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[Lan Dong Mik]

This looks fun as hell!! Can't fucking wait.

 

[WarMacheen]

Fucking love the original, in for this one as well.

 

[tci]

Much hype! Will be my nr. 1 summer movie for sure!

 

[Timbuktu]

Feels like this year's Jurassic World.

Hollywood seem pretty keen to destroy London these days, feels like we've seen London Eye keel over countless time.

 

[EGM1966]

Goldblum's delivery is perfect.

He is going to steal the show isn't he?

He always does. What's worrisome here though is in the original he was one of multiple actors making jokes and winking at the audience.

Here he feels isolated with a bunch of young actors who (at least in trailer) seem to be trying to take it all seriously.

 

[Ninhead]

Will Smith is totally gonna be in this.

 

[Rentahamster]

Is Baldwin in this one too? His character in the first movie is a badass.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Is Baldwin in this one too? His character in the first movie is a badass.

I doubt it. He's become kind of an antagonistic figure in the meantime.

But who knows.

It's not like they need him, really.

 

[Sadist]

The original is a guilty pleasure... want to see this.

 

[brandonh83]

This is it. He did it. Roland Emmerich has officially graduated past your typical summer blockbuster destruction into some kind of psychological... prison of mass death, where he has complete control over a proverbial chessboard of destruction-- and every move he makes is a deviously, meticulously calculated, bona-fide victory over the last.

This isn't summer blockbuster destruction. This is the musings of a psychopath.

 

[Bishop89]

Tom Rothman is lying on a park bench somewhere in LA, drunk, watching this realising that whatever slim chance his Robotech film had of getting made has probably gone up in smoke.

there was a possible robotech film?

That would have been awesome

 

[Dash_Riprock]

This is it. He did it. Roland Emmerich has officially graduated past your typical summer blockbuster destruction into some kind of psychological... prison of mass death, where he has complete control over a proverbial chessboard of destruction-- and every move he makes is a deviously, meticulously calculated, bona-fide victory over the last.

This isn't summer blockbuster destruction. This is the musings of a psychopath.

I think you're confusing Emmerich with Snyder.

 

[Sephzilla]

This is it. He did it. Roland Emmerich has officially graduated past your typical summer blockbuster destruction into some kind of psychological... prison of mass death, where he has complete control over a proverbial chessboard of destruction-- and every move he makes is a deviously, meticulously calculated, bona-fide victory over the last.

This isn't summer blockbuster destruction. This is the musings of a psychopath.

That's more Zack Sny---

I think you're confusing Emmerich with Snyder.

 

[thecouncil]

So was Mae Whitman ever asked to come back to play the daughter or did they really just skip over her when casting everyone else from the original?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Snyder has a ways to go before he approaches the disasterthrone that Emmerich sits upon, wearing the skull of Irwin Winkler atop his head like a bony crown.

So was Mae Whitman ever asked to come back to play the daughter or did they really just skip over her when casting everyone else from the original?

They skipped her.

 

[Blader]

So was Mae Whitman ever asked to come back to play the daughter or did they really just skip over her when casting everyone else from the original?

They skipped her over. I think she was a bit annoyed about it.

 

[thecouncil]

They skipped her.

They skipped her over. I think she was a bit annoyed about it.

That's pretty shitty.

 

[El Topo]

I think you're confusing Emmerich with Snyder.

Are you sure chess isn't too complex for Snyder?

 

[brandonh83]

Dude: We don't stand a chance.
Pullman: We didn't the last time, either.
Han Solo: So, it's big.

They're going to blow that fucking thing up. And when it explodes, it will rattle the universe so hard it will wake up even more pissed off aliens with dogfighting vehicles the size of Star Destroyers.

I think you're confusing Emmerich with Snyder.

I'm sorry guys but Snyder doesn't have fucking shit on Emmerich. Come on. There is nothing in Snyder's movies that come even remotely close to Emmerich's scale and insanity.

 

[Chuck Norris]

It took aliens 20 years to develop anti virus software? Chumps

 

[Chuck Norris]

Snyder has a ways to go before he approaches the disasterthrone that Emmerich sits upon, wearing the skull of Irwin Winkler atop his head like a bony crown.



They skipped her.

Her?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'm sorry guys but Snyder doesn't have fucking shit on Emmerich. Come on. There is nothing in Snyder's movies that come even remotely close to Emmerich's scale and insanity.

Snyder has wrecked, in his films:

A gas station, an RV, and a suburb (Dawn of the Dead)
About a square mile of New York (Watchmen)
About a square mile of Metropolis (Man of Steel)
About an empty square mile of New York (Batman v Superman) (It's empty!) (I promise!) (Good thing there's no people in there!)

Roland Emmerich has wrecked, in his films:

Almost every major city in the world (Independence Day)
Most of New York City (Godzilla)
The World (The Day After Tomorrow)
The World (2012)
Multiple major cities in the world (Independence Day 2)

it really isn't even close.

