From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npois!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:CAD:teklabs!tekid!wesw
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: ET  **SPOILER**
Article-I.D.: tekid.107
Posted: Tue Jun 22 16:47:18 1982
Received: Mon Jun 28 03:34:34 1982
Reply-To: !wesw

  This was floating around in the mail, and I was asked to post it:

   I did skim through the ET stuff on the net.  I did notice how fast the
little guy was going at the beginning of the movie, staying well ahead of
the running humans.  He might not have flown to the ship because he was so
surprised he didn't think about it (like why did he wait to levitate the
boys on the bikes until they were about to be caught?), or maybe the ship
wouldn't or couldn't open it's door under flight, and he knew it.  The lighted
finger only appeared (to my recollection) when ET was going to heal or fix
something, and could possibly represent some life-giving force (like his
glowing chest?).  I'm not sure about these myself.