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Post by rapidfire187 on Dec 13, 2011 23:54:53 GMT -5
So yea...I'm ashamed to admit this, but I just watched Back to the Future for the first time last week. I don't have a good reason why I hadn't watched it before, but I finally got around to it. Great movie, and I just finished the trilogy tonight.
Anyway, here's one that I didn't see anywhere else.
In the first movie, when they're still in 1955, Biff basically tries to rape Marty's mom (sorry, forget her name). He gets in the car with her and has her in his lap while he's trying to feel her up and kiss her, with her screaming for him to stop the entire time. Thankfully, George McFly kicks his ass and gets the girl. Marty isn't erased from history and everyone lives happily ever after.
But one thing that really bugs me is that at the end of the movie. In the new, alternate time line, Biff is basically the McFly family's bitch. He's shown washing their cars and generally sucking up to George. It's neat to see Biff, who was an asshole to Marty's dad, get his comeuppance but...why in the hell is he allowed anywhere near George, his wife, or his children!?
I mean, not only did neither George or Marty's mom call the police, but they actually pay that sexual predator to do stuff around their house. That's insane!
Just wanted to get that off my chest. I'd love to see someone explain that one in a way that doesn't involve a lot of blind assumptions. Also, please share other plot holes and what have you.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2011 23:56:35 GMT -5
Because they found it more fun to treat Biff like a bitch instead, which is what he became.
The punch from George completely emasculated Biff.
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Post by Dean-o on Dec 13, 2011 23:58:55 GMT -5
If you had a bully that made your life a living hell in school, wouldn't you just love to make him your personal bitch when you were older and much more successful?
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Post by rapidfire187 on Dec 14, 2011 0:07:05 GMT -5
If you had a bully that made your life a living hell in school, wouldn't you just love to make him your personal bitch when you were older and much more successful? Yea, I get that part. But there's a huge difference between bullying and rape. I mean, shouldn't Marty's mom have some sort of reservations about having Biff around their house? "Come on, George...I know he was an asshole but for f***'s sake can you swallow your pride?" |
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Dec 14, 2011 2:18:01 GMT -5
They also don't recognize that Marty is Calvin Klein. You'd think they would remember the dude who was responsible for getting them together. That isn't something you would forget.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Dec 14, 2011 2:26:59 GMT -5
The biggest one: How the hell do you get a DeLoren up to 88 mph?
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 14, 2011 3:39:49 GMT -5
The biggest one: How the hell do you get a DeLoren up to 88 mph? You put Plutoneum in the engine, duh.  |
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 14, 2011 4:36:50 GMT -5
The biggest one: How the hell do you get a DeLoren up to 88 mph? You put Plutoneum in the engine, duh. Plutonium doesn't run the engine, just the flux capacitor hence needing gas in BTTF3 |
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Post by Cela on Dec 14, 2011 4:41:29 GMT -5
They also don't recognize that Marty is Calvin Klein. You'd think they would remember the dude who was responsible for getting them together. That isn't something you would forget. You'd think George would at least suspect infidelity. |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2011 7:04:25 GMT -5
You put Plutoneum in the engine, duh. Plutonium doesn't run the engine, just the flux capacitor hence needing gas in BTTF3 Don't forget the whole reason Marty couldn't get back in the first was because he had no plutonium to make the 1.21 gigawatts to power the flux capacitor. Hence the need for the lightning bolt. |
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Post by Citizen Snips Has Left on Dec 14, 2011 7:06:18 GMT -5
They also don't recognize that Marty is Calvin Klein. You'd think they would remember the dude who was responsible for getting them together. That isn't something you would forget. For that matter, NO ONE remembers Calvin Klein and his shocking resemblance to Marty. Calvin met Lorraine's entire family, wouldn't one of his uncles or his grandparents notice? Strickland hates him in both timelines, dozens of students witness him invent rock n' roll...there's no way someone didn't come up to Lorraine at some point and accuse her of balling Calvin Klein on the side. To tie in with the Biff thing, Marty looks exactly like the man who helped ruin his entire life. Emasculated or not, Biff's not going to be washing Marty's truck with a smile, he's going to be figuring out how to kill him in his sleep. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 14, 2011 8:11:05 GMT -5
A Wizard did it
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Post by The Tank on Dec 14, 2011 8:25:58 GMT -5
On the point about Calvin Klein...you're saying you vividly and perfectly remember everyone you knew (even if it was someone important) from 30 years ago?
It's not that much of a stretch for them to not "notice the resemblance."
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Post by y4j1981 on Dec 14, 2011 8:26:44 GMT -5
If you had a bully that made your life a living hell in school, wouldn't you just love to make him your personal bitch when you were older and much more successful? Yea, I get that part. But there's a huge difference between bullying and rape. I mean, shouldn't Marty's mom have some sort of reservations about having Biff around their house? "Come on, George...I know he was an asshole but for f***'s sake can you swallow your pride?" You see what she was wearing? She had it coming.....i will see myself out, sorry  |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 14, 2011 8:30:44 GMT -5
On the point about Calvin Klein...you're saying you vividly and perfectly remember everyone you knew (even if it was someone important) from 30 years ago? It's not that much of a stretch for them to not "notice the resemblance." What if we've all met people who were in our lives fleetingly who turned out to be time travellers? |
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Post by The Tank on Dec 14, 2011 8:31:43 GMT -5
On the point about Calvin Klein...you're saying you vividly and perfectly remember everyone you knew (even if it was someone important) from 30 years ago? It's not that much of a stretch for them to not "notice the resemblance." What if we've all met people who were in our lives fleetingly who turned out to be time travellers? *eyes widen* Dude......this is heavy. |
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Dec 14, 2011 8:35:13 GMT -5
What if we've all met people who were in our lives fleetingly who turned out to be time travellers? *eyes widen* Dude......this is heavy. There's that word again; "heavy". Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth's gravitational pull? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 14, 2011 8:40:28 GMT -5
Regarding the OP:
30 years is a long time. Biff could have gone to therapy in that time.
Plus it was the 50's. 'Rape' wasn't ever a thing back then like it is now. I mean it was a thing, but no one recognized it as something bad until the 90's.
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Post by Joe Galt on Dec 14, 2011 8:49:11 GMT -5
To the OP:
"For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge, the more grief."
Don`t you hate it when you outsmart a good movie? It almost ruins it.
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Post by Bob Schlapowitz on Dec 14, 2011 8:58:51 GMT -5
What if we've all met people who were in our lives fleetingly who turned out to be time travellers? *eyes widen* Dude......this is heavy. Weight has nothing to do with it! |
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