NEWS: E.T. Blu-ray will feature ONLY the 1982 Theatrical Release

ET Blu-Ray: It’s coming. Spielberg said he wanted to poll the audience. He asked us if there was anybody in the crowd that would be disappointed if the 2002 Special Edition was not included on the Blu, if it was only the original 1982 version. He was greeted with a roaring “No!” from the crowd and said, “Well, that settles it then.” So, he strongly implied the ET Blu-Ray will be the original theatrical cut only and not even include the gun-less, penis breath-less CGI’d ET version.

On the ET SE: Spielberg said he let the immense criticism from parent groups after the theatrical release of ET get to him, which is what prompted the guns being taken out and the removal of the penis-breath line. He admitted that was a mistake and that he realized after the fact that changing the movie was “robbing the people of their memories of the movie.” He had a very hard time with that and said he confirmed what he told me in our interview that you won’t see any more digital tinkering in future releases of his films.

Stefan's Ghoest wrote:Did he say anything about inserting the triangle hit that is missing from E.T.'s and Elliot's final take-off?

Upended Quint wrote:FUCKING YES!

I knew my miserly resolve to wait it out would pay off. I never did buy the DVD and it's nice to see my strategy was worth the wait.

Thor wrote:I kinda like the 2002 edition, and don't really have any issues with the changes. I loved the bath tub scene

Asked about another Indy film, a single cheer goes up in the audience, leading Spielberg to point and yell, “One person wants to see another Indiana Jones movie! The only person in the audience! [...] You know, I think that was the only bridge we didn’t burn because of Indy 4, thank you.”

Upended Quint wrote:

Thor wrote:I kinda like the 2002 edition, and don't really have any issues with the changes. I loved the bath tub scene

Well you would do, wouldn't you. That's because you've got fucking shit taste.

St. Elmo wrote:I just found another pretty cool quote from Spielberg at the LA screening of Raiders:

Asked about another Indy film, a single cheer goes up in the audience, leading Spielberg to point and yell, “One person wants to see another Indiana Jones movie! The only person in the audience! [...] You know, I think that was the only bridge we didn’t burn because of Indy 4, thank you.”

Do you think that's a way of admitting KotCS shortcomings?

Upended Quint wrote:

Thor wrote:I kinda like the 2002 edition, and don't really have any issues with the changes. I loved the bath tub scene

Well you would do, wouldn't you. That's because you've got fucking shit taste.

Upended Quint wrote:Yeah that's a popular angle and an understandable one, but I reject it. Spielberg was the director, he was ultimately responsible for how the movie turned out. He's a powerful guy - if he wanted to he could have told Lucas no. Spielberg is to blame for Indy IV, not Lucas.