Watched this ID4-2 tonight. It was so horrible I took notes to publish on IMDb and other places. Here are my nitpicks and observations.
They act so casual in everything they do. From Liam Hemsworth complaining about moving a huge space weapon like its an every day thing to Jeff Goldbloom in Africa just walking around not noticing a giant hole in the ground. When the aliens show up there is no stress or worry in anyone of note voices, emotions and appearance. Its just business as usual for Lady President and company. Like seriously everyone is too casual throughout the entire movie!
For political reasons the President was made an empowering woman in a movie prior to the USA election with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. This was confirmed by the writers.
The technology was integrated far too quickly in all applications except personal computers. The Laptops while current in our 2016 are obsolete with the Alien technology used in all other applications. Or perhaps Dell just didn't try to acquire any interface?
How did we reverse engineer their technology so quickly anyways? It likely would be based on elements and science we'd have no understanding of and just because we have it doesn't mean we can use it.
The Alien spaceship flies way way too close to the moon. Like practically scrapes it. This of course has no impact on its orbit.
There is basically world peace however the United States seems to control the orbital weapon satellites? And China seems to an invited partner. And the rest of the world just seems OK with this?
The alien ship is so big with a diameter of 3000 miles and 20x bigger than the 1996 ships. That the weight would likely weigh as much as the moon. Even if the moon had a controlled landing on Earth. The weight would be enough to destroy the orbit and rotation of the earth and it being well past the height of the atmosphere it would likely destroy the atmosphere also. The ship is way too big.
A 1980's Caprice Classic Station Wagons as great as they were had a muffler that was about 6" from the pavement. It couldn't drive for long under at least a foot of water as we see the kids driving through a Tsunami soaked area.
The attack on the alien ship just seemed weak and boring.
The Aliens apparently breach a bunker know as Cheyenne Mountain. This a deep level bunker that is holding the president deep underground. The aliens walk in as if its on the ground. No battle. No video battle. Just one moment they land the next the president says "there will be no peace" as the Aliens enter. They all die. How? Self destruct? Aliens? We just don't know.
It was awesome to see the Aliens on their ship however none of their technology should be any different than it was 20 years earlier in 1996 however it seems as if they have upgraded also. This makes no sense as their civilization is probably a million years old.
At one point they steal some Alien fighters. My question is how as they were very clearly taken over by the control tower in the original movie yet now they can not only steal them but also dog fight in them like they've flown in them before. After they escape they fly casually as if there is no more threat. Except clearly the big ship has weapons that could blow them out of the sky.
The Queen Alien surviving a close detonation of multiple fusion detonation because she has her own shield is just plain convenient. Too convenient. Her having a huge gun is even more so convenient.
The queen has the ability to take control of the fighter ships. Yet when the two hijacked alien fighter ships are attacking her she doesn't crash those ones to the ground. Later the queen takes over all the fighter ships including the ones hijacked to make a protective swarm. They are then able to turn on the Thrusters to some how escape her control. Then they fly back down and start shooting her and she doesn't have the swarm to protect her?
At the end the massive Alien ship takes off. With out a Queen? We know that the soldier aliens don't die when she dies as they fought them for 10 years in Africa after the 1996 one was destroyed. But they stop drilling and working when she dies? If they have the ability to take off in this Alien ship then why do they also not have the ability to attack Earth and seek vengeance? Why not self destruct?
The ending is worthy of an original Star Trek episode where they all stand around and laugh. Instead it ends with a clear assumption that there will be a sequel and that they will bring the fight to them. Its possible that the ending is the worst part of it. It quickly ends instead of a few minutes more say 1 year later where we see the devastation of the attack. Learn a death toll. Basically a mention of whatever happened during the entire movie.
Thats it. I am sure I missed some more things as I wrote these nitpicks and observations. But I think this is enough. Check out my other reviews.
They act so casual in everything they do. From Liam Hemsworth complaining about moving a huge space weapon like its an every day thing to Jeff Goldbloom in Africa just walking around not noticing a giant hole in the ground. When the aliens show up there is no stress or worry in anyone of note voices, emotions and appearance. Its just business as usual for Lady President and company. Like seriously everyone is too casual throughout the entire movie!
For political reasons the President was made an empowering woman in a movie prior to the USA election with Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. This was confirmed by the writers.
The technology was integrated far too quickly in all applications except personal computers. The Laptops while current in our 2016 are obsolete with the Alien technology used in all other applications. Or perhaps Dell just didn't try to acquire any interface?
How did we reverse engineer their technology so quickly anyways? It likely would be based on elements and science we'd have no understanding of and just because we have it doesn't mean we can use it.
The Alien spaceship flies way way too close to the moon. Like practically scrapes it. This of course has no impact on its orbit.
There is basically world peace however the United States seems to control the orbital weapon satellites? And China seems to an invited partner. And the rest of the world just seems OK with this?
The alien ship is so big with a diameter of 3000 miles and 20x bigger than the 1996 ships. That the weight would likely weigh as much as the moon. Even if the moon had a controlled landing on Earth. The weight would be enough to destroy the orbit and rotation of the earth and it being well past the height of the atmosphere it would likely destroy the atmosphere also. The ship is way too big.
A 1980's Caprice Classic Station Wagons as great as they were had a muffler that was about 6" from the pavement. It couldn't drive for long under at least a foot of water as we see the kids driving through a Tsunami soaked area.
The attack on the alien ship just seemed weak and boring.
The Aliens apparently breach a bunker know as Cheyenne Mountain. This a deep level bunker that is holding the president deep underground. The aliens walk in as if its on the ground. No battle. No video battle. Just one moment they land the next the president says "there will be no peace" as the Aliens enter. They all die. How? Self destruct? Aliens? We just don't know.
It was awesome to see the Aliens on their ship however none of their technology should be any different than it was 20 years earlier in 1996 however it seems as if they have upgraded also. This makes no sense as their civilization is probably a million years old.
At one point they steal some Alien fighters. My question is how as they were very clearly taken over by the control tower in the original movie yet now they can not only steal them but also dog fight in them like they've flown in them before. After they escape they fly casually as if there is no more threat. Except clearly the big ship has weapons that could blow them out of the sky.
The Queen Alien surviving a close detonation of multiple fusion detonation because she has her own shield is just plain convenient. Too convenient. Her having a huge gun is even more so convenient.
The queen has the ability to take control of the fighter ships. Yet when the two hijacked alien fighter ships are attacking her she doesn't crash those ones to the ground. Later the queen takes over all the fighter ships including the ones hijacked to make a protective swarm. They are then able to turn on the Thrusters to some how escape her control. Then they fly back down and start shooting her and she doesn't have the swarm to protect her?
At the end the massive Alien ship takes off. With out a Queen? We know that the soldier aliens don't die when she dies as they fought them for 10 years in Africa after the 1996 one was destroyed. But they stop drilling and working when she dies? If they have the ability to take off in this Alien ship then why do they also not have the ability to attack Earth and seek vengeance? Why not self destruct?
The ending is worthy of an original Star Trek episode where they all stand around and laugh. Instead it ends with a clear assumption that there will be a sequel and that they will bring the fight to them. Its possible that the ending is the worst part of it. It quickly ends instead of a few minutes more say 1 year later where we see the devastation of the attack. Learn a death toll. Basically a mention of whatever happened during the entire movie.
Thats it. I am sure I missed some more things as I wrote these nitpicks and observations. But I think this is enough. Check out my other reviews.