BACK TO THE FUTURE! (1985) *Reaction* FIRST TIME WATCHING!! *Can somebody explain this to me??*

[@carolyngrinberg6889]

The guy telling Marty he's too darn loud is Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, who originally sang "The Power of Love."

[@katreacts6843]

Lol, that's awesome! :D

[@NightRanger-lz6tp]

And Back in Time

[@kristopherwood7521]

One of the best inside jokes ever, but it just didn't age well. Huey Lewis did a song called Hip to Be Square.

[@doobernow]

You couldn't anywhere in the mid 80s and not her Huey lol

[@jndaley]

@@doobernow right? He was so hip to be square.

[@DC_Prox]

"My advice on making sense of temporal paradoxes is simple: don't even try" - Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager.

[@glennwisniewski9536]

When Marty tells the doc that George never stood up to Biff in his life until that punch, the doc realizes that the future can be changed for the better. This leads him to say, "what the heck" and put the warning letter back together that saves his life.

[@michaelblaine6494]

So many miss that

[@vovindequasahi]

Fun fact: The song try-outs / rehearsal when Marty is playing Power of Love by Huey Lewis and the News, the guy with the megaphone who says it is just too high is Huey Lewis himself! Oh yeah both Christopher Lloyd and Michael J Fox pretty much defined my childhood!

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

In the 1980s we didn’t think we reached the peak of technology, but we witnessed the rapid development of technology and knew it was just starting.

[@godmagnus]

We know we hadn't reached the peak, we didn't even have flying cars.

[@michaelblaine6494]

Something that I think helps this to be timeless is that I think,and it’s obviously from the perspective of those of us who were there,but in many ways the 80s were the start of what we think of as modern culture. It seems like each decade since has been an updated version of that one(maybe even the 70s though haven’t lived through that and can’t say for sure). From that point everything became accelerated and each innovation came faster than the one before. The 1990s were the last decade with a distinct identity and since then we’ve had these spin off decades🤪

[@Uatu-the-Watcher]

@@michaelblaine6494 Yeah. I remember the ‘70s. What you’re describing is the impact of computing power and the Internet. War Games was a big AI and Internet revelation.

[@Tusc9969]

The USA is big, really big, and very diverse from East coast to mid-continent to West coast. Plus relatively few voters actually know who their own senators are. For a west coast adult to not know who an east coast senator was in 1955 is not only plausible but virtually a surety, especially in a time without social media. As for why Marty's parents didn't recognize their son from way back... 1) they only knew him for a week. He was important but with no pictures it would be hard to remember what he looked like 30 years later. Secondly Marty didn't pop out of his mom's vajayjay looking like Calvin Klein. 18 or so years of subtle changes occurred. Lacking a reference point its unlikely they would make the connection even if they vaguely remembered him. Thirdly, their son looks like somebody they knew 30 years ago as well as looking like both of them. Its either time travel or coincidence and time travel isn't real as far as they know.

[@ivan4087]

shes tried to be smart-as

[@michaelblaine6494]

I wish that comment could be reprinted in each reaction as the official answer to that question. Very well done

[@BigGator5]

🎶 "That's The Power Of Love!" 🎶 15:35 ...Yeah, best not think too deeply on time travel paradoxes. You'll be chasing that endless logic loop forever and get nowhere. Fun Fact: The judge who stands up to say that Marty is "just too darn loud" is Huey Lewis, whose songs "The Power Of Love" and "Back In Time" are featured in this movie. Bonus Fact: When Lorraine follows Marty back to Doc's house, she and Doc exchange an awkward greeting. This marks the only on-screen dialogue that Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson ever have, though they have appeared together in six movies. Bonus Fact: Writers Bob Gale and Robert Zemeckis actually received a fan letter from John DeLorean after the film's release, thanking them for immortalizing his car.

[@Pandafaust11]

Hence the Avengers: Endgame joke that Antman's knowledge on time travel is based on Back to the Future.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

Thomas F. Wilson, the actor who played Biff, is actually one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Lea Thompson said that he kept on apologizing when they were shooting the car scene, and she had to remind him that it was just acting.

[@timroebuck3458]

If I were to travel back in time, my uncles and older cousins would probably beat me up.

[@MrFlix1983]

So you just saw one of my all time favorite films ever for the first time. There is so much about BTTF that one can't and honestly shouldn't over analyze. Unless you really are into science, physics, and the theory of time travel. It just simply put is an original fun memorable movie from the 80s that over 35 years later still stands the test of.....time.

[@cyndifrisch5498]

The actor who played Doc was the villain in who framed Roger rabbit

[@gasperdn]

My theory is that when Doc put the letter back together and wore the bulletproof vest, that he basically stopped the time loop and when the original Marty went back to 1955 it almost canceled the time loop because he never had to warn Doc about the Libyans.

