Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site topaz.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!cbdkc1!desoto!cord!pierce!topaz!Daniel.Zigmond From: Daniel.Zigmond@CMU-CS-SPICE.ARPA Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers Subject: Back to The Future (SPOILER) Message-ID: <2694@topaz.ARPA> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 16:27:32 EDT Article-I.D.: topaz.2694 Posted: Fri Jul 12 16:27:32 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 15:42:19 EDT Sender: daemon@topaz.ARPA Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 20 From: Daniel.Zigmond@CMU-CS-SPICE ***SPOILER*** The one thing that bothered me about Back to the Future wasn't that it made use of parallel universes but that it seemed to use them wrong. Marty changed both universes. The changes to the universe he returned to were obvious: his parents had dfferent personalities, he had a new truck, etc... However, he also changed the universe he left. He invented rock and roll (essentially). While he is playing Jonny B Goode at the dance (in 1955), the guitarist with the broken arm (whose name was something Berry) calls his brother "Chuck" to tell him about this great new style of music that Marty is playing. This means that universe 1 (where Marty started) shouldn't have had any rock music in it because Marty wasn't around in 1955 to let Chuck know about it. Of course, it did because otherwise Marty wouldn't have known the song (or have been in a rock band). Dan (djz@cmu-cs-spice)