20 Things You Somehow Missed In Independence Day

[thearabianmage]

Saw this film a couple days after it came out in theatres. Those were the days.

[Chalky.]

If you describe this movie to someone who's never seen it it would sound like an unimaginative, formulaic B-Movie with a big budget, and while it kind of is all of those things it is still one of the most entertaining movies ever.

[jeramyh]

I can't stop laughing. "What is that smell" I said that exact same thing when I first moved to Utah.

[OccuBot]

I saw this in the theater. I was 13. And I always thought David’s “thinking cap” was him putting the top of his head back on cause his mind was blown.

[ashutosh]

I think funniest of all was "was that smell", I bet crew members must have a huge laugh when Will said that line in his unique angry mode.

[precious_muse]

This is such an important movie to my family. My dad says that David has the same career as he does, a video engineer. I think he recognized some of the terminology. He also picks up on a lot of the sci-fi gags.

[fgorton]

The scene where Will Smith drags the alien across the desert was not filmed at the Great Salt Lake, but on the Bonneville Salt Flats west of the Great Salt Lake. I lived there for many years including when Independence Day was filmed.

[PowerGlove]

I actually saw the sequel in the theater and I was the only one in the auditorium. 2 hours later, I knew why

[garibaldilebeau]

I’m pretty sure H.G.Wells didn’t include El Toro US Airforce base in “his story”, being set about 100 years earlier than ID4 and all.

The US movie version, yes...Wells original story, definitely not

[ShadyKray]

Is it weird that Adam's parody of the epic speech also gave me goosebumps? 😄

[brandonmurphy]

The dialogue "Must go faster" isn't just a nod to Goldblum in Jurassic Park, it is actually the same audio, lifted from JP.
Also, Dean Devlin was in Real Genius, which always blows my mind.

[douglasphillips]

As a fan of miniature effects, they will be missed

[criticalimpactgaming]

That into was great. Things like that are why what culture is the only"list" channel I actually like

[rdDrawerDown]

21: At one point the studio wanted to change the name of the movie, but Roland Emmerich wasn't having it. So he decided to include the words "Independence Day" in the iconic speech to ensure that the name stayed.

[LilithGrey...FromHell]

I have seen Independence Day over 100 times and will watch it 1000 times more. It was a great day in American when Jeff Golbum and Will smith teamed up to save the world.

[shoreknightseer]

I enjoy it when a person from Great Britain says the words "Independence Day" with a happy and joyous inflection.

[AskMarcAnthony]

You forgot about "David beating Goliath" David vs the Goliath alien invasion 😉

[mrs.thomas-usmcwife]

"Humanity was saved by a virus" ...Not this time.

[grmpghst]

Another fun fact, when Russell blows up the ship, the explosion is the empire state building explosion upside down

[wyattdillard]

That introduction is simply fantastic. It gets me the same feels as the actual one in the movie. Also congratulations for making me finally comment on a video for the first time ever!