There are currently two versions of Marty and Jennifer on this date.

There may be one other Doc Brown as well, though we never see him. Doc may or may not have traveled to this point to figure out the exact series of events that lead to Marty Jnr joining Griff's gang. He may have figured everything out from the newspaper reports.

 The courthouse square has changed considerably, but the clock still has not been repaired or replaced - stuck at 10:04. This means the SAVE THE CLOCKTOWER fundraiser of 1985 must have worked. The Hill Valley Historical Soceity was raising money to stop Mayor Wilson from replacing the clock.

The clock does, however, look to have been further damaged since the lightning strike of 1955

 The 'Blast from the Past' antique store has dozens of things in it. Starting from the top left-hand corner, as we face the window:

• A sticker on the window that reads: DO YOUR THING (But not on me!)
• As an in-joke, Marty's denim jacket from the first film is behind that
• A Black & Decker clothes iron is below the jacket (with the sign reading: It's Heats Up! Iron Clothes the Old Fashioned Way)
• Next to the iron is a Black & Decker dustbuster (sign: Circa 1988)
• Under that is an Apple Mac, circa 1984
• In the bottom left hand corner is on Dragnet (1987) video, barely seen
• Then there is a Jaws Nintendo game and one for Jaws 2
• They are sitting atop a really old VCR - it might even be top-loading!
• Across the front of the window reads: Antique Coins and Bills
• Hidden behind the Q in that sign is Animal House (1978) on video
• In front of the Animal House video is a sticker: THE POPULATION BOMB IS SOMEONE'S BABY
• And behind Animal House is a 1982 video game called "Burgertime" (1982) (VG)
• Immediately to the right of Burgertime is a lava lamp
• Above the lamp is an old Magnavox radio
• A Super-VHS camera sits just behind the all-important Gray's Sports Alamanac
• To the right of the camera is a board filled with Happy Faces stickers and pins
• Below that are a six-pack of Perrier bottles of water (as the sign says: Vintage 1982 - Original Water Still in Bottle)
• Next to those are a Roger Rabbit doll and lunchbox
• The water and Roger Rabbit are sitting atop a JVC television, which have obviously been replaced by the large screens like the ones we see in the McFly house in Hilldale
• Next to the old TV is bronze bust of John F. Kennedy
• Stuck near the next window frame is another DO YOUR THING (But not on me!) sticker plus one that reads: STAMP OUT OLD AGE - SWING! (A play on the old line: Stamp out old age - smoke!)
• On the other side of the window from from JFK are a Ken and Barbie doll in their distinct Mattel-pink packaging
• On top of Ken and Barbie is the political comedy album, "Trust Me," which lampoon's Jimmy Carter and his family
• And hanging to the far right is a plastic curtain filled with pins, behind which is a CARTER FOR PRESIDENT poster - the tagline for which I can't decipher

 SPORTS

 As Marty enters the cafe:

• We see a picture of an astronaut in full EVA suit
• Above that is a Miami Dolphins T-Shirt
• To the right of it is a mask of Cuban leader Fidel Castro
• Below that are tennis shoes and a blue electric guitar
• We then see our first glimpse of Wild Gunmen - from Nintendo. On top of it is a sign exactly the same as the ones in 'Blast from the Past', letting future people now what the product is
• On the other side of Wild Gunmen are more masks - one is definitely Ronald Reagan, one is perhaps Mikhail Gorbachev, the Ayatollah Khomeini at the end, leaving one unidentified
• There is another electric guitar under them
• In the extreme back corner is a photograph of Ronald Reagan, wife Nancy and their chimp, Bonzo
• We then get a quick glimpse of the wall of TVs
• On the extreme right of the cafe, where Old Biff sits, there are people on excercise bikes and other items to small to decipher: newspaper clippings, yet another electric guitar, etc
• Right behind the cyclists is the PAC-MAN arcade game, again with a 'Blast from the Pas' sign on it. There is also another sign, this time across the screen, which says: "Priceless Artifact. Do Not Touch"

 ELIJAH WOOD as Video Game Boy #1

Elijah's role in Part II is so small he doesn't even have any dialogue. The entire Video Game Boy dynamic is controlled by John Thornton in the role of VGB #2. John Thornton went on to play Trevor Hamilton in Conquering Space and played a guest role in the TV series "Paradise" (1992). He was never heard from again.

"There are no small parts, only small actors," so the saying goes. And while Elijah didn't make a huge impression on the BTTF universe, you've got to start somewhere. Later in 1989, Elijah went on to star in the music video for Paula Abdul's song, Straight Up. Following in the tradition of Courtney Cox and Alicia Silverstone, who also featured in music videos pre-motion picture fame, Elijah's star was on the rise.

