Probably Unanswerable Questions
Hearing damage, concussions, dog care, Doc-Marty friendship, Doc’s private life, duplicate selves, and parental recognition
In the discussion (7)
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- Marty’s likely tinnitus from the opening amplifier blast is questioned — Bill Simmons
- Marty’s repeated concussions across the trilogy are questioned — Bill Simmons
- Doc is judged a bad dog owner for automated feeding and using Einstein in the time machine — Bill Simmons
- The origin and propriety of teenage Marty’s friendship with adult Doc are questioned
- Whether Doc Brown is a lifelong bachelor, asexual, or gay is speculated about — Bill Simmons
- Whether two versions of one person can occupy the same place and time is questioned
- The failure of Marty’s parents to recognize their son as Calvin is debated, with Bob Gale reportedly arguing they knew Calvin only briefly thirty years earlier — Chris Ryan