Wow they have really good memory with faces they are recognizing everyone I wonder if they are any good at pool? Maybe their brains have a higher awareness of geometry!
Trivia: Whitmore's "We will not go quietly into the night" speech was not intended to be the final version, as the writers had been busy with other scenes that they didn't have time to work on it. But when Bill Pullman gave such a powerful performance that both the cast *and* the crew started applauding, the directors were like, "Okay, we're keeping that."
Memorized and recited this speech for high school public speaking class. Got an A and the support of my class mates in case of alien invasion.double score
@@f.g.5967 Another fun fact: Will Smith wasn't supposed to punch that alien, he just thought the alien had made a comment about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair.
Like when those neighborhood nutcases we all know encounter a "religious experience", then decides to share it with everyone at church...And they all back away slooowly
When you look and act like Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation you still come off as reading the situation in a warped way, no matter what's happening.
20+ yrs later... 100+ viewings later... that speech from The President, Bill Pullman, still gives me goosebumps. That's one of the best inspirational monologues written.
I saw this film in Seattle. When they uploaded the computer virus to the mother ship the entire audience was roaring with laughter. Almost everybody there worked for Microsoft. We can't get IBMs to communicate with Mac's, but we successfully communicated with an alien computer! 😂
Well if the aliens did run Windows their spaceships would be so riddled with bugs they'd never have gotten off their home planet. Anyway, I don't think his choice of OS matters, he's just using a software-defined radio to send whatever signals he wants, any Earth computer could do that. The only part of the hacking the alien technology that is implausible is the speed of finding the vulnerabilities and writing exploits for them, but to be fair the Area 51 scientists had been studying the spacecraft for decades. Maybe they figured out a fair bit about the systems already and were able to help him write the code.
Well, the aliens managed to interface with the satellites from earth, so it's not that farfetched that someone could use that to reverse engineer a way to hack that interface, though I'd guess it would take much longer than one night. and of course that doesn't mean it'd do damage to the entire system on the ship AND spread to other ships.
My husband was a wonderful programmer..Worked at the aerospace giant that is also based in the Seattle area, he laughed too.He knew we could never pull off such an absurd link with computers from another planet!
Humanity destroying aliens are not allowed to look like Taylor Swift, Alicia Vikander, Catherine Bell, Beyonce, Brad Pitt, Chris Evans, Naveen Andrews, Chadwick Boseman. V was the exception, with Morena Baccarin and Laura Vandervoort. Aliens are meant to look monstrous and insect like even if they are more advanced than us.
@@jrus690 I feel like the industry has been too shortsighted about the possible physical traits "intelligent" aliens would have. One thing that is a must, is some appendage(s) that can properly grip and operate tools. How else would they get to a stage of having such technology and be able to operate it in the first place. And the whole tentacle thing is getting a bit old in my opinion. Of course, at the time this came out, I was impressed by the appearances of these. They had both hands and tentacles. :p
18:35 Jayne! The man they call Jayne! He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor. Stood up to the man and he gave him what for. Our love for him now, ain’t hard to explain. The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!
LOL 😂 I always think Jayne Cobb when I see Adam Baldwin, his best character by far, legend in Firefly and Serenity. Ah Serenity that would be a good suggestion for Cassie to watch, a great sci-fi action adventure film.
The President (Bill Pullman) had to do his big speech very early in the production, and he was very nervous about it because nothing else had been shot yet and he had no idea how "big" to make the speech. I think they just told him "Make it as big as you can!"
That must be scary as an actor, to start off with the iconic story moment. Like when Rami Malek had to shoot the Live Aid concert in Bohemian Rhapsody first. It's like, you either nail it right off the bat or you fail.
@@SpeedOfThought1111 What a shit show that franchise is turning into. wE dRoVe a rOcKeT cAr, wE aRe sUpEr hErOs, wE sToP nUkEs. Turned an awesome car racing show into a super hero action franchise.
I would love to watch her review of 2001 & 2010. But Millennials and even X'ers seem to need more action. But there is hope. She did like "Arrival" and if she follows up 2001 with 2010 which ties up the loose ends...
@@charlesmills8712 When we got a Roomba a couple of years ago, we had the option on the app to "name" our machine. I thought of Rosie after the maid in The Jetsons. But my daughter in law is named Rose. So we went with "Hal". Vacuum the living room rug Hal. "I can't do that, Mary"
This movie came out the summer before my junior year in high school. There's no way to descibe how positively HUGE it was at the time. It was a cultural phenomenon.
Being 16 when this was released, I can attest that nothing looked anywhere near as impressive as this movie did. The trailer dropped and instantly everyone who wasn't living under a rock knew they had to see this movie. I still have it on VHS lol.
@@TheAntiChrysler for me it was that and jurassic park. those are the 2 I actually paid twice to watch in the theater. none ever gave me the vibe to do that. (Matrix was very close though.)
I hadn’t seen this movie in years, and watched it before I knew anything about 2001: A Space Odyssey, and so never noticed the reference until this review. So, that was a nice surprise for me.
Yep. By '97 it was a sound clip that us geeks - even those called Dave - had largely stopped using as a startup sound. David still using it shows not only his geek credentials, but his holding on to the past.
when they did they wide shots of the cities being destroyed, they hand-built model cities, hung them vertically, and used flamethrowers filming in slow motion. looks way better than even CG today!
I’d agree. CGI can be impressive but there’s something about filming something live that feels better. More authentic maybe. Like with the contrast between The Thing and the prequel to it. The CGI takes you out of the movie because it’s so obviously a computer generated image. I feel less of a connection with CGI things as opposed to real world things.
Even as a kid, I could always easily spot models used in movies. There's just something about the material or paint or textures they use that make it obvious it's not full size. It's especially obvious during explosions because no matter what it's a model of, the chunks/debris/shrapnel always look like rocks but don't move like rocks do during an explosion. I'm not saying CGI is perfect by any means, of course, just that for me, CGI is no worse than this type of old practical effect.
@@Tantalus010 The big thing CGI struggles with is light on surfaces, so reflections and shadows. It takes talent, time and the right equipment but CGI can be undetectable. The big thing with practical effects is movement and weight. We know how muscle and skin move or how rocks look when they fall and practical effects just can't compensate. It annoys the hell out of me when people disrespect CG artists in favour of practical effects that are clearly more noticeably fake. Blowing up a model or stretching a rubber mask will never look as good as good CGI because rubber doesn't move or stretch like flesh. A balsa wood model will not disintegrate like a real boat or house. So often hear people give the same 'common' take that never stands up to scrutiny. Practical is better than CG, Vinyl is better than anything digital, home cooked is better than bought, and it's just regurgitated common takes vs any real sense of judgement or critical thinking. No one could honestly look at the shot changing between dummy Arnie head and real Arnie's head and tell me it's seamless or that it's better than the CGI in later movies.
It was so indescribably massive. Like there was never a big budget Hollywood summer blockbuster about an alien invasion and the military's response with an all star cast. It doesn't get the recognition it deserves for opening up big budget Sci fi movies in the age of cgi. 97 gave us 5th element. 98 was Armageddon. 99 was the SW prequels and it was off to the races from there.
I envy u so much. I watched it in summer 1997 when i was 11 vhs. Years later always asked myself how was the public reaction at cinemas. I always wanted to be airforce pilot and this.movie came like magic that year because it only made.my dream.grow more, sadly my country didnt have planes :(.
I remember waiting in line for this opening weekend when I was 12. Wrapped around the outside of the theater and everyone was so freaking excited. And then we go in and it Delivers! Golden age of Event Movies!
The scene where Capt. Hiller (Will Smith) and David (Jeff Goldblum) decide to use the nuke to blow up the mothership gets lost on a lot of people their first time viewing. That was a sacrifice play. They had no way of knowing the ship would be released, which is why they weren't ready for it. That is the gravity of that moment, they were legitimately giving up their lives to end the threat to humanity and they did it with a smile and "eff you" to the aliens. I think that scene is the second most powerful moment in the movie and it doesn't get talked about enough.
Absolutely, Because From Their Point Of View, They Were Trapped, Inside The Gigantic Mothership, And Tightly Held By The Above The Ship's Docking Mechanism, So When They Launched The Nuke, Which Crashed Into The Alien's Docking Control Room, That Damaged It, And Disrupted The Locking Mechanism, Shocking Them Into Seeing That The Ship Had Been Released, When They Had Been Awaiting The Detonation Of That Nuke, And They Had Resigned To Their Fates . . . '-o
When they get into the alien craft and it says; "Good Morning Dave" that is a reference from the 1968 movie (2001 a space odyssey) from the talking computer HAL
Fun trivia, the computer name HAL was chosen by Stanley Kubrick and author Arthur C. Clarke in reference of the IBM 360 computer by using one letter prior in the alphabet for the letters IBM, I - 1 = H B - 1 = A M - 1 = L HAL
The absolute masterpiece of mixing CGI with practical effects is Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think Stanley Kubrick films are the best of the best, because of all the deeper layers and hidden stuff, but from the cinematic point of view LOTR is the goat and almost certainly will never be topped. I'm so sad that I didn't watch those films are theater when they came. It would have been amazing experience.
When this movie premiered in theaters, our actual President was Clinton. The FLOTUS in the movie borrowed elements from then FLOTUS Hillary. At the time, it was obvious, yet, apparently, not absent controversy. Apparently, Hillary hated the fact that the FLOTUS of the movie died. Reports vary, but she may have begun an influence campaign to lobby for the character’s survival but it was too late to make changes. The cans of films were already in the various theaters around the world.
President's wife??? Pffftt... what a downgrade. As far as I'm concerned, that's Laura Roslin, the president of the 12 colonies of Kobol. She is the dying leader destined to lead humanity to a new home.
@@MrSmithla Somehow, I doubt that Clinton was lobbying for the character in the movie to survive. I was 16 then, and I never heard anything about this.
The explosions were practical, they built miniature cities, tilted them 90 degrees and filmed from the top while they set them on fire... So yeah, those effect are legit! This is such a fun movie. ^^
A mysterious and fun fact behind the scenes. The military was going to assist more on the movies production. But they backed out when they saw all of the Area 51 references in the script. XP
I was 19 when I saw this in the theaters. Me and my girlfriend at the time took my mom and sister to go see it and we all fell in love with this movie and my mom bought it on VHS that Christmas and wore out the tape by watching it countless times. She passed away back in 2018 so this film and Twister holds something special for me because those were some of my mom's all time favorite films.
It's incredible you saying that. I saw Independence Day in the movies back in 96, and when it came out on VHS, my mom fell in love with it, too. She also watched Twister over and over again. She loved Twister, but I tolerated it because she liked it, not because I liked it. She never understood why I disliked Helen Hunts character in that movie so much, lol. We watched Independence Day every year on the 4th of July until my momma passed away in 2013. I'll never forget those times.
@@wildmike85 Just a heads up. None of your videos shows up in my feed. I looked and somehow I'm not subscribed. UA-cam needs to fix this. I need to catch up. I love your reactions. Much love from southern Illinois.
My mom took us to see Twister when it released. We went to Taco Bell after and there happened to be a tornado warning during that storm. Scared the crap out of my grandma.
@@heathercontois4501 I live in the southern most part of Illinois and it's usually this time of year (late May) when we have our worse storms. We've had tornadoes in the past. We also had something someone coined as a land based hurricane but I don't think that is an accurate description. Think of it as massive wall of extremely powerful wind, hail and rain that only lasts for 11 seconds and it almost destroys everything. It happened here, this time of year in 2009. Power was out all over the area (not just my town) for almost a week.
In the world of cinema, the presidential speech in this movie is one of the absolute best. Every word is perfect and every word was needed with no extra. So good.
23:06...thank you so much for including "I WAS part of something special." It's such a human moment, and it's one of the best parts of the film. David/Goldblum makes such an amazing admission and show of vulnerability.
I remember watching this in the theatre, because when the alien slams the doctor against the window the guy sitting next to me jumped so much that he threw all of his popcorn on me and the floor 😂😂😂
My main memory from seeing the movie in theaters Independence day weekend 1996 was how loud the movie was. Ever been in a theater and wished they would turn the volume up and that the movie should be louder? Not a problem here.
@@mikell5087 I have been to Super 8 the other day and it was actually so loud I had to haul my ass of the seat and go to the manager asking if they can turn it down a bit, and I love very loud movies. This was painful.
I saw this in the theater when I was a kid. The part where the dog jumps to safety in the corridor, everyone in the theater stood up and started cheering and clapping lol The energy in the room was amazing the entire time.
That really is probably the best speech in movie history. Still fires me up all these years later &, unlike you Canadian girls, this Canadian boy saw this in theatres back in the 90s lol. Thanks again for the entertaining reaction with your sister, Cheers eh
I was working in a movie theater when this came out. It was in theaters at the same time as A Time To Kill, and I kept debating with my manager as to which final speech was better.
I remember watching this in the theater..it was such a huge hype! I STILL get chills every time I hear the president's speech before the attack. SO GOOD!
I watch this in theaters, front row, I, and just about everybody I could see behind me cuz I did look back, we're standing up and cheering, pumping their fists at this speech.
This movie came out in 1996 and it still looks amazing, it was a box office smash it was incredibly popular lol 12:46 people cheered in the theaters at this part lol 28:10 is singlehandedly one of the greatest speeches in movie history 👏 35:00 Will, Jeff and the director were talking about the "must go faster" line from Jurassic Park and thought it would be funny to put it in here so they did lol
I still remember coming out of the theater as a kid and seeing everyone else come out of the theater, just kind of quietly looking up at the sky. Some of the effects haven't held up... but for a movie in '96 a surprising number have. I feel like ID4 (as it is sometimes called) is the ultimate popcorn movie, whether that popcorn is in bed or in the theater. It's just great fun!
when you look at the graphics even today, they are not that much better than those for star wars episode 4 or battle star galactica, made in the 70's, the graphics have not moved on that much since then, hell even new movies dont fair much better than the effects for stargate SG!'s space scenes, how long has that show been off the air
I remember seeing this in theaters ON the 4th of July, when it first came out. When the President made the speech, I remember so many people in the theater lighting lighters like it was a rock concert! And I was one of them…
@@iwatchyoutube6539 Agree, Yes, they're sweet and innocent girls. But they're such bleeding hearts and cry and get sick over the tiniest bit of killing, video after video (presuming they're authentic and not over reacting for the sake of the channel...she does get paid from this). I'm guessing they're at least upper-middle class (she's probably a house wife) and have no idea what adversity or a rough life is. If society takes a turn for the worst, girls like her will die quickly. I'm not really bashing them, they're a product of their environment, I would blame their parents. If "the world" were more like them, we'd all be under the thumb of ruthless dictators. I couldn't help but to respond to that because I've seen a thousand comments on her videos saying the same thing. This weird adoration for being completely naïve and ignorant of the realities of the world and history, which you know they'd never say if the she/they weren't attractive.
@Zap Rowsdower Yep, very sheltered. She said she'd been living under a rock when it came to movies. Unfortunately I think that applies to the rest of life as well. I don't know for certain obviously, but it appears she went from a sheltered upbringing to being a sheltered house wife.
I can watch this movie anyday, everyday and never get tired of it. And that Speech and Russel Casse's 'In the words of my generation, Up Yours' line....ooooo so damn good !
I love how you have started to develop a thicker skin to scary/gross scenes after watching so many movies now. While your sister reminds me of you when you first started this channel. Glad to see her her again.
"Not even a four-pointer, go back to sleep." As a Floridian, I can relate. We don't panic until there's at least a Category 3 hurricane heading our way!
