Mar 03, 2015 if the chicago cubs win the 2015 world series this fall, as predicted in back to the future part ii, you could be the proud new owner of a delorean time machine, the famous hover car. Did back to the future ii predict the chicago cubs world. Mar 30, 2011 back to the future part 2 2 12 movie clip. Did back to the future ii predict chicago cubs 2015 world series success. This inspires marty to pick up a sports almanac during. It remains to be seen if the world series championship part of the prediction will come to pass. Jan 01, 2015 back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015. By now, everybody knows the cubs were predicted to win the 2015 world series in the movie back to the future ii, which was released in 1989. Nov 04, 2016 in the 1989 timetraveling action adventure back to the future. Jaws 19 hasnt been released and hover boards arent quite off the ground. 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 chicago s most beleaguered team. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in.
Fox, christopher lloyd, lea thompson, and thomas f. The chicago cubs are so close to the 2015 world series. Well, it looks like back to the future 2 wrongly predicted the winner of the 2015 world series because the new york mets just won the nlcs, meaning the cubs, who were poised to win the world. Did back to the future ii predict the 2015 world series. In the back to the future series, one of the many wild predictions included the chicago cubs winning the world series on october 21, 2015. Chicago cubs win the world series back to the future ii. Oct 15, 2015 according to back to the future ii, which takes place in 2015, the chicago cubs are world series winners. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back to. In the 1989 film back to the future ii, marty mcfly traveled to oct.
Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world series. According to usa today the next day, the win came in game 5 of the series. 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. 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. When the movie back to the future ii came out in 1989, the joke was selfevident. 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. 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. And the cubs winning the world series got a big laugh from audiences. Team makes it to the next round of the playoffs right on time for iconic films prophecy. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction come true. Did back to the future predict the cubs would win world. Although 2015 ended with an nlcs sweep to the mets, the cubs built a solid foundation for future success. Back to the future part ii has a good chance of predicting this years world series.
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. Chicago cubs fans hold world series hopes based on back. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win in. Back to the future ii screenwriter bummed out the movies. The 2015 world series was the championship series of major league baseballs mlb 2015 season. Back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world.
The cubs have gone 71 years since winning a pennant and 108 years since winning the world series. That gets us to 2015, the year that back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world. Things are so crazy in the faroff world of 2015 that the chicago cubs win the world series. 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. In back to the future ii, someone mentions to marty mcfly that he wished hed bet on the cubs to win that years world series, i. Could the back to the future part ii cubs prediction.
Did back to the future 2 predictive programing the chicago cubs winning the world series. While walking around 2015 era hill valley, marty clocks an enormous lightup sign appears revealing that the chicago cubs have won the world series. It is a tale so unlikely, so ridiculous, that back to the future predicted it as a joke. Dont look now, but its 2015 the same year the movie back to the future ii predicted back in 1989 that the chicago. Oct 16, 2015 the chicago cubs are so close to the 2015 world series. The second movie in the trilogy doesnt actually predict that. In the 1989 timetraveling action adventure back to the future. 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.
Mcfly looks at a hologram and sees that the chicago cubs won the 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 ii s 2015 a reality. Back in 1989, back to the future part ii predicted that the cubs would win the 2015 world series, reported cnn news. With their 40 win wednesday night against the pittsburgh pirates, the chicago cubs cracked the bigboy portion of the playoffs and now stand 12 wins away from a world series title. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubsmarlins world series matchup. 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. Chicago cubs world series win has ruined a back to the. Did back to the future predict world series winner. Predicting the end of a championship drought that spans generations within a year is pretty impressive. Chicago wls the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Oct 15, 2015 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. 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.
Chicago cubs will win 2015 world series vs miami marlins. Marty mcfly looks up at a holobillboard in 2015 advertising the cubs world series win. Back to the future ii predicts the cubs will win the world series in 2015 posted by thibadoe tiger on 1015 at 9. Did back to the future predict chicago cubs 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. 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. They won 290 games the next three seasons, making two more nlcs appearances, one of which a world series championship followed. The 2015 world series sweep by the chicago cubs in the. Back to the future part ii is a 1989 american sciencefiction film directed by robert zemeckis and written by bob gale. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win in 2015.
There, on the opposite side of the street, was a big screen showing baseball footage. 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. The florida marlins team began play in miami in 1993, and won the world series in 1997. Fox travels to the year 2015 from the 1980s, where he is informed that the chicago cubs actually won the 2015 world series. But one prediction back to the future ii may have got right is the chicago cubs success in the world series. 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. That would be a call back to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set in 2015. 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. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. Back to the future writer says 2015 cubs prediction no. 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. Bob gale, a cowriter for all three back to the future movies, joined cubs pregame live with csns david kaplan before game 3 of the nlcs to discuss how it went down.
