Independence Day | Reaction and Commentary | First Time Watching 

Happy (late) Global Independence Day 🤣I like pretending movies are documentaries like in Galaxy Quest. If you could pick a movie to be a documentary, what would it be? (Silly answers are welcome! Patreon (full length & polls): www.patreon.com/ Subscribe to the channel: ru-vid.com Follow me on Twitter for stuff and selfies: twitter.com/verowak

One of the best quotes i heard about this movie was, "we should beam Independence Day into space and say it was a true story, that way no aliens start shit" lol

"Must go faster" love that Jeff Goldblum repeats this line from Jurassic Park

This movie was such a staple when I was growing up its never crossed my mind that there is a generation that has never seen this.

General William Grey: ‘Fire at will!’ Vero: ‘Where’s Will?’ 😼Hunting, obviously.

I think V passed her sarcasm exam with this one!

You have to imagine how much of a blockbuster this was nearly 30 years ago.

I've frequently read that Bill Pullman [President Whitmore in the movie] still knows that speech and that if you get a couple beers into him, you can talk him into doing it.

Shout out to Boomer, the chillest dog who ever walked the Earth. Nothing phased this good boy.

Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park: "Must go faster..." 🦖 Jeff Goldblum Independence Day: "Must GO FASTER!" 👽 Not sure how he got away with that...

I think you're tne only reactor to notice and acknowledge young Jayne in this. Love that he gets a little credit, his role may have been small in this but he played it really well.

"The moon called ... they want their dirt back!" Brilliant - you really have a quick wit.

I’m British and even I think that Bill Pullman is the best president America never had. I’d follow that guy into battle in a heartbeat!

ID4 is the perfect encapsulation of 90's popcorn flicks. Fun if cliche story, great characters, and killer special effects and music.

FINALLY someone recognized the Hero of Canton

“It’s coming from the moon”. *turns up volume* “we’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty”

Nice that the alien computer was Mac compatible.

Oh WOW! 60 seconds in and you nail it: "It's pulsing, is it prime numbers?" 😄

“I thought it would have like a massive AOE of some kind” Is my girl a gamer?😂❤

In the 1980's President Ronald Regan gave a speech saying if there was an alien invasion. All of our differences would melt away.

The Poseidon Adventure. The original one, not the remake. Damn good disaster movie. One of the best! Glad you liked ID4. This movie was such a cultural staple and yet doesn't get discussed much anymore.

there's like a conspiracy that elvis was an alien and just left the planet instead of dying

Hudson Hawke would be a funny documentary lol

Helllo boys, I'm baaack.

Loved your line. "The moon just called. They want their dirt back."

"Hello - the moon called - they want their dirt back". Classic.

_"It's nice to have people die."_ - Verowak Reacts, July 4th, 2024, in remarks on Independence Day.

"The Day After Tomorrow" is my favorite Roland Emmerich film, which isn't saying much, but definitely watch it. It's super fun, and the President and VP in the movie were both modeled after real people ;)

I saw it in a huge, packed theater on July 2nd, 1996. It was a great time with everyone cheering! I miss that kind of theater experience.

"Do they do a background check?" Not sure about astronauts, but for certain security clearances not only do they check you out, but they check your family, relatives, friends, etc... It is a pretty intense thorough background check.

YOU CUT “WELCOME TO EARF”??? Heresy!

Saw this with friends at a local theater and when they mentioned El Toro (Lake Forest) had been destroyed, every started laughing and yelling. We were in El Toro. There was a Marine Base and Military airfield next to our town. It's shut down now.

When watching this in the theaters for the first time with my gamer/DnD friends and we saw the first wide shot of the damage caused by the aliens weaponry on the cities, one of them said "So... that's what a max level fireball looks like." We're still nerds to this day. Great reaction as always V!

I know the presidents speech is moving no matter how many times I hear it... but my favourite line has always been: "In the words of my generation... UP YOURS" because it always resonates. The bring Elvis back is a conspiracy. Elvis's death was controversial and some one came up with the idea he was taken by aliens, either because he was one or because they wanted one. They even threw it into Men In Black - Agent J: you know Elvis is dead right? Agent K: No he's not he just went home.

So this is where palpatine got the idea for a 1000 ships with super lasers.

