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Title: Back To The Future
Post by: gloom-glaam on May 31, 2006, 03:25:35 pm
what ozma and pzma related songs songs are about the Back To The Future trilogy?
I think Lorraine might
but i'm pretty sure there are others
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Jeff42 on May 31, 2006, 03:31:28 pm
Quote from: CantelopeSkiz on May 31, 2006, 03:25:35 pm
I think Lorraine might
You think? :P

"10:04 PM" by Daniel Brummel and the Contraband is "another one about Back to the Future."  Also, "Gameover" has the line "where we go, we don't need roads."
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: gloom-glaam on May 31, 2006, 04:54:31 pm
yeah, that's pretty much as far as i am
but lorraine is in love with kelvin klein remember
as the character lorraine was in back to the future
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Zombie Don Ho on May 31, 2006, 05:57:43 pm
he was being sarcastic.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: gloom-glaam on May 31, 2006, 06:14:58 pm
ooooooooooo
good call
mon bad
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on May 31, 2006, 07:48:11 pm
Yeah, there is absolutely no doubt that "Lorraine" is about BTTF.
- "she's in love with calvin klein" (obvious)
- "i'm rockin' out but i'm just making noise" (i'm not positive about this one, but i've speculated it's a refference to the infamous Johnny B. Goode performance)
- "Lorraine, my destiny" (a refference to the line george attempts to use on Lorraine, but fouls up)
- "16 years and what do you get?" (this one, if i'm right, it obscure.  it's clearly a refference to the song, 16 tons, but i think furthermore, it might be refferencing a part in the movie where the sign outside of the record store is advertising "16 tons" as a recent release.)
- "Party like it's 1955" (because BTTF takes place primarily in 1955)

I may post later with more from other songs if nobody beats me to them.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Kyosho on May 31, 2006, 07:53:36 pm
An obvious one is In Search of 1988. "Warp me back, at 88, if only for one day." You know, 88mph.

I know there's more, but that's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Quote from: Not Jason on May 31, 2006, 07:48:11 pm- "16 years and what do you get?" (this one, if i'm right, it obscure.  it's clearly a refference to the song, 16 tons, but i think furthermore, it might be refferencing a part in the movie where the sign outside of the record store is advertising "16 tons" as a recent release.)

Er..well.. Marty is 16 in BTTF, as is Lorraine and George in 1955. Supposed to be, at least. Maybe Lorraine and George are a little older, but I know Marty is supposed to be 16.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on May 31, 2006, 09:04:40 pm
Quote from: Kyosho on May 31, 2006, 07:53:36 pm
Quote from: Not Jason on May 31, 2006, 07:48:11 pm- "16 years and what do you get?" (this one, if i'm right, it obscure.Ã,  it's clearly a refference to the song, 16 tons, but i think furthermore, it might be refferencing a part in the movie where the sign outside of the record store is advertising "16 tons" as a recent release.)

Er..well.. Marty is 16 in BTTF, as is Lorraine and George in 1955. Supposed to be, at least. Maybe Lorraine and George are a little older, but I know Marty is supposed to be 16.

Well, yes, you're right, but our explanations are not mutually exclusive.  While I think there was a conscious nod to marty's suposed age (and i'm only assuming you're right, but I think you are, and he is 16 in the movie), the line is definitely a nod to the song in question.  It's very blatant.

"sixteen tons and whattayaget, another day older and deeper in debt"
"sexteen years and whattayaget, another ex and deeper in debt"
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on June 01, 2006, 09:54:37 am
do we have another "paul is dead" hoax at hand?
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 01, 2006, 02:23:56 pm
Quote from: I like ozma. on June 01, 2006, 09:54:37 am
do we have another "paul is dead" hoax at hand?

well, considering Daniel Brummel is very open about his BTTF influences, I wouldn't say this classifies similarly.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: /// on June 01, 2006, 10:30:59 pm
not to mention that Daniel cited the inspiration for Lorraine in the song meaning section of the old site.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Seb on June 02, 2006, 01:01:04 am
I don't think you can get much more blatant than Daniel saying "This is another song about Back to the Future" in the intro to one of the versions of "10.04pm".

