Comments on: I Hate E.T.

By: George

George — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:36:41 +0000

Today I noticed Slate's writeup on Spielberg's take on suburban family in "Close Encounters," and remembered your post.

By: Tony Hicks

Tony Hicks — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:03:20 +0000

Yeah, that was pretty awful. That’s when my kid started losing her mind. Wasn’t some sort of vermin already starting to pick at him? It was probably squirrels.

By: Elisa

Elisa — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 01:16:02 +0000

Don’t you hate that scene when ET is ashy and white in the creek? If it doesn’t get you, you have no heart!

By: Tony Hicks

Tony Hicks — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 12:58:25 +0000

He’s not as evil as squirrels. I did have a friend in high school who kind of looked like ET. In fact, we saw the the movie in the theater together. I won’t tell you what he yelled at the screen when little ET croaked and the scientist-man said “OK, pack him in ice.” Suffice to say, it wasn’t appropriate. But it was really funny to a couple of 15-year-old punks.

By: Vinnie Ballgame

Vinnie Ballgame — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:58:12 +0000

Hey Tony. Did you ever notice that ET kinda looked like … a squirrel?