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re: Questions about Back to the Future...
Posted on 4/17/11 at 5:19 pm to JPLSU1981
Posted on 4/17/11 at 5:19 pm to JPLSU1981
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Yes, that's how that date got plugged in to begin with, but what are the odds that on that particular day Marty's parents met as well? (which eventually formed the whole storyline once Marty traveled back) Pretty large coincidence IMO, not to mention the clock tower lighting strike happening on that one particular occasion as well.
To be fair, those three events didn't happen on the same day, just within the same week. Remember, Marty comes in on November 5, 1955 (a Saturday), the day that Doc hit his head and thought up the flux capacitor. His parents were supposed to meet later that day, so that's weird, but then the dance and lightening strike aren't until the following Saturday.
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Posted on 4/17/11 at 5:20 pm to sicboy
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Here's my question. Think back on III. When Marty runs into his Irish relative in the old west, his wife looks just like his mom does in current day. What the crap? Is it a coincidence that they look the same, or are they implying a family tree with no branches? That's the only thing about the whole series that bothered me.
She did have red hair, and his mom is a brunette, but I think it's just them being lazy. The grandma should have looked different
Posted on 4/17/11 at 5:22 pm to medtiger
quote:His name when he went back in time was Calvin Klein
Also, you'd figure if they thought enough of Marty for bringing them together in 1955 to name one of their kids after him, they would have named their first born Marty, and not waited until the 3rd.
Posted on 4/17/11 at 5:23 pm to JPLSU1981
1. Who wouldn't want to be friends with a guy that has all these cool arse inventions, especially if you play guitar and saw that big arse amp. Plus he lived right next to a Burger King.
2.The car also had trouble starting when Marty was trying to run away from the Libyans and also at the end when Marty is trying to return to 1985. Just a plot device most likely.
3.Technically the day they acknowledge that Marty's parents fell in love is November 12, 1955. But Lorraine's dad would have hit George McFly with the car on November 5, 1955, which is the day Doc came up with the idea fro the Flux Capacitor.
But November 12, 1955 seems to contain some sort of significance as Doc explains when it is revealed that Old Biff traveled back in time to that date: "Unbelievable that Old Biff could've chosen that particular date. It could mean that that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance, almost as if it were the temporal junction point of the entire space-time continuum. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence."
4.Terrorists are pussies.
5.Doc most likely did not want Marty to get involved anymore than he had already been. But that goes to shite when Doc comes back to warn Marty of his children's future.
2.The car also had trouble starting when Marty was trying to run away from the Libyans and also at the end when Marty is trying to return to 1985. Just a plot device most likely.
3.Technically the day they acknowledge that Marty's parents fell in love is November 12, 1955. But Lorraine's dad would have hit George McFly with the car on November 5, 1955, which is the day Doc came up with the idea fro the Flux Capacitor.
But November 12, 1955 seems to contain some sort of significance as Doc explains when it is revealed that Old Biff traveled back in time to that date: "Unbelievable that Old Biff could've chosen that particular date. It could mean that that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance, almost as if it were the temporal junction point of the entire space-time continuum. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence."
4.Terrorists are pussies.
5.Doc most likely did not want Marty to get involved anymore than he had already been. But that goes to shite when Doc comes back to warn Marty of his children's future.
Posted on 4/17/11 at 7:20 pm to Fat Andy
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But November 12, 1955 seems to contain some sort of significance as Doc explains when it is revealed that Old Biff traveled back in time to that date: "Unbelievable that Old Biff could've chosen that particular date. It could mean that that point in time inherently contains some sort of cosmic significance, almost as if it were the temporal junction point of the entire space-time continuum. On the other hand, it could just be an amazing coincidence."
Or maybe it was because that date was already in the system when Biff borrowed the time machine.
Posted on 4/17/11 at 7:44 pm to Bestbank Tiger
no. Cause the last place the time machine had come from was October 26, 1985. So Old Biff would have had to enter a date.
Posted on 4/17/11 at 8:29 pm to tduecen
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His name when he went back in time was Calvin Klein
but he told them to call him Marty
Posted on 4/17/11 at 8:31 pm to Fat Andy
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no. Cause the last place the time machine had come from was October 26, 1985. So Old Biff would have had to enter a date.
