Hoverboards are Finally Here... Hmmmm?

A new video going around by HUVr Tech is trying to convince us that they've finally invented the hoverboard exactly like those that appear in the Back to the Future movies.

A bunch of stars are featured including original Doc Emmertt Brown, Christopher Lloyd, professional skateboarder, Tony Hawk (of course) and international musician, Moby.

The video claims that the demonstration is 100 percent real but I gotta say the hokey physics displayed by people actually riding these HUVr boards is just as dodgy as the original movies. Not to mention the whole demonstration feels completely staged with not a genuine emotion about how awesome the invention of real hoverboards would actually be.



There's speculation that the video and companion website may be a promotion for a fourth movie in the BTTF series but my money is on a Virtual Reality computer game of some sort.

Why do I think that? First because the website talks about an upcoming phone app that tracks your location whilst riding your HUVr board (supposedly connected to your board via bluetooth).

Second 'HUVr' is an acronym for something with the deliberate lowercase 'r'. It's not just a cool text-speak way to write 'hover'. At a guess I'm going with 'Heads Up Virtual Reality'.

Whatever the site is really a promotion for, I guess we'll find out in December of 2014, the destination time shown on a counter at the top of HUVr Tech's website.

Of course they may have actually developed an anti-gravity skateboard but you can bet your life, if they had, you wouldn't need a bunch of stars to try and give it credibility. That sh*t sells its self!

For another article talking about who may be behind this read Heavy's post; HUVr Tech ‘Real Hoverboard’ Is a Hoax: 10 Fast Facts You Need to Know by Tucker Cummings.

[Updated: 6th March 2014]

Unsurprisingly it turns out the HUVr tech video was entirely a prank by website Funny or Die who were busted by Mashable when a costume designer added their work on the shoot to their online resume (I'm thinking that person probably won't be working on anything that requires secrecy anytime soon).

Both Christopher Lloyd and Tony Hawk have made apology videos. Tony's is embeded below. Whilst I knew it wasn't real I am disappointed it's not a promotional video for any upcoming Back to the Future tie in of any sort.

Guardians of the Galaxy - Trailer Goodness.

I don't usually write about trailers but Guardians of the Galaxy is a Marvel film that I'm really hoping does well with mainstream audiences so I thought I'd help spread the word.

The thing is, I can't really tell you much about the film. I've never read a single Guardians comic book that the film is based upon. I'm mainly interested because the film has a lead character that is a raccoon with anger issues. I really want to see how that translates to a live action film. Watch the trailer below. Let the playlist play through and you'll see all the individual character trailers too.



As you can see the film clearly isn't taking its self too seriously but it looks like director, James Gunn, has made every effort to make a trailer full of very strange looking characters believable and with a certain cool factor. Even Groot (the talking tree), who sounds the least likely of characters to be interesting looks formidable.

For me though, it's all about Rocket Raccoon. In an era where Warner Bros. and DC has struggled to get a mainstream Wonder Woman movie into theaters, Marvel has managed to put up a film where a talking raccoon is succeeding as a major draw card. So many people seem like they're looking forward to seeing Rocket on the big screen and it's their number one reason to see the film.

Personally I want this film to succeed because it opens the way for a much bigger Marvel Universe. Presently only the Thor films (and to a lessor extent the Avengers films) are really expanding into the cosmos.

If Guardians did well it's sequels could really be some of the most amazing and fun adventures you're ever likely to see in a cinema.

Be sure to check it out in August 2014.