Here is a little info, the older guy who plays Jeff Goldblumes father in this movie was in a TV show with Christopher Lloyd, the guy who plays Doc Brown on Back to the Future, the show was called 'Taxi'. It was a hilarious show from around 1980.
Cassie's "Maybe they're friendly aliens" with the peace sign, tells me you need to look up a TV series called "V" (the original or the remake) and share it with her. You'll never hear the phrase "We come in peace. Always." or look at a mouse the same way again.
10:01: "She's a stripper." "Mmm hmm." "You know what? Ya gotta do whatcha gotta do sometimes." "Yeah... single mom." "Single mom." That is, without question, one of the most thoughtful, empathetic, enlightened conversations I've ever heard on the internet. It's snippets like this that give an old man like me hope for the future despite the fact that you only know Jeff Goldblum from Ragnarok ;)
I second this! Contact IMO is one the greatest hard science fiction films of all time. Arrival and 2001 are at the top top but Contact seems to be the most relatable to the most people.
Still the best presidents speech in cinematic history., Bill Pullman nails it. I've watched this movie too many times and that speech gives me chills every time!
One of my favorites! I saw this as a kid at the theater. People cheered and clapped during the movie. It was great! BTW, Bill Pullman (president) is in one of my favorite romantic comedies, While You We’re Sleeping. ❤
It is definitely a movie for the big screen. I have a general philosophy that if something is happening that isn't supposed to be get away with as much distance as possible (I would have been gone before the masses were cramming the streets) but even with something as massive as they were supposed to be there are always going to be morons like those on the rooftops welcoming the aliens. At least it would be a great way to rid the world of a huge swath of the idiot population.
I remember watching this in the theatre... There was actual cheering at the speech and when Russell took out that one ship!!! Talk about audience participation!!
yeah i was ten when i saw it, it was so memorable......... mostly because during the movie my aunt tripped and rolled down the stairs on the way to get more popcorn >>;; She was fine btw >>;;
I remember they were interviewing one of the cast and they asked if their would be a sequel, and he replied " I don't know, what would they call it, Labor Day, The Rebuilding?"
It suffered without Will Smith (and I missed Margaret Colin), absolutely, but everybody else seems to have given it their best shot. Despite myself, I was impressed. It could not compete with it's predecessor as well as Episode V of *Star Wars* did with Episode IV, but I, for one, will never concede that *Resurgence* sucked. 😏 👽
@@goldenager59I've long felt the Resurgence suffered for trying to do too much in a single movie. Everything felt rushed. We barely had time to absorb the shock and horror before the next scene jumped right into action. There was even a whole plot point about some base out by Jupiter or Saturn disappearing which in hindsight was probably the good alien's fault, but which is never actually addressed.
This is so funny, I had just watched your reaction to Arrival the other day and was thinking today while watching ID4 "Man, it would be so cool if Cassie reacted to Independence Day, but I doubt it'll happen in time for the 4th and I'm sure she has a long waiting list of films to react to before she gets to this." Well, I am happy to be proven wrong on this day. You're gonna have so much fun with this!
I saw this in the theater at 10:00 PM on opening night... it was like a rock concert. Crowd was absolutely insane in all the best possible ways. An unforgettable experience!
13:04 To answer your question simply: Models. Accurate, lifelike, to-scale models. CG can do a lot of things, but practical will always look the most real because it can do things CG can't.
This was my favorite movie for about three years after it came out. What amazes me is how well it still holds up today actually. Great job with the reaction, hit all the high points of the film, lot of fun, good choice!
The answer to the question, "How did they do that?" in films of this era and prior is: A combination of extremely detailed models, pyrotechnics, paintings, optical effects (either in-camera or post-production), and detailed, practical makeup.
Lots of green screen, physical models shot at 90 degree angles, explosives. Computers in 1996 were not powerful enough to generate elaborate 3d shots so they used to do simpler stuff. Video editing, 3d wire frame models at a distance, that is what the computers were used for.
Just a littlle bit of trivia for you. Back when this movie first came out a lot of people in the theaters cheered when the white house was taken out. LOL
@@jrus690 CG was used for most of the F18s and small attacker ships in the dog fights, and when they attack the airforce base and the trailer park. The F18 and the attacker in the grand canyon sequence were models. The huge ships over the cities and the mother ship were also practical models.
This was made before the US acknowledged the existence of Area 51, which had been a rumored conspiracy theory for decades. One of the biggest criticisms of this movie is that it seems impossible that a 20th Century engineer could write a computer virus to affect an advanced alien system. There was a deleted scene during the Area 51 segment where it is revealed that our earliest computer systems were adapted from the alien systems found in 1947. That would have resolved the plot hole.
But they were just able to turn on the systems when the new ships arrived. It's said in the movie ("Suddenly all the little gizmos turned on"). Meaning, they only had a day to learn the alien computer language and I doubt that.
still remember how awestruck i was seeing this movie for the first time as it has kinda that Star Wars feeling of "wow...... not seen this before" you and your sister are so funny and adorable (love the slowmotion repeats) *HUgs to you both*
When I saw this at the cinema, during the scene when the USAF launches their first unsuccessful attack on the alien ship, the general gives the order ‘fire at will’… someone in the audience immediately shouted out ‘DON’T FIRE AT WILL, HE’S FLYING THE PLANE!!’ I missed half of the dogfight between will and the alien because I was still laughing so much…
The makers of this film also did another action alien movie called Stargate, which I also recommend! Russell's daughter was also the older daughter in Mrs. Doubtfire, if you were trying figure out where you may have seen her from.
The first lady, Mary McDonnell is a main character in "Dances With Wolves." And Steve's (Will Smith) best friend is Harry Connick Jr. My favorite film of his is "The Memphis Belle," which also stars a young Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee). Both films are well worth watching.
I used to have the Special Edition, Director's Cut, Deluxe Version, Extended Version of Dances With Wolves on VHS. It took the movie to around the 5 hour marker and While still good it didn't really add much to the story. Still an AMAZING movie though.
Carly: "That was so much more, than I ever could've expected" it was GLORIOUS you guys should look up the behind the scenes, much of that was practical effects, still looks pretty fantastic.
Back in the 90s, they had to use practical effects, so when the buildings were blown up, they used models and real explosives. For example the White House model was 5 feet high and 14 feet wide.
Just a littlle bit of trivia for you. Back when this movie first came out a lot of people in the theaters cheered when the white house was taken out. LOL
@@gordon020958 - Watch the 1996 movie Mars Attacks! There's a scene when Washington is attacked and an elderly lady laughs gleefully as she shouts 'They blew up Congress!'
I was 12 when it came out in Ireland. Me and my cousins and 2 of the dad's went to see it, and it absolutely blew us away! It scared the shit out of me so much thinking this was very possible! Nowadays, if we get aliens, I'd see as a rescue mission
Around this time my mother was getting back in touch with relatives in Ireland. When meeting a pair of my young cousins she broke the ice with "Welcome to Earth!" and miming a punch.
I'll never forget a joke about this movie when it came out. Might've been David Letterman or someone who said it was Bill Clinton's favorite movie because the president is the hero, saves the world, and his wife dies.
SNL (back when it was funny) had Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton do a review of the film. He said his favorite part of the film was when the 1st lady died and the part he wished they explored more was Jasmine’s job at the strip club.
I saw this in theaters the day after the movie premièred on July 4th. The scene when the white house gets blown up, I could hear people in the theater crying cause it looked and felt so real on the big screen.
The way you and your sister keep asking what other movies actors are from reminds me so much of my sister and myself. The reactions with the both of you are a treat! Keep up the amazing work on your channel, you're killing it girl!
Umm, which Cris? Or, it doesn't matter. They are all super God looking people. Just a pick a Chris! You can't go wrong. Now, Tom Cruise might be too busy running for you to catch him. (Because he does that in every movie) Or he's visiting with Xeno. He's kind of due for a new wife at this point. In case any of the ladies are interested.
aliens probably think the same of us, "only 4 appendages, a spherical sensor receptacle on top, skin that secretes some form of smelly liquid, ewww these humans are disgusting !""
"Jeff Goldblum... from Ragnarok" - confirmation that Cassie needs to watch Jurrassic Park, which I am 100% here for.
And The Fly.
@@ClifHaley And The Big Chill..
Wow they have really good memory with faces they are recognizing everyone I wonder if they are any good at pool? Maybe their brains have a higher awareness of geometry!
YES! The Fly!!!!!
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Trivia: Whitmore's "We will not go quietly into the night" speech was not intended to be the final version, as the writers had been busy with other scenes that they didn't have time to work on it. But when Bill Pullman gave such a powerful performance that both the cast *and* the crew started applauding, the directors were like, "Okay, we're keeping that."
grooovyyy! 🍌
Memorized and recited this speech for high school public speaking class. Got an A and the support of my class mates in case of alien invasion.double score
More trivia: “and what the hell is that smell??!” was probably due to the smell of rotting shrimp from the location where they were filming.
I thought Cody Rhodes gave this speech first.
@@f.g.5967 Another fun fact: Will Smith wasn't supposed to punch that alien, he just thought the alien had made a comment about Jada Pinkett-Smith's hair.
Poor Russell. There’s a massive alien invasion happening and everyone STILL looks at him like he’s crazy for saying aliens abducted him.
i wanted an explanation about that!!
Like when those neighborhood nutcases we all know encounter a "religious experience", then decides to share it with everyone at church...And they all back away slooowly
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Russel Case may have lived his life as a bit of a screw up in the eyes of others, but he died a global hero.
When you look and act like Cousin Eddie from Christmas Vacation you still come off as reading the situation in a warped way, no matter what's happening.
Turns out the great speech was the first take. The other actors were thinking "WOW Pullman is CRUSHING it!!!!"
Their excited reactions were genuine.
that's so cool
And he actually picked up the mic backwards and didn't let the screw up phase him.
Awesome take. We used to know how to make films, even cheesy ones
20+ yrs later... 100+ viewings later... that speech from The President, Bill Pullman, still gives me goosebumps. That's one of the best inspirational monologues written.
I've seen this movie a hundred times and that speech always makes me tear up.
Best fictional presidential speech EVER.
Best movie presidential speech ever!
For great movie speeches also see Charlie Chaplins Speech from 'The Great Dictator', if you haven't already.
Classic propaganda brainwashing. Hollywood American heroes save the world again.😴😴😴🤣🤣🤣
Will Smith saying "what the hell is that smell?! " was improvised because there was a bunch of dead shrimp nearby and he was tired of smelling it.
You saw that UA-cam vid too!
It's actually dead brine shrimp that are in the salt flats themselves, but yeah.
Never knew that, very funny XD
This comment made me lmao 😂😂😂
” I could of been in a BBQ!”, LMAO
Independence Day: "Maybe they're nice aliens"
Jurassic Park: "Maybe they're nice dinosaurs"
Ghostbusters: "Maybe they're nice ghosts"
Cassie's optimism is cute.
"Man that guy Neegan is nice ...." heh
I was thinking about other space movie at that time and I thought of Deep Impact 1998
Armageddon, maybe theyre nice asteroids.
Saving Private Ryan: Maybe they’re nice Nazis.
The Downfall: "Maybe this mustache man is nice"
I saw this film in Seattle.
When they uploaded the computer virus to the mother ship the entire audience was roaring with laughter.
Almost everybody there worked for Microsoft.
We can't get IBMs to communicate with Mac's, but we successfully communicated with an alien computer! 😂
hahahahaha
Well if the aliens did run Windows their spaceships would be so riddled with bugs they'd never have gotten off their home planet. Anyway, I don't think his choice of OS matters, he's just using a software-defined radio to send whatever signals he wants, any Earth computer could do that. The only part of the hacking the alien technology that is implausible is the speed of finding the vulnerabilities and writing exploits for them, but to be fair the Area 51 scientists had been studying the spacecraft for decades. Maybe they figured out a fair bit about the systems already and were able to help him write the code.
The aliens had figured that part out!
Well, the aliens managed to interface with the satellites from earth, so it's not that farfetched that someone could use that to reverse engineer a way to hack that interface, though I'd guess it would take much longer than one night. and of course that doesn't mean it'd do damage to the entire system on the ship AND spread to other ships.
My husband was a wonderful programmer..Worked at the aerospace giant that is also based in the Seattle area, he laughed too.He knew we could never pull off such an absurd link with computers from another planet!
'Why'd they make them so gross looking??' LOL They're aliens not Care Bears! LOL
Back when Practical effects were still used . . . . oi.
Do remember that any alien species that we deemed ‘gross,’ would most likely find us, lacking tentacles, covered in hair, equally repulsive.
Humanity destroying aliens are not allowed to look like Taylor Swift, Alicia Vikander, Catherine Bell, Beyonce, Brad Pitt, Chris Evans, Naveen Andrews, Chadwick Boseman. V was the exception, with Morena Baccarin and Laura Vandervoort. Aliens are meant to look monstrous and insect like even if they are more advanced than us.
@@jrus690 I feel like the industry has been too shortsighted about the possible physical traits "intelligent" aliens would have. One thing that is a must, is some appendage(s) that can properly grip and operate tools. How else would they get to a stage of having such technology and be able to operate it in the first place. And the whole tentacle thing is getting a bit old in my opinion. Of course, at the time this came out, I was impressed by the appearances of these. They had both hands and tentacles. :p
@@ProxCyde I always find it much more scary and disturbing when the aliens look like us. Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
18:35 Jayne!
The man they call Jayne!
He robbed from the rich and he gave to the poor.
Stood up to the man and he gave him what for.
Our love for him now, ain’t hard to explain.
The hero of Canton, the man they call Jayne!
and 'My Bodyguard' [1980]
"We gotta go to the crappy town where I'M a hero!"
Jayne Cobb?! You're talking about Jayne Cobb?!
@@johnfriday5169 ---> firefly
LOL 😂 I always think Jayne Cobb when I see Adam Baldwin, his best character by far, legend in Firefly and Serenity. Ah Serenity that would be a good suggestion for Cassie to watch, a great sci-fi action adventure film.
Speaking of Jeff Goldblum, it's a crime that Jurassic Park hasn't even been mentioned from the poll list yet!
"must go faster"
The laugh on the helicopter.
The crime is not mention to The Fly
they do move in heards....
No kidding!
“The world declared in one voice We Will Not Go Quiet Into The Night” the best speech in our history.
The President (Bill Pullman) had to do his big speech very early in the production, and he was very nervous about it because nothing else had been shot yet and he had no idea how "big" to make the speech. I think they just told him "Make it as big as you can!"
That must be scary as an actor, to start off with the iconic story moment. Like when Rami Malek had to shoot the Live Aid concert in Bohemian Rhapsody first. It's like, you either nail it right off the bat or you fail.
I love the Goldblum "Must go faster" from this AND in Jurassic Park lol.
next up, the Fast & Furious franchise
@@SpeedOfThought1111 I would absolutely love to see Jeff Goldblum in a Fast and Furious movie
@@CygnusVoyager Wouldn't put it past them at this point...
@@SpeedOfThought1111 What a shit show that franchise is turning into. wE dRoVe a rOcKeT cAr, wE aRe sUpEr hErOs, wE sToP nUkEs. Turned an awesome car racing show into a super hero action franchise.
That's his line like "Get Outta Here!" Is something Clint Eastwood say in most if not all of his movies.
The "Good Morning Dave" line is a throwback to "2001: A Space Odyssey".
I would love to watch her review of 2001 & 2010. But Millennials and even X'ers seem to need more action. But there is hope. She did like "Arrival" and if she follows up 2001 with 2010 which ties up the loose ends...
@@charlesmills8712 When we got a Roomba a couple of years ago, we had the option on the app to "name" our machine. I thought of Rosie after the maid in The Jetsons. But my daughter in law is named Rose. So we went with "Hal". Vacuum the living room rug Hal. "I can't do that, Mary"
Hey! There is hope. I recently saw another team of young reactors do "2001" and they liked it a lot!
