**WE WERE WRONG** Independence Day (1996) Reaction: FIRST TIME WATCHING 

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She correctly predicted the winning strategy against the aliens BOTH TIMES! If aliens ever _do_ attack, I want her on _my_ team.

Just tell them I hit you line has aged like fine wine

It made $820 million dollars ($1.6 billion dollars today) against a $75 million dollar budget. It won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

The president speech is one of the most iconic in the action movies. I laughed when I seen a reference in the My Little Pony comics.

Nick you are one of the few who actually catch the "must go faster" Jurassic Park reference.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2840">47:20</a> A lot of people don't realize that the reason Russel (the pilot Dad)'s Missile wouldn't launch against the Main Weapon right here is because of the fact that he almost fired it when he first got into the cockpit @<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2460">41:00</a>. When he cancelled the launch, it jammed. That scene isn't just a throwaway joke, it's foreshadowing.

This is a great popcorn movie! I remember watching this in a full theater and the audience's reactions to the president's speech and the final battle was deafening! Lol

Russel's (drunk dad) death is one of the most Boss Level deaths ever. Revenge, Redemption, and Savior status in one move!

I LOVE that Nick knows The Day the Earth Stood Still.

Julius, David's dad was played by Judd Hirsch, best known for his role in the sitcom Taxi from the late 70s and early 80s. A really great comedic actor!

"I wonder if it would be safer to stay in one of these bases because they've already been destroyed" Huh, that's actually kinda brilliant

The guy who played the scientist in area 51 is the same actor who played Commander Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation

Fun fact: the Chaplain who married Will & Viveca's characters is Ron Howard's father, Rance Howard.

The character of Russell Case, being activated back into the military for an ALIEN INVASION and NOT being awarded the Medal of Honor would be tragic oversight. When the oldest Miguel ran towards the console and the Major held him back, he realized what he was doing and didnt want Russell to change his mind on hearing his voice. And then saying he was proud of his dad is really another tear-jerking moment.

This movie came out in 1996 and still looks fantastic.

The trailer for this movie was genius. They first showed it during the 1996 Superbowl, all that was shown was the Alien beam blowing up the White House, followed by a black screen that said "ID4, 7-4-96." Needless to say, a lot of us were talking about it.

You've seen the guy freaking out at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="590">9:50</a> before. He was the one that gave Robin Williams the Mrs. Doubtfire makeover. Harvey Fierstein is the actor's name.

"what the hell is that smell" - It was an ad lib because the location where they filmed, near the Great Salt lake just so happens to be famous for housing a stinky crustacean called the brine shrimp.

The nuke scene was pretty shocking and really did convey a complete sense of hopelessness of the situation. The aliens simply shrugged off humanity’s deadliest weapon and kept going. FYI: In the expanded lore, once the computer virus was uploaded and it was confirmed that the aliens shields were down, the Russians and Chinese basically said, ‘F it’ and nuked over a dozen of the city destroyers. A harsh move to make, but it certainly was necessary given the short window that was available to the remaining Earth forces.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2967">49:27</a> Jeff Goldblum and the Director were talking about his line from Jurassic Park "must go faster, must go faster" and they thought it would work so well here they had it put in lol

Weird, I've watched this movie many times (my family had it on VHS, *and* I've seen a few different people's reaction videos on RU-vid), but the version you two watched has a bunch of scenes that I don't remember ever seeing before. Like the scene where David+Julius drive against the traffic, or the scene where Miguel tells Russell he's not his father, or the scene with the street preacher, or the scene inside the alien fighter where Dr Okun demonstrates how little he knows about the thing

"How do you fly with zero visibility?" You must watch Airplane where you find they can fly with instruments.

We used to leave keys in the visor like that on our work vehicles so you wouldn't have to worry about who had the keys. So maybe that's where it comes from.

One of the few vivid memories I have from when this came out was seeing it, in theaters, on the 4th, and walking out and I completely forgot we still had the real fireworks to watch that night, and thinking, "Awesome!" Good times.

