Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!ucbvax!decwrl!dec-rhea!dec-nacho!williams From: williams@nacho.DEC (For office use only) Newsgroups: net.movies Subject: Back to the future Message-ID: <3150@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 17-Jul-85 09:41:15 EDT Article-I.D.: decwrl.3150 Posted: Wed Jul 17 09:41:15 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 08:11:00 EDT Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Engineering Network Lines: 23 David Cheason writes... >The truth of the matter is that the fifties was the most blackest periods of >American history. Many people's lives were ruined as a result of >institutionalized paranoia. Great talents were not allowed to flourish on >the stage, screen and in literature. Mutual hate and suspicion was the rule >of the day rather than the exception. "Blackest periods"?! "Mutual hate and suspicion"?! _Back to the Future_ is a COMEDY. It's supposed to be fun. Would you rather that Marty had gone back to 1955 to find that his parents were ruthlessly hunting "pinkos". Give me a break. You're missing the whole point. It makes an attempt, albiet a feeble one perhaps, to see to show that weaknesses can be overcome. And it lets you live a day dream where you wonder what your parents were really like when they were teenagers. Forget the heavy social message. It was a little day dreaming movie meant for entertainment and it does a good job. Try and have a good time. lowell williams