From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhtsa!ihnss!inuxc!inuxa!rael Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: ET (Spoiler) Article-I.D.: inuxa.111 Posted: Mon Jun 21 13:20:47 1982 Received: Thu Jun 24 02:18:35 1982 References: pyuxjj.236 Remember what happened to the martians in War of the Worlds??? ET is in an alien environment. No surprise he got sick and almost died!!! I believe that the steril environment created around ET was intended to keep humans from infecting ET rather than viceversa (for those who disagree, it works both ways anyway). I base my belief on the fact that this wasn't a film of good guys against bad guys, but rather good kids against good (but not quite as good) grown-ups. I do agree though that there was a strong connection between ET and Elliot and perhaps that's what kept ET alive for so long, that is why when ET let Elliot go, Elliot got better so quickly and ET collapsed so fast. inuxa!rael