Episode #743: Back to the Future III (We ❤️ Movies)
Added 2024-06-07 10:00:10 +0000 UTC“This movie does give Emmett Brown a time traveler’s fate: you’d be dead in five days.” - Steve
On this month’s We ❤️ Movies, we’re chatting about a total all-timer, Back to the Future III! How long would any of us last in the Old West? Is Buford Tannen the filthiest character in this film series? Should they have tried a Take Two on those abysmal Irish accents? How great is all the set design for Old West Hill Valley? And can we get a cocktail recipe for that Wakeup Juice? PLUS: Did Doc Brown finally mellow out around the time of the bicentennial?
Back to the Future III stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue, Matt Clark, Richard Dysart, Pat Buttram, Harry Carey Jr., Dub Taylor, James Tolkan, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, and Flea as Needles; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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Comments
Ok, why did Marty go back on september 5th? Was it a november 5 homage? Why on friday ”give you a couple of days to find other me”?! That’s a gd gamble
Jan
2025-08-06 11:40:28 +0000 UTCThe mini beer with the Bloody Mary is the best, it’s called a side car hah
Alexxa Young
2025-07-21 20:29:19 +0000 UTCWhen did they do robocop 2?
Kureigu
2025-07-19 11:54:14 +0000 UTCCall signs update Bloody Andy Spit Steve Caboom Cabin
Jan
2025-06-09 17:32:56 +0000 UTCYes there would be two and that would of been the perfect solution as long as docs 1885 delorian has gas then it wouldn't matter to 1985 doc and marty as they could easily fix it so he can go back for 1885 doc.
Kureigu
2025-03-19 00:50:50 +0000 UTCWait wouldn't there be two delorians? The one doc came and the one Marty came in? When Mary goes back the dolerian should already be in the cave.
Fred Knoop
2025-03-14 01:48:55 +0000 UTCre-do Robocop 2 please!
Josh
2025-02-10 16:49:58 +0000 UTCI've been wondering what those weird noises were during the moonwalk my entire life. I just thought Marty was making weird noises this whole time like beatboxing or something. I'll sleep better at night. Having one great mystery solved.
Andrea Spears
2024-12-22 02:49:26 +0000 UTCTime after time is a terrific old movie... H.G Wells chases Jack the ripper to 1979 San Francisco!
Jen nutter
2024-11-16 23:37:55 +0000 UTCJust getting around to this episode and WAIT- you guys only watched season 1 of Deadwood? Then you missed the SUPERLATIVE Tobo performance as Hugo Jarry. Ok, he's making bird noises, he's speaking into titties, he's wearing dumb hats and tiny glasses. He's a bureaucratic shitbird and a delight. You need to treat yourselves.
Liz
2024-07-05 20:39:38 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/9FsH_rOblgA?si=ax2zgcdH_UennMHl
John Armitage
2024-06-20 15:14:23 +0000 UTCMy favorite western movie is the magnificent 7 2016.
Mark D Myers
2024-06-19 01:48:19 +0000 UTCPeople in families can have the same type. Look at Beau and Hunter Biden.
AlsoNamedB0rt
2024-06-18 15:43:38 +0000 UTCWisconsinite here too!! Was surprised by how they never heard of the beer chaser.
John Wendt
2024-06-16 00:05:09 +0000 UTChttps://youtu.be/ZPijlI9anPc?si=4xAZcgvyDIDeOLIm Here's the wake-up juice recipe
Will Griffin
2024-06-14 00:01:02 +0000 UTCTimeless Biff
Will See
2024-06-13 02:44:44 +0000 UTCMost bloody Mary's here in wisconsin come with a glass of beer too! Not a shot..a whole damn glass. Also...my wife's family prefers bloody Maria's over marys...substitute vodka for tequila. Deeeeelish!
Ryan Keyport
2024-06-12 13:05:42 +0000 UTCI love this movie!
J HEASLEY
2024-06-11 19:37:12 +0000 UTCNu metal fans really shouldn’t be talking about ZZ Top. Listen to their 1970s albums.
AlsoNamedB0rt
2024-06-11 15:54:06 +0000 UTCI’ll go into bat for Wing Commander III (video game) as another great Thomas Wilson performance. Live action (not voice) opposite Mark Hamill and John Rhys-Davies. His character, Maniac, was established in the first two games and when I saw he was cast as the older version, I thought “perfect”. It’s Biff-esque but more smart-alecy, not so dumb.
Craig
2024-06-10 09:27:46 +0000 UTCBeen relistening to all the back catalogue through the archive into the main feed for the last month or so and got to shrek today and decided I needed a break to see what's new and I find bttf3 brilliant day 😁
Kureigu
2024-06-10 09:12:34 +0000 UTCi too, always wondered if Marty was cognizant about killing Buford and repercussions, if it wasn't for his arc of becoming a better person about being called chicken.
