7] The outfit was very similar to the one Marty saw Clint Eastwood wearing in A Fistful of Dollars.

"Go ahead, make my day" – One morning, Marty woke up wearing his long underwear with a half-fastened drop seat, and put on his hat and gun belt to practice in front of the mirror.

Behind the scenes

1955

Bob Gale said that costume designer Deborah Scott found nearly all the clothing for the film in the studio’s wardrobe department; they didn’t have the budget for her to make many original items.[8]

Lea Thompson found the pink dress uncomfortable to wear and even more uncomfortable to dance in, and would walk around the set in the 1950s corset bra and crinoline underskirt to avoid wearing the dress, and once even shocked her mother when she visited her on the set. But despite that, she still hung on to one exemplar of the dress that was given to her, and helped out with the filming of the second movie when the original dress had been lost, and she provided it herself.[9]

The black fedora Marty wore as apart of his 'something inconspicuous' disguise was made by the Stetson hat company, especially for Michael J. Fox.[10]

2015

Costume designer Joanna Johnston said she was terrified at the prospect of designing the clothing of the future, making costumes for the cast and 150 extras from scratch, since Bob’s concept did not have a basis in anyone else’s work. For a future society in which men and women are truly equal, the clothing styles would exaggerate the difference between the sexes. She decided to use a very wide variety of fabrics in bright "but not fluorescent" colors.[11]

1885

Costume designer Joanna Johnston was already familiar with the clothing for the period, having worked on the movie Tess, but found that most of costumes that were made for the Westerns of the '40s, '50s and '60s lacked the authenticity she was looking for. After further research, she created clothing for the main characters and as many as 500 extras based on the original clothing patterns she found.[12]

 Back to the Future is being cited as a key fashion inspiration, it will come as no surprise to any fans of the film or, indeed, of fashion.

 So much so, in fact, that Eastpak is reissuing the original rucksack Marty travelled through time with this season, sold exclusively at Selfridges (although if you have a DeLorean, you are advised to time-travel and buy one of the 80s originals, as Eastpak is certainly not selling them now at 80s prices).

 Marty rocking double denim and high-tops

 Marty himself has been something of a hipster template for a while now: the double denim, the checked shirt, the high-tops. If only Marty had arrived in east London 2014 as opposed to Hill Valley 1955 (and, later, 2015 and 1885), he would have fit right in and instantly sparked a sleeveless parka revival.

As for the other characters, 

Lorraine Baines (later McFly, then Tannen) has, waist up, a proper Alexa Chung look going on, with her Peter Pan collars and demure little jumpers.

Biff Tannen's sports jackets are definitely in style, for men and women, while George McFly's thick-rimmed glasses have been a fashion staple since the dawn of time (maybe alittle exaggeration there)

As for what Back to the Future fashion pieces the biggest vote has to be for Lorraine's wacky 1955 hairstyle, in which her hair zigzags across her forehead

And honestly? Yeah. The clothing is superb. It doesn’t feel costume-y or try hard like The Great Gatsby or Gangster Squad; in BTTF, the period looks are natural yet interesting, feeling cool but dated.

As this film was made in the 80s, that the period they were parodying (1950s) wasn’t that historical.  It was like (literally) looking at pictures your parents wore and checking local thrift stores for clothing ideas.

This all probably contributes to why Hill Valley in 1955 feels real and not filled with some wise-cracking gangster with a down-on-his-luck shoeshine kid.

Clearly, there is a huge difference between menswear in 1955 and 1985, but there are just things that make the 1950’s stand out when compared to other eras, but the 1950’s was a remarkably different than the 1940s.

In this post war time, you had the first inklings of true casual style.  Instead of sportcoats as sportswear, you had dedicated garments like Hollywood jackets.

Shortjackets with point collars and bomber styles were extremely popular to wear when you were off work or just a youth. 

Jeans and converse were the new go-to for casual pant/shoes, though a few still wore pleated

Hollywood waist gab slacks and derbies. And let’s not forget the explosion of prints (tiki and atomic) and tone-on-tone variations that made sportshirts truly “sporty”.

People today call it the Bold Look for tailoring (due to the heavy shoulder pads and dropped button stance) and Rockabilly for casual style.  Either way, it’s pretty cool.

Good examples of the fun casual shirts in the 1950s.

Short jackets of all kinds were common, this time done with fun details.

Great shirts and an epic trouser to boot.

Ties in the 1950’s were more about abstract vertical designs.  Some were slim, others were wide.

Leisuire jackets were all the rage.

BTTF gets all of this right, presumably by the use of true vintage (since the patterns and designs are really specific) as according to the wiki, they only used whatever was in Universal’s costume warehouse. 

However, warehouses could definitely still make good reproductions!   We’ll never know what is true vintage or not, but I’m leaning on the use of true vintage pieces  since would only be 30 years old and wouldn’t be hard to source and get in decent condition.

Marty McFly

We all know Marty McFly’s epic 1985 look. Denim jacket on slim high waisted jeans, with a solid colored crewneck under a button up shirt; we also can’t forget the  life preserver and white/red Nike Bruin sneakers.  It’s a classic outfit that isn’t actually out of place today, since you could wear it at a Halloween costume or as a generic dude in LA (maybe lose one of the layers though).

That period paved the way for “non-traditional” garment mixing that ushered in the current way we approach casual style. Since this is only 15 years from the period of overalls with oxfords or puffers and military chinos, it’s no surprise that wanna-be rocker Marty McFly would also wear something as weird.

