Ngokungafaniyo nenkampani yeDisney, ethi, emva kokuthenga i-Lucasfilm ngo-2012 kwi-4 yeebhiliyoni "ze- $ 4 ezigidi, zinokuhlawula ukuba zingaphi iimfazwe ezitsha" azikwaziyo ukuvavanya iqhinga elifanayo "lekamva elininzi." Isizathu kukuba uMlawuli uRobert Zedekis kwaye umbhali uBhob Gail ngenkunkuma ngenyameko yokuxhaphaza iprojekthi yabo, kunye nokumnika amalungelo alo naliphi na elinye iqela. Kudliwanondlebe neCollider, eGailcacing:
Njengenxalenye yolo qholo, silixelele ibali elizaliswe ngokupheleleyo. Ukuba sigqibe kwelokuba sithabathe elinye icandelo, emva koko siya kujongana noMichael J. Fox, ngubani olandelayo uza kujika ama-60. Ngapha koko, unengxaki yesifo se-Parkinson. Ngaba sifuna ukubona iMarty Macflash eneminyaka engama-60? Okanye ngaba sifuna ukumbona eneminyaka engama-50 ngesifo esinye? Ndiza kuphendula: "Hayi, awufuni ukuyibona."
Kodwa kwangaxeshanye, akukho mntu ufuna ukufumana "ukubuyela kwikamva" ngaphandle kukaMichael J. Fox. Ukuthelekisa kunye nentsusa ayinakuphepheka, kodwa kucacile ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuphindaphinda into esele ikhona. Siphinde sayibona le ndlela ye-sequels, eneminyaka emininzi emva kokuqala, kwaye abantu bathi: "Ah," esoyikisayo. " Mhlawumbi ubomi bam bungangcono ukuba andiyibonanga le movie. " Mininzi imizekelo efanayo. "
Ukubeka inqaku kule ngxoxo, uGale wathi ababhali 'babuyela kwikamva "banokuthelekiswa nabazali abanekratshi abangazukunika ubuhenyu babo ngenxa yezibonelelo zabo.