Steven Spielberg regrets modifying weapons out of 2002 re-release of ‘E.T.’

Acclaimed movie director Steven Spielberg on Tuesday mentioned he laments modifying weapons out of a scene from “E.T. the Extraterrestrial” and changing them with walkie-talkies within the twentieth anniversary launch of the film.

“That was a mistake,” Mr. Spielberg mentioned on the Time 100 Summit. “I never should have done that because ‘E.T.’ is a product of its era. No film should be revised based on the lenses we now are either voluntarily or being forced to peer through.”

The 1982 authentic movie’s climax incorporates a scene the place federal brokers with weapons chase kids, however the director opted to provide the feds handheld radios for the 2002 model of the film.

Mr. Spielberg acknowledged the error in 2011 and corrected it for the thirtieth anniversary launch of the film in 2012, in response to The Guardian.       

The director additionally spoke up in protection of preserving Roald Dahl’s authentic works as publishing firms attempt to revise his texts round fashionable sensibilities.