# It was 25 years ago today that Marty McFly went back in time. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411 "2010-10-26T16:12:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/1 "2010-10-26T16:12:49Z")
On Oct. 26, 1985, he set out from Twin Pines Mall in Hill Valley for 1955. Truly a red letter day in science. > **[Back to the Future timeline](https://backtothefuture.fandom.com/wiki/Back_to_the_Future_timeline)** > > The Back to the Future film trilogy presents a detailed local history of the fictitious city of Hill Valley and the genealogies, information, and histories of its residents. Each event described in this timeline is either depicted in the films (or on... Also iirc, Doc had originally planned to travel to 2010. But he thought 30 was a nice round number so went to 2015 instead. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/2 "2010-10-26T16:30:25Z")
I want my flying car! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/3 "2010-10-26T16:45:09Z")
Only five more years before everything goes all eighties futuristic. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/4 "2010-10-26T16:51:53Z")
> [@](#): > > On Oct. 26, 1985, he set out from Twin Pines Mall in Hill Valley for 1955 It was his density. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/5 "2010-10-26T16:52:54Z")
Great scott! ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/6 "2010-10-26T16:54:59Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Only five more years before everything goes all eighties futuristic. 🙂 It could [happen](http://keyboardsensation.blogspot.com/2008/12/snl-kanye-west-lip-synching-video.html). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/7 "2010-10-26T16:55:17Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > On Oct. 26, 1985, he set out from Twin Pines Mall in Hill Valley for 1955. Lone Pine Mall. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/8 "2010-10-26T17:04:27Z")
> [@Bosstone](#): > > I want my flying car! Maybe you should get an airplane. Without wings! ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/9 "2010-10-26T17:15:52Z")
Here’s a fitting tribute… [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/eM458Dhkusg/hqdefault.jpg "1955: Back to the Future") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eM458Dhkusg) ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/10 "2010-10-26T17:31:39Z")
That’s heavy. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/11 "2010-10-26T17:43:48Z")
Weight has nothing to do with it! ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/12 "2010-10-26T17:47:09Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > That’s heavy. There’s that word again, ‘heavy’. Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the earth’s gravitational pull? ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/13 "2010-10-26T17:47:45Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > Only five more years before everything goes all eighties futuristic. 🙂 …and the Cubs win the World Series!!! :D:D:D ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/14 "2010-10-26T17:56:46Z")
What a butthead! ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/15 "2010-10-26T18:03:06Z")
That’s so weird. I did not know about this important anniversary, and yet I was just thinking about how I’d like to see that movie again today. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/16 "2010-10-26T18:15:45Z")
Make like a tree and get out of here. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/17 "2010-10-26T18:17:48Z")
I can’t wait until our computers are replaced by fax machines in every room! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/18 "2010-10-26T18:54:04Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I can’t wait until our computers are replaced by fax machines in every room! And TVs are replaced by screens you have to pull down, and people regularly watch a half-dozen channels at once. Not to mention the Scenery Channel! Also, where are my clothes that automatically adjust to fit me? ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/19 "2010-10-26T18:57:17Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Also, where are my clothes that automatically adjust to fit me? Dunno, [can you afford the stage hands to go with it?](http://www.profilesinhistory.com/items/hollywood-memorabilia-auction-42/hero-screen-used-michael-j-fox-marty-mcfly-year-2015-resizing-future-jacket-worn-in-back-to-the-future-ii.html) ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411/20 "2010-10-26T19:07:17Z")
This is all over the news. I don’t get it. I went and saw the movie in the theater early in its run because Crispin Glover was a good friend of mine when we were in our teens and it was his first big role. If it wasn’t for that, I am sure that I wouldn’t have bothered. I enjoyed it well enough but I don’t think that it was in any way groundbreaking or special. What’s the deal? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-25-years-ago-today-that-marty-mcfly-went-back-in-time/558411.md?page=2)