Still. It didn’t even get released on VHS until 1988. It’s one of the most famous movies of all time. Guaranteed many if not most millenials saw it as a kid.
Saw it, yeah. But it never really hit with me as something I identify with. I saw tons of things made before I was born, but things that came out after I was completely conscious of storytelling resonate differently.
ET doesn’t do anything for me in this meme. It might as well be Elmer Fudd.
Back in my day, kids watched movies that weren’t brand new.
Signed, a millennial who watched ET as a kid.
We got em years later on cassette at Blockbuster, and we would re-rent and re-watch our favorites sometimes.
There also weren’t as many movies to choose from, nor was it all available at our fingertips all the time.
And after that it would be on TV. If memory serves me right it was kind of a big deal the first time that happened.
Yep, and if I recall correctly, it usually hit cable TV first (usually HBO, I think), and then edited-for-broadcast-TV versions later.
Sure, but I have to imagine it was written with currently-alive kids in mind, not the not-yet-conceived. Now get off my lawn.
Still. It didn’t even get released on VHS until 1988. It’s one of the most famous movies of all time. Guaranteed many if not most millenials saw it as a kid.
Saw it, yeah. But it never really hit with me as something I identify with. I saw tons of things made before I was born, but things that came out after I was completely conscious of storytelling resonate differently.
ET doesn’t do anything for me in this meme. It might as well be Elmer Fudd.
lol, funny enough I’d also identify with an Elmer Fudd reference. I grew up watching a ton of Looney Tunes in the early 90s.