@Chubbs426
I never thought that Marty was having an anxiety attack during “Earth Angel”. I always thought he was unable to perform because he was being “erased from time”. The same thing happens to Biff in part 2 when he returns the Time Machine back to 2015.
@JustPrnvvv
Never get tired of watching BTTF. My Fav movie of all time!
@TheFunko411
I’ve seen BTTF easily 100 times and I’ve watched dozens of YouTube breakdowns of “things we missed” / “Easter eggs”, and this is the first video I’ve seen in at least 10 years that has actually given me something new to think about when analyzing the movie. Thank you for all the hard work that went into putting this together.
@christophersantiago6845
I'm in my mid forties and have seen BTTF a hundred times and just realized the amp was specifically built for Marty. I always just assumed it was a weird science thing that happened to be in the lab. But now realizing, yeah, there'd be no reason for Doc to use his time and talents on building a huge amp just for the sake of having a huge amp. Really solidifies their relationship and friendship.
@joaomarcosjunqueira4965
Doc and Martin are friends, cause "they've always been". Doc knew he needed to befriend Martin, the same way he knew he needed to built his time machine.
@ScottHowell83
This video was great. This is my favorite movie of all time and everytime I see an article or video about it, I almost get frustrated because I feel like I know all the nuances and trivia of the film by now. This is the first video in years I've watched that is pointing things out I never knew. That's incredible!
@macronencer
Thank you for giving a shout out to the composer. Silvestri did an absolutely fantastic job of blending "sci fi Lydian strangeness" with classic "American Hero fanfare" in the score. I studied film music back in around 2008, and this was always one of my favourites.
@joshmradio
This is my all time favorite movie. This breakdown gave me some even more Easter eggs I never knew existed. Thank you, Voss, for this. Now do parts II and III!!
@niagargoyle
One of my favorite parts about Back to the Future is that everything is telegraphed. There's always some event that subtly or blatantly explains why certain things happen. One of my favorite payoffs is related to the note that Marty gives Doc. You never see him actually throw the note away; he puts it into his pocket after tearing it up. And when Marty tells Doc that his dad had never stood up to Biff, you can see the gears turning in Doc's head... until he's interrupted. But he then has 30 years to ponder and decide that certain things are okay to change.
@thunderstruck5484
Think Marty was carrying a Duffel bag not a punching bag , Korean War ended in 53 so probably alot of vets and army surplus had those from WW2 and Korea, no biggie! These deep dives are so great! Thanks Erik!
@furbyfubar
I always read the part of Doc having a massive amp as the reason for Marty being friends with him. But watching this made me realize that from Doc's perspective, if he had to work to make the time loop close (and the timeline isn't self-healing and self-correcting) he would have been in a situation where he had to get Marty mixed up in the experiment in a way that made it possible for what was written in the letter to happen! So it might have been more a case of Doc getting a massive amp because that would make it easier for him to befriend this high school kid?
@joeblankenship377
It's weird that George and Lorraine never recognize that their son Marty grows up to look exactly like their friend Marty from high school. And if Lorraine thought that "Marty" was a nice name, then why didn't Dave get named Marty?
@calebmcclure4556
When Marty returns to 1985 from 55 you can definitely tell that Docs attitude is far more confident in their exchanges from there on out. While he remains lovable and goofy in the trilogy, there’s an obvious character arc. By Part 3 he’s even ready to ventilate Bufford Tannen with a rifle like frickin “Eastwood”. Hence why even to his own astonishment, he made something that actually works in 1955. Thirty years of being a Hill Valley social pariah, disgraced scientist and having failed countless experiments would probably take an emotional and mental toll no doubt. Just the mere fact of Marty finding Doc and him seeing his success alters time already, hence why Doc figures “what the hell”. He already altered time just by proving a successful experiment to his 1955 “counter part”.
@daveholmes7130
Great job! Also when Marty tells Doc “all the best stuff’s made in Japan” that’s also a nod to the 4x4 Toyota Marty loves back in the future
@Sooch900
Wow…I never thought anyone could show me something new about BTTF that I didn’t already know, but you pulled it off amazingly! It really just makes my appreciation of this movie go higher! You guys should be proud of what you made here!
@itsalwayssomething7490
I just realized Marc McClure was in Superman the movie in which Superman turns back time. Then he was in BTTF. Then he was in Zack Synder's Justice League, in which the Flash turns back time. Interesting.
@srayj
I absolutely love this movie and now I think you’ve set yourself up by doing such a good job that you have to do the entire trilogy. If you do, I would love for you to address how in this movie, Marty literally parrots his father’s words when he says, “I’m not sure I can take that kind of rejection” yet in parts two and three, he gets into trouble because he doesn’t want to be called a chicken. So, it always made me wonder if this was done to show that even though we think Marty was the same person as before, given that he remembered his old life, we also have to assume that in returning to this alternate 1985, Marty may have started to embody the traits of his self that grew up with these parents who probably would have taught their son not to back down or let anyone make him think he can’t do something. This likely made Marty more arrogant and self-destructive, because growing up he didn’t back down from a fight or a challenge, even when he knew better, going from a life ruled by fear to one more driven by pride.
@SSand4
Strictly speaking, as a scientist who got his PhD in probably the 1930s or '40s, Doc is pronouncing "gigawatts" correctly for his generation. It's from the same root as "gigantic" or (closer to the Latin) the Spanish "gigante"; so it actually is (strictly speaking) more correct to say "JIGga/JEEga" than "GIGa". The "giga-" prefix wasn't commonly used by pretty much anyone other than hardcore scientists prior to computers becoming ubiquitous and edging closer to needing the term "gigabyte". By the time all the scientists realized everybody was saying it wrong, well everybody was saying it wrong, and it was too late to correct them all.
@blake3803
Thanks for keeping the content coming Erik I appreciate you more than you know!
@richardboss2892