Seriously—where is it?
I’m disappointed. Why? Because the year 2015 is inching dangerously closer, and I see that society has made little to no progress in bringing a flying DeLorean into existence.
For far too long I’ve held the movie Back to the Future blameless, but today I’m going to take a rare reversal on that opinion. Let me explain:
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you went back in time to tell your younger self about all of the wonderful achievements (hopefully you have a few) you’ll eventually go on to accomplish? Of course, this would all be done with the best of intentions—what’s wrong with encouraging yourself? In reality, the consequences would likely be disastrous, because the younger version of you would have no motivation to work towards something. After all, he (in his infinite naïvity) thinks that all this will happen without any additional effort on his part. Instead of studying, he’ll head out to party with his friends every night. His life will be lived with reckless abandon, thus creating an alternate reality where he doesn’t achieve all of these wonderful things. Think 1985b, but worse.
This is what I believe happened to the concept of the flying DeLorean. Its downfall was its inclusion in the movie. For far too long (25 years!), society has rested upon its laurels, content with the fact that one day they would have a stainless steel, gull-winged beauty to grace their skies. Well, the way I see it, it’s not going to happen.
Way to go, universe.