Not least because, by saying "another", he suggests he's written more than one...
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 02, 2006, 03:49:20 am
And also, Paul is dead.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on June 02, 2006, 03:58:21 pm
william campbell is not however.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Nordel on June 03, 2006, 10:00:15 am
The Power of Love:
"The power of love is a curious thing
Make a one man weep, make another man sing"

Come Home Andrea:
"The world we live in is so interesting
Girl make a one man cry, make another man sing"
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on June 03, 2006, 10:43:49 am
is the power of love from back to the future?
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Nordel on June 03, 2006, 11:14:10 am
Yeah. It's at the very beginning when Marty is hookey-bobbing the jeep to get to school. It's also the song that his band plays in the audition for the school dance. It's in the closing credits as well I believe.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 03, 2006, 12:05:43 pm
And as far as I can tell, the song was originally released on the back to the future soundtrack.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: RaRPT on June 03, 2006, 09:35:07 pm
what a kickass song.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Fantastic Max on June 03, 2006, 10:27:34 pm
I think Huey Lewis was one of the judges at the talent show auditions.

I have the trilogy dvd box set thing, and I believe that was one of the things they mentioned.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Nordel on June 04, 2006, 08:30:59 am
"I'm sorry, you're just too darn loud."
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: ironbird on June 05, 2006, 05:40:17 pm
Quote from: Kyosho on May 31, 2006, 07:53:36 pm
An obvious one is In Search of 1988. "Warp me back, at 88, if only for one day." You know, 88mph.


back to 88 has nothing to do with bttf.  the song is based on a shirt  that one of the band members had and lost to a woman.  bttf didn't even take place in 1988, it took place in 85.  88 mph is important.  you should listen to the love apple song 88mph.

"warp me back to 88, if only for one day."
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 05, 2006, 06:24:01 pm
Quote from: ironbird on June 05, 2006, 05:40:17 pm
Quote from: Kyosho on May 31, 2006, 07:53:36 pm
An obvious one is In Search of 1988. "Warp me back, at 88, if only for one day." You know, 88mph.


back to 88 has nothing to do with bttf.Ã,  the song is based on a shirtÃ,  that one of the band members had and lost to a woman.Ã,  bttf didn't even take place in 1988, it took place in 85.Ã,  88 mph is important.Ã,  you should listen to the love apple song 88mph.

"warp me back to 88, if only for one day."

um...

you are partially right.  the song is based on a t-shirt that says "in search of 1988".  Miriam bought it and eventually gave it to Daniel.  I don't know about the "lost it to a girl" part.  I think that might have been imagined.

The line is "at 88" though.  Listen closely, it's definitely "at" and not "to".  It is most likely a refference to 88mph, the speed at which time travel occurs in back to the future.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on June 05, 2006, 07:50:09 pm
i wonder if their rarest song "Hey McFly!" has anything to do with back to the future.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Colt45 on June 05, 2006, 09:40:01 pm
Quote from: I like ozma. on June 05, 2006, 07:50:09 pm
i wonder if their rarest song "Hey McFly!" has anything to do with back to the future.


b-sides don't count dick
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 06, 2006, 12:11:17 am
Quote from: Colt45 on June 05, 2006, 09:40:01 pm
Quote from: I like ozma. on June 05, 2006, 07:50:09 pm
i wonder if their rarest song "Hey McFly!" has anything to do with back to the future.


b-sides don't count dick

B-Sides do count.

That's not actually a song right?  I've not been keeping up on the new stuff too religiously, so for all I know...
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Seb on June 06, 2006, 02:04:54 am
Quote from: Not Jason on June 03, 2006, 12:05:43 pm
And as far as I can tell, the song was originally released on the back to the future soundtrack.

Yes, it's basically the "theme" song. I've got the 7" single, and it's covered in BTTF logos and branding. Well spotted on the "make another man sing" line - I remember spotting that ages ago, but had forgotten about it.

Quote from: ironbird on June 05, 2006, 05:40:17 pm
Quote from: Kyosho on May 31, 2006, 07:53:36 pm
An obvious one is In Search of 1988. "Warp me back, at 88, if only for one day." You know, 88mph.

back to 88 has nothing to do with bttf.  the song is based on a shirt  that one of the band members had and lost to a woman.  bttf didn't even take place in 1988, it took place in 85.  88 mph is important.  you should listen to the love apple song 88mph.

"warp me back to 88, if only for one day."

