Back To The Future writer Bob Gale finally explains THAT Marty McFly plot hole

Back To The Future fans have often debated the flaws in Marty McFly’s plan to get his parents to start dating when he accidentally stopped them from meeting.

And the iconic film’s screenwriter Bob Gale has finally ended the debate around why Marty’s parents George and Lorraine don’t recognise him in later life following his time-travelling adventures.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter after discourse around the plot hole reignited during the ‘5 perfect movies’ trend on Wednesday, the writer, 68, claimed the pair only knew Marty for six days so it makes sense that they don’t remember him.

‘Many years later, they still might remember that interesting kid who got them together on their first date,’ he explained.

Bob added that he felt that anyone looking back at their time in high school would only have a ‘hazy recollection’ of a person they met for such a short amount of time 25 years later. 

He went on: ‘So Lorraine and George might think it funny that they once actually met someone named Calvin Klein, and even if they thought their son at age 16 or 17 had some resemblance to him, it wouldn’t be a big deal. 

‘I’d bet most of us could look through our high school yearbooks and find photos of our teen-aged classmates that bear some resemblance to our children.’

The debate began when Guardians Of The Galaxy director James Gunn reignited the discourse around the subject while discussing the Robert Zemeckis directed sci-fi’s status as a perfect film.

Taking to Twitter, he wrote to his followers: ‘What is a “Perfect Film”? For me, a perfect film can be different from a favorite film, or a great film. 

‘A perfect film is something that sings from start to finish with no obvious mistakes, whether they be aesthetic or structural. There are no logical lapses.’

Referring to the film, he then said: ‘Back to the Future SEEMINGLY could be imperfect (why don’t Mom and Dad remember Marty?), but I would still argue it’s a perfect film because there are reasons why this could conceivably be the case (time protects itself from unraveling, etc). Or maybe I’m in denial. Who knows.’

Chris Pratt gave his own thoughts on the subject, as he claimed: ‘Maybe they do remember him tho, not as Marty, as Calvin. 

‘When Marty returns to present day 1985, it could have been years since his parents would have perhaps originally noted the uncanny resemblance between their son and that kid from high school 20 years previous.’

The 80’s classic, which starred Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd as Marty and Doctor Emmet Brown respectively, spawned two more films, the second set in 2015 and the third a Western film set in 1885.