Episode 126 - E.T. - a podcast by Movie Podcast

from 2022-06-14T01:00

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Phone home! Join your favourite TransAtlantic podcasting crew: Ian, Liam, Ethan, and Georgia as we review Steven Spielberg's family classic, E.T. Grab your BMX bikes and chase through the streets looking for Reese's Pieces as we discuss


  • How this film relates to Steven Spielberg's personal life

  • The funny story behind how Reese's Pieces got involved with this film

  • We go down a rabbit hole with Spielbergian Suburbia and hyperreal nostalgia

  • We've got a live tasting of Reese's Pieces by Liam and Georgia who've never had it before

  • We're going for it again with Guinness Coffee Beer 2.0

  • We talk about a cameo that almost happened

  • We talk about the ending that initially was supposed to happen

  • We gush about if this is one of the best scores ever written

  • How the link between Elliott and E.T. is supposed to work

  • Liam's got some severe Mandela effect going on

  • Whether or not E.T. is the Best Film Ever.


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  • Cheezy (with a fish on a bike)


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Timestamps for this episode:


  • 0:00 - Opening Banter
    6:25 - Reflections & Corrections
    19:35 - Shoutouts
    32:50 - Deep Dive
    2:37:30 - Endgame

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