10 Ways Back To The Future Would Look Completely Different In 2015

*Sonic boom* Back To The Future is returning.

As the film turns 30 this year Universal Pictures have polished up the time travel classic for another trip to cinemas and are on the verge of releasing a huge box set and almighty visual compendium this October.

Take all of the money now.

Franchise director Robert Zemeckis claims he wouldn't allow the film to be rebooted in his lifetime (he's only 63 so fans may be waiting a while) but stranger things have happened. After all, Steven Spielberg dragged Harrison Ford out for another go as Indiana Jones and given that Courthouse Square still exists on a backlot at Universal Studios and the merchandising money train shows no signs of slowing, you can't rule out a return for Marty and Co.

So much of the humour and wonder happens when switching between two time periods. Co-writer Bob Gale says that "one of the great time travel fantasies is the idea of going back and being superior because you have prior knowledge in so many areas."

The contrast between the 1950s and the 1980s couldn't be more stark and now with 30 years on the clock since the first film how different would Back to the Future be if it were set today? 

Very.

Using production notes from the original adventure and by taking a closer look at some of the most popular BTTF scenes, here are 10 21st century updates that would change the film completely.

In 1985 Marty and Doc flipped between the past, present and future in a shiny DeLorean DMC-12.

Resembling something from the future with its bold Italian design, gull-wing doors that looked like antennae and a stainless steel body that could survive a meteor storm, it wasn't something you regularly saw in the work car park or at the supermarket. 

It had a believable alien quality and seeing as DeLorean had gone bust a couple of years previous, presumably the production crew could pick a few up relatively cheaply. The film only had a budget of $19m, which was $16m smaller than Star Trek: The Motion Picture six years before and Tim Burton's Batman released four years later.

Following the same logic with today's cars Back To The Future producers would choose an all-electric vehicle like the Nissan Leaf or a hybrid model like the Toyota Prius.

After a few hours plugged in at Walmart he'd be home quicker than you can say "lightning charger".

Alternatively, with all the style of a bloated egg on wheels Marty could find himself time-travelling with his feet up on the dashboard of Google's new self-drive car or whatever the team at Tesla are working on these days.