Monday, October 1, 2007

Back to the Future

Call me a nerd as much as you want... I frickin love Back to the Future. If it is on TV, I just have to watch it. However, recently I have had an issue with one of my favorite movies of all time. It seems that there is a potential philosophical screw up in part 2. Let me explain...

We are told by Doc in the scene where they leave Jennifer on the front porch of the alternate 1985 that, if their mission goes as planned, the world should change around her and it would be like she never left. At this point, they go back in time to stop Biff from obtaining the sports almanac. However, lets flash back to a little earlier in the movie... Remember when Biff steals the Delorian to give his younger self the sports almanac in the first place? If Doc's prior statement were to hold true, then the future reality that Marty and Doc were both in would have completely changed around them to a reality where Biff is a powerful multimillionaire. What happened here? I mean, I understand suspending reality to a certain degree but this movie was so flawless in my eyes. For years I could not come up with any fault in the movie. And BOOM... Like a dumbass, I see it right in front of my eyes.

**Sigh** This doesn't change anything though. Like an idiot, for years to come, I will be drawn in like a moth to the flame. I mean, who can resist the Doc and Marty duo. So "Great Scott"... "This is heavy" and all that. Fuck continuity, the Back to the Future trilogy is brilliant.

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