I wish the reason why Marty and Doc are friends in '85 was that they've met in '55, and so Doc befriends Marty later on so the whole loop works. But that's not how these movies were written.

Yeah, unfortunately that’s not how time travel works in the BttF universe. This sounds more Time-Turner/ Harry Potter/ predestination, which is a different but equally cool version of time travel to explore!

I like that BttF is more about “our actions affect things” rather than “it doesn’t matter because it’s all preordained.” And maybe, to some extent, BttF has elements of both, but I sadly don’t think the premise of the story even works if it’s a matter of predestination. It’s all about the impact of our choices — that we make a difference, even with our smallest actions.

as much as i love the trope of a time traveler picking the name of a famous actor/character as their new name when they are asked for their name in the past/future, i would love if it was used for drama, and by that I mean, Marty McFly turns back at the bar and says his name is Clint Eastwood, and someone at a table starts choking on their beer because they recognize the name, Ray Palmer pins the star on his lapel and says his name is John Wayne, and the girl hanging in the background wheezes, Rufus tells former soldiers his name is Denzel Washington and someone facepalms behind him... because they are not the only time travelers around.

The "problem" is that when this trope is used, not being the only time traveler around is hardly the biggest problem they have in the episode/movie (not getting killed, not getting killed, not getting Lincoln killed/not killed) but I so wish the blatant pseudonyms were a dead giveaway of who's a time traveller more often.

Day 6: Sleigh

How does Santa manage to deliver all his presents in one night? Through a time traveling DeLorean!

What, did you think he could have pulled it off without time travel? So silly 🙃

This is heckin’ cool