[@tubularap]

9:23 - Kat, after Doc explains the dog's lost minute : "Sure, let's just make that make sense." That is the best attitude to all things considering time travel in this movie. Thanks for letting us enjoy along with you.

[@davidludwig1492]

My best advice was something my wife told me: Don't try to figure out the time paradoxes; it's a movie, just enjoy the ride.

[@glennwelsh9784]

Yeah, there are theories within the scientific community that seek to better address time travel paradoxes. One theory claims that you wouldn't be able to alter history if you went back in time, but any changes you made to past events would result in the creation of a separate yet coexisiting alternate timeline, and the original timeline you came from would still exist and remain completely unaffected. There is another theory that says that you *could* make changes in the timeline, but you'd be limited to making only small changes. This theory says that time is like a stream. You can throw rocks into the stream and make ripples in the water, but you wouldn't be able to change the flow of the stream. You can try to make big changes, but the universe would simply correct itself in order to make sure that subsequent events still play out the way they're supposed to.

[@poluticon]

it's totally plausible that they wouldn't know who JFK was. There are 100 US Senators, we don't know every one of them. We basically just know the 2 from our home state and that's it. I highly doubt a family in California would know who the Senators for Massachusetts are.

[@PikminandOatchi]

Christopher Lloyd is still working even today. He's multgeneratonal.

[@davidspellman2566]

Marty's parents would have known him from the time that he was a baby, so there is no way that they would have made a physical connection between their son and a 17 year old kid they met for a week in High School, no matter how much of an impact he had on them. Great reaction!

[@Johnadams20760]

something i see nobody had explained just yet as to one of your questions, why didn't marty just dissappear as soon as he was hit by the car. so here it the reason. lorraine and george kissed for the first time at the dance which wasn't until 6 days after marty arrived. that is where they fell in love and lorraine knew she would spend the rest of his life with him. so he wasn't going to dissappear until that event passed if they hadn't actaully kissed, but since marty was able to get his dad to go with her and time found a way (him saving her from biff), it allowed him and his sbilings to still be born. but.. time itself as they showed was slowly erasing the photograph starting with the oldest sibling going to him. i hope this helps.

[@davidsimon9303]

Yes they would remember a 'Marty'. But his exact looks? They only saw him for about a week. Do you remember the looks of people you met decades ago?

[@themourningstar338]

No doubt. I have a really good memory, but there are people I hung out with for maybe a summer or part of a summer 20-25 years ago, and I can't really remember what they looked like, sounded like or much else other than a really vague impression and the fact that they existed. So someone I only knew for a week (even if it was tied into an important event)??... Nope, probably wouldn't remember much other than their name either.

[@bdesaw]

At 2:30 into this video It was too cool to have Huey Lewis wearing glasses - telling Marty he was too loud :) Huey Lewis sings the title track - "Back in Time" - and Huey sings loud!

[@BackstageAtTheSmith]

The line was included as Huey Lewis had been told he was too loud in the same way and it was a great moment for pointing out how dumb it sounded

[@erikawilliams9558]

It always cracks me up that no one recognizes him bc at the time it would have been a pretty obvious cameo

[@BendyPenguin64]

To explain how Doc survived the Libyans' attack... Marty changed the future when he went back to 1955. He knew Doc was going to die and wrote a letter to warn him. Doc tore it up like you saw, but he eventually changed his mind and taped the letter back together. So then he knew to wear a bullet proof vest. Yeah, it is a little bit confusing on the first viewing. It was for me, anyway. Still a great movie.

[@katreacts6843]

It's a great movie indeed. And true, he did eventually read it, thus being able to prepare. What if they had shot him in the head though? :O

[@BendyPenguin64]

@@katreacts6843 Then Marty's letter would have been for nothing. Doc had a lucky escape.

[@Jsspres]

I don't know if Marty's note mattered so much. Depending on how much of the tape Doc watched. We only see him watch until 1985 Doc sees the Libyans found him.

[@alberthart4146]

@@Jsspres and to add on that. the movie doesn't show Marty bringing the recorder or tape back to 1985 with him. so, its highly probable those were left back in 1955 and Doc could have finished watching the tape ...and then reassembled Marty's letter. just my 2 cents on it

[@mcgilj1]

@@katreacts6843 if you watch.. He rips the letter up . BUT. he then slips it in his pocket.. Great little detail.

[@kageakuma3009]

One thing I loved about your reaction was you asking questions that are answered as the movie goes on lol, really shows you were on the wavelength of the expected audience.

