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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWe just got back from a late showing of the new "Independence Day."
We were the only two people in the theater and we laughed all the way through. It was sooo horrible it was actually funny. Seriously folks, I don't know how the actors got through their lines with a straight face. I do, however, think prepubescents would enjoy it. A lot of cute guys and aerial dog-fighting.
mrmpa
(4,033 posts)but I am a fan of Independence Day. I was thinking of seeing the new Independence Day today. It's $5 all day admission at the local theater.
But you just talked me out of it. It is shown in 3D, but I think I would get nauseous watching that version.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)But I've long since identified that I haves a 12 year old boy in my psyche someplace. Embracing that part of me has brought me much fun at times.
kay1864
(5,064 posts)"Things I did not know until I saw ID4"
It is reasonable to assume that the quality of the training of United States Marine Corps pilots is such that any Marine fly boy could hop into an alien spacecraft and immediately be able to fly it into deep space
The White House press secretary has a listed phone number
When stuck in a tunnel and faced with Armageddon in the form of a fireball that is capable of obliterating all life in Los Angeles, simply duck into a maintenance closet and let the end of the world pass you by
High-class strippers with a heart of gold can operate most heavy equipment
It is not beyond the realm of imagination that the President of the United States would be a fighter jock and would be willing to return to active duty to do battle with invincible alien bad guys
Alien spacecraft the size of Australia can be taken out with one well-placed Sidewinder missile
Most PowerBooks are configured with interfaces powerful enough to override the communications systems of the most sophisticated futuristic societies
Despite the fact that they wear biomechanical body armor that can only be removed with a scalpel and the fact that they possess hyper-developed brains that allow them to destroy their enemies simply by thinking about it, alien fighter pilots have a glass jaw and can be knocked unconscious for hours with one punch
If you are a woman who: 1) survives a blast from an alien spacecraft that wipes out Los Angeles 2) lives through the ensuing helicopter crash 3) survives while buried by rubble 4) survives despite being transported by open backed diesel truck across the worst terrain ever created...do not check into a military hospital with the best medical help money can buy because YOU WILL DIE
Despite the fact that no living person, even on a clear day with a map and two state troopers providing an escort, can negotiate the Los Angeles freeway system without getting lost, nearly-blown-up women can drive through the shattered ruins of a decimated Los Angeles straight to El Toro
When you crash an alien spacecraft into the high desert because you were hurtled back through the earth's atmosphere by an atomic blast you set off, the fact that you do not have a parachute or any other visible means of slowing your fall does not mean that you should not walk away from the wreckage completely unscathed and straight into your girl's arms
The standard trip home from space, when assisted by an atomic blast, lasts approximately two to three pulls on a cigar
Although aliens possess technological capabilities millions of years beyond our own that enables them to embed secret codes in our satellite network, they can be stymied by Morse Code, which is generally printed on the front panel of a child's walkie talkie
The most sophisticated labs in the world have impenetrable vault doors buried 30 stories into mountains but use regular hardware store glass panes for observation rooms in the lab nerve center
Although aliens possess tentacles dexterous enough to manipulate human vocal cords from outside the throat when the need to speak strikes them, they cannot open a door for themselves
The correct military honor for a hero who saves the world by sacrificing his own life by flying directly into the alien death ray is to clap and cheer wildly in front of the hero's family immediately after he perishes
Any vehicle, including clunkers, can make the trip down from Manhattan to Washington D.C. in just a few hours in gridlocked end-of-the-world type traffic.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)You evidently love finding fault. That's cool. I mean that.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)Part of the fun--since we were the only two people in the theater--was doing our own on-the-spot "MST3K" narrative. And the popcorn was yummy. Yet everyone going to see it should know that the movie doesn't hold a candle to the first one.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)I mean those are some of the same questions I have pondered then realized the idiot who wrote this didn't give a fuck if anything made sense.
I had to laugh about that last comment -
Any vehicle, including clunkers, can make the trip down from Manhattan to Washington D.C. in just a few hours in gridlocked end-of-the-world type traffic.
Because I question if the same writer for ID4 also wrote 'The Day After Tomorrow' where 2 men were capable of walking from Central Jersey to Midtown Manhattan in less than 24hours. BTW, in normal conditions the walk from Trenton to NYC is about 17hours and I would assume that somewhere there would be some sleep involved.
Tree-Hugger
(3,370 posts)Last edited Thu Jul 7, 2016, 05:33 AM - Edit history (1)
I loved it. My son loved it. I had way low expectations because it's a disaster movie. It did it's job. Plus, I am a HUGE Brent Spiner fan and it was nice to see him get more screen time in this film.
lame54
(35,294 posts)Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)But certainly Will Smith made the movie. Really missed WS in this last one.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,182 posts)I look forward to watching the sequel but will probably wait for video on it.
KeizoOshima2
(17 posts)Then again, I've never cared for those types of popcorn rubbish anyway.