"Back To The Future" Writer Puts An End To Infamous Movie Plot Hole

Back to the Future is one of the most iconic series in cinema history, but even Bob Gale's trilogy isn't immune to "plot hole" discussions.

Countless fans and pundits of Back to the Future have brought up the many plot holes surrounding the time travel and science fiction classic. One of them centers around the future relationship that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) has with his parents.

In the first film, Marty accidentally transports himself back to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine. There, he encounters his future parents, George McFly (Crispin Glover) and Lorraine Baines (Lea Thompson).

In short, Marty has to go a long way in bringing his parents together when he accidentally spoils the event that leads to them falling in love. Otherwise, Marty and his two siblings will be "erased from existence," as Doc Brown puts it.

While in 1955, Marty forms a close relationship with both George and Lorraine, who thank him for his help before the younger version of Doc sends him back to 1985. When Marty arrives in the present, his parents and siblings have much happier lives.

One of the most infamous BTTF movie plot holes centers around this: How would George and Lorraine not remember/realize that their son Marty was the game guy that brought them together 30 years earlier?

James Gunn brought this plot whole up while discussing "perfect films" on Twitter, which led to a response from Chris Pratt:

Well, Gale was finally able to bring closure to this plot hole (in tremendous detail) during an interview on Wednesday with The Hollywood Reporter. Here's how he sees it:

"Bear in mind that George and Lorraine only knew Marty/Calvin for six days when they were 17, and they did not even see him every one of those six days. So, many years later, they still might remember that interesting kid who got them together on their first date.

But I would ask anyone to think back on their own high school days and ask themselves how well they remember a kid who might have been at their school for even a semester. Or someone you went out with just one time. If you had no photo reference, after 25 years, you'd probably have just a hazy recollection.

So Lorraine and George might think it funny that they once actually met someone named Calvin Klein, and even if they thought their son at age 16 or 17 had some resemblance to him, it wouldn't be a big deal. I'd bet most of us could look thru our high school yearbooks and find photos of our teen-aged classmates that bear some resemblance to our children."

Well, isn't that ever heavy, Doc?

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The new version of Marty doesn't understand all of the changes (his father is more confident, his mother is healthier, bully Biff Tannen now works for George) when he returns to the present in 1985.

Some have pointed that out as another movie plot, that the new Marty clearly doesn't have those old memories. So even though he went back in time to help his parents get together, Marty is merely stuck with the old memories of his youth and teenage years BEFORE he traveled back in time.

At least Gale was able to finally put an end to one of the greater plot holes that has left fans puzzled for many years.

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