10 Things You Didn't know ET

[@jeffsanders1246]

I turned 10 years old in June of 1982. My parents split up months earlier. This was the first movie I watched in the theater. I had no idea at 10 how much I related to the theme of this, I just knew I loved it. 20 years later, I took my kids to see it. For the 35th anniversary, I took my youngest son to see it. This will always be my favorite movie. Thanks for covering it, really appreciate your videos. Stay safe.

[@keirinmaster]

I still cry when I see this movie. I cried at the theater when my grandpa took me to see it. Then he passed away a few weeks later in a car accident. So now when I try to watch it it still evokes such powerful memories between the movie itself and what it ties to in my own life. But an amazing movie. Loved your monologue at the end as well. Thanks Minty!

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

Appreciate you sharing

[@seeya205]

I saw this movie in theatre when I was 4. I cried and yelled out "Don't die E.T.!"

[@Lesley_RedRhody]

seeya205 I was nine and my Brother was ten, so I completely understand. I remember having to cover ears because the sound of the defribulator was terrifying to me at the time! And, yeah. I cried, too. Then I found out years later that Drew Barrymore was really crying in that scene!

[@000mikeyman]

me 2 i was 4 as well, we took my daughter to the 2002 twenty year showing, she was the only one out of 5 of us not crying, she was two tho

[@nans969]

I was an adult and still cried.

[@Viking_Luchador]

yeah, the crash cart scene was traumatizing

[@JOSH2625]

@Coy Leigh lol

[@PoohbearPlus]

3 other facts - 1) The song "Heartlight" by Neil Diamond (yes, Neil Diamond) was meant for the movie but cut out. It still did good on the Billboard American Top 40. 2) There were four other sci-fi movies that were released to compete against E.T. and one of them got crushed particularly hard. Today all four movies are held in high regard... The Thing, Tron, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and that poor crushed movie Blade Runner. 3) Speilberg approached M&M/Mars to ask if M&Ms could be used in his movie. Thinking that the story was ridiculous and the film would tank, they said no. Speilberg then went to Hershey's and asked if their new product Reese's Pieces could be used. They on the other hand welcomed the opportunity to feature their candy. Because of E.T.'s success, Reese's Pieces outsold M&Ms for the remainder of the year.

[@davidthieroff9452]

1) I've heard/read Diamond say it has nothing to do with E.T. I think he said it's about a famous club he'd go to. That's a claim I've always been dubious about considering the lyrics and timing. 2) I think Road Warrior was in there too. What a summer for movies. 3) I always wondered how many people at Mars got fired after that. Reese's Pieces sales were dying at the time so Hershey's figured what the heck. Smart move.

[@PoohbearPlus]

@@davidthieroff9452 Damn, now that is some good observations! You are right about The Road Warrior. However I think it was released before E.T. (not by much). Man, 1982 was a real year for classics, including two of my guilty pleasures, Visiting Hours and Paradise with Phoebe Cates. Speaking of Cates and classics, another great film from that year, Fast Times At Ridgemont High.

[@westzed23]

@@davidthieroff9452 I remember at the time that Neil Diamond saw the movie, then went home and wrote the song. I wonder which was true.

[@kenyetamoses2797]

WHAT YEAR WERE YOU BORN IN? BECAUSE IN 1982, I HAVE MADE 9 YEARS OLD ON OCTOBER 7TH OF THAT YEAR IN 1982.

[@PoohbearPlus]

@@kenyetamoses2797 That is nice to be told. I don't know exactly what I could do with knowing your birthday, but thanks for sharing. To answer your question, old enough.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I just appreciate how many hit films Spielberg has made in his illustrious career

[@thenethralking6032]

Dude how are you everywhere? XD

[@thewenik6876]

Totally agree. Spielberg is a great director.

[@midwest4416]

Love the scene where Elliot is "Crying" and being escorted out and catches a glimpse of the dead flower blooming.

[@singIeservingfriend]

I first saw this when I was six or seven, I’ve never cried so much at a film....30 years on it still pulls at my heart strings

[@dats3]

God, I was 8 years old when this movie came out. I got to see it twice too, once with my parents and once with one of my friends. I can't overstate how E.T. was "the thing" back then. I had tons of the merch too. I bought a digital copy for my son a about ten years ago when he was 8. His reaction about halfway through: "Daddy, can we watch something else?" How times have changed. I still cry at the end.

