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Back to the Future nitpick

Posted on 1/14/24 at 10:34 am
Posted by Nutriaitch
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 10:34 am
yeah, I know there is plenty to nitpick about the time travel parts, but something else I haven't seen mentioned anywhere.

After Marty finishes playing Johnny B Goode and the crowd is standing around staring at him quite shocked, he says "I guess you're not ready for that yet. but your kids are going to love it"

that song came out only 3 years later and rose to #2 on the charts.
Meaning when these students are still in college (or early work force). Hell any Freshmen at that school were going to love it just a couple years later. But they made it seem like it was a whole generation early.
Posted by upgrade
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 10:45 am to
It’s the Van Halen ending he put into it that drove it over the top.
They were definitely into the song at first.
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 10:46 am to
You sure he didn’t mean rock and roll music
Posted by Nutriaitch
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 10:54 am to
quote:

It’s the Van Halen ending he put into it that drove it over the top.
They were definitely into the song at first.



I'm more talking about his "your kids" line.
I mean rock wasn't THAT far into the future.

and yes "your kids" flows better dialogue wise than "your little brothers and sisters".

he just made it sound like he was talking 15-20 years from then instead of like maybe 5 more years (10 tops).
Posted by jlovel7
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 11:07 am to
He was saying that not to Johnny B Goode but to the 80s style Van Halen lick he laid down afterwards.

They jammed to JBG
Posted by tigeroarz1
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 11:55 am to
He was talking about really really loud electric guitar music.
Posted by Dr RC
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 12:06 pm to
quote:

He was saying that not to Johnny B Goode but to the 80s style Van Halen lick he laid down afterwards.



How is this not completely obvious? They are rocking out to JBG right up until Marty goes nuts w/his solo and starts kicking over amps.
Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 12:30 pm to
quote:

Back to the Future nitpick



Actually, yes. The math checks out.


I'll allow it.
Posted by tigerfan84
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 12:41 pm to
Posted by abellsujr
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 12:52 pm to
He was not talking about the song

He was talking about the solo at the end

If you want to nitpick anything, nitpick the incest
Posted by OWLFAN86
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 1:08 pm to
he was referring to cheering for black people

Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

It’s the Van Halen ending he put into it that drove it over the top.
They were definitely into the song at first.


And they make it very obvious in the movie. Everyone is having a grand old time...until Marty goes rogue on his solo and starts trashing shite on stage.

So when he's saying, your kids are gonna love it.

He's referring to 70s rock mostly and that rebellion. So the timeline fits because it's 1955 and they're in high school.
Posted by sqerty
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 4:20 pm to
Why didn't the band copy the song? Why call his cousin about it? Musicians aren't that dumb. I know it was for a joke, but that always made me wonder.
Posted by tigeroarz1
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Member since Oct 2013
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 4:30 pm to
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Why didn't the band copy the song? Why call his cousin about it?
He called his cousin who happened to be Chuck Berry. They did copy the song later with Chuck and it is implied Marty gave birth to rock and roll before it was supposed have started.
This post was edited on 1/14/24 at 4:33 pm
Posted by deeprig9
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 4:50 pm to
Marty invented rock and roll, skateboards, puffy vests, and Tab.
Posted by Sus-Scrofa
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 4:53 pm to
quote:

He called his cousin who happened to be Chuck Berry. They did copy the song later with Chuck and it is implied Marty gave birth to rock and roll before it was supposed have started.



So he sped it up a few years?

I wonder if Chuck Berry had been batting that song around in his head and then when his cousin called, if he was like “what the hell? I was thinking of a song just like that about a guitar player I know.”
Posted by BigBinBR
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 5:58 pm to
quote:

he was referring to cheering for black people


Posted by SouthEasternKaiju
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 6:06 pm to
It wasn't just one thing. He free styled into an 'old/future' Chuck Berry style guitar solo, then ended with Jimmi Hendrix / Van Halen stage performance which was still another 15-25 yrs down the road.
Posted by Bushwackers
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 6:54 pm to
Was just thinking about that movie today. How come “new” Marty parents at the end when they’re talking about Bif being the reason they fell in love don’t tell their kids about 50s Marty showing up in their lives, offering sage advice, giving George confidence, playing wild guitar at the dance, etc and then disappearing after a week. You’d think he would have made an impact enough to tell their kids with even having one of them that “resembles” this strange young man, right?
Posted by Jones
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Posted on 1/14/24 at 7:32 pm to
quote:

being the reason they fell in love don’t tell their kids about 50s Marty showing up in their lives


What's the mom gonna say?

I was trying to be a hoe with this Calvin Klein guy and he didn't want it for some reason so I married your peeping Tom father because he punched out Biff who was trying to rape me, who now washes our cars

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