In July 2015, a video posted in YouTube generated a stir in social networks by raising a theory that related the film Return to the future with nothing less than the attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York.
According to the audiovisual material, the tape directed by Robert Zemeckis In 1985 it would contain alleged encoded messages that warned of terrorist attacks on which two planes impacted against the Twin towersan event that deeply marked contemporary history.
According to the video, several elements of the film would be indirect references to the attacks. One of the main points of this theory is Twin Pines Mallthe shopping center where Doc Brown He is attacked by terrorists while trying his time machine next to Marty McFly. According to the defenders of this idea, the name of the place would be an allusion to the Twin Towers (Twin towers). In addition, they ensure that the watches that appear on the initial scene of the film mark numbers that could be interpreted as “9/11”, although the real figures on the screen are different and have no direct relationship with the date.
Another interesting section is that during this scene, Dr. Brown and Marty are attacked by terrorists from the Middle East. The official version about the attack ensures that those responsible for the attack on the Twin Towers was a group of terrorists from Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Arab Emirates and Egypt.
The video also mentions other supposed indications, such as a ray that impacts a tower, a newspaper that apparently warns about an attack and the appearance of the numbers “9/11” created with a sign and the lines of fire that leaves the delorean when traveling again to 1985.
These statements, however, have no support in the narrative of the film or in statements from its creators. According to the video, these connections are based on subjective interpretations and an attempt to find patterns where there are no.
The theory is not new and has roots in another video published in 2014, which linked the same elements of Return to the future With an alleged conspiracy of Illuminati. This material suggested that the secret organization would have been behind the most important events in history, including the attacks of September 11. Although these ideas have been widely discredited, they continue to circulate in certain Internet circles, fueled by the fascination with conspiracies.
The attack of September 11, 2001, considered the worst terrorist act in American soil, left hundreds of victims and plunged New York City into chaos for weeks. Since then, numerous conspiracy theories have emerged that try to explain or reinterpret what happened. Some of these theories point to the United States government itself as responsible, while others, such as that related to Return to the futureThey look for unlikely connections in popular culture. The creators of the film have never made statements that support these interpretations.
Similar theories have emerged around other fiction works such as The Simpsons, That in the first episode of season nine, the iconic yellow family travels to New York. Prior to this, Bart’s character shows a magazine where the twin towers are seen under a number 9 and creating these a number 11. It is worth mentioning that the episode premiered in 1997, four years before the attack.