You are, as Jason has pointed out, a world of wrong - yes, the song isn't about BTTF, but the "warp me back at 88" line is a clear reference.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on June 06, 2006, 08:08:26 am
Quote from: Colt45 on June 05, 2006, 09:40:01 pm
Quote from: I like ozma. on June 05, 2006, 07:50:09 pm
i wonder if their rarest song "Hey McFly!" has anything to do with back to the future.


b-sides don't count dick

isnt lorraine a "b-side"?
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: amish on June 06, 2006, 08:50:39 am
http://www.ozmafans.com/forum/index.php?topic=78.0

Track 1 of Songs of (In)Audible Trucks and Cars. Not a B-Side.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 06, 2006, 08:52:37 am
Quote from: I like ozma. on June 06, 2006, 08:08:26 am
Quote from: Colt45 on June 05, 2006, 09:40:01 pm
Quote from: I like ozma. on June 05, 2006, 07:50:09 pm
i wonder if their rarest song "Hey McFly!" has anything to do with back to the future.


b-sides don't count dick

isnt lorraine a "b-side"?

"B-side" is a tricky word, because technically it's not applicable to any of Ozma's catelog (B-Sides are non-album tracks released as extras on singles). Ã, However, it's been decades since anyone has really been uptight about that definition, so why should I bother being the exception. Ã, Anyway, "Lorraine" is generally considered a non-album track (or "b-side" if you swing that way). Ã, It was released officially both as a cassette single and on the demo album Songs of Inaudible Trucks and Cars, but both those items are so rare and ridiculously hard to find that they may as well not exist.

/nerdery
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Colt45 on June 06, 2006, 09:56:25 am
it was a joke. first off that's not a real song song and second Ozma have no b-sides.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: funwithsponges on June 06, 2006, 10:01:39 am
Yeah, but you could say that a lot of people have digital copies of that album, so it almost does count.

But of course, you could say that a lot of people have digital recordings of (any random artist's) b-sides, so maybe that's a slippery slope.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 06, 2006, 10:48:28 am
The closest things Ozma have to B-Sides are "Denise" and the Japanese version of "Utsuwhatever Shibuya" (sp?).  The reason I qualify those is that they didn't truely appear on any standard releases of Ozma records (I don't quite count the enhanced section of Spending Time, that's a fuzzy grey area.  However, they both appear on the Japanese releases of The Doubble Donkey Disc and Spending Time on the Borderline respectively.  They wouldn't qualify in the strict sense of being released on the flip side of a 7", but it's a solid argument in their favor.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Colt45 on June 06, 2006, 10:53:10 am
i'd qualify denise as a "rarity" rather than a "b-side."
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Seb on June 07, 2006, 12:10:47 am
Technically, the only officially-released B-side is probably "The Business of Getting Down". It's a genuine flipside of a genuinely officially released 7" single. Oh, and "Apple Trees" on the radio-promo of "Domino Effect".

But even though those are technically b-sides, they're not what people tend to consider b-sides because they were also released on albums.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: ironbird on June 07, 2006, 06:02:29 am
yes, you are right, they do say "warp me back at 88".  but the other line does say "1988 take me back to 1987."  lost/gave, its all the same.  lets not split hairs here!  my point was, and still is, that the song is not about bttf. 
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Seb on June 07, 2006, 07:48:38 am
Quote from: ironbird on June 07, 2006, 06:02:29 am
my point was, and still is, that the song is not about bttf.Ã, 

No-one disagreed with you on that, though - but you originally said it had "nothing to do with bttf", upon which people disagreed with you by stating that the line was in all probability a reference.

Only one actual Ozma song is fully about BTTF, and only one other Brummel song. But this thread seemed to have developed into discussing references in other songs - songs like Come Home Andrea, Gameover and so on, which aren't about the trilogy but have what are almost certainly references in them...
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Colt45 on June 07, 2006, 09:28:28 am
too bad brummel's favorite movie of the 1980's wasn't labrynth.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: noonchild on June 07, 2006, 12:58:19 pm
Quote from: Colt45 on June 07, 2006, 09:28:28 am
thank the good lord brummel's favorite movie of the 1980's wasn't labrynth.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: ironbird on June 07, 2006, 05:48:58 pm
so yes, i agree with you.  i made a wrong statement. 
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 08, 2006, 06:17:14 pm
Well, technically, "10:04 PM" isn't really even about the movie "Back To The Future."

Just wanted to stir up some shit like the old days. <3

I also have the live version of Dan saying just that--but the point of the song I believe was to tell a story that is only related to BTTF.Ã,  Certainly, the references to the movie are there, but the song is actually NOT about the movie, "Back to the Future."Ã,  If you listen to the lyrics it's clear that it's not talking in the first person about an experience in the movie like, for example, "Lorraine" is.

