Crispin Glover talks to IGN about the themes of "monetary reward" in BTTF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVNeFlIiceU&t=37s

Glover said in another interview that he hasn’t watched BTTF since 1985. In my opinion, he really ought to take a couple of hours to revisit it because he’s seriously misread the themes and messages of the film and he’s endlessly misrepresenting them (and the filmmakers) in his interviews. Note the IGN panel nodding their heads in agreement with his erroneous criticisms of BTTF and people in the comments section saluting him as a hero.

When Marty returns home and wakes up the following morning, he encounters a household where Strickland’s sneer that, “No McFly has ever amounted to anything in the history of Hill Valley” has lost all validity. His older brother Dave is no longer underemployed and his sister has the confidence and self-assuredness to form romantic relationships. As for his parents, the dynamic between them has changed on so many levels. Lorraine is a million miles removed from her dispirited, forlorn and unhealthy appearance at the beginning and we see George providing a strong, positive source of inspiration to his children as a happily married man who is prepared to take the risks to fulfil his aspirations and in turn is able to help his children also fulfil their aspirations.

As a result, the McFly’s are more cohesive as a family and they enjoy a higher standard of living than we saw at the beginning. Whilst they’re not outrageously wealthy on say, a Forbes 100 level, they do have a decent middle class existence.

Even that is too much for Glover, who accuses the filmmakers of glorifying material and monetary rewards and promoting propaganda to the audience? Where’s the “capitalistic” propaganda during the ending of BTTF? The McFly household is hardly Scarface with Tony Montana-esque garish nouveau riche furniture and decor - something which is actually satirised in the sequel.

What say you, my fellow film fanatics?

Good points all around.

Though Marty does have that sweet ride at the end.

Correct but in the IGN interview he goes into further depth on the “capitalistic propaganda” of Zemeckis and co. Which is why I shared it.

The resident troll cometh, with their perpetual need to belittle and mock others.

Enjoy. 😃

I’ve always found Glover’s comments on the matter (including these interviews you’ve linked) to be seriously misguided, because I interpret the ending much like you do.

Edit: I will say, though, that the lawsuits that resulted from the reused footage and clever uses of doubles and prosthetics in the sequels led to important new rules regarding actor credits and rights.