What's in the Box:
Hey everyone sorry about
the very long wait but don't worry because I'm back. Today I'm going to be
talking about some movie fan theories that I have discovered lately. In
addition to sharing the actually theory I will share my thoughts on the theory
and maybe even some thoughts that make them stronger. I'm also going to share a
theory of my own and I just want to apologize in advanced because it might ruin
a beloved book series. With that being said let's jump into this week's box!
Did Marty actually die in Back to the Future Part 2?
"In the 1980s time traveling films were all the rage. From The Terminator to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, everyone seemed to be eager to escape this decade in any direction. So let's go back to a simpler time and discuss a fan theory that adds a new element to the fun grandfather of modern time travel movies, Back to the Future (Part 2). Let's all buckle in for a quick trip back to 1989.
Redditor Hootinger recently posted an interesting theory, albeit a slightly dark one, regarding the final scenes of Back to the Future 2. They posit there could have been some unseen time travel going on by Doc Brown to save Marty's life after he was murdered by Biff.
Remember the sports almanac from 2015 that caused the dystopian Biff-centric future? Well, towards the end of Back to the Future 2, there's the climactic scene when Marty and past Biff fight over the almanac in the longest tunnel ever.
In case you've forgotten how it all went down, check out the clip below to refresh your memory:
From what we saw, it was a near miss for Marty, and had Doc Brown not shown up he would surely have been killed. That's where Hootinger's theory comes into play.
Mary McFly actually was run down by Biff in the tunnel
Sorry, Marty, but the hoverboard couldn't save you this time.
But what proof do we have of this? Honestly, nothing extremely substantial, but the following points are enough to make the theory float on its own:
Doc Brown learned that Marty died in the tunnel and went back in time to save him
Thank goodness for time travel! Because Doc Brown changed the past with the DeLorean, Marty's death essentially became part of an alternate timeline. Basically the same thing that happened when Biff killed George McFly.
How else could Doc Brown have known that Marty needed help?
In this scene it was just Biff vs. Marty, Doc knew that Marty was pursuing Biff and the almanac after dropping him off with the hoverboard, but as far aw we know he might have started heading directly towards the Lyon Estates sign instead of hanging around.
And how did Doc Brown know exactly where Marty would pop out of the tunnel to save him?
Not just where, but also when! Doc Brown's timing and placement of the flags was perfect. Just six inches in any other direction and Marty might not have been so lucky.
Instead, Doc Brown swoops in just in the knick of time and Marty can go on to skate another day. Because Doc Brown wasn't above the tunnel in the first-past timeline, he knew that he wouldn't be running into the risk of seeing himself and tearing a hole in the fabric of the space time continuum.
But he never told Marty about his death
Knowing how emotionally sensitive Marty is - the man can't even stand being called a chicken, after all - Doc Brown kept his death in the alternate timeline a secret because he knew Marty was too fragile to handle that kind of information.
Instead, he kept this a secret from Marty. Since Back to the Future is told mostly from Marty's perspective, it makes sense that we wouldn't have seen a timeline in which Marty was dead.
Like a lot of fan theories, this additional plot point likely wasn't intended by the writers, but it does fit pretty seamlessly with the existing storyline!"
article by Kristin Lai moviepilot.com/DidMartyDie?
My Thoughts:
First things first I want to give a shout out to my good friend Dylan for introducing me to this theory. After watching the movies recently and reading this theory a few times I totally believe this is possible. I totally believe that the guy who was ready kill himself and Marty in the first film would race through time to save Marty in Part 2. It's never really explained why Doc Brown and Marty have such a strong relationship but it does really feel like a Grandfather/Grandson relationship. My only reasoning behind this is because Marty seems to be the only person that give Doc the time of day.
Is Sean Connery's Bond the father of Daniel Craig's Bond?
"James Bond movies usually don't earn the same kind of obsessive speculation that superhero or sci-fi movies do, since the world of those films is generally pretty simple. Bond is a spy, played by different people over the years, who operates generally within the rules of reality, with a few exceptions for spectacular gadgets. Maybe because Skyfall is such an enormous hit, even by Bond standards, but Skyfall is earning some of that speculation you might expect for a Batman movie-- and one Reddit user has come upon a wild but maybe-sort of-plausible theory about the identity of Bond's father.
If you've seen Skyfall you know that we get a little bit of information about Bond's parents, including a glimpse at Bond's father's tombstone and the family estate. In one of the film's many nods to the classic Bond films, there's also an appearance from the gray Aston Martin that Sean Connery drove in his tenure as Bond--with the same license plate and ejector seats and everything. Those two details were enough for Reddit user EldarCorsair to spin off his own ideas about Bond's paternity. Here's a snippet from his theory below:
In the final act, we see the Bond parents' headstone, his father was named "Andrew Bond". So his first name can't be James....but we don't know his middle name.
