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Quite a few sequels have to retcon the characters progression from the first movie to have a story to tell. What are examples of sequels who managed to avoid that? (piefed.zip)
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[–] 16 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Back to the future added that weird "nobody calls me a chicken" shtick to Marty which came out of nowhere and was not present in the first movie. Then they proceeded to rebuild his entire character around it on the sequels.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (5 children)

    Is that a retcon? Does it rewrite an aspect of his character? Or is it just an aspect that didn't come up in the first movie?

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Seeing them back to back it felt like a weak asspull, even my kids reacted to it. But I didn't rewatch the first movie to see if it actually conflicts with original Marty. With it happening constantly in the sequels and never once in the original it's either poor writing or they changed him. Or both.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    iirc the first movie makes Marty look like his Dad, a schlub whose only friend is a weird old guy. He doesn't push back against the teachers when they throw him out of the talent show.

    Hardly a daredevil who never backs down from a challenge.

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  • [–] 14 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I think you've cracked it, Marty changes his past so that he grew up with a more assertive and confident father, so when the changes catch up to him in the second movie he suddenly has a new personality trait that he didn't have before!

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