July 4, 20205 yr Popular Post But today is the 24th anniversary of the time we successfully repelled an alien invasion. I saw a documentary on it the other day (on HBO). Fucking crazy man. I could have been at a barbecue. I could have been at a barbecue, indeed.
July 4, 20205 yr Popular Post This has nothing to do with your thread, but the title reminds me of Norm's line at about the 50 second mark
July 5, 20205 yr The "let's infect the alien software with a virus" was so cute I had to check if Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay. You coulda thrown in a few lines indicating that the Area 51 scientists had been breaking down their machine language for decades, etc, and then Goldblum provides the missing link, which he could transmit using a machine they created over decades to actually work with/connect to the alien network, versus, say, a Macbook. Edited July 5, 20205 yr by Augustus
July 5, 20205 yr 6 minutes ago, Parliament said: Yeah, and with that nugget, ALL of the plot holes would be closed. yeah, like in the words of my generation.... up yours!!!!!!!!!!
July 5, 20205 yr P.S. the original screenplay of that sceen was actually supposed to be Randy Quaid's character actually being rejected as a F18 pilot and flying his biplane into the ship the same way....
July 5, 20205 yr I lost interest when Harvey Fierstein died. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
July 5, 20205 yr 6 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said: P.S. the original screenplay of that sceen was actually supposed to be Randy Quaid's character actually being rejected as a F18 pilot and flying his biplane into the ship the same way.... Good thing they changed it to something more realistic...
July 1, 20214 yr Author If I recall my history correctly, tomorrow is the 25th anniversary of the day the aliens arrived on Earth.
July 1, 20214 yr 25 years later and we've yet to build a wall to keep out those alien invaders. We just never learn. We lack the willpower, that's what it is.
July 1, 20214 yr Randy Quaid and Brent Spiner graduated in the same high school class of Bellaire high
July 4, 20214 yr On 7/4/2020 at 11:13 PM, Augustus said: The "let's infect the alien software with a virus" was so cute I had to check if Aaron Sorkin wrote the screenplay. You coulda thrown in a few lines indicating that the Area 51 scientists had been breaking down their machine language for decades, etc, and then Goldblum provides the missing link, which he could transmit using a machine they created over decades to actually work with/connect to the alien network, versus, say, a Macbook. PowerBook.
July 4, 20223 yr Author Bump. Rest in peace to the fallen, on that tragic, fateful day. We're going to live on, we're going to survive, indeed.
July 4, 20223 yr Who said it best, Randy Quaid as Russell in Independence Day in 1996, or Alex Jones in 2022?
July 4, 20223 yr Shame that the Disney deal put an end to a chance at an ID3 and ID4. That and the lack of interest on the part of the producer. And the box office sales of the second. The crazy thing is Emmerich and Devlin spawned a helluva franchise with Stargate. Shame they couldn’t with ID.
July 4, 20223 yr Author 2 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said: Shame that the Disney deal put an end to a chance at an ID3 and ID4. That and the lack of interest on the part of the producer. And the box office sales of the second. The crazy thing is Emmerich and Devlin spawned a helluva franchise with Stargate. Shame they couldn’t with ID. The sequel was horrific.
July 4, 20223 yr 1 hour ago, Red Five said: The sequel was horrific. I believe the technical term is “horibad”
July 5, 20223 yr 2 hours ago, mdleast said: Never forget “I’n fly. Im pilot” Sweetest verse since John 11:35 Edited July 5, 20223 yr by Trey3216
July 6, 20223 yr 11 hours ago, GreenspointTexas said: Youll never get to fly the space shuttle if you marry a stripper 3 minutes ago, NeverMarryAStripper said: I can vouch for that
July 4, 20241 yr A time when movie marketing was king. The Super Bowl ad where they blew up the White House and Capitol was the perfect teaser.
July 3Jul 3 Author 29 years ago today, they lit us up. I'm surprised it's not talked about more, considering the damage. Thankfully, we fought back only a day later.
July 4Jul 4 On 7/4/2020 at 11:35 PM, AUS-97HORN said: P.S. the original screenplay of that sceen was actually supposed to be Randy Quaid's character actually being rejected as a F18 pilot and flying his biplane into the ship the same way.... On 7/5/2020 at 6:17 AM, AustinMT said: Good thing they changed it to something more realistic... Take a drunk who hasn't flown a jet for 25 years, pour coffee in him and give a brief lesson in flying an advanced F18 fighter.
July 6Jul 6 On 7/4/2025 at 8:31 AM, Parliament said: Take a drunk who hasn't flown a jet for 25 years, pour coffee in him and give a brief lesson in flying an advanced F18 fighter. Not to mention hijacking an alien vehicle, fly it to the mothership and then, upload a computer virus. And I love it.
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