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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
🕑 Added 2025-02-16 05:00:06 +0000 UTCWe’re putting out a bit of a throwback episode for the most iconic (literal) blankie in film history - this week’s E.T. episode is guestless, with Griffin going rogue off the dossier, David making fun of Griffin for being an adult who likes toys and animation, and Ben getting emotional over a family film…decade of dreams, baby! Join us as we gush over the child performances, creature creation, and authentic emotionality of Spielberg’s canonical hit. Did you know that the Italian guy who designed E.T. kind of looks like E.T.? Or that Researcher JJ wrote his doctoral dissertation about the Reese’s Pieces product placement in this movie? Open the schools! But please - no frog dissections.
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Haven’t watched ET since I was a little kid. I didn’t like it because I thought it was scary, at the time. Listening to you guys talk about it has almost brought me to tears several times. I plan on rewatching it tonight. Awesome episode.
Zwoozy
I'm more leaning into that by using Coors, it's now "the beer ET drinks. If you're going to say Reese's Pieces worked for linking into kids memory centers, the same applies here.
Elizabeth Edwards
Kids' movies aren't behavior manuals; they're ideally an emotionally honest expression of authenic childlike conduct, which might include something like surreptitiously making off with some of your parents' booze to screw around with a new friend. It's convincing as a depiction of juvenile bonding, despite being potentially harmful behavior.
Elizabeth Edwards
Decade of dreams!!!
Zwoozy
So no one thinks that showing the beloved cute alien getting drunk on brand-name beer, also getting a child drunk, in a movie for kids, is....not a great look?
Geoff Gershon
I was seven when this first came out in theaters, saw it at a drive-in with my parents, and honestly....it never grabbed me the way it did for so many sorry. The creature itself freaked me out for much of the runtime....rewatchinvg it now, it's a very good movie. I also rewatched Starman recently and I think that's the better version of this movie.