[@bubbabritton1726]

Same age as you, I’m sure promotional merch was around prior to ET, but when we were kids, for about a year, EVERYTHING was ET!

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

"the Thing" huh? John Carpenter wants to know your location and tell you how disappointed he is :(

[@nancyomalley9959]

I was 16 years old-38 years ago! That's how long ago this movie came out! Time Flies (just like Elliott and E.T. on the bike!)

[@xenofett7008]

I saw E.T. when I was about the same age and I was inconsolable when we left the theater. Almost 40 years later and the scene when Elliot and E.T. give each other a goodbye hug still gets me.

[@AJ17_]

Same age as you. I remember how MASSIVE this movie was. If you didn't like ET in my school, you weren't "cool". I also remember my mom teasing my uncle (her older brother) about not wanting to see it because he said it looked "too scary".

[@andreaanderson7143]

My very first comment on KZbin EVER: my favorite movie of all time.

[@wstine79]

Dee Wallace sure did encounter many strange creatures in the 80s. With ET, Critters, and rabid dogs.

[@IronmanV5]

And Werewolves

[@iasimov5960]

And ghosts.

[@frankschneider6156]

Are those the only creatures willing to work with her ?

[@dianab3t3s]

@@IronmanV5 She encountered them but turned into a baby Chewbacca herself at the end. 😅🤣😂

[@alisterfolson]

@@dianab3t3s And was killed for it

[@gtr362012]

I received the vhs copy as a gift from my grandma back after its release. To this day i still have that vhs copy and im 44 years old. Ive kept it a long time ,some things you just cant part with i guess. Thanks for sharing

[@Baysidemom2]

reading this warms my heart. that's just so sweet

[@zenagitana]

I saw ET in the theatre. I was terrified at first, then enchanted. I left movie sobbing. I found out a few years later that Drew Barrymore and I were born on the same day. It's cool to know we were the same age when this movie came out.

[@RP752000]

What is not cool, is that she currently tours my neighbor hood city block pushing her shopping cart around.

[@myriamcroteau7006]

I'm 35 years old, I've seen this movie countless times because we owned the vhs when I was a kid and I still cry my eyes out as an adult. So... it's OK to cry. Just let it out! It will be alright!

[@ddylla85]

"I'll be right here..." That one line... always

[@jalennelson6008]

Minty, you are truly a blessing! Those times were so missed. Thank you Sir!

[@breezy9297]

Who needs E.T. when you can watch Mac & Me? Now THAT'S a great movie!

[@damogibbons2096]

Amazing...thanks for this upload. This film still has a special place in my heart. It was the first film I saw at the cinema and the only film I saw with my mother before she passed. I was only 5 but still remember large parts of that Saturday afternoon. Keep up the good work minty!

[@LoveDoctorNL]

Saw this in the cinema as an 11 year old kid. This was pure movie Magic which stayed with me forever!

[@JoseSantos-gl3vk]

I was also 11 when this movie came out loved this movie till this day...

[@jasonjlloyd]

Me to. Cried my eyes out.

[@pelvicthrust119]

Old fucks

[@LoveDoctorNL]

@@pelvicthrust119 : I hope you will reach to be over 50 and be called names. The truth is… age liberates you from really caring about what a random youngster says about you, your age or generation. Have a great life

[@pelvicthrust119]

@@LoveDoctorNL im old too shit

[@danielthomas3057]

Good timing. Found ET DVD in the $5 bin at Walmart recently and enjoyed watching it again. Great movie. Had it years ago on Beta. Thank you for featuring ET!

[@MarcelLWalker]

The thing I'm most glad to have discovered here was that E.T. and POLTERGEIST were in production at the exact same time. Seeing the photos of the two casts' stars together was sweet and brought about some nostalgia. It's nice knowing that those actors experienced the company of peers at that time.

[@BoundyMan]

My parents didn't take me to the movies when I was a kid, so I didn't see it until I was 14 years old on VHS. But I did see the 25th Anniversary in the theater. What made it special is this was the first alien movie my mom was able to watch without screaming or looking away.