[@matttyree1002]

yes the optimistic nativity of the 80s was a definite hallmark

[@BendyPenguin64]

I guess the explanation for why nobody remembers Marty from 1955 is because he was only in their lives for a short time and it was 30 years since they met him. They likely did remember him for a while, but eventually forgot. A lot can happen in 30 years. Even people that you might know for a long time will eventually fade from memory if you go long enough without seeing or thinking about them. But if Marty had only travelled back, let's say... 10 years... yeah, they probably would have remembered him, or at least thought "He reminds me of someone".

[@katreacts6843]

Perhaps. I just think it's so strange that they'd forget someone who was so vitally important in their relationship, he literally was the one that got them together.

[@jdnevesytrof6208]

@@katreacts6843 Well you also have to take into account the continuity of George and Lorraine's lives. They had Marty from the day he was born and slowly watched him grow over 18 years and it would have only been in the last year that he even really began to look like the boy they knew for one week 30 years ago. It's a strange coincidence but that relationship with their son would have absolutely shifted their expectations and their memories.

[@NightRanger-lz6tp]

I think a scene in the script that was never made was that George saw a picture of Marty at the dance in his year book and he knew but never said anything.

[@jdnevesytrof6208]

@@NightRanger-lz6tp Huh, I've read at least a couple of the screenplay drafts and don't remember that. I wonder where they would have fit that in.

[@ebashford5334]

@@katreacts6843 Depends on the person. I don't have a great memory for people's faces, although I do remember people I knew well of course, but even then it can be distorted, for instance some of my classmates when I looked at my high school yearbook I found on the internet, they looked like caricatures of what I remembered yet still recognizable. If I saw the exact same kid now from those days it wouldn't be enough to think they time traveled since my memory of them would be a bit distorted.

[@mcgilj1]

And no.. The internal engine still runs on gasoline. Not sure if that's mentioned here or only in the third film. The plutonium only powers the flux capacitor.

[@BT-fd2ne]

29:04 They used the same argument in Men In Black 3. Basically, since Marty wasn't part of the original Time-line, once he left his influence on it was slowly forgotten. 32:10 The DeLoreans were a failed brand right after launch. They had engine issues, and the hatch-top doors were not very good in garages. It was the new benchmark for super-cars to beat.

[@martinbraun1211]

Best.Trilogy.Ever.!!!

[@senshifuriouz1828]

Hi Kate :) I enjoy your videos very much. thank you so much for this reaction. I've been watching this movie as a kid with my parents lots of times and I still love it. 15:36 right :) (I guess)

[@SmithDoe]

15:38 Yes, it's called a Time Paradox.

[@vicegamer6944]

Kat this movie was so special to me as a kid. We didn’t have enough money back then in the 80s and relied on Thursday night movie to have this on 📼. Remember Who framed Roger rabbit? Doc is Judge Doom!

[@candicelitrenta8890]

The Delorian actually had starter problems so that was added in the script for extra excitement

[@mrlol2238]

Mr Loyde played the best Klingon ever. That character and uncle fester, even his voice acting is great.

[@daniellanctot6548]

7:46 - Not WHERE? But WHEN!? (... I always wanted to say that!) 🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[@christopherschreiber5805]

Completely agree about Christopher Lloyd. CAMP NOWHERE is one of those movies I haven't seen in years but will never forget. Probably never thought I would say this then, but very grateful to have grown up in the 90s.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

I always love the two Dymo Tape labels on the Flux Capacitor: "Disconnect Capacitor Drive Before Opening" and the ominous "Shield Eyes From Light"

[@godmagnus]

You can tell he's absent-minded when he has to remind himself.

[@totomomo18]

Great movie part of the one perfect trilogy that has not being ruined by Hollywood remakes yet. Fun fact the guy who tells Marty is too loud is the actual singer of the Power Of Love :) Fun fact the original idea for the time machine was a refrigerator but they were afraid that kids would try to get in refrigerator so they changed the time machine to a car. They only choose the Delorean which was a real car because of that joke with the kid comics.

[@LordVolkov]

A fantastic trilogy from Robert Zemeckis! Be sure to stop #2 right at 'To Be Concluded' if you don't want spoilers for #3!

[@cruzuvalle9845]

Yes!!! Thanks for telling her! I hate when reactors see the spoiler by accident :/

[@BillyBong]

It doesn't spoil anything

[@jwalker2276]

@@BillyBong I agree. I think all it does is pump them up to watch the third one.

[@tubularap]

@@BillyBong - It does spoil a lot. The preview to Part III shows the location, the characters, and the premise (Doc falls in love).

[@BillyBong]

@@tubularap that's not really a spoiler everyone knows he has to go back to 1885. Who cares if they know he falls in love? It's not a big deal. Everyone saw it in 1989 and no one cared and no one said it ruined anything

[@JamminOnThe1]

Kat, quick question: How come you haven't seen so many popular movies yet? Did you grow up in a family that mainly read books (which is a good thing) but just wondering?

