barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (10/05/83)
The mention of "Things to Come" has brought to mind a "bad" Sci-Fi (I normally would say SF, but I don't think that this one deserves the class associated with the difference) MUSICAL, but unfortunately the name currently escapes me. The plot was about a sleeper who went from the thiries or forties to the 21st century. The music was all very hokey, the singing was bad, and you could always tell when a song was coming (obvious intros). It was shown a couple of years ago at the MIT Science Fiction Marathon, and after a while when a song would start the audience would scream "don't sing!". The students showing the movie eventually got into the spirit, and shut off the speaker or played rock music whenever a song started. It was loads of fun, especially at three in the morning! -- Barry Margolin ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar