Robbo. said:
dronefromsector7g said:
OK smart arse. 1985 - get the DeLorean, go forward in time 25 years or so and grab a Ford Focus. Take the flux capacitor out of the DeLorean and install in said Focus. Go back to 1985 and continue from there. Now they have a choice of car to install the flux capacitor.
Because fuck you that's why.
Thats made me giggle
Because of they did that, they would cease to exist:
Would Marty and Jennifer exist in 2015?
At the point that Marty and Jennifer step into the Delorean at the end of the first film and head off to 2015 to do something about their kids, how can there still be kids there to find? Because, as far as the strict laws of the timelines go, if Marty and Jennifer disappear, even temporarily from 1985, then events in the future wouldn't change until they return. As such, the future Marty and Jennifer shouldn't be there, and nor should their Michael J Fox-alike offspring.
The counter-argument is that it's assumed they'll come back to 1985 with everything sorted, and thus if events take their course, all would be the same. After all, pictures from photographs in the movie take time to disappear. And Marty's hand only starts to disappear in the first film when events are going very badly wrong.
However, think back to the first film. Einstein gets sent one minute into the future. For that minute? He doesn't exist in 1985, until he returns. Thus, the rule is established there, and if it's followed, then the McFly brood would not exist in 2015.
This would be the same for going into the future to get a Ford Focus.
Does your head hurt yet?
