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ToejamandEarl · 02-27-2002, 08:45 PM

OK here's my thoughts....I watch these movies religously every Nov. 5....

Precursor -

Marty returned from the past to find that his whole world had changed...His parents were hip and athletic, his brother worked for a nice company, and his sister had a bunch of dates...Marty had no idea what happened....he assumed that things would be the way they were....His life was altered...but his memory was the same as before....He didn't know he even had that 4x4...Things were normal enough in the timeline for him to not be that affected.

Old Biff left his present time 2015 to go back to 1955 to give himself the book...he left 1955 to go back to the future. It seems like he should have been able to travel to whatever time he wanted, but the time line was changing as soon as Biff turned old enough to make his first bet on the horse races....If he was supposed to be dead in the future when he returned, that means he wasn't supposed to live to be that old. So, he couldn't have travelled back in time to give himself the book.... Which creates a paradox....Too complicated of a situation for the writers, because Marty and Doc from the past were still in the original timeline which should have never existed...I think they cut it out and just had him hit is stomach with the caine and left it at that.....Which is still a bit confusing 'cause the timeline didn't catch up to Doc and Marty until they went back to 1985...they actually should have been affected along with Biff...and they should either have not have existed or they should have seen the world change before their eyes...(like the newpaper)

As far a Doc not using the flying delorian that he put in the mine....That would have created another paradox....Marty needed it "intact" to go back to 1885 to get Doc...and eventually to go back to the future...

Now...Unless Doc emptied or used the gas from the gas tank (mine delorian), he should have been able to fill the other car up...and not blown up the manifold using the whiskey...and they wouldn't have needed the train....(marty could have put gas in the mine car in 1955 no problem)

That's my only question....

Everybody follow??

02-27-2002, 08:45 PM	#18 (permalink)
ToejamandEarl Actor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Atlanta, GA	OK here's my thoughts....I watch these movies religously every Nov. 5.... Precursor - Marty returned from the past to find that his whole world had changed...His parents were hip and athletic, his brother worked for a nice company, and his sister had a bunch of dates...Marty had no idea what happened....he assumed that things would be the way they were....His life was altered...but his memory was the same as before....He didn't know he even had that 4x4...Things were normal enough in the timeline for him to not be that affected. Old Biff left his present time 2015 to go back to 1955 to give himself the book...he left 1955 to go back to the future. It seems like he should have been able to travel to whatever time he wanted, but the time line was changing as soon as Biff turned old enough to make his first bet on the horse races....If he was supposed to be dead in the future when he returned, that means he wasn't supposed to live to be that old. So, he couldn't have travelled back in time to give himself the book.... Which creates a paradox....Too complicated of a situation for the writers, because Marty and Doc from the past were still in the original timeline which should have never existed...I think they cut it out and just had him hit is stomach with the caine and left it at that.....Which is still a bit confusing 'cause the timeline didn't catch up to Doc and Marty until they went back to 1985...they actually should have been affected along with Biff...and they should either have not have existed or they should have seen the world change before their eyes...(like the newpaper) As far a Doc not using the flying delorian that he put in the mine....That would have created another paradox....Marty needed it "intact" to go back to 1885 to get Doc...and eventually to go back to the future... Now...Unless Doc emptied or used the gas from the gas tank (mine delorian), he should have been able to fill the other car up...and not blown up the manifold using the whiskey...and they wouldn't have needed the train....(marty could have put gas in the mine car in 1955 no problem) That's my only question.... Everybody follow?? __________________ Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.