The “cereal” in the dinner scene is actually peanut brittle. There’s a deleted scene immediately following Biff returning the wrecked car and Marty lamenting his loss where he tells his dad that he has to stand up and say no to people, George saying he’s not that much a pushover, and then a Girl Scout appearing at the door selling peanut brittle. I believe she says something to the affect of “I can sell my entire stock to you” and then it hard cuts to the next scene with them pouring it into the bowl. In essence, it’s a punchline to a joke that was never told. Growing up, I always thought it was Graham crackers, which I’d eat like a cereal during that time.
This is possibly my #1 favorite '80s film ever, one of the very best time travel films to had ever been conceived. Glad to see y'all doing a commentary on this. I had done a Review/Commentary on it back in 2015 and gave it a well-deserved 10/10 score, the very first film to ever receive such a rating on my review videos..
For three weekends in a row this past April, I got to see all 3 BTTF movies on the big screen. Seeing them on the big screen reminded me how great this trilogy is and how it still connects with each passing generation.
So glad these are up. I have the box set and it has commentaries on it, but what I don't have at the moment is a blu ray player. Once through the trilogy is never enough, I always do a second watch with commentary tracks, just to live with the world a little longer. When I was a kid, it went Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, that trilogy of trilogies was the peak of movie entertainment.
The food George eats at the 1985 Dinner is Peanut Brittle. It relates to a deleted scene where George is bullied into buying a case of it from a Girl Scout's Dad. That's why Marty looks at George so pained, because he's uncomfortable at his Dad being so enthusiastic about it, when he remembers how he let himself be walked over.
As BTTF was released in America in the Summer of 1985 (as opposed to Xmas in the UK), on Oct 21 1985 people actually turned out at the Twin Pines Mall location (as they recognised it in the film) at 1.18 am just to see what would happen.
An early draft of BTTF actually has Marty tell Jennifer how he and Doc met. He says that Doc just turned up at his house one day and offered him a job to clean his workshop home. In return he gives him beer (to a 17 yr old!) and lets him raid his "amazing record collection". Of course, Doc just turning up at Marty's house does raise the possibility of a Causality Loop, and Doc knew Marty was the one who would come back in time to 1955, so he deliberately orchestrated their meeting in 1985.
15:22 I think they're eating Peanut Brittle. There was apparently going to be a scene where a Girl Scout was selling boxes of it and because George has no backbone he bought all of them.
It's a deleted scene on the DVD/Blu Ray. He gets emotionally bullied into it by her Dad who's accompanying her. As a scene it's obviously just there to give us another showing of George's character, but with the Biff scene there already it's a bit superfluous. Still nice to see any extra moments of BTTF, and gives context to the weird looking cereal (personally I thought it was because George is just such an odd guy to be eating cereal at dinner time, which is balanced by everyone acting weird at the dinner table, as a portrait of Marty's family, where he's the only sane one (I think it says that in the script). It also explains why Marty looks so sickened when George offers him the brittle. I always thought it was because eating it at dinner is icky, but it's because he's ashamed at how his Dad got it (Marty tries to persuade him to say No after Biff leaves, and George doesn't say No to all of the brittle). Interesting how context can change meaning.
I thought Marty's arch in this film is he learns to be more confident and take chances. In the beginning of the film before he goes back he and Jennifer talk about how "He is afraid to send in his demo tape." as he is afraid of rejection like his father. That is not to say at the end of the film we see or hear of him sending the tape in, but after the events that took place you are more certain that the Marty AFTER the past events will have the confidence to follow on his own dreams much like he did for his father. That is where I see his arch.
gutz1981 - This is a real blink and you’ll miss it detail, but at the end of the movie after Marty wakes back up in 1985 and walks into the living room, he’s holding a package which is actually supposed to be his demo tape that he’s going to send out after all.
If you have a read of the early draft screenplays online, it highlights this. Marty is debating whether to post his demo to a record label, but as he says to Jennifer outside the courthouse he's scared they'll say he's no good. In the draft scripts, he decides not to before he goes to Twin Pines Mall and throws the tape in its envelope into a bin in his room. When he wakes up after the events of the story and everythings gone right, in a positive mood he retrieves the envelope from the bin, and carries it out of his room with the intention of posting it. Of course as McSuperfly says, we see it in his hand in the film, so this suggests they filmed this sub-plot. However it's not in the deleted scenes on the discs. My theory as to why they removed this, is to have Marty positive when he wakes up undermines the change for him when he sees the living room and his family as improved.