[@wolfgangpuff7030]

That’s crazy. I was six when I watched ET in the theater. I actually watched it 7 times that summer with different relatives who hadn’t seen it. I loved that flick

[@jameshauville8401]

I was a kid when this came out and it was EVERYWHERE. Every toy shop had the plush or the talking toys, the "making of" special was hosted by one of those current affairs show hosts that the 80's seemed to want to make into stars, the storybooks and colouring books, novelisation, junior novelisation, happy meal, soundtrack album...and the queue at one of the two cinemas in the town I grew up in was around the block. They had watched while the cinema up the road had The Empire Strikes Back in 1980...and 2 years later they had their own blockbuster. I saw it twice in theatres and pre-booked the video so we could watch it again when it came out for home release. Those were the days...

[@Sam-lm8gi]

This movie made me terrified of government workers. The scariest part is those creeps in the astronaut suits.

[@Autobubbs]

DEFINITELY! The Astronauts where the reason I didn't see that movie again until I was 20.

[@gator9339]

@John Doe So E.T. caused coronavirus? 😆

[@skunkman9815]

It wasn’t ET who started the pandemic it was China 🇨🇳

[@shotcall1]

Without ET there’d probably be no famous Drew Barrymore, thus no Wedding Singer, and no 50 first Dates.

[@thewenik6876]

Me, too. Those things scared me, too.

[@redfishtex738]

Hey you never mentioned the recent commercial with Elliot and his family and ETs brief visit. Probably not cannon but still a commercial I thought I would never see. Oh I had the colored record of ET with the moon on one side. Another Gem! Thanks Minty!

[@xenofett7008]

It's the closest thing you will get to a sequel, so it's canon as far as I'm concerned.

[@alisterfolson]

I wish they could've included the Mom, sister and maybe C Thomas Howe but probably too expensive

[@harrydelacruz4352]

The commercial is canon and it is a short version sequel. I’d like to know if Spielberg had some pet in it because it was great!

[@darksidetaino2428]

its cannon because universal studios owns ET looks and image. Universal Studios is owned by comcast so the commercial makes sense.

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

My mother always loved this film so much. She gifted me a hardcover novelization book of E.T. when i was 6 or 7 to encourage me to read. I still have that book. Thanks mom

[@KRAFTWERK2K6]

@Shagga The internet has ruined us.

[@hektorlinko]

Oh Hell of a Damn Great Movie! I was very lucky to see this in the theater when my aunts took me to see this. The first scene when Elliot finds E.T. behind the bush scared the shit out of me in the theater..for real. Or course through out the mood of the movie I had all kinds of emotions like fear, stress and sadness. I remember seeing E.T. in that gutter when Elliot's big brother finds him when they're both sick and seeing E.T. all pale and shit with that Raccoon sniffing around..that scene fucked me up. I bawled and cried in the theater in that scene and continued to cry until the end. As a grown adult now 45 I still love this movie. It was very special to me and I love it. I even ate E.T. Cereal back in the day. I still pop in this DVD every so often and have a few cold beers and then start getting all emotional and have a healthy cry just for shit's and giggle. Years later I can still tear up. I just recently saw the Xfinity E.T. short film and I bawled and cried on that as well. Anyway This is a special movie for me and always will have a special place in my heart. E.T. is totally Cobra Kai Material and knows how to sweep the leg. I love E.T. A+++++

[@prepare2qualify111]

One more thing, ET is my favorite ride at universal studios in florida, it is also one of the only original rides left. Hopefully it doesn't get replaced by a modern 3D motion ride like jaws and back to the future were.

[@LadyOnikara]

Yeah, unfortunately the ride no longer exists in California. I wish it did. That was fun!

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

Awesome! First movie I saw in a theater. I was three. I loved it and still do. Even caught the 35th anniversary screening here several years ago at a local theater, and it has aged well. Still an amazing flick 🤘😎💙 Also had that MJ record

[@endeavourist5287]

"Poltergeist is like E.T.'s evil twin." Totally sums it up.

