Independence Day 2

Directed by Roland Emmerich.

No. No. NO. NO. NO!

Please put the link that confirms it, and, if possible, some trailer or quick preview or interview.

Apparently theyve already started production

Let's see here...

• Goldblum, Fox, Pullman and Hirsch are back. No Will Smith, though. Interesting...
• Charlotte Gainsbourg, what are you doing there?!
• Dr. House's ex-wife is the President now.

edited 24th May '15 11:19:36 AM by Quag15

‘Independence Day 2’ Update: Film Set 15 Years After Original, New Character Details Emerge, Production Begins

I remember when it was gonna be called "Vindication Day"!

Huh… how's that gonna work? Do the aliens from the first film still hold a grudge or something?

I should be excited about this considering I love the first film almost unquestioningly, but I worry. Given Hollywood's current standing, it's just going to be another two and a half hours CGI fest with a thinnish Excuse Plot that will only make sense when the deleted scenes pop up on blu-ray. And we've had loads of these.

And the first movie wasn't this, how again?

^ That's what I was thinking.

Mind you, I'm tentatively interested in seeing the sequel depending on what future details are revealed, even if it is CGI Wankery: The Movie. Nothing wrong with a "check your brain at the door" movie.

Two words: Roland Emmerich.

Do you consider Godzilla a "check your brain at the door" film? Seriously? 2012? 10,000 BC? The Day After Tomorrow?

Mad Max: Fury Road is a popcorn film. Roland Emmerich is 3 hours of your life you'll never get back. And that's a lot of fish.

edited 25th May '15 6:18:34 AM by AnotherGuy

I thought he was busy trying (and hopefully failing) to reboot Stargate?

I thought I heard once that the first Independence Day film used ideas he had for a sequel to the original Stargate film. If that was true, maybe he's doing it again.

I've always wondered what approach the sequel would take. Another alien invasion or dealing with the leftover elements of the first one? Certainly, humanity was hit with plenty of destruction in the first film but the attack was focused on population centers and not strictly the political, military and social infrastructure.

Another alien invasion, not that interesting. Seeing how humanity recovered from all major cities being destroyed and a significant portion of the planets population being wiped out, that could be a movie.

Someone proposed the sequel should be something like "Sure, you beat the scouts, but now they send the army!"

And humanity will be defeated in 9 minutes by rasta aliens.

Independence Day 2 will be the Battlefield Earth prequel.

'ed.

edited 25th May '15 4:34:05 PM by AnotherGuy

It'll be awhile until I can say anything definitive about how I feel about this, but I find nothing particularly problematic about Hollywood making long-belated sequels to beloved classics.

If it's great, then I can enjoy watching a great movie, if it sucks then I can just pretend it doesn't exist and enjoy the original. I sure wasn't going to deny myself the unmitigated awesomeness that is Mad Max: Fury Road to give a recent example of where this worked out for the better.

The first independence day didnt overuse cgi. instead it used miniature versions of real life buildings, which were blown up. I have no idea if emmerich is gonna do the same here tho

I remember that. They basically made a model of New York, put it sideways so that the flame effect would plume correctly, then overlaid the actors over that.

Turns out the Aliens from ID 4 were the galaxy heavyweight champions, and ID 4 II will be about Earth having to defend the title after they unwittingly inherited it by beating the previous holders in the last movie.

Actually the aliens had been moving on from population centers to other critical targets. They mention NORAD was destroyed, taking America's uniformed military leaders with it.

So, you're saying the invaders will be more than conquerors?

edited 27th May '15 1:27:35 PM by IndirectActiveTransport

I liked the original ID, Stargate, and Day After Tomorrow, so I will wait with cautious optimism that this new one will be a movie I can live with.

I have a fondness for the Day After Tomorrow mostly because of its ending. Unlike most disaster movies, the ending actually makes me sad (you know with half of the cast freezing to death and humanity doomed to a new ice age).