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* If [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]] is now Star Wars canon, why didn't he have some sort of blaster that he could use to pulverize his pursuers at the start of the movie, thus ending this thing before it could begin?
** Er, what? E.T. is Star Wars canon?
*** Technically, yes it is. George Lucas put an envoy of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Asogian Asogians]] in the galactic senate in The Phantom Menace as a joke and a ShoutOut to his old mate Stephen Spielberg. As to why ET didn't have a blaster, his race is clearly quite peaceful and even if they did have blasters, a scientist collecting samples probably wouldn't know how to use one.
** Er, what? E.T. is Star Wars canon?
*** Technically, yes it is. George Lucas put an envoy of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Asogian Asogians]] in the galactic senate in The Phantom Menace as a joke and a ShoutOut to his old mate Stephen Spielberg. As to why ET didn't have a blaster, his race is clearly quite peaceful and even if they did have blasters, a scientist collecting samples probably wouldn't know how to use one.
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* If [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T.]] is now Star Wars canon, why didn't he have some sort of blaster that he could use to pulverize his pursuers at the start of the movie, thus ending this thing before it could begin?
** Er, what? E.T. is Star Wars canon?
*** Technically, yes it is. Georgecanon (George Lucas put an envoy of [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Asogian Asogians]] in the galactic senate in The Phantom Menace as a joke and a ShoutOut to his old mate Stephen Spielberg. As to Spielberg) why ET didn't he have a blaster, some sort of blaster that he could use to pulverize his pursuers at the start of the movie, thus ending this thing before it could begin?
** His race is clearly quite peaceful and even if they did have blasters, a scientist collecting samples probably wouldn't know how to use one.
** Er, what? E.T. is Star Wars canon?
*** Technically, yes it is. George
** His race is clearly quite peaceful and even if they did have blasters, a scientist collecting samples probably wouldn't know how to use one.
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* Since the XFinity TV ad is considered canon, the short length raises a few questions-
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*** His kids saw an apparent UFO landing and investigated the back yard themselves instead of telling their dad about it, so he must not have explained it to them before.
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** Perhaps just panic. Later, when he first levitates a bike, he's in control. When he levitates the group of bikes, it's a tense situation, but he has five allies/protectors with him.
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** Perhaps just panic. Later, when he first levitates a bike, he's in control. When he levitates the group of bikes, it's a tense situation, but he has five allies/protectors with him.him.
*Since the XFinity TV ad is considered canon, the short length raises a few questions-
** Did Elliot ever explain to his family about meeting an alien or did he have to give an info dump on the spot to keep them from freaking out?
** Did E.T. just decide to come by on his own for a visit or did a team of unseen botanists come with him? The latter might make more sense as they could do the work while E.T. visits and it would keep him in proximity to others so he wouldn't become sick. It is also suggested this would be a short stay as E.T. shows his family, which he has to return to, but he acts as if they did not come with him.
** Did the government pick up the craft? They've had almost 4 decades of advancement in tracking methods. As no one showed up we can assume not, unless somehow they decided that, after the screw-up of first contact, to just let them be this time.
*** Or his species has otherwise made contact with Earth since then and brokered some sort of peaceful arrangement?
*Since the XFinity TV ad is considered canon, the short length raises a few questions-
** Did Elliot ever explain to his family about meeting an alien or did he have to give an info dump on the spot to keep them from freaking out?
** Did E.T. just decide to come by on his own for a visit or did a team of unseen botanists come with him? The latter might make more sense as they could do the work while E.T. visits and it would keep him in proximity to others so he wouldn't become sick. It is also suggested this would be a short stay as E.T. shows his family, which he has to return to, but he acts as if they did not come with him.
** Did the government pick up the craft? They've had almost 4 decades of advancement in tracking methods. As no one showed up we can assume not, unless somehow they decided that, after the screw-up of first contact, to just let them be this time.
*** Or his species has otherwise made contact with Earth since then and brokered some sort of peaceful arrangement?
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** E.T. was also clearly and understandably bothered by the men and, though he made a break for the ship anyways, he had to maneuver until they were no longer between him and his destination. If he'd levitated, they would have had a clear shot, assuming they were both armed and meant him harm. At least the underbrush he was crashing through provided him some form of cover; he didn't make a smooth, in-the-open run until he was past them and could beeline for the ship.
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** E.T. was also clearly and understandably bothered by the men and, though he made a break for the ship anyways, he had to maneuver until they were no longer between him and his destination. If he'd levitated, they would have had a clear shot, assuming they were both armed and meant him harm. At least the underbrush he was crashing through provided him some form of cover; he didn't make a smooth, in-the-open run until he was past them and could beeline for the ship.ship.
** Perhaps just panic. Later, when he first levitates a bike, he's in control. When he levitates the group of bikes, it's a tense situation, but he has five allies/protectors with him.
** Perhaps just panic. Later, when he first levitates a bike, he's in control. When he levitates the group of bikes, it's a tense situation, but he has five allies/protectors with him.
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*** To be fair, it could also be as simple as not knowing if he was alive, or even where to retrieve him. They knew that there were locals chasing him, so it wouldn't be unreasonable to think he was seized (which they might feel awful about, but realistically can't do anything about). Once they get a message from him, and know he's safe, and is sending them coordinates for where to find him, they come back fairly quickly. As for the psychic or empathic link, it might be that, while E.T. can detect his people, it's hard for a group to detect a single individual inside of it (or at a distance). It would be like lookibg for a small match from inside a fire.