I don't know if it's appropriate to divulge song meanings on the forums when they're actually about personal experiences. :/Ã,  But my point is that if we're splitting hairs, "10:04 PM" isn't necessarily about BTTF.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 09, 2006, 02:29:05 am
Well, unless you have inside information from Dan that was told to you in what you believe was assumed confidence, I don't see the harm in talking about interpretations of the song.

I personally have no such inside information.  It seems to me that first off, 10:04 PM isn't a very lyrically dense song.  It's verses are short, but for the most part, don't have a lot to do with back to the future.  The chorus is pretty direct though.

"At ten oh four something happens that will take you and your love away from me, at ten oh four something happens and I'll tell you what your future's gonna be, oh that you're not coming home or your coming on home to me"... that is just my interpretation from distant memory, I may have fucked up some words.

Whatever that chorus is actually intended to mean, it definitely uses back to the future as more than a passing refference.  There may be some kind of metaphor (i frequently misapply the word "metaphor", so appologies if this is such a case) in those lines, but I think on at least a superficial level, the chorus is ABOUT back to the future in a somewhat undeniable way.

I don't really know what the fuck I'm talking about mind you.  It just seemed like the kind of argument I should pointlessly involve myself in.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 09, 2006, 09:30:46 am


It's not even as "deep" as a metaphor.  But yeah, not that there are many lyrics, but if you pay attention to some of the lyrics they don't really apply to "BTTF" at all.

Anyway, I sent you a PM Jason.

Mod edit: No karma discussion in topic threads, thank you.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 09, 2006, 10:57:40 am
well, like I said, it's pretty obvious that "I'll wear my tux, you wear your gown, we'll take a rented limo down, to where they filmed the lightning scene, you'll be hillvalley's queen" is not about back to the future.  And I think it's pretty easy to speculate what it probably actually is about.  Other than apparently sharing a set with bttf, those lyrics don't connect with any part of the movie.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: tis not mike other on June 09, 2006, 05:05:56 pm
Quote from: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 08, 2006, 06:17:14 pm
Well, technically, "10:04 PM" isn't really even about the movie "Back To The Future."

Just wanted to stir up some shit like the old days. <3

I also have the live version of Dan saying just that--but the point of the song I believe was to tell a story that is only related to BTTF.Ã,  Certainly, the references to the movie are there, but the song is actually NOT about the movie, "Back to the Future."Ã,  If you listen to the lyrics it's clear that it's not talking in the first person about an experience in the movie like, for example, "Lorraine" is.

I don't know if it's appropriate to divulge song meanings on the forums when they're actually about personal experiences. :/Ã,  But my point is that if we're splitting hairs, "10:04 PM" isn't necessarily about BTTF.

I agree with what your saying. Thats what I thought of the song before. I would higher your karma if I could Sammuel.  The constant lowered karma points for not too aperant reasons get anoying,
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: noonchild on June 09, 2006, 05:40:24 pm
Just because no one has come out and said it yet... isn't the song about (or for arguments sake, mostly about) a date Daniel had... prom I believe... where he took his date to universal studios??Ã,  I've been on the tour there and they still have the set from the movie up.Ã,  It's vauge but that's what I remember.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 09, 2006, 06:36:38 pm
Quote from: =Oatmeal= on June 09, 2006, 05:05:56 pm
I agree with what your saying. Thats what I thought of the song before. I would higher your karma if I could Sammuel.Ã,  The constant lowered karma points for not too aperant reasons get anoying,

thanks!  but dude, as I recall, you've promised SOOO many people +1's and you're almost to that status, so you'd better remember all those +1's you owe!!!


Noonchild:  Sounds good to me.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Fantastic Max on June 10, 2006, 08:17:12 pm
Quote from: noonchild on June 09, 2006, 05:40:24 pm
Just because no one has come out and said it yet... isn't the song about (or for arguments sake, mostly about) a date Daniel had... prom I believe... where he took his date to universal studios??Ã,  I've been on the tour there and they still have the set from the movie up.Ã,  It's vauge but that's what I remember.
Yeah, a lot of that movie was filmed at that set, the whole 50s scenes, and the clock-tower is still there. It's permanent, because I've seen it in various music videos and on tv shows...one example is the Offspring video "Why Don't You Get A Job" they walk past the clock-tower.

