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 #BrentSpiner's wacky scientist, more than a touch of the #DenzilDexter to him:
https://youtu.be/UIUdyBG_DT0?si=khhcNkfCxi7dOJ_H
*I am very aware the USA committed war crimes before the year 2000, please don't ReplyGuy me on that shit.
@Jyoti “Dave, ya gotta try this man.” I saw that movie when it came out, when I was visiting NYC. It was a surreal experience, with Americans whooping and cheering, and standing and clapping at President Pullman’s speech.
@Jyoti
“This isn’t like the Gulf War”
@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). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KioF1sTQFtE
Thanks for the link, I'll check it out!