How Back to the Future’s 2015 compares to Melbourne reality

THIS is the day Marty McFly and Doc Brown visited 2015. But things look pretty different, especially when you compare flying car highways to Hoddle St.

TODAY is October 21 and anybody who has been on the internet in the past six months will know this is the date Marty McFly and Doc Brown visited when they travelled forward in time in the popular Back to the Future film series.

But things look pretty different to how the film’s makers predicted, especially in Melbourne.

Despite having Tony Abbott as Prime Minister for two years, the city hasn’t gone back in time.

But with tin can Hitachi trains put out of service just one year ago, there are no signs of big leaps forward, either.

Here is how the film’s predictions of how 2015 would look match up with reality in our fair city.

Prediction: Hover cars will make roads and petrol obsolete

Reality: It takes an hour to get down Punt Rd and petrol costs more than $1.20 per litre

Prediction: Clothes are purposely bought too loose or too tight and automatically fit to the body

Reality: Clothes are purposely bought too loose or too tight and simply worn too loose or too tight

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Prediction: Weather is controlled accurately by a central body

Reality: Weather is predicted badly by a central body

Prediction: Body rejuvenation prevents death for a few decades

Reality: Botox prevents faces from moving in the eastern suburbs

Prediction: Men wear an extra tie for fashion

Reality: Mean wear one less tie for fashion

Prediction: A man who is too old to use a hoverboard uses a hoverboard

Reality: Men who are too old to use skateboards use skateboards

Prediction: People are obsessed with personal electronic devices

Reality: People are obsessed with personal electronic devices

Prediction: Garbage disposes of itself in an instant when placed in mechanised bins

Reality: Garbage disposes of itself in an instant when placed on the nature strip during hard rubbish collection

Prediction: Machines provide customer service at petrol stations and dogs have robots to take them for walks

Reality: There is no customer service at petrol stations and dogs have day spas

Prediction: The sleep-inducing alpha rhythm generator sends people to sleep

Reality: The 2015 Grand Final sends people to sleep

Prediction: Food is dehydrated and affordable

Reality: Food is organic and expensive

Prediction: Lawyers are abolished so criminals can be sent to jail faster

Reality: Sentencing is lenient so criminals can get out of jail faster

Prediction: Fax machines are everywhere and look ridiculous

Reality: Selfie sticks are everywhere and look ridiculous

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