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Watching Independence Day (1996) now and it seems strangely innocent.

Pre-9/11, pre-twenty years of murderous invasions* and holding child prisoners in Guantanamo.

I still love 's wacky scientist, more than a touch of the to him:

youtu.be/UIUdyBG_DT0?si=khhcNk

*I am very aware the USA committed war crimes before the year 2000, please don't ReplyGuy me on that shit.

InCameraNet

@Jyoti Lindsay Ellis has a fantastic video essay about how very pre-9/11 Independence Day (1996) was and compares it to post-9/11 War of the Worlds (2005). youtube.com/watch?v=KioF1sTQFt

@InCameraNet

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out! :ablobmeltsoblove: