It’s not about the visual effects,’” says Back to the Future producer Bob Gale in the video. “It’s not about how long does it take them to travel through time. Because traveling through time should be instantaneous.”

Unlike other films with dizzying time-travel special effects, Back to the Future’s version, created with the help of Industrial Light & Magic, translated mostly into flaming tire treads, a flash of light, glowing neon and not much else.

The approach paid off: Back to the Future became one of the most successful sci-fi films in history, empowered by the manic comedy of Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd.

Win Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy

We’re teleporting five free copies of the $80 Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy Blu-ray collection, which hits stores Oct. 26, to five clever readers who let us know in the comments section below what they think about Back to the Future’s conception of time travel.

With a caveat: No one should make the argument that Eric Stoltz should have stayed in Marty McFly’s time-traveling DeLorean. That spaceship has sailed. Entries must be received by 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Oct. 27, 2010.

See Also:

• Eric Stoltz’s Marty McFly Gets Dissected in Back to the Future Reissue
• Best Trilogy Films: Back to the Future
• Overlooked ’80s Sci-Fi Flicks, Recalled by Wired Readers

Authors: Scott Thill

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