I just saw E.T. on AMC, I hadn't seen it since it first came out 30 years ago and I was completely blown away by how awesome it is. :)

It's coming to Blu-Ray in a matter of months.  I cannot wait!
I haven't watched it probably since 1982, so I have been waiting this long.  I think I was moreso disappointed by that E.T. game for Atari lol

It's coming to Blu-Ray in a matter of months.  I cannot wait!
I haven't watched it probably since 1982, so I have been waiting this long.  I think I was moreso disappointed by that E.T. game for Atari lol


the atari game sucked lol but the movie was great... I saw like 10 times in the theater and about everytime it was on HBO. I haven't seen it in a few years but I remember, after watching Super 8 last summer I really wanted to watch ET again. Alas I have the DVD at home but didn't watch it then... I'll probably get the blue ray when it comes out. I think I recall not being very happy with the DVD transfer of the film when I first bought the box set.

one of my favorite moments is Drew's delivery of the aligators in the sewers line!  ;D

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsM/10825-5484.jpg  http://static.dramastyle.com/images/casts/United_States/Robert_MacNaughton_actress.jpg



http://static.dramastyle.com/images/casts/United_States/23118/Henry_Thomas_23118_11.jpg



http://images2.fanpop.com/image/quiz/412000/412392_1273629974040_197_235.jpg  http://images.zap2it.com/images/celeb-804/c-thomas-howell-2.jpg


http://www.girl.com.au/img/drew_gertie.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cuX57yfTD6E/T0ZMZAlzQcI/AAAAAAAAHa8/1krCo2wuPog/s1600/022212_Drew-Barrymore.png

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RdGY4UfSe5E/S9TvBQAeKHI/AAAAAAAAACY/a8scRHbBZY8/s1600/et_wallace.jpg


peter coyote doesn't look all that different  ;D

It is by far one of my favorite science-fiction films of all time. I first saw it on video at a friend's house in late 1988, and enjoyed it so much that I received two copies of it on video for my birthday the following year. Less than 20 years later, I found out that most of it was filmed in the north part of L.A. city, in the foothill communities, which I kinda suspected when I first saw it, since those areas looked quite familiar to me.

one of my favorite moments is Drew's delivery of the aligators in the sewers line!  ;D

http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsM/10825-5484.jpg  http://static.dramastyle.com/images/casts/United_States/Robert_MacNaughton_actress.jpg



http://s
tatic.dramastyle.com/images/casts/United_States/23118/Henry_Thomas_23118_11.jpg



http://images2.fanpop.com/image/quiz/412000/412392_1273629974040_197_235.jpg  http://images.zap2it.com/images/celeb-804/c-thomas-howell-2.jpg


http://www.girl.com.au/img/drew_gertie.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-
cuX57yfTD6E/T0ZMZAlzQcI/AAAAAAAAHa8/1krCo2wuPog/s1600/022212_Drew-Barrymore.png

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_RdGY4UfSe5E/S9TvBQAeKHI/AAAAAAAAACY/a8scRHbBZY8/s1600/et_wallace.jpg


peter coyote doesn't look all that different  ;D



C. Thomas Howell is looking old and gaunt.  :(. I saw him in something recently and didn't know it was him at first.

C. Thomas Howell is looking old and gaunt.  :(. I saw him in something recently and didn't know it was him at first.



Criminal Minds three yrs ago? (rerun)
Southland?

Criminal Minds three yrs ago? (rerun)
Southland?


Actually, I think it was when he was on Psych.  I was like I know this person from somewhere but couldn't place him at first.

I'm only a year younger than him...I wonder if people say the same about me?  :-\\

I guess I like the signiture of the guy more because I love them.

Actually, I think it was when he was on Psych.  I was like I know this person from somewhere but couldn't place him at first.

I'm only a year younger than him...I wonder if people say the same about me?  :-\\



Def not. ... He's exactly 1 yr older than me....he's my birthday buddy!


I don't even remember him on psych...I remember doing a double take on his first CM ep tho.

I guess I like the signiture of the guy more because I love them.



Non-sequiturs for the win?  :D

John  Williams' overblown music craps all over it, but it's pretty good!

It's coming to Blu-Ray in a matter of months.  I cannot wait!
I haven't watched it probably since 1982, so I have been waiting this long.  I think I was moreso disappointed by that E.T. game for Atari lol


The Atari version sucked, there was not much thought into making the game that's why it was rushed in 1983 to get them on the shelves quicker.

I wonder if Hollywood would make a sequel since they're so high in creating remakes lately? What would E.T. look and sound like and would the originals be back?

I saw it when it first came out and I haven't seen it since.  Maybe I'll watch it the next time it's on T.V..  I don't know why I've never watched it again, I remember liking it at the time.

My grandma took my sisters, cousins, and I to see it when it came out in theatres, but I was too little to really grasp the concept.  I do remember going to the theatre though.  I saw it again when it came out on video when I was 10 or 11, and even though I liked it, I cried and cried, and CRIED when those mean government people came, and then when they found E.T. laying next to the river.  Such a classic.