According to the news, of course, the miami team will lose the 2015 series. Cubs will win world series in 2015 back to the future. So, back to the future ii doesnt actually predict the cubs. The 1987 film back to the future ii correctly predicted that the florida marlins would win the 1997 world series and that the cubs would play florida in the 2015 world series. It is the sequel to the 1985 film back to the future and the second installment in the back to the future trilogy. The cubs winning the world series and president trump. Back to the future writer bob gale on cubs world series. Did back to the future predict this years world series winner. Back to future ii writer discusses cubs prediction. Jun 02, 2015 back to the future s 2015 world series prophecy. Sep 21, 2015 in back to the future 2, marty mcfly travels into the future and finds a world changed. Back to the future ii has some unique takes on life in 2015. Chicago cubs hold the keys to the back to the future.
Back to the future day has been a whirlwind extravaganza. Chicago the 1989 movie back to the future ii predicts a 2015 world series matchup between the cubs and thenfictional miami. Marlins have fun with 2015 world series cubs over miami prophecy in back to the future part ii. The chicago cubs have not won the world series in more than 100 years, according to the huffington post. Back to the future ii predicted cubs win 2015 world. Back to the future ii almost predicted the cubs world. Twentysix years after back to the future ii hit cinemas, the films prediction that the chicago cubs would win the 2015 world series might actually come true. Nov 14, 2011 when the back to the future gang predicted that the chicago cubs would sweep the 2015 world series, they specified two things. Fox travel to the year 2015, and the cubs winning the world series was considered one of the movies more outlandish predictions. Back to the future predicted this world series, sort of cnet. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series. Mandela effect matrix glitch chicago cubs win the world.
Cardinals fan wrote of cubs winning 2015 world series in. On october 21, 2015, the chicago cubs won the series in a sweep over miami, meaning that the cubs won all the games. 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. Oct 20, 2015 the 1989 movie back to the future part ii predicted the cubs would win the world series in 2015. Cubs 2015 nl wildcard win over pirates was the first. 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. Because of chicago s perennial tendency of heartbreak, well give epstein a twoyear grace period. The chicago cubs are going to win the 2015 world series. The chicago cubs were swept out of the playoffs on oct.
Chicago tom wilson, aka biff from back to the future, drove the delorean to wrigleyville friday morning to deliver the news in person. Delorean give away if chicago cubs win world series ign news. Back to the future actor makes prediction chicago cubs will win world series duration. Back to the future ii predicts cubs 2015 world series win duration. He imagined that, here in the future, those big screens must be everywhere. 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. The 1989 film back to the future ii did not correctly predict chicago would be the winner of a 2015 cubs marlins. Sometime prior to 2015, the contest had gone from a best of seven to a best of nine format. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world series win in 2015. 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. Back to future saga predicted cubs will win it all in 2015.
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. Fox salutes chicago cubs on world series win with back to the future ii reference. That would be a callback to back to the future ii, released in 1989 but set in 2015. The 1989 movie back to the future part ii predicted the cubs would win the world series in 2015. Back to the future part ii sees marty mcfly michael j. Oct 14, 2015 with their 40 win wednesday night against the pittsburgh pirates, the chicago cubs cracked the bigboy portion of the playoffs and now stand 12 wins away from a world series title. Oct 25, 2016 back to the future predicted this world series, sort of. If they can beat the new york mets, theyll advance to the mlb championships and if they do, theyll have a special player on their. While walking around 2015era hill valley, marty clocks an enormous lightup sign appears revealing that the chicago cubs have won the world series leaving marty. They followed that with an division series win against the rival cardinals. Was the only thing back to the future part ii predicted accurately about the future the. 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.
Part ii s director robert zemeckis were just one year off their prediction, but whats even more harrowing for gale is. 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. Did back to the future predict a cubs world series win. The classic flick predicted the end of the chicago cubs epic pennant drought, and, possibly, donald trumps rise on the political scene. In 1908 the chicago cubs beat the detroit tigers in the series. Cubs out of world series on back to the future day. Marty had seen that kind of special screen in ball parks they were the latest thing back in 1985. They came close, but not quite after losing the 2015 national league championship series in a sweep. Back to the future ii correctly predicted cubs world. Ap photofrank franklin ii the chicago cubs are a team of destiny. 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.
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