Canonically speaking, I think Doc Brown just barely didn’t work with Einstein. He would have worked with Oppenheimer and crew though. He may have even met Einstein.
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spazzman6156@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoI can’t let this one go.
That’s not Einstein, that’s Christopher Lloyd as “Doc Brown” in Back To The Future.
His character’s look was likely influenced heavily by Einstein’s appearance, so I guess I see the confusion. But hard to believe you’re old enough to be retired and haven’t seen that movie, or at least references to that character.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Where is the canon that explains that? Is there some BTTF official graphic novel or something?
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There were some comics, and some cut bits of script and character backstory, that him working for the Manhattan Project, among a lot of other cool bits of Emmet Brown backstory that are probably still around somewhere. A lot of the guys thought Doc Brown was a bit eccentric, because he studied everything he could, refusing to purely specialize.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
I guess that explains why the original power source was plutonium.
Thanks for the info! I never knew there was a canon Emmet Brown back story.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This is where my mind went too lmao
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
My bad, of course I know and love Doc. I guess I’m so old my eyes failed me late at night on my phone. 🥴
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe, “Einstein up there” was sarcastic.
foo@feddit.uk 2 weeks ago
He also had a dog called Einstein and said the name quite a few times, which could subliminally add to the confusion when typing about something loosely related.
What’s weird is that I saw the picture and recognised Doc Brown as Doc Brown, but then when I read that response I didn’t notice the wrong name and instead started remembering the picture as Einstein in the same pose and context. Only when I read your response did I realise I’d been tricked. It’s a reminder how easily a person’s mind can be tricked sometimes.