Independence Day is a Goddamn Masterpiece | CineFix Top 100 (And this is a brand new show)

[@CineFix]

Hey everyone, we’re really sorry about the tinny audio on this first episode. This long form podcast thing is kinda new to us. It’ll be fixed for the next one. Thank you for your patience

[@jonsmith1956]

While this is best with video, would you guys be making this a podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts? I'd certainly be interested in a podcast from you guys!

[@jonsmith1956]

Never mind, looked it up and found it. I'm excited!

[@scarletspidernz]

Dan's Fault 🤣

[@BigChutes]

What? The sound is fine

[@Finite-Tuning]

Whats wrong with the sound? I'm not hearing any tinniness. Maybe have a de-esser at the ready, but otherwise it sounds quite good. Cheers 🍻

[@dafryguy7150]

Are we all just gonna ignore that Clint recorded this podcast directly after leaving a Pedro Pascal look-a-like contest? That he very clearly won.

[@danparkhurst6520]

How do you know he's NOT Pedro Pascal? Have you ever seen them in the same room together? I sure haven't.

[@andim.8788]

The unbearable weight of massive rankings

[@z4ngetsub4nk4i]

LMAO I was about to say the same thing!!!

[@elijahlavigne7596]

This is why i came to the comments HAHA

[@86abes]

I'm now sexually attracted to Clint.

[@Advent3546]

I wasn't expecting a podcast format for this but I'm excited to see this through. Hope you guys clear up the mics a little

[@tommihommi1]

sounds like they recorded TeamSpeak audio lol

[@Ethan_Stephens]

I feel like the audio is intentional. Replicating an early 2000s radio show vibe. Either that or they fucked up the mic settings and had to apply heavy denoiser lol

[@RealGengarTV]

It sounds like shit is what it is. The SM7b does not inherently sound like this! True, it does not have a airy top end in the 10k but it's not supposed to sound like a 55SH!

[@rws531]

It's unlistenable as is.

[@codeman3639]

I feel like the audio bitrate is like 8000 or less lol. 8k is what phone calls use btw

[@va_wl]

the sound quality is a bit off unfortunately...

[@ikergonzalezurresti202]

It's something wrong with the audio? It sounds like they are in the radio. Hope if it's an error you fixed it, thanks for the show!

[@_The_Archive_]

Fun Fact: According to producer/co-writer Dean Devlin, the U.S. military had agreed to support the film by allowing the crew to film at military bases, consulting the actors who have military roles, etc. However, after learning of the Area 51 references in the script, they withdrew their support.

[@paradisecity0406able]

I vould listen to Clint's voice all day, especially in podcast form

[@HardyCozen]

Clint could read the dictionary and I’d pay for the privilege to hear it.

[@LuxDiabolico]

with a better microphone if they can? sure

[@cristianac4659]

@HardyCozen Yes!

[@allisonbergh4429]

I’ve been saying this since I stumbled on Cinefix. But the other guy needs to remove the word “like” from his vocabulary.

[@danparkhurst6520]

@@HardyCozen putting The CineFix Dictionary into development right now

[@Fullcollapse19]

You left out Pullman’s most iconic role… Spaceballs!

[@Zed-fq3lj]

I can't believe they forgot it!

[@thelochlord]

The Schwartz was in him all along, and I feel like they need to respect that

[@mattyt1961]

I think he jammed Clint's memory at that point :)

[@WMFilms25]

Oh shit. There goes the planet.

[@iknownothing-m8c]

Love the format! But what's up with the audio?

[@konrad_m_rataj]

I did NOT imagine Clint to look like this AT ALL. Every value I've ever held is being questioned and I'm loving it.

[@Aleckai]

I rewatched this earlier this year. Of course I loved it as a kid, but was super impressed with it as an adult! Some of the dialogue is fantastic, it's full of over the top action and set pieces, it knows when to slow it down, and when to ramp it up. Super fun to revisit.

[@PtrOBrn]

For me ID4 will forever be the biggest film event ever. I was 19 working at a movie theater when this thing released. They ran a decoration contest and I built a 20 foot diameter saucer flying out of the back wall of our theater shooting a skybeam into a building. We ran it on 8 of the 10 screens our theater had on 6 prints (two interlocked rooms). We had a concession cart that had never been used before and as concessions crew chief I was walking up and down the ilse before the movie started selling popcorn, sodas, and candy. We had never had all box office and concession stands open until this flick.

