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Is There A Trumpier Fictional Character Than Alt. 1985 Biff?

posted a year ago by HarveyManFredSin (4877)
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Other than the alcoholism (I appreciate RL Trump is teetotal) Alt. 1985 Biff strikes me as the perfect fictional avatar for Trump: the hair, the weight, the aggressive attitude, the vulgarity, the misogyny, the obsession with gambling, the obsession with bimbos, the obsession with gold-plating everything, the self-aggrandising/mythologising history, the unearned wealth, the casual attitude towards obeying the law, the appeal to society's worst instincts (which results in Hill Valley becoming a sex, booze and gambling hellish paradise for white trash miscreants).

But are there any other better fictional avatars for Trump?

[–] blindfolded (1547) a year ago

His character is a direct spoof of Trump... it's supposed to be obvious lol

[–] HarveyManFredSin (4877) a year ago

But the thing is, Trump wasn't as well known a cultural icon at the time, and it seems like he's somehow leaned more into the Biff persona *since* the late 80s (when this film was made). He didn't seem such a grotesque back then. It's as if the BTTF team predicted what he'd later become.

[–] blindfolded (1547) a year ago

He was DEFINITELY well known back then, personality and all. He was a celebrity much the same way Biff is.

Hence the direct reference.

No, he wasn't an elected official yet, and he didn't have a game show yet. But everyone knew of him, kind of like who we all know who Elon Musk is

[–] Bossdog677 (1458) a year ago

We all knew Trump was trying to take everything over since the 1980s, that's why you got spoofs like Biff and Clamp in Gremlins 2, Travis Cole in Dirty Work. You are a liberal so you take longer to catch on to the adult world but we all knew it was coming for 40 years.

You are probably confused how the T-1000 looked up John Connor on a Digital Police Database in 1991 because you assume there was no internet before it became commercially available to you.

[–] raymondoz2007 (2079) a year ago

Biff is Hunter Biden

[–] aavfreak (2919) a year ago

But the thing is, Trump wasn't as well known a cultural icon at the time

Are you serious with this? Trump has been a huge cultural icon for as long as I can remember. He has always been the boisterous, womanizing, sleazy businessman, gaudy, attention whore.

Everyone has always known this. He was celebrated for it (prior to running for president).

[–] strntz (11061) a year ago

Trump has been a huge cultural icon for as long as I can remember. He has always been the boisterous, womanizing, sleazy businessman, gaudy, attention whore.

All those things are true, but just as important, he's not only been living in every libbies head for the last 20 years rent free but now has moved his whole family in!

[–] tom8 (2943) 4 months ago

holy shit..... can you believe these clowns.

they watch back to the future , and all they can see is fucking Donald trump!

it's unbelievable really, they must all have sub saharan IQ

[–] blindfolded (1547) 2 months ago

But it's true. It was well documented that Biff was modeled after him. This was all before he was in politics.

[–] e3e34ifj (1370) 8 months ago

"But the thing is, Trump wasn't as well known a cultural icon at the time"

Trump has been a household face and mainstream celebrity since the the late 1970's and was a known in business circles for a decade prior to that. He was definitely incredibly well known in 1989.

[–] Zarkoff (809) 2 months ago

Yeah, he was around and his schtick hasn't really changed that much, just gotten more absurd.

https://themillions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/bloom4.png

[–] avortac4 (3610) 8 months ago

Um, how is that Biff (or any version of Biff) ANYTHING like Trump?

OK, a big hotel.. that's about it.

When did Trump do any of these things?

- Bribe the cops
- Murder someone's father so he could then marry his wife
- Have his goons punch his son-in-law in the head very hard
- Make a city a nest of biker gangs, rabid dogs, unlawful happenings and crazy gun wielders that are supposed to be educators
- Change the timeline in the worst way possible
- Almost openly advocate crime and decadent lifestyle

If you listen to his speeches, he advocates for PEACE and PEACEFUL activity, even before the dreaded January event. You people have been swallowing too many mainstream media lies. Biff isn't even accused of colluding with Russians...

When did Trump appeal to 'society's worst instincts' (a society can't have an INSTINCT, by the way, which kind of shows how much thought you put into this)?

He has always been trying to stop wars, stop insanity of the lying mainstream media, told the TRUTH about the leftists and their lies and smear campaigns and so on.

If anything, he has been and is the OPPOSITE of this movie's 100% corrupt, evil and criminal Biff.

I don't like Trump, I think some of what he's saying is wrong, and his persona is certainly ridiculous, the way he says some things, and some of the things he say are certainly cringeworthy and caveman-style idiotic, but I don't see how you can compare him to this evil villain in a fictional movie.

When I see biker gangs violating the law with some crappy metal music playing all over the white house lawn, then I might reconsider.

[–] blindfolded (1547) 8 months ago

You're an idiot.

It's been well established and even admitted by the filmmakers alternate Biff is modeled after Trump. This all happened long before he was president.

Greedy, gaudy, loves his name and face over everything, power hungry, corrupt. He even looks like him.

You picked out specifics of Biff for some reason lol

[–] tom8 (2943) 4 months ago

DT lives rent free in these libs heads.

they watch back to the future and all they think about is DT !!

UNREAL

[–] rateater (9411) 4 months ago

max shreck in batman returns and daniel clamp in gremlins 2 were both seemingly based off of trump. trump has influenced great cinema sequel characters.

[–] tom8 (2943) 4 months ago

holy shit folks........ just another proof that TDS is fucking real.

not that you needed this clowns rant to know that!

[–] Crocodile (2993) 3 months ago

Robert Redford's character in Indecent Proposal

[–] SandyR (7564) 2 months ago

Is Trump/Biff in the room with you right now?