Frank Grimes
2024-06-09 11:59:13 +0000 UTCReal "We wanna give Lea ANYTHING to do in this movie" areas
Scmods
2024-06-09 07:52:31 +0000 UTCSomething must have came up with him prior to the guys having the scheduled recording, as he recorded watching it on Letterboxd on June 4th & gave it a 3.5 star rating
Cody Downs
2024-06-09 06:44:19 +0000 UTCDennis Quaids horrible Reagan should be retitled "A Reagan for All Seasons". It looks like it was directed by Steven Spielberg's non-union Mexican equivalent.
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2024-06-09 00:13:25 +0000 UTCAnd Bernie Lomax himself, Terry Kiser played H.G. Wells in Lois and Clark!
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2024-06-09 00:07:52 +0000 UTCThere was something about the McFly family in the Old West that made my brain hurt. Maggie McFly can't look like Lorraine, because when George marries her, she's Lorraine Baines, from a completely different family line, surely?
David Roach
2024-06-08 23:22:05 +0000 UTCZZ Top rules shut up.
Jonathan Beattie
2024-06-08 23:21:34 +0000 UTCProps to Steve for the foley work on Eric's letter. Chefs kiss.
Scmods
2024-06-08 23:01:00 +0000 UTCBloody Mary's Canadian cousin The Cesar. Exactly the same except it uses clamato instead of tomato juice. Now you've introduced the ocean to the equation and my god are you playing with fire
Matt
2024-06-08 20:58:31 +0000 UTCAnd I loved the ZZ Top riffs. But, I must take exception to the claim of just one good record. Pull up “Tres Hombres” and listen to just track 1 -> track 2. I think you’ll be..pleasantly surprised.
Samuel McGuire
2024-06-08 19:01:40 +0000 UTCAndrew, the pause before, “Huey’s got a couple of good records” was 🤌.
Samuel McGuire
2024-06-08 18:44:33 +0000 UTCI went to the IMDb page for that Reagan movie and had a legit jump scare when I saw who is playing Frank Sinatra
Chris Rose
2024-06-08 14:48:03 +0000 UTCi believe it's both bobs. They've said in interviews/commentary etc. that Universal can only make sequels/reboots once they're dead.
Frank Grimes
2024-06-08 03:48:52 +0000 UTCMalcolm McDowell plays H.G. Wells in Time After Time.
Jamie
2024-06-08 02:08:46 +0000 UTCYou guys may have commented it on it (I haven't listened to the episode yet), but mad respect to Zemeckis for refusing to reboot the franchise as long as he has the rights. There are so many horrifying scenarios – self-serious reverence, an AI-created Marty McFly, shit CGI – that are too depressing to contemplate.
Z
2024-06-08 01:44:48 +0000 UTCI have the cartoon series on DVD… it came with trilogy set. I’m not sure I ever watched it all the way through but I’m pretty sure the car doesn’t talk. There was a Biff Tannen Jr? Somebody who was absent from all three movies.
Ryan Horn
2024-06-08 00:17:53 +0000 UTCNo Eric?!?! Give my Patreon bucks back!
Andrew McCoy
2024-06-08 00:05:06 +0000 UTCI still think the fatigue of this one being released only 6 months after BTTF2 unfairly affected it's reception over the years. I was a teenager working at the cinema for both movies and while 2 had that blockbuster holiday release energy while 3 had more of a light summer afternoon matinee vibe. Not that there's anything wrong with that. But looking back I feel like 3 gets overlooked more than it would have been if they waited a couple years.
Scott Plackemeier
2024-06-07 23:31:34 +0000 UTC“Run for fun???”
Paul
2024-06-07 21:51:00 +0000 UTCBloody Caesars >>> Bloody Marys
Marty TC (child-sized Cardassian)
2024-06-07 20:35:22 +0000 UTCNever thought I could love these guys more but then Cabin nails the Madeline Kahn delivery of “get off me” from Clue.
jribs
2024-06-07 19:48:17 +0000 UTCSo off to youtube I went. Holy crap that kid really does it
Greg Vann
2024-06-07 19:29:16 +0000 UTCSometimes you just have to see a man about a horse, I guess.
Jason
2024-06-07 18:47:41 +0000 UTCWe need to close out LotR next.
Chris Tobias
2024-06-07 18:45:11 +0000 UTCSad Eric "Podcast for fun" couldn't be here for this.
