Independence Day Pitch Meeting

Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Independence Day!
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Roland Emmerich has made a ton of disaster movies over the years and has blown a bunch of buildings up (on the screen.) But the movie that really put him on the map and turned into a classic is the 1996 movie Independence Day starring Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum.
The movie was extremely popular, but definitely raises some questions. Like how did nobody spot a massive ship until it reached the moon? Why did aliens choose landmarks? Why is every single country relying on America to make a move? How hard did Will Smith punch that alien? What was the alien’s plan to escape that lab exactly? How do computers work?
To answer all these questions and more, step inside the pitch meeting that led to Independence Day! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.
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[@DDLAFFEY724]

“But millions of people died though right” “Yes but America” Brilliant writing guys

[@mrzhou7685]

Did you forget they're the same person?

[@DDLAFFEY724]

Mr Zhou (heavy sarcastic tone)what really I had no idea wow I just thought they were twins oh my god this changes everything

[@TheLithp]

@@mrzhou7685 They look nothing alike, ya crazy goober.

[@memorra]

@@mrzhou7685 one has glasses, you weirdo

[@thomasvleminckx]

Billions, actually... according to the "War of 1996" preview page made for the sequel.

[@jamescameron-clarke2560]

My favourite part of the movie is when Russell is telling everyone that the aliens abducted him years ago and everyone's response to this is to roll their eyes at the crazy old man. While preparing to go fight aliens.

[@Jonathan-ih7qp]

Just like every episode of the X-Files where Scully scoffs at Mulder's supernatural theories despite the previous week seeing aliens with her own eyes right after the two of them had just finished fighting a werewolf.

[@speedy01247]

@@Jonathan-ih7qp like its one thing to be skeptical, but its another to be purposely ignorant to new information.

[@NewPaulActs17]

@@speedy01247 the rubes still mock randy quaid AFTER said aliens show up...

[@jonnnnniej]

@@Jonathan-ih7qp I laughed so hard at this! Love the X-Files but this is so true :')

[@davidjsaul]

@@Jonathan-ih7qp well to be fair that's very slim evidence of the existence of the supernatural! 😂

[@coollfrogg6088]

“This guy has a ton of jokes-“ “His friend just died” “Yep a ton of jokes”

[@alsoduke991]

“But his friend just died, no?” “Just, *the most amount of jokes ever”*

[@mentalexwar]

His friend just died 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Deondre_Clark]

Best bit

[@TheKarjee]

“His friend just died” had a truly flawless delivery.

[@opedromagico]

kkkkkkk ri demais nessa

[@BasicShapes]

"Millions of people died, right?" "Yes, but America." "That's a good point!"

[@LeeStJohn-ym4df]

Great take in his, "But money."

[@chase7767]

That was in the video!

[@everarzamendia6271]

"I was surprised actually that there are other countries" -every american movie always

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Yeah, but they, you know, don't really count...

[@anichka101]

They exist but they're just not as interesting

[@bigtravis6159]

The whole earth is pretty much USA 🇺🇸 ENGLAND 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 and ChiCom 🇨🇳 and that’s it ,,,

[@everarzamendia6271]

@@anichka101 there is no such a thing as a boring country, just boring stories

[@benparrish672]

We don't care

[@SuperBC1975]

"They did weird stuff to his butt probably." "So you do have character development." LOL Brillant.

[@Mihayan1]

Entusiastic "I'm baack!" sounds way less heroic after that

[@Charmer4856]

The fire doesn’t have eyes sooooooooo 🤣🤣

[@ballybunion9]

Why does everyone always assume that? What am I doing? Am a harvesting farts? -Paul (2011)

[@sleepyfrank6359]

Dude! I was your 420th like! NICE

[@FussyPickles]

character development is super easy, barely an inconvenience

[@AlexPerez-tv1zg]

“I was actually surprised in my research that, there are other countries” -Every sci-fi movie ever

[@Micha-qv5uf]

District 9

[@Micha-qv5uf]

But you're still kinda correct

[@joshuaesposito5409]

Hahhhhhhahhh oh my so true

[@WayStedYou]

Every American scifi movie ever

[@bootlegga69]

Every Hollywood movie ever... FTFY

[@unclecreepy4185]

It was nice of the aliens to attack during America’s Independence Day, otherwise the President wouldn’t have been able to give that motivating speech that united the world into watching Americans destroy the aliens.

[@phreakazoith2237]

maybe they missed an opportunity here. Rememeber Fragglerock? It had intentional regional differences to be more marketable in various countries if I got it right. Would it not be cool if there where different versions of ID4 around? The one we have but plus a Cool Britannia version where the king saves the world, a french version where they attack on bastille day, chinese version and so on?

