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2024-08-12 12:09:15 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

In the video, Zemeckis (the director) suggests that the hoverboard was a real working product that was not manufactured due to safety concerns from “parents groups” when in fact, it was a prank. The full story is interesting nonetheless: https://www.slashfilm.com/840805/it-took-almost-every-technique-in-the-book-to-make-the-hoverboards-fly-in-back-to-the-future-part-ii/

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• In the video, Zemeckis (the director) suggests that the hoverboard was a real working product that was not manufactured due to safety concerns from “parents groups” when in fact, it was a prank. The full story is interesting nonetheless: https://www.slashfilm.com/840805/it-took-almost-every-technique-in-the-book-to-make-the-hoverboards-fly-in-back-to-the-future-part-ii/