The actor(the drunk) is Randy Quaid, brother of actor Dennis Quaid. Unfortunately he had mental health issues, and has stayed away from Hollywood for a long time. He was also in some of the NationalLampoon's Vacation.😊

I love the character Jasmine in this. She was smart, strong, and good enough to survive and be saving others in the midst of an apocalypse

I love this movie and saw it at the movie theater, and once I got it on VHS, I watched it so many times that I could nearly recite every single line in it. Not so much anymore, though I've retained some. By the way, the actor playing the President, Bill Pullman, is the father of Lewis Pullman, who played "BOB" in "Top Gun. Maverick". Both characters flying F-18s, but while Bill did his scenes by way of green screen, Lewis was in an actual plane up there while filming his. Just a cool bit of fun facts.

As Dr. Okun said, their bodies are as fragile as ours. 2 of them died in the crash and the 3rd died shortly after. It's their technology that makes killing them hard. Shields, biomechanical armor suits. Etc.

David's dad aka Julius Levinson was played by Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor Judd Hirsch, who has been nominated twice for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Ordinary People (1980) and The Fabelmans (2022). He is a brilliant actor, and when he has great material is even better. He is my favorite character in the film. David's boss with the gravelly voice is Harvey Fierstein, a Tony Award-winning playwright and actor, who wrote such stage plays and musicals as Torch Song Trilogy, La Cage aux Folles, and Newsies, while also acting in such shows as Torch Song Trilogy, Fiddler on the Roof, and Hairspray (he originated the role of Edna Turnblad onstage). He has also made other great films such as Mrs. Doubtfire (playing Robin Williams's brother) and Disney's Mulan (as the voice of Yao). He is also well known for his activism concerning gay rights and HIV-AIDS awareness. He has always been openly gay and is something of a gay icon.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1495">24:55</a> Keeping the keys in the sun visor was a pretty common thing for shared company vehicles (especially in places like construction sites) in the 80s and 90s...avoided wasting time searching for the keys or having to run all the way back to an office to get them (or somebody accidentally taking them home and leaving them there), while also preventing you from accidentally draining the battery by leaving them in the ignition. On top of one of the driver-side tires was another popular spot to leave the keys, though probably not for something as big as that dump truck. Not very common nowadays though due to the massive increase in theft from construction sites and the like.

I saw this in a private theatre viewing on July 3rd the day before release. To this day, it's been the best movie experience I've had and also one of my top 10 favorite movies.

I saw this movie three times in the theater when it was first released. Still one of my favorites today! So glad you finally got to see it!

I actually went to see this in the theater when it came out on the Fourth of July, and MAN, it was such a fun experience. Everyone in the audience was clapping and cheering, and I haven't another movie experience like it since. ❤🎆

The actor who played Dr Okun, the lead scientist at Area 51 was Brent Spiner, who played Data, in the series "Star Trek, the Next Generation"

Well good thing the glass was not bullet proof, but I kept thinking, "why the heck not?"

One year later, Star Fox 64 had a mission where you had to take out a UFO almost exactly like they did in this movie. It was over a pyramid type of structure that was a military base and you were on a time limit. I bet it 100% was inspired by this movie.

Oh yeah, THE speech!

Everyone cheered in my theater when the dog made it.

You two make the cutest couple!! 😉 One of my favorite movies, thanks!!

You should watch The Men In Black movies with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Area 51 was filmed in the Salt Flats of Utah, I was born and raised in Utah. One of my sisters was an extra, but you don't see her face. If you are a fan of Star Trek Next Generation, the actor that plays Dr. Okun plays Data the robot in Star Trek.

One of the levels in Star Fox 64 had a spaceship just like this and it zapped a building in the same way. And the game came out just around this movie…

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1495">24:55</a> I've also never put my keys up there, mostly because I keep seeing cars get stolen in movies! 😆 @ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1703">28:23</a> But remember, the ship hasn't had power for the last 40 years. The scientists can figure out the mechanical stuff, but not anything about their computer or their electronics.

One thing to note is Case accidentally hit the wrong button and engaged his missile clamps. Which is why it didn’t fire.

Saw this on the 4th and had a lot of fun. Your reactions were great and, I have to say, she is really smart

Yeah this movie was a summer blockbuster. In the Los Angeles area where I’m from, they showed it for 24 hours on opening day. I saw it at 7AM in a sold out theater!

