Spielberg editing guns out of E.T. re-release??

robear · August 20, 2001, 06:21 AM

I Just caught this on Foxnews.com:

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De-Fanging the Feds in E.T.

Steven Spielberg, planning a special re-release his movie E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for May 2002, is said to be tweaking the film for more 21st-century sensibilities, reports Ain't It Cool News.

One of the changes is said to be that every gun in the original film is being removed for the 20th-anniversary special edition.

In the original, the children harboring the alien are chased around by government agents brandishing guns. In the new version, according to Henry Knowles and several other fan sites, the agents will wave nothing more deadly than walkie-talkies.

Here's a link to the entire page... Second story down...
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,32488,00.html

21st-century sensibilities?!?!?!? :barf:

-R

UPDATE - Here's the link to the "Ain't It Cool News" story:
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=9838

(neat little animation in the top-left corner!)

OF · August 20, 2001, 01:17 PM

Shhhh! You'll spook the sheep with all this 'gun' talk.

- Gabe

scud · August 20, 2001, 01:32 PM

I saw some movie or another this weekend where there were multiple gunfights were cut out with a butchery that was so confusing that you literally had no idea what was happening in the movie. These were gun fights, evidentely we are not allowed to see things like that in new pansified socialist amerika. They want the sheeple to cower at the sight of a gun, but they would rather they didn't see guns at all, look for them to try and supliment the sheeples violence quota with a wider range of bizarre sexual pratices in a theater near you.:barf:

Darkangel · August 20, 2001, 07:55 PM

Maybe he can rework the Ruby Ridge videos, or the Waco films. I'm sure the walkie talkies will be very impressive. He is such a smuck!
DA
:barf:

USP45 · August 20, 2001, 08:04 PM

Come now folks, we all know that MP-5 weilding Federal Agents never chase after 5 year old kids.

~USP

inGobwetrust · August 20, 2001, 10:30 PM

Pretty hypocritical for someone who reportedly has one of the nation's largest private gun collections.

August 21, 2001, 12:19 AM

Gator · August 21, 2001, 09:47 AM

So what are we now so stupid as to think that federal agents (let alone local LEOs) are not going on patrol armed?

How stupid. Of course their armed. They should be. It's a dangerous job. Turning guns into radios doesn't change a thing.

Gator

Mark Jones · August 21, 2001, 03:08 PM

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So what are we now so stupid as to think that federal agents (let alone local LEOs) are not going on patrol armed?

How stupid. Of course their armed. They should be. It's a dangerous job. Turning guns into radios doesn't change a thing.

No, the feds should NOT be armed. If they need or want firepower, they should be required to work with the local or state authorities, who can supply all the armed peace officers they could ever need.

Redlg155 · August 21, 2001, 04:41 PM

Maybe they will all have a British accent and have Benny Hill as the extraterrestial being?

That would be the only way I would watch it!

I guess they will someday do a remake of the Bonanza series with all the cowboys shooting at each other with their fingers.

Go figure.

Good Shooting
RED

August 20, 2001, 10:30 PM	#6
inGobwetrust Senior Member Join Date: January 11, 2001 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 179	Pretty hypocritical for someone who reportedly has one of the nation's largest private gun collections. __________________ "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" George Orwell

August 20, 2001, 01:17 PM	#2
OF Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2000 Posts: 2,239	Shhhh! You'll spook the sheep with all this 'gun' talk. - Gabe

August 20, 2001, 01:32 PM	#3
scud Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2000 Location: Tampa FL Posts: 1,094	I saw some movie or another this weekend where there were multiple gunfights were cut out with a butchery that was so confusing that you literally had no idea what was happening in the movie. These were gun fights, evidentely we are not allowed to see things like that in new pansified socialist amerika. They want the sheeple to cower at the sight of a gun, but they would rather they didn't see guns at all, look for them to try and supliment the sheeples violence quota with a wider range of bizarre sexual pratices in a theater near you.:barf:

August 20, 2001, 07:55 PM	#4
Darkangel Senior Member Join Date: July 17, 2001 Location: Oregon Posts: 313	Maybe he can rework the Ruby Ridge videos, or the Waco films. I'm sure the walkie talkies will be very impressive. He is such a smuck! DA :barf:

August 20, 2001, 08:04 PM	#5
USP45 Senior Member Join Date: March 22, 2000 Location: Peoples Commonwealth of Massachusetts Posts: 1,562	Come now folks, we all know that MP-5 weilding Federal Agents never chase after 5 year old kids. ~USP

August 21, 2001, 12:19 AM	#7
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August 21, 2001, 09:47 AM	#8
Gator Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Location: Gainesville Posts: 141	So what are we now so stupid as to think that federal agents (let alone local LEOs) are not going on patrol armed? How stupid. Of course their armed. They should be. It's a dangerous job. Turning guns into radios doesn't change a thing. Gator

August 21, 2001, 04:41 PM	#10
Redlg155 Senior Member Join Date: March 13, 2001 Location: NW Florida Posts: 2,307	Maybe they will all have a British accent and have Benny Hill as the extraterrestial being? That would be the only way I would watch it! I guess they will someday do a remake of the Bonanza series with all the cowboys shooting at each other with their fingers. Go figure. Good Shooting RED