[@andrewmurray1550]

Except E.T. ain't no ghost. Who ya gonna call....?

[@FerDeLance06]

I remember something called E.T.n being released after this in the 80's. I never saw it (actually, I don't know anyone who did), but I assume it was crap. The video case had a similar picture to the ET poster, showing the alien finger touching a child's, but the alien finger had a big sharp claw on it and the tagline read, "Not all aliens are friendly." I don't know what it was about; probably some horror/sci-fi ET rip-off.

[@SkellingtonFan]

I cried when I thought e.t died when I was a kid, I'm sure I still will now. To everyone out there, we are safe, we are here and we are here for each other! 😁💕

[@robertsmithii6947]

You're not the only one. When his heart lit up I screamed with joy I was so happy

[@NathanArnoldCharging]

Was using up an old Walmart gift card last night on their site; after filling my cart, noticed I had enough for a $5 DVD... of all the selections, I picked E.T. HOURS LATER, you upload your "10 Things" video and E.T. happens to be your topic this week haha. In the name of irony, Cheers from the States!

[@braddockakalatis2]

Imagine if there was no ET. We wouldn't have Mac and Me.

[@braddockakalatis2]

@Guilt free White man!! Me and 9 other people with good movie taste apparently.

[@salvatorevella7280]

everyone cried at the end of mac and me because it was so bad!

[@braddockakalatis2]

@@salvatorevella7280 I applauded at the end of 'Casper' because it was over. lol

[@trevorbrown6654]

Mac and me. I've only seen it once, in the early 90s on vhs. Memorable for all the wrong reasons lol

[@braddockakalatis2]

@@trevorbrown6654 I actually saw it in the theater and LOVED it. Ah, to be 10 again. Or even 6.

[@hailmammonmoments7568]

So many things had to go right. So many things could have gone wrong. Hollywood backstory (when it’s old enough to be repeatedly verified) never ceases to fascinate me. Thank you for digging up not just the weird almost sequel, but the weird thing ET could have been instead! 😱

[@RisingBeast00]

I never cried as a kid when I saw this. But I did cry when I was an adult.

[@delete--5563]

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[@tonymata8070]

Same, I bawled my eyes out when I watched it during my high school days.

[@Viking_Luchador]

"I didn't cry when me own father was hung for stealing a pig -- but I'll cry now!" ~Groundskeeper Willie

[@benconway9010]

Oh dear

[@countessD84]

Same! I wasn't susceptible to tearjerkers as a kid. As an adult, however, cue the tears and down Niagara Feels.

[@armondo22]

As a kid I was always freaked out by ET.... I really didn’t appreciate it until I was a teenager

[@luckyshamrock9955]

A kindred spirit? I saw ET when I was about 5 years old and I was terrified. When my mom asked me if I wanted to watch it again, I broke down on the stairs and started crying because I was so scared. This fear continued for years, and I mean YEARS. I'd try to desensitize myself by watching it whenever I was sick, but afterwards, I'd always have nightmares involving ET. I'm not joking, this fear lasted until I was 17-18 years old. Eventually, I fully got over my fear, thanks to watching behind the scenes stuff and this video (Thank you Minty). I started watching horror movies when I was 13 years old, and nothing ever scared me more than ET. I'm now 25 years old.

[@TaliaIGhul]

E.T.'s initial death when they were trying to save him and Elliot was the first scene I ever cried in a movie. That scene still makes me cry decades later.

[@Morriganne77]

ET was the first movie that I went to see and I cried too. I remember bringing home a poster, an I love ET sticker and I am sure there was ET biscuits too. I bit like custard creams but they were green, brown and orange (if I remember rightly.) Thank you Minty, Oh the memories.

[@glenkamo]

Thanks for pumping out the content during corona times! Much appreciated!

[@bansheemania1692]

It's Called the "Whiskey Event" ..... Because I'm Single Handedly Keeping Wild Turkey In Business. Cheers🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

[@SPFLDAngler]

Pandemic or not he uploads every day. Nothing at all has changed

[@DaveHorgan.]