However, as we saw in the movie, he stuck out like a sore thumb when he was accidentally sent back in time to 1955.  Luckily with a rich heir like Doc Brown as a friend, Marty is able to get some period accurate clothes and fit into this iteration of Hill Valley.

Marty’s first look for a new day in 1955 is a damn good one: every piece is so great.  Firstly we can see the two-tone leather-gab jacket with a point collar.  Two-tone jackets were popular as youth novelty wear.  I’m pretty sure the one in the film is a reproduction, but if you found that as vintage it would be worth a lot. 

Underneath the jacket, Marty has a block motif sportshirt that he’s rolled up his sleeves a la James Dean. Patterns like this are what make this era’s shirts so much fun.

He has white socks and penny loafers!

With the shirt, he finishes this perfect 1950’s casual-youth outfit with (presumably) pleated hollywood waist slacks that seem to be made of some silk or rayon blend.  providing crunchy/shiny texture that fits in with the era’s obsession with patterns and atomic themes.

Overall, it’s a great uniform to do: sportshirt + high rise trousers + casual jacket. Marty wears the look well, with everything fitting perfectly. In fact, this vibe not only informs some of the looks you can see at Inspiration LA It may not be atomic or tiki, but alohas are certainly in full force in today’s spring/summer.  Even the thin belts are coming back.

They need to make prints like this again!

When Marty gets into the epic skateboard chase, he retains the two-tone jacket but brings in a new shirt and pant combo.  The shirt, now a red/blue piece with a wild diagonal stripe mixed with oversized squares is an EPIC one.  Its a bold pattern, which again makes the 1950’s unique in it’s choice of casual patterns. It just has that retro appeal that I think would look great under a sportcoat, if there were just makers that had it (since a true vintage one would no doubt be expensive).

Note here that he’s now wearing some straight cut blue jeans. It’s different than his slightly acid-washed ones from the 80s, mainly in how it drapes. They’re not overly wide, but moderate, ending with a cuff.  They look how I want my jeans to fit with proper drape. Again, Marty kills it.

At some point, Marty swapped his Corteze with black converse. Looks very 50’s when worn with cuffed blue jeans.

Another fun gab sportshirt that is worn untucked with a white undershirt base layer.

Note the two-tone coloring. Very 50’s.

His last major 50’s look is a sportcoat-trouser combo, worn to the Enchantment Under the Sea Dance. We don’t really get a good look at the full cut or details, so we’re left wondering if this is a true 50’s jacket (or designed like it) or something from the 1980s that they tried to pass off.

The choice of odd trouser, a charcoal grey fleck Again, this was a time of exploring fabrics and cuts in the realm of tailoring, and while illustrations may keep everything clean, photographs from the era showed that the youth always had a mishmash of things.  It’s probably because they didn’t have dozens of trousers to begin with.

The wide cut may be inspired by the zoot suit (Marty does reference it in the film, but zoot suits were more of a 40s thing IIRC), but he rocks it all the same. 

Since you get to see it in full force (along with white socks and black two-tone derbies) while he’s playing the guitar, perhaps it’s his way of exuding that rebellious rocker chic in 1955. He certainly stood out amongst the crowd!

Doc Brown

We don’t really get to see much of Doc Brown’s attire until Marty goes to visit him in 1955; Doc is just in a white jumpsuit in the  Lone Pine Mall. 

When Marty visits him, Doc seems to wearing a variation on what we’d expect a well-to-do heir would wear at home.  A pink shirt (the 1950’s loved color, if you couldn’t already tell) and a white single stripe tie are fun nods to the fact that he’s an adult, but you get the affluent charm with an epic silver dressing gown.

With a scale-esque texture and it’s moderate black satin peak lapels (echoed by the pocket piping), it definitely has that post-war fun vibe.

When Doc goes with Marty to Hill Valley High to check out Marty’s parents, Doc has on a very typical “casual man” outfit.  The tiki shirt is a no brainer at this point, but note the cool gab jacket he has on. 

It’s definitely some form of leisure jacket with modest lapels, patch pockets, and a fun little monogram on the patch.  Jackets like this were casual but they clearly took after the classic sportcoat design; it looks smarter than simply wearing a leather jacket or gab short jacket.

Also take note of his straw fedora (I don’t think it’s technically a panama hat). Instead of the traditional black band, he instead has an abstract design as a ribbon, which was a common trend in the 1940s-1960s for straw hats.  It also just makes the hat much more casual, which is one of the reasons why it’s hard to wear fedora-type hats often.

Flecked trousers. The 1950s loved fleck.

A checked asymmetrical sportshirt with a yolked pocket flap.

Look at Doc’s weird shirt! Super cool and novelty style that was popular in the late 40s-50s.  Finding one today would be rare and expensive.

Doc Brown’s last outfit in 1955 is hard to make out, as he wears an balmaccan style rain coat for the climax, but his polo-style shirt deserves some recognition.  Like so many other pieces we’ve seen, the shirt features a fun print, consisting of red and black squiggles.

The shirt has a contrast collar/placket and cuffs, which again fits in with many of the stylistic choices of the era. I’m not sure if I would wear it today, but more brands should definitely take a page out of the era and make something “new”!

Marty’s dad, at least this version of him, dresses like a dweeb because he is a dweeb.  It’s supposed to be 1985, where RL and other mall clothes are in full swing, and yet he dresses like a caricature of a 1960’s accountant.

Short sleeve shirt, repp tie, pen pockets, and browline glasses, all contribute to it.  I mean I’ve worn socks and shorts together, but I don’t think it looked this bad.

