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.