[@noelv1976]

Wow wow wow.....wow

[@alexbruckshaw1448]

@@phreakazoith2237 the king? We don't have king currently

[@nosuchthing8]

No, that made sense. America had a lower defense then. At least according to the movie.

[@unclecreepy4185]

@ Phreak Azoith There was an SNL about the modern day knights having to defend England against a dragon. So the British Independence Day movie can have Sir Elton John, Sir Patrick Stewart, and Sir Mix-a-lot fighting the aliens.

[@devinpaul9026]

"His friend just died." "...Yeah, he's got a lot of jokes."

[@Charmer4856]

But America 😁🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Saint_nobody]

It's how I'd cope. 🙄

[@joelellis7035]

A lot of jokes at the expense of the alien. Basically, "I'm pissed that you killed my best friend, so I'm gonna mock and ridicule you while I also repeatedly kick you (in another scene)." Catharsis.

[@tylerhackner9731]

Yep 😂😂

[@jasons5916]

Interesting fact: Will Smith's friend is played by musician Harry Connick Jr.

[@christopherweaver5904]

“Why ?” “So the movie can happen “ Always my favorite line . Every time

[@liversuccess1420]

Yeah, that one never fails to crack me up, right up there with, "Why do they have _________?" "Because!" "That works!"

[@peterkrug4124]

@@liversuccess1420 "Listen sir: I'm going to need you to get ALL the way off my back about that!"

[@strahinjagov]

@@peterkrug4124 oh okay lemme get off that thing!

[@Tmh21791]

"Actually it's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience."

[@stephenhogg6154]

“Oh really? That works for me.”

[@samuelperezgarcia]

"Seems kind of irrelevant to the movie. What are the dogs fighting about?" Had to pause the video, was laughing too hard. xD

[@AuroraDarkStar]

You forgot the "wait, he drags the alien from the grand canyon to area 51? Isn't that a very, very, very long way?" "Yeah!" "Well alrighty, then"

[@bradmcmichael5023]

No he doesn’t... he drags it for awhile then runs into the convoy of RVs who pick him up and end up at Area 51

[@nieznajomy4398]

@@bradmcmichael5023 Still be needed to drag it for several miles to closest road or city, so there would be logic to why he encountered those people.

[@bradmcmichael5023]

@@nieznajomy4398 true… but he’s pretty badass right? I mean he knocks the alien in the first place while it is wearing an exoskeleton suit in one punch then smokes a cigar with his back turned to it… so apparently he is both strong and confident in his ability to get the job done… if Steven hiller wants to drag that thing several miles… I believe he can do it 😂

[@kabouterwesley83]

"Wait, so an entire convoy of RVs is granted access to a secret military base because one person has something that could be an alien?" "Yes, sir. That's correct" "I don't think secret military base security works that way" "Whoops" "Whoopsi"

[@nieznajomy4398]

@@kabouterwesley83 I mean it was after aliens destroyed white house and other big cities (I don't remember if US already used nuke at that time) but still many protocols can go F themself in situation like this, especially since they had bunker.

[@Saint_nobody]

"His friend just died" "He's got a lot of jokes" Sounds like my coping mechanism.

[@cjwrench07]

Sounds like America right now, tbh. If you can’t laugh at the insanity, well I don’t know what else to do.

[@marchingham]

Hahaha I felt that

[@KlingonCaptain]

You are correct.

[@ssk58607]

@@cjwrench07 sounds more like the entire MCU tbh lol

[@rdwn1999]

Basically Thor Ragnarok in nutshell

[@macleunin]

“Because its gonna look cool in the trailer” was basically the entire pitch for Suicide Squad.

[@alisaurus4224]

Ricardo to be fair, it was an excellent trailer

[@DiarraHarris]

And it made 3 quarter's of a billion dollars so it did something right.

[@TheSuperShadow]

Most of Wills movies are basically that

[@kryptonitespider-bitedynam7305]

@@DiarraHarris and it wasn't even a bad movie

[@albertlofling7310]

Wait that was a movie? I thought it was a display on how to use the strongest colours on the planet like pinkest pink

[@4plus20isHappy]

“Why is a 1996 mac book compatible with the alien mother ship?” “So the movie can happen.”

[@captainfunktastic2255]

There's a deleted scene which says that all of Earth's modern tech is reverse engineered from the crashed fighter at area 51.

[@Scion141]

@@captainfunktastic2255 A Windows virus can't even infect a Mac. If all technology is derived from alien tech, no earth OSes should be safe from each other's viruses, in the same way that the alien computers aren't safe from Earth computer viruses

[@attilaseyfullah8522]

@@captainfunktastic2255 now that makes much more sense.