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** Robot Chicken covered this nicely. He's a retard and they ditched him on Earth b/c they hate him/they really are a bunch of jerks.
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** Robot Chicken covered this nicely. He's a retard an idiot and they ditched him on Earth b/c they hate him/they really are a bunch of jerks.
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* If E.T. is now Star Wars canon, why didn't he have some sort of blaster that he could use to pulverize his pursuers at the start of the movie, thus ending this thing before it could begin?
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* If [[Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial E.T. ]] is now Star Wars canon, why didn't he have some sort of blaster that he could use to pulverize his pursuers at the start of the movie, thus ending this thing before it could begin?
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* Am I the only one who ever spotted that "tree-man" thing in the interior shot of E.T.'s space ship where all the plants are stored? I was noticing the face and the lips moving as he sighed way back when we first owned a copy of this movie on ''VHS'' in the late ''1980s''! Didn't Spielberg or anyone else ever mention anything about that while discussing film trivia? (Granted, I haven't heard any of the commentary tracks on the discs or seen very many of the "making of" features...) Considering his fairly smooth dark-brown exterior not being that different from E.T.'s, and E.T.'s lack of any genitals, I kinda thought that creature might be the asexual "parent" to all of these sexless "little squashy guys" or maybe a living ship's core with them serving as his drones to gather resources for him. Given the novels and guides not saying anything about that, now I figure he's one of the acquisitions E.T.'s people made on some other planet before they came to ours. Anybody else seeing what I'm seeing in that scene?
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* Am I the only one who ever spotted that "tree-man" thing in the interior shot of E.T.'s space ship where all the plants are stored? I was noticing the face and the lips moving as he sighed way back when we first owned a copy of this movie on ''VHS'' in the late ''1980s''! Didn't Spielberg or anyone else ever mention anything about that while discussing film trivia? (Granted, I haven't heard any of the commentary tracks on the discs or seen very many of the "making of" features...) Considering his fairly smooth dark-brown exterior not being that different from E.T.'s, and E.T.'s lack of any genitals, I kinda thought that creature might be the asexual "parent" to all of these sexless "little squashy guys" or maybe a living ship's core with them serving as his drones to gather resources for him. Given the novels and guides not saying anything about that, now I figure he's one of the acquisitions E.T.'s people made on some other planet before they came to ours. Anybody else seeing what I'm seeing in that scene?scene?
* Do a little reckoning concerning how Elliot didn't have to go to school the first day after he met E.T. (and they both ran away screaming) and then stayed out again the next night to lure him into his house and room. The next day when he had to fake a fever to get out of going to school must have been a Monday, and the following day when he got drunk-by-proxy and caused such a commotion freeing the frogs must have been a Tuesday. That places Halloween on the following day, which must have been a Wednesday. The closest year in which [[ProductPlacement Reese's Pieces were a known product]] and Halloween (October 31st) fell on a Wednesday? Though the movie's first release was in 1982, the events in it must be taking place in the year 1984.
* E.T. is able to make the bikes fly, as well as other objects. It's possible he can't make himself fly. At the beginning of the film, why didn't he sit on a tree branch or rock and fly back to the ship?
** He would have to stop and find a rock that would support his weight. He can't just grab any rock he finds, and it would need to be light enough to levitate. Levitating a branch would likely require removing the branch from the tree, which is unfeasible.
** E.T. was also clearly and understandably bothered by the men and, though he made a break for the ship anyways, he had to maneuver until they were no longer between him and his destination. If he'd levitated, they would have had a clear shot, assuming they were both armed and meant him harm. At least the underbrush he was crashing through provided him some form of cover; he didn't make a smooth, in-the-open run until he was past them and could beeline for the ship.
* Do a little reckoning concerning how Elliot didn't have to go to school the first day after he met E.T. (and they both ran away screaming) and then stayed out again the next night to lure him into his house and room. The next day when he had to fake a fever to get out of going to school must have been a Monday, and the following day when he got drunk-by-proxy and caused such a commotion freeing the frogs must have been a Tuesday. That places Halloween on the following day, which must have been a Wednesday. The closest year in which [[ProductPlacement Reese's Pieces were a known product]] and Halloween (October 31st) fell on a Wednesday? Though the movie's first release was in 1982, the events in it must be taking place in the year 1984.
* E.T. is able to make the bikes fly, as well as other objects. It's possible he can't make himself fly. At the beginning of the film, why didn't he sit on a tree branch or rock and fly back to the ship?
** He would have to stop and find a rock that would support his weight. He can't just grab any rock he finds, and it would need to be light enough to levitate. Levitating a branch would likely require removing the branch from the tree, which is unfeasible.
** E.T. was also clearly and understandably bothered by the men and, though he made a break for the ship anyways, he had to maneuver until they were no longer between him and his destination. If he'd levitated, they would have had a clear shot, assuming they were both armed and meant him harm. At least the underbrush he was crashing through provided him some form of cover; he didn't make a smooth, in-the-open run until he was past them and could beeline for the ship.
