Seeing Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd Reunite for a 5-Min. Toyota Commercial Is Depressing
I mean, it’s great to see that two of our favorite actors are still around and having some fun, and particularly that Fox continues to prevail with good humor against his physical afflictions. Nonetheless, after watching this Toyota ad starring a dorky-on-camera, real-life scientist explaining hydrogen to them, I feel like Ralphie at Christmas decoding his Little Orphan Annie message just to hear he should drink Ovaltine. These two actors were comedy geniuses in their prime, and this is the best script we could give them on their most famous film’s anniversary day?
This is why it’s good that some franchises just conclude. Because if we are going to feel compelled to watch a needless sequel – and let’s face it, we ARE – five minutes and free sounds better to me than two hours and twenty wasted bucks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFyY7_hc-14
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Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist