THIS IS AMAZING | Back to the Future (1985) | FIRST TIME WATCHING REACTION!

[@emme]

This was SUCH A FUN MOVIE!!!! I cannot wait to watch the next one. Patreon is a month ahead and my X-Men reaction posted over there today! 🎉 patreon.com/emmereacts

[@just2coolkk]

Nice, when you watch Part II, at the end when "to be concluded" pops up stop watching because there will be a Trailer for Part 3 which is kind like a spoiler.

[@hint1k]

You probably meant next "TWO"!!!111 there are two more movies :D

[@UTU49]

It's a good trilogy. Like any watcher with any trilogy, you might like one movie more than another, but most people like the whole trilogy.

[@MusikCassette]

@@UTU49 now you could watch the epic Rap battle between doc Brown and the Doctor. or you finish the trilogy first

[@MusikCassette]

just watched the ERB again, you should actually finish the Trilogy first.

[@TommygunNG]

Historical note: President Reagan wanted to see the movie because he heard they were jokes made about him. He reportedly laughed so much in the White House showing of it, that he had the projector operator back up the film because he missed part of the dialogue. He sent word to the filmmakers that he loved the movie, and he ended up actually quoting Doc’s last line, “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads” in an address to Congress.

[@thomastimlin1724]

Well, when your country's going to hell, I suppose you don;t need roads

[@timothynewton4453]

@@thomastimlin1724 Sad, but true.

[@christopherlarock9062]

Former President Reagan was asked to be in part 3 as the Mayor of 1885 Hill Valley. He declined the offer.

[@WAEVOICE]

Back when politicians-- at least those in developed countries-- had a sense of humor.

[@seekfirst817]

I really like stories like that

[@willracer1jz]

5:17 the guy telling Marty he is too loud is Huey Lewis the lead singer of Huey Lewis and the News, they perform the song Marty was playing and the main song you hear throughout the movie (The Power of Love).

[@michaelblaine6494]

I always check the comments so I don’t have to say it first😂✊

[@jamesdee759]

​@@michaelblaine6494that's exactly what I just did lol

[@prometheuszero9]

@@michaelblaine6494 Yeah I decided to check too... I was itching to share that factoid myself lol Glad I didn't do it without looking

[@JM-vj2sx]

I didn’t know that!

[@dth2brny121]

​@@davidclough3951Wait, that was Huey Lewis's band that portrayed Marty's band? I just learned something new... 😲😁

[@DanSolo871]

Thomas Wilson (Biff Tannen) was a scrawny teenager and was bullied as a kid. He’s said he used that experience to draw from as he played the bully in this series. I saw this in the theater with my grandmother. She wanted to treat me to a movie for my fourteenth birthday. She wanted to see Yentl but after seeing how excited I was this movie was playing, she figured okay. At least he should have fun. Well, she actually loved the movie. She was 34 in 1955, so I think the nostalgia made her have fun. She passed in 1992, but I do believe she got to see all three movies but the first was her favorite.

[@andrewft31]

When Lorraine’s father says “another one of these kids jumped in front of my car,” means that that tree is very popular with boys… his daughter purposely changes in front of an open window, she knows what is happening.

[@magicalmiller]

GOOD CALL!

[@Jpew2007]

I took it as the dad is a bad driver and had hit or almost hit several people before. And instead of admitting he’s a lousy driver he keeps saying that kids are purposely jumping in front of the car.

[@joly6598]

@@Jpew2007 ALSO a valid interpretation, although: given the way that Lorraine really was, I DO Think that the "she's teasing all the boys" idea is a little more likely... ;)

[@ronfehr7899]

It never occurred to me that she was doing that intentionally. I just assumed that she didn't know why her dad kept running into guys in front of the house.

[@uncommon_niagara1581]

Lorraine would never do such a thing. She was a chaste angel when she was younger. She told us so, and there's no way that she would like to us.

[@simoncruise964]

Of all the reactions I've seen of this movie , your the first one to realise it's Chuck Berry he's calling on the phone during the dance. Great reaction.

[@dannykent6190]

I don't know about that one. I feel like that's such an obvious detail that most reactors just feel no need to mention it.

[@captainobvious8949]

That guy literally says that his name is Marvin Berry. NOBODY misses the Chuck Berry reference.

[@simoncruise964]

@@captainobvious8949 I was referring to it as a generational reference, lots of young people don't know who Chuck Berry is and wouldn't recognise he's playing Johnny B Goode.

[@martinklaus2203]

Yeah, but she didn't realize she said that Huey Lewis was too old because he said the music was too loud. hahahahahahaha

[@Trip_Fontaine]

@@captainobvious8949 People her age miss the Chuck Berry reference. She doesn't sound American either - making it even easier to miss.

[@Jordanmode]

Quentin Tarantino has called Back to the Future a perfect movie. He’s not wrong.

[@sca88]

Yup, also the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre. He was right about both.

[@MasonGrant0704]

Also, Jaws QT has great taste in movies.

[@larkefedifero]

They originally pegged him as a high school-dropout who worked at a video store and wrote scripts on the side. That was my initial prejudice again him as well. *Amazing* how much looks & first impressions can be deceiving... 🙄

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

I think Back to The Future, Les Miserables (1998) and Ex Machina are examples of frame-by-frame, perfect suspense building and flawless filmaking.

[@Souledex]

@@MasonGrant0704 Jaws basically invented the blockbuster which sort of changed what movies were. Now they are nearly the only kind of movies people go to the movies for rather than catch on Netflix.

[@glamourisbest]

The fact that you know who Chuck Berry is, was worth a subscribe in itself.

[@ginichimaru2712]

IKR

[@claymccoy]

Mad props!

[@RachelXKnight666]

She's the first reactor I've seen to this movie who understood that Easter egg 😂

[@najhoant]

A fun detail about the pines: the mall they try the Delorean near is called Twin Pines Mall. When Marty comes back in the 80s, it’s now called Lone Pine Mall because he ran over one of Peabody’s two pines when he got to the 50s

[@thomashobbes8786]

I had seen the movie a number of times before noticing that detail. There are so many fun details like that throughout.

[@Texy88]

Another detail is one of the clocks during the opening credits showing a man dangling from the ledge of a clock, which foreshadows what happens to Doc later.

[@tru3sk1ll]

I have a lone pine mall t shirt

[@zombiespongebob6903]

love that detail

[@christianosminroden7878]

@@Texy88Don‘t you mean ‚earlier‘? 😉

[@tigqc]

The detail of having somebody named Einstein be the world's first time traveler is *Chef's kiss.

[@Connor-ONeill]

This isn't brought up in the movies but, according the the movies co-writer, Marty first met Doc when he was 14. He was told about this "crazy scientist" by his friends. Wanting to see if this was actually true, he snuck into Doc's lab, becoming genuinely fascinated by all of the inventions he saw. Doc soon caught him trespassing but was just happy that there was _finally_ someone who was interested in his work. As a result, Doc didn't report the incident to the cops and the pair became friends.

[@tiredyboy]

Doc met Marty in 1955, so I always assumed come the early 80s he just contrived a way to befriend him (with the promise of building a killer amp perhaps).

[@Connor-ONeill]

@@tiredyboy when Marty entered the new timeline, how he met Doc probably changed but in the OG pre-delorean timeline, Doc never knew Marty until the incident with his lab.

[@ismaelvargas-osiris6108]

According to the canon comics, Needles asked Marty to steal something from Doc, calling him "chicken" when tried to refuse. Doc caught him and everything else happened just like you said it did. Marty volunteered as Doc's assistant as an apology and they ended up becoming friends.

[@mentalgearzz]

@@ismaelvargas-osiris6108 The idea of Doc meeting a younger Marty is funny in the new timeline because he has all this knowledge of the events of the first movie and he can't say any of it to him lmao. Imagine waiting for thirty years to be able to talk to Marty again and he literally shows up at your doorstep? Lmfao

[@phtevenj]

also the fact that you said "its a good thing Jennifer didnt change" is SOOOO funny 49:31

[@eolsunder]

i caught that also and started laughing.

[@martyklestadt6766]

I hadn't thought of it that way until now!

[@michaelallen3894]

Yes Delorean's were real. They were made of stainless steel so they won't rust.

[@UTU49]

Pretty dismal failure. I think they were just too heavy and expensive... kind of like Tesla's Cybertruck.

[@Hardrock1a]

There’s a warehouse down in Texas I think that is full of unassembled Delorean parts, where you could get essentially a brand new one. They were a cool car for the time, they just kept snorting up all the white lines! 😂😂

[@trentb3148]

To elaborate on this, the DeLorean was the only vehicle produced by the DeLorean Motor Company, a car manufacturer founded by engineer and former General Motors Executive John DeLorean. It was sold from 1981 to 1983, and was known for its gimmicky design and stainless steel construction. It was also overpriced, underpowered, with a litany of other build quality issues that caused the company to go bankrupt in short order. By 1985, seeing a DeLorean on the road would have drawn some stares, as only several thousand were sold during its original run. Ironically, had the company managed to survive into 1985, the popularity of Back to the Future likely would have saved the company, as the car gained a cult following from that movie that endures to this day. I still think the vehicle looks cool as hell, and would honestly be tempted to buy a replica if I had the disposable income.

[@aTofuJunkie]

DeLorean Motor Company is still around. They are still making brand new DeLoreans. Slightly modern designs. I have one and they cost around 150k +.

[@trentb3148]

@@aTofuJunkie Just FYI, that is a separate company that uses unused parts from the original factory. The original DMC is very much extinct.

[@ZbigniewZiggyCzachor]

When you watch the second one, stop after seeing TO BE CONCLUDED. There are spoilers for Part 3 after that.

[@DaleKingProfile]

And know ahead of time that Jennifer was recast because Claudia Wells was caring for her terminally ill mother and in fact she left acting until 2011

[@venerandoalamaresjr.8910]

It’s kinda like a mandated rule , like if you react to the first one, you now have to react to II and III

[@martyklestadt6766]

It's just a little trailer. I wouldn't call it a spoiler. She could experience it the same way we did.

[@UTU49]

Doc and Marty have more charm and good vibes in their little pinkies than whole casts of other movies. I just love that a guitar-playing teenager and a nutty scientist are best pals... because... ... why the hell not?

[@KramericaIndustries-jd9cy]

Underrated shot is the push-in on Marty while he’s hugging Doc and says, “I hope so.” Heart wrenching.

[@ravex24]

If you go back to where Marty does his guitar solo at the dance and freeze frame the stunned crowd reaction, everybody at the dance is stunned and confused... except one person has the biggest smile on their face. That person is one George McFly. I find something very endearing about this.

[@stargazer1682]

One line I feel is often underrated is Doc, upon seeing the camcorder and how it works, saying, "No wonder your president has to be an actor. He's gotta look good on television." The presidential debate between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon were the first televised presidential debates. Nixon refused to wear makeup, whereas Kennedy did. Those who watched the debate on TV generally felt JFK won the debate, as he looked charismatic; whereas Nixon looked sweaty and untrustworthy. But the people listening on the radio felt Nixon won the debate, saying his made better arguments for his platform in contrast to JFK.

[@0okamino]

Almost 12 years after that debate, it turned out that looks had not been deceiving. Billy West watched that debate when he was 8, and said he kept thinking Nixon was going to go through a werewolf transformation right there on TV. That’s why Nixon does the “arooooo” thing on _Futurama._

[@folcotook3049]

Part of the reason Nixon looked so bad was that he was a bit sick. So that just added to his pale complexion and sweatiness.

[@G1NZOU]

@@0okamino To be fair Nixon ranks fairly well on a Presidential scale, in terms of certain policies that worked out, progressive environmental policies, improved diplomatic relations with the USSR and China, supported increased healthcare for dealing with Cancer. His Watergate Scandal was indeed serious, but while it should be talked about it shouldn't completely overshadow his actual competency at being a statesman.

[@timmooney7528]

If you look at how dramatic the difference between 1955 and 1985 was, people were imagining 2015 to also be a monumental leap. Futurism is a projection of what we have in the present, and extrapolate on how it could be further developed. In retrospect, it's humorous to see which technologies actually did advance, while others were dead ends. A few years ago one of my father's cousins had his father's 8mm films taken in the 1950's transferred to DVD. It's interesting to see how much things have changed, yet others hadn't changed much.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

Michael J. Fox's on screen personality was really something else. He is just such a guy that everybody instantly likes and we have all have been rooting form him for decades that his Parkinsons can be held in check as long as possible. I remember when I first saw this movie. I don't know how but our school held an annual film festival (I was in middle school back then but in Germany there is no real distinction between HS and MS). They would show classic movies and movies that were relatively recent and had not yet reached home release status. I saw Gremlins, Innerspace, Fantastic Voyage and Back to the Future during these festivals. It was awesome getting to see all these fun movies with your classmates.

[@martyklestadt6766]

When I visited Germany in 1987 as a teen, the host family I was staying with watched BTTF one night, and it was hysterical to me seeing it dubbed in German!

[@martyklestadt6766]

Verdammt! Wo ist das kind? Verdammt! Verdammt!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@martyklestadt6766 Nicht "Wo ist das Kind" sondern "Wo steckt der Junge". ;)

[@martyklestadt6766]

@@Quotenwagnerianer "Wo ist das Kind" is what I remember the dubbing as saying. Of course, it's been thirty-seven years since I saw that version--I could be remembering it wrong.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@martyklestadt6766 You are remembering it wrong. I know the dub well. ;) Not to mention that "Wo ist das Kind" is wrong. You wouldn't call a teenager a child.

[@brianvalencia7717]

"Darth Vader came down from the planet Vulcan"...one of THE biggest contradictory statements in Sci-Fi! So funny! 😅

[@Greatest1979]

No! It was a homage to both Star Wars and Star Trek. So that line is exactly the way it's supposed to be.

[@Greybeardmedic]

Yeah, Darth is in a galaxy far far away.

[@ronfehr7899]

The main reason that the DeLorean was chosen as the time travel vehicle was because of the gull-wing doors. It made the spaceship joke more believable.

[@johnpaullogan1365]

also the constant breakdowns were more believable for a delorean

[@michaelschroeck2254]

A lot of times people say “ wouldn’t they recognize marry as being their kid?” Well…. No actually. If I think back 30 years and would be told to remember someone I knew for a week….. I would draw a blank. Plus Marty grew up from a baby into his adult appearance. As parents yiu see the change as gradual so you do not notice them until you look back at older pictures . So there would be no reason for his parents to say “ hey! You’re just like that kid we knew marginally for a week 30 years ago. “

[@Cloud_Strife0811]

His parents know. When Marty is standing outside looking at the truck they just bought him and they are standing at the door watching him, look at the expression of admiration and love on their faces, they know. You don't forget someone who had an impact that big on your life. I can still remember what the inside of my great grandmother's house looks like down to the last little crack in the floor from when I was two years old. So not everyone has a bad memory. And his father is a writer so his memory is top notch. Also with him being a big sci-fi nerd, as soon as he heard the name Darth Vader and the planet Vulcan from Star Trek, he would have put 2 and 2 together.

[@TommygunNG]

I have to quibble here. There was actually a scripted scene where at the end George finds a picture from the dance, showing Marty on stage. It is only then that he puts the proverbial two and two together.

[@jeffreybosiljevac3408]

Shirley you meant Marty, and not marry.

[@mikealvarez2322]

George is a peeping Tom but Lorraine is an exhibitionist. Her Dad said, "Another one of those boys jumped in front of my car!" How many boys have fallen out that tree which just happens to be in front of her window where she changes with the blinds up.

[@jacksonconley5117]

The 80s was such a great time for movies. We got all time classics like Terminator, Back to the Future, Ghostbusters, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Empire Strikes Back, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Top Gun, Highlander, you name it.

[@candicelitrenta8890]

Never Ending Story, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Robocop, Labyrinth just to name some more

[@natmanprime4295]

predator, wrath of khan

[@dth2brny121]

Don't forget Die Hard!

[@sca88]

Totally, Caddyshack, Evil Dead 1 and 2, Aliens etc.

[@G1NZOU]

Doc's "1.21 Gigawatts?!" line is so iconic that when I did electrical engineering in college half the class would say it whenever Gigawatts were mentioned.

[@Icureditwithmybrain]

According to the co-writer/creator Bob Gale, Doc Brown and Marty McFly first met when Marty was around 13 or 14 years old. For years, Marty had been told that Doc was a dangerous lunatic, but being a curious teenager, he decided to sneak into Doc's lab to see for himself. When Doc found Marty there, he was delighted that Marty thought he was cool and accepted him, as they were both outcasts in their respective environments. Doc then gave Marty a part-time job helping with experiments, tending to the lab, and taking care of Doc's dog. This formed the basis of their close friendship that is seen in the Back to the Future movies. So in essence, a young and rebellious Marty broke into the eccentric scientist's lab out of curiosity, and instead of reprimanding him, Doc took Marty under his wing and they became unlikely friends and collaborators.

[@jimglenn6972]

The mid-fifties was an incredible time. Eddie Van Halen who played Marty’s guitar was born in 1955. The modern skateboard was invented in the 50’s in California. The RCA plug, used by Doc to connect the VCR to the tv, was invented then as well. Doc’s house is the Gamble Estate from Proctor & Gamble in Pasadena, California. Be sure to watch all three!

[@Ernie_Centofanti]

39:54 The song Marty is playing is “Johnny Be Good,” which would not come out until three years later (1958) written by Chuck Berry. Marvin Berry is the bandleader who tells his cousin Chuck about it on the phone, and gives him the idea to write it. This is what is known as a predestination paradox.

[@RobTheDoodler]

I love watching people experience childhood classics. Always satisfying.

[@trentb3148]

One thing I've always loved is that in the beginning of the film, you wonder why in the hell this teenage rocker and old kooky scientist are associated with each other, and by the end of the film you're totally invested in their friendship and it feels completely natural. Man, the storytelling in this film is just...so....good. P.s. Marty was Doc's assistant. Likely either got paid or did small odd jobs for Doc in exchange for getting to use his equipment. Wouldn't be surprised if Marty was skating by Doc's place at one point, spotted his gigantic amplifier, and it drew his attention. As we see in 1955, Doc was doing all sorts of experiments and was a bit of a local joke (seems he was used to getting pranked by local youths), so anyone willing to actually help Doc rather than just mock him would have gained his trust pretty quickly. And it's important to note that while in the new timeline Doc would have known who Marty was, in the original timeline, Doc wouldn't have known him at all. A lot of people get confused by that, because it definitely implies some predestination paradoxes throughout the film, but since that would completely contradict the way we actively see how the future is altered by actions in the past, it's safe to assume the 1985 we see in the beginning of the film hasn't been influenced by what Marty did in the past.

[@uncommon_niagara1581]

The friendship only makes sense from Doc's perspective. Doc meets Marty in 1955 and eventually realizes that he has to become Marty's friend in the future. Otherwise, Marty never goes back in time to write the note that saves Doc from the terrorists in 1985.

[@rocketdave719]

@@uncommon_niagara1581 Nope, that's not how they became friends. In the original timeline seen at the beginning of the film, Doc didn't meet Marty in the '50s. Honestly, I like that this movie doesn't feel the need to explain why this teenager is friends with an elderly scientist, though there is a comic book that shows how they originally first met.

[@jessecortez9449]

In an earlier draft of the script Marty was bullied into breaking into Doc's place to steal the giant speaker. Doc finds him and just thinks Marty is answering an ad he placed in the newspaper for an assistant to help clean up his place and help with Einstein. They left it out of this film but, without getting to spoilery for Emme, bits of that story come back up. And there was a comic book series that expands upon BttF with the story touched upon. There was some weird stuff in the early drafts like Doc didn't have Einstein but he did have a pet chimpanzee or orangutan (can't remember which) because primate sidekicks had started showing up in media at the time.

[@Groffili]

Fun fact that HAS TO be mentioned in every reaction to "BTTF": the stuffy guy who told Marty at the audition that he was too loud... that's Huey Lewis... the guy whose song they play.

[@tengkudita3665]

what?

[@Omne118]

@@tengkudita3665​​⁠​⁠lead musician for Huey Lewis and the News. “The Power of Love” is their song in the movie. That guy at the audition is Huey’s cameo

[@Hardrock1a]

AND he is virtually deaf today! Just too darn loud

[@RyJsLn]

2nd Fun Fact: Back to the Future 2 now takes place fully in the past compared to present time. I am old.

[@jamesmoore4003]

And I’m sure the younger generation that watch this or is reading this is saying “what is a flip side?”

[@eolsunder]

While she played a small role in these movies, Wendie was great in earlier tv series Bosum Buddies and some other shows around that time working with Tom Hanks. Sadly she developed cancer about a decade after doing the Back to the future films and passed away around 2005. I really loved all the cast in Bosum Buddies such a funny great series.

[@christopherlundgren1700]

Obligatory warning for watching Part II. Part II and Part III were filmed at the same time so there are minor teasers/spoilers for Part III after Part II. If you don't want to see them, stop after it says To Be Concluded.

[@darthkronical3390]

16:25 In case you missed it, they were in the parking lot of "Twin Pines" mall. Marty went back in time, but is still in the same place. Here, he runs over one of two pines sitting at end of the driveway. After he returns to his own time, he goes back to the parking lot - of "Lone Pine" mall.

[@Murder_34]

"When this baby hits 88, you're gonna see some serious shit" one of my favorite lines in movie history...This is a great trilogy!!! Can't wait to see your reactions

[@Texy88]

A lot of this movie is set at night because, with the exception of weekends, Michael J. Fox was busy with a TV programme called _Family Ties_ (which at one point nearly totally blocked his ability to appear in _Back to the Future_ at all - luckily there was a workaround later on down the line) during the daylight hours. It's funny that you were saying about wanting to do time-travelling to meet your parents in their earlier lives, because it was one of the Bobs (can't remember whether it was Zemeckis nor Gale now) visiting his parents' home, finding his dad's school yearbook and thinking about what it might have been like to be able to go back in time and meet his dad as a teenage boy, whether or not they would be best friends etc. - and thus was the genesis of this classic movie!

[@Billinois78]

Chuck Berry wrote "Johnny B. Goode" in 1955 and started performing it in concerts, but didn't get around to doing a proper studio recording until 1958.

[@Caseytify]

There originally was no plans for a sequel. The ending was a throw away gag. The film became a huge hit, and they were stuck with that scene to open part 2.

[@martyklestadt6766]

Right. So they did the best they could with it and made it kind of a big joke and had fun with it.

[@BobbyCoolBreeze]

This is such a classic 80’s movie and a great trilogy. It’s meant to be kinda of goofy in the beginning. Yes a Delorean is a real car which was a lemon lol

[@Dash277]

When I tell you I ran around yelling "ONE POINT TWENTY ONE GIGAWATTS!" with my brothers after this, I mean like all the time.

[@SuStel]

Skateboarding while holding the back of someone's car is called "skitching."

[@TimTheTerrible]

And yes, we really did do it, all the time; and no, people didn't usually appreciate it very much when you skitched on their car, especially the cops.

[@godmagnus]

I learned that from Tony Hawk's Pro Skater

[@panamafloyd1469]

I didn't mind when guys (never saw a girl try it) did it to me, but slowed my car down so they wouldn't die. I remembered being young and broke! Not a lot of helmets back then, though.

[@Nutterific]

you beat me to it, lol

[@briencampbell1043]

And back then it was common with cheap skateboards for a pebble to completely lock up a wheel sending you flying…

[@DoughnutJelly55]

So back in the 80's the prefix giga- was not widely known because gigabytes were not a thing. Christopher Llyod just wasn't told how to pronounce it and he couldn't look it up, so jigawatts. Gigawatts is a measurement of electricity.

[@mackeyman13]

fun fact - you made the comment about going back in time and hanging out with your parents. That is actually how this film started. The creator was inspired by a conversation on if he'd be friends with his parents in high school.

[@ysmith494]

People always question Doc's and Marty's relationship. because of my age i can shed some light on this. Back during the 70's when i was a kid, there was an old man who live down the street from me name Mr. jones who was a bicycle repairman who worked out of his garage and since i didn't have any money for him to fix my bike, he would have me, and other kids do odd jobs in his garage for payment. it was that exchange that changed into a friendship.

[@NarwahlGaming]

We had an older guy who was big into model trains and dedicated his 2 stall garage to his layout. It was his passion for it and allowing us kids to come over and check/help that drove my own passion for it - though I've waned for a number of years, now. I'll have to dig in the closet and see if everything works, now. 😂

[@Demigord]

1.21 gigawatts is 100 million times the power your phone charges at, for perspective

[@bobbuethe1477]

In 1985, "giga-" wasn't a very common prefix (outside of science and math), so Christopher Lloyd has an excuse for the mispronunciation.

[@bobblebardsley]

I'm not sure I ever fully appreciated it before, but the moment where Marty says "I'm late for school!" and The Power of Love kicks in is such a classic 80s high school movie moment, and I think what really works with BTTF is that it's first and foremost fun, and the time travel stuff is secondary to that.

[@mpg272727]

Fun trivia; The mall Doc and Marty meet up in is named twin pines mal at the start of the film. After Marty went back in time and accidently ran over Pine trees and then goes back to the future you can see that the mall is now named lone pine mall

[@brianrouth3605]

I like at the beginning when doc pulls a filming Marty who’s rightfully trying to step out of the way back into the path of the car. Doc then proceeds to get excited and scream “it worked” which suggests he wasn’t sure it was going to 😂 which means he wasn’t 100% sure they both wouldn’t be killed by the car 😭

[@isaackellogg3493]

Doc’s character is actually an Eighties staple-the super genius sidekick. Marty is the main, and Doc is technically a side character. But Christopher Lloyd has such a presence that he becomes a co-main character.

[@ProgrammistMusic]

Almost 40 years after the movie was released and two amazing sequels i have to say, that (especially after Part 2) Biff became the real star in this franchise for me. Thomas F. Wilson really nailed the character. His performance is simply outstanding.

[@user-kt4cg2fn7l]

@@ProgrammistMusic Everyone is fantastic, of course, but in the last 10 or so years I've really come to notice just how much he stands out with every single version of Tannen in every single timeline. So good.

[@HermanVonPetri]

@@user-kt4cg2fn7l Thomas F. Wilson has has a modest career since these films, but I'm surprised he hasn't done more. He is also a stand-up comic with a few great little comedy songs that reference BTTF. He would start his routines by telling the audience "Yeah. I'm that guy. So, let's get this out of the way. What are you lookin at, butthead."

[@NelsonVlog66]

Christopher Lloyd is also remembered by those of us of a certain age as Reverand Jim on the sitcom Taxi which ran on ABC from 1978 to 1982 and on NBC from 1982 to 1983. He also appeared as the lead Klingon in Star Trek 3 The Search For Spock in 1984. Christopher's nephew appeared as one of the singing hospital lawyers in the sitcom Scrubs.

[@NelsonVlog66]

​@@HermanVonPetriThomas also had a recurring role as the gym coach/health teacher on the 1999-2000 NBC series Freaks & Geeks.

[@DaveBorer]

I loved your reaction, and how you were studying everything! I don't know, that just really made me smile to see someone else also focusing on the details and attentions of this movie.

[@maralinekozial9131]

The part where they kiss & Marty pops back up sideways & continues playing the guitar 🎸 is my favorite scene in movie history ❤

[@daveaglasgow]

At the start, the tech was working, the problem was that nobody has been home for a while, so nobody replaced the toast from the days/days before so it ended up burnt after multiple times of toasting, just look at Einsteins food, it was full already.

[@josey6231]

11:36 I like how Doc is so excited it worked implying he was fully prepared to get himself & Marty run over if it didn't

[@michaelschroeck2254]

In retrospect , doc knew it would work. The events in the past having him know he would be successful on that particular day made him not have any doubts about it and stood there! Remember he knew about the success on that night and at that time. It’s a time travel conundrum.

[@josey6231]

@@michaelschroeck2254 Not true. At that point that timeline didn't exist yet. Otherwise Marty's parents would also be like they are when Marty returns.

[@PhilBagels]

@@michaelschroeck2254 He knew it would work because he had used it with the clocks. That's why they were all 25 minutes behind. The test in the parking lot was the first time he actually sent a living thing through time - Einstein.

[@eval7952]

For millions and millions of years Skateboards first used to all live in the ocean, as surfboards. little by little surfboards spent more time on dry land, asphalt specially, and began to grow trucks, bearings and wheels, and eventually evolved into full grown skateboards.

[@stevenmacknight9960]

I don't know why, but this made me laugh!!! Nice one!!!

[@folcotook3049]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@alanmackie6180]

I've never seen this in it's original uncensored form before. I had no idea Doc and Marty said, "Shit" so much.

[@NarnianRailway]

Your cheerful enthusiasm makes watching Back To The Future a fun and timeless experience! So looking forward to coming back for parts 2 and 3 in the future. Biff also met his density in the form of George's fist.

[@Smido83]

Lol... whenever Emme is saying policeman I can only think of one thing... "What made you wanna be a policemen?" "Its called officer!" "What made you wanna be a policemen officer?" If you know, you know...

[@fayesouthall6604]

🤣🤣🤣

[@RoGueNavy]

"I think you would have made a great Muppet."

[@ArielCarmona]

It is a total classic. I remember watching it at the theater and being completely amazed as I walked out of the theater that day I saw everyone looking up at the screen smiling from grin to grin.

[@brendanfalvy1281]

Yeah, if you watch closely, Peabody's "crazy idea about breeding pine trees" is to fence two of them off as a pair 🤣🤣🤣

[@NarwahlGaming]

Can't have them running away! 😂

[@rosskerr1439]

"Now, Biff, don't con me!" My mom loves that line.

[@mordicaiknode]

Oh, Crispin Glover is a Truly Weird Guy.

[@claymccoy]

Yeah, he actually made an album of truly weird music.

