In the opening minutes of “Back to the Future”, we see Marty street surfing his way over to the creepy old scientist’s house. That may be what every high school kid in the 80′s did but by today’s standards, that’s just a bit weird.
I’m no lawyer, but if that happened in the world we live in today, chances are good ole’ Doc Brown would have a lot of “splainin” to do when the cops come knocking on his door…unless he had a reason.
Well thanks to a quote from co-writer and co-creator, Bob Gale, we have a bit of insight as to why the two are so close.
Okay, from the horse’s mouth (yes, I’m the horse — er, co-writer, co-creator): We never explained it in the movie. But the history of the characters that Bob Zemeckis and I created is this… For years, Marty was told that Doc Brown was dangerous, a crackpot, a lunatic. So, being a red-blooded American teenage boy, age 13 or 14, he decided to find out just why this guy was so dangerous. Marty snuck into Doc’s lab, and was fascinated by all the cool stuff that was there. when Doc found him there, he was delighted to find that Marty thought he was cool and accepted him for what he was. Both of them were the black sheep in their respective environments. Doc gave Marty a part-time job to help with experiments, tend to the lab, tend to the dog, etc. And that’s the origin of their relationship. — Bob Gale
Well that makes sense…
You can catch “Back to the Future” in theaters July 3, 1985 assuming you have the ability to travel through time and check out the 5 part game available on PC, consols and the Apple iPad now.
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