Love this movie! I always get a little teared up at Russell's sacrifice at the end. "Hello boys! I'm baaaack!" 🫡

If you want to see more of Adam Baldwin (Jayne from Firefly), Check out the TV series "Chuck". It's a lot of fun.

Fun one, Verowak! Thanks for sharing it. 🙂

Always felt weird about how the ending is like "smoking cigars is fine, and nuclear fallout is beautiful."

Fire at will. “Where’s Will?” 😆😆😆

I love this movie its 28 years old and still looks incredible lol 9:28 such an iconic shot lol 10:03 the audience in theaters cheered at that part for obvious reasons lol 12:16 the best welcome ever lol 13:16 that was mostly improv by Will and the smell he's asking about is actually coming from the dry lake bed they're on lol 19:34 "freeze them to death?" 21:47 one of the best speeches in cinema history lol 28:22 Jeff Goldblum and the Director were talking about his line from Jurassic Park "must go faster, must go faster, must go faster" and thought it would fit in well here so they added it in lol

Us military was probably concerned that supporting the film could be seen as a tacit endorsement of the area 51 plot.

Yeah. The "How convenient!"-counter is up and running with this one. :)

The book held by the Statue of Liberty says "July 4th, 1776" (date the US declared independence) in Roman numerals

Let's give the moon their dirt back in a jar, yeah a jar of dirt (if you know, you know!) Dante's Peak (1997) would be a good disaster movie to watch.

The hero of Canton. The man they call Jayne. I totally forgot that until you mentioned it.

Grew up watching it and love it and love the speech and the hello boys I'm back line

I have similar thoughts about sci-fi movies and TV shows but I like to think of as being told to us by a much more advanced race from the future as precautionary tales of what our future holds for us and they're attempting to guide us to avoid the pitfalls of that future.

Nice job spotting "Jame." I had to check the credits to verify it was him, he seemed so different here than in Firefly. I gues that's why they call it acting. Will Smith's girlfriend was totally hot.

Great Reaction...... This President and the President from "Air Force One" have my vote for re-election......

lol... This movie was the return of the big dumb fun popcorn disaster movie. This movie was huge the summer of '96. Back in '97 some friends and I went to see Area 51's fence/gate. Was creepy. Security was posted up on the hills and we were followed down the long dirt road by a white van full of "totally not security" guys. In the town nearby called Rachel, they had a monument for this movie at the Little A'Le'Inn. Also... I can't place the reference but it sounds so familiar... arg lol

Glad to see you had fun with this movie. I have always liked it a lot and the special effects hold up amazingly with the use of a lot of miniatures. After the scene where Julius tells David that he still got his health I think you say: 'Freeze them to death?'.

23:10 Looks like he picked the RIGHT week to start smoking, amphetamines and sniffing glue...in his "Airplane"..! in fact.... ..."I just want to wish him good luck, we're (literally) ALL counting on you"

I don't use Spotify. I connect my cassette recorder to the headphone jack. RU-vid has so much free and unique music i record to cassette and listen to it in my car while driving around. My PS5 is connected to my 24inch tv that was made in 1998 via a hdmi to rca converter. Flatscreen tv's have imput lag. My tv doesn't. I can record movies,music and tv shows off the internet and put it on cassette tapes or VHS. Because of the hdmi to rca i can go around copy right features and copy anything i want to VHS and watch it anytime. Everything i like on the internet im making a VHS backup file. Old but not obsolete.

Devlin and Emmerich did "Stargate" in 1994. After "Independence Day" they became Hollywood's golden children. Then they did "Godzilla vs. Ferris Bueller" in 1998 and they were no longer so celebrated. Will Smith's character's friend, Capt. Jimmy Wilder was played by Harry Connick, Jr. who is a genuine rock star and jazz singer. Too bad he didn't have a serenade ready for the wedding ring scene. Adam Baldwin (Major Mitchel, Jayne Cobb) was also in the second Predator movie. He seems to play a lot of very gung ho characters. This movie was initially scheduled to open on Thursday, July 3, 1996. Due to its unprecedented ad campaign and the events of the movie's plot, it opened in some theaters a day earlier. I remember seeing the revised commercials explaining the change. Brent Spiner played Dr. Okun (the nutty doctor at Area 51). He was nominated for a Saturn award for this role, which he won that same year for his other role as Data in "Star Trek: First Contact".

