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Emmerich Talks Independence Day Sequels

by | November 16, 2009

Summary

All these years later, Roland Emmerich is thinking about returning to "Independence Day" -- and not with just one sequel, either. How does "ID4-Ever" sound to you? Back to Article

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BLaCKWoLF2009 writes:
on Nov 16 2009 03:34 AM

Lol Emmerich. Gotta love this mans dedication to his genre.

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jacog writes:
on Nov 16 2009 03:42 AM

So who's going to be the first to say "Hell no!" ?

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SuperJerkmo writes:
on Nov 16 2009 03:43 AM

Pshhhhhh Naw

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MarioHilario writes:
on Nov 16 2009 05:12 AM

Hell no.

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Gordon Franklin Terry Sr writes:
on Nov 16 2009 06:02 AM

BRING IT ON ROLAND EMMERICH . . . after 2012 "That Sight To Behold" . . . another ID4 is welcome, indeed.
2012:
WHAT A MOVIE . . . WOW. I think we have to see it again! 2012 is AWESOME!!!

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LEGION writes:
on Nov 16 2009 06:04 AM

Love it.

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Elixor writes:
on Nov 16 2009 06:24 AM

More movies I can save money by not seeing. Maybe the aliens will have figured out a way to get past the computer virus that defeated them last time. Even the old V TV series made more sense than that movie.

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DanielthePhantasm XIX writes:
on Nov 16 2009 06:26 AM

i dont know about this
but this is his best movie

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scifimark writes:
on Nov 16 2009 07:01 AM

jesus

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The NewHampshire Database writes:
on Nov 16 2009 08:06 AM

Gordon, shut the hell up. You have horrible taste in movies.

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Shatter24 writes:
on Nov 16 2009 08:18 AM

Bring it on.

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cypress550 writes:
on Nov 16 2009 08:29 AM

this sounds so incrdibly like the worst idea ever. independence day doesnt need a sequel. i liked the movie but as far as a sequel no way.

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chewie louie writes:
on Nov 16 2009 08:32 AM

Independence Day was the quintessential popcorn movie. Yeah, it was full of cliches . . . but it worked. The only thing that really bothered me about it were some of the scenes involving the CGI fighter jets. I also wished they showed more action as to how the other countries were fairing in their attempts to repel the invading horde.

There is fodder for a sequel, after all, just because the mothership was destroyed and all the other ships were presumably knocked out of the sky, I'm sure a whole bunch of the aliens survived. So what would we have then? A major ground assault on terra firma? meh. It could work. I don't know. Maybe.

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dj Mark writes:
on Nov 16 2009 08:54 AM

What's left to destroy? Mars??

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BlackPanther writes:
on Nov 16 2009 09:53 AM

I don't know how you can top the first one? The special effects were fantastic. I guess you can work on the characters, but the film will feel contrived and stupid.

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Elixor writes:
on Nov 16 2009 10:05 AM

The first one felt contrived and stupid. From that standpoint I suppose it could possibly get better ...... possibly.

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Paul M. writes:
on Nov 16 2009 10:27 AM

Let's team him up with Michael Bay and see how many people will use the excuse "It's mindless popcorn entertainment" again.

Translation: I'm too dimwitted and uneducated to see what a horrible movie is...back to my screening of "G.I. Joe" for the 5th time.

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dj Mark writes:
on Nov 16 2009 10:47 AM

In reply to this comment (#2561748)
Just playing devil's advocate here, but are you suggesting that forms of entertainment that appeal to base motivations are only for the "dimwitted and uneducated?"

So each time you are invited to attend an amusement park with friends you ALWAYS decline in favor of visiting the museum's latest art exhibit?

Just asking.

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Shatter24 writes:
on Nov 16 2009 11:16 AM

Good point, dj mark. And comparing G.I. Joe to Independence Day does a disservice to the popcorn films that are exciting, well-told, and emotionally compelling versus the ones that aren't. There are good and bad popcorn films and the former are "good" because they make internal sense, have a strong narrative structure, and compelling heroes (and sometimes villains). I don't want to live in a world without good "popcorn" flicks because I'm not shelling out money for an IMAX version of a Merchant Ivory film.

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Matanuki writes:
on Nov 16 2009 11:16 AM

In reply to this comment (#2561752)
Speaking.... only... for myself here, I ALWAYS decline for the same very simple reason; I hate hate hate hate hate... (did I say it enough times?) rollercoasters. Hate em, man. Just hate em. lol.

;p

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