I mean, it makes sense since the film is portraying George as someone who is unlucky, who gets bullied, and gathers no respect.

A flecked short jacket.

In 1955, George McFly actually dresses pretty decently! He’s not exactly sticking out like a nerdy sore-thumb. Like Marty, he wears a few different sportshirts and short jackets, though in comparison, they’re much more plain.  George could also benefit with a better fit, but it’s not terrible.  At least in most cases.

What George does make a habit of doing is wearing his sportshirts fastened all the way to the top. Now this was done back in the day, but based on photos and illustrations, sport collars were definitely best worn open. 

It’s a nerd thing to do that came back in the mid 2010s as the “air tie” and always results in the wearer looking “closed up”.  And since George is a nervous guy with no friends or confidence, it works perfectly.

I like the checked cloth and red buttons.

In one scene, George actually wears a two-tone Hollywood Jacket! Like with Doc’s ivory jacket, these are meant to be a casual-yet-tailored approach to casual wear.  You’ll see that the cut and design are similar to a chore coat’s, just with shoulder pads and “formal” cloth.

George’s brown gab short jacket has shoulder pads and is a size or two too big for him. Also see how he’s got his shirt buttoned all the way up.

An interesting cotton short jacket with a wider collar and hand warmer pockets.  Very cool.

George goes all out for the dance, mainly because it’s his big moment to “save” Lorraine.  A white dinner jacket and black tie is hard not to separate from James Bond (or Casablanca), and its actually the first time George wears something that fits him well.  It’s still in the 1950’s aesthetic, so he has padded square shoulders, a low button stance, and  closed quarters.

When we return to good ol’ modified 1985, accounting-nerd George has been replaced by a true chad version. There are no short sleeve shirts and browline shades here.  Instead, he has a very 80s biz-caz outfit consisting of a moleskin blazer, vibrant red polo, and pleated slacks.  It’s not bold, but since this is a “normal” outfit, it contrasts against George’s first appearance.I also love the aviators for max 80s cool.

Biff Tannen

Biff.  When we first see him, his commandingly bold 70’s outfit just screams like a guy who peaked in high school and still bullies others.  Which is definitely true.

It’s such a weird look that actually has some prep vibes to it, mainly with the use of a navy brass button blazer and plaid odd trousers; I think I may even see a white braided belt.

1985 Biff actually dresses rather “normal” for the era, though he stands out for his boisterous character and sheer Kingpin-like aura.

It’s all just sportshirts, white crewneck tees, and jeans, nothing to write home about. but with it just being done with jeans and sneakers, it feels boring, mainly because its an easy way to do a 1950s look. It’s easy to replicate, but don’t forget that a sportcollar makes a world of difference; a regular standing collar wouldn’t achieve the same effect.

I guess the point is that Biff is just a regular old bully, contrasting against George’s plain looks that utilize jackets and Marty’s much more interesting take on the era.

Biff’s jacket of choice is a bomber style one that has black contrasting collar and cuffs. Can’t you see how popular two-tone clothing was in those days? Like Marty’s leather jacket, this one also ends around the waist, but instead of it just being a plain bomber design, Biff’s jacket has decorative front pleating.  Don’t ask why, it’s just for show.

Like with the shirt patterns, I wish we also had more vintage-inspired jackets like this!

A black shirt and bold tie? I guess stereotypical prom style was a thing even in 1955.

Others

Strickland has a bowtie and suit, but if you look closely, the suit is very 80s with wide shoulders, open notch and low buttoning point.

In 1955, he has a suit that clearly has more weight and features a fun shadow stripe, a common thing for vintage suits.

Ivy style isn’t really in the film other than the committee deciding on the band.  80s ivy is just like 70s ivy tbh: just a more exaggerated and bold version of 60s ivy.

Goldie Wilson also wears a bar motif sportshirt, though with the wide collar, it might be from the 40’s. That makes sense, since he might not have access to current fashions.

Lorraine’s dad wears a car coat (an overcoat with a shorter length). He has a fedora, which gives him an “adult” look. Not sure if the trouser fit is right though. 

As can be expected, Lorraine’s dad has a gab sportshirt.  The shorter collar points and higher buttoning point is period accurate to the 1950s.

So much great stuff here, from the faded, cuffed denim and saddle shoes to the absolutely epic novelty knitwear.  I’m very glad that the youth have a variety of style! 

Striped shirts are what kids wore back then, not flat caps, plus-fours, and suspenders. 

Biff’s gang all have variations on casual style.  Is that a knit tee I see? Wish we could see the ribbing!

More variety in style here and it all looks period. Love the kid’s pastel blue pleated pants, the red sweater, and what I think is a Cub Scout uniform. Check out that tiny brimmed hat!

Marvin Berry and the Starlighters all wear 50’s silk dinner jackets with their quintessential square shoulders and low button stance.  Instead of bowties, they have matching continental bow ties.

Great short jacket.

Conclusion

BTTF is a great example of a movie that makes 1950’s clothing seem accessible and easy.  There isn’t a big focus on tailoring, which probably makes it much more palatable. Instead, we see casual 50’s, rockabilly-esque style, which informs a lot of the heritage-Americana that is so easy for guys to wear. Sportshirts and cuffed jeans should get you through the most of it.

The real way to make it interesting is by checking out how Marty does it. Instead of plain shirts, he wore fun patterns that made his attire stand out among the others.  It might be vintage and dated, but I certainly love the personality they bring to an outfit, especially since today you can refine it by wearing with loafers or a sportcoat instead of on its own. 