But I have never heard anything about Dan taking his prom date to Universal Studios.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 10, 2006, 08:54:29 pm


Anyway, I too have been to the clock tower-- twice.  OMG.  It was one of the defining moments of my life.  Once when I was five, and once, ten years later.  I can die happy now.

Anyway, check this shit out:

(http://12.168.39.227/railandsky%2Dcom/photo/ozmafrog.jpg)

Yeah, that's right.  Along with seeing the actual BTTF clocktower, all of Ozma & Satisfaction signed my toad. 

Mod edit: STOP FUCKING WHINING ABOUT KARMA IN MY TOPIC THREADS, GOD FUCKING DAMMIT!
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: kitten on June 11, 2006, 12:01:10 am
wait, you brought that with you?  did you have to check it, or was it carry on?  where do you live again?
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 11, 2006, 01:46:22 am
KEEP IT COMING, BITCHES!


Not you, Samantha. <3 :)Ã,  To answer your question, no, I didn't bring it with me.Ã,  I'm not that crazy.Ã,  I bought it at a thrift store right before the San Diego show.Ã,  Then I realized it would be cool to have everyone sign it.Ã,  Bringing it home, I did keep it bundled in my checked luggage.Ã,  And, for some reason, I had one of those "YOUR BAG HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY AIRLINE SECURITY" stickers when I finally got to Baltimore.Ã,  I'm assuming it was either because of my Ozma toad or this huge rock that I brought home from some reason.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: funwithsponges on June 11, 2006, 10:44:03 am
Usually, Samuel, complaining about karma = people lower it just to spite you.  You are not your karma.


Mod edit: Yes, let this be the last post connected to karma.  All other mentions of the word in this topic thread will be deleted.  I only left this intact to advise why it is happening.

Please read the rules.  Thank you.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: tis not mike other on June 11, 2006, 11:51:48 am
Quote from: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 10, 2006, 08:54:29 pm


Anyway, I too have been to the clock tower-- twice.Ã,  OMG.Ã,  It was one of the defining moments of my life.Ã,  Once when I was five, and once, ten years later.Ã,  I can die happy now.

Anyway, check this shit out:

(http://12.168.39.227/railandsky%2Dcom/photo/ozmafrog.jpg)

Yeah, that's right.Ã,  Along with seeing the actual BTTF clocktower, all of Ozma & Satisfaction signed my toad.Ã,  So fuck you karma-lowering-bastards.Ã,  I don't care, about your petty bullshit.Ã,  You're stuck with me whether you like it or not.

Wow Ryen signed with an exlimation point.I never seen him do that before. Thats cool. Who was the one that signed the butt I cant make it out?
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on June 11, 2006, 12:56:38 pm
i believe the correct term is "sang"
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 11, 2006, 01:45:55 pm
Quote from: funwithsponges on June 11, 2006, 10:44:03 am
Usually, Samuel, complaining about karma = people lower it just to spite you.Ã,  You are not your karma.

Mod edit: Yes, let this be the last post connected to karma.Ã,  All other mentions of the word in this topic thread will be deleted.Ã,  I only left this intact to advise why it is happening.

Please read the rules.Ã,  Thank you.

Sorry, I didn't read the rules.Ã,  :/Ã,  And yeah, I know why "it" happens.Ã,  :PÃ,  It's cool.Ã,  I like you all anyway.  --Except for Tim, but I can say that only 'cause he doesn't have the internet anymore.  Don't worry guys, he's not dead.

And that's Jose's sig.Ã,  He went straight for the butt.


--And I love how I'm not allowed to talk about "you-know-what," but no one complains about all the "FUCK YOUs" and other 4-letter-word insults I've been throwing out to fellow OFFers.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: heysarahsarah on June 11, 2006, 04:36:50 pm
I have also repeatidly reminded boarders to try and play nice.  Honestly, this shouldn't be a difficult forum to mod.  I'm not going to delete EVERY flame, since most are in jest, but I AM going to delete stupid karma babble in topic threads because it is childish and distracting.   The rules state not to discuss it in topic threads, so if you wish to cry about not being internet popular on an indie band message board, please limit such emo-ness to OT.


/mod post
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 12, 2006, 03:17:53 am
mod post

though an unpopular view amongst my moderating peers, I support almost total posting anarchy.*

/mod post.