My nan introduced me to this movie when I was a baby. I still bawl at -that- part of the movie to this day. Cheers Minty, enjoying ya vids through the boredom of lockdown 👍

[@GiancarloFloyd]

This is the first movie I ever saw and I always introduce this movie to younger kids. To me ET is one of the most Important move ever made everyone should see it.

[@jamesaitchison9478]

I saw ET back in 1982 when i was just 4 years old. I remember crying my eyes out when ET had died and was overjoyed when he returned to life. True movie magic that still resonates with me today.

[@beeepizzle]

The movie that STILL makes me cry my eyes out...and I’m in my late 40s...🤣👍🏻

[@eilrach299]

Lovely edition to your catalogue of films. Great stuff! At first I thought 'this is long' but you kept it flowing really well. Kudos! Looking forward to the next.

[@dublinbrummie]

Cried my eyes out as a 6 year old as well. My uncle had a pirate vhs of it when it first came out and we watched it every weekend for months

[@FerDeLance06]

Those pirate videos were all over the place for months in the UK before the cinema release.

[@MacheteMB1775]

I see ET as a child my mum took me with my brothers so many things in this gem of a film We all related too the film got to me and when they did the get away on BMX well that was it We just been hit with ET coming back alive the next Elliott and the gang was on the run The second ET did his thing and they all hit the air the music kicks in i was a mess i bloody cried I said to my mum i am crying but i am happy ....

[@tythegolfer6279]

Freaked me out as a kid. I had to conquer fear by riding the amazing ride at Universal in Florida. Cheers great vid

[@ThorMaximus]

You mean that ride that feels like you need to be on LSD?????

[@tonymata8070]

Someone in the Dark is definitely one of my favorite songs that MJ did, I first heard it in high school and I honestly cried, so full of emotion and wonder.

[@Tarathathe77wookiee]

I remember the re-release when the guns were replaced with radios. Seriously, What The Ever Loving F!! Ridiculous! I'm so glad South Park took the piss out of that one!

[@wardoc2004]

First of all, great job on this. A HUGE one you missed (this may have been mentioned elsewhere) was the fact M&M's was offered product placement but Mars refused because they though ET was too scary. So, instead, Resses Pieces was used and their sales skyrocketed. Also, although ET the video game was deemed pretty bad, it in no way caused the great video game crash. That event was being precipitated by other events and ET the video was part of that downturn.

[@davidjackson2524]

Remember that scene where Elliot kisses a girl in his class while ET is drinking beer while watching a John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara film? That girl he's kissing was a young Erika Eleniak who went on to costar in Baywatch and do other stuff.

[@x3n0l3e6]

I remember her in the cake scene in under siege

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Eliot was drunk too ET telepathically transmitted the Buzz to him at school that's why he started acting a fool and set the frogs loose lol

[@benconway9010]

@@x3n0l3e6 oh yeah I bet you do😂😂😂

[@marklowther3228]

Love this flick, It is timeless. I know the cast and Dee's daughter Gabrielle even endorsed one of my books. They are an awesome and talented family.

[@SuburbanBeard]

another amazing video! thank you for doing what you do

[@thelanista1]

I love your "10 Things" series! I'm really surprised you didn't mention anything about Spielberg digitally removing the gun of the government men chasing Elliot and replacing them with walkie-talkies? At a Q&A he said he regrets doing it and the Blueray edition will be the original 1982 version with the gun.

[@ojs3725]

Your my favorite channel mate!! All way over the here in Arizona buddy!

[@jordanherkowski5052]

You forgot to mention how originally the candy in ET was supposed to be M&Ms but the Mars Candy Company declined so they went to Hershey and got permission to use Reese's Pieces instead.

[@thefrecklepuny]

I find the bit where ET under the blanket getting distracted and attempting to follow the kid in the Yoda outfit interesting. Was it a case that ET saw something vaguely familiar and wanted to say "Hi"? Or could there be an SW / ET crossover where Yoda's species IS real and make regular contact with ET's home planet? The fact they appear in a major movie franchise on Earth is the purest coincidence!

[@headrushindi]

I loved this mini documentary. You are well researched, and your affable, matter of fact approach mixed with humor is refreshing . It is obvious that you really are a fan of the films , and not just another documentarian .Looks like I will have to go check out your other material now. Keep up the good work . It's very enjoyable .