[@Genkenaar0827]

The guy who's says Marty's music is too loud is the actual singer of the song "power of love". Its Huey Lewis

[@bigdream_dreambig]

20:23 " 'Another' one of these kids jumped in front of my car?' Why does that happen to you a lot?" It depends on where he hits them. If it's around town, he must just be a bad driver -- but if it's always in the same place . . . I wonder just how many local boys have been spending time on that tree branch with binoculars!

[@CastironRibeye]

Back when this movie was in theaters, every sci-fi concept was a totally new thing to mainstream audience's minds of all ages. That helped make it insanely popular.

[@ronfehr7899]

The actor playing Biff, Tom Wilson, was actually a nice guy. He actually felt bad about having to treat George and Lorraine the way he did.

[@eolsunder]

he is also a great comedian and stand up comic. You can search his stand up on youtube and watch.

[@rare_wulf9358]

Emme says “look at that, the guitar is tiny and that speaker is huge I’m terrified for my ear drums right now”😅

[@tehdipstick]

So when Marty says he has all the time in the world and can just go back ten minutes he means he'd go back to ten minutes before he time-traveled from 1985. It's not mentioned in any of the movies, but Doc Brown and Marty met when Marty snuck into Doc's lab to look around since he'd been hearing stories about the town's cooky inventor, and wanted to see what his lab was like for himself. Doc caught him, but was thrilled to realize Marty was fascinated by his work, so they got to talking and became friends.

[@jeremygeorgia4943]

One thing that Marty failed to account for, is the fact that he would be returning to the future, from the theater, which it why when he got out of the car, the Libyans were just passing him. In any case, he should have allowed himself far more time. His plan was to warn doc, so there would be complications, but he could have allowed himself time to talk to Doc, before he even called Marty.

[@larrybremer4930]

Your answer would depend on the timeline your following. Doc first meets Marty in 1955 but Marty first meets Doc sometime in his childhood/teens (late 70's or more likely early 1980s). Doc knowing that the timeline events have to be preserved he would have ensured their meeting.

[@angelrogo]

11:05 This is the precise moment when Doc realizes Marty has exactly the same clothes as he had when they met in 1955, so he knows the car works.

[@michaeljacyna1973]

He hadn't met Marty in 55 yet. The proof is all the changes to the timeline that hasn't happened yet. They're still standing in Twin Pine, not Lone. His dad is a loser and his mom is a drunk. In that scene, doc is just shaming Marty for having stepped away from him

[@RyderDunei]

if I remember right, the director or writer or whoever never intended to make any sequels, they just wanted it to have a crazy ending, but it was so successful that the studio wanted more films.

[@wrdreacts4247]

I'm a big fan of George.... From his density line to him punching the shit out of Biff.... WIN! Justice.

[@richlisola1]

Marty may have saved his parents and his siblings, but George prevented Lorraine’s rape and put Biff in his place.

[@chuckh4077]

Yeah. some reactors had said now George was bullying Biff at the end there. lol He deserves it. Simple.

[@wbrownshadow]

You gotta know in the 50s they were also afraid of nuclear war. The Atomic bomb was like 10 years before that time so people were on the edge of their seats about retaliation. Seeing someone in a radistion suit would cause anyone to freak out

[@SYLTales]

A few points: The judge who interrupts Marty's band with the admonition that, "you're just too darned loud," is Huey Lewis. He's lead vocalist for the band Huey Louis and the News. He wrote "The Power of Love," the song heard several times in the film. He and his band performed it for the film. The film's score was composed by Alan Silvestri. Among many, many other films, Silvestri scored the _Avengers_ films. The mall is originally named "Twin Pines Mall." Doc Brown explicity mentions that the area occupied by the mall was once farmland. Old Man Peabody had a dream of using it to breed pine trees. That's the farm at which Marty arrives in 1955. If you look closely, you'll see that Old Man Peabody has a pair of identical pine trees at the end of his driveway -- but Marty runs over one of them. When Marty goes back to 1985, the mall is named "Lone Pine Mall." One extreme bit of subtlety is that George is left-handed. Believe it or not, this was frowned-upon socially and academically until the 1970s. Lefties were taught to suppress it and use their right hand instead. This sometimes led to a level of neurosis due to the brain being told to rebel against its natural tendencies. The key moment is when George punches Biff. He first tries to use his right hand, which Biff easily blocks and immobilizes. It's only when George becomes enraged and uses his natural left hand to punch Biff that he's successful. The whole neurosis/left suppression issue was intentional by the director and writer. George clocking Biff with his left hand is when George is finally able to overcome his self-doubts and simply "be himself." Biff saying, "Make like a tree and get out of here," is a joke based on incorrect use of slang that's now fallen out of use. The correct slang is, "Make like a tree and leave." The fact that Biff gets it wrong is a statement on Biff's intelligence (or lack thereof). "Great Scott!" is another slang term that's fallen out of use. It was an interjection of surprise, amazement, or dismay. It was popular in the second half of the 19th century and the early 20th century. It was frequently used by Superman in comics through the 1960s. Something I didn't notice until KZbin reactors started blurting it out: _Why did Lorraine remove Marty's pants??_ He had a concussion, not something that would necessitate the removal of his pants! I'll leave the implications of what Lorraine might have done while Marty's pants were off to the imagination. The 1955 band with whom Marty plays "Johnny B. Goode" is Marvin Berry and the Skylighters. It's now missed by modern audiences, but in-universe, Marvin is cousin to real-life rock musician Chuck Berry. At one point in the song, Marvin calls Chuck on the phone and says, "You know that new sound you've been looking for? Well listen to _this!_ " and holds the phone toward the stage. Chuck Berry was the real-life composer and performer of "Johnny B. Goode." Berry would go on to become one of the most influential musicians of all time. If Chuck Berry copied "Johnny B. Goode" from Marty, this creates what scifi fans call a "Bootstrap Paradox." Marty learned it from Berry, but Chuck learned it from Marty. The song ultimately has no composer. This film creates a very strange paradox that's neither broached nor resolved: When Marty returns to 1985, he sees a version of himself go back in time. However, _it's not the same Marty_ . It's an *Alternate Marty* who grew up in the *Alternate 1985* created by Marty's 1955 actions: where his father is a successful, self-confident scifi novelist; his family is successful; and Doc isn't killed by the Libyans. The question becomes: what did Alternate Marty do when he went back to 1955? If Alternate Marty "interfered" with his parents' meeting, to him it would be the way he'd always heard his parents recount the story: that a teenager named Calvin "Marty" Klein was hit by Lorraine's father; that Lorraine was infatuated with him for a few days; and that this ultimately led to Biff's attempted SA of her and George clocking Biff. This becomes what scifi fans call a "Predestination Paradox," in which Alternate Marty must become Calvin "Marty" Klein in order for his future to exist. However, Alternate Marty might _not_ interfere, and the logical implications get very, very twisted. It ultimately results in what scifi fans call an "Infinite Loop Paradox," where multiple different Martys start showing up in 1955. Eventually, Doc's only reasonable response would be to break the loop by never building the time machine at all. The entire matter is totally glossed-over. It's best to forget about it and enjoy the films, because dramatically they're fantastic. Indeed, this script is taught in film schools as the "perfect script" because of the way it's structured. There are entire textbooks written about it. This film was the inspiration for _Rick and Morty_ . It's obviously only the inspiration, as _Back To the Future_ and _Rick and Morty_ are fundamentally different on many levels. There's an ongoing question among scifi fas as to how Original Marty got together with Doc. According to the director and writer, Original Marty had been told by Principal Strickland that Doc was a dangerous nutcase. Being the average Gen-X teenager, Original Marty pushed-back by going to Doc's lab to see for himself. Marty found himself impressed by all the weird gadgets Doc had lying around. Doc then hired Marty to work part-time at the lab doing odd jobs for him. Along the way, Marty convinced Doc to build the gigantic amplifier for his electric guitar that we see in the opening of the film. Back in the real world: In the early hours of the October 21, 2015 (the date Doc went forward to) fans gathered at the Puente Hills Mall, the shooting location of the Lone/Twin Pines Mall, to celebrate the impending arrival of the DeLorean. Sadly, no DeLorean ever appeared, but the fan celebration was well-covered in the press. On a personal note: as an early Gen-Xer, I was the same age as the "teenaged" actors. I instantly fell in love with Lea Thompson and continue to be infatuated with her today. Female reactors like to say, "Eyes up here," when Lorraine removes her sweater in the car. Guys my age have never been able to keep their eyes "up here." It's impressive that Lea was able to transition out of ingenue roles, which is rare in Hollywood. Typically, actresses simply "age out" and are discarded, but Lea continued to act for some time. She's also a successful Broadway actress and has now transitioned into directing. Lea remains beautiful, and is one of the few Gen-X actress/directors who hasn't resorted to surgery nor botox nor enhancements. She's aged far better than me, and I really respect her not having chosen the enhancement route. No doubt if I were to ever meet her, I'd be reduced to a drooling fanboy and embarrass myself. 💗