This is one of my fave movies, very 90’s Hollywood with a little bit of everything which I miss tons. Great reaction.

Your girl is so smart. I was there when the movie came out and I’ve watched with tons of people. I’ve never met anyone that figured out that you can hack their computers!! That was wild . Lol

Happy you two reacted, I loved this movie as a kid.

Y’all. I love the warm lighting above your heads. You look like you are glowing! ❤

Nimsiki is the perfect embodiment of the old saying "dog in a manger".

Fun fact: The reaction from the actors when the alien's biomechanical suit pops open is genuine. Only Brent Spiner, the actor who plays Dr. Okin, was made aware what was going to happen. All of the other "scientists" were told that they would slowly pull back the suit to reveal the alien to the audience.

Hi Nick Reacts I am right in the middle of watching your post for Independents Day and this is so great! I appreciate your reactions with your girlfriend's very much. The way the dad with the three kids explained how important his sick son is to him really was toughing . That dad was going through a lot on his own but he put his son's needs above his . The whole world was in chiaos but his son needed help and he traveled far to get his son medical help.... I really love that scene . I am so pulled in to both your reactions to this movie and I am glad you both are invested in this. Thank you both for this

"It's about bloody time" is my favorite line in the movie. That's exactly what they would have said.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="147">2:27</a> - DRUNK DAD. Randy Quaid played 'drunk dad'. You may remember him as Griswald's brother in 'National Lampoon' movies. He is brother to Dennis Quaid, and uncle to his son, Jack.

man the hype this movie had when it came out was insane! i think i saw it like five times in theaters. still one of my favorite movies, but it is funny that these advanced aliens got defeated by windows 97 lol

I watched this movie when it came out in theaters. I grew up in Imperial Valley so when it said “Imperial Valley, California” on the screen the whole theater cheered and applauded. It was so cool to experience as a kid 😊

I LOVE this movie. It's a favorite re-watch of mine. I've always been a fan of Will Smith and his type of acting/humor. I've been a fan since Fresh Prince. Also, Will Smith's military buddy in this movie, Harry Connick Jr, is the nicest dude ever!!! I've met him a couple times at my work. He's just a normal, nice dude 😊

You all must be watching a Director's Cut version. I've seen Independence Day dozens and dozens of times and have never seen the scene where Jeff Goldblum and his dad run into oncoming traffic. Every time I've watched it they make their way to Wash DC with the road leading into DC empty, and his dad says something like "Everyone is trying to get out of the city, and we are the only schmucks trying to get in." (might not be the exact words).

I saw this in a packed theater when it first came out. When we saw that the President would be flying in the battle himself, I said to the stranger sitting next to me, “If he survives this, he’s a shoo-in for reelection.”

Yep, everything about this movie was summer blockbuster. One of the great things about it was the use of practical effects in a lot of places. A well rounded sci fi action flick that didn't take itself too seriously. A great cast including Brent Spiner who played Data in Star Trek TNG.

The president’s daughter and Will Smith’s, son in this will be primarily main characters in the next movie that is takes place about 20 years exactly after this movie. You should follow up with that one😊 Also, if you’ve ever read the Independence Day book, it actually says that Russell…the pilot that took out the city destroyer ship, was actually denied a place as a pilot due to his alcoholism. And so he got out his biplane, strapped a Missle to the underside, and flew the biplane into the infrastructure, destroying the city destroyer. He knew he wasn’t coming back.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2140">35:40</a> basically if they would’ve gotten to her sooner she could’ve had a chance but the amount of blood loss inside was too severe. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2346">39:06</a> I love their look. Kinda like “oh crap do we really need this guy for this mission?” <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2403">40:03</a> such a great speech. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2471">41:11</a> this comes back to hurt him later. <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2840">47:20</a> remember earlier when he hit the button. It messed up the release mechanism.