[@ShogunX11]

The song that MJ had for ET was later put in the Thrillers remastered album that was released in 09

[@ddylla85]

I'll be 35 this year and still ugly cry anytime I watch E.T. The final scene when Elliott and E.T. are saying goodbye: "Come..." "Stay..." "Ouch..." "I'll be right here..." Heart hasn't shattered yet? insert score composed by Jon Williams.

[@gentlemancaller4058]

I remember the E.T. The Book of the Green Plant being passed around in middle school. The older kids had written Extra Testical on the front and every picture of E.T. had 3 of them. Was very funny at the time.

[@RP752000]

it still is!

[@karinwade]

The Universal Studios Florida E.T. ride has an amazing immersive environment. It made me feel like I was lost in a deep forest with the imposing trees, background sounds and smells. Hearing E.T. speak my name is an amazing personal touch!

[@johnnytyrrell7060]

The first film I ever rented as a kid in Ireland when we got a V,H,S player in the 80s and I must have looked at it 100 time's back then.

[@shawndixon4536]

It's funny that this video popped up on my feed tonight, because I was browsing through my family pictures and came across me opening a bunch of E.T. items during that Christmas.

[@CitizenofAucklandSilentAudits]

I remember getting an et rubber which fitted on the end of my pencil, it was et wearing a dress.😊

[@KevyNova]

This movie has the greatest musical score of all time.

[@RR-qv8uz]

Kevy Nova ABSOLUTELY! The great JOHN WILLIAMS .......incomparable! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽😃

[@damogibbons2096]

I agree.....just amazing

[@cameronwaddel4072]

I was 7 and wasn't quite so emotionally moved, however, my 4.5 year old sister did cry. So yes, we saw it at the cinema in 1982. I did however love the film, I had the soundtrack album on cassette. When we went on a trip from Wellington to Auckland as slightly older kids, we stayed in a motel that played videos on their in-room TV's and ET was showing and I had to watch it, it was such a treat.

[@ThorMaximus]

News flash: crying at end of this movie is nothing to be ashamed about. I only wish that movies this good could be made today without identity politics garbage.

[@dhenderson1810]

Movies in the 80's were so much better then. No darkness or politics, but just good fun- like "Empire Strikes Back", "Return Of The Jedi", "E.T.", the "Indiana Jones" films, "Back To The Future" films, "Gremlins", "The Goonies", etc. Films where you don't have to "learn something", but just sit back, get some popcorn, and enjoy the show. Something sorely missing today.

[@esterbengoa6077]

Also, I have never seen ET and thought: this needs more teenager's sex".

[@ottoandersson2216]

ET2 the kid will be trans, and the movie is an hit you in the face allegory for orange man bad.

[@longgroove]

I only wish people like you wouldn't inject politics at all into this.

[@fluffybunny3178]

But if movies don't have politics, how will we know what to think ? Celebrities can only tweet so much to guide our society

[@bugsymalone5744]

Don't know why I never asked for this one. I'm 47 and saw it in the cinema 3 times, we had an ET fanclub back in the day and I watched the movie several timed with my own kids and they loved it.

[@oasis3724]

10:32 i see good owl Quincy Jones is building a spliff for himself and the lad’s.. What a legendary legend he is 😎💨

[@AtheistOrphan]

oasis3724 - Looks like a pizza slice to me. (But I could be wrong).

[@oasis3724]

Atheist Orphan a pizza 🍕 full of weed 💨😎🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@oasis3724]

Just go with it Lebo leigh Leigh. Be cool 😎✌🏻

[@fortunatejeremy]

This movie came out when I was 3. My great uncle convinced my brothers and I that ET lived in his furnace room. I was scared shitless and I ran past the door every time I had to go by. In reality there was cardboard cutout of ET in there.

[@THRASHMETALFUNRIFFS]

WOW, I'm surprised this hasn't been done before but cool you just did it 3 hours ago! Watching now!