[@chadrowin2956]

That is the wrong question. The real question is, how the hell did they connect when the best we had was 802.11 WiFi released the year after the invasion?!?! Seriously, how was an earth computer connecting to the alien computer, did someone rig up a universal translator? Could a human made computer virus 1996 effect an alien OS of a super advanced computer design using technology we haven't even fathomed yet?? Isn't that like trying to load up a apple IIe virus onto the OLCF-5 supercomputer? Apple basic virus on a Linux OS???

[@hewdelfewijfe]

@@chadrowin2956 If he had access to the ship on the ground, and access to it while it's working, it becomes remotely plausible. It's just that it would take weeks, months, to figure out enough to code the virus probably.

[@winterwonderland1491]

“I was actually surprised in my research that, there are other countries” -Every American in an action movie

[@joeshmoe7967]

Most Americans........

[@duedecimal6622]

i remembered back in the 90s in the theatre when jeff goldblum wanted to upload virus to the alien computer, a guy who sat behind me said "wow they used Windows like us"

[@Zhengrui0]

You mean we used Windows, like them - and that's why their systems were vulnerable. Whoops!

[@quantumac]

The aliens really should switch to Ubuntu. That way the humans in the NSA can't spy on them while they're defrofelcating their obundulators.

[@jaketheberge1970]

It's not in the movie but Earth computer technology is reverse engineered from alien tech from Area 51.

[@bradmcmichael5023]

@@jaketheberge1970 this could be actually accurate... you never know...

[@opiumized]

Weir, since he uses a Mac in the movie

[@Tossboi]

“So, we’re gonna make a drama- historical movie?” “No, like a sci-fi movie. Aliens that go pew pew pew” 😂😂😂

[@David-fw5bx]

America

[@NodDisciple1]

"With the spaceships!?"

[@unicornzombielove]

Pew pew pew is tight.

[@estefanolivares9199]

Pew pew pew pew pew

[@_Rosenfeld]

@@NodDisciple1 "with their fricken spaceships"

[@regionalflyer]

What I love about the movie is how in the midst of an alien invasion, everyone still thinks Russell is crazy because of his abduction story.

[@jimeiden2360]

Well, he is Cousin Eddy, after all.

[@raygudel5492]

"Don't even show the dogs I say" Oh goddamn it I spat cereal everywhere again

[@cybersecurityforcivilians]

I learned a *very* long time ago that while watching Pitch Meetings it's not wise to be eating or drinking anything you don't want spewed all over your keyboard :).

[@willvgo2950]

whoops whoopsie

[@eatl1291]

"this spaceship has been acting up for the past 24 hrs, it's kinda crazy" "and nobody informed the White House?" This movie was ahead of its time with these kinds of communication discrepancies

[@briankriens5645]

Kinda reminds me of the clusterF*ck in Bengazi. Now there was some terrible leadership exposed for the world to see. Total failure that makes even ID4 look genius by comparison.

[@briankriens5645]

@@OC-CPA What a brainwashed simpleton you are. I bet your mommy must be proud. Oh, sorry. Did my saying "mommy" insult you? Trump kill'em...yeppers. So says CNN HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!! Hey, how many people died from cancer so far this year in the USA? How about from heart disease? If there is anything left in your head besides indoctrination I would suggest that you stop letting the China New Networks program you, and look at these things for what they really are. Shame that you probably won't. Now go grab a soy latte, and stick your nuts back in those skinny jeans because you are just so special. That participation trophy you got for being the best bench warmer for peewee soccer proves it.

[@bhut9001]

@@briankriens5645 god damn Brian, you are such a snowflake. Stay safe ☺️

[@ButterflyScarlet]

@@briankriens5645 Sir this is a Wendys, please calm down

[@briankriens5645]

@@ButterflyScarlet Zone is a very appropriatre name for you, as it would take someone in lala land "zone" to think that what you just said makes a lick of sense. Besides, I'm laughing my a$# off at all of this. Here in the barbarian lands of 'MeraKa laughing is a form of meditation required to ascend to Nirvana. I know, I know. Socialist cancel culture hatred has driven all the real comedians underground, but laughter will always exist no matter what the indoctrinators try to program you. Try it some time. I know, watch a movie called Airplane if you need a reminded of what it is to laugh :)

[@FrozenShadow007]

“Yes, but America” Best line ever

[@056Iceking]

Enough to end just about A N Y argument ever!

[@eternalreign2313]

'Murica!!!

[@sotakovatereza352]

Yes, it was funny.

[@OfentseMwaseFilms]

This series is the best thing ever! lmao Barely an inconvenience!

[@Dadjagajag]

yeah and its super easy. Pitch Meetings are tight

[@spencerpack128]

Very exciting!

[@andrewmagdaleno3261]

,

[@iitjee-insider7431]

Definitely, the best ever

[@bandel94]

That works for me.

[@SilverstoneTrace]

“Fire can’t go through doors?” “Fire doesn’t have eyes.”