[@tdali8347]

I'm so old, I've still got a 1985 "Goldie Wilson For Mayor" poster.

[@ericmishima]

Jealous 😐

[@tdali8347]

@@ericmishima Wish I'd bought Spielberg's "Save The Clock Tower" poster as well.

[@SmithDoe]

32:56 Well that's exactly like you said it. Marty went back to 1955, met Doc, gave him the letter, Doc torn up the letter, than decided to tape it back and read it.

[@jp3813]

Different time travel stories have different rules about how timelines work. You're likely used to the ones where loops are created on a single timeline. In such a scenario, the future can never be changed. In BTTF, alternate timelines are created instead, hence the future can be changed. This is especially confusing for Terminator fans b/c the 1st movie uses the former rule, while the 2nd movie uses the latter rule. The appeal of BTTF1 though is more than just sci-fi. It's also a teen comedy that delves into the concept of what it would be like to get to know your parents when they were still teenagers.

[@adgato75]

IIRC , only the alternate ending of the 2nd Terminator has that stupid Senator ending. Not the original theatrical ending.

[@jp3813]

@@adgato75 Regardless, the characters (including the T-800 itself) are suddenly operating on the logic that what they're doing is gonna change the future. Under the 1st film's rule, the "maybe we can too" message is no longer valid.

[@adgato75]

@@jp3813 And I like that rule better. That it is set in stone. And the second film is not incompatible with it , except for the dumb alternate ending.

[@jp3813]

@@adgato75 I've already pointed out that the characters' logic of changing the future and the "maybe we can too" message are incompatible w/ the first film's rule.

[@adgato75]

@@jp3813 But the characters can act however they want , think that the future can be changed , and it doesn't matter. What they think isn't material to what the film shows. So that never bothered me much. The alternate ending itself is really the only thing incompatible with the first film's rule. The rest can be explained by everyone thinking they will change things , but they won't.

[@peterbooth793]

Christopher Lloyd, from one flew over the cuckoo's nest to Taxi to this and the Addams family.

[@laustcawz2089]

One of Christopher Lloyd's best performances (& one of his least known) is in 1993's "Twenty Bucks", opposite Steve Buscemi, in one of his best performances.

[@Marky11694]

2:34 Fun Fact “Your Just To Loud” Guy is Played Huey Lewis of “Huey Lewis and The News”

[@sdkelmaruecan2907]

BTTF is the first movie to have taken the laws of time travel seriously (especially the butterfly effect and kinetic energy) but of course one shouldnt get overanalytical with it... there ought to be some 'artistic licences' for the sake of storytelling. Technically if 1955 was modified Lorraine and George should have had different lives and different children.... anyway still one of my all-time favorite.

[@timcarr6401]

The makers of movies always want us to suspend the laws of nature or reality. You're right. Marty had gone back to the past and had an impact on numerous people including his parents and Biff. In the real world they would have certainly remembered him. But that that's just one of many things we will just have to dispense with. I like your logical mind. Although you had all those common sense objections you still were able to enjoy the film. Good on you.

[@Brooklyn_Bleek]

The way I figured it was that the alternate timeline that marty came back to was detoured due to Doc Brown wearing the bulletproof vest. His actions altered that timeline, so that loop wouldn't occur and another damn deviant timeline happens which explains Marty's kids in the future. I don't know, but that's what I go with. But, I like that you analyze things...almost over analyze to a fault, lol. *I like all the little things that marty causes to happen when he goes back in time like creating the skateboard, implanting the idea of Goldie Wilson running for mayor, the name of the mall changing because he ran over & knocked down a tree in the past if I remember correctly (You can see the name change on the clock at the mall at the end when he sees Doc getting shot again), inadvertently becoming the "father" of Rock n' Roll by playing a Chuck Berry song at the prom and then Chuck Berry's cousin, Marvin Berry (lol), makes Chuck hear his own song when he puts the phone out for him to hear it, lol... Also, don't be surprised that most Americans don't know their governors, senators, mayors, etc...seriously. Great Reactions, BTW! {If you want to go down a time travel/alternate timeline movie watch, may I suggest these movies to start off with: Time Crimes, Volition, Triangle, +1, Coherence & Predestination}* Thanks!

[@bookwoman53]

Hi. Christopher Lloyd was on a great 1970’s sitcom called Taxi. It’s about the cab drivers who work for a the Sunshine Cab Co. They have dream jobs but need to pay the bills until they become a reality. Lloyd plays Jim Ignitowski, a kind eccentric, who is a Harvard dropout. Danny DiVito plays the grumpy, mean dispatcher.