It would have been Oct 21, 2015, right? Old Biff steals it from the future in BTTF2, then Marty and Doc return to 1985, realize things are very different, then have to get back the book. Plus it had to be 2015 or they wouldn't have had the almanac
Posted on 4/17/11 at 8:55 pm to The Easter Bunny
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would have been Oct 21, 2015, right? Old Biff steals it from the future in BTTF2, then Marty and Doc return to 1985, realize things are very different, then have to get back the book. Plus it had to be 2015 or they wouldn't have had the almanac
Right. Old Biff got in the delorean in 2015, but I was just stating that the the last place the time machine had come from was 1985. And seeing as how the time circuits showed the destination time, present time, and last time departed; November 12, 1955 wouldnt have been in the system as a previous poster stated.
So when Old Biff got in the car it would have read:
October 21,2015 destination time
October 26,1985 present time
October 26, 1985 last time departed
This post was edited on 4/17/11 at 9:00 pm
Posted on 4/17/11 at 9:27 pm to JPLSU1981
Here's one I've posted before:
Wouldn't Marty be the first child to disappear since more things would have had to fall into place for the second and third children to be born than the first?
Wouldn't Marty be the first child to disappear since more things would have had to fall into place for the second and third children to be born than the first?
Posted on 4/17/11 at 9:36 pm to Dab
Another thing I thought of ... after Marty gets hit by the car, besides the reaction to his mother, he acts as if he's never met his grandparents (Lorraine's mom and dad)... Surely he's met his grandparents before, right?
Posted on 4/17/11 at 9:40 pm to Dab
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Wouldn't Marty be the first child to disappear since more things would have had to fall into place for the second and third children to be born than the first?
I guess the way it works is that it would happen in sequential order. Since Marty's bro,Dave, was born in the early 60's he would be the first to go. His chances of being born would be the least since he was born so close to 1955. Then Linda would start to disappear because her chances of being born are greater than Dave's yet less than Marty's because she was born between them. Marty's birth wouldn't have been till about 1968 so he has the most chance.
It's very hard to try and put it into words so I hope I'm coming off clear enough.
Posted on 4/17/11 at 9:42 pm to JPLSU1981
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Surely he's met his grandparents before, right?
There's a chance they could have passed before his birth in 1968 or that they passed away while he was to young to remember.
Posted on 4/18/11 at 9:52 am to Fat Andy
We can all beat this movie up for days and days but it still doesn't change the fact that it owns.....
Posted on 4/18/11 at 9:59 am to TheHumanTornado
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We can all beat this movie up for days and days but it still doesn't change the fact that it owns.....
That is correct.
I'm waiting on Tyler Perry's rendition: Black to the Future.
Posted on 4/18/11 at 10:26 am to TheHumanTornado
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We can all beat this movie up for days and days but it still doesn't change the fact that it owns...
My favorite movie of all time
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:11 am to Fat Andy
Old Biff obviously picked that date for a reason. that was the day his life changed and went to crap after a nerd beat him up.
What never makes sense is why old biff can go back to the regular timeline but Marty and Doc can't.
What never makes sense is why old biff can go back to the regular timeline but Marty and Doc can't.
This post was edited on 4/18/11 at 11:12 am
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:19 am to alajones
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What never makes sense is why old biff can go back to the regular timeline but Marty and Doc can't.
Well Old Biff must have gone back before 1955 Biff really changed much. But remember Old Biff is struggling to get out of the car back in 2015 because he is disappearing.
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:34 am to Fat Andy
I think it's weird that the Delorean needs to get up to a top speed of 88 in order to time travel, and the year 1988... Is two years after I was born.
Crazy.
Crazy.
Posted on 4/18/11 at 11:43 am to alajones
They can't go back to the regular timeline because Old Biff changed it when he gave young Biff the Almanac in 1955. So when they (Marty and Doc) went back to 1985 after helping out Marty Jr. they end up in alt. 1985.
I watched the first movie so much on VHS when I was a kid that I ruined the tape. I love all of them.
I watched the first movie so much on VHS when I was a kid that I ruined the tape. I love all of them.
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