Now you can check out Independence Day Pitch Meeting (7 min comedy skit). (Over 300 Pitch meetings available). Warning: Heavy on spoilers. Disaster movies: Pompeii, Volcano, The Poseidon Adventure, & Titanic.

A list of great disaster films for me are - The Impossible, Life of Pi, 2012, Daylight, Volcano, San Andreas, and Deep Water Horizon.

3:13 The actor playing the Vice President is Robert Pine, the father of Chris Pine who would go on to play James T. Kirk in the Abramsverse Star Trek movies. So-- payback against the aliens, I guess.

When the title is spoke in the film you've got to point into the camera and go, 'THAT'S the name of the _movie!'_

Area 51 is not what the "common" knowledge states, the real alien and testing site is Wright-Patterson AFB in Ohio

Next: Mars Attacks

Really cool movie, great action, comedy and drama. Lady Vero is also so fun to watch, she really gets into the comedy.

2:16 That's the date the Declaration was signed in Roman numerals.

Happy late 4th Of July, Everyone

Julius is such a great character

If you like Jayne you should watch the series Chuck.

10:56 fire ad will, 'Where is will', Will Smith is in the fighter plane

Hello Verowak- Let me not bury the lede: HUGE thumbs-up for you having Dean Koontz' "Lightning" on your shelf. One of my favorite books that almost no one else has ever heard of! 😢 This is the first of your videos I've watched (I did a mini-"reactors watch Independence Day" marathon this morning). I emjoyed it...though I feel bad that none of you got to experience this movie the way I did as a teen- in a jam-packed auditorium full of excited moviegoers- this movie was an EVENT; like a concert. I'll definitely check out more of your vids. Peace.

19:58 “It’s a UNIX system. I know this!” Luckily, the aliens use the same operating system as _Jurassic Park._ 😅

When I first saw this in the theater on opening weekend, I knew early on it was going to be an action packed cheesefest & just went with it. The visuals were very good for the time and the actors didn't disappoint. It was entertaining and the President's speech was great! If you don't take it too seriously, it's a lot of fun! See ya next time, V!

Yes we used to say "up yours"

19:35 “Freeze them to death.” God damn it, open your f*cking ears! 🤣

Cheese of the highest order, so much fun. I can still remember a packed cinema cheering and shouting at the screen. Massive back in the day, I miss 90's cinema going.

Area 51 was not recognized by the US government until several years after this movie came out. When they did recognize that it exists, they simply said that it was a testing ground for experimental aircraft. Good enough expectation, I guess.

3:53 They have a whack off the West Coast. p.s. For the "But akshewally" people...Yes, I know it's AWAC.

Mommy's sleeping always makes me cry

That blue planet might look pretty, but you do not want to go down there. They're all crazy. Another documentary is _Brother from Another Planet_.

16:11 - its not quite dead... its getting better

Who knew that the aliens used MacOS? Although, to be fair, if they were using Windows 95, they would have gotten the BSoD long before they reached our solar system.

I like that you seem to be rooting for the aliens lol. "I thought it'd have more of an AoE." And looking happy when they first fire on the shields lol.

Alien invasion movies: WAR OF THE WORLDS and EDGE OF TOMORROW (both with Tom Cruise), BATTLE LOS ANGELES (with Aaron Eckhart), SIGNS (with Mel Gibson)... End or the world movie: 2012... World has gone to sh*t movies: THE ROAD, WORLD WAR Z, MAD MAX FURY ROAD...

"If the dog had died, I wouldn't have liked the movie." I have some bad news for you: Over 1 million dogs live in Los Angeles, and nearly all of them got nuked. So now you have about a million reasons not to like this movie. Or, Mary McDonnell and Randy Quaid died in this movie. If either of those people AND that dog were trapped in a burning building and I could only save one, sorry dog, I'm saving the human. Why would the death of one dog hit you harder than the death of a mother leaving behind a young daughter, or the death of a single father orphaning his 3 children? It's not just you though. It's everybody, including me. I just think we all have our priorities a little skewed.

Other disaster/end of the world movies: Dante's Peak, Deep Impact, San Andreas, The Day After Tomorrow, Greenland, 2012.