Re past and present film standards and CGI - one of the very first moving images ever shown was of a train coming right at the camera. Audiences screamed and panicked, because no one had ever seen a train coming right a them … and lived to tell the tale. That must have been the most amazing "CGI" of its time
One of those great movies that defined a generation. This movie oozes 1980's out of every pore. I love it. And worth mentioning one of very few franchises where each installment is solid, and ending it a 3 was a great decision. Too many sequels have killed so many other movie franchises.
If you look at the ledge on the clock tower where Doc fell off and broke the footing, it's all consistent, from the first scenes to the end. In the beginning, the ledge is intact. When Marty gets back to the PRESENT (not future) and the helicopter flies by, the ledge is out. They keep this continuity in part 2 as well in 2015, and in 1955 when they go back again and you see the clock tower before Doc breaks the ledge.
In the opening, at the Doc's place, there's a clock where a man is hanging from one of the clock's hands. I don't think this was just an Easter egg, I think this was nodding to Doc Brown having already done what he'd later do in the film in his past, even before Marty goes back in time to do what he's going to do to cause Doc to hang from a clock hand. The whole time travel sequence is either playing out in a loop, or Doc has spent a good deal of time trying to engineer the sequence to play out perfectly, and I don't think the Doc wasn't wearing a kevlar vest the first time he get's shot in the first third of the movie. I also tend to think Doc has done A LOT more time traveling than is revealed in the plots of the 3 films. This is evidenced by his money briefcase, among a ton of other coincidences, not the least of which is Doc throwing down the flag rope at the beginning of the tunnel when Biff is trying to run down Marty on the hoverboard in his Ford.
Another thing: why would Doc, a 70+ year old man, be friends with Marty, a teenager? Because he was ALREADY friends with him in the past, and Marty was who inspired Doc to focus his efforts on the flux capacitor to begin with.
Even Doc throwing away the gun at the beginning, it's obviously a toy gun, and they don't even try to hide it with a different sound effect. If you wanna hear a real gun hit concrete, watch Dirty Harry, and listen to when Scorpio tells him to throw away his S&W M29. That's a real gun. Doc's gun sounds like cheap shit metal made in China. Doc's not stupid, he wouldn't have bought a toy gun UNLESS it was all for show, and he needed Marty to believe he was dead.
The guy that says"crazy drunk driver" is the old mayor Red Thomas. When he calls Marty a crazy drunk pedestrian in the alternate 1985, Marty recognizes him and says "Red!"
Seriously? That's cool. We had a dispute at a quiz night years ago because everyone thought it was "Bret" but the quizmaster and one of the teams had it as "Fred".
That was the beauty of the commentary. Two (or 3) contrasting styles and opinions. That would cater to a broader demographic. Also you cant not miss Duncan's comic relief impressions.
Back to the future Has the best and most Nail biting ending to a movie ever, Demanding a sequel. And it Delivered, im allways going to defend BTTF2 as its just such a wonderfull fiilm with relatable future tech and predictions that allmost came true...
Great commentary. I love Brad Watsons enthusiasm. Crispin Glover beats to his own drum. 1:15:03 - Crispin thought that tussling his hair would be good for the character: as an artist deep in his work not caring about his appearance. There i a great bio of Crisping Glover's work on UA-cam. Here is the link, I recommend everyone to check it out. the video delves into the Back to the Future debacle - ua-cam.com/video/0U0_tZdus9g/v-deo.html
"Back to the Future? SUCK IT!" - Richard Jackson Robocop commentary Back to the Future commentary finally arrives and Richard is nowhere to be found. Coincidence? Yeah, probably. Thanks for another great commentary Ollie.
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) a.k.a Karate Tiger could be used for a future retrospective review since it has one of Van Damme's earliest performances.
