Ngokutsho komlingisi, ifilimu kufuneka ithwale isithembiso esibalulekileyo sokuba sifanelwe. UChristopher Lloyd uxelele malunga noku kwincoko ene-comicbook: "Ndicinga ukuba ukuqhubeka kufuneka kudluliselwe kuwo wonke umyalezo obalulekileyo wehlabathi, umzekelo, utshintsho lwemozulu. Ngandlela thile ifilimu kufuneka idibanise abantu abanengxaki eqhelekileyo kwaye kwangaxeshanye bawugcina umoya wamalungu amathathu okuqala. " Umdlali weqonga wachaza ukuba lo ngumsebenzi onzima kakhulu, kuba wayengafuni enye ifilimu azalwe kwaye adanile.
U-Lloyd uqaphele ukuba uyakuvuma ukuvunywa ukuba atyhile ukuqhubeka kwe-Arty Macflage kunye ne-Dock Brown, ukuba i-Bob Gale ivume le nto. Kodwa iminyaka emininzi, isikhundla se-Zekis ihlala ifana: ifilimu entsha kuphela kwisidumbu sakhe. Abalandeli abaninzi bothungili bangasekuqaleni baxhasa uluvo lwakhe kwaye bavuma ukuba akukho nto ilungileyo inokwenzeka ekuqhubekeni. U-Lloyda ubeneminyaka engama-80 ubudala, uMichael JA Worx kudala ukubandezeleka kwisifo seParkinson, kwaye akukho mntu uya kubamkela abadlali abatsha. Ngazo zonke ezi meko, abalandeli bahlangana kwingcinga enye: Kulungile ukuchukumisa nabani na ongcwele kuye nabani na.
