From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!cbosgd!cbosg!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!rlr
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: ET (Spoiler)
Article-I.D.: pyuxjj.233
Posted: Fri Jun 18 10:11:20 1982
Received: Tue Jun 22 01:43:42 1982

I was surprised that no one noticed the fact described by inuxa!rael----that
the aliens glowed red in their abdominal area at the beginning of the movie,
and that ET didn't do so again until the end of the movie.  Friends that I
saw the movie with didn't realize this at all---they thought ET's being
packed in ice had something to do with it.  They agreed later, however, that
the *proximity* of others in his species (and/or the spaceship) explained
what happened much better.

My feeling is that some sort of "life force" was received in the abdominal
area occupied by the red glow.  When the spacecraft took off, the glow within
ET disappeared soon after.  The absence of this force caused his growing
deterioration and eventual "death".  He apparently was capable of lasting for
a short time without this force.  The return of the craft marked the return
of the glow, which I noticed as soon as Elliott closed the case in which ET
was packed in ice (check this out if you see it again).  Any other opinions?

Also, another question:  is ET an old botanist, as the blurb on the paperback
novelization states, or is he a young child?  His (are we assuming somehting
when when say 'his' and 'he'????) behavior is definitely "childlike", the
way he says his name repeatedly and shrieks "ET go home"; but perhaps I am
imposing human psychology on an alien as my housemates repeatedly say.

				Rich Rosen pyuxjj!rlr