"Back to the Future II” made a lot of crazy predictions about 2015; from hoverboards, to self-drying jackets, to ‘80s nostalgia cafés-- which, come to think of it, could still become a thing.

Perhaps the boldest prediction about 2015, however, comes not from the movie itself but from a 1989 cross-promotional Pizza Hut commercial. In the TV spot, two teenagers, who presumably beat up Doc Brown and stole his car, pilot the DeLorean into the future (i.e. 2015).

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Because these kids are apparently too dumb to conceive of a plan in which they buy a sports almanac and use 25 of statistics to make millions of dollars, they just decide to get some pizza.

Disturbingly though, the pair can’t find pizza anywhere. It’s like if the Ninja Turtles entered “The Twilight Zone.” First they go to Domino’s, that “place that delivers” as they call it. Well guess what-- in 2015, Domino’s is now a hardware store! WORST.



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It appears as though pizza might not exist at all in this hellish future. Before they panic and revert to cannibalism, the hungry time travellers discover a bright, gleaming Pizza Hut location that looks like a cross between an airport and a Scientology centre. That’s right: Pizza Hut seemingly has a monopoly over pizza in 2015.

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Assuring their dominance over the future, Pizza Hut’s BTTF tie-in also offered “Back to the Future II” Solar Shades-- 2015-style sunglasses that everyone wears for some futuristic reason. To be fair, they totally nailed this prediction. I’m pretty sure I’ve seen these same sunglasses for $69.99 at Urban Outfitters.

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