Bonus points for those epic two-tone jackets (or leather jackets in general). I’m not sure if the world is ready for the return of hollywood jackets, but after the rise of chore coats and safaris, maybe there’s room for it.

Overall, I think a lot of guys who are searching for a more interesting way to dress can take some cues from this.  BTTF did a great job and since it didn’t go too crazy (note the lack of flat caps, which if included would just be inaccurate), it comes off as classic and actually wearable.

I love this movie and I hope you enjoyed this dive into the costuming

Always a pleasure,

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References

1.       ↑ http://www.bttf.com/forums BTTF.com Message Board

2.       ↑ http://www.bttf.com/forums BTTF.com Message Board

3.       ↑ http://www.bttf.com/forums/topic.php?tp=38901-I+FOUND+IT%21+This+is+like+finding+the+holy+grail...+I+have+found+the+Marty+McFLy+Vest%21%21%21#

4.       ↑ BTTF III novel, p. 38, 39

5.       ↑ Velcro 50th Anniversary : Timeline, see "1985".

6.       ↑ BTTF III novel, p. 73

7.       ↑ BTTF III novel, p. 98, p. 205

8.       ↑ Feature Commentary with Bob Gale and Neil Canton, Part I, at about 1:10.

9.       ↑ Gaines, Caseen, We Don't Need Roads: The Making of the Back to the Future trilogy, p. unknown

10.    ↑ http://www.icollector.com/Back-To-The-Future-2-Marty-s-Something-Inconspicuous-Fedora-Michael-J-Fox_i20788290

11.    ↑ Klastorin, Michael, and Sally Hibbin, Back to the Future: The Official Book of the Complete Movie Trilogy, p. 71-72.

12.    ↑ Klastorin, Michael, and Sally Hibbin, Back to the Future: The Official Book of the Complete Movie Trilogy, p. 60-61.

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DeLorean Motor Company - Why did it Fail ?

DeLorean Motor Company - Why did it Fail ?

The answer is more complicated than some may think, and looking at the factors involved the DeLorean Motor Company it certainly had more than it’s fair share of problems.

One thing to bear in mind before we get started here, is that John Z Delorean accomplished something still to this day could never be replicated again (and this was in 1978). In that he constructed an brand new assembly 66,321sqm Plant, hired a management team / supporting staff, trained a workforce of 2300 to build a unique Stainless Steel Sports Car within 28 months.

DMC Factory - Northern Ireland

At the time (1978) Porsche said it would take 7 years to design and build a brand new car, Ford said it would take them 5 years (Even with all the Design, Manufacturing, Supply, Staff and Production already in place…….

1974 DMC Incorporated - 1975 - Design placed with Giorgetto Giugiaro - 1977 First Prototype - 158 Investing Dealers - 1978 Funding Secured (after just 45 days) - 02.10.1978 Factory Groundbreaking started with the first DeLorean rolling off the line 21.01.1981 with the shipment of cars leaving from the factory on 20.02.1981.

DMC’s funding was exhausted as the 1st car rolled off the line, Sales were paramount. So no time was left to fully test the car / rectify and correct any factory production techniques before it was shipping. Of course this lead to many high profile and famous people receiving the first cars with production faults, bad press quickly sprea, the cars were returned to Dealers and and so the story begins …….

DeLorean Motor Company DMC-12

Why did DeLorean Motor Company fail ? here are some of answers are here …...

Taking you Back to January 1982

• DMC was promised government funding after the 1st car rolled off the Production line (£21 Million) which never happen, as Margret Thatcher had come into power, she had been incorrectly advised of the funding required for DMC, so without further investigation or talks said no more British funding.

Celebrating the DeLorean

• U.S dragged into recession, the worst since the 1970 fuel crisis, hitting car sales hard

• Snowing in U.K but worse in North East of the United States (DeLorean’s only export market) experiencing its worse storm in modern history = no one buying cars

• DMC used GM, Ford, Chrysler and European dealerships to sell their cars. But with dealerships needing to preserve their own cash flow, they concentrated on higher volume cars. So single figure sales for DeLorean were not a priority, so got pushed to one side.

• Secret shopper tapes revealed dealerships knew very little about lead times, stock for sale, or details of the car, leading to poor sale technique/ no sales.

• A strike on January 11th by Shipping workers between British and Northern Ireland caused supply problems, so workforce put on short time

• Factory suffered (accidental) damage caused in the hunger riots which totally destroyed Design blueprints, and all factory worker records

• £14 million compensation claim submitted by DCML (for insurance damaged caused to the factory by hunger strike riots) was never paid to DMC from the Department of Commerce.

• Tough months ahead on cash flow for DMCL

• DMCL had a credit line of $30 Million with the Bank of Americas. This covered the cars during transit – Export carparks were nearly full, so they neared credit limit

Deloreans awaiting sale

• Suppliers asked to provide extra credit, as funding was so low

• This coincided with the last 2 shipments of 1075 cars ($22 million dollars worth) being released without being covered by the Bank of America, meaning that inward cash flow had dried up.

• DMC was also obliged to pay the British government £185 (nearly $400) for each car sold, cutting into the company’s per-car margins.

John Z DeLorean

• DMC American could not pay the $22 million to DCML for the stock exported as sales had dried up throughout network.