[@sagaswp]

So his friend dies, and he's sad about it for almost a whole shot!

[@eiselda]

That’s impressive by movie standards

[@matthewrowley813]

"Yeah this guys got a bunch of jokes." "But his friend just died." "Just a ton of jokes."

[@bobbyfeet2240]

To be fair: military pilot. A big part of the training is *not* getting emotional. You really don't want your fighter pilots (or combat personnel in general, but especially pilots) to get distracted by people dying when they're still trying to stay alive and finish a mission. The Apollo astronauts (Michael Collins in particular) have commented on the downsides of that when trying to convey what the Moon was like.

[@ajspice]

@@bobbyfeet2240 Well said. That and Will Smith ain't no pussy. Lol!

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

@@ajspice There's nothing weak or shameful about mourning/grieving.

[@SuperBC1975]

No parade. No fireworks this 4th of July due to COVID-19. What are we going to do to enjoy the holiday? Ryan: Hold my Pitch Meeting.

[@estd1759]

"So you DO have character development!" "Yeah I guess I do!" Best line ever.

[@dougable]

"i'm glad that these aliens are considerate of our marketing strategy" haha

[@jaypee9575]

Will Smith: "Now this is pod racing!"

[@grumpyoldman3458]

lolz

[@Dargonhuman]

Why? Why the Hell would you put something so awesome in my head and not give me an actual visual to go along with it? What is wrong with you?! You're more of a tease than my high school girlfriend.

[@TheBurningIceCream]

Wow wow wow wow

[@islamadam8502]

"And then Egyptians are cheering next to the pyramids wearing what they used to wear 200 years ago." "Wow wow wow wow!"

[@SuperCosty2010]

It's good they weren't in what they wore some 4000 years ago

[@alsoduke991]

Egyptians? What are those things? All I know is America

[@Ozymandias1]

@@SuperCosty2010 That would be Stargate, not Independence Day.

[@Necronaut]

I know you want the joke, but many still wear that today in Egypt, in India they have been wearing the same type of clothing for thousands of years. The head dress is still worm today all over. Mostly the poor people wear them but that's like 90% of the people those countries.

[@MistbornPrincess]

@@Ozymandias1 ID and Stargate were both directed by Roland Emmerich. And written by him and Dean Devlin. Lol

[@mikeamor2888]

I dont know what to say.. I found these vids yesterday, and am binging them like a mad man. It is genius. Nothing short of that. If a team writes them, excellent, if its just Ryan, its staggering. Cannot get enough. Wish there were a million to watch. The way you have now really nailed the 2 characters you portray is fantastic. Feed me more! :)

[@andrewn.8654]

His response to the dogfight was hilarious! And the fact that he brought it up again afterwards.

[@quokka_11]

Squeezing in dogs is TIGHT!

[@gursimarpanesar7740]

2:01 "Fire can't go through doorways?" "No, it can't. I mean, fire doesn't have eyes, so it doesn't see them turn the corner." ^ I'm learning new things about basic elements of nature. Thanks, Ryan! 😅

[@Rob_Thorsman]

Physics is TIGHT!

[@AlexanderBlues1228]

I’m surprised they didn’t talk about all the people celebrating the aliens being defeated at the end: “And everyone all over the world is celebrating!” “How do we show that?” “Well, we’ll see French people in Paris. Chinese people at the Great Wall. English people in front of Big Ben.” “What about people in Africa?” “They’ll be dancing in grass skirts and shaking their spears!” “Is that how all people in Africa act?” “I assume so.”

[@timetochronicle]

Yeah but.... AMERICA

[@nikhilreddy8550]

Indian people at the Taj Mahal. Wait.... was that the Mars Attack? 🤔

[@nooctip]

No but Africa is a contenient so it's the closest we can get to ever countries culture .

[@sadrick5616]

Fair enough

[@schattentaenzerin]

-Isn't that racist? -Whoops -Whoopsie! (I don't even remember that scene. Gotta look that up) Edit: it's real. Well... But... America!?

[@4plus20isHappy]

“The aliens are going to blow up American landmarks like the Statue of Liberty, the White House and the Capitol building.” “What about the Pentagon?” “I have a strange feeling that showing that would seem like a bad idea in a few years.”

[@meduimrareberries5888]

Oh vaguely hinting at tragic events that will happen some time in the future is tight!

[@kabouterwesley83]

For the same reason they picked the Empire state building instead of the World trade center?

[@SerAkimbo]

Just a pointer, Will Smith flew to what remained of his air base, which is where he told his wife to head to before he left. So he didn't just 'find her' in the middle of ruined L.A lol

[@danielpicassomunoz2752]

A hole in Ryan's plot

[@SuperBC1975]

Wow. Wow. Wow. Putting up an Independence Day Pitch Meeting on July 4 must have been hard? "Actually, it's super easy, barely an inconvenience."

