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The Ultimate Showdown: E. T. vs. The Thing (Vol. 21)

crimsonmoose3 · 2006-05-16T13:36:25+00:00

E. T. Steven Spielberg’s E.T. was a massive box office hit, but John Carpenter unfortunately had the misfortune of releasing The Thing at the exact same time. …

Started by crimsonmoose3 · May 16, 2006 · 👁 5 views · 25 replies

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Ethan Perez97 Active Member

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#21 · May 18, 2006

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brightfox6 says:
But ET’s got this tiny little Drew Barrymore—it’s almost disturbingly cute (honestly, if you put little Drew right next to those striped Whiskas kittens, she’d be shoulder to shoulder with them on my personal scale of terrifyingly adorable).

that sweet little thing was already on cocaine by the age of twelve...😬

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#22 · May 18, 2006

So, what's the actual argument here? I mean, 😁 was basically just a kid back in the day, maybe seven or eight... What if we just met halfway? Let’s say we decide '82 was the absolute cutoff for that whole era of the super-sweet little Drew we all knew, and everything after that is fair game for criticism—based on, you know, our own personal take on things...

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#23 · May 18, 2006

Ethan Perez97 said:That little sweet girl was already using cocaine by the age of twelve. 😬

Steve was handing out nothing but handfuls of cash on set.

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#24 · May 18, 2006

northerncrane4 said:Steve was handing out plenty of tips on set...

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#25 · May 19, 2006

The Thing 🙏🙏🙏

No point in even polling—the Electro team doesn't stand a chance☕

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#26 · May 19, 2006

Neither one ☕
I watched thing, but honestly, I'm way too old for E.T. to make it an actual thing, though I’d probably demolish a massive bucket of popcorn 😁

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