Independence Day
Independence Day"My Street " was a disconcerting website that let fans see what their neighbourhood might expect like follow a Roland Emmerich sized apocalypse . While Emmerich made movies beforeUniversal Soldier , that particular Jean - Claude Van Damme / Dolph Lundgren fomite broke him through to the mainstream . He followed it by directingStargate , a fun sci - fi adventure starring Kurt Russell and James Spader that spawn a long - endure television franchise .
Independence Dayis probably his most popular movie , which project an alien fleet arrive on Earth and begin blowing up landmarks ; it ’s up to Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum to take the fight to them . All of Emmerich ’s earmark were featured , including big explosions , stock characters , and cheesy talks . Emmerich ’s subsequent filmography is a mixed purse , ranging from his ill-famed 1998GodzillatoThe 24-hour interval After Tomorrowand flaky Shakespeare biopicAnonymous .
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Independence Day : Resurgencewas a retentive sentence coming , get 20 years after the pilot . Will Smith was in talks to return , only to set off forSuicide Squadinstead . Emmerich has since admit some regret about press forrader withResurgence , feeling the script suffered from Smith ’s absence . Most critic and witness would probably accord as the continuation received average reexamination and corner - office . To promote the sequel , 20th Century Fox put togetherIndependence Day"My Street , " which was basically a reading of Google Street View that rent fans around the earthly concern see what their street would depend like follow some Emmerich - style alien destruction .
unhappily , theIndependence Day"My Street " site is gone now , but outside of its somewhat diseased construct , it was a creative firearm of marketing on behalf of the studio . All users had to do was type in their own address , and they ’d be occupy to a street story of a full - force foreign intrusion of their street , featuring burning rubble , downed combatant jets and alien ships whirr by overhead . Despite the spirit level of topsy-turvydom being unleash , it feel more like a video secret plan pretending than the real thing .
Still , Independence Day"My Street " was an entertaining gimmick that fans of the series had playfulness with . WhileIndependence Day : Resurgencewas aiming to kickstart another movie that would have understand Earth deal the fight to the alien , the sequel just was n’t democratic enough . The long wait between entries and lack of Will Smith added to its woe , which is something that also afflict 2019 ’s flaccid rebootMen In Black : International . gratefully , the forthcomingBad Boys For Lifewill see both Smith and co - star Martin Lawrence back in their famed roles .
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