The Incomparable Mothership
The Incomparable Mothership
Jason Snell
335: Perfect Kid Logic
1 hour 23 minutes Posted Jan 14, 2017 at 9:48 pm.
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Grab your flowerpot and engage the rainbow drive! It’s time to discuss Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial,” the film that eclipsed “Star Wars” as the biggest grossing film of all time. What makes the film a perfect time capsule of being a kid in 1982? Does it hold up to modern eyes? Is it science fiction, fantasy, magical realism, or something else? Where did all those frogs come from? Hey, he’s an alien, we don’t know what he’s capable of....