Real Life Weirdness Back To The Future Marriage Proposal Spider Man Traps Comic Book Thief Actors Almost Shot By Real Police During Robbery Scene

By Peter Sciretta/May 5, 2010 4:00 pm EST

45-year-old comic store owner Michael Baulderstone was dressed as Spider-Man on Free Comic Book Day when he noticed a customer put an expensive X-Men Omnibus in his backpack.

The security footage shows Spider-Man “running down the corridor of the shop, grabbing this guy, hauling him off.” Watch the video here:

“One of the funniest things about the incident was that I called for people to stand near the door and it just so happened we had people dressed as Jedi knights there blocking the exit, the Flash was there at some point too,” Mr Baulderstone told the Courier Mail. “Everyone in the store thought it was a play, that it was street theatre of some sort. It wasn’t until I said `Call the police’ that people started to realize.”

In Long Island New York, a group of actors on the independent film Jessie were almost shot by Police Officers who stumbled on the planned robbery scene. Watch the television report:

About 20 unknown friends and acquaintances filled the theater so that it wouldn’t look suspiciously empty.

We had planned this date for months had tickets long in advance, which was unnecessary since the film festival didn’t actually exist. In reality, I had rented out the theater, and the movie showing was to be the scene of a surprise proposal. The manager was a bit of a romantic, and he was happy to help with supporting details like adding “Back to the Future” to the theater’s marquee and getting someone to man the popcorn machine.

Watch the YouTube video embedded below:

We showed up at the theater just in time, and sat through the previews until “Back to the Future” began to play. After 20 minutes, however, the movie on the screen began to… diverge… from the original script. Using some borrowed chroma key equipment I had digitally replaced Michael J. Fox’s face with my own, and with some careful splicing and voice over work, I had staged a conversation between “Doc” and Marty McFly (with my face) about whether it was time to propose. At the end of this conversation, the movie-me then turned to face the camera and prompted the real-me to propose. I got down on one knee, pulled the ring out of my pocket, and asked the love of my life to marry me. She said yes!