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8:54p, 7/4/21
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Possibly THE greatest summer blockbuster ever.





And what the hell is that smell?!
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Fat Bib Fortuna
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9:07p, 7/4/21
Came out on July 3, GTFO.
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Brian Earl Spilner
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 9:23p, 7/4/21
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You mean the same day T2 did?

GTFO
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9:49p, 7/4/21
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Welcome to Earf!
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9:56p, 7/4/21
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I know it got its sequel eventually but to me ID not getting a sequel in the immediate few years after its release was one of Hollywood's great mysteries. Crazy that in an industry where they chase the easy money of a blockbuster sequel it didn't those first few years.
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11:03p, 7/4/21
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Just finished my rewatch, as I like to do most Independence Days. Best speech in a movie, for me.

Also, is he the best movie President? I don't have one I would put over him.
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11:04p, 7/4/21
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Stupid aliens and their clear lack of anti-virus software!
Make Mental Asylums Great Again!
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In reply to Lathspell • 11:33p, 7/4/21
DallasTeleAg said:

Also, is he the best movie President? I don't have one I would put over him.

Harrison Ford in Air Force One
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12:04a, 7/5/21
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I remember when this movie premiered. It was the only time I can ever think of when a movie premiered at midnight and had continuous showings through the night.

Want to see "Independence Day" at 4:00 in the morning? You could. They didn't even do that with "The Phantom Menace" if I remember.
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In reply to NColoradoAG • 12:17a, 7/5/21
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NColoradoAG said:
DallasTeleAg said:

Also, is he the best movie President? I don't have one I would put over him.

Harrison Ford in Air Force One
A good one, but not better than Pullman.
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In reply to NColoradoAG • 6:49a, 7/5/21
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NColoradoAG said:
DallasTeleAg said:

Also, is he the best movie President? I don't have one I would put over him.

Harrison Ford in Air Force One

But what a crap movie! Glen close as VP was horrendous!
Make Mental Asylums Great Again!
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In reply to Lathspell • 6:57a, 7/5/21
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DallasTeleAg said:
Just finished my rewatch, as I like to do most Independence Days. Best speech in a movie, for me.

Also, is he the best movie President? I don't have one I would put over him.


What about the guy that was President in both The Rock and Armageddon?

Pretty eventful administration.
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 7:08a, 7/5/21
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Fat Bib Fortuna said:
Came out on July 3, GTFO.


I saw it on the 2nd.
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8:15a, 7/5/21
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Quote:
Possibly THE greatest summer blockbuster ever.
Star Wars holding on line 1.
Jaws holding on line 2.
A few other lines are buzzing as well.

I enjoyed ID4, but greatest is not the word I would use to describe it. Truly a great build up through the initial attack and earth response. But when we get into the freaking computer virus territory ... good Lord. What, do the Aliens run some Windows platform? And while it is a great shot at the end, they straight out ripped off The Right Stuff with Smith/Goldblum walking away from the crashed spaceship in the desert.

The sequel is among the worst movies ever made. If I recall, they even had something set up for a third movie during that sequel, but I'm guessing the sequel killed any notion of a third movie.

And yes, I see your use of the word 'Possibly'.
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In reply to St Hedwig Aggie • 9:00a, 7/5/21
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West Point Aggie said:
NColoradoAG said:
DallasTeleAg said:

Also, is he the best movie President? I don't have one I would put over him.

Harrison Ford in Air Force One

But what a crap movie! Glen close as VP was horrendous!


This is a troll right?
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 9:11a, 7/5/21
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9:37a, 7/5/21
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My first ever midnight premier.
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9:57a, 7/5/21
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I was 15 years old when this came out and I cannot emphasize how little I, and so many others in 1996, knew about computers. To the point where I remember thinking the computer virus thing was genius on first viewing.
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Fat Bib Fortuna
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10:01a, 7/5/21
I reviewed ID4 for the Battalion even though I had graduated 2 months earlier.
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10:24a, 7/5/21
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https://screenrant.com/independence-day-aliens-computer-virus-plot-hole-deleted-scene/
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Fat Bib Fortuna
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10:48a, 7/5/21
My biggest boggle with ID4 is at Area 51 when Whitmore suggests that Jeff Goldblum take a look at the alien tech since he cracked the code and goes heavy d*bag sarcasm saying "And we'll see if you're as smart as we all hope you are."

I know they have prior history and once got in a fistfight, but this guy literally just saved the lives of you, your daughter, and every single person on your staff. Did the dressing down that Judd Hirsch gave him on Air Force 1 not sink in?
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10:48a, 7/5/21
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I watched this a couple of months ago and I don't think it holds up that well. Still like Pullman as President but there are movies in here that blow this away as the all time July 4 blockbuster.
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In reply to Fat Bib Fortuna • 12:07p, 7/5/21
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Interesting, I never took it that way.
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12:23p, 7/5/21
I remember the whole audience cheered when they nuked Houston.
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St Hedwig Aggie
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 12:30p, 7/5/21
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
West Point Aggie said:
NColoradoAG said:
DallasTeleAg said:

Also, is he the best movie President? I don't have one I would put over him.

Harrison Ford in Air Force One

But what a crap movie! Glen close as VP was horrendous!


This is a troll right?

Not at all; I hated the movie!
Make Mental Asylums Great Again!
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In reply to St Hedwig Aggie • 12:51p, 7/5/21
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Get off my thread.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 2:58p, 7/5/21
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Get off my thread.
When Ford sits down in the copilot seat near the end, they should have had him say. "Switch over, let's hope we don't have a burnout."
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3:34p, 7/5/21
Https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/independence-day-movie-cast-oral-history-1234976626/amp/

This was a really good read.
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In reply to 20ag07 • 4:05p, 7/5/21
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That was awesome. Thanks for posting.
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4:08p, 7/5/21
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By the way, Vivica A Fox is ridiculously beautiful in this movie.
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4:28p, 7/5/21
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Just finished and this is a great listen...


https://www.theringer.com/2021/7/5/22561376/independence-day-with-bill-simmons-chris-ryan-and-shea-serrano
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First movie I saw in a stadium theatre
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7:07p, 7/5/21
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When America was so great, we had to think up alien invaders who could give us a run for our money. God it's such a great movie.
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11:16p, 7/5/21
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I picked a hell of a day to quit drinking.
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