If there is such a thing as a perfect popcorn movie, this is it. Back to the Future is a perfect sci-fi/adventure/incestual film. It’s certainly not the best trilogy ever (the Wild West, my ass!), but the original is easily the pinnacle of 80s commercial cinema. Hell, Huey of Huey Lewis and the News provides the soundtrack AND makes a cameo. How much more 80s can you get?!
But what people don’t realize is that this movie is one gigawatt away from being a pretty dark movie.
First of all, the story is brilliant: a teenager travels back in time and interferes with his parents’ first meeting, thus endangering his own existence. Perfect.
The cast is inspired.
Michael J. Fox – Cast a four foot tall man as your lead and you’ve got an instant underdog
Christopher Lloyd – Could anyone else have come off even half as coked up as Lloyd’s Doc Brown?
Crispin Glover – The man has not aged or decreased in awesomeness in thirty years. He is frozen…IN TIME!
Lea Thompson – She spent the 80s banging her son and a duck. Even if she were my mother, I would bang her…and thus become my own father! Mind fuck!
BIFF TANNEN – One of the most underrated villains in cinema…BUTTHEAD!
Now let’s take this PG classic to a dark place…
There are two attempted homicides and three documented cases of rape throughout the course of this film.
The first attempted homicide is the most obvious when the evil stereotyped middle-eastern terrorists from Libya gun down Doc Brown in front of the JC Penny. Don’t fuck with Libya, Doc Brown!
The thing that viewers always underplay is the fact that Biff Tannen tries to straight up MURDER Marty McFly (and this is just the first homicide of several throughout the trilogy). The fact is that Biff Tannen is a badass. If you trip him or enter the diner without his permission, he will straight-up try to run your ass over with his car or rape your prom date. That’s how Biff Tannen rolls!
The plethora of attempted and implied rape scenes in this movie is disturbing.
Rape #1: When Marty’s in the past and wakes up in his mother’s home after being struck by the car, he’s not wearing any pants. We can only assume Loraine, his own mother, fondled Little Marty while he lay passed out in her bed (Is the flux capacitor what makes time travel possible or a sexual position?). Sorry, Marty, you were raped by your own mother.
Rape #2: Marty tries to return the favor and attempts to convince his mother to bang his father by “pretending” to rape her (or perhaps rape her just a little?) before his father intervenes. Of course this doesn’t pan out due to…
Rape #3: Biff Tannen interrupts Marty’s rape attempt and counters it with one of his own, adding to his earlier offense of attempted murder. By the end of the trilogy, Biff Tannen will prove that he is history’s greatest badass by creating a rap sheet that would put Al Capone to shame.
Rape #3: Biff Tannen interrupts Marty’s rape attempt and counters it with one of his own, adding to his earlier offense of attempted murder. By the end of the trilogy, Biff Tannen will prove that he is history’s greatest badass by creating a rap sheet that would put Al Capone to shame.
Next week we’ll be moving along the timeline to Part II of the trilogy. Until then, make like a tree…AND GET OUT OF HERE!
Why It’s Awesome: Great Scott! Where to begin? A time traveling DeLorean? Trying to play matchmaker for your own parents to ensure your existence? A guy who wears 3D glasses everywhere despite the fact everything in real life is already in 3D? Yeah, it’s pretty damn good.
Best Quote:
Doc Brown: If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour...you're gonna see some serious shit.
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