[@gooondie]

I would LOVE to see this with the classic Cinefix squad

[@claytongoode5715]

In response to the Harry Connick Jr conundrum, a pre- Good Will Hunting Ben Affleck or post Clueless Paul Rudd would have not only been perfect, but cheaper

[@williamking2782]

I am absolutely flabbergasted that you didn't talk about the score. I may not watch the movie every year, but I listen to that main theme at least every month or two. It's just absolutely beautiful while also being action packed and exciting. It's doing a lot of the heavy lifting in making this film iconic, and that score is MVP just behind Roland Emmerich.

[@eladiomendez8226]

The show should be Clint imagining what the Tarkovsky version of all these movies would be

[@roel.vinckens]

Tarkovski did his version of every movie ever made or to be made as it is.

[@Summer_Snows]

One thing I love about the computer virus being what saves the day is how it's a modern twist to War of the Worlds. I'd never seen it but decided to watch it in preparation for this podcast and the moment they mentioned a "cold" I thought they were going to use a bioweapon and was surprised at the "twist" of it being a computer one

[@mariaghiglieri78]

I thought the virus worked because all our tech was developed from the alien tech found in Area 51-this is why our systems could speak to eachother.

[@greggartdept]

That was a plot point I couldn’t get behind….were aliens Mac or PC??? Did I miss a line in the movie that explained how this was possible?

[@Summer_Snows]

@greggartdept Its a cheesy 90s blockbuster, you arent supposed to think too hard about the computer science just accept that it works

[@jasonschuler2256]

⁠@@greggartdeptIt’s obviously unrealistic that one guy could do it so quickly, but there’s nothing impossible about it. That’s like saying if a software engineer were used to developing Linux, it’d be _IMPOSSIBLE_ for them to develop any code for Microsoft. No, they would just need time to get familiar with Windows’ architecture. Like I said, it’s probably unrealistic for someone to do it as quickly as he did in the movie, but it’s not impossible.

[@yodude8686]

Wow i can hardly express how excited i am for this show, thank you for coming back to us dad- I mean clint

[@thejofosh]

Love the long episode podcast format for these more deep dives. Can't wait to see how the list goes.

[@ChristopherRidge]

Goddamn stoked for 99 more of these videos. 😍

[@SadThrash]

This was delightful! I’ll eagerly await the next episode. It made me sad that nobody mentioned Ruthless People when recounting Bill Pullman’s best roles, though.

[@quarionilphukiir3583]

Thank you, that's the first that came to mind for me.

[@lankanainen]

Spaceballs!

[@TomjDavies13]

I can't believe they don't mention the greatest moment in the movie and film history... Boomer the dogs slow-mo turn! Zack Snyder will always be in the shadow of this masterpiece of slow-mo filmmaking

[@majestyzx9081]

Can't believe a Roland Emmerich film is on a 100 greatest films of all time list. That's kind of ridiculous.

[@bowietwombly5951]

Just like this film! But it’s hard to argue that it’s not a glorious, fantastic, silly romp

[@majestyzx9081]

​​​@@bowietwombly5951glorious and fantastic, eh. Silly, yes. Definitely not top 100. We're at the point in film now where you can actually go back 100 years and pick a film from each year to represent a list like this, some years might get two, maybe three, depending on the quality of films that year. Trainspotting, Fargo, and From Dusk till Dawn all came out in 96 alongside Independence Day.

[@axnyslie]

I think they just wanted to discuss ID4 on the July 4th weekend for clicks. The more obvious and better choice for a top 100 film associated with the Fourth of July would be Jaws.

[@Meesterlijker]

I agree, as much as I love Independence Day, I kind of wish they would just go full nerd mode with this list and include only actual masterpieces, because you could easily make even a top 1000 out of those. Emmerich has no place here

[@jamalwalker04]

​@@majestyzx9081 yeah this list got immediately invalidated with this pick. This isn't on of the best films that year

[@SirJamestheIII]

The extended cut actually changed my mind about this film. Used to think decent summer blockbuster and now i agree it is masterful. They didn't really emphasize the back stories of smith and goldblum and their respective motives in the theatrical cut and I thought that ended up being one of the more impactful parts of the movie.