[@robertkramer2271]

You're over thinking it, haha. Just enjoy the ride! 🤣

[@williamjones6031]

1. The cranky principal also played the Air Boss in Top Gun. 2. Thanks for the cock-block lady.😭 But it's germain to the story. 3. The guy that says "It's too loud" is Huey Lewis {Power of Love} that Marty was playing. 4. Michael J. Fox was allowed by the producer of Family Ties (1982) to film this movie on the condition that he kept his full schedule on the television show, meaning no write-outs or missing episodes, and filmed most of the movie at night. He was not allowed to go on Back to the Future (1985) promotional tours. 5. That's a bad place to put flammable trash at the target during the experiment. 6. If you want a first time/share of an OUTSTANDING movie where Christopher Lloyd plays a bad guy you must do "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". 7. The next one is the best of the hat-trick.

[@sumguy4435]

It's a great movie, a fun movie, but it's one you don't want to think about the details too much because, if you start thinking about it, it makes no sense. Just sit back and go with it and enjoy the ride.

[@lindafauntleroy6558]

I've been into Mr. Lloyd since his days on Taxi. How bout Doc and Marty are the original Rick and Morty?!

[@PaPaMurph]

cant think about facts too much in a fantasy movie =) Love your reactions tho!!

[@tomyoung9049]

time travel can get real messy if you think too much about it there are several theories how Doc might have resolved the paradox, if he (already by now knowing that 'a Marty' was time traveling) were to reset the date on the car for any time way before 55, then the Marty he saw disappear would be hopelessly lost in the past. But this is a classic, fun movie. Just don't focus on the logic too hard. The other two chapters are actually real good as well.

[@ShuffleUpandDeal32]

The guy with the megaphone is the actual singer of the song they played, Huey Lewis.

[@greenpeasuit]

One theory on time travel is that time branches of in to different lines for every possibility. Marty was born on a line where his dad got hit by the car. When he saved him, he branched off on to a branch where he wouldn't be born. However, in getting his parents together, he branched on to an alternate branch that has him born but with a better life. The bigger brain strain is, where did the Marty go that was born on THAT timeline. He went back in time as well. Why doesn't he ever show up again?

[@vicegamer6944]

Kat I’ve such an inspiration on how I’ll be viewing your react channel in VR. I hope to share pictures with you on your page!

[@steveshltn]

I grew up in the late 80’s and early 90’s. Christopher Lloyd is one of...if not the most...underrated actors ever!!!

[@guitarman8462]

Christopher Lloyd was also in the movie " One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest " and the tv show " TAXI ".

[@ericjanssen394]

"But why wouldn't they remember Marty?" They don't remember Marty. They remember Calvin Klein.

[@larrystuder8543]

the screenplay for this film is often taught as the " perfect" screenplay. Every single thing in it is relevant, and it ends up tying up every single loose end...

[@bobriemersma]

DeLorean: "an Italian designed, British-engineered American car built in Ireland with a Franco-Swedish heart powering the whole thing."

[@nickmanzo8459]

Einstein’s watch was behind because that minute didn’t elapse for him. He moved forward a minute without experiencing it, so his watch would still be showing one minute behind.

[@adammacmillan]

The guy who said. You too darn loud is Huey Louis. Who wrote a few songs for this movie

[@brettharlow7010]

Like most people who see this movie so many years later,...you were over thinking it,...just enjoy the ride!

[@toastnjam7384]

Yes, she's taking things to seriously. I don't think she knows how to enjoy a comedy.

[@katreacts6843]

@@toastnjam7384 I don't. Will you teach me? :)

[@katreacts6843]

I can't. I can't react differently than my first reaction, and I am just so full of questions all the time :D

[@brettharlow7010]

@@katreacts6843 to be honest Kat,...this movie has tons of plot holes,..,there are many questions that need answers.

[@themourningstar338]

@@brettharlow7010 I totally agree. There are many, many plot holes in the trilogy (particularly part 2, which is by far my least favorite), but they are all still an entertaining and fun watch. You just have to go with the goofiness and try not to engage the logic part of your brain!

[@jimglenn6972]

When I was a child, my mother would go to a full-serve gas station. One attendant would pump the gas and clean the windows and a second one check the oil, washer liquid and the belts. I think the oil embargo put an end to it. Also, I think that skateboards were invented in the mid-fifties in California, were the movie was set.

