Doc Asking Marty Who's President In 1985
lol how would Doc even be able to verify that Marty was telling the truth? That's like me asking someone today "Who's President in 2048?"
shareDoc wasn't buyin it anyway
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He wouldn't. That's not why he asked.
He was trying to give Marty a question that he'd have known the answer to immediately. If you asked a normal person who the current president/prime minister of the country they reside in is, they'll be able to tell you off the top of their head.
If Marty paused, or even had the slightest second to think of an answer, Doc would've known he was lying about being from the future. The actual answer itself didn't matter. Just Marty's ability to answer instantly.
Perhaps he had developed a secret machine that allowed him to look into the future without traveling there.
shareI think Doc believe Marty when he explained the bruises on his forehead
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What would you ask someone from 2043 to help verify the truth?
shareMarty went about it all wrong anyway. He should've been telling Doc "I have your time machine hidden down the street behind a billboard. Just come with me and I'll prove it."
Instead Marty just kept trying to tell Doc to believe him before he rattled off the bruised head story.
I guess it didnt take them that long in the end, it was just the rush marty was in . ironically.
He probly had a digital watch on he couldve showed doc
Well you gotta remember that
1. This is a movie and 2. It's a comedy so of course, they weren't going to rush the obvious out there like that. That would just bore the audience, and honestly, the movie wouldn't be as good without that infamous "Ronald Reagan" line. Reagan himself loved it so much that he had to go back and watch the whole scene back due to his laughing so loud for a few minutes after hearing it.
Hesitation could have given him away, in the doc's eyes. The assumption being that everyone knows who the president is at any given juncture in history.
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