Back To The Future: 10 Giant Plot Holes You Probably Missed
8. Alt-1985
The Back to the Future Saga began when teenager Marty McFly and his kooky friend Doc Brown were experimenting with a time machine one night and Marty accidentally went back in time and prevented his parents from meeting. This ultimately resulted in a much more positive present for Marty in 1985 - his parents were successful and in love, he had a nice car, and his family wasn't still being pushed around by the same familiar bully. Nice story. This raises the question, if Marty changed his life for the better, why was he hanging out with Doc the night he went back in the first place in the "better" timeline? Furthermore, why are they still living in that house and neighbourhood? Doc clearly acted as a friend and father figure to a troubled teen, but now that Marty's real father is a bit more confident, why did Marty and Doc ever meet to go back in time that night? Not to mention, they even state that he was supposed to be at the lake that night with Jennifer. Somehow the same set of circumstances that brought this lower-middle class boy to create a friendship with a scientist that lead them out to Twin Pines mall ALSO happened in this much happier version of his life? One would imagine that Marty would have led a much different life after changing it.
The Back to the Future Saga began when teenager Marty McFly and his kooky friend Doc Brown were experimenting with a time machine one night and Marty accidentally went back in time and prevented his parents from meeting. This ultimately resulted in a much more positive present for Marty in 1985 - his parents were successful and in love, he had a nice car, and his family wasn't still being pushed around by the same familiar bully. Nice story. This raises the question, if Marty changed his life for the better, why was he hanging out with Doc the night he went back in the first place in the "better" timeline? Furthermore, why are they still living in that house and neighbourhood? Doc clearly acted as a friend and father figure to a troubled teen, but now that Marty's real father is a bit more confident, why did Marty and Doc ever meet to go back in time that night? Not to mention, they even state that he was supposed to be at the lake that night with Jennifer. Somehow the same set of circumstances that brought this lower-middle class boy to create a friendship with a scientist that lead them out to Twin Pines mall ALSO happened in this much happier version of his life? One would imagine that Marty would have led a much different life after changing it.