[@johng482]

I think the reasons the '80s had the "optimistic naivety" was not as much about the new technologies, but a general sense of "everything is getting better" as we enjoyed (at least in the US) a significant economic boom after the stagflation of the late 70s. We believed anything was possible because things were going up (and when things are improving, no one wants to believe that improvement can stop). I mean, if you look at the technologies that defined the 80's (cassette players, space shuttle, microwaves, VCR's, etc) most of these were invented, developed or at least the base technology discovered in the 60's and 70's. Is plutonium explosive? If you're asking if it's unstable, the no. It's not going to spontaneously explode in a container. It is the fuel used in nuclear weapons, but it requires a very precise set of explosives to compress the Pu to create a critical mass and the explosive chain reaction. In fact, since Pu emits primarily alpha waves, it's really only dangerous if ingested (which is why it's desired as a radioactive agent in dirty bombs - much safer for the bomb makers). Really, Pu would not have been a great fuel for the DeLorean because radioactive decay generators are great for long-term power generation (i.e. deep space probes), but requiring a large amount of energy in a short period of time (1.21 GW), it would have been limited by the efficiency of the generator which converts the thermal energy from the Pu into first mechanical, then electrical. However, it really plays into the 80's simultaneous fascination and fear of all things nuclear, so from a story-telling POV, it's a great trope. Why the family in the 50's would not have known JFK - remember, his family was big in Massachusetts, which is 3K miles from California (where BttF takes place) and most people frankly don't even know their own senators, much less other states' senators. Think back to the 2004 DNC when a little-known senator from Illinois spoke. When we look back now, we'd be amazed someone didn't know who Barack Obama was, but even for me, something of a political nerd, that was my first introduction to him; most people frankly didn't even watch the speech. As to why Marty's parents wouldn't recognize him, I think it was a contextual issue. Have you ever run into someone you know in a place you wouldn't expect (i.e., being across the country and running into your next door neighbor). If this has happened, you probably didn't recognize the person at first (this has happened to me several times; I was once on an airplane and saw someone with a company shirt sitting 2 rows behind me; I racked my brain to try to figure out who from my company would be flying from CT to FL that weekend, after leaving the airport, I realized it was my supervisor). Now, up the ante and place someone in an impossible context (i.e., seeing a dead relative at the corner market today). I think that was it; they may have seen some resemblance between this strange young man they knew for a week in 1955, but would have, at most, attributed it to deja vu or something similar because it would be impossible for that young man to have been their son.

[@henrikharbin5521]

Hi Kat :) This is a FUN mivie. I was 20 when I saw it in 85. The travel is possible; everybody goes forward, one day at a time. And we go backward too, in memory. You will really like the second movie... Lots if 80s references. Stay sweet t, and have a great day :)

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

34:10 ROFL that is an excellent point, that has NEVER occured to me. Either the '80s were a strange time, or I was really good at suspension of disbelief.

[@susanstein6604]

There's an iconic scene in a silent film that the scene of Doc on the clock tower is based on.

[@dizzynikki5912]

Even though it may not make much sense, I'm glad you reacted to it.. I love this trilogy.. Fun Reaction!!

[@vonkroenen]

The DeLorean Motor Company was already bankrupt by the time this movie came out, it went under in 1982.

[@peterhecker1343]

High Kat ,Congrats on the Reaction (Thumbs up ) @ Timestamp 15:38 Yes thats exactly the most famous Time Paradox ! It's mostly used with going back to kill Hitler as a Baby, but Yeah ,thats THE Time Paradox ;) :)and remembering marty .... Well it HAS been 30 Years Ago so not everybodys Memory is Perfect .Just let us assume (for the Sake of the continuty) that his Parents forgot how Marty looked 30 Years ago. But, Yes, its a Big Stretch ;) Oh and bytheWay ; Back to the Future II is even more complicated (but Fun to watch nonetheless )

[@rickardroach9075]

15:38 People's choices create alternate futures. Check out _Sliding Doors_ (1998). S8E13 of _Frasier,_ "Sliding Frasiers", is inspired by this film.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

AHAH! You said that your husband go you into the MCU? Well, i'll tell you, in answer ro your question as to why Marty wasn't recognized after he returned...I was a very big fan of the first two Fantastic Four films, and watched them repeatedly. Then, when the MCU started, I watched all of those, and was especially fond of Captain America, as he was a hero I'd followed in comics as a kid. Nevertheless, it took me six months of owning & watching it on DVD, before I realized that Chris Evans was the same person who played both Johnnie Storm and Steve Rogers -- simply because at first in Capt. America he appears so much smaller and narrower in build. So, my guess is, his folks are used to seeing Marty as a child, and never bother to associate him with their brief acquaintance (even if he was his own namesake).

[@kageakuma3009]

As far as the letter from Marty to Doc, it's just best assumed Doc taped it back together.

[@Scotdod24]

Great reaction to a great film. Yup it quite confusing with time travel and as for his parents remembering Marty, I'm 50, believe me, I would never remember a person a met just for a week 30 yrs ago. Def watch the other 2 films as they a great trilogy indeed 😎👍

[@erikawilliams9558]

I'm 41, and i sometimes forget people i went to school with...