The Delorean could get past 85, the 85 spedometer was just for the US version because of some oil saving regulations in the US. It could get up to about 180km/h
Kelsey Grammer is a good pick for Doc, but the film-makers other choice was John Lithgow (B.Z. in Santa Claus: The Movie, Dick in Third Rock From The Sun) . He definitely could have done it. Similiar voice to Christopher Lloyd, and eccentric!
Maybe the Mandela Effect is real, but I’m not sure. I remember both in the cinema in 1985 and later on VHS trilogy in 1991 the moment before the end credits roll in part one TO BE CONTINUED appears on the screen. But now on dvd the filmmakers removed it and claimed it was never part of the original cut. Only in the rerelease version or something. I respectfully call BS. Does anyone remember what I know I saw as a youth? It was the whole reason they then added TO BE CONCLUDED at the end of part two.
The thing with Marty and Doc are friends is kinda like Walter White and Jessie. So any younger person who has seen breaking bad won't have an issue with Marty and Doc going on adventures together!! Iny top 5, best films ever!!
Again I'd suggest anyone who's interested to have a look at the draft screenplays online. In some of them, it actually does explain how they met. Although it's a bit ropey. Jennifer for some reason asks Marty how he met Doc despite the fact she's been Marty's girlfriend for some time. He says that it's weird, but one day Doc just turned up out of the blue, by knocking on Marty's door and asking if he wanted to earn some cash by cleaning his garage! Marty said yes, and that the perks of the job was that he got beer from Doc, and full access to his cool vintage record collection! For those saying that these days you couldn't have a story with a 17yr old hanging out with an older man, this doesn't help! Anyway in time Marty became Doc's assistant in his scientific experiments, as well as a good friend. This whole setup is unnecessary and laboured, and you can see why it was removed. I think even Zemeckis and Gale realised they couldn't really explain it. Also, Doc just appearing at Marty's house suggests to me that the time loop theory is being endorsed here, and the reason he picks Marty is because he already met him in 1955 and the events of the film have always happened! Of course that doesn't explain why George is a pushover and Biff is bullying him in 1985! As it stands, I just think Doc needed an assistant, as he couldn't do all his experiments on his own, and advertised. In time he and Marty became friends. Doc the father Marty is lacking, and Marty to Doc the child he never had (which makes the fact he has kids in BTTF3 more pertinent). That's all you need for an explanation!
Anyone else now got a picture of Doc and Marty cooking up meth, under the cover of 'scientific experiments'. The Libyans were actually working for gangsters Doc hadn't paid. No wonder Strickland's on Marty's case, he has a hunch he's the school's dealer! Slacker!
+Rachel Dunne...Trust a gobby North American to come on talking shit, if you don't like the content then feel free to fuck off, it's as simple as that Rachel, you started this being a bitch and you know it. The boys are doing fine and it's only you moaning about it so again...fuck off...take care now, bye bye then!
Loved the point made about Doc and Marty being mates with no explanation. I agree with Brad that the power of the script should have confidence in some circumstance to just get on with it and the audience will follow. Problem is that I think the times have changed, if BTTF was released now then everyone would pitch a fit over the lack of development in the friendship. When The Last Jedi came out there was tonnes of moaning all over social media because Snoke was given no backstory. Mystery in film is slowly dying and this is a classic, lovely example. Great work lads :-)
I don't think your comparison holds up. BTTF wasn't preceded by 6 other films without Doc in them, leaving you to wonder what the hell Doc was doing during the events of those movies. Doc wasn't killed in BTTF 2 with no explanation of who he was or where he came from.
I think Snoke is a really bad comparison. A better analogy would be to compare how we don't know, or need to know, how Han met Chewie in the original Star Wars. Can't wait for that Back to the Future prequel that shows how Doc and Marty first came to meet.
"Hey cousin Chuck, check out this new sound this white kid is playing in 1955 and disregard the previous 10 years of Little Richard, Wynonie Harris, Fats Waller, and all the other scores of black proto-rockers"
23:37 Oliver, I played Forza Motorsport 4 on Xbox 360 with my little cousin one time, He chose the Delorean and I chose the Aston Martin Db5 and we both found out that Deloreans are the most Rubbish cars ever. Do not buy one.