1. Hiller is a USMC Captain he knows his holiday off is over. That's why he didn't even have to wait to be called in. Jasmine should know that. 2. In the theater I was in the people in there actually stood up and cheered when the White House and the Capitol Building blew up. 3. In my top 10 reasons out of thousands to NOT live in a Metropolis. Getting the hell out. 4. Lisa Jakub/Alicia is FINE!😍😋 5. Brent Spiner/Dr. Okum played Data in Star Trek TNG. It's nice to see him with emotions. 6. Goof: Air Force One is kept at Andrews, not behind the White House. 7. Hiller FAIL parashoot jump.🙄😲

If I recall, not only did they release it in normal theaters Fourth of July weekend but they put it in drive in theaters too. I might be misremembering what year I saw it but I DEFINITELY saw it the first time at the drive in on a Fourth of July weekend up near the lake cottage we rented every Fourth of July weekend when I was a kid. Talk about an epic viewing experience ❤ such a great one!

Interesting thing about when the girl wonders if they brought Elvis back, Elvis was also mentioned leaving Earth with aliens in Men in Black which also stars Will Smith.

How does she not know who Will Smith is? IRobot? I Am Legend? Men in Black? Fresh Prince? Independence Day? King Richard? Bad Boys? Hitch? The Pursuit of Happyness? Hancock? After Earth? The Chris Rock slap at the Oscars???? He is the husband of a famous actress and the father of two popular singers…. I guess yall have a lot of movies to watch. 😂

That was a great reaction, you guys are awesome! I’m glad you enjoyed the movie!

I was 10 when this released and just remember how incredible it was to see the VX and funny lines

Hello boys! I'm baaaaaack! One of my favorite lines in all of cinema. This movie isn't the best in my opinion, but man, Randy Quaid was funny.

The man with the funny scratchy voice played Edna Turnblad on Broadway’s Hairspray. John Travolta played it in the movie.

The tactical nuke they set off inside the mothership (while its systems were largely disabled) probably triggered their power production systems to go boom. The nuke isn't that powerful...but whatever power plant and star-drive system can get them across interstellar space...almost certainly IS that powerful. And I doubt it would respond well to having anything explode next to it...especially not the equivalent of a few dozen kilotons of TNT.

The dad is Judd Hirsch. He's known for his tv shows in the 70s and 80s, "Taxi" and "Dear John", later in the 90s for the show "Numbers"....

Hi Nick! I remember the theater being fairly packed the weekend it opened, watching it on the Big screen as a huge group of viewers was great. I miss those days. This movie had quite a few of known and lesser known Stars. The guy who played- Jimmy, WS's bestie was Singer and part time actor- Harry Connick Jr. ( Great singer btw, check out his music!); Judd Huirsh(?) was the Dad to David, he's best known from the old series- Taxi. The loopy grey haired Scientist, was Brent Spiner, better known to most as - Data, from Star Trek: Next Generation. Mae Whitman was the daughter of the President; and being that you've been watching- Friends, the Secret Service guy watching out from the First Lady was actually- John Bennett Perry--Mathew Perry's father. And speaking of fathers, one of the President's advisors was- Robert Pine, Chris Pine's Father. 😊

The "what's that smell" Line was improvised from Will Smith. the place where they filmed that scene had dead shrimp in the salt ground. combined with the heat, it smelled pretty; hence the line.

My grandmother took me and my brother to see this when it was released in theaters. I then told my dad how awesome it was, and he just told me how dumb it was that the humans could overcome the technology of the aliens.

this film is easily in my top ten. such a good movie

I know some of this has been done to death on this movie. However, you asked a question at the <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1560">26:00</a> mark of your video. The question is how realistic is it that something like Area 51 in Nevada, part of Nellis AFB, would be so highly classified that not even the president would know about it? Answer… not at all. The president is the final classification authority for everything within the US government. Nothing is too classified. If the president wants to know or see something highly classified, he can, and should. If the president wants to take classified material home, he only needs to ask and deem it declassified. No other person on the planet has that level of authority for US classified or sensitive materials. Not even the vice president, sec def, director of the CIA or NSA, no one. This myth kind of had its origins in the alien conspiracy which includes Area 51. Despite its many accuracy issues, I love this movie. It’s one of my favorite of all time. Great musical score by David Arnold.

