Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Back to the Future


Much has been made of today being "Back to the Future Day." Having traveled to 1955 in the original Back to the Future, October 21, 2015 was the day in the future at which Marty McFly arrived in Back to the Future 2. What I want to point out though is something that hasn't received a lot of attention.

In the very same movie, Marty and Doc Brown take a trip back to 1985, find out that things have been REALLY messed up by their time traveling, and ultimately head back to 1955 again to fix everything. In the scene where they are getting ready to jump back to 1955, Marty is worried what will happen to his girlfriend and Doc's dog if they jump without them. The following dialogue takes place:

Doc: “Don’t worry, Marty. Assuming we succeed in our mission, this alternate 1985 will be changed back into the real 1985, instantaneously transforming around Jennifer and Einie. Jennifer and Einie will be fine, and they will absolutely no memory of this horrible place.”

Marty: “Doc, what if we don’t succeed?”

Doc: “We must succeed!”

Now I don't remember all the details of the movie, but I can only assume that this mission they were going on, endeavoring to fix "this horrible place," was directly related to the infamous blown call by Don Denkinger that had happened only hours before, late the night of October 26, 1985.



Now the question is, why would they head back to November 12, 1955 to fix things? I'm not exactly sure, but Jack Clark (who made the ill-fated throw to Todd Worrell) was born just two days earlier. Hmmmmmmm...

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