When it first came out, I went to see it TWICE. Once on a first date which a guy knew the people who ran the theatre so we got in for free and another time with my then-future first husband & a friend. I remember sitting next to our friend and hearing sniffling sounds from her towards the end. I just reached into my purse for a tissue and handed it to her.  :D ;D ;D ;D  (We also went to see Poltergeist with her and the first thing that happened on the screen she lets out this big scream which scared the bejesus out of me-more the movie did. Needless to say, going to the movies with her was an adventure.  ;) :D ;D ;D ;D )

I do have the movie on VHS that I haven't watched forever it seems. Maybe I should revisit it some day.



Cat

It's coming to Blu-Ray in a matter of months.  I cannot wait!
I haven't watched it probably since 1982, so I have been waiting this long.  I think I was moreso disappointed by that E.T. game for Atari lol

the atari game sucked lol but the movie was great... I saw like 10 times in the theater and about everytime it was on HBO. I haven't seen it in a few years but I remember, after watching Super 8 last summer I really wanted to watch ET again. Alas I have the DVD at home but didn't watch it then... I'll probably get the blue ray when it comes out. I think I recall not being very happy with the DVD transfer of the film when I first bought the box set.

The Atari version sucked, there was not much thought into making the game that's why it was rushed in 1983 to get them on the shelves quicker.


It's funny about the Atari game, I remember playing it at my cousin's house when it came out and we're all like, "WTF are we supposed to do here?!? 

If you go any gaming website and search "worst video games of all time," the E.T. game for the Atari 2600 is at the top of every list. And the sad thing is, it got to the point where whenever I thought of E.T. I immediately thought of that crappy game, and this had completely overshadowed any memories I had of the actual movie.

So when I woke up hung over Sunday morning, I turned the TV on and was looking through the guide when I saw E.T. was on AMC and I was just like, "Hmm, E.T...whatever, might as well check it out," not being really enthused about it or anything but kind of curious since I hadn't seen it since it came out 30 years ago.

Needless to say I was completely blown away by it, to the point where it turned a good weekend into a great one. And, to be honest, I'm kind of pissed off now at Atari for tarnishing my memory of this great movie with that stupid game. As a matter-of-fact, I'm glad Atari went into the toilet after the E.T. fiasco, because they totally deserved to.  >:(

It's funny about the Atari game, I remember playing it at my cousin's house when it came out and we're all like, "WTF are we supposed to do here?!? 

If you go any gaming website and search "worst video games of all time," the E.T. game for the Atari 2600 is at the top of every list. And the sad thing is, it got to the point where whenever I thought of E.T. I immediately thought of that crappy game, and this had completely overshadowed any memories I had of the actual movie.

So when I woke up hung over Sunday morning, I turned the TV on and was looking through the guide when I saw E.T. was on AMC and I was just like, "Hmm, E.T...whatever, might as well check it out," not being really enthused about it or anything but kind of curious since I hadn't seen it since it came out 30 years ago.

Needless to say I was completely blown away by it, to the point where it turned a good weekend into a great one. And, to be honest, I'm kind of pissed off now at Atari for tarnishing my memory of this great movie with that stupid game. As a matter-of-fact, I'm glad Atari went into the toilet after the E.T. fiasco, because they totally deserved to.  >:(


LOL Al - but I just have to ask...did you cry???

LOL Al - but I just have to ask...did you cry???


Arrrgh.  >:(

OK, this doesn't leave this board because if this gets out I could lose my "man-card."

Yes.  :-[

Arrrgh.  >:(

OK, this doesn't leave this board because if this gets out I could lose my "man-card."

Yes.  :-[


I'm pretty sure that there are certain movies that are exempt from such rules.  E.T. would most definitely be one of those movies.  ;)

Arrrgh.  >:(

OK, this doesn't leave this board because if this gets out I could lose my "man-card."

Yes.  :-[



There really is no shame in crying at movies. I remember when Carlos & I were dating and we were watching some sappy movie. I was getting weepy and I didn't want Carlos to think less of me because I was crying at some stupid movie. I looked over at him and he had tears streaming down his face. So, I wasn't the only one. Last night, we watched the movie Pay It Forward and it was basically a crying fest between me, Carlos & his sister. All three of us were bawling our eyes out.  ;D ;D ;D

BTW, karma for admitting it.  ;)


Cat

I'm pretty sure that there are certain movies that are exempt from such rules.  E.T. would most definitely be one of those movies.  ;)


Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows and Dumbo ( you know the scene when his momma rocks him in her trunk while locked she's locked up  :\'( ) are a few others.

Oh, oh, oh....remember The remake of The Champ????  poor little Ricky Schroeder.  :\'(

Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows and Dumbo ( you know the scene when his momma rocks him in her trunk while locked she's locked up  :\'( ) are a few others.



I cannot even listen to the song Baby Mine without bawling my eyes out.



