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| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 06/17/2008 : 10:49:20
Was Elliott chosen because the first and last letters are E and T? |
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| duh |
Posted - 10/28/2009 : 04:16:14
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Originally posted by boydegg
Did anyone else find Elliot's mom hot? I think she was my first MILF.
Now that she's older, I think she and Cherry Jones look a lot alike. (Actor replicants or switched at birth?) |
| boydegg |
Posted - 10/24/2009 : 16:15:26
Salopian
I also found the whole quarrantine part of ET weird. As a kid I just didn't get what was going on. What was with all the spacemen and sheets of plastic?
As an adult I now realize that the same men who tried to close in on ET's ship at the beginning, must have been tirelessly searching for the stranded alien with sophisticated equipment all along.
But at the time, I was just jarred completely. A cute story about some kids befriending a visitor from space suddenly became stressful, scary and confusing.
That Stephen Speilberg sure is clever though.
Did anyone else find Elliot's mom hot? I think she was my first MILF.
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| Beanmimo |
Posted - 12/04/2008 : 13:51:22
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
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Originally posted by Salopian
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When was I.B.M. founded? Assuming that it was before 1968 (or else people would not even suggest the link, at least that way round), how well known as a company can it have been by then?
I.B.M. traces its origins to the late 19th C. and it was incorporated in 1911. By the 1950s it was a worldwide household name as well as a pretty good stock choice.
Here is part of an article from 1955.
Or you could just buy my book and learn of the part IBM played in the development of the interweb thingy.
I like the way that plug fitted seamlessly in with the thread.....Go Baftababe!! |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 12/03/2008 : 18:42:01
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Originally posted by lemmycaution
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Originally posted by Salopian
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When was I.B.M. founded? Assuming that it was before 1968 (or else people would not even suggest the link, at least that way round), how well known as a company can it have been by then?
I.B.M. traces its origins to the late 19th C. and it was incorporated in 1911. By the 1950s it was a worldwide household name as well as a pretty good stock choice.
Here is part of an article from 1955.
Or you could just buy my book and learn of the part IBM played in the development of the interweb thingy.
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| lemmycaution |
Posted - 12/03/2008 : 18:10:36
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Originally posted by Salopian
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When was I.B.M. founded? Assuming that it was before 1968 (or else people would not even suggest the link, at least that way round), how well known as a company can it have been by then?
I.B.M. traces its origins to the late 19th C. and it was incorporated in 1911. By the 1950s it was a worldwide household name as well as a pretty good stock choice.
Here is part of an article from 1955. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 12/03/2008 : 15:36:31
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Originally posted by Mr Savoir Faire
Barely related topic, does anyone else feel that this film ripped off The Cat From Outer Space?
I don't know, but I associate them together, presumably because I saw them around the same time. I definitely saw The Cat... at this (presumably technically illegal) club called Saturday Cinema, where for 20p we watched a film on a T.V. screen via a video cassette. I think I may have seen E.T. there too, hence my not really remembering the cinematic experience. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 12/03/2008 : 15:32:58
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Originally posted by Randall
Sheer coincidence.
I guess that B.B.'s line of thinking that film names are never random has rubbed off on me. Anyway, at least I kept my review there in one form if it is a coincidence.
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And here's another: in 2001, the name of the computer, HAL, is IBM transposed back one letter. Both Clarke and Kubrick denied to their deaths that it was anything other than a coincidence.
I've always thought this one reasonably likely to be a coincidence. When was I.B.M. founded? Assuming that it was before 1968 (or else people would not even suggest the link, at least that way round), how well known as a company can it have been by then? |
| Mr Savoir Faire |
Posted - 12/03/2008 : 02:57:19
Barely related topic, does anyone else feel that this film ripped off The Cat From Outer Space?
I'm in no way saying that this isn't a good film, just saying... |
| silly |
Posted - 12/02/2008 : 17:28:17
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Originally posted by Salopian
How did they find the scene whether the authorities come along and take Elliott and E.T. to be plugged into monitors? I found that bewildering and frightening, as I didn't understand who they were and what the quarantine tunnel was all about.
Me, too! Very much the "here comes the authorities and boy are YOU gonna get it" feeling.
Scary also was a scene in "Close Encounters" where the kid gets napped. |
| lemmycaution |
Posted - 12/02/2008 : 12:52:58
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Originally posted by Randall
Sheer coincidence. And here's another: in 2001, the name of the computer, HAL, is IBM transposed back one letter. Both Clarke and Kubrick denied to their deaths that it was anything other than a coincidence.
Vnv! |
| randall |
Posted - 12/02/2008 : 11:48:40
Sheer coincidence. And here's another: in 2001, the name of the computer, HAL, is IBM transposed back one letter. Both Clarke and Kubrick denied to their deaths that it was anything other than a coincidence. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 12/02/2008 : 01:25:38
By the way, in response to my original question, I decided that it was sufficiently likely to be intentional that I amended my review to the "Elliott et E.T." that was in the last F.Y.C.T.H. round. That way, there is added E/T play even if this is right. |
| Demisemicenturian |
Posted - 12/02/2008 : 01:23:04
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Originally posted by Yukon
I just showed my kids E.T. (twin 6-year-old girls and a 3-year-old boy) and they loved it.
How did they find the scene where the authorities come along and take Elliott and E.T. to be plugged into monitors? I found that bewildering and frightening, as I didn't understand who they were and what the quarantine tunnel was all about. Whenever I see somewhere in a film being quarantined with that sort of plastic material, it reminds me of that feeling.
It was one of the first films I saw at the cinema, maybe the first. I don't actually really remember the original viewing experience, perhaps because I also saw the film at other times during my childhood. |
| Yukon |
Posted - 12/01/2008 : 22:16:27
One of the fun things about being a parent is showing your kids the movies you loved growing up.
I just showed my kids E.T. (twin 6-year-old girls and a 3-year-old boy) and they loved it. They also love Star Wars.
If my brainwashing is successfull, they will never see an episode of Hannah Montana until they go off to college. |
| silly |
Posted - 06/18/2008 : 21:11:03
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Originally posted by Cheese_Ed
You mean Reece's Pieces.
Doh! Okay, it's been a LONG time since I watched the movie, sorry (can't stand the revisionist BS where they chase the kids and everyone has a walkie-talkie in their hand)
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