Doc Brown's iconic DeLorean time machine was originally scripted as a lead-lined refrigerator in early drafts of Back to the Future, until executives panicked that children would…

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Doc Brown's iconic DeLorean time machine was originally scripted as a lead-lined refrigerator in early drafts of Back to the Future, until executives panicked that children would lock themselves inside household appliances. Robert Zemeckis wisely swapped the fridge for a failing sports car with gull-wing doors, saving countless kids from suffocating in their kitchens while simultaneously turning a massive automotive failure into a permanent piece of pop culture mythology. Frankly, a speeding car leaving trails of fire is vastly superior to the visual of a teenager trying to hit eighty-eight miles per hour by aggressively riding a KitchenAid down a steep suburban hill during a lightning storm