29. Independence Day
Independence Day (1996)
Director: Roland Emmerich
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum
Synopsis: Coming soon.
Bechdel-Wallace Pass? Yes
“We are celebrating our independence from calendars.”
The Episode
"Better late than never," is what we always say at Totes Recall. So what if it is August? We recall Independence Day (1996). It's been 20 years, which means we've had 20 years to forget about which monuments are blown up by aliens and who plays Jeffy G's dad.
Listen
The Ratings
Data to Come
It’s Real!
Here is photo evidence of Beth's crazy future drink that she's held on to for twenty years due to reasons that are entirely her own. Is this advertising the same video game that I got for free in a cereal box? I have no idea! I actually found no evidence such a thing ever existed except some random post on the internet saying someone was also frustrated by it.
ATTENTION POTENTIAL SPONSORS:
Our producer is clearly very pro beverage tie-in! Eh? Eh?
The Trailer
FILM FACT: JEFFY G IS THE BEST
Nowwwww this is a story all about how
My life got flipped-turned upside down
And I'd like to take a minute
Just sit right there
I'll tell you how I became as equally cool and sexy as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Innnnnn a predominantly Jewish neighborhood in Manhattan,
born and raised (presumably)
Doing cool computer stuff is how I spent
most of my days
Chillin' out, hackin' and encouraging people to recycle
And all playing chess with my dad
and commuting via bicycle
When a couple of 15-mile wide ships who were up to no good
Started making trouble in my
(and several other) neighborhood(s)!
I printed out one little page of binary
and got scared, see?
I said, “We’re drivin’ to see my ex-wife and the president in D.C.”
Then a bunch of stuff blew up...
I got super drunk
and when I stumbled and fell
My dad came over and expressed concern for my health!
If anything, I could say that this plot development was introduced and resolved surprisingly quickly considering I had decided to create a program that could interface with an operating system that I had, at best, noodled around with for, what, a couple hours?
But, hey, just forget it
Yo, home, to above the air*!
(*space. I'm talking about outer space.)
I...flew...out of the mothership about when every other sub plot was being resolved
And I yelled to the aliens, "Yo, home, smell ya later (pending the massive commercialization of nostalgia and an industry too timid to invest in effects-heavy unknown properties because, sure, The Matrix movies made money, but they didn't make that much money)!
Lit up my cigar, I was finally there!
I was as equally cool and sexy as the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