Cat

There really is no shame in crying at movies. I remember when Carlos & I were dating and we were watching some sappy movie. I was getting weepy and I didn't want Carlos to think less of me because I was crying at some stupid movie. I looked over at him and he had tears streaming down his face. So, I wasn't the only one. Last night, we watched the movie Pay It Forward and it was basically a crying fest between me, Carlos & his sister. All three of us were bawling our eyes out.  ;D ;D ;D

BTW, karma for admitting it.  ;)


Cat


I don't know why, but this scene does it for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTVoFCP1BLg

Maybe I just get overwhelmed by its off-the-chart awesomeness.  ;)

Maybe it is time to bump this thread up: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=32383.0



Cat

The E.T. game for Atari 2600 was the first video game I ever finished.  To this day, I still love it.  At the time, it was an exciting game, but looking back, it is quite bad.

With that said, it is aces compared to the remake they made:  In the early 2000s, Nintendo released an E.T. Game for the Game Boy Advance, and it was even worse than the Atari 2600 version.  If anything, I'd rather play the Atari 2600 version


E.T. on GBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UURFrJsvv5k

Oh, oh, oh....remember The remake of The Champ? ???  poor little Ricky Schroeder.  :\'(


The mere mention of it sets me off!!!

also the final scene of the 1959 version of Imitation of Life with Susan Kohner at Juanita Moore's coffin/hearse.....OMG!  :\'(

Oh, oh, oh....remember The remake of The Champ? ???  poor little Ricky Schroeder.  :\'(




Maybe it is time to bump this thread up: http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=32383.0



Cat



http://www.inthe00s.com/index.php?topic=32383.new#new

Oh, oh, oh....remember The remake of The Champ????  poor little Ricky Schroeder.  :\'(


Don't forget the other Ricky Schroeder cryfest, The Earthling. :\'(

I've denied it for thirty years but it's time to come clean.  I cried lots when E.T. was saying goodbye.
:\'(

It's funny about the Atari game, I remember playing it at my cousin's house when it came out and we're all like, "WTF are we supposed to do here?!? 

If you go any gaming website and search "worst video games of all time," the E.T. game for the Atari 2600 is at the top of every list. And the sad thing is, it got to the point where whenever I thought of E.T. I immediately thought of that crappy game, and this had completely overshadowed any memories I had of the actual movie.

So when I woke up hung over Sunday morning, I turned the TV on and was looking through the guide when I saw E.T. was on AMC and I was just like, "Hmm, E.T...whatever, might as well check it out," not being really enthused about it or anything but kind of curious since I hadn't seen it since it came out 30 years ago.

Needless to say I was completely blown away by it, to the point where it turned a good weekend into a great one. And, to be honest, I'm kind of pissed off now at Atari for tarnishing my memory of this great movie with that stupid game. As a matter-of-fact, I'm glad Atari went into the toilet after the E.T. fiasco, because they totally deserved to.  >:(


They should've thought it out before doing things so quickly, creating a video game takes time and patience.

Oh, oh, oh....remember The remake of The Champ????  poor little Ricky Schroeder.  :\'(


I never knew there was a remake.  ???

The E.T. game for Atari 2600 was the first video game I ever finished.  To this day, I still love it.  At the time, it was an exciting game, but looking back, it is quite bad.

With that said, it is aces compared to the remake they made:  In the early 2000s, Nintendo released an E.T. Game for the Game Boy Advance, and it was even worse than the Atari 2600 version.  If anything, I'd rather play the Atari 2600 version


E.T. on GBA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UURFrJsvv5k


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2o3mlg5AxQ

ET for Atari 2600 (1983)

Don't forget the other Ricky Schroeder cryfest, The Earthling. :\'(


I don't remember that one, I'll have to check out Netflix.



I never knew there was a remake.  ???



Yep, the original was made in the 30's.  Jackie Cooper played the kid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0TfR9mgOiU



Cat

I wonder if Hollywood would make a sequel since they're so high in creating remakes lately? What would E.T. look and sound like and would the originals be back?

I doubt it. Steven Spielberg himself even declined to make one. I doubt that they'd even consider it now since it's been so long since the film was originally released. Even if they could, someone else would have to do E.T.'s voice since the person who voiced him (who was uncredited, btw) passed away a long time ago.

Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows and Dumbo ( you know the scene when his momma rocks him in her trunk while locked she's locked up  :\'( ) are a few others.


OMG...I cannot watch Dumbo.  That movie freaking kills me.  ESPECIALLY the scene with his mom rocking him.  I just sob.  :\'( :\'( :\'(

I've denied it for thirty years but it's time to come clean.  I cried lots when E.T. was saying goodbye.
:\'(

I admit that I did too when I first saw that scene.

I doubt it. Steven Spielberg himself even declined to make one. I doubt that they'd even consider it now since it's been so long since the film was originally released. Even if they could, someone else would have to do E.T.'s voice since the person who voiced him (who was uncredited, btw) passed away a long time ago.


They could always do stunt casting and use Debra Winger. Her voice was used initially until they cast Pat Welsh and used her voice in the final edit.

They could always do stunt casting and use Debra Winger. Her voice was used initially until they cast Pat Welsh and used her voice in the final edit.

That's what I thought...

I don't remember that one, I'll have to check out Netflix.



Yep, the original was made in the 30's.  Jackie Cooper played the kid.