• Week 3 - January with Bank of America Credit line exhausted, on the 28th they withdrawn export cover

• 1100 of the 2600 (mainly 2nd shift) made redundant, with C.P Trim reduced to 1 day a week

DeLorean Factory

• 8,580 Cars made up to receivership on 19.02.1982

• 9,080 Cars made in total up to February 1983

One question remains did DeLorean really fail ?

Well 40 years on and the ‘Dream’ is still alive, maybe the Back to the Future film did move the spotlight from the amazing accomplishments of the 2500 Dunmurry Northern Ireland Factory workers.

But it firmly fixed the DeLorean as one of the most Iconic movie cars of all time.

John DeLorean’s original concept was to build a car :

• That was instantly recognisable and the test of time this is still true today whether your young or old - Yes

• A Dream Sports Car that lasted as long as the owner wanted to keep it - Yes

• To ‘Live the Dream’ - Yes, (maybe not in the way John Z DeLorean imagined) but 40 years on the car is being kept alive by the owners, along with the backup of full dealer services by DeLorean Motor Company operating today in Texas, Florida, Midwest, California, U.K - Yes

• Build a car that will never rust - Yes

• A unique Iconic car - Yes

John DeLorean with Cristina Ferrare

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The car - The Company - The Man

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The Time Machine

The Time Machine - How does Doc Browns DeLorean work ? and what equipment did he install ?

It’s very difficult to summarise exactly how all the systems work together / in conjunction with each other. And how individual components work without a extremely long description,

so we have broken this up into 3 sections.

Section 1 list of the components - Section 2 Pictorial overview - Section 3 Long list view.… Warning this subject is Heavy  !

DeLorean Time Machine - The A Car

Section 1 -

 The Nuclear Reactor consists of :

Steam Turbines -Reactor Power Coils - Reactor Coil enclosures - Reactor cooling vents – Reactor Temperature Control - Reactor Power control - Reactor coolant pump - Reactor Pump control - Coolant Return - Reactor Core cooling - Cooling Ring  - Reactor Coil exterior - Cooling system control unit - Cooling system Capacitors - Automuffers (suppressed release valves) - Radiation Scrubber Vent - Heat Exchanger Vent - Cooling System Control Unit -Emergency Coolant Tanks - Ceramic separator & conductive spring - Lower reactor coil assembly - Coil Assembly plate - Vacuum Capacitors chamber - 5mw vacuum capacitors - Battery Cell cores - Primary coil in vacuum chamber - Particle accelerator canisters (PAC) - PAC Power Coils  - Particle Holding Tank Pre-Heater - Oxygen Supply - Steam feed tube for turbines - Coolant purge tubes - Medium pressure boilers - High pressure boilers

 External components consists of :

Temporal Field igniters and flux boxes  - Temporal field stabilizers AKA Flux Bands - Mole Richardson power cables - Tachyon pulse generator - Tachyon pulse generator for temporal displacement system -Field ignition coils - Control Circuits - Pulse generators - X Ray Tubes - Surge protector - Power input high voltage - HV Clamps - Booster Coils - Shielded spark gap chamber - Load resistor - Argon-gas Filled tubes - Cathode with spark generator with protective shield – Annode

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Flux Capacitor consists of :

Flux Capacitor Exhaust duct - Heat Exchanger Shield - Signal Amplifier / Driver –Temporal Field Gyroscope with Anti-Vibration Mount- Coolant Pump - Heat Exchanger - Particle collider blades - Collision Synchronizers -Geiger-Muller tube (radiation detector) - Tachyon Pulse generator control connected via Canon 32 - Exhaust elbow to external exhaust duct - Time Circuits control - Flux Capacitor coolant

 External components consist of :

Nuclear reactor components - Reactor Core - Reactor outer housing - Freon injection nozzles & expansion chamber - Radiation Scrubber - Radiation scrubber vent - Removable spent – Plutonium canister (lead lined) – Generators - Coolant inlet - Steam turbines - Steam exhaust & recycling tubes

(to radiation scrubber) - Coolant purge tubes - Steam Separators - Pressure Equalizer - Turbine Coolant -Primary Equalizer -Turbine Coolant - Primary Hydraulic Hoses - Coolant Return - Pump Control Wires - Steam Release - Hydraulic vent control A - Coolant Reclamation - Flow Control - Steam Separators coolant - Power cables to PAC Coils - Hydraulic Vent control Hose B

 Cabin Atmosphere & Fire Suppression

Atmosphere control Regulator - Fire Suppression Bottle - Air Quality & Temperature sensors (canon 30) - Oxygen Supply - Regulated oxygen to torin blower - Torin Blower - Regulated nitrogen to torin blower

 Overhead Array

System Indicators Primary - System Indicators Secondary - Power Distribution - Grimes Emergency pull light (Removable)

 Cabin Equipment

Time Circuits control junction -Time Circuits warm up relays - Reactor thermal control unit - Torin corporation blower - Flux Capacitor Cabin Atmosphere & Fire Control - Pulse control module - Field containment system display

 Dashboard

Signal amplifiers - Digital speedometer - Bulova Alarm clock - Analog – Speedometer - Time Circuits display - TRW Data systems keypad - Coustic EI AM/FM Cassette radio - Rowan Contactors -Airguide auto Compass - Time circuits display components  - Time Circuits Display enclosure - Destination Time Display - TRW Data System keypad - Power regulator PCB Heat sink - Time Circuits switch console - Time Circuits Time Circuits computer -Y Handle power switch - Dialco indicator lights ( System on / off ) - Primary Frequency control - DMC Switches - Clare electroseal constant power supply - Motor Run capacitors - High Voltage transformer - Sprague Capacitors - Manual Component control - Manual Emergency coolant release - Rentgens meter panel - Time circuits control cables

Section 2 -

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How the DeLorean Time Machine Works

The DeLorean Time Machine - How does it work ?

