October 21st: 10:00pm: Bolton
It was time to go back, back to 1885, we needed to save the Doc!
I had always considered part three of the time travelling trilogy to be the weaker, but watching as a full marathon I appreciated it a lot more than I remembered. The clever nods to little quips mentioned in the previous two films, like Uncle Joey or the accident with the Rolls Royce and the little homages to the earlier installments such as the repetition of scenes and the railroad model not being to scale. Back to the Future Part III really holds it's own within the franchise, and in some parts it definitely surpasses the futuristic middle sibling.
The soundtrack is obviously a massive part of the trilogy and Alan Silvestri has a definite style. Whilst we were watching the previous two installments it was hard not to get excited at the main theme, but little sections of the tense music sounded far too similar to Predator (also composed by Mr Silvestri). It was great to get a Western twist to the music for the concluding episode, giving the synonymous riffs a Rio Grande composition just added to the style of the film. Also, throwing ZZ Top into the mix as the performing band at the clock tower gig was a little touch I didn't realise as a younger viewer.
There are a few theories out there about the real reasons behind the BTTF trilogy and I had read one of these just before going in to the marathon. This theory has further added fuel to the story and given it even more gravitas in my mind, I think I even added more to the hypothesis.
At the start of the trilogy, Marty is at Doc Brown's house plugging in his guitar to the amplifier. He receives a call from the Doc who indicates that his "experiment worked" as the clocks are 25 minutes slow. This could mean that Doc Brown has used his time travel machine and carried out a similar experiment similar to the one done with Einstien the dog later that evening. In this time travel experiment, Doc Brown travels a day into the future and sees he is married with two children to Clara Clayton, but how does he meet her?
The Doc realises that to meet Clara he must first send Marty back to 1955 to inspire his younger self to create a time machine based on his vision. This would then also allow Marty to break the rules and give him a letter advising to wear a bullet proof vest. He then must take Marty to the future and show him the shop with the Sports Almanac and then lure Marty away from the Delorean for Biff to take it back in time. This timeline encourages Marty to go back to 1955 to steal back and destroy the almanac, and thus knowing when lightning would be present sending the Doc back to 1885 in order to meet Clara. He then needs the components from two time machines to develop the "Time-Train" so sends Marty a message to come back to 1885 with the second Delorean and hoverboard, thus completing the meeting of Clara and giving him the tools to create a vessel to travel beyond.
So, the whole trilogy is a love story about The Doc wanting to meet the love of his life
Heavy!
But one question does remain....how scary is Doc Brown and Clare's son Verne and what is he actually indicating to Marty!!!!
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