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    Independence Day

    Is loosley based on H.G. Wells War of the Worlds in so much as an earthly (computer) virus stopped the aliens.

    Your mind is now blown.

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    I'd noticed that too. The people that saw it with me didn't get that, but they hadn't know the story War of the Worlds. That surprised me. I would've thought most people would have read it or heard the rock and roll version that was done by Jeff Wayne, or at the very least learned in history class that people thought the radio show broadcast was actual news.

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    Yeah, caught this one the other day, I think on AMC. It has been a while since I've seen this one.

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    Oh yes... a virus made in BASIC to infect a technology they didn't understand and didn't know what kind of code it runs. Very plausible... not!
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    It's called suspension of disbelief, Joao.

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    About as plausible as most everything else in that movie.

    Let's face it: we watch these for the alien butt-kicking scenes.

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    Hated it.

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