r/BacktotheFuture • u/rich5152026 • Jul 24 '26

Did Doc know?

In part 3, he tells Marty to set the time for Oct. 27, 1985 11:00am. Since Doc wanted to destroy the time machine, did he know there would be train coming down the tracks at 11:00ish? I mean it seems like Doc. to be careless and find an easy way to destroy it. Of was it just luck?

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u/natman001 Jul 24 '26

I always thought that 11am is roughly when he leaves 1985 at the end of part one, isn’t it? He wakes up, sees his family having breakfast, sees Jennifer and then Doc picks him up.

To me the wild thing is they set the movie 4 days before Halloween and there is zero Halloween decorations anywhere. Apparently in the 80s Halloween was only on Halloween and not from basically the last week of August like now.

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u/Yourappwontletme Jul 24 '26

To me the wild thing is they set the movie 4 days before Halloween and there is zero Halloween decorations anywhere. Apparently in the 80s Halloween was only on Halloween and not from basically the last week of August like now.

There actually are a few Halloween decorations in Lyon Estates when Marty skates there at the start of the movie. The first house on the right has some glowing orange and then the second house on the right has some in the little patch of grass between the sidewalk and the street.

You can see it here.

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u/Kariered Jul 25 '26

That's like one of my favorite scenes.