[@KayCeeTX21]

Thanks for the distraction Minty. This lockdown nonsense is starting to break me. Your entertaining well researched content gives me a small break from the dark. ❤️

[@bobtremblay9172]

This movie came out when I was in high school. We went to see it expecting to see something like "Alien" and were hugely disappointed when we discovered we were watching a movie that was more like a Disney film. It simply was not what we expected to see and I have never been able to look at this movie favorably since that day as we felt that we had been duped. Good video, but it's important to note that at the time the marketing and the posters did not accurately present this movie as a kid's movie.

[@darkcoeficient]

Interesting. Maybe marketing was based on initial material?

[@Godzillafan1980]

Should've seen the THING LOL

[@Vaporvice84]

Pretty much how I felt when I first saw Terminator 2. Was expecting another dark technoir horror sci-fi movie with action in it. Instead it was a watered down summer blockbuster lol.

[@MechaJutaro]

Dunno that this one was ever marketed as being akin to "Alien". That said, I agree with your sentiments; never cared for ET myself

[@Godzillafan1980]

@uni blab LOL BEST MOVIE EVER

[@solutionfilm]

Possibly your very best yet, wonderful content never heard before and really insightful too

[@bulldog370a]

I believe the E.T. "finger" is still making record online sales.

[@morlockmeat]

@Marty McFly II - His third eye.

[@sacend1]

yeah in sex shops!!

[@oldenweery7510]

@@sacend1 I think that's what Minty was hinting at!

[@sacend1]

@@oldenweery7510 i think so too

[@damogibbons2096]

Yeah by lonely house wives....😉

[@rjkral]

Stellar work here Minty!!! Great video and overview, loved this!! Check out the ET Ride at Universal Orlando, I rode it several times when it used to be in Hollywood Universal Studios. Spielberg at the opening said the ride is the sequel. You visit ET’s home planet like that book you mention here. Phenomenal movie, again this was great!

[@jimmyjamesstockinger1718]

I saw this when I was 12 years old. I had to hide the fact that I was crying. I saw it in the theater twice.

[@ForEternia]

First movie I seen in theaters. I was five years old. Always have fond memories of watching E.T. You could say it started my passion for watching movies. Great review Minty. 👍

[@lordmichaelnolan3993]

11:13 Spaceballs: The Reference, Oh Wait, Wrong Movie

[@adultshortstories438]

Starting to fall in love with this channel. You're awesome Minty mate.

[@chichiboypumpi]

Ah John Williams' musical scores help audiences feel the movie

[@shannonbriscoe5350]

E.t. was one of the first movies I saw at the theater. I was 5 years old and I remember being scared of e.t's long neck. My brother had the view master pictures of e.t. and my other brother has the soap from Avon. Pretty much grew up with this movie. As an adult it makes me cry. And my children love this movie. John Williams score pulls the heart strings. It's so epic especially at the end where e.t leaves and a rainbow appears.

[@Phaota]

The film is an all-time classic and definitely one of my favorites. I have the full Topps trading card set that was put out back then, as well as the first articulated plastic figure that has the extendable neck. The music alone makes the movie wonderful. I always wondered why E.T. never told Elliot his name. The boy made an effort to get E.T. to say his name in the film, you'd think the alien would say his own instead of going by the abbreviation all the time. The breakfast cereal was actually pretty good. If you are a serious fan of the film, you can not miss TommyT's Planet Coaster re-creation he did a few months back. It literally brought tears of happiness to my eyes at how perfectly done it was. You can enjoy it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gauvnmhqgJeEl80

[@MarcusH.Valentine]

PLEASE MINTY READ THIS!! Great video as always, but i'm a lil sad that you didn't mentioned the creator of the Puppet, Oscar winning Carlo Rambaldi. Not just fanboying because he was italian like me, or came from my own city, but he was extremelly well known for the special effects. He won Oscars in 1976 for "King Kong" 2 meters puppet, in 1979 for the costume of the Xenomorph in "Alien" directly along side Hans Ruedi Giger and of course for ET in 1982. And he worked also on the set of "Close Encounters" and "Dune". Not mentioning also Dario Argento's productions, Fulci and Monicelli. If you didn't know him, i hope at least to spark some curiosity in you ^^ You'r still awesome as always!

