Slog - Comments on Nike Hates the Future http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future After I wrote this post on the hoverboards from Back to the Future II, I received an e-mail from Mickey, who is apparently behind a website intended to make Nike to produce the sneakers depicted in Back to the Future II... ...by 2015. Nike has responded with a limited-edition version of the shoes: But they don't tie themselves, which is kind of the whole point. Full story here.... Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:52:39 -0800 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:47:54 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Just Sayin' Man, that movie sucked

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088532 Nerd Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:12:25 -0800 Comment by elenchos It's reverse product placement. (I mean that in a bad way.)

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088584 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088584 Nerd Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:17:46 -0800 Comment by J. Whorfin Yes, the movie wasn't great, but it would be nice to get into your flying DeLorean and 'drive' to London.

Which I'm sure Will has done already.

]]> J. Whorfin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088590 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088590 Nerd Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:52:12 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Sure, I've been to London - Heathrow airport is a great place to get cell phone covers.

But I didn't see any DeLoreans there.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088622 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088622 Nerd Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:34:26 -0800 Comment by thunar/seattle/wto hq In Back To The Future which was prodeced years before there was a Major League Baseball franchise in Florida which did win the World Series....the movie predicted that a Florida baseball team wins the World Series...

]]> thunar/seattle/wto hq http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088661 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:26:36 -0800 Comment by thunar In Back To The Future which was produced years before there was a Major League Baseball franchise in Florida which did win the World Series....the movie predicted that a Florida baseball team wins the World Series...

]]> thunar http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088663 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088663 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:27:28 -0800 Comment by thunar In Back To The Future which was produced years before there was a Major League Baseball franchise in Florida which did win the World Series....the movie predicted that a Florida baseball team wins the World Series...

]]> thunar http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088664 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088664 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:28:14 -0800 Comment by thunar In Back To The Future which was produced years before there was a Major League Baseball franchise in Florida which did win the World Series....the movie predicted that a Florida baseball team wins the World Series......................

]]> thunar http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088665 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:28:57 -0800 Comment by thunar/seattle/wto hq In Back To The Future which was produced years before there was a Major League Baseball franchise in Florida which did win the World Series....the movie predicted that a Florida baseball team wins the World Series....... www.infowars.com ...............

]]> thunar/seattle/wto hq http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088666 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:30:44 -0800 Comment by Bill Rutherford, Princeton Admissions Turns out they did the "self-lacing shoes" gimmick by running the laces thru holes in the floor of the set and pulling them.

That's much less impressive.

]]> Bill Rutherford, Princeton Admissions http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088692 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088692 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:40:09 -0800 Comment by infrequent i don't know... as a sneaker fan, i don't care about the self-lacing. i always wanted the shoes. they just had to look right.

like these (from a recent ebay auction). the hyperdunks don't even look right -- laces or otherwise.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1088764 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:58:12 -0800 Comment by bobcat Actually if you watch the trilogy there's a DeLorean left over due to a flaw in the time/space continuum. Now to go find it.

]]> bobcat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1089934 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1089934 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:27:25 -0800 Comment by infrequent i can't find it.

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1090351 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1090351 Nerd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:07:37 -0800 Comment by infrequent no help?

]]> infrequent http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1091683 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/nike_hates_the_future#c1091683 Nerd Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:47:54 -0800