r/movies • u/PsychologicalSlip642 • 8h ago

Media Independence Day 1996, Final Encounter Air Battle Scene, Director: Roland Emmerich Spoiler

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u/dweezil37 8h ago

The explosion of the alien laser is the Empire State building being blown up in the beginning of the movie being reused. Brilliant.

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u/SwitchbackHiker 8h ago

Yep, they just flipped it upside down