 

[brandonh83]

Snyder has a ways to go before he approaches the disasterthrone that Emmerich sits upon, wearing the skull of Irwin Winkler atop his head like a bony crown.

Snyder has wrecked, in his films:

The notion that Snyder can remotely contend with Emmerich is insulting and humiliating to Emmerich.

Spoiler

Emmerich is also a much better filmmaker and that's fucking sad

 

[Lonestar]

2nd trailer looks very appealing! Visual effects are fantastic!

http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/independence-day-resurgence

Are they dropping the burj khalifa on London?

 

[brandonh83]

Are they dropping the burj khalifa on London?

It's like a giant phallus fucking the earth.

 

[mreddie]

So was Mae Whitman ever asked to come back to play the daughter or did they really just skip over her when casting everyone else from the original?

Word has it they picked someone else because "looks"

 

[davepoobond]

"They really like the landmarks"

Lollll

I hope this is as dumb and awesome as it seems

 

[MiamiWesker]

I don't know how anyone cannot love Independence Day. It's one of the best popcorn flicks ever, this looks to be just as awesome. I am so hyped.

 

[industrian]

I don't know how anyone cannot love Independence Day. It's one of the best popcorn flicks ever, this looks to be just as awesome. I am so hyped.

It is basically the prototype version of the modern big-budget action blockbuster: incredibly derivative, a pastiche of better movies, shitloads of effects, and totally marketing driven. But so fucking great.

 

[LucidMomentum]

This looks way better than I ever expected it to. Love the XCOM / Macross style of future tech we see in the trailers.

 

[Savitar]

It'll be the typical blockbuster faire but it could be a fun way to waste two hours.

The planes flying out of the hanger still looks bad though, so slow.

 

[MrCunningham]

How come Data is still alive?

Spoiler

It's Lore

 

[Kinyou]

2nd trailer looks very appealing! Visual effects are fantastic!

http://www.foxmovies.com/movies/independence-day-resurgence

The way the ship eclipses the horizon looks really cool. I imagine at one point Goldblum will fly through complete darkness.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

A large majority of ID4's effects were practical. They built and blew up a ton of models.

 

[Concept17]

Dead Will Smith makes me sad.

Big Willie whyyyyyy?

 

[Heebie Jeebies]

Looks fanfuckintastic to me.

 

[Vyrance]

This looks amazing

 

[bananafactory]

Not feeling it. And I love the original

Bummer

 

[Askherserenity]

Shit looks horrible. Cheesy ass lines and bad acting all over. Why not try to make a good movie instead of just pandering to nostalgia?

Spoiler

because most people don't give a fuck, I know.

 

[liquidtmd]

Dead Will Smith makes me sad.

Big Willie whyyyyyy?

So he can turn up alive in ID4-3 and make everyone go

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

"It has its own gravity"

Come on bruh

Looks like another charming guilty pleasure

They need to keep making sequels every 20 years so Brent Spiner can get work

 

[Concept17]

I can't wait for the reviews. I wonder how many critics will forget what made the first one so great.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I can't wait for the reviews. I wonder how many critics will forget what made the first one so great.

They won't. Because the first one wasn't great to begin with.

It needs to be its own kind of dumb fun. It can't just show up stupid and shrug.

 

[Gordon Shumway]

I love how Bill Pullman is an old man now, but Judd Hirsch looks like he hasn't aged a day since the original lol..

 

[Dreams-Visions]

There's just enough hints that the film is self-aware about how dumb it looks that I'm optimistic. Not that it will bee good, because it looks like that ship has sailed. But that it will be good, dumb fun. It's all I want it to be.

"They like to get the landmarks," sold me.

Agree.

Will Smith will be in ID3. They only thought he was dead, boys.

 

[daveo42]

Goldblum is regretting signing that contact with apartments.com right about now.

 

[Donos]

Are they dropping the burj khalifa on London?

Go big or go home.

And they probably have sent Smiths character on a long special mission into space and with that, can add him later again in ID3 (or suprise appearance in ID2)

 

[Mengy]

I can't wait for the reviews. I wonder how many critics will forget what made the first one so great.

I don't even think I care what the reviews will be. I saw the original in the theater and it is still to this day one of my most memorable movie going experiences ever. People were just into ID4 back when it came out. The movie was big, dumb fun, and I still enjoy watching it today in that context.

I'm seeing this on the big screen no matter what any reviewer says!

 

[TwoDurans]

"They like to get the landmarks." Sold.

I'm still holding out hope that when things look impossible and humanity is going to lose, Will Smith comes back and saves the day. Turns out he didn't die he was transported really far away or something.

 

[rhandino]

Ok, WTF! I refuse to believe this movie is going to be good but the trailer is glorious!