Barciad said:
No film defined the mid 90's like Independence Day. This was the moment when American stood on top of the world and without a challenger in sight. The Soviet Union had imploded, China was still in development (as was India and Brazil), and Jihadism was something that only affected 'other' parts of the world. The US also had the advantage of competent and popular president. Watching that film, one could imagine this benign American hegemony lasting forever.
How little did any of us know.
And then Godzilla came, made the whole US military look like morons until it was proven the French were right. True, they kinda
caused the problem to begin with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykes%E2%80%93Picot_Agreement], but, heh, who cares about that as long as Jean Reno is badass?
Shamanic Rhythm said:
Darks63 said:
The first movie was product of its era. A sequel will just not feel the same with the serious business attitude that most movies of this type have nowadays.
You could argue that Battle Los Angeles WAS the gritty modern reboot of independence day.
I don't know,
Battleship was pretty close in terms of stupid, over the top action and unbelievably cheesy flag-waving. No doubt someone thinks they can still make a buck out of that.
Yes, but Battleship gave us hot ship on ship action, which no other movie gave us for a damn long time.
What? Do you think anyone went to see it for its story?