[@tfpp1]

15:36 - Yes, but it's not an instantaneous change. It has to "trickle" down through time, I suppose. That's why it starts with his brother's head first, then his sister, and finally Marty. 17:25 - Okay, no need to get smart with us LOL. Maybe locals from Massachusetts knew of him as a senator, but for most Americans (especially all the way across the country in small town California, where this movie takes place), he is better known in history as the 35th president of the United States, from 1961-63.

[@katreacts6843]

Lol, I'm such a history junkie and I've studied American history, any change I get to show off I take :D

[@poliveri0722]

I have hardly any memory of my early years. I can barely remember yesterday.

[@larrystuder8543]

all of your problems are classic time travel paradoxes.He's one Marty, and he overlaps himself for a few minutes, but if you follow him thru carefully, he's 1 person, in different time segments. It does work out. Just don't worry about it..

[@ericmishima]

Legends of Tomorrow use the excuse "new time takes a while to cement" ☺️

[@PastelSkies-n3v]

James Tolkan (Principal Strickland) also played Junior's teacher in 'Problem Child 2', one of the movies I am looking forward to your reaction on, since a) you did the first one and b) Gilbert Gottfried's recent passing.

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

6:54 O, yes, agreed, 100%. When I try to think which of his roles is my favorite, I'll pick Fester Addams instantly, but then on reflection, it keeps getting difficult whenever I think of all the others. A brilliant comic actor.

[@katreacts6843]

Oh, I loooved Fester Addams! Christopher Lloyd is just such a gem!

[@jean-paulaudette9246]

@@katreacts6843 It does seem a bit of a shame that we never got to see him in a dramatic role (well, aside from the supporting one in 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest'") but I like to think he preferred comic roles to provide joy to people.

[@BadAssSykO]

Crispin Glover was the true star of Back to the Future, the man ROCKED that role.

[@themourningstar338]

Crispin Glover is great in everything I've seen him in. He is really underrated imo.

[@GrouchyOldBear7]

Thanks for the video. I enjoyed it.

[@Drawkcabi]

this is my second favorite movie of all-time ( Rocky is my first). I'm so glad you liked it. I'm a child of the seventies and eighties and I was 10 years old when this movie came out in the theater and I saw it five times in the theater. I was absolutely head over heels in love with it. I'm totally with you on Christopher Lloyd I think he the greatest. as a kid I loved him in the sitcom Taxi where you played Reverend Jim. Doc Brown is my favorite character that he's played but Reverend Jim is a close second. if you haven't seen the episode of Taxi season 2, episode 3 "Reverend Jim: A Space Odyssey" you need to find where the series is streaming and watch that episode it is one of the funniest moments in television history! All the other roles he's played are great to like in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, mr. mom, clue, Star Trek 3, the Dream Team, Camp Nowhere, The Addams Family movies, the short-lived but great because of Christopher Lloyd TV series deadly games. It was kind of misleading what Doc Brown said about the time machine running on plutonium. It was the time component itself that ran on plutonium, the car still ran on gasoline when it needed to just be a regular car or to get the speed up to 88 mph. so the starter really was being an issue with the car in fact the DeLoreans were known to be Troublesome with mechanical issues. but even in 1985 the DeLorean Company had already gone into bankruptcy so there was really nothing this movie could do to make things worse for them. in fact, thanks to this movie the DeLorean has been given a popularity that it never would have, it would have ended up a footnote in history of a failed car like the Edsel. There's actually a company now that owns the name the DeLorean Motor Company or DMC, even though it is not related at all to the original company that originally manufactured the DeLorean. this company is still producing in one form or another Deloreans in fact this year they plan to come out with an all-electric DeLorean! Time travel is always difficult to make a story about and not have plot holes. my best guess for how time travel Works in Back to the Future after watching the movies dozens and dozens of times is that when you do something that changes history the effects of that change can sometimes happen slowly in a delayed manner like Marty and his siblings slowly disappearing in the photo. if there's a chance to change things to make things right again then things don't change right away, they just begin to fade away. it's kind of like time is a wave that you see coming up at you on the shore and you have time to get out of its way before it washes over you, as opposed to something like someone throwing a water balloon at you and before you know it you're soaking wet. Best regards!

