1. Um, What Happens In The Aftermath Of Having Been Friends With An Alien? - E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
It's every young boy's dream to have, at one point, been best pals with an alien. Or, at least, it was once Steven Spielberg made
E.T. in 1982 and captured the hearts of everybody who wandered out to see it. Towards the end of the heartfelt flick, young Elliot and his friends manage to resuscitate E.T. (who was previously found looking like a dried-out dog turd in a river bed) and rescue him from shady government spies wielding walkie-talkies. Having achieved the world's coolest suburban bike chase, whilst also giving birth to the Amblin' logo in the space of ten minutes, Elliot and E.T. get back to the woods where he was first abandoned. A spaceship lands, John Williams' score goes into "I'm going to make you cry" overdrive, Elliot and his friend embrace for one last time, and E.T. goes back into space with his parents. There's even a rainbow, 'cause that's how happy an ending this is. Um, well, sort of. Let's not forget that, given they were in the company of an actual alien for a few months, Elliot and his family are sure to become the most famous people on the planet. They're all probably going to get arrested, too, because they stole an alien from a government-controlled zone, defied FBI agents at every turn, and refused to co-operate on a number of occassions. Also they let an alien go free, which is a huge government no-no. Then there's all the months of interrogation and question-answering associated with having buddied up with an extra terrestrial for a while. The road to freedom is going to be one hell of a long ride. Thanks, E.T.. Thanks for landing on Earth. I suppose a few weeks of friendship was worth a lifetime of pain and torment.
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