How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Quote #1
GERTIE: I don't like his feet.
ELLIOTT: They're only feet, you little twerp.
We'd argue that—be it human or alien—the average foot isn't anything to write home about. Ugly feet span galaxies. See? We have so much in common.
Quote #2
MICHAEL: Maybe he's some animal that wasn't supposed to live; kind of like those rabbits we saw. He could be a monkey or an orangutan.
ELLIOTT: A bald monkey?
GERTIE: Is he a pig? He sure eats like one.
Listen, Gert: If you'd been living on Reese's Pieces you'd found on the ground, you'd be pretty hungry, too.
Quote #3
MICHAEL: Did you explain school to him?
ELLIOTT: How do you explain school to higher intelligence?
MICHAEL: Maybe he's not that smart. Maybe he's like a worker bee who knows only how to push buttons or something
ELLIOTT: He is too smart.
MICHAEL: Okay, I just hope we don't wake up on Mars or something, surrounded by millions of little squashy guys.
Do you think Michael's skepticism is justified, or is he being too hard on the "little squashy guy"? And what about Elliott? What makes him so sure that E.T.'s smart?