As I’m sure you’ve seen countless times on social media, 2015 is the year that Marty McFly went forward in time in Back to the Future: Part II. At Salt Lake FanX a few weeks back, we did a pretty fun panel on what the film got right and wrong about the year 2015.

The movie makes the mistake that a lot of futuristic films have made in assuming mankind will make more progress than we actually do (or the alternate view could be, we are definitely losing momentum in terms of innovation as a human race). But for there are some things that were amazingly prescient. Here’s a list of some of the best examples of “future technology” shown in the film and how close each came to predicting the real future:

What it got right

Plastic surgery – absolutely huge today. Doc’s surgery is played for laughs (mostly because the filmmakers didn’t want to have to pause to put make up on Christopher Lloyd) but plastic surgery can do nearly anything these days.

Digital goggles – Doc uses these several times to view things and it shows there are digital readouts in the view finder. Google Glass is a good example but most high end binoculars can do this as well.

Automatic lace up shoes – this one’s a bit of a cheat because Nike is making them this year but the question is whether they would exist without this movie.

Digital newspapers – we do have digital paper but it’s not exactly mainstream yet. Give it a few more years. But with iPads and Kindles, this one seems pretty close.

Car designs with smooth lines – everything has smooth lines today. A lot of the cars actually look similar to the ones in the film.

Drones filling the sky – this is coming true at a frightening rate.

Neon colored clothes – it’s funny that neon was popular in the 80’s and now it’s popular again right on time.

Jaws 19 – while we don’t have a 19th Jaws film, we are in an era of endless sequels, remakes, and reboots.

3D advertisements – as Marty says “the shark still looks fake” but 3D is super mainstream today.

Digital billboards – these are everywhere today.

Digital waiters – I’ve been to several restaurants where you can order through a computer interface. I just wish the computers talked like Michael Jackson and Ronald Regan.

Using no hands to play video games – the Nintendo Wii and Xbox Kinect are great examples of how you can play video games without hands.

Hover boards – this one’s a cheat too. Yes, there are test models of this that actually work but there’s no friction so even Tony Hawk wiped out on them.

Automatic drying clothes – while we don’t have electric dryers built in, we do have materials that repel water and dry clothing quickly.

Robotic TV cameras – I’d count drones on this one. It’s not exactly the same in how it looks but the same principle applies and these are used all the time now.

Women cops – while totally common place now, this was actually a big deal back in 1985.

Traffic status billboards – I see these all the time on the interstate now.

Scenery channel on TV – There’s a channel for everything these days.

Thumb print payment methods (like to the taxi) – we don’t use thumb payments much but with Android and Apple Pay, digital payments are a reality.

Watch multiple TV channels at the same time – most TV’s this day have several screen within screen options.

Phones on glasses – Marty’s spend all their time on their digital devices while at dinner and seem to use something similar to Google Glass.

Video calling – Skype and Facetime are used my millions daily.

Scanning your card over the Internet – you can purchase nearly anything online in just a few clicks.

What it got wrong

Flying cars – every futuristic movie and book seems to want flying cars but it’s still not happened and I for on, am glad. Can you imagine bad drivers being able to fly? The number of increased fatalities? Total disaster.

Plastic ties – this one just never caught on. Why do most futuristic movies think we will want to wear plastics and leathers?

Bionic implants – we do have some pretty great technology for victims of lost limbs but it isn’t something your average high school teenager is equipped with.

Sleep inducer – nothing can put someone to sleep instantly without the use of drugs currently.

Weather service accurate to the second – wow, this couldn’t have been more wrong.

Pants with pockets out – this fashion trend hasn’t caught on yet.

Pepsi costs $50 – Pepsi’s aren’t cheap but they are nowhere near $50.

Abolish all lawyers – most of us wish this had happened.

Robotic gas pumps – wish these were real. I hate pumping gas when its below zero out.

Rocket powered skateboards – there are gas powered scooters but this just seems like a bad idea in so many ways.

Suspended animation kennel – we haven’t figured out suspended animation for anything, let alone dogs.

Robotic trash cans – I think this never happened because there’s not a whole lot of benefit to it. The bigger problem is just finding a trash can.

Zero-G back braces – this is only in the movie because Crispen Glover wouldn’t come back for Part II. It actually doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Drones to walk dogs with – I’d love it if this could get made. Letting the dog out and running it around different places is a hassle a lot of times.

Hydrator (for pizza) – we don’t have hydrators like this but there sure are a lot of instant foods. What they didn’t account for is the health food and natural food crazes today.

Fax machines in every house – they missed this one by about 10 years. No reason to FAX documents when you can see them digitally.