How on earth is this like E.T.??
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dball-61330 — 9 years ago(July 22, 2016 10:50 PM)
Seriously I don't get it. There's a lot of people saying this is very similar to/a rip-off E.T. but I honestly can't see a resemblance. Can someone please explain how this is like E.T.?? The only thing I see that looks familiar is the setting
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dball-61330 — 9 years ago(August 08, 2016 03:21 AM)
Exactly! They (sort of) befriend the Alien in the last 5-10 minutes, and that's about it. There's no large amount of bonding time, and definitely no 'best-friend' relationship between the two. And the two stories are very different. It's honestly not even close to being an E.T. ripoff. I'm glad there's someone else here who shares my opinion.
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dball-61330 — 9 years ago(September 20, 2016 06:04 PM)
Except that the characters are different - they're older and dealing with different emotional circumstances. The music is very different. And the story is not centered around the alien. It's centered around the kids and their reactions to the mystery in the town, and especially some of the turbulent relationships they have with others. And the government thing? Maybe that is similar, but the government is the bad guy in like how many summer movies these days?
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TwittingOnTrender — 9 years ago(December 01, 2016 09:29 AM)
The Big Bad Military vs Basically Kind Alien reminded me straight away of ET. Throw in the kids outwitting the adults (and a hawwwtttt mom) and I think it's reasonable to be
reminded
of ET.
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SealedCargo — 6 years ago(October 16, 2019 10:44 PM)
this argument is hilarious.
the entire movie is made in the Spielberg fashion, on purpose.
it's ET and The Goonies combined, on purpose, like Stranger Things.
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