Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. Soon afterward, an urban legend arose that back to the future part ii had predicted that a team from miami would win the world series in 1997. A 1981 delorean modeled after the car used in the movie back to the future and on display at the museum will be given away if the chicago cubs win the world series this year. Fox learns in 2015 that the cubs have just won the world series against miami after starting the season with 100to1 odds. Did back to the future predict chicago cubs world series. Louis, mo ktvi a lot of people are rooting for the chicago cubs because of a prediction made in the movie back to the future ii. Feb 03, 2015 chicago twentysix years after its theatrical release, back to the future part ii still resonates with chicago cubs fans because it depicted the team as world series champion in 2015.
Feb 15, 2017 the presidents rise to power is hinted at when film baddie biff goes into politics credit. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. In the movie, back to the future ii which came out in 1989, there is a scene where the chicago cubs won the 2015 world series against the miami gators. Unfortunately the 2015 cubs were swept out of the playoffs by the new york mets, dashing any hope of a back to the future part ii prediction of a world series for chicagos most beleaguered team. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs will win. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Back to the future writer says 2015 cubs prediction no. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in.
The interview also turned up a few interesting ironies connecting the movie and the real 2015 cubs. Oct 07, 2015 the screenwriter of back to the future part ii which famously had the cubs winning the world series in 2015 meant it as a joke. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908, only one year off from the 2015 victory gale and back to the.
That would be a call back to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set in 2015. Ok, so the film predicted the cubs would get their first world series championship in over a century in 2015 against the miami gators, a team that doesnt exist. Chicago tom wilson, aka biff from back to the future, drove the delorean to wrigleyville friday morning to deliver the news in person. Oct 21, 2015 the cubs hadnt won the world series in 81 years, and miami didnt even have a baseball team. The chicago cubs were swept out of the playoffs on oct. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win. Jan 01, 2015 back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. Michael j fox says back to the future predicted chicago cubs.
Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in. Back to the future cocreator bob gale explains why he had the chicago cubs winning the 2015 world series in back to the future part ii. Back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j. Part 2, michaels character, marty mcfly, time travels to october 21, 2015, where he discovers to his bewilderment that the baseball team had finally won the world series. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to the future prediction you dont have to believe everything hollywood says, but cubs fans do. Back to the future got a bunch of things right about 2015.
Back to the future ii predicted cubs win 2015 world. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Was the only thing back to the future part ii predicted accurately about the future the. Back to the future screenwriter says cubs world series win. But, in this timeline, the cubs did win the world series over miami. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins.
When the cubs win the world series, bring in the tomato plants. It is, then, hard to sustain success but i believe the cubs will get back to the world series at least once more over the next few seasons. In 1989, when back to the future part ii came out, the chicago cubs had not won a world series in 81 years and miami did not have a major. But when predicting the future almost three decades out you deserve some credit for just getting really close.
Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs. On wednesday night, the cubs won their first world series title since 1908, only one year off from the 2015 victory gale and back to the future director robert zemeckis. Cubs 2015 world series champions says back to the future. In 1989, when back to the future part ii came out, the chicago cubs had not won a world series in 81 years and miami did not have a major league baseball franchise. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to. Cubs go back to the future by winning 2015 world series. Gale said the prediction grew out of the plotline in which primary.
Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win duration. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. So its no wonder marty mcfly was so surprised when he fastforwarded to oct. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in 1989 when. The 111th edition of the world series, it was a bestofseven playoff between the national league nl champion new york mets and the american league al champion kansas city royals. Whats most amazing about the cubs win, though, is not just the general fact that they broke their overcentury long streak, but they did it only a year after it was predicted to happen in 1989s back to the future ii. According to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners.
Mar 30, 2011 back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win duration. Oct 21, 2015 sorry to burst the bubbles of cubs fans, back to the future fans and fans of sheer randomness, but ive got some bad news for you. That would be a callback to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set in 2015. In 1908 the chicago cubs beat the detroit tigers in the series. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale predicted the cubs would win the 2015 world series but is a lifelong cardinals fan. It was predicted in back to the future part ii so it must be true. Oh, it predicts it in the 2015 to which marty and doc originally travel, but if. Back to the future writer who predicted 2015 cubs world series win is cards fan. Back to the future screenwriter bob gale happy for cubs, but.
Oct 16, 2015 in back to the future part ii, the character terry, played by charles fleischer, tells mcfly that he wishes he could go back in time and bet on the cubs to win the world series at 100 to 1 odds. The date that they go to in the future is oct 21, 2015. Oct 14, 2015 back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back.
Back to the future ii said that when the year 2015. Jan 09, 2019 the cubs need to win four of five games to make it to the world series and keep a back to the future part ii prediction alive. Christopher lloyd says he wants to throw the first pitch if the cubs make it to the big game. When the movie back to the future ii came out in 1989, the joke was selfevident. That is, if the chicago cubs win tuesday against the cleveland. But now things have changed, and thats ok, he says.