Oh wow! I never even thought about that. That's awesome!
@@maryrichardson1318 I got a Roomba because of the video with the cat riding on one. I also used to love The Jetsons.
This movie came out the summer before my junior year in high school. There's no way to descibe how positively HUGE it was at the time. It was a cultural phenomenon.
Being 16 when this was released, I can attest that nothing looked anywhere near as impressive as this movie did. The trailer dropped and instantly everyone who wasn't living under a rock knew they had to see this movie. I still have it on VHS lol.
I was 13, though 12 when the trailer dropped during the super bowl. Blew my mind. Best movie of my childhood.
The only movie ever that motivated me to go to the theater on the first day of release, first showing of the day.
I was 16 when it came out and I watched it 3 or 4 times in the theater. The special effects were mindblowing.
@@TheAntiChrysler for me it was that and jurassic park. those are the 2 I actually paid twice to watch in the theater. none ever gave me the vibe to do that. (Matrix was very close though.)
I have IronGiant on VHS still
"Good Morning Dave" is a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey, not them doing futuristic tech.
Was hoping someone would get this. :)
@@chunksaflyin I do.
my first thought exactly :D
I hadn’t seen this movie in years, and watched it before I knew anything about 2001: A Space Odyssey, and so never noticed the reference until this review. So, that was a nice surprise for me.
Yep. By '97 it was a sound clip that us geeks - even those called Dave - had largely stopped using as a startup sound. David still using it shows not only his geek credentials, but his holding on to the past.
when they did they wide shots of the cities being destroyed, they hand-built model cities, hung them vertically, and used flamethrowers filming in slow motion. looks way better than even CG today!
There is nothing like the real thing, that's why is better than CGI.
I’d agree. CGI can be impressive but there’s something about filming something live that feels better. More authentic maybe.
Like with the contrast between The Thing and the prequel to it. The CGI takes you out of the movie because it’s so obviously a computer generated image. I feel less of a connection with CGI things as opposed to real world things.
Even as a kid, I could always easily spot models used in movies. There's just something about the material or paint or textures they use that make it obvious it's not full size. It's especially obvious during explosions because no matter what it's a model of, the chunks/debris/shrapnel always look like rocks but don't move like rocks do during an explosion. I'm not saying CGI is perfect by any means, of course, just that for me, CGI is no worse than this type of old practical effect.
@@Tantalus010 The big thing CGI struggles with is light on surfaces, so reflections and shadows. It takes talent, time and the right equipment but CGI can be undetectable. The big thing with practical effects is movement and weight. We know how muscle and skin move or how rocks look when they fall and practical effects just can't compensate. It annoys the hell out of me when people disrespect CG artists in favour of practical effects that are clearly more noticeably fake. Blowing up a model or stretching a rubber mask will never look as good as good CGI because rubber doesn't move or stretch like flesh. A balsa wood model will not disintegrate like a real boat or house.
So often hear people give the same 'common' take that never stands up to scrutiny. Practical is better than CG, Vinyl is better than anything digital, home cooked is better than bought, and it's just regurgitated common takes vs any real sense of judgement or critical thinking. No one could honestly look at the shot changing between dummy Arnie head and real Arnie's head and tell me it's seamless or that it's better than the CGI in later movies.
@@AnonEyeMouse vinyl is better then the standard digital audio.
Seeing this movie in the theaters back in 96, the epicness of it all was truly incomparable.
It was so indescribably massive. Like there was never a big budget Hollywood summer blockbuster about an alien invasion and the military's response with an all star cast. It doesn't get the recognition it deserves for opening up big budget Sci fi movies in the age of cgi. 97 gave us 5th element. 98 was Armageddon. 99 was the SW prequels and it was off to the races from there.
I envy u so much. I watched it in summer 1997 when i was 11 vhs. Years later always asked myself how was the public reaction at cinemas. I always wanted to be airforce pilot and this.movie came like magic that year because it only made.my dream.grow more, sadly my country didnt have planes :(.
I remember waiting in line for this opening weekend when I was 12. Wrapped around the outside of the theater and everyone was so freaking excited. And then we go in and it Delivers! Golden age of Event Movies!
Bill Pullman's speech still gives me goosebumps.
"TODAY IS OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!"
Yup. And I still have a hard time separating him from Lonestar! LMAO!!
That is a helluva speech he gives.
Made me want to throw up.🤮
BEST! PRESIDENTIAL! SPEECH! EVER! (No matter if fictional or non-fictional!)
@@RyoHazuki224 Only Lonestar could be so bold.
The scene where Capt. Hiller (Will Smith) and David (Jeff Goldblum) decide to use the nuke to blow up the mothership gets lost on a lot of people their first time viewing. That was a sacrifice play. They had no way of knowing the ship would be released, which is why they weren't ready for it. That is the gravity of that moment, they were legitimately giving up their lives to end the threat to humanity and they did it with a smile and "eff you" to the aliens.
I think that scene is the second most powerful moment in the movie and it doesn't get talked about enough.
Indeed. People too often gloss over that the two of them were prepared to fall on their figurative sword for the world.
Absolutely, Because From Their Point Of View, They Were Trapped, Inside The Gigantic Mothership, And Tightly Held By The Above The Ship's Docking Mechanism, So When They Launched The Nuke, Which Crashed Into The Alien's Docking Control Room, That Damaged It, And Disrupted The Locking Mechanism, Shocking Them Into Seeing That The Ship Had Been Released, When They Had Been Awaiting The Detonation Of That Nuke, And They Had Resigned To Their Fates . . . '-o
How did I never pick up on that before? Thank you, that's yet another thing about this movie that I like.
I think most people got it. I mean one is literally saying he did not think to die this way. But I agree, it's a powerful scene
The VHS moving cover back in the day was fire!
I remember that. I spent a lot of time blowing up the White House over and over again.
I had that cover- man where did I leave that.... (I had The Lost World moving cover too... also lost. damn it.)
My favorite fridge magnet.
I think I still have it!!!
My favorite part of this video was when Cassie looks at her sister because of her phone and says, "How dare you." and they both giggle. Love it.
When they get into the alien craft and it says; "Good Morning Dave" that is a reference from the 1968 movie (2001 a space odyssey) from the talking computer HAL
I choose to believe "I picked a hell of a day to quit drinking" is an Airplane! reference too, I think it probably is but I'm not 100% sure.
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that
Fun trivia, the computer name HAL was chosen by Stanley Kubrick and author Arthur C. Clarke in reference of the IBM 360 computer by using one letter prior in the alphabet for the letters IBM, I - 1 = H B - 1 = A
M - 1 = L HAL
Thank you for covering that reference. Now I don't have to. 👍
@@elessartelcontar9415 Holy shit, that's great! Thanks! Shit movie but nice trivia.
This movie is what you get when you combine CGI and practical effects. I think many of the fx hold up pretty well.
The model work in this movie was insane.
the mixing cgi, practical effects and models was such a genius innovation by the filmmakers.
12:17
@Kristopher Chavez Terminator 2 was released in 1991. I rented it and watched it like 5 times with my cousin who was visiting at the time.
The absolute masterpiece of mixing CGI with practical effects is Lord of the Rings trilogy. I think Stanley Kubrick films are the best of the best, because of all the deeper layers and hidden stuff, but from the cinematic point of view LOTR is the goat and almost certainly will never be topped.
I'm so sad that I didn't watch those films are theater when they came. It would have been amazing experience.
Balled my eyes out at the president's wife's death scene and when Russ said "tell my children I love them very much" 😭💕
When this movie premiered in theaters, our actual President was Clinton. The FLOTUS in the movie borrowed elements from then FLOTUS Hillary. At the time, it was obvious, yet, apparently, not absent controversy. Apparently, Hillary hated the fact that the FLOTUS of the movie died. Reports vary, but she may have begun an influence campaign to lobby for the character’s survival but it was too late to make changes. The cans of films were already in the various theaters around the world.