Please british people, can you tell me why you say "cinemar" instead of cinema, and so on? It doesn't happen all the time but often enough to annoy me to hell and back
Just like New Yorkers. They add Rs to words that end in vowels, and add As to the the end of words that end with consonants. Soda- soder. Hammer- hamma.
I love this guy's enthusiasm. He's obviously a massive fan and it's contagious!
One of the greatest movies ever made. Also, quite possibly the greatest score ever composed.
In my opinion, it's only beat by: 'Limitless,' and: 'Idiocracy.' :)
Always a treat to have Brad on. It's crazy to think that we are father away from 1985 than BTTF was from 1955.
The “cereal” in the dinner scene is actually peanut brittle. There’s a deleted scene immediately following Biff returning the wrecked car and Marty lamenting his loss where he tells his dad that he has to stand up and say no to people, George saying he’s not that much a pushover, and then a Girl Scout appearing at the door selling peanut brittle. I believe she says something to the affect of “I can sell my entire stock to you” and then it hard cuts to the next scene with them pouring it into the bowl. In essence, it’s a punchline to a joke that was never told.
Growing up, I always thought it was Graham crackers, which I’d eat like a cereal during that time.
This is possibly my #1 favorite '80s film ever, one of the very best time travel films to had ever been conceived. Glad to see y'all doing a commentary on this. I had done a Review/Commentary on it back in 2015 and gave it a well-deserved 10/10 score, the very first film to ever receive such a rating on my review videos..
For three weekends in a row this past April, I got to see all 3 BTTF movies on the big screen. Seeing them on the big screen reminded me how great this trilogy is and how it still connects with each passing generation.
So glad these are up. I have the box set and it has commentaries on it, but what I don't have at the moment is a blu ray player. Once through the trilogy is never enough, I always do a second watch with commentary tracks, just to live with the world a little longer. When I was a kid, it went Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, that trilogy of trilogies was the peak of movie entertainment.
The food George eats at the 1985 Dinner is Peanut Brittle. It relates to a deleted scene where George is bullied into buying a case of it from a Girl Scout's Dad. That's why Marty looks at George so pained, because he's uncomfortable at his Dad being so enthusiastic about it, when he remembers how he let himself be walked over.
As BTTF was released in America in the Summer of 1985 (as opposed to Xmas in the UK), on Oct 21 1985 people actually turned out at the Twin Pines Mall location (as they recognised it in the film) at 1.18 am just to see what would happen.
An early draft of BTTF actually has Marty tell Jennifer how he and Doc met. He says that Doc just turned up at his house one day and offered him a job to clean his workshop home. In return he gives him beer (to a 17 yr old!) and lets him raid his "amazing record collection". Of course, Doc just turning up at Marty's house does raise the possibility of a Causality Loop, and Doc knew Marty was the one who would come back in time to 1955, so he deliberately orchestrated their meeting in 1985.
15:22 I think they're eating Peanut Brittle. There was apparently going to be a scene where a Girl Scout was selling boxes of it and because George has no backbone he bought all of them.
It's a deleted scene on the DVD/Blu Ray. He gets emotionally bullied into it by her Dad who's accompanying her. As a scene it's obviously just there to give us another showing of George's character, but with the Biff scene there already it's a bit superfluous. Still nice to see any extra moments of BTTF, and gives context to the weird looking cereal (personally I thought it was because George is just such an odd guy to be eating cereal at dinner time, which is balanced by everyone acting weird at the dinner table, as a portrait of Marty's family, where he's the only sane one (I think it says that in the script). It also explains why Marty looks so sickened when George offers him the brittle. I always thought it was because eating it at dinner is icky, but it's because he's ashamed at how his Dad got it (Marty tries to persuade him to say No after Biff leaves, and George doesn't say No to all of the brittle). Interesting how context can change meaning.
miss the old gang
I thought Marty's arch in this film is he learns to be more confident and take chances. In the beginning of the film before he goes back he and Jennifer talk about how "He is afraid to send in his demo tape." as he is afraid of rejection like his father. That is not to say at the end of the film we see or hear of him sending the tape in, but after the events that took place you are more certain that the Marty AFTER the past events will have the confidence to follow on his own dreams much like he did for his father. That is where I see his arch.
gutz1981 - This is a real blink and you’ll miss it detail, but at the end of the movie after Marty wakes back up in 1985 and walks into the living room, he’s holding a package which is actually supposed to be his demo tape that he’s going to send out after all.