[@hntrl8880]

"Fire doesn't have eyes, so it can't see them turning the corner!" I'm Dead 😂😂

[@bazzokzwattom2655]

I guffawed at that line, too! 😆

[@robocopvs]

Dead? You wouldn't be dead if you went into the hallway.

[@mrpj1390]

But they weren't......🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stephenhancock3383]

Fire can't go through doors. It's not a ghost

[@The-wb9se]

hi dead im dad

[@shaneharvey1946]

I have heard it 20 times now. I will never not love "barely an inconvenience". This man's optimism is infectious.

[@Unknown-jt1jo]

Not so much optimism as obliviousness. He doesn't care about consistency, realism or plot holes.

[@alexcunningham9012]

Watching this at the midnight showing on July 3rd/4th was the most fun I've ever had watching a movie in the theater. The entire audience was cheering and clapping by the end.

[@justinkennedy3004]

It was my first big blow em up movie I saw in a theatre as a young man. When the city I was in got specifically mentioned as being destroyed by the aliens a huge happy cheer went up in the theatre. We were just happy to be mentioned. 😂🎉 Best moment I've ever had in a movie.

[@alexcunningham9012]

@@justinkennedy3004 that's awesome :) times were different then. Now I don't ever go to the theater, I'd rather just watch on my nice big tv at home without dealing with other people lmao. I'm old /sigh

[@YungDification]

producer guy: but millions of people died tho right? screen writer guy: yea, but America! Oh okay yea that totally makes sense

[@EverettBurger]

I hope we get to see a pitch meeting for Team America soon.

[@nickgreg78]

So, Trumps policy for Covid19 more or less...

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

America is TIGHT!

[@jesuguru2394]

@ScissorMeTimbers What's Canada? Is that in the midwest?

[@anunknownentity1637]

@@nickgreg78 Trump did a great job with covid-19. It was predicted over 2,000,000 people would die in the US yet it is just over 100,000. Unfortunate, yes, but many don't realize it could have been way worse.

[@wstine79]

Jeff: "90s Science Fiction movies with... ah.... Jeff Goldblum are.... ah ah...... TIGHT!"

[@sphakamisozondi]

You guys are starting a thread that is... Ah... Ah supereasy ah.. Barely an inconvenience.

[@shanesullivan460]

When I read comments like this, I have hope that maybe one day our humanity will surpass our technology. ...Little bit of an obscure one for you.

[@seanclough7810]

Yeah, uh, 90's movies were ah, as big as the uh, Cretaceous period. I'll just 'park' myself elsewhere.

[@innocencedream7721]

Captain Hiller found them cause they were at the base he was stationed at... Not overly complicated. The only bad comment I have, love these though.

[@iamdavid3498]

“Seems irrelevant to the story, what are the dogs fighting about?” 😂😂😂

[@riphihe]

that comment and the reply were my favorite.

[@Kevin-sn2cv]

Aliens be like: Attacking the US is TIGHT

[@jotheunissen9274]

It must be difficult to defend Earth against aliens? Actually, it's gonna be super easy barely an inconvenience

[@Menaceblue3]

How were the aliens computer technology be able to get infected by a human invented computer virus? Such a complex system shouldn't be compatible with earth computers, right? Yeah... I'm gonna need you to get WAY off my back about this... Fair enough...

[@Jose04537]

@@Menaceblue3 Also how they transferred the virus? Wifi? Bluetooth? How?

[@DreddPirateRoberts]

It was super easy; barely an inconvenience.

[@DreddPirateRoberts]

@@Jose04537 No, it was a direct connection. Remember how the aliens in the control tower were able to open up their ship's blinds when they docked?

[@4nchored]

Ryan is one of the only reasons I’m subbed to screen rant

[@deanwoodford2017]

He's the only reason why.

[@bitfusionsouthafrica]

Ignoring the non-Ryan George content is super easy, barely an inconvenience!

[@EchthelionII]

@@deanwoodford2017 Agreed

[@fozziebear26]

You ain't lying 😂

[@Ancano]

I don't even sub to screen rant, I just follow the Pitch meeting playlist.

[@diegol5802]

Independence Day was my favorite movie growing up. Can’t get enough.

[@morebliss]

I love this! Please do the sequel. It was so awful, but seeing a pitch meeting about it will have made seeing it worth while.

[@ARC-wo4qr]

Watching a movie about America fighting aliens with Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Lonestar from Spaceballs instead of an educational documentary based around the signing of the Declaration of Independence is tight!

[@timopper5488]

ARC 1409 Why can’t we have both?? Why not a prequel? “Declaration of Independence: Independence Day Begins,” a historical alien drama, coming never to a theater near you.