[@saratdas1988]

"so much of this movie is just men doing manly things"... hilarious.😂 Also reminds me of Harrison Ford at the end of Air Force One, kicking the vilain with "Get Off My Plane"

[@JDetailingca]

The extended cut of Independence Day adds a bunch of tiny scenes which gives some wonderful context to a lot of aspects.

[@qrefrain3695]

I didn't expect it to be podcast format but I love it already! It's so entertaining, with all the tangents, wild algorithm, the rant on Harry Connick Jr. and the Nic Cage segment. I can't wait for more episodes!!

[@just_gut]

This is so great. This reminds me a bit of LoadingReadyRun's James Bond retrospective series and I *really* love that long form single movie breakdown format. I also love lists like this.

[@bobbabai]

Wait... this really is an hour and 10 minutes on Independence Day?

[@KSchorrWriter]

I love idea and a weekly show a lot - but wow the run time is out of hand. A podcast that takes over an hour is just excessive. I know this is new but there was a lot of talking over each other where points were lost - particularly Micheal talking over Alex - at one point she says, "There are 2 scenes I ..." and he cut her off and we didn't get the second scene she wanted to highlight. Also I know this is #1 - but - I was much less interested in office chatter about Dan and how the list works and much more interested in the film and why it got on the list. If you cut out needless chatter about internal stuff and had just a touch more organization this could have been 45 minutes easy and we wouldn't have missed any points about the movie. The great thing about Cinefix movie lists is it just gets to the movies and stays on topic - not goes off on how the top 10 was selected. Great idea, but needs some more polish on the execution.

[@TDawgBR]

OK, I have to admit that I wanted this one after the one on "Eternal Sunshine..." and OMG I love this format. The fact that this landed only on Clint's list, and at # 15 is HILARIOUS to me. I kind of want to jump 2+ years into the future and know the entire results so I can put together my own list.

[@CineFix]

We highly encourage you to put your own list together! It's a very fun exercise, and you're forced into making hard choices and really reevaluating what's important to you.

[@elliot157]

Very welcome new series. This makes me confident that cinefix is still going strong.

[@Kujakuseki01]

Love this guys. Great group to listen to talk about movies. Looking forward to more!

[@connorstephens7467]

Why anyone would have this movie in their top 100 list baffles me. Like it’s fun popcorn entertainment but that’s all it is.

[@batgurrl]

Excellent analysis but calling it a masterpiece is pushing it. It’s riddled with errors, cliches and improbabilities. Destruction is one of my favorite things to see and the countdown scene was superb. Explosion of the White House was ICONIC. The Boomer section in the tunnel was ridiculously executed. Age differences in movies are sometimes glaring. Glenn Close who played Robin Williams mother in The World according to Garp was only 5 years older. Anne Bancroft was only 5 years older than Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate, playing his parents good friends😎

[@somebody7070]

How dare you ??? This movie IS a fucking legend and a masterpiece . Is this how you judge a good movie ? By " age errors" and " cliches" ?? WHO GIVES A FUCK The movie is generally amazing and the cliches are in your head BRO

[@scarletspidernz]

This is so much like Corridor Digital's React series, but from Non Vfx/Stunts Artist perspective, Love it 👌

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Maybe not one of the 100 best movies of all time in my book, but certainly one of the most entertaining.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

ID4 is the first movie I ever went to were the theater was so packed on opening day that people were sitting in the walkways and staircases.

[@weareveryloud]

The fact that independence day is Clint's 15th best movie of all time has got me hooked for 2 years. Independence day at 15. Madness.

[@andrewfranges7807]

Hadn't seen this movie since I was a kid, and it really is great. Even made me feel hope for humanity, at least for a little bit. Also reminded me of the ending of Watchmen. See you next week!

[@BlakeMcTavishe]

My favorite movie. Not the best movie I’ve ever seen but no film has yet to make me feel joy the way this one has watch after watch. I’m going to go watch it now.

[@muntzen]

best call-to-action line: "Is that glass bullet proof?" "No sir..."

[@sleepinglionarchives]

I loved this film at the time and still do today, but I've revisited Emmerich's Stargate just as many times, it's a fantastic film. Bill Pullman movies... Spaceballs, Casper, While You Were Sleeping... come on, dudes, you're supposed to be film geeks

[@Mithrandir39]

I also think Stargate is just as good if not even better. I know I have watched Stargate more times than ID4 for sure.