The DeLorean Time Machine How it works

DeLorean Time Machine Sandstone Productions

Section 3 -

Nuclear Reactor

Steam Turbines

Reactor Power Coils

Reactor cooling vents

Reactor Temperature Control

Reactor Power control

Reactor coolant pump

Reactor Pump control

Coolant Return

Cooling system control unit

Cooling system Capacitors

Automuffers (suppressed release valves

Radiation Scrubber Vent

Heat Exchanger Vent

Cooling System Control Unit

Emergency Coolant Tanks

Particle accelerator canisters (PAC)

PAC Power Coils

Particle Holding Tank Pre-Heater

Oxygen Supply

Flux Capacitor

Flux Capacitor Exhaust duct

Heat Exchanger Shield

Signal Amplifier / Driver

Temporal Field Gyroscope with Anti-Vibration Mount

Coolant Pump

Heat Exchanger

FLUX system

Particle collider blades

Collision Synchronizers

Geiger-Muller tube (radiation detector)

Tachyon Pulse generator control (Canon 32)

Exhaust elbow to external exhaust duct

Time Circuits control

Flux Capacitor coolant

Steam Separators

Pressure Equalizer

Turbine Coolant

Primary Equalizer

Turbine Coolant

Primary Hydraulic Hoses

Coolant Return

Pump Control Wires

Steam Release

Hydraulic vent control A

Coolant Reclamation

Flow Control

Steam Separators coolant

Power cables to PAC Coils

Hydraulic Vent control Hose B

Cabin Atmosphere & Fire Suppression

Atmosphere control Regulator

Fire Suppression Bottle

Air Quality & Temperature sensors (canon 30)

Oxygen Supply

Regulated oxygen to torin blower

Torin Blower

Regulated nitrogen to torin blower

Overhead Array

System Indicators Primary

System Indicators Secondary

Power Distribution

Grimes Emergency pull light (Removable)

Cabin Equipment

Time Circuits control junction

Time Circuits warm up relays

Reactor thermal control unit

Torin corporation blower

Flux Capacitor

Cabin Atmosphere & Fire Control

Pulse control module

Field containment system display

Dashboard

Signal amplifiers

Digital speedometer

Bulova Alarm clock

Analog

Speedometer

Time Circuits display

TRW Data systems keypad

Coustic EI AM/FM Cassette radio

Rowan Contactors

Airguide auto Compass

Time circuits display components

Time Circuits Display enclosure

Destination Time Display

TRW Data System keypad

Power regulator PCB Heat sink

Time Circuits switch console

Time Circuits Time Circuits computer

Y Handle power switch

Dialco indicator lights ( System on / off)

Primary Frequency control

DMC Switches

Clare electroseal constant power supply

Motor Run capacitors

High Voltage transformer

Sprague Capacitors

Manual Component control

Manual Emergency coolant release

Rentgens meter panel

Time circuits control cables

External Components

Nuclear reactor components

Reactor Core

Reactor outer housing

Freon injection nozzles & expansion chamber

Radiation Scrubber

Radiation scrubber vent

Removable spent – Plutonium canister (lead lined)

Generators

Coolant inlet

Steam turbines

Steam exhaust & recycling tubes (to radiation scrubber)

Coolant purge tubes

Coolant purge tubes

Steam feed tube for turbines

Medium pressure boilers

High pressure boilers

Reactor Core cooling

Cooling Ring

Reactor Coil exterior

Reactor Coil enclosures

Reactor coils

Ceramic separator & conductive spring

Lower reactor coil assembly

Coil Assembly plate

Vacuum Capacitors chamber

5mw vacuum capacitors

Battery Cell cores

Primary coil in vacuum chamber

External

Temporal Field igniters and flux boxes

Temporal field stabilizers AKA Flux Bands

Mole Richardson power cables

Tachyon pulse generator

Tachyon pulse generator for temporal displacement system

Flux Band components

Field ignition coils

Control Circuits

Pulse generators

X Ray Tubes

Surge protector

Power input high voltage

HV Clamps

Booster Coils

Shielded spark gap chamber

Load resistor

Argon-gas Filled tubes

Cathode with spark generator with protective shield

Annode

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Ghostbusters - The Proton Pack

How does the Ghostbusters Proton Pack work ?

Ghosbusters Proton Packs

The Proton Pack is the most powerful tool that the Ghostbusters carry on a daily basis, equipped with a power source that has a half life of 5000 years, it’s not prone to running out of power. In Ghostbusters II However, it must be recharged at times.

The Proton Pack is an ‘Unlicensed Nuclear Accelerator Backpack’ that consists of raw nuclear energy and Protons.

The Proton Pack is mounted onto an Army issue A.L.I.C.E. Pack Frame with adjustable shoulder and kidney straps and belt, the Proton Pack consists of two parts:

The Nuclear Accelerator Backpack (Proton Pack, Positron Collider, Cyclotron.) and Particle Thrower (Proton Gun, Ion Wand, Ion Cannon, Neutrona Wand.).

Once you turn the Proton Pack on, you can also switch on the Particle Thrower. The Accelerator accelerates the Protons from the Cyclotron on the pack into the Particle Thrower, and you get an extremely powerful but destructive particle stream that consists of Protons and raw nuclear energy.

This is capable of entangling a ghost against its will (An excellent way to think of the particle stream would be as a lasso for ghosts.).