[@NarwahlGaming]

I love one of the Muppets series where Kermit admits he has a crush on Lea and that she's his "Free Pass" with Miss Piggy _"But, it'll never happen."_ Later in the episode he ends up in an elevator with Lea and becomes a mess. 😂 She was/is one of my first crushes, too.

[@j.woodbury412]

That guitar at the beginning is called a Chiquita, made by Erlewine. It's called the original travel guitar and it's made small so it would be easy to carry. It's about a foot shorter than a Strat.

[@0okamino]

It’s a good idea. Another example is in Journey’s _Faithfully_ video, with one clip showing Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain practicing on smaller scale guitars while traveling.

[@j.woodbury412]

@@0okamino I can see where they would come in handy. This reviewer is the first one I've seen that commented on how small the guitar is.

[@philstuf]

@4:59 The gag is that the judge was actually Huey Lewis, the lead singer for Huey Lewis and The News, the band that did the theme song (Power of love), and the one Marty's band plays...

[@apulrang]

Something I never noticed before is that the depiction of Marty's family before his time travel is surprisingly nuanced. It's clearly not a very happy family, and there are signs of real dysfunction there ... like the father's being bullied and the mother maybe being an alcoholic. But the family doesn't seem to be abusive at all, and certainly not hateful or scary. It's just sort of low-grade unhappy in ways that are pretty realistic and relatable.

[@isaackellogg3493]

In 1955, the most powerful electric power plant in the world-a newly opened nuclear power plant-yielded barely 20 Megawatts. Doc would have needed more than sixty of them-of THE largest nuclear plant in the world-to power the Flux Capacitor.

[@dialecticalmonist3405]

It cannot be easily explained how magical this and other quality 80's movies were like, watching them in the theatre for the first time. This was before internet and KZbin and big screen TV's.

[@outlawwales959]

The fact that going back the same amount of time from today would get you to 1994 hurts me to no end.

[@NarwahlGaming]

Who let this happen?!

[@LeraResan]

Think about this: next year is 2025. Going back 70 years would be 1955. Which is the same amount of time between 1955 and 1885.

[@Texy88]

15:37 It looked like that because, as Doc had said minutes earlier, it was not originally a shopping mall car park when he also mentioned about “ol’ man Peabody” and his pine-trees and about just how much things had changed over the ensuing years.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Emme! ⏳ This is one of the all-time *best* comedy trilogies. But it gets emotional, too. I hope you love these as I do.

[@kylorobb]

Your reactions were adorable. You're going to love where the trilogy goes.

[@brendanoconnor1550]

Fun fact: the guy with the megaphone is Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News, the band whose songs play in the beginning and end credits

[@libertyresearch-iu4fy]

Well, and the song Marty and his band were playing.

[@EmmettMcFly55]

It's interesting how many reactors seem to root against Marty telling Doc about getting shot. I always figured that the whole point there was the dramatic irony that Doc assumes Marty wants to tell him something comparatively minor (and something that doesn't happen literal minutes before Marty left 1985, so that changing it can only alter minutes of history) while we know this is nothing like that - it's about his death.