I think I remember it, the remake was back in the 70's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrEnN2W4imY&feature=related

Who remembers when Michael Jackson did the narration for E.T.?

I doubt that they'd even consider it now since it's been so long since the film was originally released

That didn't stop other 80s films like Tron, Streets of Fire and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade from having sequels:D

Tron came out in 1982.  Tron Legacy came out in 2010
Streets of Fire came out in 1984.  It's sequel Road to Hell came out in 2008
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade came out in 1989.  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came out in 2008

That didn't stop other 80s films like Tron, Streets of Fire and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade from having sequels:D

Tron came out in 1982.  Tron Legacy came out in 2010
Streets of Fire came out in 1984.  It's sequel Road to Hell came out in 2008
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade came out in 1989.  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came out in 2008





Road toHell was a streets sequel? How dismiss that film

That didn't stop other 80s films like Tron, Streets of Fire and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade from having sequels:D

Tron came out in 1982.  Tron Legacy came out in 2010
Streets of Fire came out in 1984.  It's sequel Road to Hell came out in 2008
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade came out in 1989.  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull came out in 2008

Interesting to know... did any of these have the same respective casts?

I recall seeing like the first 20 minutes of AT after not seeing it since the 80's and thinking the FX hadn't aged well!

The Atari 2600 game however had stood the test of time. To this day I think it's one of the best looking most complex and rewarding Atari 2600 games ever!!  8)

http://www.fatwallet.com/static/attachments/42943_et.jpg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaWUaboCIrM

;D

I had a step-aunt (who passed away way back in the '80s) who looked like E.T. No joke-she really did-only she was lighter in color.



Cat

I had a step-aunt (who passed away way back in the '80s) who looked like E.T. No joke-she really did-only she was lighter in color.



Cat


there's a picture I want to see!  ;D

I wish I could find that SNL sketch with Mr. T as E.T.'s father!
:P

there's a picture I want to see!  ;D


I just went through my old photo albums and I don't seem to have a pic of her-I'm sure I do somewhere but it is not in an album. I know my mother has a pic of her. The next time to go to see her, I will try to get a pic of her.


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaWUaboCIrM

;D


penis breath?  ;D

http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/mr-e-t-20091125-112556.jpg

Interesting to know... did any of these have the same respective casts?


Not complete casts, but main cast members yes.  The big surprise was Karen Allen in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull reprising her role as Marion, that she played in Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Tron Legacy even had Bruce Boxleitner reprise his role as Alan Bradley (aka Tron)





Road toHell was a streets sequel? How dismiss that film


It is a film that should never have been made, because they totally ruined a great story line that the original had.  I have not seen the complete film, but I watched clips on YouTube.  They turned it into a horror film with Cody as a burned out soldier turned sadistic killer.  Some people dismiss it as a sequel, but two original cast/characters are there:  Michael Paré as Tom Cody and Deborah Van Valkenburgh as his sister Reva.  The only other high point is new versions of 'Nowhere Fast' and 'Tonight is What it Means to Be Young'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBthXyzcgg

Not complete casts, but main cast members yes.  The big surprise was Karen Allen in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull reprising her role as Marion, that she played in Raiders of the Lost Ark.  Tron Legacy even had Bruce Boxleitner reprise his role as Alan Bradley (aka Tron)

It is a film that should never have been made, because they totally ruined a great story line that the original had.  I have not seen the complete film, but I watched clips on YouTube.  They turned it into a horror film with Cody as a burned out soldier turned sadistic killer.  Some people dismiss it as a sequel, but two original cast/characters are there:  Michael Paré as Tom Cody and Deborah Van Valkenburgh as his sister Reva.  The only other high point is new versions of 'Nowhere Fast' and 'Tonight is What it Means to Be Young'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzBthXyzcgg



Bad or not I sensing a doublefeaturein my ear future  ;D

http://iseeahappyface.com/upload/et-phone-sex-calls-ordSJordSJ.jpg

HAHAHA!  ;D

Forget sex lines, if E.T. ever did actually "phone home" his phone bill would be way more than a paltry $1,000.
I can see the bill now.



Day          Date        Time      Number                                          Min    Total Charge 

Sat          5/15/82    2:31PM  ........ (Venus)        2        $2,019,984,957

Forget sex lines, if E.T. ever did actually "phone home" his phone bill would be way more than a paltry $1,000.
I can see the bill now.



Day          Date        Time      Number                                          Min    Total Charge 

Sat          5/15/82    2:31PM  ........ (Venus)        2        $2,019,984,957


Not if he had Vonage!
:P

Forget sex lines, if E.T. ever did actually "phone home" his phone bill would be way more than a paltry $1,000.
I can see the bill now.



Day          Date        Time      Number                                          Min    Total Charge 

Sat          5/15/82    2:31PM  ........ (Venus)        2        $2,019,984,957



Why would E.T. be phoning Venus? He wasn't from there. I'm from Venus and I have NEVER seen him there.


Cat

Why would E.T. be phoning Venus? He wasn't from there.


Probably phoning a lady friend to come pick him up.