I really like how she thought about their own explosion not effecting them on the initial attack. I never thought about that and it's a really good point

Always love your reactions-it is indeed an amazing movie. Also fun fact because you mentioned Maverick-the actor who plays the president in this movie, his son played Bob in the Maverick sequel heh.

Yep, came out around the 4th of July and it was incredible to be in the theater. My husband and I went on Independence Day itself, first showing of the day. Since we knew someone who worked in the theater from back when my husband was a manager there in college, we got to go in early and pick out our seats before anyone else came in, so we had perfect seats, too, because we knew the best spot acoustically to be. The amount of cheering was ridiculous. Of course, some of that cheering was when the White House blew up, but most of it was when the humans got a win. I haven't seen an audience be that excited during a movie ever, and I saw the original Star Wars movies as a kid when they came out. It was such an event and amazing on the big screen. And that speech was the best presidential speech. It's up there with some of the best real ones and much more inspiring than some of the ones of my lifetime. The reaction was great.

Fun Fact (probably already mentioned): The crazy scientist with the long hair is Brent Spiner, who was Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation 🙂 just had to say it! 🤗 Btw, your girlfriend is so smart and intuitive! I mean what's her background for her to be so brilliant!? Just wow, cudos! And you guys are such a cute, genuine couple!

I just needed to say that I love the both of you so much I'm here for your chemistry ❤ another great reaction...

You're right. This did come out in the theater on the July 4th holiday and the marketing leading up to it was great.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2389">39:49</a> one of the best speeches in cinema history. It gives me goosebumps every single time lol

If anyone's wondering how to tie Jurassic Park, MIB, Spaceballs, and National Lampoon's together, this movie can do that, and probably more. The president being the guy who played Lonestar in Spaceballs was perfect, too. Bonus the character being a pilot.

This movie was amazing in theatres, one of the few movies that I saw twice while it was in theatres. The visuals were amazing and mind blowing when it came out in 1996. They used as much practical effects as they could and it has held up very well.

You guys are great, I watched this movie in cinema, I was in 6th grade :), I cannot explain to you what a feeling that was... back in 1990's. Since then I watched this movie like 20 times haha, and it was pleasure to watch it again with you, you are smart, funny and good people. Greets from Europe :)

James Witmore Jr was also a Navy pilot in Black Sheep Squadron. It was a very popular TV series.

I love watching a lot of your reactions and the ones with you and your girlfriend together are my favorites. You are so cute together 🥰

I like the shoutout to the other channel... it's like comradery instead of divisiveness... it's refreshing.

The keys in the truck… it’s a commercial vehicle that was probably in a locked yard. They often leave the keys in them so that the other workers can drive it.

One of my favorite movies ever that holds a special place in my heart as it was the first movie I saw in theaters after my graduation from the U.S. Navy's Basic Training in June of '96. I never tire of watching this movie. Great Sci-Fi and action with a bit of disaster movie thrown into the mix, along with some very human and emotional moments. If you are interested in more movies in the disaster genre, I recommend 1974's The Towering Inferno, my favorite disaster movie ever. For a movie that will be turning fifty this year, the effects created to show the building at different stages of the fire are still very impressive, even this day of CGI.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="2844">47:24</a> Him almost launching that missile is what caused the malfunction.

Two goosebumps moments for me, obvs the speech is one but when David says "Countdown" and "checkmate" oh damn

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1080">18:00</a> "Just like toys" lol it was all model sets blown up with super slow motion cameras. Was super high tech then

This was a fun one with a most excellent cast. I've watched it many times over the years since it came out and it's always entertaining. For a completely different sort of alien movie with Jeff Goldblum I recommend Earth Girls Are Easy (1988). The always wonderful Judd Hirsch plays the Jewish dad. He most came to fame on the tv sitcom TAXI (1979-1983), and has been in many other tv series and movies. I found him delightful in the tv series Forever (2014-2015).

The actor who played the mad scientist is also famous for another role: Data. He played an adroid in Star Trek: The Next Generation tv series. Data wanted to become more human so there are a lot of humours scenes when he tried to act human.

he was a little more than a cable repair guy. He went to MIT for Gods Sake. he was at least a satelite snd computer engineer. His dad just liked to call him a repairman.

the President's Speech is my favourite part of the film.