Comments by "ncwordman" (@ncwordman) on "The New McFly Family | Back To The Future" video.

@GC0077 Marty said that originally to his dad in the past. But when his dad quotes it back to him in 1985 (in this scene), the dad says, "It's like I always say, 'If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything.'" So the dad takes it as something he (the dad) says, not what Marty said to him in the past. He remembered Marty enough to include the yellow-suited figure on the cover of the novel. But he also only knew Marty in the past for 1 day. So maybe he doesn't remember facial features, or even perhaps his name. Although, his mom probably named him after the Marty she knew in the past, as she indicates toward the end of the movie.
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Marty is the yellow-suited character on the cover of the novel.
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@hannahsdrawings8664 Yeah, giving credit to Biff is really weird. I totally agree. Robert Zemeckis has his weird moments though. In the 1941 movie he wrote, a girl almost gets r--p--d under a tank during a riot. (Spielberg made him change it to that: In the original version Gale and Zemeckis wrote, it actually happened.)
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@paulsmith9192 "when Marty got older..." But they certainly couldn't think he reminded them of the Marty they knew in the '50s, until he got somewhere near the age where he had more than just a passing resemblance to the Marty they knew. Right? As far as they're concerned, for at least the first (hmm) 15 years of their son's life, he would be a completely different person from the one they met in the '50s. But, what? It would slowly dawn on them that he looked remarkably similar to a person they knew for 1 day, 30 years previously? They would have to remember more than just basic physical descriptions, but actual proportions. And they would also have to accept that time travel was possible. I don't see it happening.
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@paulsmith9192 It was a week: good memory. Alas, the point still stands, whether it's a week or a day. Also, have to consider "plausible deniability." While his father might have the scifi imagination and suspension of disbelief to put the pieces together, I doubt his mother would. But science fiction is still a long way from fact, especially if we can assume George matured over the next 30 years, as a husband and father. If you think back 30 years, to someone you knew for a week, how well can you remember them? Would you recognize them if they showed up today, as the same age? I wonder if you're taking into account the passage of time here.
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