Brent Spiner cast in Independence Day 2

[Iamnotspock]

i'm sure spiners being saying he didn't get killed off and was going to be in the sequel for years

He has indeed (though not necessarily entirely seriously); from 1999.

"He really wants to do a sequel to ID4. He said he talked to Dean Devlin recently, and apparently there has been some deal made with 20th Century Fox and he asked Dean if he's dead and Dean said, "No. The first scene in the movie is a hammer hitting a board and we pan out and they're re-building the White House. The second scene in the movie is Okun waking up from a coma." And Brent made a joke about how it's probably Okun's Evil Twin, Lore Okun!"

 

[RandyS]

Is this really necessary?

The first one wasn't even that good.

Get out.

Agreed.

That said, he has a point about this being necessary. The first movie told a compete story and was done. They even said in the movie that the entire civilization traveled together, so when the humans won, they destroyed the entire society. There's nobody to come back for a rematch.

Still, I liked the first movie enough that I'm at least interested in seeing what they come up with.

 

[JarodRussell]

As long as Emmerich is working on Independence Day 2, he can't mess up Stargate, so it's okay.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

As long as Emmerich is working on Independence Day 2, he can't mess up Stargate, so it's okay.

That's the spirit.

 

[Kelthaz]

Is this really necessary?

The first one wasn't even that good.

Agreed, but it was highly entertaining.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

If Roland Emmerich is still involved (side note: he's not related to the actor named Noah Emmerich, is he?), I bet he'd love to find a way to destroy New York City *again*. Bastard does this in pretty much every movie he makes...

As for the Stargate reference: Ironic, since the original SG movie was supposed to *be* ID4 part 2. Or maybe it was the other way around...

 

[JarodRussell]

If Roland Emmerich is still involved (side note: he's not related to the actor named Noah Emmerich, is he?), I bet he'd love to find a way to destroy New York City *again*. Bastard does this in pretty much every movie he makes...

As for the Stargate reference: Ironic, since the original SG movie was supposed to *be* ID4 part 2. Or maybe it was the other way around...

That would have been actually interesting.

The Stargate TV show often is a mix between Stargate Movie and Independence Day anyways.

 

[EnriqueH]

I thought the first one was a major disappointment.

I can remember the early teaser commercials with the White House being blown up had everyone talking.

Months of speculation and, "That movies looks awesome!" hype followed and it gave me the impression that it was going to be a badass sci-fi film, like Predator or Aliens or something that effect, but the movie ended up being a send up of silly 1950s style sci-fi.

Will Smith was horrible, and gets the worst line in the film about being "eager to kick ET's ass." (I can still remember the deathly silent reaction that line got in my packed movie theater; not ONE laugh. Not even a hum.)

Jeff Goldblum's ludicrous laptap-that-saved-the-world. The guy hacked into an alien mainframe with some laptop.

And then there's poor Brent Spiner. The guy can't get a decent role outside of Star Trek to save his own life. Whether it's a thankless role in ID4, a snooty cruise director in the embarrassing Out to Sea, or making CD's that nobody buys. Looking forward to another wasted role here.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Jeff Goldblum's ludicrous laptap-that-saved-the-world. The guy hacked into an alien mainframe with some laptop.

If he had really wanted to fuck up the mothership he should've used a Windows laptop.

Everyone always shits on that scene but the only bad thing is the accelerated timeframe. They had been studying the ship for decades so maybe they had a good handle on how to interface with it. The laptop is connected to the ship's computers; I don't think we're supposed to believe that the Powerbook itself just uploads some trojan he picked up online.

 

[JarodRussell]

Earth's entire computer technology was based on what they found in the alien scout ship. That's also why it was so easy for the aliens to use Earth's satellites for their communication. And that's why it was possible to create an interface between an Earth laptop and the alien mothership's main computer.

 

[Beagleman]

And wie have a winner!

 

[Cyke101]

i'm sure spiners being saying he didn't get killed off and was going to be in the sequel for years

He has indeed (though not necessarily entirely seriously); from 1999.

"He really wants to do a sequel to ID4. He said he talked to Dean Devlin recently, and apparently there has been some deal made with 20th Century Fox and he asked Dean if he's dead and Dean said, "No. The first scene in the movie is a hammer hitting a board and we pan out and they're re-building the White House. The second scene in the movie is Okun waking up from a coma." And Brent made a joke about how it's probably Okun's Evil Twin, Lore Okun!"

Hah, that's actually pretty funny.

Maybe for the third movie, they can make B4 Okun.

 

[Samurai8472]

and once again Okun could be out of touch with times since he's been in a coma for 20 years.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I'm liking the "Lore Okun" idea, actually...

 

[Brolan]

I'm liking the "Lore Okun" idea, actually...

There may be a piece of the dead alien's mind inside his brain!!!! The perfect mole!!!!