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I'm still waiting for the start of the Willenium. #meninblack
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"Welcome to Jupiter's orbit!" *Punches HAL 9000* #meninblack
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"Let's kick the tires and light the fires, big daddy!"
Or, my personal Favorite:
(After Punching the alien) "Welcome to Earth!"
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10/12/09
Tagline: On July 2nd, they arrive. On July 3rd, they strike. On July 4th, we fight back. On July 5th through 7th, we experience this overplayed plot formula over and over again.
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I lost all hope and respect for Devlin and Emmerich halfway through the '98 "Godzilla" movie.
That being said....
...y'know, a sequel to this is just a horrible idea. There's nowhere it can go. Honestly.
If anything, the prequel novel "ID4: Silent Zone" by Stephen Molstad should be adapted to film or a TV movie. SZ dealt with the Roswell crash and how Dr Okun (played by Brent Spiner in the movie) went from a stoner genius to being the head of the Area 51 research facility.
Again, going the prequel route, a film around Russel as a younger man wouldn't be frowned upon. Maybe it could be a tribute to "Fire in the Sky."
But please, for the love of all that is holy and decent in the world, do NOT let Devlin and Emmerich make a sequel with Will Smith!
God, I can see it now......
ID4 Will: Man, these aliens be tough! I need some help!
(suddenly, a black Ford LTD pulls up alongside ID4 Will's jet, and MIB Will and MIB Tommy Lee Jones step out)
MIB Tommy: We'll take it from here.
MIB Will: Yeah.
(they appraise the situation. suddenly, a man comes falling out of the sky, wearing black leather biker gear, a beanie and sunglasses)
Hancock Will: Naw, man, I got this.
*shudders*
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With those two unless sets are being constructed i'm very skeptical of things they talk about.
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That said, I would probably watch it anyway since I found the first so enjoyable.
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Let's imagine that the ship is made out of something as light as aluminum, and is 90% hollow: it's mass is in the order of several hundred billion metric tons. So...you've got several of these ships releasing, oh, 1000 megatons of energy when they impact the Earth *at terminal velocity* (55m/s).
What about the mother ship? It's so massive that it must have caused huge tidal events. But I digress...Anyway, if a piece of the mother ship the size of one of these smaller ships fell into our atmosphere, its 30 million megaton blast would probably kill most of the life on Earth in hours or days.