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ForkShirtUp t1_j6iyp8w wrote
I thought the ET knock-off was this movie Paul Rudd keeps trying to promote on Conan O'Brien
Weirdguy149 t1_j6izyz1 wrote
That's Mac and Me, the longest and strangest McDonald's commercial in cinematic history.
notoriously_late t1_j6jjajm wrote
And also gave us the greatest Honest Trailers episode ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5qY1tWq6Fo
"Why only Mac and Me has an 8 minute long dance sequence in a McDonalds. Your hero is in a wheelchair, why would you do this!"
VoliBeast t1_j6k1clf wrote
What was the other movie that was a Coca Cola commercial, cause every scene had the Coca-Cola logo in the background.
BondageKitty37 t1_j6kc5ya wrote
Mac and Me was also a Coca Cola commercial, since that was all the aliens could drink. Coca Cola even saved the adult aliens from dying
cbbuntz t1_j6kj0d0 wrote
Didn't Mars refuse Spielberg regarding using M&Ms? Probably one of the worst business decisions ever.
rick_blatchman t1_j6kvfkc wrote
Yeah, they thought that E.T. looked ugly and repulsive. They ended up kicking themselves while the Reese's folks danced in a rainstorm of money.
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leg_day t1_j6kj4zv wrote
If you haven't caught the 2018 revamp of Mystery Science Theater 3000 on Netflix, Season 12 Episode 1 is about Mac and Me.
> Wow, this is like a Pixar film! In that it exists, and has a title!
DOOP_Investigator t1_j6kwb7m wrote
Preeetty niice!
shf500 t1_j6k5ivr wrote
I remember this movie coming out in theaters. Did Nukie have a theatrical release?
Also, did parents buy/rent their kids Mac and Me or Nukie thinking "it's the same thing as E.T. All movies have the same quality, right?"
RedditorDeluxe1319 t1_j6le8yr wrote
I think Houseguest (1995) was longer.
SandmanAlcatraz t1_j6j1aoi wrote
That's Mac & Me, which is also an ET knockoff.
ET was popular enough to have multiple knockoffs, which isn't uncommon.
Take these Star Wars knockoffs for example:
MST3K had an episode with yet another ET knockoff: 1983's Pod People (also known as Extra Terrestrial Visitors or The New Extraterrestrials)
PhillyTaco t1_j6jorhc wrote
Trumpy!
Mst3Kgf t1_j6k0jsk wrote
You can do stupid things!
PhillyTaco t1_j6liiq6 wrote
User name checks out.
orangutanoz t1_j6jmcg0 wrote
Cheech and Chong even had an ET bit in Still Smoking.
rick_blatchman t1_j6kvk1q wrote
Eddie Torrez!
opiate_lifer t1_j6jmg27 wrote
FWIW Battle Beyond The Stars is a ton of cheesy fun! Not even so bad its good, its just fun and enjoyable.
rowin-owen t1_j6o1iaw wrote
Soundtrack is killer. James Horner, baby!
adamszymcomics t1_j6lgili wrote
Yeah there were a bunch of different E.T. knockoffs, but Little Visitor has to be the one with the most unsettling history:
psdpro7 t1_j6lj84r wrote
MST3K has done three ET knockoffs now, "Pod People, "Mac & Me," and just this past year "Munchie."
jpj007 t1_j6mki7m wrote
Munchie is an insane fever dream of a movie, but it's not an ET knockoff.
go222 t1_j6o1rxh wrote
Battle Beyond the Stars probably got made because of the success of Star Wars, but the story is a rip-off of Seven Samuri. Other movies that borrowed from Seven Samuri include
-The Magnificent Seven (and rides again)
-Bugs Life
Given how good some of these are and how poor Battle Beyond the Stars is, it depends on quality which is a rip-off and which are just remakes.
AnUnbeatableUsername t1_j6j7kyx wrote
You thought there was only one?
jumpyg1258 t1_j6k1dcy wrote
There's different levels of quality when it comes to 80's movies featuring friendly alien hanging out with kids. You have your top tier with "E.T." then you have your middle ground with "Mac and Me" and then you have the bottom of the barrel with "NUKIE".
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