[@StoryMing]

6:53 -- ....Okay, yes, since you ask... but it was because of THIS FILM. I know Christopher Lloyd through THIS FILM. If I had never seen Back to the Future, as far as I know or can remember, he would have had zero impact on my childhood. -- I mean, there was also Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but that was a completely different character (as well as a movie I only really learned to properly appreciate as an adult)... 11:42 -- A group of Libyan terrorists are driving around JC Penney's parking lot (at 1:20 AM) because they are hunting down the guy who scammed them with a fake bomb. They followed Doc there. This would be why you do not cheat or steal from terrorists. Can I just say, I always love it when a reactor GETS it right away, that Marty getting hit by the car instead of his dad is a really big problem. Okay, so. First of all, in 30 years, not having a photographic memory, the parents' recollection of exactly what "Calvin" looked like would probably be somewhat fuzzy. In the second place, remember Marty is their son. They were there for his birth, watched him grow up from a baby, through childhood, until the present. And they don't know about the time travel. It would *never ever* occur to them that he was the SAME guy they met decades before he existed. At the very most, George might wonder if Lorraine had an ad hoc reunion and fling with their old acquaintance 18 years ago. More likely they would just think it a neat coincidence that Marty happened to end up looking like the one who helped bring them together. A number of little details to notice, for instance, when Marty goes back in time he smashes into one of Farmer Peabody's pine trees; thus, when he goes back, Twin Pines mall has become Lone Pine mall. And the ledge of the clock tower, originally whole and unbroken when the "Save the Clocktower!" lady interrupts, has been chipped by Doc's excursion on the ledge when Marty returns. Also, fun fact: Michael J Fox was doing the TV show 'Family Ties' at the same time as filming this movie. He was running on 2-5 hours of sleep a night, in order to be in this!

[@isurvivedhaddenfield6055]

JFK in 1955 was a first term junior Senator from Massachusetts in 1955. Back to the Future was suppose to take place in California. It is not that uncommon for people to not know senators from other states, especially before 24 hour news. In 1955 I believe he was recovering from several surgeries to repair WW2 injuries and nearly died.

[@Hammarspiken]

THX KAT ❤️👍🏻👏 for a wonderful reaction 👍🇸🇪👍🏼👁️

[@noxteryn]

Given your comments and questions, I think you'll appreciate John Mulaney's bit about this movie.

[@christhornycroft3686]

The reason Robert Zemeckis got to direct this movie was because of the success of Romancing the Stone, starring Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny DeVito. If you haven't seen it, it's an adventure/romance/chick flick that I as a guy love, even though Michael Douglas is kind of the damsel in distress. I laugh every time I watch it. When chick flicks are good, they're really good. Romancing, My Girl, Sleepless in Seattle, Sixteen Candles (minus the racial stereotype) and A League of Their Own are chick flicks I could watch over and over again. The sequel, Jewel of the Nile, is more of an action comedy, but still very entertaining. And I love my Burnaby boy Michael J Fox. I'm from Vancouver, right next door. He's a local legend here. He as a theatre named after him. Great guy, from what I hear.

[@billverno6170]

But Marty didn’t just walk in on his parents in present time. His parents saw him grow from a baby over a period of 17 years.

[@67kingbee]

I lived across the street from the mall they used for the film. I went to the set to check it out. They were setting up for filming late at night I saw the car and the head prop of Einstein. I asked another person who was in the movie? He said Michael J Fox I was who the guy from Family Ties. I then thought that it didn’t seem like it would be a classic.

[@larrystuder8543]

was that Cerritos mall, near Long Beach? I lived in LB then. Looks like it. I think I recognize that Penneys stkre.

[@mem1701movies]

12:47 you missed many things but got this. After many viewings I never noticed.

[@raheemyusof6506]

For your question about how Marty mom and dad plus biff dont have any memories about him due to his impact in their life.. Well Marty just meet them for approximately less than 5 days (that still not everyday..just for temporary moments) in 1955 .. and for those 5 days memories, it is impossible to remember any persons face accurately .. you might remember a little details about the events but not the person face that you are not seen regularly.. Marty existence in this 3 people lives are so limited in 1955 and its not strong enough to be glued in their memories.

[@bluebear1985]

Michael J. Fox wasn't in the role of Marty McFly when filming started. Instead, they originally had Eric Stoltz. After a few weeks of filming, they felt he wasn't right for it, so they fired him and brought in Michael J. Fox. The result was a busy few months for Fox, as while he did scenes for this film at night, he was shooting episodes of the then-popular sitcom "Family Ties" during the day.

[@slchance8839]

Why cant they remember Marty?! I was his age when this movie came out....i cant only remember the names of like TWO people in my high school, offhand, and that's because i knew them for YEARS prior. I know someone popped into my life and got me into cars, got me into science so much I went to medical school, someone introduced me to karate. All 3 changed my life for the next 30 years. who are they? what did they look like? name? age? I have no idea. you must have some kind of photographic memory.

[@doobernow]

So happy your doing this! Hope you watch all 3!!!

[@katreacts6843]

I certainly will at some point :D I really enjoyed this one :D

[@SmithDoe]

17:29 Well, they live in a very small town. They probably don't hear a lot about politics in other States. Not everyone read newspapers.

[@BillyBong]

Einstein clock should be a minute behind because it took him one second to travel 1 minute into the future