‘Brokeback to the Future’

Best Picture – Web parody

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‘Have you ever been in a situation where you knew you had to act a certain way, but when you got there, you didn’t know if you could go through with it?’ – Marty McFly

The Oscars are this Sunday, but the most important category won’t be televised. Each year, the Internet rolls out its best in parodies, and this one is no exception. ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ starring heartthrobs Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal, is considered one of the frontrunners for Best Picture. This makes it logical that fans of the movie have also created the best parody – ‘Brokeback to the Future.’

‘Back to the Future’ is one of the great classic time-travel movies of our generation, so it’s only fitting that it should be spliced into a homosexual parody of itself. The audience discovers the hidden relationship between Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown as the duo tries to conceal their blooming love.

McFly and Brown’s female companions become especially suspicious when they find the pair alone in both an old-timey Wild West barn and a 1980s garage. And as with most love affairs, it’s not certain that theirs will end happily ever after. But when the sun sets over Hill Valley, a flux capacitor will glow on in both their hearts.

Published on February 28, 2006 at 12:00 pm