"The Proton Pack is not a toy." …Egon Spengler

Proton Pack

Ghostbusters Proton Pack

All ghosts are made up of Psychokinetic Energy (Which consists of Electrons, Neutrons, and the infamous substance known as "Ectoplasm".).

The Electron is one of three elements in an Atom (The other two being the Proton and the Neutron.). Electrons carry a negative charge (As does Ectoplasm.), whereas a Neutron has no charge and a Proton has a positive charge.

Negative energy is no match for positive energy. When a person fires the particle stream at a ghost, the ghost will become entangled in the stream and will become trapped (Unless the spirit is more powerful and so the power in the stream will have to be increased accordingly.).

The Particle Thrower also features a control for stream length. This proves invaluable when tracking a ghost that floats.

The Proton Pack can disintegrate a paper cup, cut through steel, chop down big trees, and blast a dam.

The particle stream is harmless to humans on low power. It was later discovered that particle streams could be adjusted to simulate sunlight, in order to vaporize Vampires, and temporarily transform werewolves back into their human form until the next full moon; To permanently cure a werewolf, Wolfsbane Soup is needed. 

The Proton Pack has two settings:

Setting 1: Attack. Generates the most energetic stream of particles, expressly designed to weaken an entity's psychokinetic energy and it's connection to our time-space continuum (referred to officially as "Ectopresence")

The GBI pack is set to still emit a weak Confinement field even in Attack mode--GBI Case File GBNY-1986-4/405 (code name "RoboBuster") demonstrates the necessity of not using a "pure" Attack mode.

Setting 2: Confinement. Generates a positively charged "cage" around the entity being confined; however, the Confinement is only effective if the entity's Ectopresence has been reduced to a valence of zero--otherwise it can easily break the Confinement stream.

Once Confined, standard procedure is to capture the entity in a Ghost Trap.

Safety Precautions: 

There are two warnings about the Proton Pack that should be taken very seriously: 

1) Do not cross the streams:

This process is extremely dangerous as it causes Total Protonic Reversal, which results in the molecules of any nearby person to explode at the speed of light. Information on this situation is sketchy due to the rarity of it ever happening, it has only occurred once where those participating have survived.

Please refer to the case where the Ghostbusters fought Gozer for more details.

2) Do not allow the pack to overheat:

This in some ways is similar to Total Protonic Reversal, however on a more limited scale. It is however still extremely dangerous and it is rare for a person in the vicinity to survive a blast caused by overheating.

A standard radius of destruction from four Proton Packs has been estimated as a quarter of a mile. There are twenty seconds at maximum boost before the Proton Packs overload.

Optional Extras: Rifle Scope. 

F/N Adapted from information gathered from The Proton Lab.; some fan fictions have speculated additional settings on later models

The Science of The Ghostbuster's Upgraded Proton Pack

In practical terms, the Proton Pack is a miniature particle accelerator that ensnares negatively charged ectoplasmic entities inside a positively-charged proton beam.

The term "Proton Pack" is not used in the original movie at all — it was originally described as a Positron Collider.

It was not until the subway tunnel scene in the second movie that the word is actually used. So, let's take a look at the physics behind the Proton Pack and see whether it is possible to build one.

Overview of the Proton Pack

Proton Pack Parts

Easter Egg in the new film Trailer …..

·         The Ghostbusters trailer contains an Easter egg hidden in the whiteboard filled with physics equations. This Easter egg goes by quickly but if you pause at just the right moment, you will see one "equation" on top is a URL that spells paranormalstudieslab.com.

Fans will recognize this is a nod to the original movie as The Paranormal Studies Lab was the name of the laboratory run by Dr. Peter Venkman (Bill Murray) at Columbia University.

·         Eagle-eye fans who managed to pick up on this and visit the URL will come across a hidden web page on the physics of the Proton Pack, as explained by MIT particle physicist, James Maxwell.

James curiously shares a name with James Clerk Maxwell, the Scottish physicist famous for formulating the laws of electromagnetism. The laws of electromagnetism and special relativity play an important part in the physics of the proton pack.

The Original Proton Pack: The Cyclotron

*As Maxwell points out, the original Ghostbusters Proton Pack, as designed by Dr. Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis), was a cyclotron.

This was one of the earliest types of particle accelerators ever developed. The device invented by Ernest O. Lawrence in 1932 works by accelerating charged particles along a spiral path.

Back then, cyclotrons were the most powerful particle accelerators around until they were replaced by the more advanced synchrotrons back in the 1950s though they are still used today in the first stage of some particle accelerators.

Inside the cyclotron, a charged particle is injected into the middle of the chamber where it is accelerated between two D-shaped electrodes or "dees."

In the case of the Ghostbusters' Proton Pack, that charged particle is a positron or positively charged electron. The magnetic field passing through the dees bends the particle's path, making it travel in a circle, while the electric field between the dees accelerates the particle, giving it a "kick" to make it go faster.

When the positron beam has enough energy, it strikes a metal target to release a beam of protons.

The kick the particle gets from the electric field is very similar to a parent pushing a child on a swing. If a parent times the push at just the right moment, the child gains more energy and swings higher and higher.

Instead of having one parent pushing from behind, there is also an adult in front who pushes in the opposite direction. If that parent in front also pushes at the right moment (and does not get hit in the face), the child will gain more energy and continue to swing higher and higher with each push.

Just as the child on the swing in our example gets two pushes, the positron gets two kicks. It gets one kick as it passes through the gap but as it circles back and passes through the dee in the opposite direction, the electric field switches direction to give it another kick.

