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    Image of GodofMonkeys GodofMonkeys
    11/13/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    Taking alien tech and reverse-engineering it using a Mac, the human race refurbishes the battleship Yamato and sends it off to fend off another wave of alien attacks.

    What do you mean "it's been done"? #independenceday
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    Image of Bootknife-Jackson Bootknife-Jackson
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    awwwwwwwwww yeah! #independenceday
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    Image of iamnomad iamnomad
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    ID10: Yom Kippur, Day of Atonement - staring Will Smith and Woody Allen.

    ID26: Boxing Day - staring Will Smith and Sylvester Stallone. #independenceday
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment iamnomad was starred iamnomad was unstarred
    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    11/13/09

    @iamnomad: Nice, very nice. #independenceday
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    Image of gd01skorpius gd01skorpius
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    I think a good sequel storyline would involve humanity reverse engineering the alien technology, discovering the whereabouts of the alien homeworld, and then build their own pre-emptive attack force. On their way, past the point of no return, something goes wrong and the human mother ship must scour other planets for resources, including an inhabited one. Oh wait, I must be thinking of Robotech and Avatar mixed together. Nevermind. #independenceday
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    Have we learned nothing from the Matrix 2 & 3?

    Indiana Jones 4?

    Die Hard 4?

    The Star Wars prequels?

    Godfather 3?

    I hope he's joking, because making movies down the line that were not intended in the first place always fail so bad... except in the box office. Damn it, people, stop paying for such tripe! #independenceday
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment Paul_Is_Drunk was starred Paul_Is_Drunk was unstarred
    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    11/13/09

    @Paul_Is_Drunk: The Star Wars prequels were intended in the first place.
    A few other reasonable good sequals (like Indy 2/3) wernt untill after the first was a success.
    Die Hard, meanwhile, was also just a set of random action films, with no inter-film arc planned at all. The 4th film is no different to the others there.

    So your theory dosnt hold water the way you phrased it. Perhaps you should have said "late sequals dont work" or something like that. #independenceday
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    Image of Paul_Is_Drunk Paul_Is_Drunk
    11/13/09

    @twDarkflame: I feel that "making movies down the line that were not intended in the first place" is pretty much the same as "late sequals (sic)" but to each their own.

    And, honestly, the Star Wars prequels were no more planned out than anything George Lucas did. That man loves to change history. Just read any of the original scripts, or just look how he spontaneously had Leia be Luke's sister.

    I wish I saved that link on io9 of the original writer of Return of the Jedi saying the sibling was going to be introduced as someone else in the third film before George Lucas started going all control freak. #independenceday
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    Image of dave the wet sprocket dave the wet sprocket
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    the second will feature the arrival of the overlords, come to finish the work at which their minions failed. and in the third, after a few all-too-brief years of recovery, the arrival of the invid. #independenceday
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment dave the wet sprocket was starred dave the wet sprocket was unstarred
    Image of PlaidNinja PlaidNinja
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    Well, I'm hoping for a new year's NY1 sequel, followed by the Cinco de mayo finale, CM5. #independenceday
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment PlaidNinja was starred PlaidNinja was unstarred
    Image of Howard Blair Howard Blair
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    If you put any version of "forever" in the title, it'll never get made! (Duke, we miss you!) #independenceday
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    Twisk promoted this comment Howard Blair was starred Howard Blair was unstarred
    Image of twDarkflame twDarkflame
    11/13/09

    @Howard Blair: Batman being a sad counter point. #independenceday
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    Image of Howard Blair Howard Blair
    11/13/09

    @twDarkflame: I enjoyed the first and second Batman movies (although I had my doubts at first about Michael Keaton, he made a GREAT Batman, and the revamped Penguin was cool but grotesque); the third was too "cerebral" (Batman III: Batman Gets Psychoanalyzed), and Batman and Robin was just as campy as the '60s series. Batman Begins and Dark Knight was a refreshing return to a Tim Burton-esque style, although Ra's Al Ghul was very different from the comic books. So...four hits, two misses; not bad, about the same score as the six Star Wars movies (Episode I: meh, Episode III: predictable; four for six again.) Looking forward to the next one. #independenceday
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    Image of pubb13 pubb13
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    Am I missing something? Were there sequels made to War of the Worlds? #independenceday
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    Image of EugeniaBSG EugeniaBSG
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    ID4-ever? Idaho forever?

