Welcome Back, Alien
(03/28/02 5:00am)
The extra terrestrial has reared his endearing, bulbous head again. E.T. purists are horrified by the additions and modifications to what they deemed an already perfect film. Cynics scoff at the cheap scheme to make millions more off the little naked alien. But for big kids who weren't quite big enough the first time around to remember the plot in full, the scene where E.T. stands frozen among the stuffed animals in Elliot's closet to hide from his mom is enough to send us all running to find our Smurf lunchboxes and Superman capes.