Yet ANOTHER Back to the Future question

[nachtinis]

My guess is that he was simply more successful in whatever he was doing due to his confidence. The book was something he "set his mind to" and did on his own.

The newspaper from the alternate 1985 however identifies him as "local author" so maybe he's a columnist or something like that.

I am thinking the same, sci-fi authors are often published in collections or magazines as serials or one offs, then they get a book together and get it published.

A little tidbit that probably wouldnt have made sense to add to the movie unless they wanted to deepen what George "did" after high school, they sort of showed him as a "writer" in general all throughtout the film, starting with reports in the original universe, then to poetry and whatnot in 1955 to main stream sci-fi in "fixed" 1985.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

starting with reports in the original universe

OMG! I'm an author! :lol :thumbsup

 

[Lightning]

Here's a question I was always a little confused about:
So the end of the first movie implies that George became a successful writer. Biff mentions that it's his new book while Lorrane mentioned it's his first book.

So is this success newfound? Or did he slog along at some office job for 30 years while writing a book on the side?

She says it is his first novel. This implies previously written short stories.

 

[Funky]

George McFly in BTTF2 was a stand in for Glover. Glover was only in 1 because he wanted more money than they were willing to pay.

By everybody's account Crispin Glover had read the scrips for 2 & 3 and decided George McFly was intregal to the story and WAAAY to valuable to write off. His character being so memorable in the first movie that he gambled that they wouldn't DARE get another actor to play George as it would throw off the whole feel of continuity, so he demanded a king's ransom if they wanted him because he knew they could not continue without him (the way 2 & 3 were written at that time).
He lost his bet. They simply rewrote the scripts writing out the character. That's something Crispin Glover never dreamed they would do.
Now the guy is considered hard to work with and a loose cannon. Nobody wants him.
He was given a golden opportunity and lost it to greed.

 

[Michael Bergeron]

By everybody's account Crispin Glover had read the scrips for 2 & 3 and decided George McFly was intregal to the story and WAAAY to valuable to write off. His character being so memorable in the first movie that he gambled that they wouldn't DARE get another actor to play George as it would throw off the whole feel of continuity, so he demanded a king's ransom if they wanted him because he knew they could not continue without him (the way 2 & 3 were written at that time).
He lost his bet. They simply rewrote the scripts writing out the character. That's something Crispin Glover never dreamed they would do.
Now the guy is considered hard to work with and a loose cannon. Nobody wants him.
He was given a golden opportunity and lost it to greed.

Yep. Worked out alright for the franchise though! Can't imagine what those movies would have been like with George as an integral character.

Are those scripts laying around somewhere online?

 

[AlexBC]

I always wonder what the George who never married Lorraine would have been like.

For a while there we kind of have a universe between the A and B universes. Would George still have ended up somewhat like the A George?

We'll never know.

 

[KingsKnight]

Yep. Worked out alright for the franchise though! Can't imagine what those movies would have been like with George as an integral character.

Are those scripts laying around somewhere online?

I would have liked to have seen how Crispin Glover would have played Seamus Mcfly in part 3. I mean I love what Michael J. Fox did, but it would be interesting to see it with Crispin Glover.

 

[IndyFanChuck]

Jedi, this is epic. My best friends' fave movie is BttF and he is going to FREAK when I point this out. Thank you. He will laugh and laugh~ :thumbsup

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Back the the original question...

Nope, don't buy it. George 1 was obviously not concerned with his looks. I seriously doubt he would be vain enough to even think about dying his hair.

There is nothing to say that George doesn't care about his looks though. We only see loser George McFly at his home with family & Biff. Not exactly where you care to look your best. Also, he wears a white shirt & tie with his hair slicked back, that's trying although his style in 1985 is pretty atrocious. The only difference between the looks of loser George & winner George is that loser George is stuck in the 50's. Think about it, he looks like a 50's office worker, he watches reruns of 50's programs, and he still has the same confidence issues with the same people as he did in the 50's.

If we go on the supposition that he's stuck in that part of his life then it's entirely possible he dyes his hair as part of his lack of confidence. That and the wet oil look definitely helps to hide gray hair.

 

[AlexBC]

I still go with the stress explanation. The advice about not needing headaches that Marty gets from his brother kind of shows that George hasn't pushed his children to take any risks.

 

[nachtinis]

I think it is because the character has stuff in his hair, I dunnp this image kinda looks liek the gray is still visible?

 

[Kerr Avon]

Doesn't matter. Guy is still a nut.