Welcome to Retro Time.  In this blog, I’ll be covering topics related to film and television from past decades.  These won’t be reviews, but rather a selection of memories, thoughts, and ideas designed to spark a little nostalgia and maybe inspire a conversation or two.  Spoilers will likely come up, so please keep that in mind.  Thanks for stopping by, and if you have any thoughts or ideas, feel free to chime in.  I’d love to get your feedback.  Now, let’s get ready to take a look back…

Back to the Future

I went to grade school in the late 1980’s. Back then, the thing to do around the holidays was to bring several classes together in one large room and play a VHS movie on one of those wheel-in TV carts.

For some reason unknown to me, the teacher in charge one year decided to play Back to the Future. Now, as you may recall, that film has quite a bit of cursing in it. Nothing too crazy by today’s standards, but a bit more than a group of 5^th graders should probably be receiving from your average school assembly. Continue reading →