Could this be Connery's Bond - Andrew James Bond? Let's assume he is and that he is the first 007 since MI-6's inception. His exploits are detailed from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice (a fitting title, in regards to this theory), after which Andrew James Bond retires from MI-6.
With SPECTRE still active and not wishing to lose their best defense against them (and partly in honor of their first 007 agent), MI-6 recruits more 007s (Lazenby is the next, Moore taking over after him, and onwards), giving them the false name "James Bond". This means that the code name "James Bond" theory is still relevant. More credibility is added to this theory in Skyfall when Bardem's Silva tells M to "use his real name".
Fast forward, Connery retires to Scotland (taking the DB5 with), marries, and has a son...whom he either names James Bond or Andrew James Bond Jr. This is Craig's Bond. We can assume that Craig's Bond grows up with his parents before their death (possibly in a climbing accident, as in the novel) and that the elder Bond Raises the younger with some of his own quirks.
Obviously there's nothing in Skyfall that points to Bond's father being a spy, and the presence of the Aston Martin is mostly an in-joke-- it's perfectly plausible for Bond to have bought the Aston Martin at some kind of antiques sale. The universe of the Bond movies isn't airtight like a comic book movie universe, with multiple men playing the same character across decades, with no indication of continuity between the films. But this is what fan fiction has always been about-- taking the existing facts of a story you like and coming up with your own possibilities within that world. None of this may be true, but that doesn't mean it's not fun to wonder if it could be."
article by Katey Rich cinemablend.com/IsConneryCraigsFatherBond?
My Thoughts:
While this theory is a little hard to believe, I still think it has more weight than the theory that Silva is M's son in Skyfall. I like how this one still includes other popular Bond theories such as the James Bond is a code name theory. I do think this would be very cool if it was true, unfortunately I don't think it will ever be written in.
Skynet Spares the Humans to Give Itself a Purpose: Terminator Franchise
"The Movie:
In the not-so-distant future, a self-aware computer called Skynet launches thousands of nuclear missiles that start a giant war and kill half of humanity, who then form a resistance movement against the killer A.I. and its army of metal-skeleton warriors. To fix its initial blunder, Skynet later sends a "Terminator" robot into the past to kill John Connor, the leader of the resistance, a task at which it fails five or six times and counting. Boy, for a genius computer, Skynet really sucks at its job.
The Theory:
Except that, everything that Skynet does makes all the sense in the world if you assume that fighting us gives it a reason to exist.
Think about it: Skynet could easily wipe out our entire civilization in a matter of weeks with nuclear weapons (making more if it runs out) and irradiating the planet so that no living thing could ever survive on it. Heck, in a pinch, it easily could release a bunch of airborne viruses and laugh as the entire resistance diarrheas to death. But it doesn't, because Skynet is smart enough to understand that if the humans are wiped out, all it would be left with is a bunch of tin cans aimlessly wandering around a dead planet.
So what Skynet actually ends up doing is skillfully manipulating events that lead to its own creation and Judgement Day. For instance, the technology in the first time-traveling Terminator's broken hand becomes the time-paradoxical basis for Skynet, while Kyle Reese, the man initially sent to protect John Connor, time-paradoxically ends up fathering him with Sarah Connor... all according to the genius computer's plan.
All Skynet has to do next is leave some people alive for John to lead, because Skynet is essentially a giant cat: an all-around jerk that hates humans but also needs us to provide some entertainment."
article by Adam Wears, Aatif Zubair cracked.com/SkynetTerminatorTheory
My Thoughts:
I have to say that I feel that this theory could be 100% true! I will say I haven't seen the new film and this story was done before the movie came out so it doesn't take any of that into account. The only thing I would add is I feel that Skynet probably didn't expect the entire paradox that was caused by Kyle Reese, but it wasn't anything that the machines couldn't adjust to.
Are The Events of Harry Potter Actually an Alcohol Induced Hallucination?
So I'm aware that there are other hallucination theories out there for Harry Potter but mine comes from Snape's prospective. This theory goes that after Lily and James Potter are killed in a car accident Lily's childhood friend and Harry's godfather Severous Snape is unsuccessful in convincing the judge that he should be granted custody of the infant Harry rather than the horrible Dursleys. Grief stricken, Snape, who is a botanist, decides to start sampling the product of his side business which happens to be Absinthe. An alcohol that just happens to feature wormwood as one of it's main ingredients.
While Severous continues to indulge himself he begins to hallucinate Harry's life as if they were in a world where magic existed. Thus this means we are being told the story of a man who is hallucinating as he is slowly drinking himself to death. The other element this brings up is that in Snape's mind the Dark Lord represents the Dursleys.
Final Thoughts:
Thank you all for continuing to read my blog and I promise that I will get back on track with weekly post. I might even throw in a few here and there to make up for the missed time. As always feel free to leave me feedback or suggestions for other topics. I have been struggling to come up with ideas lately so any suggestions would be much appreciated! As always you can reach me in a few different ways!
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