Great Movie Moment - Independence Day

Independence Day – Knowing when to fold ‘em

Okay, so, I’m sure a few of you have heard of the little movie Independence Day starring this small time actor Will Smith….and that’s funny because it’s actually a huge movie with one of the world’s biggest stars, Will Smith.

The wit and wisdom of me.

So, Randy Quaid plays a former Air Force pilot who was in Vietnam turned alcoholic crop duster who keeps insisting he was captured by aliens. And people of course roll their eyes.

So, now, it’s late in the movie, 15 mile long and wide space ships have planted themselves above strategic places all over the world and blown many parts of it to kingdom come through beams from the ships themselves or from small fighter saucers that exit the bigger ships and take on Earthling pilots in dogfights.

So, we’re heading into the showdown. They’ve found a weakness but need pilots. Randy Quaid says he’ll be one of them, as he was one in Vietnam and also has a special knowledge of aliens as he was captured by them once.

The response:

They STILL rolls their eyes.

If people aren’t going to believe you after the world’s been decimated by ALIENS, people who are now asking you to volunteer to fight ALIENS, it’s time to hang up the story because THEY NEVER WILL.

(As the humor is broad and the makers known only for action and broad humor, I really don't believe their joke went any further than the eye roll...but I could be wrong.)