independence Day

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On July 2 of a future year, monitoring stations across the United States spotted a massive spacecraft hundreds of miles in diameter approaching Earth. The radio signals from the spacecraft interfered with the signals of Earth's communications satellites and sent several sub-ships up to 15 miles in diameter over major cities on Earth. The alien spacecraft's friends and foes were unknown, and people fell into panic and confusion. When computer engineer David (Jeff Goldblum) deciphers the radio signal sent by the aliens, which is actually a countdown signal to the attack, he manages to notify his ex-wife, Connie, the president's assistant, but it's too late, July On the 3rd, the alien spaceship began to attack the earth, and human civilization suffered a huge blow and disaster in an instant. The president (Bill Pullman) and others evacuated to the military base and directed the air force to counterattack, but it was like hitting a stone with no effect, and the military base was destroyed, only the pilot Steven (Will Smith) managed to lure a man. An alien combat airship crashes. The survivors have fled to a secret military base, where scientists have been studying an alien airship that crashed more than 50 years ago in an effort to find a way to deal with aliens, the last hope for humanity...

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Independence Day quotes

  • Gen. Gray: [indicating the glass panel in front of the alien, who has taken control of President Whitmore's mind] Is that glass bulletproof?

    Major Mitchell: No, Sir!

    [pull out their guns and starts blasting the alien through the glass]

  • [after Russell crashes his plane into a ship, destroying it and killing himself:]

    Major Mitchell: What your father did was very brave. You should be proud of him.

    Miguel Casse: I am.