From: utzoo!decvax!duke!harpo!esquire!nrh
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: ET (Spoiler)
Article-I.D.: esquire.361
Posted: Fri Jun 18 19:37:09 1982
Received: Sat Jun 19 04:40:08 1982


This question of why ET's chest grows red could perhaps be answered
by someone who's read the book, but I had a completely different
idea when I saw the movie, and enjoyed the irony implicit in the
situation as I saw it.

You may recall that ET's chest glows red and he returns to health after
heroic efforts to save him have failed.   Hoping to preserve the body,
the scientists have ET packed in ice.  Shortly thereafter, ET perks up.

How ironic!  ET didn't need the proximity of his ship or the
elaborate efforts of the scientists.  ET NEEDED TO BE PACKED IN ICE!

The only support I have for this is the similarity between the mist
that appears in the spaceship at the beginning, and the mist that appears
in the ice-chest.

In any case, let's not speculate on something a book can tell us.