President's wife??? Pffftt... what a downgrade. As far as I'm concerned, that's Laura Roslin, the president of the 12 colonies of Kobol. She is the dying leader destined to lead humanity to a new home.
I don't know what "balling" your eyes out is but it sounds like something for youporn, not youtube
@@ephennell4ever it really is
@@MrSmithla Somehow, I doubt that Clinton was lobbying for the character in the movie to survive. I was 16 then, and I never heard anything about this.
The explosions were practical, they built miniature cities, tilted them 90 degrees and filmed from the top while they set them on fire... So yeah, those effect are legit! This is such a fun movie. ^^
One of the greatest speeches in movie history, imo.
and "off the cuff" too!
yeah noone wrote that for him!
some little sad scriptwriter somewhere: :'(
@@foilhattiest1 *sad scriptwriter noises*
And then you watch the video of Sean Schimmel saying it as King Kai
"One of," You mean THE GREATEST speech in movie history
A mysterious and fun fact behind the scenes. The military was going to assist more on the movies production.
But they backed out when they saw all of the Area 51 references in the script. XP
And the scientist guy in Area 51 was Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
@@puckarine oh my gosh I never realized that!
All I can add is that crop duster Randy Quaid 's kid is obviously Frank from Donnie Darko.
Data=Brent Spiner
Area 51 was not officially recognized until 1 or 2 years later, so yah, they probably were not anxious to deal with that.
@@jrus690 Area 51 was not recognized until Obama "declassified" it.
I was 19 when I saw this in the theaters. Me and my girlfriend at the time took my mom and sister to go see it and we all fell in love with this movie and my mom bought it on VHS that Christmas and wore out the tape by watching it countless times. She passed away back in 2018 so this film and Twister holds something special for me because those were some of my mom's all time favorite films.
It's incredible you saying that. I saw Independence Day in the movies back in 96, and when it came out on VHS, my mom fell in love with it, too. She also watched Twister over and over again. She loved Twister, but I tolerated it because she liked it, not because I liked it. She never understood why I disliked Helen Hunts character in that movie so much, lol. We watched Independence Day every year on the 4th of July until my momma passed away in 2013. I'll never forget those times.
Twister is badass. These girls need to watch that.
@@wildmike85 Just a heads up. None of your videos shows up in my feed. I looked and somehow I'm not subscribed. UA-cam needs to fix this. I need to catch up. I love your reactions. Much love from southern Illinois.
My mom took us to see Twister when it released. We went to Taco Bell after and there happened to be a tornado warning during that storm. Scared the crap out of my grandma.
@@heathercontois4501 I live in the southern most part of Illinois and it's usually this time of year (late May) when we have our worse storms. We've had tornadoes in the past. We also had something someone coined as a land based hurricane but I don't think that is an accurate description. Think of it as massive wall of extremely powerful wind, hail and rain that only lasts for 11 seconds and it almost destroys everything. It happened here, this time of year in 2009. Power was out all over the area (not just my town) for almost a week.
Best inspirational pre-battle speech in film history. Straight up.
Absolutely . . . 1 Of Actor Bill Pulman's Best Acting Jobs . . . :-)
@@jamesevans3492 And he got along great with Robert Loggia too, though by next year in Lost Highway, their relationship had soured somewhat...
You need to see Gladiator.
The actress who plays the presidents wife, played a phenomenal part in the 2004 reboot of battlestar galactica
That whole cast of BSG was amazing... one of the best SciFi shows ever created because of the cast!
I always remembered her as the woman from Dances with wolves
When the golden age of tv started and is still on. BSG, Sopranos and Wire all premiered within a year or two. All 3 of those shows now classics :)
I knew she looked familiar.
So say we all
In the world of cinema, the presidential speech in this movie is one of the absolute best. Every word is perfect and every word was needed with no extra. So good.
The only one on the same level might be the speech from Armageddon.
"I guess they're not nice aliens." I started laughing so hard that I woke several family members up
23:06...thank you so much for including "I WAS part of something special."
It's such a human moment, and it's one of the best parts of the film. David/Goldblum makes such an amazing admission and show of vulnerability.
Top-tier editing with the slo-mo replays of the jump scares.
I remember watching this in the theatre, because when the alien slams the doctor against the window the guy sitting next to me jumped so much that he threw all of his popcorn on me and the floor 😂😂😂
Hahaha this nword eating beans.
I remember I saw someone running out during the autopsy scene when the alien woke up
I had a friend that did that in jaws.
I was the guy with the popcorn 😊
That autopsy incision scene, half the cinema jumped out of their seats 😂😂😂
they sure did. wasn't one empty seat in the house. they had to put folding chairs in the front.
That's my memory from the premiere. I was sitting in the very last row and expected a jump scare scene. Everyone jumped in their seats, lol.
My main memory from seeing the movie in theaters Independence day weekend 1996 was how loud the movie was. Ever been in a theater and wished they would turn the volume up and that the movie should be louder? Not a problem here.
@@mikell5087 I have been to Super 8 the other day and it was actually so loud I had to haul my ass of the seat and go to the manager asking if they can turn it down a bit, and I love very loud movies. This was painful.
Oh the memories. Those were the days.
The effects were so good for the nineties. I was amazed when I saw this in the theater.
I saw this in the theater when I was a kid. The part where the dog jumps to safety in the corridor, everyone in the theater stood up and started cheering and clapping lol The energy in the room was amazing the entire time.
That really is probably the best speech in movie history. Still fires me up all these years later &, unlike you Canadian girls, this Canadian boy saw this in theatres back in the 90s lol.
Thanks again for the entertaining reaction with your sister,
Cheers eh
Plus it was ALWAYS on TV, even still can be around July 4th.
How many people you knew that can recite the speech from memory? 😂. Back then lot of people had it like a national hymn 🤣.
President speech from Armageddon is better 😎
Charlie Chaplin’s speech as Hynkel in “The Dictator” takes the price as the biggest speech ever.
I was working in a movie theater when this came out. It was in theaters at the same time as A Time To Kill, and I kept debating with my manager as to which final speech was better.
I remember watching this in the theater..it was such a huge hype! I STILL get chills every time I hear the president's speech before the attack. SO GOOD!
I watch this in theaters, front row, I, and just about everybody I could see behind me cuz I did look back, we're standing up and cheering, pumping their fists at this speech.
@@sowde3645 that happened at the theatre that I went to. Everyone cheer, clap hands.
And we're not even American (I'm Indonesian)
Patriotism overload
This movie came out in 1996 and it still looks amazing, it was a box office smash it was incredibly popular lol
12:46 people cheered in the theaters at this part lol
28:10 is singlehandedly one of the greatest speeches in movie history 👏
35:00 Will, Jeff and the director were talking about the "must go faster" line from Jurassic Park and thought it would be funny to put it in here so they did lol
I still remember coming out of the theater as a kid and seeing everyone else come out of the theater, just kind of quietly looking up at the sky. Some of the effects haven't held up... but for a movie in '96 a surprising number have. I feel like ID4 (as it is sometimes called) is the ultimate popcorn movie, whether that popcorn is in bed or in the theater. It's just great fun!
I recall some of the dodgy-looking green-screens being dodgy-looking even back then.
when you look at the graphics even today, they are not that much better than those for star wars episode 4 or battle star galactica, made in the 70's, the graphics have not moved on that much since then, hell even new movies dont fair much better than the effects for stargate SG!'s space scenes, how long has that show been off the air
I remember seeing this in theaters ON the 4th of July, when it first came out.
When the President made the speech, I remember so many people in the theater lighting lighters like it was a rock concert!
And I was one of them…
how can two people be so pure and innocent in this day and age. The world would be so much better if the rest of us were like you two.
