From: utzoo!decvax!watmath!watarts!fhcluk Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: ET (Spoiler) Article-I.D.: watarts.1354 Posted: Wed Jun 23 04:07:11 1982 Received: Sun Jun 27 04:51:53 1982 References: pyuxjj.236 Wait a second! Emapathy DOESN'T need to work both ways. I know how you feel doesn't imply the converse is also true. ET got sick probably because 1) staying away too long from his own race weakened his life force 2) stayed up whole night in the cold further reduced his risistance, so ET was infected by some kind of disease, and his death (?) is also probably faked, it's some kind of body machanism that put him into suspended animation until help arrives (in the movie, the proximity of his race boosted up his life force).