Independence Day 2 follows the structure of 1 and tells the story of 20 years after 1. 1 was released in 1996, 2 was released in 2016 this year, it is exactly 20 years, the real time and the film time are exactly synchronized, which is really interesting. This passage of time has resulted in an increase in the age of the actors by 20 years, both in the film and in reality. So we will find the changes that happened when the original people reunited after 20 years, such as the traces of vicissitudes carved on the face by the years, and so on. The two scientists—a normal scientist like a Middle Eastern man, a mad scientist like a fire and cloud god—have not changed, which is reassuring, but the youngest daughter of the former president (now a former president) has grown up Adult, or another actor. A bizarre twist in the film is that the president (the new female president) and a series of presidential successors are in one pot (the consequences of holding a group), resulting in the original defense secretary (presumably) being appointed as president - the defense secretary 20 years ago Can you imagine that you will be president in 20 years? It must be hard to imagine. The Minister of National Defense is much more reliable than he was 20 years ago. This time he has lived up to his mission, and 20 years are indeed not in vain.
The rhythm of the film is very well grasped, there are not many redundancy or omissions, and there are fewer awkward places than 20 years ago (two couples at a wedding 20 years ago, would I use such an economical usage?), but the volt line and flag It is also a little less than 20 years ago (such as the "fireworks" flag in 1 mile), but there is still a foreshadowing that is used directly when preparing a crisis ahead of a crisis, such as "controlled dive", and the multi-line intersection is still very American. . The Chinese don’t dominate the audience, which is something that some Hollywood directors can’t control at times, and it doesn’t collapse. Although the insertion of pain news and Mengniu’s advertisements is a bit rough (but think about the insertion of the shoes of the protagonist in 1. There are also changes. In 4, Yili Shuhua milk appears in the front, why are the two major dairy groups facing each other? And the lines have some kind of confrontation, if the dairy group intervenes, or it is a spoof, I can't tell). Considering that there were also Chinese people in 2012, it was probably some kind of realistic reflection of the rise of national power, and not necessarily all of them were forced to please.
The core of science fiction is more classic, which is the colony society (a typical research object of animal sociology), which should be a kind of colony method of aliens imagined by many science fiction writers. The queen bee is dispatched, followed by a scene of a group of aliens attacking, much like a wedding flight. There is also the existence of teammates aliens, which is also a very classic cyberpunk-style idea. Thinking back to the idea in Independence Day 1, the core of this series of sci-fi is actually quite, quite classical, because the section in 1 that uses a computer virus to invade the alien mothership system and cause it to collapse is a tribute to Wells. "Interstellar War"! Just another "virus". It is quite, quite classical.
Therefore, the aliens in 1 mile may not have lost their IQ, and it is not impossible to imagine that such a thing may happen.
In view of the fact that humans liked to obtain the technology of alien teammates in this part, the theme of the next part has naturally become a counterattack, a very witty setting. The same trick can't be played twice, the rhythm of this series: first attack - second attack - counter attack, it still looks good, looking forward to the next one!
PS: It's a pity that Transformers didn't give it to Roland Emmerich, but to Bombshell, although this guy can make everything into a disaster movie.
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