re: Overanalyzing Independence Day - Russell Kay

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I never understood how all the ships were taken down once the force fields were removed. These were giant ships with squadrons protecting them. The force fields were only part of the problem.

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Just saw the movie on tv and always wondered what the deal was with this.

The general guy tells his people to tell everyone how to get those sumbithces down and they all morse code it to other countries. I thought the main thing was infecting the mothership and making her send out the virus to all the smaller ships so their shields would be disabled for a few minutes. By the time the message gets out, the shields should be back up and they are back to square one. Unless, the nuke being set off in the mothership made all that monkey business useless.

Great movie



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Originally Russel was to not be allowed a jet, so he decides to strap a missile on his crop duster and take out the ship.

I shite you not...

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Wow that would have been ridiculous. But it might have been a little more believable if you think about it. I might take that cut scene over believing that a drunk idiot learned to fly a fighter jet in a matter of hours. Literally he was drunk during the 'crash course'