never has there been a more exciting time to be alive. a time of rousing wonder and heroic achievement. as they said in the film back to the future, where we re going, we don t need roads. that s president reagan giving his 1986 state of the union and giving a nod to one of the greatest movies of the 80s. back to the future, which was a love story wrapped up in a time travel tale filled with laughs and science or science-ish in a weird flirtation with the ed miss complex and starring a young actor who just oozed charisma someone who up until then had only been known as the break-out star of family ties. back to the future made michael j. fox a massive star and spawned a theme park ride video games, a musical, and now