He appeared in Barry Levinson's third Baltimore picture, Avalon, and in Richard Donner's 1992 boys' own flick, Radio Flyer. He starred opposite Mel Gibson in Forever Young and in the title role, opposite evil Macauley Culkin, in The Good Son. Mixed fortunes, reviews and casts dogged the actor through North, The War and Flipper - the film adaption of the 60s series where Elijah endured the indignity of acting against Paul Hogan.

In between all this he made a notable guest appearance in the acclaimed TV cop drama, "Homicide: Life on the Street". Son of a Baltimore judge, Elijah's character is accused of... murder. Well, the show's called "Homicide" after all. He's quite compelling in the role, which is much darker than the characters he usually plays at the movies.

Other notable TV guest appearances: a radio call-in voice on "Frasier" and as himself in the first series of "The Osbournes".

His next four flicks crossed a variety of genres - human drama, classic tale, big budget disaster movie and small budget slasher flick. That he came through The Ice Storm, a TV version of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, Deep Impact and The Faculty unscathed meant he was an actor not to be typecast.

In late 1999 he disappeared... to New Zealand. He gathered there with a number of respected actors from all over the world and in conjunction with famed slasher film maker Peter Jackson made a rather modest trilogy of films called The Lord of the Rings. He's the star of the trilogy, a short guy called Frodo Baggins who has to destroy a ring... or something like that. Anyone seen it?

As he continues to reshoot scenes for this trilogy at random junctures (whenever Peter Jackson wakes up in a cold sweat, one presumes), he's been able to make a couple more films: though nothing with the kind of profile that has made him now an icon of film history - Video Game Boy #1.

Not bad for 21 years of age!

 JASON SCOTT LEE as Chester "Whitey" Nogura

Unlike Elijah Wood and Billy Zane whose careers began in the BTTF universe, Jason first appeared on the big screen in Cheech Marin's Born in East L.A. (1988). Also that year he made his television debut in an episode of "Matlock". Part II's "Whitey" launched him into the big time. Well, okay, the big time didn't come for a few more years.

Before the big time, Jason had to endure several TV movies and the third film in the Ghoulies franchise, Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go To College. Anyone seen it?

Thought not.

Jason is best known for his portrayal of martial arts legend and movie star, Bruce Lee, in the 1993 film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story. Along with this film, Rapa Nui and The Jungle Book probably comprise the high point of his career. Everything else is... everything else.

This year sees him voice the character of David Kawena in Disney's Lilo & Stitch and star in the second film in the Time Cop franchise, Time Cop 2 - which clearly didn't have the courage of the Ghoulies' producers to find an interesting subtitle. (What? Jean-Claude Van Damme passed on this?)

Also from Jason this year, Dracula 2: Ascension. But which film is this a sequel to? Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula or Dracula 2000? Any ideas? Anyone? Dracula, Dead and Loving It maybe?

Oh, in case you didn't know, "Whitey" is one of Griff's gang. The guy with the cool sound effects generator on his chest. Make sure you don't ever get called "chicken" around him, because he's got the cluck to back it up!

 The above line is a quote from Midnight Cowboy, which starred Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman

Zemeckis is obviously a fan of this film as the "I'm walking here" line is also used in the director's Oscar-winning feature film, Forrest Gump and uttered by the title character

 6 DOLLARS

INSIDE SPORTS

* Slamball Playoffs Begun
* Cubs Sweep Series in 5
* Marshall runs 3 minute mile

ORTEGUA: Heads for home after victory

HILL VALLEY EDITION

FROM THE CAPITOL

* Washington prepares for Queen Diana's visit

Thursday, October 22, 2015

* Thumb Bandits Strike after amputating ???
* Man Killed By Falling Litter thrown from a hovering vehicle
* Tokyo Stocks Up averaging a 1 point increase in rally Section C
* Swiss Terrorist Threat may be real say CIA officials World, page 5
* Shredding for Charity is a way to make money and save trees Section D
* President says she's tired of reporters asking the same questions Nation, page 4
* Queen Diana will visit Washington tomorrow and the capital prepares World, page 5
* Kelp Price Increase is likely after polution of South Pacific Section C
* Pitcher Suspended for Bionic Arm Use without calibration Section E
* Slamball Playoffs Begin this evening in Denver, previewed on 163 Section E
* Jaws Without Bite is the review of Jaws 19 Section D
* Car Owners Revolt

The author of the front page article (in both versions) is credited as Compu-Fax. I don't know whether this means the entire article was entirely created by USA Today's flying drone or not.

In the article titled 'Gang Jailed,' Griff Tannen is aged 19. The rest of his gang's real names are revealed, too: Rafe Unger (Data), Leslie O'Malley (Spike), Chester Nogura (Whitey). Data is 19, like Griff, and the other two are 18 years old. The caption under Griff's photograph reads: Gang Leader Had Bionic Overloads. Tannen also claims the incident was the fault of a fifth hoverboard rider, but that was dismissed and the 5th rider's name is withheld in the article.

In the article titled 'Youth Jailed,' by Compu-Fax, McFly Jnr's age is revealed to be 17. The "little opportunity" that Griff was talking about was the robbery of the Hill Valley Payroll Substation on 8th Street at exactly 1:28 AM on Thursday, October 22, 2015. In response to McFly Jnr's accusation of Griff and his friends being involved, Griff Tannen responds: "McFly's too low-res for us to associate with him."

 Of course, Princess Diana, who may never have actually been called Queen had she lived, died in August of 1997.

Slamball playoffs mentioned. This is one of Needles favourite sports to play. An early draft of the Part II script had George McFly throwing his back out playing slamball. In the finished film, he did it in a golfing accident.

Note the reference to Jaws - a review of Jaws 19

In the Inside Sports section it says "Cubs Sweep Series in 5." Currently the World Series is a best of 7 series, meaning to sweep the team would only need to win 4-in-a-row. By 2015, the competition must be a best of 9 series

 Reese and Foley are two names Bob Zemeckis & Bob Gale use over and over again in their movies.

They are the names of two police officers in 1992's Trespass and of government officials in Used Cars. 1978's I Wanna Hold Your Hand included a cop named Foley and John Candy played Private Foley in 1941, directed by Steven Spielberg in 1979.

 MARY ELLEN TRAINOR as Officer Reese

Let's first get the unpleasantness out of the way. I don't want to use the word nepotism, I really don't. But the dictionary insists I call a spade a spade and Mary Ellen Trainor a victim of nepotism. You see, she was married to Bob Zemeckis. *gasp* And not only did he cast her in this cameo role, she appeared in other Zemeckis films - Death Becomes Her and the not-so-insigificant (but barely on-screen) role of Kathleen Turner's kidnapped sister in Romacing the Stone.

But enough of these accusations. She probably evened up the scales when she got Bob cast as himself on her sitcom "Parker Lewis Can't Lose", where she played Parker's mother.

The name Mary Ellen Trainor is probably not one that has rattled around in your trivia-soaked brain before, unless you author a BTTF web-site and know her as the director's wife... and Office Reese. But you have seen her before, trust me. Her name might not be familiar, but her work is.

She has appeared as Police Psychiatrist Dr Stephanie Woods in all four Lethal Weapon films, she was the secretary in Action Jackson, the mother to Kathryn Heigl's Isabel on TV's "Roswell" and Jenny's babysitter in Forrest Gump... oh no, not again! Not another Zemeckis film!

For the record, the episode of "Amazing Stories" she appeared in wasn't the episode the Zemeckis directed. And I'm sure her appearance on "Tales from the Crypt" playing a character called 'wife' came through sheer acting prowess and had nothing to do with her husband being the Executive Producer.

Putting these dirty little secrets behind us, Mary is a character actress who does great work in small roles. What was that I said in the Spotlight on... Elijah Wood? There are no small parts, only small actors. Mary has given memorable turns in Die Hard, Ghostbusters II, Grand Canyon and Executive Decision.

Her first credited film-industry job on the Internet Movie Database is as "associate to producer" on Steven Spielberg's 1941 - although it doesn't say which producer or define what the associate position is.

 There was a moment cut from the film of Jennifer watching Marty greeting his parents. It turns out George's accident on a golf course wasn't anything to do with his backswing. Apparently he was hit by a car that fell out of the sky! Marty assures his mother that his big promotion is just around the corner...

Marty then talks to Marty Jnr about coming away from the multi-channel television to eat at the table. Marty tells his son to wear his glasses, which Jnr complains he can only watch two things at once on. Marty explains that if he wanted to watch two shows at once when he was a kid he'd have to push two sets next to each other. (Compare the 2015 screen to the multiple televisions in the retro Cafe 80s!)

DVD alert! This scene is presented on the Part II disc

 When Marty's work colleague Needles appears on the screen, the following details are revealed:

 When Marty's supervisor, the Jitz, appears on the screen, the following details are revealed:

 The TV special The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy (1990) shows, that in addition to this apparent 'heart attack,' Biff actually ceases to exist because the time-line has been changed

DVD alert! This scene is presented on the Part II disc

 The time machine's readout display:
TIME OF DESTINATION: OCT 26, 1985 9:00 PM
CURRENT TIME: OCT 21, 2015 7:28 PM
LAST TIME LEFT: NOV 12, 1955 6:38 PM

Neither Doc Brown nor Marty notice that the last time left reads 1955. By the time they realise anything is wrong, the last time left will be OCT 21, 2015 7:28 PM, approximately

 The above time and date is based on conjecture - with the following evidence:

If Doc is being serious about going exactly thirty years into the future, "a nice round number" - as he states near the end of BTTF - then this is it.

By the 26th, Marty's daughter Marlene may already be in prison, prompting Doc to retrace everything that led up to that. Discovering that she tried to break Marty Jnr out of jail, etcetera. Otherwise, Doc travels to sometime in later October, maybe early November