[@danwiesdamageinc]

This is one of the very few comedic movies where the sequels are as good as the 1st. 5:16 The song Marty's band is playing is The Power Of Love by Huey Lewis and the News. The man with the bullhorn telling them they're just too darn loud is Huey Lewis. 46:41 The mall was named Twin Pines Mall before Marty went back in time and ran over one of the farmers trees. Now it's named Lone Pine Mall.

[@AubreySciFi]

The inside joke of the "you're just too darn loud" scene is that the music teacher or battle of the bands organizer saying that line is played by 80's rock star Huey Lewis of Huey Lewis and the News who performed all the main songs on this movie.

[@papalaz4444244]

Bullying NEVER stops. At work, in the street, in politics - psychopaths bully people their whole lives.

[@johndaily263]

And if they’re extra-good at bullying, they get elected President.

[@realisticthought1781]

@@johndaily263exactly, like now

[@Awelbeckk]

Sometimes they grow up out of this. Regretting their action. I met two people that were bullying me when I was young. They grew up to be decent people, one a mechanics and the other owning a bakery. I will never be friend with them, but he opened my eyes that just because you were a monster doesn't mean you have to be one all your life.

[@kevinhayes1656]

The guy with the megaphone at the band audition was Huey Lewis who wrote and recorded the song that he is playing called back in time back in the 1980s

[@j.woodbury412]

The actor who played Biff, Thomas F. Wilson, is not like that in real life, In fact, he based his performance on his experiences of being bullied in high school. And during the scene in the car near the end, he repeatedly asked Lea Thompson, who played Lorraine if she was alright.

[@homiedclown]

He was so apologetic between takes that she actually got annoyed with him for it.

[@j.woodbury412]

@@homiedclown Oh wow

[@Jim-Mc]

He's fantastic as the gym teacher in the short lived masterpiece Freaks and Geeks.

[@AnsLicht]

"Are they going to have cooler kids now?" I loved that joke

[@dafterite]

I've never seen anyone else react to this film who was so adamant that nothing at all should be done to prevent Doc's death.

[@ATN2USN]

The man in the gym that said they were too loud is Huey Lewis. His group provided the sound track for the movie

[@johantolli372]

The amount of details and setup/payoff in this movie is insane, its like every moment or line in the first half is a setup, for a big or small payoff in the second half. Top 5 best movies ever made IMO

[@hermanrobak1285]

25:00 "I don't know what a gigawatt is." A gigawatt is one billion watts. Billion with a 'b'. In other words, it's a lot of juice!

[@bcsr4ever]

Arguably the best trilogy of all time.

[@tru3sk1ll]

Lord of the rings has entered the chat

[@PERKSreCAP]

LoR enters the chat and quickly dismissed. BTF > LoR Just my opinion

[@bcsr4ever]

@tru3sk1ll Both are clearly in best trilogy of all time category, but not exactly the same genre. Lol

[@nomis]

Most people miss this detail, It was Twin Pine Mall, but when he returns its Lone Pine Mall... Because he ran over one!

[@michaelschroeck2254]

I had seen this movie hundreds of times but it wasn’t until a couple months ago someone pointed out that the homeless man at the end is the mayor from 1955. 🤯

[@seanmonahan]

This is false. This was debunked by Bob Gale on the dvd commentary. They are not the same person.

[@Cenindo]

They are not meant to be the same. You can see the mayor in a picture in 1955, and he is clearly not young. By 1985 he would, if still alive, be distinctly old. The homeless man would at best be a child in 1955.

[@Cenindo]

@@raybernal6829 Okay, but does the homeless man look eighty to you? Max 40, I'd say.

[@hapomwak]

As many times as I've seen this movie, watching your reaction to it made it feel so fresh. Your reactions are so genuine, and you are very good at guessing what's what's about to happen. I hope you enjoy the remaining movies in this epic and timeless trilogy!😊

[@domcoke]

Fun fact: there's an entire community of people whose sole task in life is to leave comments in "Back to the Future" reactions "informing" people about the "Lone Pine Mall" easter egg, and the Huey Lewis' cameo. I mean, it's a full time job now, cos there's an ever growing collection of "Back to the Future" reactions, all of which need to be assiduously annotated with facts that everyone knows. It's a wonder they have time for anything else...

[@vincentvancraig]

The older folks of the human tribe pass down the lore & factoids to the younger generation, its always bern that way, before written language it was done orally, around a campfire, now, its done in youtube comment sections...this reactor will do the same in 30 years, its a rite of passage....its a delicate ballet where history & humanity meet around great art... 200 years from now it will be told ...."you see, gather 'round now, children, for im going to tell u like my great, great grandfather told my great grandfather, who, in turn, told my grandpa, who then told me , that yes, viggo mortenssen actually broke his toe when he kicked the orc helmet when merry & pippen went missing & were pressumed dead, & that scream Aragorn made was *real* , & peter jackson left it in the scene! ....now, everyone lets pile in the spaceship & go get some ice cream:)"

[@domcoke]

@@vincentvancraig Brilliant. I can imagine that future - a lone figure, delivering a sermon on a mount...: "lo, it was written, that Ridley Scott didn't tell the actors in Alien what was going to happen in the chestburster scene... even though, they'd all read the script, and were fully aware of a pivotal scene in the story... they had apparently blanked it from their minds when they entered the set that day, to find John Hurt lying under a false special-effect torso... for they were about to be the stars of an internet myth...which I now impart onto you... they had no idea what was going to happen children - it wasn't skilled acting that led to their surprised faces when a hugely expensive pneumatic alien animatronic burst through that false torso... but an elaborate prank by director Ridley Scott. He was the true prophet"

[@porkins74]

What’s even more funny is the hundreds of people who start out their comments with “Fun Fact”

[@homiedclown]

@@porkins74 Fun Fact, thanks 😇

[@seanmonahan]

Turn it into a drinking game. Take a drink every time someone mentions it.

[@pawprintz7166]

Michael J Fox was working on his sitcom 'Family Ties' AND filming 'Back to the Future' at the same time. He said in an interview once that he would forget what set he was on because of the lack of sleep. But this was the only way he could make the movie. An amazing actor because both his sitcom and BTTF are phenomenal. I've loved Michael for over 40 years & now that he can't act anymore deeply saddens me.