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Honest Trailer - Independence Day: Resurgence

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Independence Day: Resurgence is the 174th episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell, and Andy Signore. It parodies the 2016 sci-fi action sequel film Independence Day: Resurgence. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It was published on November 8, 2016, to coincide with the film's release on home video and Blu-ray. This date also coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. It is 5 minutes 9 seconds long. It has been viewed over 3.4 million times.

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"The aliens have returned for our liquid-hot magma, and this time, they brought their own gravity, their own ecosystem, and the ability to give you a wicked bad headache." ~ Honest Trailers - Independence Day: Resurgence

Script[]

In 1996, we experienced our Independence Day. Now, humanity had 20 years to prepare for the return... and this is the best movie they could come up with?!

Okun: (as he struggles to close his hospital gown) Why didn't you tell me my butt was hanging out?

Come on, guys; you had, like, one-and-a-half Boyhoods to get it right!

Independence Day: Resurgence

You loved/hated the original's blend of quality and campiness...

Hiller: (after punching an alien) Welcome to Earth.

...thanks to Will Smith, great effects, and the most epic speech ever.

Whitmore: TODAY, WE CELEBRATE OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY!!

Crowd: (cheering)

Now, gear up for the return... of none of those things, because now when you think "Independence Day", think "Judd Hirsch and a road trip with an expanding cast of orphans".

Julius: All aboard!

So weird...

The aliens have returned for our liquid-hot magma...

David: I think they're after our molten core...

...and this time, they brought their own gravity...

David: Jesus, it has its own gravity.

...their own ecosystem...

Jake: They have their own ecosystem.

...and the ability to give you a wicked bad headache. (montage of characters getting psychically attacked by the aliens) Up against the ropes, Earth is bringing back all your favorite characters (shows President Thomas Whitmore, Julius Levinson, Dr. Brackish Okun, and David Levinson)... except your favorite character (Capt. Steven Hiller), featuring... Will Smith's fake movie son, who was crippled by an accident that left him entirely without charisma...

Dylan: We'll all try to converge at the same time. But whoever gets to the target first... will deliver the payload.

...one of those handsome Hemsworth brothers, because... why not?; Vivica A. Fox, the only stripper in history who wasn't lying about saving up for med school; Jeff Goldblum, reprising his most popular role: himself...

David: No, no, no, no, no.

Adams: David, the queen's ship will be there in two minutes.

David: No, no, no, no, no!

David: I'm so surprised to see you, a little bit. / (yells in displeasure while flying with Jake)

...and ex-President Whitmore, who is bound to give a kickass speech topping the last one any second now.

Whitmore: Today...

He's gonna do it; just wait.

Whitmore: Not going to be...

Any second now...

Whitmore: That's sacred. That's worth fighting for.

Oh, here we go! See? Random extras are starting to watch!

Whitmore: We all have to fight... till our last breath. And that is gonna lead us to victory.

...Wait. That's it?! That's the big speech?! Come on! What happened to, "'We will not go quietly into the night!'"?! Hit me with the good stuff! You had 20 years!

Follow along for a script so bad, Will Smith chose to do Suicide Squad instead, with no detail too small to be blurted out loud...

Isaacs: Can you believe it? You've been in a coma for 7,300 days.

...entire subplots that only exist to tell you how much time is left...

Moon Base Tech: We do not have seven hours until the Earth core breach. We only have... one.

...and setup for prequels, sequels, and spin-offs that sound way more interesting than the movie you're currently watching.

Umbutu: They were hunting us. We had to learn how to hunt them.

Aww! I want to see that one!

So strap in for the sequel that's twice the size and half the fun, featuring an even bigger doomsday weapon...

Julius: This one is definitely bigger than the last one.

...an even bigger disposable CGI army, and more of the global destruction we're completely numb to at this point. (yawns) Wake me up when we get to the sky beam, guys... (shows the alien mothership ship firing an energy beam into the ocean) Oh--Oh, there it is. Ah, that was fun...

Starring: Pretty Dry for a White Guy (Liam Hemsworth as Jake Morrison); Must Cash Paycheck, Must Cash Paycheck (Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson); Trade-In Smith (Jessie T. Usher as Dylan Hiller); The Most Interesting Man in the World (Bill Pullman as President Thomas J. Whitmore); Dumbledata (Brent Spiner as Dr. Brackish Okun); Rabbi Bagel Rosenstein (Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson); She's a Killer... Queeen (Harvester Queen); The Pokéball, by Apple (Jenna Purdy as the Sphere); The Tragic School Bus (shows Julius driving a school bus away from the Harvester Queen); Pandering to Chinese Audiences...

Female Reporter: --China has been integral to the Earth Space Defense Program.

Drink Dispenser Voice: Mengniu Moon Milk.

Computer Voice: Thank you for using QQ.

(shows Charlie attempting to speak Mandarin)

...and Baby Thor's Flying Roars. (montage of Jake yelling while flying)

Indumbpendence Day

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Honest title for Independence Day: Resurgence - Indumbpendence Day. Title design by Robert Holtby.

Ritter: The ship's more than 3,000 miles in diameter.

Adams: How the hell did we miss this?

No, seriously, how did you miss that?! It's the size of America, and the movie never explains how you missed it! You had 20 years to write this!

Trivia[]

Reception []

Honest Trailers - Independence Day: Resurgence has a 98.8% approval rating from YouTube viewers, making it one of the highest-rated Honest Trailers of all time. The Mary Sue said the Honest Trailer was "pretty funny" and that it "cuts together an unflinching criticism of how incredibly “meh” this movie felt to watch." CinemaBlend wrote "The trailer does point out some interesting decisions that the film made. Judd Hirsch and a bus full of orphans could actually be a great part of some movie, but probably not an Independence Day movie." Uproxx remarked "the honest trailer points out some of the obvious complaints and even some things we didn’t notice, like how Vivica A. Fox is the only stripper in history who actually was saving up for medical school." Slash Film noted "this Honest Trailer hits all the nails on the head. From Jessie Usher as the worst substitute for Will Smith to a garbage, nonsensical script, this is just an awful sequel. After all the CGI destruction we’ve had over the years, somehow director Roland Emmerich thought that was going to work all over again." Slash Film also gave particular praise to the Honest Trailer's "outstanding series of Liam Hemsworth’s excited screaming."

Production credits[]

Video thumbnail for Honest Trailers - Independence Day: Resurgence

Video thumbnail for Honest Trailers - Independence Day: Resurgence

Voiceover Narration by Jon Bailey

Title design by Robert Holtby

Series Created by Andy Signore & Brett Weiner

Written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Dan Murrell, & Andy Signore

Edited by Bruce Guido and TJ Nordaker

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