@@iwatchyoutube6539 Agree, Yes, they're sweet and innocent girls. But they're such bleeding hearts and cry and get sick over the tiniest bit of killing, video after video (presuming they're authentic and not over reacting for the sake of the channel...she does get paid from this). I'm guessing they're at least upper-middle class (she's probably a house wife) and have no idea what adversity or a rough life is. If society takes a turn for the worst, girls like her will die quickly. I'm not really bashing them, they're a product of their environment, I would blame their parents. If "the world" were more like them, we'd all be under the thumb of ruthless dictators. I couldn't help but to respond to that because I've seen a thousand comments on her videos saying the same thing. This weird adoration for being completely naïve and ignorant of the realities of the world and history, which you know they'd never say if the she/they weren't attractive.
@@Swearengen1980 nothing wrong with being an emotional person
@Zap Rowsdower Yep, very sheltered. She said she'd been living under a rock when it came to movies. Unfortunately I think that applies to the rest of life as well. I don't know for certain obviously, but it appears she went from a sheltered upbringing to being a sheltered house wife.
@@Nick-xq9tw oh grow up and face reality
@@Nick-xq9tw hark the heralded white knight
Cassie is so smart, she usually figures out the plot, and asked the right questions.
I can watch this movie anyday, everyday and never get tired of it. And that Speech and Russel Casse's 'In the words of my generation, Up Yours' line....ooooo so damn good !
I love how you have started to develop a thicker skin to scary/gross scenes after watching so many movies now. While your sister reminds me of you when you first started this channel. Glad to see her her again.
"Not even a four-pointer, go back to sleep."
As a Floridian, I can relate. We don't panic until there's at least a Category 3 hurricane heading our way!
Yes, this. I lived most of my life in California, and a four-pointer isn't worth getting out of bed for. :)
Texan here. We do that with 110'F and F1 Tornados.
@@Wyrmshadow But not snow flurries...
Here is a little info, the older guy who plays Jeff Goldblumes father in this movie was in a TV show with Christopher Lloyd, the guy who plays Doc Brown on Back to the Future, the show was called 'Taxi'. It was a hilarious show from around 1980.
Taxi Was Pre-1980 . . .
Me a few months ago: oh great just another reaction channel.
Me today: popcorn in bed posted! Let's check it out!
Love when you´re watching movies with your sister :-)
Cassie's "Maybe they're friendly aliens" with the peace sign, tells me you need to look up a TV series called "V" (the original or the remake) and share it with her.
You'll never hear the phrase "We come in peace. Always." or look at a mouse the same way again.
🐁😋🐊(chomp!)
The dude who played Dar was in the original series, and he was in a recording of Taming of the Shrew.
Nah, Earth: Final Conflict
Preta nama
10:01: "She's a stripper." "Mmm hmm." "You know what? Ya gotta do whatcha gotta do sometimes." "Yeah... single mom." "Single mom."
That is, without question, one of the most thoughtful, empathetic, enlightened conversations I've ever heard on the internet. It's snippets like this that give an old man like me hope for the future despite the fact that you only know Jeff Goldblum from Ragnarok ;)
I'd loooove to see you react to "Contact" with Jodie Foster.. but maybe you've already seen it. If not, its brilliant (not scary but beautiful).
I second this! Contact IMO is one the greatest hard science fiction films of all time. Arrival and 2001 are at the top top but Contact seems to be the most relatable to the most people.
And one of the most angering films presented to us.
absolutely yes.
Great movie, outside one of the worst endings in cinema history
Also, Interstellar, for the thinking person's science fiction
"Did he just break his legs?" Carly gets it. Everytime i watch him land i wince. Absolutely NOT the way you hit the ground...
Not the way to land,but if you aren’t very high when you bail you don’t have time to do it pretty.
Still the best presidents speech in cinematic history., Bill Pullman nails it. I've watched this movie too many times and that speech gives me chills every time!
I watched this movie at an open air cinema. There was a lightning storm just beyond the screen that night. It was awesome!
"Where's David, we need a plan!"
David: "Throws stuff around"
The “good morning Dave” laptop boot up joke was from 2001:A Space Odyssey.
THANK YOU!!!!!!
So many great lines in this movie.
Really love: "is that glass bulletproof?"
"No sir!!!"
"Welcome to Earth!"
I'm partial to; "Just gettin' a feel for the old girl."
"No, don't do that - leave her alone."
One of my favorites! I saw this as a kid at the theater. People cheered and clapped during the movie. It was great!
BTW, Bill Pullman (president) is in one of my favorite romantic comedies, While You We’re Sleeping. ❤
I saw this movie in theaters. The alien ships breaking through the atmosphere was so impressive.
Yes that first view of one of the ships coming out of the clouds in the theater was a moment for sure. Everyone was like 'holy hell it's huge'.
Nobody listens to the dialogue.
"Three dozen smaller crafts have detached......
.....each about 15 miles wide."
It is definitely a movie for the big screen. I have a general philosophy that if something is happening that isn't supposed to be get away with as much distance as possible (I would have been gone before the masses were cramming the streets) but even with something as massive as they were supposed to be there are always going to be morons like those on the rooftops welcoming the aliens. At least it would be a great way to rid the world of a huge swath of the idiot population.
I think I saw it four times in theaters.
Many shots in this movie leave me in awe, even now in 2023. Truly a golden Era for film
I remember watching this in the theatre... There was actual cheering at the speech and when Russell took out that one ship!!! Talk about audience participation!!
It is a darned good speech
yeah i was ten when i saw it, it was so memorable......... mostly because during the movie my aunt tripped and rolled down the stairs on the way to get more popcorn >>;;
She was fine btw >>;;
I like the "I hope they bring back Elvis" optimism you showed in the first few minutes.
Cassie: you’re channel is a 5 star but somehow a 10 out of 5 when Carly is with u: 2 international heroes ❤❤
I remember they were interviewing one of the cast and they asked if their would be a sequel, and he replied " I don't know, what would they call it, Labor Day, The Rebuilding?"
Lol, turns out rhe called it Resurgence, and it absolutely sucked compared to ID4.
@@Nexus_of_Sominus yeah, I forgot I watched it. I don't remember a single thing about it, but I know I watched it...lol
It suffered without Will Smith (and I missed Margaret Colin), absolutely, but everybody else seems to have given it their best shot. Despite myself, I was impressed. It could not compete with it's predecessor as well as Episode V of *Star Wars* did with Episode IV, but I, for one, will never concede that *Resurgence* sucked. 😏 👽
@@goldenager59I've long felt the Resurgence suffered for trying to do too much in a single movie. Everything felt rushed. We barely had time to absorb the shock and horror before the next scene jumped right into action. There was even a whole plot point about some base out by Jupiter or Saturn disappearing which in hindsight was probably the good alien's fault, but which is never actually addressed.
This is so funny, I had just watched your reaction to Arrival the other day and was thinking today while watching ID4 "Man, it would be so cool if Cassie reacted to Independence Day, but I doubt it'll happen in time for the 4th and I'm sure she has a long waiting list of films to react to before she gets to this."
Well, I am happy to be proven wrong on this day. You're gonna have so much fun with this!
12:47 One of the all-time most heroic dog moments in cinematic history 😁
*"Are those automated or little aliens in there???"* Cassie's so dang hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣
"They're going to have to find some crucial weakness"
Yeah. The aliens use Windows 98...
Good job it wasn't Vista.
The virus would be an "unrecognised format"
@@slayerrocks2 Guess it could have been Mac System 8. The beach ball would still be spinning.
i dont think windows 98 was even out yet
Guess it was Windows 95.... No wonder the virus worked!
That's why you should always keep your antivirus software updated.
I saw this in the theater at 10:00 PM on opening night... it was like a rock concert. Crowd was absolutely insane in all the best possible ways. An unforgettable experience!
28:11 That speech hypes me up so much. Almost as much as the Rohirrim charge speech from Return of the King.
13:04 To answer your question simply: Models. Accurate, lifelike, to-scale models. CG can do a lot of things, but practical will always look the most real because it can do things CG can't.