The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in the. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. Oct 15, 2003 in one of the back to the future movies, doc christopher lloyd predicts that the cubs will win the world series in 2003. Oct 02, 2015 chicago tom wilson, aka biff from back to the future, drove the delorean to wrigleyville friday morning to deliver the news in person. The chicago cubs world series drought was only 81 years long in 1989 when back to the future part ii hit movie theaters with another installment of doc browns and marty mcflys time. Oct 16, 2015 more important, at least for film fans not from chicago, a cubs world series championship would make one imagined element of back to the future iis 2015 a reality. In back to the future part ii, the character terry, played by charles fleischer, tells mcfly that he wishes he could go back in time and bet on the cubs to win the world series at 100to1 odds. Oct 16, 2015 back to the future cowriter bob gale on the prediction in 1989s back to the future ii of a chicago cubs world series win in 2015. In 22 seasons in the big leagues, the colorado rockies have yet to win a world series. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that the cubs would win the world series in 2015 something thats growing less likely in our current year, but is still technically possible.
Back to future ii writer discusses cubs prediction. Back to the future ii has some unique takes on life in 2015. Back to the future part ii was off by one year, but parks and recreation nailed it as crazy as it is to say out loud, the chicago cubs finally, finally won the world series wednesday night. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in 2015. Were one year on from back to the future day, which marked the date marty.
On october 21, 2015, in the original timeline, they completed a five game sweep. In the 1989 film back to the future ii, marty mcfly traveled to oct. They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep the cubs came back in 2016 and dominated the season with the best record in baseball. You know, there really is, like a 14 to 1 possibility. Fox travel to the year 2015, and the cubs winning the world series was considered one of the movies more outlandish predictions. Bob gale weighs in on the historic win, which was kinda predicted way back in 1989s back to the future ii.
The cubs winning the world series and president trump. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. The cardinals are the team supported by back to the future writer bob gale. Dec 26, 2014 in the 1989 movie back to the future part ii, marty mcfly michael j. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series. In 2016, the cubs would win the world series, defeating the cleveland indians.
Oct 16, 2015 christopher lloyd says he wants to throw the first pitch if the cubs make it to the big game. By now, youve probably watched back to the future ii and know the scene in the 1989 movie where marty mcfly realizes the cubs won the 2015 world series. Fox salutes chicago cubs on world series win with back to the future ii reference. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubs marlins. Nov 02, 2016 the chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future part ii in 1989 that theyd win the world series in 2015. Cubs predicted as 2015 world series champs part one takes place in october 1985, so were going to jump ahead to 2015, and theres no bigger sports event in october than the world series, and there was no more insane, outrageous, unbelievable thing to have happen than to have the cubs win it, gale says with a laugh. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. The screenwriter of 1989s back to the future part ii which famously has the cubs winning the 2015 world series meant it as a joke. Sorry to burst the bubbles of cubs fans, back to the future fans and fans of sheer randomness, but ive got some bad news for you. Back in 1989, back to the future part ii predicted that the cubs would win the 2015 world series, reported cnn news. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win youtube.
Cubs out of world series on back to the future day. The movie says that the cubs win the world series, but they actually are eliminated on oct 21, 2015. Bob gale cowrote the back to the future trilogy with director robert zemeckis, which predicted the chicago cubs would win the world series in 2015. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. And the cubs winning the world series got a big laugh from audiences. In back to the future ii, in 2015, the queen of england is diana. The chicago cubs hadnt won the world series since 1908, so it was an amusing prediction to make in back to the future part ii in 1989 that theyd win the world series in 2015. Back to the future screenwriter says cubs world series win ruins classic joke. Did back to the future predict world series winner. Things are so crazy in the faroff world of 2015 that the chicago cubs win the world series. Oct 20, 2015 5 ways back to the future ii predicted 2015 the 1989 adventure was right about consumer tech and maybe even the world series. Oct 07, 2015 cubs win world series back to the future josiah matthews. Here are five reasons why the cubs, who will face the pirates in pittsburgh on wednesday in the national league wild card game presented by budweiser, live on tbs.
The cubs, the mets and that back to the future ii prediction for 2015 back to the future ii predicts cubs win 2015 world series by neil best neil. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future part ii. The 2015 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2015 season. There is still a chance the cubs could win the world series in 2015. The cubs still have a shot to win the world series in this. Nov 09, 2014 back to the future, a fantastic science fiction fantasy films that told the story of marty mcfly and his ability to bend time at his will, predicted that the 2015 world series champions would be. Fox reminds fans back to the future predicted chicago cubs would win world series in 2015. The chicago cubs are going to win the 2015 world series. Oct 07, 2015 chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to the future prediction you dont have to believe everything hollywood says, but cubs fans do. Although there is no teams called the miami gators, the chicago cubs have a 15 to 1 chance of winning the world series this year and if they can make a playoff spot either as. One of the funnier or at least seemingly farfetched future related jokes of back to the future hinged on the fact that perennially beatendown chicago cubs were in line to win the world series.
That gets us to 2015, the year that back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world series. More important, at least for film fans not from chicago, a cubs world series championship would make one imagined element of back to the future iis 2015 a reality. Chicago cubs will win 2015 world series vs miami marlins. The presidents rise to power is hinted at when film baddie biff goes into politics credit. According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. The chicago cubs have not won the world series in more than 100 years, according to the huffington post. They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep. Nov 03, 2016 but now things have changed, and thats ok, he says. Back to the future cowriter bob gale on the prediction in 1989s back to the future ii of a chicago cubs world series win in 2015.
They will win the world series back 2 the future ii says sobetter go place a large wager like biff. Did back to the future ii predict chicago cubs 2015 world series success. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction. The daily herald of arlington heights caught up with back to the future ii screenwriter bob gale, who explained the origin of the cubs famous futuristic cameo. Will the chicago cubs win the world series in 2015.