[@erwin7427]

Being a "film geek" doesn't mean you'd remember all the movies for any given actor at any given time... chill lol

[@zeroforkgiven]

11:00 - Bill Pullman in FRICKING SPACEBALLS.

[@roel.vinckens]

Wait... Are we getting 130 hours, give or take, of podcast on Top 100 Cinefix movies ?! I'm stoked !

[@paulas2218]

I enjoyed this! Don’t know about the Harry Connick-Matthew Perry thing, but this is such a fun movie and I can watch it over and over again. Just a good time every time.

[@TJMiton]

Look, i LOVE Independence Day... if i made a top 100 list, it might sneak in there... but 15th is insane.

[@guilhermedamiao13]

I rarely comment on videos but you definitely deserve bro! Keep being real and inspiring! Keep up the good work and I hope everything's fine with you and Julia!

[@DavidWHorst]

I'm sure that you'll mention it when the movie appears on the list, but Angela Lansbury was only 3 years older than Laurence Harvey when she played his mother in THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962).

[@thatadamwhitley]

The inevitable Iron Giant episode is going to be an hour long fight over Harry Connick Jr

[@jordanlayton6540]

DAN?! Shout out to all the podcast producers named Dan out there! Linus Tech Tip’s “WAN Show”, the H3 Podcast, and now Cinefix. Dans rise up.

[@danparkhurst6520]

Thank you for your support! It’s about DAN time!

[@tmntvspr]

This movie lives on soo much because during 9/11, survivors described the smoke/ash/debris clouds as the ID4 fire ball walls. That was 7+ years later it was still a reference point. For example, that would be like a tsunami today and people referencing San Andreas or something.

[@gfrjonny]

I love ID4 as much as the next guy. But #15 Clint? thats pretty wild lol

[@BlazerManiacNumber96]

It’s be cool if you guys announced the next movie like 48 hours before the episode airs. Would like to watch along with you in a book club type format. Would also help spur conversation in the comments

[@danparkhurst6520]

We give the title of the next movie at the end of the show! Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

[@MrMann0123]

Great to finally see you!

[@nessleepk]

9:41 if we're talking about disaster movies, I'd rank higher Godzilla and Mothra, both masterpieces

[@carmawarlock8455]

Other Bill Pullman movies: Casper, Igby Goes Down, The Grudge, Spaceballs, Titan AE, Lake Placid, While you were Sleeping, Wyatt Earp, Sleepless in Seattle, A League of their Own, Newsies, Brain Dead, The Accidental Tourist. The man has put out some bangers

[@illogicalcreations411]

Clint looks like Lean Pedro Pascal.... Love Cinefix, Love this

[@Kujakuseki01]

If garbage schlock like ID4 can be on this list, then it really opens the doors for some interesting entries!

[@mandyschmidt7960]

I love this, perfect podcast voices! I am wondering though, the microphones look high quality but the voices sound kind of muffled.

[@TylerHendrixO]

Happy to see a new show! But the audio is a bit grating on the ears in this one, to the point that I had to turn it off after a few minutes. Hoping that gets smoothed out in the coming episodes

[@jon-michaelharris5840]

How can you forget that Bill Pullman was in Newsies?

[@ElectricIguana]

This show is awesome. You should do a 1000 episodes!

[@CineFix]

I'm sure we can find a way...

[@magikman79]

Through the entire video I kept expecting Michael to bust out with "Moose is in the house! Moose is in the house!"

[@astragalusson]

List revealed so far: 84. Independence Day

[@HeavenlyDemon.]

The man behind that iconic voice, Clint Gage. FINALLY

[@paulbowler5345]

Cool, I like the podcast format.

[@dbryan1688]

I saw this in the theater in the original release and knew it was garbage. I wouldn't rank this #500. Otherwise, looking forward to this series if not this episode.

[@Kujakuseki01]

Enemy of the state is a better movie for Will Smith

[@sharperhenz90]

How do you not remember Bill Pullman in Spaceballs?

[@dougpiranha3230]

I watched most of the 1001 Movies to see before you die (2011 edition). I thought Independence Day were one of the 5 worst movies from that list

[@jphilb]

While You Were Sleeping is one of our favorite movies.