*unless it annoys me.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 13, 2006, 03:41:28 pm
Seriously though guys, (I think this is on topic):  How many of you have been on the Back To The Future RIDE @ Universal Hollywood?  I wonder if Ozma will ever write a song about the ride??  I have a photo of me in front of the actual Delorean! --or so they claim.   It probably says that same shit in Florida. 

I'm assuming Ozma has been on that ride, so that's cool too.

I LOVE THAT RIDE!!!
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: noonchild on June 13, 2006, 04:32:27 pm
Quote from: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 13, 2006, 03:41:28 pm
Seriously though guys, (I think this is on topic):Ã,  How many of you have been on the Back To The Future RIDE @ Universal Hollywood?Ã,  I wonder if Ozma will ever write a song about the ride??Ã,  I have a photo of me in front of the actual Delorean! --or so they claim.Ã,  Ã, It probably says that same shit in Florida.Ã, 

I'm assuming Ozma has been on that ride, so that's cool too.

I LOVE THAT RIDE!!!

I've only ridden the ride once, some foriegn dude was sitting next to us filming everything with his video camera.  During the ride about every 10 seconds some guy would come over an intercom saying "please, no video or cameras" but they dude being foriegn didn't understand him.  It pretty much ruined the ride.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Bob511 on June 13, 2006, 04:58:55 pm
The fact that you can see the other cars on the ride kind of ruins it, too.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 13, 2006, 05:15:44 pm
Quote from: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 13, 2006, 03:41:28 pm
Seriously though guys, (I think this is on topic):Ã,  How many of you have been on the Back To The Future RIDE @ Universal Hollywood?Ã,  I wonder if Ozma will ever write a song about the ride??Ã,  I have a photo of me in front of the actual Delorean! --or so they claim.Ã,  Ã, It probably says that same shit in Florida.Ã, 

I'm assuming Ozma has been on that ride, so that's cool too.

I LOVE THAT RIDE!!!

well, there was no delorian in florida when I was there (at least not the last time I was there, probably mid nineties), but they did have this (circa 91 I think):

(http://www.umit.maine.edu/~jason.unterreiner/images/jasonbttftrain3.JPG)
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: FireAarro on June 13, 2006, 11:18:40 pm
Quote from: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 13, 2006, 03:41:28 pm
Seriously though guys, (I think this is on topic):  How many of you have been on the Back To The Future RIDE @ Universal Hollywood?  I wonder if Ozma will ever write a song about the ride??  I have a photo of me in front of the actual Delorean! --or so they claim.   It probably says that same shit in Florida. 

I'm assuming Ozma has been on that ride, so that's cool too.

I LOVE THAT RIDE!!!

I've been on that ride, I dunno if it was there though. I was like 3. I have some coin souvenier from it.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 13, 2006, 11:20:53 pm
Quote from: Not Jason on June 13, 2006, 05:15:44 pm
Quote from: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 13, 2006, 03:41:28 pm
Seriously though guys, (I think this is on topic):Ã,  How many of you have been on the Back To The Future RIDE @ Universal Hollywood?Ã,  I wonder if Ozma will ever write a song about the ride??Ã,  I have a photo of me in front of the actual Delorean! --or so they claim.Ã,  Ã, It probably says that same shit in Florida.Ã, 

I'm assuming Ozma has been on that ride, so that's cool too.

I LOVE THAT RIDE!!!

well, there was no delorian in florida when I was there (at least not the last time I was there, probably mid nineties), but they did have this (circa 91 I think):

(http://www.umit.maine.edu/~jason.unterreiner/images/jasonbttftrain3.JPG)

Holy shit!!Ã,  Where was this?Ã,  At Universal???Ã,  I know Universal in Orlando got the BTTF ride much later than in L.A.Ã,  If I had to guess I'd say it was around 93 or 94... :/Ã,  But I dunno-- but the one in L.A. was definitely there in 1991/1992.

Anyway, I didn't know they had the train down there!Ã,  I'm so jealous!

I'd post the photo of me in L.A. in front of the delorean, but I look like a girl and I'm so pale you'd all flip out.

