and in a sad alternate reality...

Eric Stoltz plays Marty McFly in the Back to the Future movies. Apparently they shot 5 weeks of footage with him in the main role before deciding that it just wasn't right and recasting Michael J. Fox. Which, you know, sucks for Stoltz, but is pretty awesome for the rest of the world. The new edition of the trilogy has released some of the actual footage (maybe this is the reality where Biff is a billionaire?)



also, in true nerd dedication, apparently in an episode of Fringe there is an alternate reality where this is the movie marquee: