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The dishonest propaganda of Alex Garland's Civil War and cultural coding in films (archive.is)
posted 2 years ago by AmericanFellah 2 years ago by AmericanFellah +31 / -0
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– when_we_win_remember 5 points 2 years ago +5 / -0

The President. The F-16s. The whole name "Independence Day." It was definitely a movie about the United States. Realistically, they just roped in the whole rest of the world in a montage at the end. That's how I felt it was played at the time. Zeitgeist or something? I'd have to even look when that came out.

If the story were X-COM, I'd agree with you about humans vs aliens. They should make a movie about that.

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– DoctorDank 4 points 2 years ago +4 / -0

Agree with what you said, but to be correct, those are F-18s in the movie, not F-16s.

Except for the part where Will Smith makes his way back to his "Navy" base, and you can see an F-16 tail sticking out of the wreckage, with "LF" on it, indicating it is from Luke AFB.

That always bothered me for some reason.

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– when_we_win_remember 3 points 2 years ago +3 / -0

Agree with what you said, but to be correct, those are F-18s in the movie, not F-16s.

Thanks.

Except for the part where Will Smith makes his way back to his "Navy" base, and you can see an F-16 tail sticking out of the wreckage, with "LF" on it, indicating it is from Luke AFB.

Odd that they did that. I've been close to Luke and seen the F-16s :) And in Texas. It's probably why I generically refer to fighter jets as F-16s. Funny place for a Naval base, lol.

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