[@xepfeon]

Looking at Emmerich's filmography for last two decades "Moonfall", "Independence Day: Resurgence", "2012" and "10000 BC", it's safe to say, that the man is creatively bankrupt

[@JamalW239]

Patrice O’Neal’s take on Independence Day changed the way I look at the film forever

[@natangweiitula]

Wow this is extremely enjoyable

[@TheBigFish9999999999]

Please do more movie discussions like this. Top 20 movie easily

[@NiteOfTheWorld]

What happened to Billy Jackson? I feel like CineFix is sorely lacking without him.

[@rouenrobinson]

I remember Lisa Jakub being this after also being Mrs. Doubtfire.

[@EyesOfByes]

ID4, a masterpiece? *Probably.* (Yes, I've been watching this channel for a looong time) ;)

[@TheBarackAttack]

Excited to hear the conversation, but this audio sounds pretty bad.

[@ConcordD0m]

Damn I can’t wait for the rest of this podcast

[@pattongilbert]

Somehow, this is exactly what I imagined Clint would look like. Very “Pedro Pascal.”❤️

[@jeffwatkins352]

I'm surprised, Clint, that you liked Judd Hirsch so much but didn't pick my own favorite line in the film: "All you need is love. John Lennon. Smart man. Shot in the back. Very sad."

[@grapeshot]

I like this one better than the second monstrosity which was basically a Chinese appeasement film.

[@jonsmith1956]

Does Clint Gage have a letterbox? I would definitely follow it if so

[@fredericoferreira8957]

Very interesting to put a face in a voice

[@AerialAssault87]

Love the vid! Not loving the Spaceballs and Casper slander though. Lol

[@saratdas1988]

the White House blow up nod in Austin Powers when Dr Evil threatens the World Council 😂

[@juancomco]

Interesting a podcast about a movie being almost as long as the actual movie

[@thrawncaedusl717]

It’s probably not, but I like the idea that this top 100 list is a parody, where increasingly bad/flawed movies are going to be named, and all of the cast will try to be polite about the movie because they think their coworkers genuinely loved the movie, but actually these are movies in nobodies top 100. Unlikely, but Independence Day is a movie I’ve heard talked about much more negatively than positively recently.

[@KSchorrWriter]

That would be a great episode of a sit-com. And actually they spend a lot of this podcast talking about it negatively so it would work.

[@HankMeyer]

Sure we all knew that the computer virus strategy was BS, but the movie was just so good at persuading us to suspend our disbelief for the sake of enjoying a satisfying story that it didn't matter. Star Wars does the same thing. That's the power of cinema. It says, "Look what might happen if just a few impossible things were actually possible!"

[@raddestnerd]

ID4 is a goddamn masterpiece 😎

[@LynnHermione]

the thing me and my family most commented on this film (which i love, it's excellent) is the Americanness of it all. The whole "usa is great and it saves the world and the president of the us of a is the worlds biggest hero". THAT was for us the cheesiest part of the film

[@jdfromda80s]

I had a nightmare about an alien invasion this morning and now and this video shows up in my recommendations 13 days after its premier. I'm subscribed to this channel and the only Top 100 video I had a notification for was Eternal Sunshine. Not cool universe.

[@sofakingcinema8804]

Damn, wish the format was a straight countdown.

[@maxmarks3503]

They did a top 50 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ6UeaadpNVseMk

[@ScottBaietti]

Why is the audio sound like it was recorded on a telephone?

[@saratdas1988]

the shadows takin over the landscape.... years later Nope also uses a similar attempt. No wonder all those 90s movies hold up so well. Also because growing up with those movies they hold a special place whereas even if we do like some of the new movies, they do not hold much emotional attachment for long.. save for cases like Iron Man1, Black Panther 1, Wonder Woman 1, The Dark Knight .

[@francibrasilis]

Independence Day is not even in my top 100 "so bad it's good" list.

[@oldatarigamer]

Had to wait on a line and wait more to get in, and it was worth it.

[@TimCorwin]

Ok, President William Mitchel in Dave and Andrew Sepherd in An American President are top 2 Presidents. Then Bill Pullman! President Barlett tops them all for West Wing, but he is mostly the 2000's President. Pullmans speech is maybe the most inspiring in a movie.