# Did E.T. levitate objects, besides the bikes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 6, 2021, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002 "2021-10-06T13:38:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/21 "2021-10-07T17:01:19Z")
> [@Isamu](#): > > It came in really handy when he landed on the planet of Bitches. It’d be useless against Witches, though. Especially if they have nice dispositions. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/22 "2021-10-07T17:09:21Z")
But they rode brooms so he was also pretty safe on that encounter. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/23 "2021-10-07T17:50:26Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > It’d be useless against Witches, though. Especially if they have nice dispositions. If ET were an incel, then he could, ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/24 "2021-10-07T19:27:23Z")
> [@Grrr](#): > > I don’t think I’ve ever seen the moon that big in the horizon. People are still unaware as to how Spielberg moved the moon closer to Earth just for that shot. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/25 "2021-10-07T19:34:55Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > > [@Grrr](#): > > > > I don’t think I’ve ever seen the moon that big in the horizon. > > People are still unaware as to how Spielberg moved the moon closer to Earth just for that shot. - He didn’t. He moved _the Earth._ ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/26 "2021-10-07T22:28:17Z")
I do not like it when people talk about a classic movie as though it was something new they just discovered. I find it disconcerting and it makes me feel old. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/27 "2021-10-07T22:33:07Z")
Well, consider the fact I’ve never watched it at all. I don’t know if that makes it better or worse. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2021, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002/28 "2021-10-07T23:02:47Z")
The image of the Moon was much smaller in that scene than in reality. The real Moon is thousands of kilometers across, while the image was only a few tens of meters. But seriously, it’s a matter of comparison. We think the Moon in that scene looks big, but that’s just by comparison to the kids on the bikes. But we should be saying that the bikes look small. Because they were seen from very far away. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-e-t-levitate-objects-besides-the-bikes/952002.md?page=1)