[@ericross441]

If Will Smith is in it, you know it's going to be bad lol

[@kabouterwesley83]

Lonestar from spaceballs 😂😂

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

"Cause he had been abducted by aliens like years before and they did weird stuff to his butt probably" "Oh, so you do have character development" These Pitch Meetings are so well written

[@Dargonhuman]

It helps that all of the actors have such great chemistry with each other too. It would be horribly awkward if they hated each other...

[@-Diwika-]

Haven’t seen you in a while how r u doin? Watching less YT nowadays?

[@dingfeldersmurfalot4560]

@@Dargonhuman The casting in these videos is tremendous! It goes to show you how deep the art of movie-making goes!

[@samedud5051]

Oh hi again

[@willvgo2950]

This was a missed opportunity for "Oh, anal probes are TIGHT!"

[@rednovember3639]

"And near the end we're going to show various cities around the world which have been saved by America." "How will you know which cities they are?" "By the landmarks." "Wait, didn't you say the aliens blew up all the landmarks?" "Oh, whoops!" "Whoopsie!"

[@KarstensCreationsKC]

"Cuz it's gonna look COOL in the trailer!" "Wow, I'm glad these aliens are considerate of our marketing strategies." Fireworks. What was I saying?

[@Wis_Dom]

"Fire can't go through doorways?" LOL! That scene always bothered me as a teen, back then.

[@Axterix13]

I always figured she closed the door a split second after the cut.

[@awesomeperson531]

Celebrating July 4th even though I’m not American is tight

[@nintendowolf]

Nice lol

[@LiterallyGod]

Awesome Person as an american i like to see it

[@thatonerobotfromshortcircut]

Where are you from?

[@gff.yu.]

Fireworks

[@sirloin8745]

Won't it be difficult though, if you're not an American?

[@IssaalaaRacing]

“Yes but America” “That’s a good point” This got me 🤣

[@RamblinRick_]

Every video, I eagerly anticipate "barely an inconvenience"

[@Andrew-fb8ph]

My inner consciousness: Wait, isn’t Ryan Canadian? My inner Ryan:Listen, I gonna need you to get aaaalllllllllll the off my back. My inner consciousness: okay, let me get off that thing.

[@corv2731]

Oh, 3rd person meta-consciousnesses are TIGHT!

[@aaaadit5155]

American Canadian... Same thing

[@chinnidiwakar]

@@aaaadit5155 canarican? Amedian?

[@rhelferstay]

@@aaaadit5155 Except our leader likes to have an orange face, Canada's leader likes to have a black face.

[@JordyToons]

I'm surprised he didn't do a Canadian movie for Canada Day.

[@ggt47]

So Willl Smith plays a Will Smith (character) then does a backflip and breaks the alien bad guys (neck) and saves the day.

[@komodogaming9598]

So will Smith did a will Smith Accurate

[@ggt47]

@@komodogaming9598 True.

[@tanmaybhadauria5423]

Ryan George extended universe

[@Exeivier]

then his wife has sex with another man with wills aproval.

[@DbladeMedic]

@@komodogaming9598 will smith will smith with will smith?

[@jackjones298]

3:19 This pitch meeting totally slaps.

[@southpawMB]

"How hard is it to laugh at this?" "Oh, it's super easy! Barely an inconvenience!"

[@Crazy-bu3ob]

I love how he clarified that the only character development was aliens probing a guys butt.

[@IskanderVFX]

LOL

[@nielsjensen4185]

The funny thing is that the abduction is included in the comic adaptation and that event is the one that starts the downward spiral of his life as before that he was a quite accomplished and well-regarded pilot. Afterward, everyone just saw him as crazy for Coco-pops. Him saying "I'm back" is the catharsis of his entire life. I'm so glad that I read the comic before I saw the movie as I would have been so confused otherwise.

[@davidjsaul]

@@nielsjensen4185 this film is something like twenty years old and I never knew there was a comic expansion of the story!

[@williamshepherd2836]

@italkcrab in the words of my generation, UP YOURRRRRRSSSSS

[@bobbyfeet2240]

I feel like you didn't need a comic to get that. ID4 wasn't a subtle movie or well-developed by any means, but they did pretty clearly establish that he was a wreck and that a likely cause (in whole or in a large part) was his abduction.

[@culturedsir2001]

Writer guy: "Dogfight" Producer guy: "So what are the dogs fighting?" 🤦🏻‍♂️😂😂

[@unclecarl5406]

I was actually surprised in my research to find there are other countries. I was also quite shocked when I found that out last week. Brilliant.

[@laxeystu8096]

It is true the characters were a broad stereotype, but the idea was that each of them would have an individual plot that would be resolved by the end, which is clever, and uplifting.

[@XitlalicProductions]

I feel like there was a missed opportunity to expand the Ryan universe here. The computer should have asked if he wanted a pretty big pickle in a bun.

[@exodustimes4266]

Obviously this Ryan is gay

[@isakzeljkovic]

@@exodustimes4266 sorry wut

[@dabulls23able]

He's saying that a Ryan who would want a big pickle in a bun might just be gay?

[@commodoreNZ]

@@exodustimes4266 comments are the toilet of the soul

[@peterg76yt]

There's probably a copyright issue.

[@sleepyfrank6359]

"Millions of people died" "But America!" That got me good

[@mr.battle20]

Why?

[@sleepyfrank6359]

@@mr.battle20 u want the short answer or the really annoying deep one?

[@godbluffvdgg]

Visiting this 3 years later, the plot holes could FIT one of those giant ships through it...Glad that Ryan is still doing it...

[@HEARTS-OF-SPACE]

Still one of my all-time favorite movies.

[@vivianh936]

I didn’t expect to have such a strong emotional attachment to Mr. Background Computer

[@fawazgarba2187]

SR: Can we make something on independence day? Ryan: Yes, super easy barely and inconvenience..

[@flamingwheel9926]

What should we call it?

[@djanevski]

This mocks all that is sacred to my childhood. I love it !

[@kyliefjohnson1390]

The greatest part about this pitch meeting is that it doesn’t make you love id4 any less

[@ribhavgupta6148]

Aww look at proud screen writer guy at 6:09!! He's so proud he accidentally put character development

[@cpt_stanley8476]

"Are you going to have time for any character development?" "No." Not having any character delvelopment is tight.

[@DarthPlato]

The Modern School of Moviemaking.

[@buchiklop110]

Thing is though, most of the characters DO have character development, it's just not emphasized outside of Russel Case. Is the development Oscar-worthy or super-ultra-amazing? No, but it is still there.

[@LegendmakerLyceum]

"Oh yeah, get outta here History!" LOL -- kind of sums up our times...

[@user-gg6rs4kj6w]

All those characters yet they made you love and care for all of them. 80s and 90s movies were great

[@jw9565]

(Finally) making a pitch meeting of Independence Day is TIGHT. But given how long it took to make it I have to assume that it wasn’t super easy, barley an inconvenience.

[@TRAMNITTSU]

It didn’t take a long time they were just waiting for July 4th to post

[@jw9565]

TRAM PHAN fair enough but this series has been going on for a while now, they could have posted it last year too.

[@devongreen7353]

Wow Wow Wow

[@mr.dantastic5073]

Well they decided to do it now so how about YOU GET ALL THE WAY OFF MY BACK.

[@jw9565]

Mr. Dantastic LOL

[@robertmcginty4146]

That time America was the first to respond to a global emergency and came up with the best plan. Ahh, those were the days.

[@PercivalBlakeney]

Now that's just unfair... oh wait a minute. 😉

[@believingintheblood8540]

Wow edgy as a soft stool

[@briankriens5645]

Unlike when Europe sat around with it's head up it's arse while Russia, Germany, Spain, Italy, and others fell under the idiotic spell of socialism? Makes me very sad that so many of my own family had to fight in Europe's wars just so they could be comsumed by socialism once again. Pathetic.

[@jacowboy]

@@briankriens5645 Yeah, I think you're thinking of fascism, because you clearly don't know what "socialism" is... damn bro, pick up a dictionary... it's cringy.

[@briankriens5645]

@@ulviqitliyev1456 So you are admitting that the USA is essential to the stability of the world, and all of those nations just couldn't manage without us? Seems that after WW1 that the US was not quite at the "world super power" stage yet, but silly me for actually reading world history. Now go blow your mind by studying just how feckless, and corrupt the UN is LOL!

[@Wildwanderer99]

These Pitch Meetings never get old. I love 'em all.

[@Wildwanderer99]

These videos are not super easy and probably a huge inconvenience to make.

[@stevenzeoli6147]

One of the highlights of my week, is waiting with urgent anticipation, for my favorite line, “… Barely an inconvenience.” Thanks multitudes!

[@JoeDurobot]

*Having a Canadian celebrate the 4th of July is TIGHT!*

[@MaxxadTV]

I was writing an essay for my college HR class, and I snuck in "super easy, barely an inconvenience". Proud man right here 😎

[@sideshow6830]

Oh sneaking in "super easy barely an inconvenience" is tight.

[@jamesroyce1845]

@@sideshow6830 Wow, wow, wow, wow!

[@khairinasr6255]

😂😂😂

[@geekymetalhead5112]

You:I just made an obscure reference. Ah whoops

[@schattentaenzerin]

I hope the person grading it will write "essays are tight" onto it

[@iggy9790]

"So you do have character development!" "Yeah... I guess I do!" One of the best line deliveries ever - bravo sir... bravo

[@kit2770]

Lol. That dogfight joke was hilarious.

