08-16-2011, 02:53 PM
MountainMan Wrote:MasonJar Wrote:A notable example of steam in sci-fi would be the time-travelling flying train from Back to the Future III. Although I cannot remember when it appeared whether a Mr Fusion unit was powering it...
Andrew
The real question is...why an old fashioned train? I imagine it would stand out in the future, or pretty much anywhere else, for that matter.
Well, he was a time machine builder, not a vehicle builder, besides (to paraphrase):
Doc Brown Wrote:The way I see it, if you're gonna build a time machine ... why not do it with some style?
Andrew