Why would E.T. be phoning Venus? He wasn't from there. I'm from Venus and I have NEVER seen him there.


Cat


I'm from Jupiter 'cos I'm more stupider.
:-\\

Forget sex lines, if E.T. ever did actually "phone home" his phone bill would be way more than a paltry $1,000.
I can see the bill now.



Day          Date        Time      Number                                          Min    Total Charge 

Sat          5/15/82    2:31PM  ........ (Venus)        2        $2,019,984,957


Wow, his parents would've raised the roof!  :o Look at the size of that bill.

Not if he had Vonage!
:P


Vonage didn't exist in 1982.

Probably phoning a lady friend to come pick him up.


His parents maybe.

Probably phoning a lady friend to come pick him up.



Ok, I'll buy that.  :D ;D ;D ;D ;D



Cat

Vonage didn't exist in 1982.


No sh*t Sherlock!
:D

No sh*t Sherlock!
:D


What was the phone company in 1982?  ???

Ok, I'll buy that.  :D ;D ;D ;D ;D


For a dollar?  This is E.T., not Robocop :D

What was the phone company in 1982?  ???


http://images.wikia.com/business/images/6/65/ATT-Bell-1969-logo.png

What was the phone company in 1982?  ???


It was The Phone Company!

Like it or lump it, take down the road and dump it.
8)

http://images.wikia.com/business/images/6/65/ATT-Bell-1969-logo.png




I'm thinking....

http://www.seeklogo.com/images/P/Pacific_Bell-logo-2F288295D9-seeklogo.com.gif

http://www.toplessrobot.com/E.T.%20Finger.jpg

Who wants to buy an E.T.finger light?  ;D

http://www.toplessrobot.com/E.T.%20Finger.jpg

Who wants to buy an E.T.finger light?  ;D


That looks like a dildo :o

That looks like a dildo :o


OOooooooouch!

http://www.toplessrobot.com/E.T.%20Finger.jpg

Who wants to buy an E.T.finger light?  ;D



Two words... DIL D'OH!!!  :D




http://www.toplessrobot.com/E.T.%20Finger.jpg

Who wants to buy an E.T.finger light?  ;D



Damn you beat me to it.  ;D





OOooooooouch!



;D

That looks like a dildo :o


E.T. phone sex? ;D

That looks like a dildo :o


It glows so you can navigate in the dark!
:)

Didn't Speilberg do a "new" version some years later where they re-recorded a line that Gertie said something about "terrorists".?  Talk about censoring, why would you censor your own film?  Kinda over-sensitive I think...


Yeah, I cried at the end of E.T., when we thought he was dead from experiementation... Or am I thinking of some other alien movie?  Only saw it the one time.

One of my former co-workers a long time ago went to a convention of book-sellers/movie distributors, and various companies had interactive displays to draw attention to their booths.  One company I recall had a photo booth set up where you climbed onto the bicycle, and they took a photo of you, and when it was printed, it was like you were in the E.T. bike scene flying across the moon with E.T. in the basket.  Kinda cute and quirky.

It glows so you can navigate in the dark!
:)


Is that why E.T. went "Ouch"? ;D

Didn't Speilberg do a "new" version some years later where they re-recorded a line that Gertie said something about "terrorists".?  Talk about censoring, why would you censor your own film?  Kinda over-sensitive I think...


Yeah, I cried at the end of E.T., when we thought he was dead from experiementation... Or am I thinking of some other alien movie?  Only saw it the one time.

One of my former co-workers a long time ago went to a convention of book-sellers/movie distributors, and various companies had interactive displays to draw attention to their booths.  One company I recall had a photo booth set up where you climbed onto the bicycle, and they took a photo of you, and when it was printed, it was like you were in the E.T. bike scene flying across the moon with E.T. in the basket.  Kinda cute and quirky.



it wasn't from experimentation....or I don't think it was... he was dying anyway.... the kids needed to help him get home because it was becoming painfully obvious that ET could not survive long term on earth.  But Nasa, NSA, the CDC or whoever the hazmatted suits were didn't have time to conduct actual experiments...  at least I don't think they did....so really the only reason ET initially died was because the kids had been delayed in getting him the help he needed... Even if the suits hadn't come in ET would've died... fortunately he reanimated and the kids got off their ass and got him back to his ship where he could recover accordingly.

Didn't Speilberg do a "new" version some years later where they re-recorded a line that Gertie said something about "terrorists".?  Talk about censoring, why would you censor your own film?  Kinda over-sensitive I think...


Yep.  20th Anniversary Release:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/ET1982.jpg

"But other "improvements" smack of PC revisionism. Elliot's mom once scolded him for looking like a terrorist in his Halloween costume; now she says he looks like a hippie. And remember those guns the feds carried? Thanks to the miracle of digital, they're now brandishing walkie-talkies. Gone, too, is that moment when Elliot calls his brother "penis breath." Is this what two decades have done to free speech?"

