BTTF Question

[blewis17]

At the end of the original BTTF, Doc pulls up in the DeLorean after visiting the future, and tells Marty (and Jennifer) they have to hurry, to stop Marty's kid (30 years in the future) from getting involved in a robbery and going to jail, starting a cascading disaster for the McFly family.

For Marty, this was the morning after he got back from his trip to 1955. I'm sure he was exhausted, to say the least.

WHY was Doc in such a hurry to get to 2015? Why did they have to leave IMMEDIATELY? I mean, he had a time machine. Why not chill for a week or two (or month or two, or year or two!) in 1985, before taking Marty to 2015 to help his (yet unborn) young son? :confused

In BTTF 2, Doc even said he had taken time to get his body rejuvenated, have some organs upgraded, the DeLorean hover converted, Mr. Fusion installed, etc.

[I know that in 1985 there was no "planned" sequel to BTTF, and the details about Marty/Jennifer kids getting messed up in the future didn't technically exist yet. It was a way to end the film with a little bit of "kick" and possibly set it up for a sequel.]

 

[Lightning]

Because that was the morning that Marty was going to get in the car accident. It would take too long for him to recuperate and he would probably look noticeably older than his son by then. There's also a small chance Doc also might have had the nebulous idea of changing Marty's personality flaw before the accident, and that would be his last chance.

 

[darthgordon]

Maybe he was worried about the Delorean being seen... along with his crazy outfit.

 

[blewis17]

Because that was the morning that Marty was going to get in the car accident. It would take too long for him to recuperate and he would probably look noticeably older than his son by then. There's also a small chance Doc also might have had the nebulous idea of changing Marty's personality flaw before the accident, and that would be his last chance.

Good thought... But why not just tell Marty to not drive his new truck for a day or two ? At this point (timeline) Marty's parents knew about his trip to the lake and planned love-fest with Jennifer - and they approved! So, there was no need to hide his plans anymore with a secret trip to the lake.

 

[Jet Beetle]

i always thought it was weird that Marty's mom became sooooo open to sexual conquest that she'd have nothing at all to say about Marty taking Jennifer up to the lake and fluxing the capasiting out of her for a weekend. I know that now she's "sat in a parked car with a boy" and all - but I know my mother would have never gone for me taking a girlfriend anywhere for a weekend - and my mother was super slutty when she was a teen.

Just kidding ---- I hope.

 

[Arlington Beech]

I always liked how the Doc said that Marty was fine in the future...when in the sequels he was anything but

 

[Too Much Garlic]

I always liked how the Doc said that Marty was fine in the future...when in the sequels he was anything but

Well, he wasn't dead.