This was my favorite movie for about three years after it came out. What amazes me is how well it still holds up today actually.
Great job with the reaction, hit all the high points of the film, lot of fun, good choice!
The answer to the question, "How did they do that?" in films of this era and prior is:
A combination of extremely detailed models, pyrotechnics, paintings, optical effects (either in-camera or post-production), and detailed, practical makeup.
Whatever technology they used it still holds up nearly a quarter century later.
It cant be beat
Lots of green screen, physical models shot at 90 degree angles, explosives. Computers in 1996 were not powerful enough to generate elaborate 3d shots so they used to do simpler stuff. Video editing, 3d wire frame models at a distance, that is what the computers were used for.
Just a littlle bit of trivia for you. Back when this movie first came
out a lot of people in the theaters cheered when the white house was
taken out. LOL
@@jrus690 CG was used for most of the F18s and small attacker ships in the dog fights, and when they attack the airforce base and the trailer park. The F18 and the attacker in the grand canyon sequence were models. The huge ships over the cities and the mother ship were also practical models.
Cassie is always so genuine when she watches films and shows whether it’s her excitement or profuse crying. 😃
This was made before the US acknowledged the existence of Area 51, which had been a rumored conspiracy theory for decades.
One of the biggest criticisms of this movie is that it seems impossible that a 20th Century engineer could write a computer virus to affect an advanced alien system. There was a deleted scene during the Area 51 segment where it is revealed that our earliest computer systems were adapted from the alien systems found in 1947. That would have resolved the plot hole.
But they were just able to turn on the systems when the new ships arrived. It's said in the movie ("Suddenly all the little gizmos turned on"). Meaning, they only had a day to learn the alien computer language and I doubt that.
They just had to upload Windows 95
@@seantlewis376 me I've located Area 51, 52, and 53. From the TV show called Ancient Alien's.
Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey in “contact”…. You would absolutely love it
"Contact" is a goddamn classic, and a completely different kind of first-contact sci-fi film!
^this
@@PhilipZeplinDK It would be a good companion movie to “arrival” that she just saw🍻
Carl Sagan, Jodie Foster and Matthew McConaughey ... Eccellent movie
Terrible ending though
still remember how awestruck i was seeing this movie for the first time
as it has kinda that Star Wars feeling of "wow...... not seen this before"
you and your sister are so funny and adorable (love the slowmotion repeats)
*HUgs to you both*
You and your sister make a great duo for these reactions. More visits from her are encouraged.
When I saw this at the cinema, during the scene when the USAF launches their first unsuccessful attack on the alien ship, the general gives the order ‘fire at will’… someone in the audience immediately shouted out ‘DON’T FIRE AT WILL, HE’S FLYING THE PLANE!!’
I missed half of the dogfight between will and the alien because I was still laughing so much…
The Air Force wasn't in the first attack.
Took me sec....😂
The makers of this film also did another action alien movie called Stargate, which I also recommend!
Russell's daughter was also the older daughter in Mrs. Doubtfire, if you were trying figure out where you may have seen her from.
Both good movies to react to
Stargate is my favourite Emmerich film. :)
Her?
Watching these two see the speech for the 1st time was awesome. You could actually see them being inspired. Whitmore just got another two votes
Sure enough, lol. I never realized how this speech perfectly sums up how he probably got elected.
The first lady, Mary McDonnell is a main character in "Dances With Wolves." And Steve's (Will Smith) best friend is Harry Connick Jr. My favorite film of his is "The Memphis Belle," which also stars a young Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee). Both films are well worth watching.
Yup yup and YUP!
She also played President Laura Roslin on the reimagined Battlestar Galactica.
I used to have the Special Edition, Director's Cut, Deluxe Version, Extended Version of Dances With Wolves on VHS. It took the movie to around the 5 hour marker and While still good it didn't really add much to the story. Still an AMAZING movie though.
The two of you watching scary movies is absolutely priceless. This was so entertaining
Carly: "That was so much more, than I ever could've expected" it was GLORIOUS you guys should look up the behind the scenes, much of that was practical effects, still looks pretty fantastic.
Back in the 90s, they had to use practical effects, so when the buildings were blown up, they used models and real explosives. For example the White House model was 5 feet high and 14 feet wide.
Just a littlle bit of trivia for you. Back when this movie first came
out a lot of people in the theaters cheered when the white house was
taken out. LOL
@@gordon020958 - Watch the 1996 movie Mars Attacks! There's a scene when Washington is attacked and an elderly lady laughs gleefully as she shouts 'They blew up Congress!'
@@clit_niblr0375 Thanks! I'll have to rewatch Mars Atacks. I didn't remember that one.
Optical effects > CGI (always)
Dr. Okun was played by Brent Spiner. Spiner WAS Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
First time I saw this film my face lit up when I saw Brent. I loved him as Data and loved him as Dr Okun
Oh shit! I never saw that!
IS Data
@@amandacogger3075 I feel like this was the first time we really saw him after Data?
@@PianoMoverSmith1 as much as I love him playing Data it was good to see Brent doing a different role as he was just as good playing Dr Okun
I was 12 when it came out in Ireland. Me and my cousins and 2 of the dad's went to see it, and it absolutely blew us away! It scared the shit out of me so much thinking this was very possible! Nowadays, if we get aliens, I'd see as a rescue mission
Around this time my mother was getting back in touch with relatives in Ireland. When meeting a pair of my young cousins she broke the ice with "Welcome to Earth!" and miming a punch.
Its always so interesting hearing about all you guys other perspectives in the 200+ other countries. Of these movies and in general
I'll never forget a joke about this movie when it came out. Might've been David Letterman or someone who said it was Bill Clinton's favorite movie because the president is the hero, saves the world, and his wife dies.
He also said the movie made millions all because of one line alone. “Daddy let me watch Letterman.”
Yeah, it was Letterman. "The is president is the hero, saves the world, and his wife dies. Bill Clinton calls it the feel good movie of the summer."
Don't forget the cigars 🤣🤣🤣
SNL (back when it was funny) had Phil Hartman as Bill Clinton do a review of the film. He said his favorite part of the film was when the 1st lady died and the part he wished they explored more was Jasmine’s job at the strip club.
Speaking of President Clinton's favorite films, Cassie should watch "High Noon" with Gary Cooper.
It just clicked for me... the lady playing the First Lady is the same one who later played the actual President in Battlestar Galactica. Awesome!
Ahhh...that is where I recognize her from. Thanks bro
Stands With A Fist from Dances With Wolves.
Mine was seeing that Jayne from Firefly is in this! 😳
The scene where the computer says “hello Dave” is from the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey
I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that
"Open the Pod Bay Doors HAL!" ..... "Skrew You Dave!"
I saw this in theaters the day after the movie premièred on July 4th. The scene when the white house gets blown up, I could hear people in the theater crying cause it looked and felt so real on the big screen.
The way you and your sister keep asking what other movies actors are from reminds me so much of my sister and myself. The reactions with the both of you are a treat! Keep up the amazing work on your channel, you're killing it girl!
Carly: why are aliens so gross!
Me: That depends on your point of view. He's the Tom Cruise (or pick a Chris) of his home planet.
Umm, which Cris? Or, it doesn't matter. They are all super God looking people. Just a pick a Chris! You can't go wrong. Now, Tom Cruise might be too busy running for you to catch him. (Because he does that in every movie) Or he's visiting with Xeno. He's kind of due for a new wife at this point. In case any of the ladies are interested.
Alien Tom Cruise, too tall surely. 😉
So basically a alien Brad Pitt 😂
aliens probably think the same of us, "only 4 appendages, a spherical sensor receptacle on top, skin that secretes some form of smelly liquid, ewww these humans are disgusting !""
@@lonnieeastin6401 Chris Walken.
This movie was such a great mix of action, heart and humor. Still one of my favorites.
Jeff Goldblum got to re-use his line from "Jurassic Park".
"Faster! Must go faster!". 😂