I didn't stop at the timestamp, but you appeared to not register (at least in the edited video here) that they said the smaller "pieces" heading to different cities were over 15 miles across, which puts them in the area of 24-25km. 10:55-11:00 General: "Fire at will" subordinates repeating "fire at will" Verowak: "Where's Will?" (There you go stealing my heart again) 16:52-16:54 "The hero of Canton" Good Eye there! I hadn't actually watched this movie since before I watched the show you're referencing, so I never caught this in the few reactions I've seen to it. You are correct, that is Adam Baldwin. In other reactions before yours, I knew I recognized him, but since I've watched this movie a few times before, I never really noticed. 22:24-22:30 While I appreciate that this President is a combat pilot and believes he belongs in the air, not asking others to risk what he isn't willing to risk. But he did just lose his wife, their daughter just lost her mother. He's risking her losing her father hours after her mother. Odds are exquisitely against him being the 1 more pilot to make the difference in whether or not humanity continues. Outro: First, my reference above about your Hero of Canton reference. While I know you've seen the show, it's a learned habit for me to not name shows in my comments unless it's absolutely necessary, because I don't want to spoil something for someone who is watching the video who hasn't seen the show. Sometimes it comes out awkward, as I think it did here, but I'd rather be awkward here, than accidentally spoil for someone in another situation, because I broke my learned habit. Personally, I hate when a movie tries to shove a lot of comedy into a movie that isn't "a comedy" Yes, you can have comedic moments in serious dramas and serious action based movies, but some movies shove so much comedy in, that it does feel forced, it feels like the movie doesn't know "Am I a comedy? No, I'm a drama! Why are there 73 comedic moments 42 of them that don't fit, all crammed into my 93 minute runtime?" Let's be honest, Verowack. If Boomer (the dog) hadn't made it. You'd be hard pressed to continue the movie, you might even have paused the recording and the movie, and gone to settle your nerves. But even if that were the case, you'd have come back and explained the edit. Then "pushed forward through the rest of the movie filled with a little more anger." (Do you hear Palpatine calling?) I personally think it would have been better for the movie to be set to start July 2nd, 2-3 years from the date of the first showing. Gives more of a "this is about to happen" rather than "The events started this morning, in 2 days all will be decided, but you'll know the outcome in 90 minutes. Subtle detail, but I did take some marketing and psychology and sociology electives in school.

The extended editions makes the movie a whole lot better.

"Deep Impact" (sort of 'Armageddon's more serious sibling) and "Dante's Peak" are fun watches IMO. More old school there's "Earthquake" or "The Towering Inferno". (with the "Area 51" stuff BTW, I _think_ it's one of those situations where the US government hadn't officially acknowledged its existence in 1996, it was an open secret but still technically a secret - the base is real, it's just for testing prototype aircraft etc. Or at least that's what "they" say :). Similarly, the UK government didn't officially acknowledge the existence of MI-6/SIS until about 1994, despite fictional characters like e.g. James Bond and George Smiley working for it for decades previously)

I'm not really a fan of this movie. But I enjoyed your reaction. May I suggest reacting to Deep Impact.

This is going to be good! Thank you V!

You should check out Adam Baldwin's (Jayne) very first movie, My Bodyguard from 1980. To this day, even when I watch Firefly, I always think of him as Linderman, his character in that movie.

I love your Jurassic Park quote.

UFO-scrapers 😆 I swear I remember some television ad campaign to be an extra in this movie but I can't find it on RU-vid or anything. Definitely a movie I loved as a kid but can never get into now.

I watched this movie for first time on October 2022

I love this movie man

Hello boys! I'm baaack! 💥

21:04 “By the way, is there anybody on board who knows how to fly a plane?”

Such a sarcastic reaction. Just burn after burn! lol. Enjoyed it. Anyway.. Yes, absolutely "Day After Tomorrow" but also "2012." And oddly, I don't really like creature features.. buuut the Monsterverse movies with King Kong, Godzilla, and more have been surprisingly enjoyable. List in order here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsterverse#Films Stick to the list and skip the text around it and you don't get any spoilers.

Full Metal Jacket is why he seems familiar. "You talk the talk. Do ya walk the walk?"

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your use of terms like AOE excites me. Shiny

It wouldn't take a week to go back to normal. Probably will happen in less than 24 hours