From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!unc!tim
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: Maroney, baloney
Article-I.D.: unc.4991
Posted: Fri Apr 15 17:11:12 1983
Received: Sun Apr 17 07:32:56 1983
References: cbosgd  .3422


One of the lowest things I have ever seen in any movie is wringing tears out
of kids by killing the cute animal, then bringing it back to life so the kids
won't leave thinking that death is something that really happens. That really
made me sick.

A variety of questions about the movie:

If these aliens are really such great guys, why didn't they come back for him?
Why did they make him rig an interstellar radio on an underdeveloped planet
which had diseases deadly to those of his race?

Why were there apparently *no* procedures for dealing with this sort of thing?
Why didn't he just fly up a tree and wait a few hours for them to come back?

Did his ship bring him back to life? Do you really think that a race which
is capable of resurrecting a badly mangled body full of alien chemical agents
would not be capable of building a Star Trek-style transporter?

Why did that imbecilic bike chase go on so long when you knew the whole time
that ET was going to magically fly them away when things got hairy?

Why can't an interstellar race with the aforementioned medical technology
keep their existence a secret from such an incredibly less advanced race?

The evil, bad, mean, and nasty scientists killed ET, according to Elliot.
This asertion is never challenged by any sympathetic character. Question:
What should they have done?

In summary, cute animal movies of this sort have never been good, will never
be good, and probably can never be good.

Tim Maroney