[@RP752000]

thnx

[@socialmoth4974]

We had the ET game. We even beat it once. IMHO, ET wasn't the worst Atari gsme ever. I thought Raiders of the Ark was much worse. I had no idea what we were supposed to do in Raiders. Never got very far in it.

[@mrchopsticks3]

SocialMoth Raiders of the Lost Ark was awful, I couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on in that game at all.

[@socialmoth4974]

@@mrchopsticks3 Ok, so i wasn't just me. I remember going past the bazaar, and then you just start falling all of a sudden. I don't remember if you land and can't get back up the cliff or if you just keep falling.

[@frankschneider6156]

ET surely wasn't a great game, but I've played worse. Most kids claiming it would be the worst game of all time, have very likely seen OR played it and just repeat what they have heard.

[@sosaix3545]

I had the ET game as well, and beat it all the time once you realized that you HAD to fall into all those holes in order to eventually find the pieces to make the device to phone home.

[@robertsmithii6947]

Me and my sisters beat it several times

[@chicagomrs2270]

Ahh..so glad you finally undertook to doing ET. It's 9AM and I'm off to get popcorn for this one! Thanks.

[@100Aces]

Mom's EVERYWHERE bought the questionable looking finger and had to hide the packaging from the kids and told the husband it was a "toy" little did he know!

[@diyimprover6887]

TMI 😬 !

[@jonmacdonald5345]

My wife still has hers

[@RandomTChance]

I loved this film as a child and still enjoy it today. 🖖👽

[@MAJ0RMEL0DY]

E.T and Alf are in the main palace room Scene In the “never ending story”... and Mickey Mouse as well Lol!!

[@al2899]

We're they really or are you joking?

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

@@al2899 look up a screenshot lol

[@Axolotl_Mischief]

Among many others 🤣👍

[@al2899]

@atom Manhattan I have tried and couldn't find any images lol

[@nilsnyman6767]

He also appears in Star Wars.

[@carriecollins2782]

I love your taste in "vintage" movies! Brings me back to childhood! I was 11 when I played this game, so I liked it, haha.

[@daveinreallife608]

Never as it been more important to phone home, thank you Minty for another fact full epsoide and looking forward to the next one. Stay safe everyone 👍👍

[@stephanryll2133]

hey minty, thank you! i didn't know about the audio book and the m.j. song! Your Videos are always a great jump back in time. i was just missing a part about the E.T. the ride at universal. but you cant cover it all, right. greetings from Berlin.

[@danielthomass2807]

e t allways skared me as a kid a specialy when he was sick and turned pall it reminded me of when i was sick with cancer

[@ThaRealBummyDavis]

Damn this channel has come a long way huh. Keep up the good work!!!

[@mrheem]

E.T. The film that showed us how a gov't can create a pandemic/pandemic.

[@brianclabby8222]

I was in the armed forces serving over seas when ET came out. I remember waiting several hours in line to see the movie but just before the second showing which was the line I was in got to go into the theater an alert came down requiring all personal to report to their duty stations. At first we didn't believe the manager, thought he was joking as a rummer to that effect had been going on but it was a real alert, finally got to see the movie 2 days later. Funny to think about it now but a lot of service men were upset that evening LOL! Cheers!

[@mari-atonjalkanen9920]

I cried a lot when I saw this film as a kid...cound not speak for couple of hours afterwards!

[@JaguarPaw1]

This is one of ther best reviews I've seen from you, great job!

[@FULANODETAL]

ah remember the 80s ,when all us military air force were obsessed with do live alien autopsies.. and in the 90s,,aliens were obsessed with anal probes ...

[@itchytastyurr]

and in the 2000's blowing up the middle east with dupe raged soldiers.

[@erikjohnson3343]

Great episode minty! Prob the best one yet. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

[@chuckallstar1281]

This movie will make anyone 😢 teary eyed

[@oasis3724]

Ralph Lauren.. watched ET a million times.. And i never cried once! Sorry man 🤷‍♂️

[@ddylla85]

Teary eyed? I have to excuse myself from the room for a while... rips me to shreds every time

[@nps1016]

I cried at the end of E.T., it severely traumatized me as a kid. I watched the re-release a decade ago and it still got me, it’s such a good movie and because of E.T., we also got Poltergeist and Gremlins.