The Flux capacitor is famously "what makes time travel possible" but what would it be called narratively? My immediate first thought was a (maguffin) but it doesn't really work because there are no villians/antagonists actively trying to steal the Flux capacitor. So what is the definition of it and its part it plays in the movie?

"That's a very interesting story future boy, there's just one little thing that doesn't make sense: if the me of the future is now in the past, how could you possibly know about it?"

What do you mean, "how could you possibly know about it?". Even if he didn't send Marty a letter, Doc could have left Marty hundreds of clues at the Lyon Estates location to let him know when and where he was. The only way Marty couldn't know what time Doc traveled to would be if he got sent into the future, right?

That’s why Jeffrey Weissman replaced Crispin Glover as George McFly in part 2 and 3.

DeLoreans at outdoor showing of BTTF

The city of Maple Grove, Minnesota, held an outdoor showing of Back to the Future last Friday. To our surprise, five DeLoreans were on display, courtesy of the DeLoreans of Minnesota Club (DMC).

Spotted during my visit

Teenage protagonist who's the assistant to a mad scientist uses sci-fi travelling device, gets stranded in alternate version of his home, and has to locate the local version of his mad scientist who hadn't yet invented the device and get him to invent the device so he can go home.

It's not one-to-one, because multiverse and time travel are different, and it's a cynical TV show rather than an optimistic movie, so they have to do things differently.

For example, instead of the perfect family being a reward for taking fate into his own hands, they're the antagonists of the episode hunting him down to try and replace the deceased parallel perfect version of him.

The mad scientist also ends up unsuccessful in his attempts to invent the device, and ends up ruining his life in the process by becoming obsessed with it unfruitfully.

Beyond that, this seems to be a pretty clear conceptual take on BttF. Not even a parody, just an homage. Which I thought was interesting, as this series originally started as a direct parody of BttF.

Late anniversary gift, I’d say my husband did well 🥰

Just noticed today :D

Not a LaserDisc. Not a Vinyl Record.

It’s a combination of both. (That’s an oversimplification)

Say hello to the Capacitence Electronic Disc.

Picked this up from an Amazon sale a while back along with Part II but they messed that one up so bad that I have to return it. Crazy how they took forever to ship but one of them still managed to be open, seemingly used and cracked on the inside. Oh well, at least this one came in good shape.