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Back to the Future Blu-ray Spanish Prank News Uncovers Actual News
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Posted January 5, 2010 11:49 AM by Juan Calonge
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  Last December 28, Spanish home entertainment site ZonaDVD published a news post announcing a Blu-ray release of the 'Back to the Future Trilogy' for July 2010, backing up that claim with a very professionally-produced trade ad. Several international sites have run with the story, forcing ZonaDVD to issue a note explicitly admitting that it was the local equivalent of an April Fools' joke. However, now Universal sources are allegedly confirming that the title will indeed come out this year.
Here is an English translation of ZonaDVD's note:
What began as a joke is now becoming reality. As if this was a Twilight Zone episode, news from USA confirms the Blu-ray launch of Back to the Future on Blu-ray, based on our phony leaflet.
First things first:
The joke was built on some basis of reality, because as many will know, Back to the Future has been rumored to be coming up to Blu-ray for a while. That's why we elaborately made a fake trade ad that was believable. We made up the number of discs, the cover picture, etc., and as an ultimate joke, we added a preposterous short film with the lovable Jaws 19 (which was Zemeckis' joke for Spielberg in BTTF II), but in 3-D, in keeping with the current fad.
Obviously, many of you realized that this was a joke the minute you saw that short film mentioned, even though others totally fell for it (which was the whole point).
It now happens that, through none other than The Digital Bits' Bill Hunt, there is confirmation [Rumor Mill, January 5] that the Back to the Future Trilogy will indeed come out on Blu-ray in 2010. Sources from Universal in the USA have assured him that it will finally come out this year.
What's really surprising for us is that he's also got confirmation from Universal that the trade ad is genuine – which is completely impossible, as it had been completely made up by our editorial team. Even Bill Hunt himself remarks (even knowing that this is a Día de los Inocentes joke), that after so many years and experience in the medium, he can assure that it's "the real deal".
Anyway, we're satisfied to see how our joke has fooled even the biggest veterans in the profession and, obviously, we're most happy to see it made Universal USA go ahead and confirm definitely that Back to the Future will come out this year, something that all are looking forward to – even at ZonaDVD.
Then again, if the fake 3-D short from our joke ends up being included, we'll have to pick up our jaws from the floor.
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Source: Zona DVD |
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Born2BeBlu
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Jan 05, 2010
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Come on, this wasn't expected??? It's the 25th anniversary!!! Of course, 2010 will be the year we go BTTF!! |
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RIKANA
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Jan 05, 2010
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nice! I can now get rid of my DVD box set!
RI |
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Minimejer05
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Jan 05, 2010
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Awesome news. Will be buying. |
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wvl
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Jan 05, 2010
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I'll believe it when I see it happening. |
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TheManInBlu
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Jan 05, 2010
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Already sold my DVD set last fall after word that Universal was working on the Blu-ray release for BTTF's 25th anniversary. This is my favorite trilogy of all-time so Day one when it comes out, baby  |
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kamphausd1
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Jan 05, 2010
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I really hope they get individual releases, because I'm really only interested in getting the first one. |
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CrazyEightyNine
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Jan 05, 2010
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My favorite film and film trilogy period. If this is true then it truly makes me ecstatic! I have seen the first Back to the Future 82 times. I even used its theories on time travel to write a paper in order to get into the Film and Media Production Program at ASU. |
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Bluyoda
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Jan 05, 2010
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I am just interested in the original one. I hope it gets a great transfer. I never saw the DVDs. |
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TTC1984
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Jan 05, 2010
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Of course, knowing studio greed, they'll probably only release them in a box set. |
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SirGuapinton
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Jan 05, 2010
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Can't wait! Hopefully it's all true. |
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lico
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Jan 05, 2010
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What a nice prank indeed it turned out to be a blessing, do you think that if we pulled out a same joke on starwars it will work the same?
yeah doc now let's get our asses back to the future!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XD |
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Spymaster
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Jan 05, 2010
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Fingers crossed they get this right. I can still remember (all to clearly) the stress I had to go through to get corrected editions of parts 2 and 3 from the original DVD box set after they boo-booed up the framing! |
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Jimmy Smith
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Jan 05, 2010
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Jaws 19 lol
This sounds great. Hope the 3D is part of the new standard. Then again anaglyph might only help add to the joke of how cheesy it is. Either way Im sold. |
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cydetrakd
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Jan 05, 2010
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i truly hope the transfer will blow us away regardless universal will be seeing some flow from me day one on this set. I'm glad i didnt buy the dvds when they dropped last year. blu to the future |
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JamisonC
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Jan 05, 2010
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What a strange story, particularly that Universal "confirmed" the advertisement was real when it was actually fake, and created by a Spanish website, no less. Crazy.
I look forward to reading the reviews. Hopefully they will all get beautiful transfers. |
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kdn1221
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Jan 05, 2010
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It would be cool to get a Jaws 19 - 3D short in the cheesy way that the advertisement shows in BTTF2. |
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Titanicfave
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Jan 05, 2010
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Awesome!!! Day 1 pick up for sure! |
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Kevinik
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Jan 05, 2010
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Woot! Obvious 2010 Anniversary release it's obvious. |
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jk1138
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Jan 05, 2010
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IF it comes out I will get it, IF it is not too much and IF they give it a good transfer. |
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