  - Reviewer Peter Travers, in Rolling Stone issue #893, Apr. 11, 2002.  (Emphasis added by poster)

It's funny, isn't it?  "Penis breath" had to go, yet in 2002 with the click of the mouse you could get hardcore porn which would have been available to private collectors in 1982.  And South Park was the most popular cartoon!
::)

It's funny, isn't it?  "Penis breath" had to go, yet in 2002 with the click of the mouse you could get hardcore porn which would have been available to private collectors in 1982.  And South Park was the most popular cartoon!
::)


For what it's worth, Spielberg eventually recanted of his bowdlerization of E.T., putting him well ahead of Lucas when it comes to artistic integrity.

"Steven Spielberg: When people ask me which E.T. they should look at, I always tell them to look at the original 1982 E.T. If you notice, when we did put out E.T. we put out two E.T.s. We put out the digitally enhanced version with the additional scenes and for no extra money, in the same package, we put out the original ‘82 version. I always tell people to go back to the ’82 version."
  - AICN interview with Spielberg, Jun 3, 2011.

http://monkeyblogmonkeydo.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/reeses-pieces-et.jpg

I've also heard Universal originally wanted to use M&M's, not Reese's Pieces.  However, M&M/Mars said E.T. was ugly and didn't want their products associated with the movie.

Oops...

Remember the E.T. rip-off film called 'Mac and Me'?

http://unitedmonkee.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/mac-and-me.jpg

http://monkeyblogmonkeydo.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/reeses-pieces-et.jpg

I've also heard Universal originally wanted to use M&M's, not Reese's Pieces.  However, M&M/Mars said E.T. was ugly and didn't want their products associated with the movie.

Oops...


So what's the difference? M & M's are bigger than Reeses Pieces.

Remember the E.T. rip-off film called 'Mac and Me'?

http://unitedmonkee.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/mac-and-me.jpg


I watched Mac And Me and that wasn't really a good film.

Yep.  20th Anniversary Release:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/ET1982.jpg

"But other "improvements" smack of PC revisionism. Elliot's mom once scolded him for looking like a terrorist in his Halloween costume; now she says he looks like a hippie. And remember those guns the feds carried? Thanks to the miracle of digital, they're now brandishing walkie-talkies. Gone, too, is that moment when Elliot calls his brother "penis breath." Is this what two decades have done to free speech?"

  - Reviewer Peter Travers, in Rolling Stone issue #893, Apr. 11, 2002.  (Emphasis added by poster)



I remember hearing how they were going to redigitalize it and I was glad that I already had my VHS copy-without all the "new & improved" enhancements.  ::)




http://monkeyblogmonkeydo.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/reeses-pieces-et.jpg

I've also heard Universal originally wanted to use M&M's, not Reese's Pieces.  However, M&M/Mars said E.T. was ugly and didn't want their products associated with the movie.

Oops...



I heard that, too. I'm sure M&M/Mars are really kicking themselves for that major blunder.



Cat

But what other candy could they have used for E.T.?  ???

But what other candy could they have used for E.T.?  ???



They could have used any candy they wanted to.



Cat

They could have used any candy they wanted to.



Cat


As long as wasn't manufactured by M&M/Mars.

As long as wasn't manufactured by M&M/Mars.


And not Jolly Ranchers because even a space alien wouldn't eat those!
:D

What about Smarties!? We love Smarties hu?

I gotta say though. I've been buying Reece's Pieces for my 80's parties and man those things are good!
I can remember back in the 80's after watching the movie ET my mom would buy Reece's Pieces candy. That was bizarre because she rarely bought candy for the house! I think ET inspired her.

And not Jolly Ranchers because even a space alien wouldn't eat those!
:D



or Starbursts.  :D

What about Smarties!? We love Smarties hu?

I gotta say though. I've been buying Reece's Pieces for my 80's parties and man those things are good!
I can remember back in the 80's after watching the movie ET my mom would buy Reece's Pieces candy. That was bizarre because she rarely bought candy for the house! I think ET inspired her.


Smarties are too sour.

or Starbursts.  :D



I like Starbursts.



Cat

Smarties are too sour.


But Smarties are candy coated chocolate?

But Smarties are candy coated chocolate?



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fm58Ka3MVBQ/TyIkTZwlk3I/AAAAAAAAIz8/Jm_HQEEXLh0/s1600/smarties.jpg


Cat

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fm58Ka3MVBQ/TyIkTZwlk3I/AAAAAAAAIz8/Jm_HQEEXLh0/s1600/smarties.jpg


Cat



I see your smarties and raise you....well.....smarties!!!  :D

http://www.poundland.co.uk/images/22/original/smarties.jpg

Would E.T. chew bubble gum instead?

Would E.T. chew bubble gum instead?



he didn't have teeth

he didn't have teeth


they could've gave him teeth.

