r/BacktotheFuture

I watched BTTF 1 way back in the 90's as a kid. When I first saw Marty in his bright red/orange puffer vest (life preserver), I thought he looked... weird, like really weird!

I understand that was probably the director's intention to make Marty look out of place, so 1950's folks would also feel the same.

Fast forward now as an adult, I think it looks fantastic and iconic. Puffer vests are more common so now it doesn't look odd; but as a kid at the time with no fashion sense, Marty looked straight up funny to me.

Did anyone else feel the same watching this as a kid? Maybe I wasn't thinking fourth dimensionally 😉?

Ok so in the movie Buford “mad dog” Tannen refers to Marty as “Dude” several times. Like “what’s your name dude?” Was that word even used in the Wild West?

Doc brown has a workable time machine up and running by 1985.

For example in star trek the benchmark for science fiction they don't have a workable time machine until like the 29th century. So going by this kind of time it takes for a time machine to be incorporated into the humans wouldn't doc be like 1000 years ahead of humans in his universe?

What do you think?

When Marty went back to 1885 to rescue Doc, they had to find a way to get the time machine up to 88mph without any gas which Doc said wouldn't be available to them for years, but at the time, there were 2 time machines; there was the one that Marty used to go from 1955 to 1885 and the same time machine hidden in the cave that Doc ensured would be available to Marty in 1955 so he could go home.

They had to leave one of the time machines in the cave so that the Marty stuck in 1955 could use it to get out and had to use the other to get out of 1885 before Bufford killed one of them, but if gas was the main problem, couldn't they have siphoned whatever gas was left in the time machine Doc hid in the cave or used parts from one to repair the other while leaving the other in good enough condition that the 1955 Doc could repair for Marty?

I like, Biff was raised by my grandmother in my teen years. And, my grandmother like Biff’s had a temper. As did I. And, she and I used to fight like cats and dogs. but I was more respectful to my grandmother than Biff was. the last few years of her life however, my grandmother became difficult. She would not let me sleep in most mornings, and she reverted back to the old temperamental version of her that my mom and her siblings grew up with. Whenever I would spend all day at my aunt and uncle’s house which was right around the corner from our house, she would berate me like I was the son of Satan. like I was committing a crime by staying there all day. I mean I needed a break from her.

Just a little thought, as I always liked this character, and thought, maybe he COULD have actually helped! haha

So in part 2 when Western Union mans says Kid, you all right? You need any help? Marty McFly: There's only one man who can help me.
Marty then starts to run off, ..........but now instead, then he stops, and turns back, and comes back and says, "wait! ..... I need a lift"

After while getting a lift back to Doc, Western union man tells Marty that holding that letter has been the most important thing in his life, as everything else has fallen apart for him, and now that the letter is done, he basically has nothing to live for. He pushes Marty for more info, and Marty finally tells him everything, and he pushes and pushes to help Marty.

The drive finally gets back to 1955 Doc, just as Marty from BTTF1 gets the lightning bolt and goes back to 1985. Doc Cheers in the street, Marty runs over to him, and just like how part 2 normally finishes -
Young Doc: No! It can't be! I just sent you back to the future!
Marty McFly: You did, oh, I know, you did send me back to the future, but I'm back - I'm back FROM the future.
Young Doc: Great Scott!

Then we see Western Union man, step out of the car, in shock, and the screen fades to black.
Having witnessed this all from the car after dropping Marty off, refuses to leave them alone, but they eventually start to trust him.
In part 3, when they read the full letter all together and discover the DeLorean is in the cave, Doc and Marty decide to let Western Union man go with Marty back to 1885.

Maybe through the movie, Western Union man finds his true love or true purpose and wants to stay there?

Anyway, I thought he could have been a hilarious third wheel in an alternate timeline.

Instead of Clara on the BTTF3 poster, its Western Union man, hahaha

I have a wild fan theory that not only is back to the future based on true events, but that we are Biffs future.

I’m not sure if anyone’s made the connection before, but I believe Doc Brown to have been loosely based on Thomas Townsend Brown. Other than being called Dr. Brown, he is heavily connected to theories related to antigravity and time travel.

When Townsend Brown passed away, Trumps great uncle, John Trump, was in charge of going over all Browns work and finding anything that may be of use to the US government. Officially, he said there was nothing of relevance.

My theory, is that his uncle found research that lead him to be able to utilize time travel, and that he passed it down to the now president. Basically that we are now living in part two, when Biff is rich and famous and the rest of the world is an earthly hellscape.

Absent minded or intentional? 🤔