That can happen? 😰
Should have been first replyI guess you aren't ready for the answer to that question yet. But your kids are gonna love it.
Does the OG timeline still exist, but since Marty never returned to it, his family just believes he disappeared one day and never returned?Don't forget about the Marty that spent his entire life in the timeline that the protagonist Marty made until he took the DeLorean back in time.
Did that Marty make another alternate timeline where his life was even better than the one that protagonist Marty made?
Did he replace a Marty who went and made an even better timeline?
When does stop? At God-Emperor Marty?
Isn't he from an alternate timeline? Shouldn't he still exist based on multiple timelines?
So part 2 is not canon?Back to the Future operates on a model of time travel that's a bit... fantastical. There are no alternate timelines. There is one timeline, and changes made to the past will affect objects (including people) that have been displaced temporally. Newspapers, photographs, Marty himself can be altered or even erased when they alter the timeline.
It's one of my least favorite time travel mechanisms, but eh. It can work.
It's not a time travel movie, it's a family drama. The time travel is incidental, and it works within its own universe. It's a perfect movieBack to the Future operates on a model of time travel that's a bit... fantastical. There are no alternate timelines. There is one timeline, and changes made to the past will affect objects (including people) that have been displaced temporally. Newspapers, photographs, Marty himself can be altered or even erased when they alter the timeline.
It's one of my least favorite time travel mechanisms, but eh. It can work.
Does the OG timeline still exist, but since Marty never returned to it, his family just believes he disappeared one day and never returned?
No, because there is no other timeline. Time changed and became the new timeline. Time travelers are somewhat immune to this phenomenon, depending on the needs of the plot.
(I know.)No, because there is no other timeline. Time changed and became the new timeline. Time travelers are somewhat immune to this phenomenon, depending on the needs of the plot.
So Marty effectively murdered his counter-part and replaced him?
Exactly, and it's great, just like Bill and TedThe Back to the Future series has inconsistent rules based on what works best for the immediate drama of each film.
There is no Marty counterpart. The one from the original timeline and the one from the new timeline are one and the same.So Marty effectively murdered his counter-part and replaced him?
It's canon. But the difference is that the almanac makes massive changes, to the point nothing resembles the 1985 they know. That's why Doc explains it as an alternate 1985. But notice how they never think about finding a way to travel to the original timeline. It's about burning the almanac so the 1985 they know comes back.
No, because that counterpart is also him, and will never return, because the Marty we've been following is the same person. If they'd established the time travel slightly differently there would be a version of Marty who lived in the "good" timeline who would probably either want his life back or screw up the 1955 timeline requiring a confrontation between the two Martys. But BttF uses an assumption of singular existence meaning there's only one of everyone, except when versions from different time periods time travel and co-exist at the same time. The one fuzzy moment for this conceit in the trilogy is in 2 where the Hell Valley versions of Marty and Doc are clearly elsewhere while our Marty and Doc are doing what they do in the movie. Whether they replaced the Hell Valley versions upon arriving in the alternate 1985 or if this is the one instance of two versions of characters in the same time period from two different versions of the timeline co-existing is never explained.
It's pretty shaky when you dig into it at all, which is why the first and third movies are great in that they only use time travel as an excuse to tell a character-driven story, while the second movie, while fun, is a goddamn mess because it makes the story entirely about time travel, and the logic breaks down under even light scrutiny. BttF really should never have had sequels.
There is no Marty counterpart. The one from the original timeline and the one from the new timeline are one and the same.
"Story by" is Zemeckis and Gale in all three films.For a time travel story to remain consistent, it cannot have creative input from any more than two people.
Whoa. I've never thought about it like that. My mind is now blownIt's canon. But the difference is that the almanac makes massive changes, to the point nothing resembles the 1985 they know. That's why Doc explains it as an alternate 1985. But notice how they never think about finding a way to travel to the original timeline. It's about burning the almanac so the 1985 they know comes back.
It's definitely canon. It's hard to say that it's consistent, though.
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Back to the Future time travel doesn't operate on multiverse theoryIsn't he from an alternate timeline? Shouldn't he still exist based on multiple timelines?
also, when he changes the future, and returns to the changed future, does that mean his family and friends from his original timeline never see or hear from him again?