[Lionheart]

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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

What strikes me as more weird is that in the new 1985 the McFly's use Biff's services and dismiss his past actions as merely the catalyst that brought them together.

"That Biff... what a character..."

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Yeah, I totally get what you're saying, and I agree with you to an extent. I'm just saying that it's a really, really dark turn in an otherwise fairly whimsical and lighthearted movie. It just feels off compared to everything that came before it. Well, except for Doc being mowed down with a machine gun, but it's okay! He was wearing a bullet-proof vest.

I think those are the two 'darkest' bits in the movie - the terrorist opening and Biff at the Dance. But it all worked out fine in the end... except for everything else going wrong. I do love it in the opening for part 2 when 'camp' Biff comes out excited, and as soon as he sees the DeLorean he's back to nasty Biff again. Really sets up what's to come.

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Well, I'm sure that's not the only time a character like Biff had gotten out-of-line with a lady...

Lady?! Lorraine McFly was no lady! She liked to sit in parked cars with boys!

Biff was actually crossing lines with her in the cafeteria scene - in front of everyone.

A couple of the bits that always stuck out to me as odd, were the Marty 'Visitor from Space' scene with the Walkman - it's so comical and silly, but the movie pulls it off. And the other is the bit where he gets hit by a car and wakes up in Lorraine's room. What parent - even in the 50's - hits someone with a car and then while they're unconscious, rather than take them to a hospital - puts them in their teenage daughters bed?! Maybe I'm overthinking things...