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stopping the series at part III


I wonder if zemekis and gale did this because Universal forced a sequel?

, back to the future could have turned in to a major number of sequels like the elm streets or star trek movies or maybe that's what they both didn't like too









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I think it was for the best. After all, we aren't getting a boat load of sequels to Lord of the Rings. We did get the Hobbit trilogy, and that was it.

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this has aged very very poorly

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Could it have had anything to do with Michael J. Fox already showing early symptoms of Parkinson's disease while filming Part II? Although he was not diagnosed till 1991, after the third movie was released, he mentioned that while recreating the guitar playing for the dance scene, his arm would not work the same as it did two years earlier and he had extreme difficulty recreating the scene. It could be the director or other people close to the film were aware of this.

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Yeah, had MJF not gotten ill then I think they would've rebooted BTTF in the 2000s like they did with Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

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Yes, his illness was tragic.

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I enjoy the sequel to the movies on X-Box 360.

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Nothing should exceed an original and two sequels.

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I know money talks, and they could've kept going for as long as the series was profitable.

But, personally I preferred that they stopped after 3. The story had come to a conclusion, and it didn't feel like there was anywhere else to go. You could've had further adventures of Doc And Family on his train, I suppose. But it'd have felt like a retread. The ending for each chracter seemed fairly happy. Why do more when you've come to a natural conclusion?

They tied it up fairly well after three, I don't se the need for more.

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