re: Independence Day is a 10/10 movie

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Loses points for the absurd computer virus plot point.

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That always bugs me when people talk about that. They had that saucer for what, 40 years? And it was hooked up to their computer systems and shite in A51. Not to mention all the technological shite we would’ve learned over the decades of having it. It’s completely plausible that his laptop could be connected to the saucer via the A51 networks. And once he got hooked into that system, it automatically connects to the mothership. And let’s not forget that he’s a computer/technology genius basically, considering he discovered the countdown within the satellite system and located his wife in the White House via her cell phone.

I’m not saying it is completely above reproach, but easily plausible enough for the plot to work without much scrutiny.

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