Back to the Future II

[KB]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: coldmeat
Watching it again, I'm noticing a lot more holes in their timelines. Biff gives the book to himself then travels to the same future he left from? Then doc and Marty travel back to 1985 but are somehow now in the timeline where Biff has all of his money?

Yea that doesn't make much sense... ha.

When Biff returns in the DeLorean, he collapses. That's because the timeline is "catching up," and he's dead at that time in the new timeline.

When Biff goes back and becomes rich, Doc goes into an insane Asylum, meaning he couldn't have invented the time machine in the future. If he couldn't create the time machine, Old Biff never would have gone back in time in the first place. This means there are multiple timelines. So when Old Biff returns to 2015 he should have gone to that separate timeline where he was rich and the city was destroyed, not back to the timeline where the city was still OK.

 

[xboxist]

Great, great trilogy. Looking back upon it after all these years, two things stand out to me:

1) The quirky, yet perfect chemistry between Fox and Lloyd

2) The musical score

EDIT: oh snap! Post # 1985!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: KB

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: jman19

Originally posted by: coldmeat
Watching it again, I'm noticing a lot more holes in their timelines. Biff gives the book to himself then travels to the same future he left from? Then doc and Marty travel back to 1985 but are somehow now in the timeline where Biff has all of his money?

Yea that doesn't make much sense... ha.

When Biff returns in the DeLorean, he collapses. That's because the timeline is "catching up," and he's dead at that time in the new timeline.

When Biff goes back and becomes rich, Doc goes into an insane Asylum, meaning he couldn't have invented the time machine in the future. If he couldn't create the time machine, Old Biff never would have gone back in time in the first place. This means there are multiple timelines. So when Old Biff returns to 2015 he should have gone to that separate timeline where he was rich and the city was destroyed, not back to the timeline where the city was still OK.

See my bolded explanation. I know it's kind of a weak explanation, but we're talking about a movie about time travel - a comedy, no less. When actions change the course of history, it takes time for the effect to propagate through the future. Like when Marty screwed up his parents' meeting in BTTF - his siblings didn't disappear from the picture immediately.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: xboxist
Great, great trilogy. Looking back upon it after all these years, two things stand out to me:

1) The quirky, yet perfect chemistry between Fox and Lloyd

2) The musical score

EDIT: oh snap! Post # 1985!

That's incredible.

 

[JasonSix78]

Originally posted by: xboxist
Great, great trilogy. Looking back upon it after all these years, two things stand out to me:

1) The quirky, yet perfect chemistry between Fox and Lloyd

2) The musical score

EDIT: oh snap! Post # 1985!

Don't post again or we'll be thrown into an alternate time line!

 

[T9D]

Originally posted by: xboxist
Great, great trilogy. Looking back upon it after all these years, two things stand out to me:

1) The quirky, yet perfect chemistry between Fox and Lloyd

2) The musical score

EDIT: oh snap! Post # 1985!

Woe that's heavy

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: 0

Originally posted by: coldmeat
I'm just watching this movie again. I love these movies, but I've always wondered about this one.

Why go to the future? Why couldn't the doc just warn him about what's going to happen?

Because the future is causal. It hasn't been written yet. It can turn out differently.

Avast, time be merely an illusion, ye landlubber, stemmin' from your inability to perceive all possible realities simultaneously... Yarrr!

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

woo just finished the first one. love this movie

 

[MartyMcFly3]

Originally posted by: M0oG0oGaiPan
woo just finished the first one. love this movie

Its only one of the best trilogies of our time.

 

[gorcorps]

Why is there discussion on plot holes about time travel? It's not realistic so you can't expect it to make sense. It's just a damn good series.

 

[gar3555]

Originally posted by: JasonSix78

Originally posted by: xboxist
Great, great trilogy. Looking back upon it after all these years, two things stand out to me:

1) The quirky, yet perfect chemistry between Fox and Lloyd

2) The musical score

EDIT: oh snap! Post # 1985!

Don't post again or we'll be thrown into an alternate time line!

Great Scott!

Oh and this makes me LOL

 

[UpgradeFailure]

The real question is why would Doc tell Marty about this at all? He's always said not to mess with time and know too much about your own future. And well, that was a pretty big change in the time-line, if I do say so myself

 

[Hyperlite]

pretty sure this thread/question pops up about every 6 months. its um...a movie.