10 Huge Questions That Undermine Back To The Future

Another New Year over and done, and we're still no closer to hoverboards. And there's a simple explanation for that; a longshot, but an explanation all the same. You see, Marty McFly changed a lot about 1955. And one thing he could have helped with, was popularising skateboarding, by stealing achild's soapbox scooter and snapping the wooden bit off the top. In a universe where this happened, Marty might have become a legend, and the history of skateboarding could have become radically different; and it could've become popular enough for technological advances such as the hoverboard. Not everything in Back to the Future has such a quirky explanation though. We love this film; it's a classic that's ignited so many imaginations with the possibilities of time travel. But it doesn't half ask a lot of questions. Here are ten of the biggest questions the first Back to the Future film poses, that actually undermine the film itself. Not that we don't adore and enjoy it, of course.

10. Why Do George And Lorraine Give Biff So Much Credit For Getting Them Together?

So, towards the end of Back to the Future, we see the alternate 1985, changed by Marty McFly's actions in the past. And thanks to that punch, school bully Biff isn't George's boss anymore, he's practically his servant. Okay, let's take into account the moral message - if you stand up to the bullies, you'll be a roaring success - and skip over the question about whether you'd want someone who bullied you and your wife so close to your family. Instead, let's look at Lorraine's quote, "If it wasn't for Biff, we would've never fallen in love." Sorry, what? Have I missed something? Didn't Biff assault Lorraine in the parking lot? George may have totally forgotten that Marty helped him find the love of his life, but is really going to give Biff credit for just being there to punch? It was all George. He controlled his own density, as he would say. If I was Marty, I'd feel somewhat hard done by that I went to all that trouble to help my parents, and they thanked Biff over me. But George can't have changed that much if he doesn't realise that he shaped his own future.