E. T. came back to do some print ads in later years.  ;D

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web05/2011/8/22/23/et-as-the-dos-equis-guy-8649-1314071077-23.jpg

http://www.stargatecinema.com/images/magictoolbox_cache/20015-04_t_400.jpg

http://www.gb93.com/site_images/2011-03-19/etcoors-1283316863.jpg

E. T. came back to do some print ads in later years.  ;D

http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/imagebuzz/web05/2011/8/22/23/et-as-the-dos-equis-guy-8649-1314071077-23.jpg

http://www.stargatecinema.com/images/magictoolbox_cache/20015-04_t_400.jpg

http://www.gb93.com/site_images/2011-03-19/etcoors-1283316863.jpg


HA HA good one!  ;D

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HXBKPv_qTFo/SY9CoWhUt0I/AAAAAAAAQ28/mT18plAfonA/s400/et+phone+home.jpg

E.T. with his blackberry.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HXBKPv_qTFo/SY9CoWhUt0I/AAAAAAAAQ28/mT18plAfonA/s400/et+phone+home.jpg

E.T. with his blackberry.




um.....that's an iPhone...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9gy2vXZZq1qd1x48o1_500.png

um.....that's an iPhone...


that would be E.T in 2012.  :D

he didn't have teeth


Then how did he eat Reeses Pieces?

Then how did he eat Reeses Pieces?



Very carefully.



Cat

Then how did he eat Reeses Pieces?


he sucked the candy shell then just gummed the peanut butter insides.... or he swallowed them whole....come to think of it... reese's pieces, beer..... ET died because Eliot let him consume crap!

he sucked the candy shell then just gummed the peanut butter insides.... or he swallowed them whole....come to think of it... reese's pieces, beer..... ET died because Eliot let him consume crap!


Whatever!  That's the breakfast of champions!

Whatever!  That's the breakfast of champions!


but his delicate alien intestinal system couldn't handle it.... he probably got back up by the candy and then the beer just sort of sat there and worked it's way back up the canal and *poof*  out goes his heartlight!  :D

Then how did he eat Reeses Pieces?


I think he might have sucked on them?  ???

he sucked the candy shell then just gummed the peanut butter insides.... or he swallowed them whole....come to think of it... reese's pieces, beer..... ET died because Eliot let him consume crap!



he should've fed him vegetables.

Saw it in the movie theater.  Had an ET bedspread.  Ate Reeses Pieces for a month.  Glad that phase is over with. :P

I saw "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" back in 1982 on it's original release, and watch every Christmas on television. I have a Steven Spielberg DVD collection, but have no E.T. in it.

I played the video game and boy did that suck!  :P

http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4554361/ET-Game.jpg

I played the video game and boy did that suck!  :P

http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4554361/ET-Game.jpg

It wasn't one of Atari's best.

I played the video game and boy did that suck!  :P

http://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/assets/4554361/ET-Game.jpg
Looks to be very primitive?

Looks to be very primitive?


It is.

one of my favorite moments is Drew's delivery of the aligators in the sewers line!

Yes I love it...... I have it recorded from a local channel in my area (Channel 6) in 1991 :)

Yes I love it...... I have it recorded from a local channel in my area (Channel 6) in 1991 :)


and you still have it? ???

I found it @ salvation army Howard,the BEST copy of this movie I think ill ever find :)

I wonder if Hollywood would make a sequel since they're so high in creating remakes lately? What would E.T. look and sound like and would the originals be back?


Steven Spielberg had  planned a sequel but decided one was enough.

Steven Spielberg had  planned a sequel but decided one was enough.


It's best not to create anymore sequels with E.T.

It's best not to create anymore sequels with E.T.

No sequels ever came to fruition.

It's best not to create anymore sequels with E.T.

No sequels ever came to fruition.
For "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial", the film director Steven Spielberg could not find a good storyline for a sequel, so there was not one made.

For "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial", the film director Steven Spielberg could not find a good storyline for a sequel, so there was not one made.

...which makes perfect sense to me! O0

...which makes perfect sense to me! O0
At one stage in Spielberg's career he was against sequels, but that all changed with Indiana Jones.

For "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial", the film director Steven Spielberg could not find a good storyline for a sequel, so there was not one made.


Didn't he go back in his spaceship? ???

Didn't he go back in his spaceship? ???
Yes, E.T. did.

Btw, do we know wherever E.T. is male or female, was it established?

Yes, E.T. did.

Btw, do we know wherever E.T. is male or female, was it established?


I will say that E.T. is male.

I will say that E.T. is male.
I plan to re-watch the film, reflecting on that matter.

I plan to re-watch the film, reflecting on that matter.


or maybe he could be "female", you never know.

I will say that E.T. is male.

or maybe he could be "female", you never know.
...or a Hermaphrodite?

I love ET :)

I will say that E.T. is male.

or maybe he could be "female", you never know.

Well, the people in the movie (especially the kids) used masculine pronouns to refer to E.T.

In fact, even in one scene Gertie (Drew Barrymore's character) asks Elliot, "Is it a boy or a girl?", to which Elliot responds "He's a boy."

Well, the people in the movie (especially the kids) used masculine pronouns to refer to E.T.

In fact, even in one scene Gertie (Drew Barrymore's character) asks Elliot, "Is it a boy or a girl?", to which Elliot responds "He's a boy."
Thanks, this saves me re-watching the film for the moment.

Thanks, this saves me re-watching the film for the moment.

Yep...so then it was assumed that E.T. (the alien) was a male.

