Saturday, March 25, 2023

Doc I'm back, back from the future. Part 2




The second act of the trilogy remains my favorite to this day. Like both the Star Wars and Terminator franchises,  the sequel improved on the first movie, while building on the previous story arc. My favorite part of the movie involves the futuristic Hill Valley city, Jaws in 3D, self lacing NIKE shoes, and hover boards. 

The story starts off right where we left with Marty arriving home and meeting his childhood sweetheart Jennifer, and discovering that everything is good with his family. Just as he is about to head out, the DeLorean comes screeching into the driveway. Doc falls out hurriedly and starts blabbering about the future and how Marty has to time travel once again to save his kid. Turns out that Marty Jr agrees to help Griff, Biff's grandchild with a heist and goes to jail. Marty has no choice but to agree and they take Jennifer with them. We end up in the the same diner and town square and Marty dresses up as his son, tells Griff no, and the same scene replays where Marty evades Griff and his goons on a hover board (instead of Biff and the skate board as in the previous movie). Griff tries to take Marty down on his powered hover board, but Marty ducks in the nick of time and Griff smashes into town hall and is apprehended. Things go pear shaped when the cops pick passed out Jennifer up and send her home, her future home that is. She gets to see future Marty get fired, and meets her future self. Just when you think things couldn't get any worse, Marty makes a blunder and buys an old sports almanac, which falls into grandpa Biff's hands. Whilst Marty and doc are busy saving Jennifer , Biff steals the DeLorean, travels back to the past, and gives the almanac to himself.

When Marty and doc travel back to the present day, they are horrified to learn that Hill Valley has changed and is now under the the thumb of multi millionaire Biff Tannen. Biff now owns the town and the police force. To make matters worse, Marty's mom Lorraine is now married to Biff, and his dad George was murdered by Biff. Marty discovers that it was the sports almanac he purchased in the future that caused this alternate time line. He has to travel back to the past to steal the almanac from young Biff to undo all the damage caused by the almanac. He gets to relive all the events he had to go through in the previous movie. Just when he is about to travel back to the present after successfully completing what he set out to do, lightning strikes and doc disappears! It's up to Marty once again to save the day.


Back to the old west

I found the final installment to be the weakest of the trilogy. With that said, all three movies were of the highest standards compared to what we get today. In this concluding story , Marty gets a very old letter delivered to him from the time of the old west. As it turns out, doc didn't die the night lightning struck the DeLorean. Doc was flung back into the past, to the old west. Marty has to time travel once again in an attempt to save his friend. He fires up the DeLorean engine and drives towards a billboard. Before he knows it, he is hurtling towards a tribe of native Americans. He quickly puts the car in reverse and into a cave. He then sets off on foot for Hill Valley.

Marty arrives in town, goes to a tavern and encounters Beaufort 'Maddog' Tannen, the great grandfather of Biff. He inadvertently pisses (literally as he moonwalks and kicks a spitoon full of piss) on Beaufort. The latter challenges him to a showdown. This changes the fate of a certain blacksmith who is supposed to die at the hands of this bandit. This is none other than his good friend Dr Emmett Brown. Doc meets a teacher, Clara and they fall in love. 

The day of reckoning is fast approaching and doc and Marty device a plan to get the DeLorean up to the required speed using a mix of chemicals and a locomotive to push the vehicle. Marty, who now goes by the name of of Clint Eastwood confronts and defeats Beaufort using a trick he learned from his name sake. He dons a poncho over a metal breastplate. He has to immediately head to the railroad track to carry out their plan. A complication arises when Clara shows up, boards the train and professes her love for doc. Doc has to save Clara as the critical temperature is reached and the train stack blow. Marty slips doc the hover board in a last ditch effort. Doc and Clara get clear just as the train goes into overdrive and propelles Marty back to the future.

Marty arrives in the present and before he can move the DeLorean from the track, an oncoming train smashes into the car. Marty is crushed. How is he going to save doc now? Just when he thinks all is lost, a time traveling locomotive appears with a few bangs. It's Dr Emmett Brown and his family. He now has two kids Jules and Verne!
 

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