Back to the Alternative Future

Last week the show Fringe had a plot that took place in an alternate reality 1985.

Of course, the guys who write and produce the show are genius, so they threw in a little time travel joke that only a geek could love:

Back to the Future, as we all know, was released in 1985, but many non-geeks out there might not realize that Eric Stoltz was Marty McFly for the first month of filming, until he was replaced by Family Ties’ Michael J. Fox.

Don’t believe me? Here’s a photo of Stoltz as McFly:

Damn are those Fringe guys clever …