Chris Tobias
2024-06-07 18:42:53 +0000 UTCThe love interest in 'The Fly 2' was none other than Daphne Zuniga! Princess Vespa and 'Joe' from Melrose place herself! :)
John King
2024-06-07 17:49:53 +0000 UTCI was so excited for this ep, the one on the first movie was my first we hate movies episode back in 2018
Jakob Ferguson
2024-06-07 17:09:31 +0000 UTCThe entire bit about Doc ruling the town with an iron fist or taking it over is hilarious given that was actually a bad timeline in the old Telltale Back to the Future game as Citizen Brown.
Voror
2024-06-07 16:48:15 +0000 UTCON THE RIGHT TRACK is the Gary Coleman theatrical film I saw. Jesus I need a drink.
Mark Ibarra
2024-06-07 16:34:48 +0000 UTCNo, but only because I'm old enough to have seen TKWTBH in theaters, in addition to OH HEAVENLY DOG and OH GOD, BOOK 2. It was a weird era for quasi-religious family movies produced by major studios without a whiff of politicization. EDIT holy shit I just remembered that TKWTBH was a TV movie. Now I'm wondering what I did actually confuse it with.
Mark Ibarra
2024-06-07 16:29:37 +0000 UTCI'm going to be that asshole who comments with two solid hours left to hear but I've got to know: is anyone else just now realizing that The Heavenly Kid and The Kid with the Broken Halo are different movies? Because TKWTBH is baked into my memory as one of those "Walked past it I'm Blockbuster and said 'No'" movies.
Erin Hardy
2024-06-07 16:23:15 +0000 UTCAlive ‘93 has the best plane crash scene
Kevin Lynch
2024-06-07 16:11:44 +0000 UTCRegarding Here. I work for the Post facility that is doing color correction and deliverables (theatrical, home video) files for it. From what I've seen, it's an ambitious take on an experimental comic book that is highly lauded. Time will tell if this bucks his sour streak
Gino Volpe
2024-06-07 15:25:12 +0000 UTCIt's nice that they're covering for Eric, but I suspect he just fell into a giant pile of manure again. Or he's just plain CHICKEN...
johnny stocker
2024-06-07 15:24:39 +0000 UTCThe Reagan impressions are back and as brutal as ever!
Dominic Kovell
2024-06-07 15:11:48 +0000 UTCOh man. I have not heard of The Ground Round in years. Surprisingly there are a few left still operating.
TJ Gaines
2024-06-07 15:11:05 +0000 UTCI fully believe that bane impression takes a solid ten hours off of Steve's life every time he does it
G Goldhar
2024-06-07 14:52:37 +0000 UTCAnnoying novelization Notes? Sure thing! When was the last time Doc got laid? About a week before the first movie. There was a female honeypot in the Libyan terrorist cell. Nothing like an episode that makes me immediately want to watch the movie again. Great job, hopefully Eric can fix the time machine in time for the next one.
Mark Ibarra
2024-06-07 13:59:37 +0000 UTCStole this from YouTube. One Barspoon Cayenne Powder, One Barspoon Chili Flake, Two or Three Barspoons Onion Powder, Two Barspoons Mustard Seed, Four Barspoons Tabasco Sauce, Muddle & Grind 1 oz. or 30 ml. Olive Brine, 2 oz. or 60 ml. Bourbon, Shake over Ice. Pour unstrained into mug top with seltzer. Garnish with chili pepper
Ray
2024-06-07 13:22:54 +0000 UTCBuford Tannen is a psychopathic killer, but so hwhut
DMAC
2024-06-07 12:14:12 +0000 UTCHighly overhated movie. I prefer 1 and 2 personally, but it's deranged to bitch that your time travel movie went too far into the past lol
Alex Murica
2024-06-07 11:24:32 +0000 UTCThis makes me happier than a Buford covered in spit
thecaptainofdeath
2024-06-07 11:14:20 +0000 UTCand the greatest Trilogy of All time is complete. BttF 3 was the only one of the trilogy I got to see in theaters in real time with my uncle, so it holds a special place in my heart, despite at the time, I didn't appreciate the film after the awesomeness/future of BttF 2. But over time, I've grown to love the film, it's a great bookend to the trilogy and homage to westerns.
Frank Grimes
2024-06-07 10:14:03 +0000 UTCFantastic can’t wait to listen. This is the one I’ve seen the most, we had the vhs for pt3 only. And like temple of doom nostalgia tells me this is the best of the three. It’s not, and many consider it a horrible ending to a great start. But there’s soo many great things in this film. Clara standing on the station as the train steams in, the Eastwood references, Thomas Wilson goes next level acting in this one, and we can all do with that wake up juice recipe ha ha.
Brad Mull
2024-06-07 10:12:35 +0000 UTCHappy Friday y'all
Marty TC (child-sized Cardassian)
2024-06-07 10:06:09 +0000 UTC
