# "Back to the Future" question...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-question/162864>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 20, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-question/162864 "2003-03-20T18:41:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-question/162864/21 "2003-03-22T02:19:42Z")

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Well, damn, just forget I even posted. I thought I knew that movie backwards and forwards.  
But she does comment that “Marty” is a nice name, doesn’t she? I’m not that addle-brained.

::slinks off in embarassment::

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**Author:** ![Sock\_Munkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Sock\_Munkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sock_Munkey)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-question/162864/22 "2003-03-22T02:27:32Z")

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Yes, she does say that “Marty” is a nice name.

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**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-question/162864/23 "2003-03-22T06:28:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by rjung \*  
> \*\*The producers handwaved this by saying that the McFly family genetics make the men predisposed to fall in love with women who look like Lea Thompson. 😃 \*\*

Hehe I’d definetly put Lea Thompson up with Gillian Anderson in the “older but still hot” category.

“People want to know why _Caroline in the City_ gets such big ratings. _I_ know why!” --Denis Leary

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-question/162864/24 "2003-03-22T17:51:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by ElwoodCuse \*  
> \*\*Hehe I’d definetly put Lea Thompson up with Gillian Anderson in the “older but still hot” category.  
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Oh, but she’s so much more than Gillian Anderson. Just my preference, but I wouldn’t hit a dog in the ass with Gillian Anderson. I don’t find her attractive at all.

OTOH, I have lusted after Lea Thompson since _All the Right Moves_. Maybe it was her nude scene. I had the chance to meet her a few years ago. She was in the touring production of _Cabaret_ as Sally Bowles. A friend works for the group that brought the show to town, and I got to talk to Mrs. Thompson for about 15-20 minutes. She was very down to earth, funny, and nice. And MUCH sexier in person that on TV and the movies. They don’t do her justice.

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