Posthuman Blues

Back to the No Future

"Independence Day scared the hell out of me for all the wrong reasons. As I watched Los Angeles blow up and New York blow up and the freaking White House blow up, I knew I was supposed to think it was all really cool. The moviegoers around me damn near gave a standing ovation to the famous scene where those cars full of New York evacuees are blasted right off the road and one of the cars goes spiraling through the air and lands with a crunch on Harvey Fierstein’s head. But instead of enjoying the carnage, I found myself sinking ever deeper into despair . . ."

I'm not an "Independence Day" fan. But I love the opening scenes with the invading saucers.