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On the podcast this time, Steven and Sean are saving the entire world from a massive alien invasion… yet again, in the Roland Emmerich film from 1996, Independence Day.

What is it with aliens who are always trying to blow up our national monuments? To be frank, it’s a real jerk move, and they should all be ashamed. They should feel bad about trying to exterminate the entire human race, but our greatest buildings and structures?

That’s going too far.

I digress. Those are all just buildings and structures. The US Bank building in downtown L.A.? They can just build a new one. I would be surprised if there’s a lot of fascinating history there. It’s indicative of a larger problem, though: Why are we leaving ourselves so open to chaos and destruction caused by creatures from the stars?

Where’s the global defense system that will save not only our landmarks, but our very lives? Is humanity so dispensable? Have we learned nothing from these movies?

Write your Congressperson, folks. We need to get on this. (Also, this movie is still entertaining as heck.)

(Recorded on April 22, 2022)

Links to Stuff We Mentioned:

Independence Day - IMDb

Independence Day trailer - YouTube

Roland Emmerich - IMDb

Will Smith - IMDb

Bill Pullman - IMDb

Jeff Goldblum - IMDb

Vivica A. Fox - IMDb

Mary McDonnell - IMDb

Judd Hirsch - IMDb

Randy Quaid - IMDb

James Rebhorn - IMDb

Brent Spiner - IMDb

Moonfall (2022) - IMDb

Dual (2022) - IMDb

Karen Gillan - IMDb

Michael Bay - IMDb

Godzilla (1998) - IMDb

The X-Files (TV Series 1993–2018) - IMDb

Contact (1997) - IMDb

Jodie Foster - IMDb

Tom Skerritt - IMDb

Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) - IMDb

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) - IMDb

Arrival (2016) - IMDb

The Poseidon Adventure (1972) - IMDb

Poseidon (2006) - IMDb

Gene Hackman - IMDb

Her (2013) - IMDb

Titanic (1997) - IMDb

James Cameron - IMDb

Avatar (2009) - IMDb

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