This was a significant advance over previous particle accelerators. Previous accelerators, or linacs, just accelerated particles along straight lines. Inside the cyclotron, the magnetic field bends the beam, making it curve back on itself so it could pass through the gap where it could be accelerated multiple times. As the particle gains more energy, it spirals outward.

When the particles reach the rim, they exit the dees through a small gap to hit a metal target located at some point beyond the rim of the chamber.

This creates secondary particles, in this case protons (the positively charged partice found in the nucleus of an atom), which may be guided outside of the cyclotron and into instruments for analysis.

Proton beams look nothing like in the movie. Proton beams are (usually) collimated, i.e., they travel in straight lines. In the movies, they are seen to whip about and undulate wildly; this is probably done for visual effect.

Proton Pack Upgrade: The Synchrotron

The size of the accelerator is not the only practical consideration. As the positron spirals outward, it needs to sync up with each "kick," or the cyclotron resonant frequency.

This is the time it takes for the particle to complete a circle and depends on the strength of the magnetic field, the electric charge, and its mass.

If the particles go fast enough to approach light speed, its mass increases as relativistic effects come into play. This changes the cyclotron resonance and the beam goes out of phase with the oscillating electric field — the particle beam no longer gets the kicks at the right time.

The classical cyclotron is therefore only capable of accelerating particles up to a few percent of the speed of light.

To get even higher energy particles, the synchrotron solves this problem by varying the strength of the magnetic field. As the speed increases so too does the magnetic field. Instead of moving out in a spiral, the changing magnetic field exerts a greater centripetal force on thfaster-moving particle to keep it along the same circular path.

This means that the Proton Pack seen in the reboot is a far more powerful accelerator (Go, Erin!) but the science does not stop there.

To make all this possible, the Ghostbusters have to find a way to generate the much stronger magnetic fields needed to keep a charged particle moving in a circular path about the size of a back pack. To do this, they turn to superconductors and cryogen systems to generate these magnetic fields.

And Powerful Magnet to keep it Compact

To get the intense magnetic fields to make a synchrotron work, the Proton Pack uses superconduting magnets.

The resistance of all metals becomes lower as they as cooled but superconductors are special. At a certain critical temperature, their resistace falls to zero.

This means that an electric current flowing through a loop of superconducting wire can persist indefinitely with no power source. This allows superconductors to handle much larger currents than metallic conductors to produce more intense magnetic fields.

To achieve this, superconducting magnets need to be kept cold, at cryognic temperatures.

The new Proton Pack needs a cryogen system, possibly using liquid Helium to keep the superconductors at approximately minus 269.15 degrees Celsius or minus 452.47 Fahrenheit.

This keeps the superconductors at the temperatures they need to be to handle the large currents needed to generate the intense magentic fields for the synchrotron.

Crossing Streams: Does the Science Measure Up?

In an interview, Maxwell said that the movie's director Paul Feig made a lot of effort to make the science in Ghostbusters seem as realistic as possible, as we can see from the Proton Pack's blueprints.

Maxwell points out in the video that, while the science behind the Proton Pack is sound, there are limitations. For one, it's not possible to actually build a synchrotron particle accelerator into an actual back pack.

The technical considerations, e.g., getting the intense magnetic fields to make things work, are not practical.

One of the interesting challenges as one of the show's science advisers was figuring how actual science and technology could influence the prop design.

As a fan of the original Ghostbusters, he admitted that seeing scientists play the role of heroes, and saving the day, was one of the things that piqued his interest in the sciences as a child.

Hopefully, layering real physics into an awesome science based ghost-fighting weapon will do the same when the new Ghostbusters comes out, and capture a new generation of scientists like it did James Maxwell.

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The Proton Pack

Ghostbusters Ecto 1C Hits the Streets !

Ready for some Ghostbustin action ?

We are so please to announce the completion of our very own Ecto 1 C Ghostbusters Car

Ghostbusters Ecto 1C Experience

Our meticulously crafted modern replica of Ecto 1C is a testament and dedication to the Ghostbusters franchise and its enduring legacy.

“Our inspiration for building this Ecto 1C came from many different places, firstly from already building a DeLorean Time Machine. This gave me the inspiration to look at another one of my favourite film franchises Ghostbusters.

Consulting the option of fellow Ghostbusters who asked the question :

What car would the Ghostbusters Drive today…..?

Everyone in the States pointed to the Dodge Magnum (here in the U.K it would be the Chrysler 300c). As this platform of vehicle has been used for police cars and other emegency vehicles due to the size and larger engines.

So work set out to find one….. Many years rolled past, and working progess was delayed by working out how to power up and make the equipment operational. Also here in the U.K 300c’s in white were not sold, which meant it needed to be completely resprayed.

Fast forward to June 2024 and Ecto 1 C was finished complete with P.K.E Meter, Ghost Trap, Portable Containment unit, Proton Packs, emergency lighting, and siren just ready for the 40th anniversary of Ghostbusters !

Why ?

Knowing there’s so many Ghostbusters fans out there (and now driving our Ecto 1C around the streets I’ve found there are many more people that love the Ghostbsusters) I wanted to bring the enjoyment of the Ghostbusters to all the Fans.

Being able to actually provide this amazing experience of having an Ecto 1 for real on their drive, or out in patrol in one, and seeing that smile makes this a fantastic experience.

Ecto 1C is available for Weddings, Partys, conferences, events, special occasions, Birthdays and much more !