My tie in with Ozma here: The photo of me in 2000 in front of the BTTF Delorean was taken just 3 days BEFORE I got back from L.A. and heard my first Ozma song. Ã, Little did I know how powerfully OZMA would connect to my previous BTTF fascinations. Ã, It was as if the flux capacitor is not only what makes time travel possible, but what makes my very life have the significance that it does. Ã, When I look at the photo (which I'm too embarrassed to post), it briefly makes me short of breath; the idea that I'm looking at a version of myself before I knew Ozma and all it's wonder is frightening, but enlightening. Ã, Could the ticking hands of the clock have really been all that kept me from OZMA until 2000? Ã, Is it that I always knew the band? --just not yet. Ã, Certainly, that's what it feels like.
Perhaps time is nothing more than many curtains, waiting patiently for the gusts of the Earth's rotations to blow them away-- off of the curtain rods to display the truths that have forever been there-- but inevitably shrouded in mystery.Ã,  Until one day, my friends.Ã,  Until one day.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 14, 2006, 12:10:04 am
That's me and my sister in Orlando.  I was in third grade at the time that trip was made, and since we always went to Florida in the spring, that probably would have been spring of 1992.  I am pretty sure that at the time of that photo the Back to the Future ride did exist.  I know for a fact the ride was there in 1995.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: lonely_hearts on June 14, 2006, 11:00:47 am
Quote from: Samuel <3 OZMA on June 13, 2006, 03:41:28 pm
I have a photo of me in front of the actual Delorean! --or so they claim. It probably says that same shit in Florida.

There was a DeLorean in Orlando May 2003. I can't recall if it was the DeLorean, though.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Fantastic Max on June 15, 2006, 09:46:30 am
Quote from: Bob511 on June 13, 2006, 04:58:55 pm
The fact that you can see the other cars on the ride kind of ruins it, too.
Yeah, that ride did, in fact, suck balls. It's crappier than Star Tours, but at least Star Tours is classic, and I feel compelled to go on it everytime.

But anyways..yeah, the cars in front of you thing..that's pretty bad.
But then again, I went like midway through highschool, so the wonder and hype were gone, I guess.
Jurrasic Park was pretty kickin, though. ET sucked balls too. You're like on a huge bike that holds like 5 people or so..so bad.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Not Jason on June 15, 2006, 10:21:40 am
i liked the bttf ride.  so long as you don't lean forward and look sideways you don't really see the other cars.  it's not like ET or something where it's impossible to suspend any disbelief at all.  I've always looked for some way to fit the events from that ride into normal bttf continuity.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on June 15, 2006, 11:53:21 am
yeah i liked it better, plus youre not stuck with 20 other people you dont know, just 3 or 4
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: savewhatyouare on June 15, 2006, 05:38:39 pm
im quite sad that they tore down ET to make room for Mummy. ET was classic. I loved the video with Speilberg in the beginning, advertising that AT&T card that they dont pass out anymore. I also loved how during the final days of the ride, they kept screwing up the names ET says at the end.

i heard the mummy is kicking though.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Fantastic Max on June 19, 2006, 08:53:55 pm
Mummy looks scary   :-\
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Bob511 on June 21, 2006, 11:42:08 am
Quote from: ozmacity on June 15, 2006, 09:46:30 amYeah, that ride did, in fact, suck balls. It's crappier than Star Tours, but at least Star Tours is classic, and I feel compelled to go on it everytime.
Star Tours is pretty awesome, but at least in Anaheim the video they use is very well-worn, blurry, and the audio muddy, so the ride is definitely showing its age.  Switching from whatever fifteen-year-old video cassette they use now to a digital projector with a restored print, and revamping the approach a bit would go a long ways.  Now that Space Mountain is renovated, I can't imagine Tours is all that far behind.

Still one of my favorite and most immersive rides at the park.
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: noonchild on June 21, 2006, 03:11:33 pm
I'd be willing to bet i've ridden on Star Tours well over 50 times and never sat in the front rowÃ,  :'(
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: tis not mike other on September 20, 2006, 10:08:53 pm
Look at this!:
http://www.bttf.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-21921.html
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: noonchild on September 20, 2006, 10:49:01 pm
Quote from: =Oatmeal= on September 20, 2006, 10:08:53 pm
Look at this!:
http://www.bttf.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-21921.html

An bunch of meaningless outdated messages, awesome!
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: Jeff42 on September 21, 2006, 06:54:45 am
Quote from: noonchild on September 20, 2006, 10:49:01 pm
Quote from: =Oatmeal= on September 20, 2006, 10:08:53 pm
Look at this!:
http://www.bttf.com/forums/archive/index.php?t-21921.html

An bunch of meaningless outdated messages, awesome!
Well, I thought it was interesting!
Title: Re: Back To The Future
Post by: I like ozma on September 21, 2006, 09:54:24 pm
as did i