Yep...so then it was assumed that E.T. (the alien) was a male.
Are there any reports in interviews with Steven Spielberg giving on what he says on the gender of E.T.?

Are there any reports in interviews with Steven Spielberg giving on what he says on the gender of E.T.?

I thought I might have read such a fact on IMDB, stating that Spielberg did not specify which gender E.T. was (or something of that nature), but I cannot confirm which way it was decided.

Interesting to think about...... Seeing how nice ET is I would say he is a girl.......... (I dunno)

Well, E.T. was voiced off-camera by a woman (actress Pat Welsh), but uncredited in the film itself. That doesn't really mean anything, though, since many male cartoon characters have been voiced by female performers (such as Nancy Cartwright for Bart Simpson and other male child characters on the Simpsons).

Interesting to think about...... Seeing how nice ET is I would say he is a girl.......... (I dunno)


E.T. could've been transgender.

E.T. could've been transgender.

...or a Hermaphrodite?

Didn't those doctors do a check on the gender of E.T.? ???

Didn't those doctors do a check on the gender of E.T.? ???
Good point. Now I must see the film again!

Didn't those doctors do a check on the gender of E.T.? ???

I don't think they actually did.

I don't think they actually did.


I thought towards the end of the scene some doctors were checking up on him?

I thought towards the end of the scene some doctors were checking up on him?

To check on his health.

He eventually dies, but is subsequently revived.

To check on his health.

He eventually dies, but is subsequently revived.


https://img.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeed-static/static/enhanced/webdr06/2013/5/5/4/enhanced-buzz-orig-32176-1367743307-26.jpg?downsize=715:*&output-format=auto&output-quality=auto

^ I know the scene; I've seen the movie many times.

I very nearly watched E.T. today, who knows about tomorrow?

^ I know the scene; I've seen the movie many times.


Me too.

I very nearly watched E.T. today, who knows about tomorrow?

I love this movie.... Im glad I have it recorded off analogue TV in 1991 (Found the tape @ salvation army) -- THEY TOTALLY DESTROYED THIS MOVIE ON THE OFFICIAL MCA TAPE!! (DIGITALLY RECORDED -- Vocals quite low while the music/sound affects are loud as well as other things (Thin looking,etc)) This is on the 1988 release.....

There has gotta be an earlier release!! -- I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT :(

I love this movie.... Im glad I have it recorded off analogue TV in 1991 (Found the tape @ salvation army) -- THEY TOTALLY DESTROYED THIS MOVIE ON THE OFFICIAL MCA TAPE!! (DIGITALLY RECORDED -- Vocals quite low while the music/sound affects are loud as well as other things (Thin looking,etc)) This is on the 1988 release.....

There has gotta be an earlier release!! -- I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO FIND IT :(

Well... I'm not sure if any video of it was released prior to 1988 (that's the copyright date on the VHS that I have). I also know that that's the first time I ever watched the movie. (It was at a friend's house.)

Ya and it seem strange Nally for a movie that came out in 1982 that there wouldnt be a release in 1983!!! (Or late 1982 under MCA VIDEOCASSETTE)

Ya and it seem strange Nally for a movie that came out in 1982 that there wouldnt be a release in 1983!!! (Or late 1982 under MCA VIDEOCASSETTE)

Right... in fact, I'm not sure when videos started to get released, given that I was a little boy during that time. However, my family and I got our first VCR in 1987 and enjoyed watching videos on it within the first few months.

VHS started being made in 1977,im not sure about BETA.. Or laserdisc/videodisc


I watched ET again last night :)

VHS started being made in 1977,im not sure about BETA.. Or laserdisc/videodisc


I watched ET again last night :)


How was the film the second time around?

VHS started being made in 1977,im not sure about BETA.. Or laserdisc/videodisc
thanks for that info.

Still, why it would not have first been released to home video right after its success, during a time that VHS was being manufactured, I cannot quite figure out.

However, there is a big paragraph on Wiki explaining all this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial#Release_and_sales

Probably is one out there but its quite hard finding :(

I cant stand all this digital crap Nally...... They have really ruined alot of movies starting in 1975 (When the digi era started)

Really very sad.......

^Maybe so, but sometimes the digital restoration can prevent film from deteriorating.

C. Thomas Howell is looking old and gaunt.  :(. I saw him in something recently and didn't know it was him at first.

And now a decade later, this is still true. In fact, the picture of him on his Wiki page shows him with grey hair, but that picture is not all that recent (before now).

^Maybe so, but sometimes the digital restoration can prevent film from deteriorating.

But the quality isnt the same...... I wanted to tell ya buddy I have since found a beautiful analogue copy of ET!!

It was recorded off a local channel in my area in 1991 OTA!! (I can tell its OTA because of how much noise there is in the video) but that doesnt bother me,its the nicest copy I have ever had of it :)


EDIT:

I forgot I already told ya of this (Ah man!!)

Reverend Lovejoy: I remember another gentle visitor from the heavens, he came in peace and then died, only to come back to life, and his name was E.T., the extra terrestrial. I loved that little guy.