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Questionable Plot Hole example, originally added by Ohio9 4th Feb '16 12:18:43 PM:
- Near the end of the movie, the DeLorean accidentally gets struck by lightning, which activates the flux capacitor and sends Doc to 1885. However, the franchise has already established that in order for the DeLorean to travel through time, it needs to be moving at a speed of 88 miles per hour. When the DeLorean is struck by lightning, it's hovering in the air and barely moving at all.
Example deleted by Mr Death 4th Feb '16 4:21:39 PM with reasoning, "it's because the lightning bolt makes it spin — that's why there's curled flame trails."
Example re-added by Ohio9 4th Feb '16 4:31:25 PM with reasoning, "The DeLorean doesn't spin after it gets hit by lightning. The film shows it immediate being zapped away right after it is struck"
My two cents: Mr Death has the right of it. There is a briefly-visible flame trail in the sky after the time machine vanishes, just like there is at the end of the previous film/beginning of this one when the Flying Car time-travels intentionally. The thing is, the trail is curled in a circle, and Word of God from one of the DVD featurettes confirms that the intent was for the car to have been spun up to 88 mph by the lightning strike, which also provided 1.21 jiggawatts! to trip the flux capacitor. Nowhere in the series is it stated that the time machine requires a straight-line velocity of 88 mph; the special effects artists were just a little too clever for their own good.
Edited by StarSword Hide / Show Replies
My issue with that is that we never actually see the car spinning during that scene. Go ahead and watch it a hundred times. You'll never even see the slightest hint of it.
The car isn't onscreen when it disappears.
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The intent of the scene seems pretty obvious even if they couldn't animate it perfectly. The lightning strikes, cut to Marty's reaction, then there's the implosion and fire trails. At best, this is an example of Lightning Can Do Anything, with a note as to the intent of the scene. A plot hole would be them outright cheating the requirements, whereas this, through film evidence alone, has a logical explanation. "But we don't see it spin" is just nitpicking on one aspect, ignoring the rest.
Edited by TheRoguePenguin
Okay I still think the car never spins, but if that's the consensus then I'll go with it.
The film concludes with a trailer for its sequel. Are there any other films that did the same? Is there a trope name for it?
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