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Independence Day: Resurgence Trailer 1

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AstroNut325 said:
Day 1. No questions asked.
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I'm already camping inside the theater and posting on neogaf as I type. See that down there? Thats my tent.
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They shouldn't say Steve Hiller (Will Smith) is dead in this movie. They should just say he has gone AWOL at some point and still cannot be found. That way the door is open to bring him back in a third movie.
 
Anyone else bummed they're not bringing David Arnold back to do the score? His music was a good part of what made the original film so much fun (and in the early parts, suspenseful).

We're just gonna get another wallpaper score from Harald Kloser (who has done all of Emmerich's films since The Day After Tomorrow).
 
jb1234 said:
Anyone else bummed they're not bringing David Arnold back to do the score? His music was a good part of what made the original film so much fun (and in the early parts, suspenseful).
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That is a little disconcerning. David Arnold's score was one of the best parts of the movie. It is classic bombastic Hollywood type stuff, but it did have a lot of variety to it, with some great suspense and "fuck yeah!" moments all throughout.

Here's a great piece: https://youtu.be/cKemdI4yqwE?list=PLl_WfXX9Hvk5PtyzN7uQHMZDreec4cz3h&t=153
 
jb1234 said:
Anyone else bummed they're not bringing David Arnold back to do the score? His music was a good part of what made the original film so much fun (and in the early parts, suspenseful).
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At first at wikipedia they had his name attached to the project and I thought that his return would make the cast & crew rounder (so many returns except for Will Smith of course), but then the tide changed.... Meaning that both Kloser and Wander will write the score.
But I am good with that, mustn't grumble....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day:_Resurgence
 
MrCunningham said:
That is a little disconcerning. David Arnold's score was one of the best parts of the movie. It is classic bombastic Hollywood type stuff, but it did have a lot of variety to it, with some great suspense and "fuck yeah!" moments all throughout.

Here's a great piece: https://youtu.be/cKemdI4yqwE?list=PLl_WfXX9Hvk5PtyzN7uQHMZDreec4cz3h&t=153
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The absolute best scene in the movie was 90% driven by this cue: Evacuation. We don't get music like this in blockbusters any more.
 
This movie is going to flop so hard. The reason ID4 was such a phenomenon was due to

A. Marketing (I still remember the Super Bowl spot even today)
B. The special effects were absolutely mind blowing at the time

The sequel won't be able to gain the kind of buzz the first one generated by being new. The marketing will have to pander to the mystique of the original to rope in movie goers.
 
JasonMCG said:
This movie is going to flop so hard. The reason ID4 was such a phenomenon was due to

A. Marketing (I still remember the Super Bowl spot even today)
B. The special effects were absolutely mind blowing at the time

The sequel won't be able to gain the kind of buzz the first one generated by being new. The marketing will have to pander to the mystique of the original to rope in movie goers.
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I dunno, I feel like Jurassic World coasted to success largely on its nostalgia. If this can manage even a fraction of that it'll be just fine.
 
jb1234 said:
Anyone else bummed they're not bringing David Arnold back to do the score? His music was a good part of what made the original film so much fun (and in the early parts, suspenseful).

We're just gonna get another wallpaper score from Harald Kloser (who has done all of Emmerich's films since The Day After Tomorrow).
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Yeah that sucks big time. All of David Arnold's scores for Emmerichs movies were terrific.

Would be a huge mistake if they don't bring back the music theme from the original.
 
Honestly I'm just interested in the premise: Aliens invade Earth but humans actually had the opportunity to prepare and adapt Alien technology.
 
Dead said:
Yeah that sucks big time. All of David Arnold's scores for Emmerichs movies were terrific.

Would be a huge mistake if they don't bring back the music theme from the original.
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And the alien theme! Apparently Emmerich and Arnold had a big falling out over the music for "The Patriot" (which John Williams ended up doing). It's a real shame.
 
Dead said:
And after Williams he ended up with Kloser....
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Yay.

I kinda figured Kloser wasn't going away since he's taken on an increased role in Emmerich's films (strangely). He wrote (or co-wrote) two of them and has been a producer for four. I can't speak for his producing talents but he's a mediocre composer (and writer).
 
So if they were to redo the Randy Quaid sacrifice scene in the new film, what would the line be?

In the words of my generation, "#kthnxbye!"

jb1234 said:
And the alien theme! Apparently Emmerich and Arnold had a big falling out over the music for "The Patriot" (which John Williams ended up doing). It's a real shame.
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That really does suck, Arnold's score for Stargate, ID4, and Godzilla '98 really gave those films character. Hopefully they adapt some of his themes in the new film.
 
What are the chances that Smith's character went "mysteriously missing" a few years after the first incident, this movie plays out into the third and the third is centered around Smiths character coming back from alien containment/torture or him coming back from fighting his own fight against the aliens?
 
wenis said:
What are the chances that Smith's character went "mysteriously missing" a few years after the first incident, this movie plays out into the third and the third is centered around Smiths character coming back from alien containment/torture or him coming back from fighting his own fight against the aliens?
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Check out warof1996.com. It's a viral site for this movie. Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) died while test flying the first hybrid jet that humanity developed with the alien tech. He had the honor of testing it first since he was a hero of the war, but it blew up mid flight.
 
Ecotic said:
Now that I think about it, why would the aliens come back? The answer simply is they would have to come back to finish us off, it's too big of a risk not to.

The aliens have to assume we've reverse engineered their technology, and that we've captured some surviving aliens and interrogated them to find out more about their homeworld, their interstellar empire, and advanced engineering marvels like a Dyson Sphere and so on. Maybe we're even breeding the survivors to become a subservient slave species.

Give us 1,000 years and we could become an intergalactic super predator species like they are. And the aliens have to know humanity would never feel safe if the aliens from the War of 1996 aren't exterminated or made into a subservient caste. Humans defeated a smaller group with primitive tech, the aliens have to assume that we're a dangerous species if we have the right technology and enough time to prepare.
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That is a very good point. Though if this was any bit realistic and it took them 20 years to get here I would try negotiating first.
 
wildfire said:
That is a very good point. Though if this was any bit realistic and it took them 20 years to get here I would try negotiating first.
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Dialogue between the species looks like it may be happening in the trailer, just before the Secret Service guys start shooting in the dark room. Maybe the aliens want to talk again? Much like last time when President Pullman spoke to it at Area 51.
 
I really hope that Will Smith does a Vin Diesel at the end of Tokyo Drift and surprises everyone by showing up being all awesome, ready for the next sequel.
 
Machina said:
Check out warof1996.com. It's a viral site for this movie. Captain Steven Hiller (Will Smith) died while test flying the first hybrid jet that humanity developed with the alien tech. He had the honor of testing it first since he was a hero of the war, but it blew up mid flight.
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Yep. That answered my question.

Guess that's one way to explain a character out of a sequel.

Like how Keanu Reeves wasn't in Speed 2 because he broke up with Bullock. So much for adrenalin-fueled true love.
 
I dunno. If Will Smith wasn't returning I'd kind of expect them to write in a plausible non-death scenario, just in case it turns around in the future. Seems like this is trying too hard already to make us believe he's not coming back.

Eternally optimistic...
 
No way Will smith is completely out. Even the website says "unknown malfunction" when describing the events of his death. His Captain Barbosa-like epic return will be magnificent. And from that trailer alone there is no way we win this fight. Alien whoop ass all in here.
 
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