If you have a read of the early draft screenplays online, it highlights this. Marty is debating whether to post his demo to a record label, but as he says to Jennifer outside the courthouse he's scared they'll say he's no good. In the draft scripts, he decides not to before he goes to Twin Pines Mall and throws the tape in its envelope into a bin in his room. When he wakes up after the events of the story and everythings gone right, in a positive mood he retrieves the envelope from the bin, and carries it out of his room with the intention of posting it. Of course as McSuperfly says, we see it in his hand in the film, so this suggests they filmed this sub-plot. However it's not in the deleted scenes on the discs. My theory as to why they removed this, is to have Marty positive when he wakes up undermines the change for him when he sees the living room and his family as improved.
Yeah - I loved the arc that he learnt this by realising how similar he was to his father. They helped each other find their confidence.
Re past and present film standards and CGI - one of the very first moving images ever shown was of a train coming right at the camera.
Audiences screamed and panicked, because no one had ever seen a train coming right a them … and lived to tell the tale.
That must have been the most amazing "CGI" of its time
One of those great movies that defined a generation. This movie oozes 1980's out of every pore. I love it. And worth mentioning one of very few franchises where each installment is solid, and ending it a 3 was a great decision. Too many sequels have killed so many other movie franchises.
my all time favorite movie
I enjoyed "Back To The Future", my best comedy/science fiction movie ever.
If you look at the ledge on the clock tower where Doc fell off and broke the footing, it's all consistent, from the first scenes to the end. In the beginning, the ledge is intact. When Marty gets back to the PRESENT (not future) and the helicopter flies by, the ledge is out. They keep this continuity in part 2 as well in 2015, and in 1955 when they go back again and you see the clock tower before Doc breaks the ledge.
In the opening, at the Doc's place, there's a clock where a man is hanging from one of the clock's hands. I don't think this was just an Easter egg, I think this was nodding to Doc Brown having already done what he'd later do in the film in his past, even before Marty goes back in time to do what he's going to do to cause Doc to hang from a clock hand. The whole time travel sequence is either playing out in a loop, or Doc has spent a good deal of time trying to engineer the sequence to play out perfectly, and I don't think the Doc wasn't wearing a kevlar vest the first time he get's shot in the first third of the movie. I also tend to think Doc has done A LOT more time traveling than is revealed in the plots of the 3 films. This is evidenced by his money briefcase, among a ton of other coincidences, not the least of which is Doc throwing down the flag rope at the beginning of the tunnel when Biff is trying to run down Marty on the hoverboard in his Ford.
Another thing: why would Doc, a 70+ year old man, be friends with Marty, a teenager? Because he was ALREADY friends with him in the past, and Marty was who inspired Doc to focus his efforts on the flux capacitor to begin with.
Even Doc throwing away the gun at the beginning, it's obviously a toy gun, and they don't even try to hide it with a different sound effect. If you wanna hear a real gun hit concrete, watch Dirty Harry, and listen to when Scorpio tells him to throw away his S&W M29. That's a real gun. Doc's gun sounds like cheap shit metal made in China. Doc's not stupid, he wouldn't have bought a toy gun UNLESS it was all for show, and he needed Marty to believe he was dead.
The guy that says"crazy drunk driver" is the old mayor Red Thomas. When he calls Marty a crazy drunk pedestrian in the alternate 1985, Marty recognizes him and says "Red!"
Seriously? That's cool. We had a dispute at a quiz night years ago because everyone thought it was "Bret" but the quizmaster and one of the teams had it as "Fred".
Been waiting for this for ages. Thank you soooo much, Ollie
Loved it guys, summed up the movie perfectly! you must continue the trilogy with the commentary of the sequel!
Hell yes! I enjoyed the last commentary with Brad. Looking forward to hearing this one.
The photos were Newton, Ben Franklin, Edison, and Einstein.
Don't want to be a party pooper but it's a bit bittersweet knowing Richard and Duncan won't be part of these anymore.
Hallinilla9 Forgive my ignorance but why is that?
They left the channel.
rascalMatt17 Is your point that you think that's why he's gone or that you're glad of it?
Hallinilla9 Aw that’s a shame. I hope it weren’t a falling out.
That was the beauty of the commentary. Two (or 3) contrasting styles and opinions. That would cater to a broader demographic. Also you cant not miss Duncan's comic relief impressions.
Listening now!
Back to the future
Has the best and most Nail biting ending to a movie ever, Demanding a sequel.
And it Delivered, im allways going to defend BTTF2 as its just such a wonderfull fiilm with relatable future tech and predictions that allmost came true...
George is eating peanut brittle, during the dinner scene.
1:30:17 - it's Marty's father that has the character arc.
I think they both do. Marty finally discovers that he has something in common with his dad - their creativity and fear of rejection.
Yay uncle brads back!!! Saw it was BttF and new it’d be him. Great stuff guys.
Just looked up that secret cinema stuff, mind blown!
Christian De W - I was able to get tickets to the Back to the Future one and Brad is right, it was an amazing experience.
Love that movie my favorite movies thanks for the commentary
This podcast makes me feel like I’m on acid.
Great commentary. I love Brad Watsons enthusiasm. Crispin Glover beats to his own drum. 1:15:03 - Crispin thought that tussling his hair would be good for the character: as an artist deep in his work not caring about his appearance. There i a great bio of Crisping Glover's work on UA-cam. Here is the link, I recommend everyone to check it out. the video delves into the Back to the Future debacle - ua-cam.com/video/0U0_tZdus9g/v-deo.html
"Back to the Future? SUCK IT!"
- Richard Jackson
Robocop commentary
Back to the Future commentary finally arrives and Richard is nowhere to be found. Coincidence? Yeah, probably. Thanks for another great commentary Ollie.
No Retreat, No Surrender (1986) a.k.a Karate Tiger could be used for a future retrospective review since it has one of Van Damme's earliest performances.
They shot the stuff in the 50's first, as that was clean and shiny, then they could grime it for the 80's.
While Kelsey Grammar would have made a good Doc Brown, so would have John Lithgow who was considered.
masterpiece
The Delorean could get past 85, the 85 spedometer was just for the US version because of some oil saving regulations in the US. It could get up to about 180km/h
The end Marty grew up a different kid. Reason as to why in part 2 and 3 he hates being called chicken. Saw it in 85 at the age of 4 years old.
I've always felt that Doc was the only father figure/friend who understood Marty's issues
Apparently Tony Hawk taught Michael J Fox how to skate for the film too.
Awesome!
They're back hooray
Edgar_and_Alan Frog not all of them,
How about Marty’s arc of performing at the school dance? He was rejected in the beginning and succeeded at the end
Kelsey Grammer is a good pick for Doc, but the film-makers other choice was John Lithgow (B.Z. in Santa Claus: The Movie, Dick in Third Rock From The Sun) . He definitely could have done it. Similiar voice to Christopher Lloyd, and eccentric!
1985 version:
Doc: Who's president?
Marty: Ronald Reagan.
Doc: The actor!
Future Remake:
Doc: Who's president?
Marty: Donald Trump.
Doc: That loud mouth!
A perfect movie.
Rick and Morty time ;*)
Maybe the Mandela Effect is real, but I’m not sure. I remember both in the cinema in 1985 and later on VHS trilogy in 1991 the moment before the end credits roll in part one TO BE CONTINUED appears on the screen. But now on dvd the filmmakers removed it and claimed it was never part of the original cut. Only in the rerelease version or something. I respectfully call BS. Does anyone remember what I know I saw as a youth? It was the whole reason they then added TO BE CONCLUDED at the end of part two.
I don't remember 'To be continued', though I only had a VHS off of the TV (this was several years before the sequel).
It appeared on the VHS only.
Not seen this for a while. Lets do it.
George is the main character of Part I
Just like Doc is the main character in Part III
I misread the description as Oliver Harper and Brad Wilson. Haha
George is eating peanut brittle in the beginning of the movie
The thing with Marty and Doc are friends is kinda like Walter White and Jessie. So any younger person who has seen breaking bad won't have an issue with Marty and Doc going on adventures together!! Iny top 5, best films ever!!