[@robertstackr4799]

I'm glad these aliens are considerate of our marketing strategy - 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@seriesjunkie0074]

Why don't you do a pitch meeting for the movie "Idiocracy"?

[@alteredstateskustom]

Great idea 👍

[@XanderHarris1023]

Do we need a pitch meeting for reality?

[@terenceblack3164]

Ant Cannone yes

[@laserloui2008]

You just have to watch CNN for that.

[@harryhenderson1973]

@@XanderHarris1023 CNN is tight

[@mentorofarisia371]

So good I came back and watched it again months later.

[@GPS_DS]

“So like a historical drama based on the signing of the Declaration of Independence?” I think that would’ve probably been a way better movie.

[@NDTexan]

Not a single mention of perhaps the greatest pre-battle speech in cinema history from Bill Pullman....shame

[@patrickd8654]

That speech was more like a parody of a pre-battle speech than a sincere effort. Also, strikingly tone-deaf considering the movie was marketed to a global audience.

[@kinyutaka]

@@patrickd8654 I dunno. The whole gist of the speech was "The Fourth of July will no longer be an American holiday."

[@NDTexan]

Amazing how nothing Patrick said was even remotely correct...

[@patrickd8654]

@@NDTexan Considering that everything I said was a statement of opinion rather than fact, I am unsure how you can be so certain whether it was correct. Can you elaborate on what I got wrong?

[@NDTexan]

There was literally nothing parody about that speech in the greater context of the movie. Nor was it a non global motivational speech. Wasn't American centric at all. The entire point of the speech was about the Fourth of July no longer being an American holiday and mankind as a whole. Not entirely sure what was tone deaf about it. So yeah I don't care if it's your opinion I think it's wrong. You're the one that chimed in on my comment making your claims that came off as absolute statements rather than opinions. Or would you prefer I said incredibly off base?

[@billc.2627]

"Fireworks are tight!" Happy 4th everyone.

[@maximusaralieous1728]

You know, Ryan makes fun, but his giddiness in this video shows he loves the movie too. America!

[@kwesisalim]

Just noticed that massive improvement in delivery and timing of your lines from older episodes. Perfecting your craft.

[@HarmonicWave]

I actually just watched this one because it was newer and I had just seen a few from 4 years ago (very early on). I wanted that fresh energy that his newer ones have.

[@welcomestranger]

US: Now, to bring down each ship you need to fly directly into the superlaser at the precise moment it starts to fire. Every other country: That's super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@katherynnephrite5115]

'Computers can do anything cuz they're made of magic' Oohhh is that how they work

[@jimmym3352]

That's pretty much how Hollywood has been portraying computers since the 80's.

[@katherynnephrite5115]

@@jimmym3352 Ain't that the truth

[@childebrand1]

Will Smith punches the alien as though he’s Chris Rock.

[@Coastfog]

Among literally hundreds of Pitch Meetings, this is one of the best.

[@ozman8247]

the rest of the people: Ryan is carrying screen rant on his back screen rant: i am gonna need you to get all the way off my back

[@DifferentTypesofPeople]

The rest of the people: Oh, sorry, let me get off of that thing.

[@Reg101st]

True, I'm only here cause of Ryan.

[@EireHammer]

^ Same

[@DinKnight]

What's a ScreenRant? All I know is Ryan George.

[@Jahaay]

wow, what an original comment! it's not like this has been commented on every pitch meeting episode ever made about a thousand times. You must feel very accomplished pulling off this joke that you totally 100% created yourself!

[@rixx46]

"... I was actually surprised in my research that, y' know, there ARE other countries..." says the Canadain accurately trolling Americans.

[@samuelguetta8445]

Didn't know he was Canadian, that explains so much.

[@bmdeerwester]

which one is canadian? The producer or screenwriter?

[@BenDurham]

@@caelen8053 Actually, the computer's software is American and the hardware is from China. The producer is from LA and the Screenwriter is from Montreal. And Ryan is from Canada. He tells Producer Guy and Screenwriter Guy what to say. Just Canada in general. Ya know. Because.

[@johnreddick7650]

Of course, if the nation right next to you were Canada, you'd probably forget there were other countries, too.

[@jimmym3352]

All funny Canadians immediately become property of the U.S. As we have done with Dan Akroyd, John Candy, Jim Carrey, Tommy Chong, Phil Hartman, Norm MacDonald, Mike Meyers, and many others. You will all be assimilated.

[@justicegraceful2171]

omg he's right, aliens went up his butt, so he went up theirs. that's, hilariously brilliant.

[@design1of470]

I usually don't question anything about big action movies, especially when I was younger. But even as a teenager, I thought it was so funny that all the people in other parts of the world were so relieved when the Americans came up with a plan