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E.T. is a stuuupid movie........

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Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: ahofle on February 15, 2013, 04:41:31 pm ---I thought it was pretty self-explanatory.  Whatever the strange physiological connection ET had to his species (the glowing heart thing) caused him to slowly die once they left earth.  When they returned and the connection was reestablished, he came back to life.

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Hmmmm. I'd think they'dve been smart enough to genetically edit out such a dependency.


@mahkeymike: it seems everyone born from 78-84 shares your like of the Goonies. Stand by Me was a very different kind of movie.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on February 17, 2013, 03:17:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: ahofle on February 15, 2013, 04:41:31 pm ---I thought it was pretty self-explanatory.  Whatever the strange physiological connection ET had to his species (the glowing heart thing) caused him to slowly die once they left earth.  When they returned and the connection was reestablished, he came back to life.

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Hmmmm. I'd think they'dve been smart enough to genetically edit out such a dependency.

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Why would a hive mind want to edit out dependence?  The idea has some major advantages.

I prefer to think that he was overcome with Earth germs, anyway, and they were able to give him proper medical treatment once he got back.

Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on February 17, 2013, 03:17:40 pm ---Hmmmm. I'd think they'dve been smart enough to genetically edit out such a dependency.


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That's a really interesting thought.  Just how individualistic it is.  Makes me wonder if ants ponder why, if humans are such a technologically advanced species, they haven't engineered themselves to be more like ants. 

Ond:

--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 08, 2013, 10:19:32 am ---Yes, for a BAD artist it's never done.  I've took many an art classs in my day and at one point I was thinking about making a career out of it.  One of the first things they drill into you is not to work your art to death.  You'll always have that feeling of wanting to do more, but you are supposed to resist that urge and let it go when you find a good stopping point. 

A mame cab is not art, it's a craft.  ;)

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I'm sure both good and bad artists produce both finished and unfinished pieces or does finishing constitute a virtue of a good artist only?  Sure, knowing when to call it a day is a good thing but it's such a subjective and personal assessment.  By that I mean one persons "working it to death" is another’s "barely started".  I think somewhere in that statement about how long to spend on something is also the sage advice - Ultimately it's not about how long your cab takes to build, but about how pleased you are with the result.

Building Mame cabinets can be an art as well as a craft.

I though ET was awesome as a kid, it’s interesting to see my own kids reactions; I heard groans of derision at the heavy sentimentality.  I don't need  films all spelled out and explained to be enjoyable, ET is an alien on a planet with bacteria  :blah: away from his supporting technology - he got sick, that's all that’s needed. That said there are films that thrive on a lack of explanation (it's an artistic mystery) and others that really suffer for it i.e. shite writing.   Prometheus was laden with lousy explanations, it was disappointing. Stuff by David Lynch I've had to (happily) watch numerous times till I get my own theory together on what is/has happened.  This BTW is what good art is about - makin ya think creatively.

Also you misspelt the word class.

Can anyone tell I'm bored at work today?

mahkeymike:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on February 17, 2013, 03:17:40 pm ---




@mahkeymike: it seems everyone born from 78-84 shares your like of the Goonies. Stand by Me was a very different kind of movie.

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I grew up watching cory haim and cory feldman movies. I was just naming two feldman movies from that era (goonies and stand by me). I remember E.T. being around the same time but i could be off a few years. Speaking about cory haim and feldman, Licence to drive was good aswell, and silver bullet, and lost boys.

God i miss those days.....

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