Again I'd suggest anyone who's interested to have a look at the draft screenplays online. In some of them, it actually does explain how they met. Although it's a bit ropey. Jennifer for some reason asks Marty how he met Doc despite the fact she's been Marty's girlfriend for some time. He says that it's weird, but one day Doc just turned up out of the blue, by knocking on Marty's door and asking if he wanted to earn some cash by cleaning his garage! Marty said yes, and that the perks of the job was that he got beer from Doc, and full access to his cool vintage record collection! For those saying that these days you couldn't have a story with a 17yr old hanging out with an older man, this doesn't help! Anyway in time Marty became Doc's assistant in his scientific experiments, as well as a good friend. This whole setup is unnecessary and laboured, and you can see why it was removed. I think even Zemeckis and Gale realised they couldn't really explain it. Also, Doc just appearing at Marty's house suggests to me that the time loop theory is being endorsed here, and the reason he picks Marty is because he already met him in 1955 and the events of the film have always happened! Of course that doesn't explain why George is a pushover and Biff is bullying him in 1985! As it stands, I just think Doc needed an assistant, as he couldn't do all his experiments on his own, and advertised. In time he and Marty became friends. Doc the father Marty is lacking, and Marty to Doc the child he never had (which makes the fact he has kids in BTTF3 more pertinent). That's all you need for an explanation!
I'd love to have seen Marty talk some shit to Doc like Jesse has done to Walter.
Anyone else now got a picture of Doc and Marty cooking up meth, under the cover of 'scientific experiments'. The Libyans were actually working for gangsters Doc hadn't paid. No wonder Strickland's on Marty's case, he has a hunch he's the school's dealer! Slacker!
1:43:29, is there a predator in the background?
I love Used Cars!
Who else is missing Duncan & Richard right about now...
Amas Bansal Art
Just Duncan! Richard sounds like he belongs in a pub 24/7
Richard Jackson hahaha. Sorry but Duncan and Oliver have more trained voices which really shows through on audio tracks.
Go over to Val Verde Broadcasting. Its Rich and Duncan doing really good content
+Rachel Dunne...Trust a gobby North American to come on talking shit, if you don't like the content then feel free to fuck off, it's as simple as that Rachel, you started this being a bitch and you know it. The boys are doing fine and it's only you moaning about it so again...fuck off...take care now, bye bye then!
Loved the point made about Doc and Marty being mates with no explanation. I agree with Brad that the power of the script should have confidence in some circumstance to just get on with it and the audience will follow. Problem is that I think the times have changed, if BTTF was released now then everyone would pitch a fit over the lack of development in the friendship. When The Last Jedi came out there was tonnes of moaning all over social media because Snoke was given no backstory. Mystery in film is slowly dying and this is a classic, lovely example. Great work lads :-)
I don't think your comparison holds up. BTTF wasn't preceded by 6 other films without Doc in them, leaving you to wonder what the hell Doc was doing during the events of those movies. Doc wasn't killed in BTTF 2 with no explanation of who he was or where he came from.
Great observations, sir. I agree, totally, especially about The Last Jedi.
I think Snoke is a really bad comparison. A better analogy would be to compare how we don't know, or need to know, how Han met Chewie in the original Star Wars. Can't wait for that Back to the Future prequel that shows how Doc and Marty first came to meet.
Are you fucking kidding me with the ad breaks? Kinda ruins the flow and timing of the commentary.
"Hey cousin Chuck, check out this new sound this white kid is playing in 1955 and disregard the previous 10 years of Little Richard, Wynonie Harris, Fats Waller, and all the other scores of black proto-rockers"
23:37 Oliver, I played Forza Motorsport 4 on Xbox 360 with my little cousin one time, He chose the Delorean and I chose the Aston Martin Db5 and we both found out that Deloreans are the most Rubbish cars ever. Do not buy one.
Please british people, can you tell me why you say "cinemar" instead of cinema, and so on? It doesn't happen all the time but often enough to annoy me to hell and back
Local dialect.
Johan Öberg Because we invented the fucking language.
All the UK Southerners pronounce certain words that way, the rest of the country pronounce those words correctly.
Just like New Yorkers. They add Rs to words that end in vowels, and add As to the the end of words that end with consonants. Soda- soder. Hammer- hamma.