    The state motto of Idaho really is "Esto perpetua" usually translated as "May it be perpetual" or "It is forever". #independenceday
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    Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment EugeniaBSG was starred EugeniaBSG was unstarred
    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/12/09

    @EugeniaBSG: The aliens have come for our potatoes! #independenceday
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    Image of Aidan_ Aidan_
    11/13/09

    @Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.: Noooo not mah spuds! #independenceday
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    Image of Spootythegameguru Spootythegameguru
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    A sequel to a movie based on a 4th of july blockbuster just sounds completely stupid. #independenceday
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    tande04 promoted this comment Spootythegameguru was starred Spootythegameguru was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/12/09

    @Spootythegameguru: Like MIB II and the inevitable MIB III? #independenceday
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    Image of gorehound gorehound
    11/12/09

    @Spootythegameguru: No it sounds like Hollywood #independenceday
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    Image of Spootythegameguru Spootythegameguru
    11/12/09

    @gorehound: I can just visualize the hokey lines now. "And let this be our 2nd.................. #independenceday
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    ID5: EPA Sues For Planetary Littering
    ID6: The Out-Of-Court Settlement

    ...Watch for the 'Zilla cameo! #independenceday
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    Image of se7a7n7 se7a7n7
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    I Like the 2 movie story arc, very Kill Bill-ish.

    So I'm guessing that Will Smith's character is the President of the United States and Earth has seriously upgraded their defenses with alien tech. Then of course the aliens return and there's a big awesome battle.

    Then at the end of the movie, it's decided that the battle needs to be taken to the alien's Homeworld to end their threat once and for all, which sets up the next movie. #independenceday
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    Image of Gemini2 Gemini2
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    OMG!!! This man must be stopped. #independenceday
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo promoted this comment Gemini2 was starred Gemini2 was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/12/09

    @Gemini2: Put him on a boat with Michael Bay, Uwe Boll and Paul WS Anderson.

    Then sink the boat. #independenceday
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    Image of DraconisXC DraconisXC
    11/12/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: You put Megan Fox on that boat too and you have yourself a deal, sir. #independenceday
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    Dr Emilio Lizardo promoted this comment DraconisXC was starred DraconisXC was unstarred
    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/12/09

    @DraconisXC: I think we're gonna need a bigger boat. #independenceday
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    Image of DraconisXC DraconisXC
    11/12/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Simply replace the boat idea with Glenn Beck, everyone will fit into his gaping maw. #independenceday
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    Image of Smeagol92055 Smeagol92055
    11/12/09

    @DraconisXC: Ha ha... Glenn Beck is the new Bill O'Reilley. #independenceday
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    Image of Akitsu Akitsu
    11/12/09

    In reply to Roland Emmerich Planning Not One, But Two Independence Day Sequels
    I always felt ripped off by the ending of the original. Not only did the aliens have a massive ground offensive ready, but a slew of cool looking ships we never got to see in action.

    Hopefully the sequel will be more about said forces, and less about giant motherships. I'd actually enjoy a sequel that amped up the horror aspect of the creatures. #independenceday
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    Image of vinylrake vinylrake
    11/12/09

    @Akitsu: While I was really impressed by the Alien's use of open source software to power their computers (the only plausible explanation for how a human written computer 'virus' was able to run on alien hardware), I was pretty annoyed the Aliens didn't have better virus protection on their computers. What, they don't have hackers on any of the alien homeworlds? That just seemed so unrealistic. #independenceday
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    Bigdamnhero promoted this comment vinylrake was starred vinylrake was unstarred
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