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re: Overanalyzing Independence Day - Russell Kay
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:24 am to Deactived
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:24 am to Deactived
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I dont think we would be in mop up mode though. Although dont they show some sandy people in the end cheering for a downed mini-mothership?
The assistant coach from Necessary Roughness tells the president "they're coming down across the globe" when he lands after the battle. The Americans knew they had won when they went out in the desert. They showed down ships in the Middle East, Africa, Australia, etc.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:43 am to elprez00
For a little more levity:
Bob Dole debates Incumbent President Whitmore
Bob Dole debates Incumbent President Whitmore
Posted on 7/29/15 at 7:47 am to The Pirate King
I'm not sure what you're talking about, the entire premise behind documentaries is that they are based in reality.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 8:54 am to The Pirate King
Is there any way to verify what cities were hit by the aliens and which weren't, so we can estimate the death toll?
I think we can assume the following based on info from the movie:
DC, NYC, LA, Houston, Philadelphia, Paris, Moscow, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Colorado Springs (NORAD)
We know the following were spared:
Cairo, Sydney
Any others that can be confirmed?
I think we can assume the following based on info from the movie:
DC, NYC, LA, Houston, Philadelphia, Paris, Moscow, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Colorado Springs (NORAD)
We know the following were spared:
Cairo, Sydney
Any others that can be confirmed?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:06 am to The Pirate King
"I'm a pilot......I belong in the air..."
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:11 am to brodeo
Have we brought up yet that they hacked super advanced alien technology with a fricking Mac?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 9:20 am to skirpnasty
Our modern software technology had been developed via reverse engineering components of the alien ship. Therefor, interfacing our technology with theirs wasn't all that difficult because ours branched from theirs.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 12:39 pm to AUjim
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You guys should overanalyze something else. Armageddon...? Twister...?
We should do Home Alone.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 12:46 pm to CocomoLSU
ok but if the goal was to actually have the nuke disable the shields of all the ships by destroying the mother ship. What was the point of the virus and launching the attack?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 12:52 pm to BilJ
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ok but if the goal was to actually have the nuke disable the shields of all the ships by destroying the mother ship. What was the point of the virus and launching the attack?
Didn't the virus disable the shields and the nuke disable the mothership which created the chaos (like communication and all that)?
So both were necessary?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 12:58 pm to CocomoLSU
but I would think blowing the mother ship up would accomplish both?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 1:37 pm to BilJ
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but I would think blowing the mother ship up would accomplish both?
Blowing up the mother ship wouldn't necessarily disable the shields without the virus. Somehow managing to upload the virus without blowing up the mother-ship would result in several issues:
1. They would still have a massive foot soldier army to deal with which was preparing for a land invasion
2. Communication between crafts and the mother ship would likely have been restored in time to get the shields back up and counter the working human strategy before all alien capital ships are destroyed.
The virus got rid of the shields
The bomb made shield loss permanent, severed command/control structure, and destroyed all reinforcements and ground forces.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 1:39 pm to CocomoLSU
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Didn't the virus disable the shields and the nuke disable the mothership which created the chaos (like communication and all that)?
So both were necessary?
Also, you need the virus to disable the mother ship so they could get away before the nuke went off.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 1:48 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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This thread is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie.
In "Son In Law", when Crawl starts up the combine the sound of a gasoline engine is clearly heard. The combine is obviously a diesel. This movie is COMPLETE bullshite!
Posted on 7/29/15 at 1:51 pm to stonedbegonias
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This thread is as useless as searching for meaning in a Pauly Shore movie.
"PCU" predicted the SJW movement that we now are victim to today. It was one of the most poignant films of its time. In fact, a more prophetic film wouldn't come about again until "Idiocracy".
This post was edited on 7/29/15 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 7/29/15 at 2:08 pm to brodeo
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Is there any way to verify what cities were hit by the aliens and which weren't, so we can estimate the death toll? I think we can assume the following based on info from the movie: DC, NYC, LA, Houston, Philadelphia, Paris, Moscow, London, Tokyo, Beijing, Colorado Springs (NORAD) We know the following were spared: Cairo, Sydney Any others that can be confirmed?
I recall Whitmore looking at some map when he was being told about the worldwide destruction of every major city. "We're being exterminated." On that map, it looked like every major city in the US that had a significant population.
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