E.T. (2015)

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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Timestamps for this episode:

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