The Hidden Secret at the Heart of Back to the Future
Why the DeLorean has to go 88MPH
Have you ever wondered why the DeLorean has to go 88 miles per hour in order to travel through time in Back to the Future? Watch my latest video essay for an answer—
A very dumb, very incorrect answer, but an answer nonetheless.
Check Your Calendar
Yes, yes, it’s April Fool’s Day. I made a similarly dumb video last year, and if you’re a new subscribers, you might have missed it—
So, yeah, this might be an annual thing for TMFS now. These sorts of silly theories are really only possible because of Roland Barthes’s “Death of the Author” theory, which I very much dislike.
Of course, Barthes is a favorite amongst people who complain about media literacy, and those people are just the worst…
People Who Complain About Media Illiteracy are Just the Worst
If you've never heard a pseudo-intellectual bemoan the current state of "media literacy" among the general public, congratulations! You haven't wasted your life like I have. For those of you who are blessedly unfamiliar with the term, it's a midwit dysphemism for "having a different interpretation of a movie than me, a sophisticated film-goer."