E.T. The Extraterrestrial - The Cultural Touchstone You Don't Need to Watch
Beating a Dead Horse
English - July 15, 2021 15:57 - 54 minutes - 49.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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To be clear: We don't think E.T. is a bad movie, just that it's been referenced and iterated on so many times, you can probably safely skip the source without missing much more than a traumatizing alien.
Our Blockbuster reference: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/06/24/biggest-summer-blockbuster-each-year-since-1975/39608473/