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ID4 Aliens

Rÿcher

Fleet Captain
Does any fanfic or canon material exist on the aliens from Independence Day? Where they're from, what they really wanted...?
 
pretty sure their goal wassaid outright.

purge the planet of its resources and move to the next planet.

they are 'from' their ship. they are nomadic
 
Did anyone else think the aliens seen in the Spielberg/Cruise War of the Worlds looked a lot like the ones from ID4?
 
pretty sure their goal wassaid outright.

purge the planet of its resources and move to the next planet.

they are 'from' their ship. they are nomadic
Yep, all of this was said in the movie.

As for where they came from BEFORE that, who knows? My guess is that it was hundreds or thousands of years ago.
 
OT: I always found it interesting that this started life as a Stargate sequel.

I don't think that's 100% true, mostly because I remember reading an article years back with D&E stating that they made ID4 for a quick popcorn summer flick to "earn" enough money for what they would think was needed for Stargate 2 & 3.

Then again, those guys keep changing their story about their Stargate sequels, so who knows.
 
I'm pretty sure there's some ID4 books...I think they are all set prior to the film though, one I know of for sure is about Brent Spiner's character Dr. Oaken (I am not looking up the proper spelling) and Area 51. I don't know how deeply they could delve into the aliens in a prequel.
 
There was one novel set during and after (mostly after), but set in the Middle East. "War in the Desert" if I recall correctly.

I haven't read it in years so I can't remember how much detail it went into with regards the Aliens
 
I'm pretty sure there's some ID4 books...I think they are all set prior to the film though, one I know of for sure is about Brent Spiner's character Dr. Oaken (I am not looking up the proper spelling) and Area 51. I don't know how deeply they could delve into the aliens in a prequel.

There was also an issue 0 by Marvel comics showing events from Roswell forward. Not much about the aliens themselves that I recall, aside from seeing Dennis Quaid's character's abduction and Dr. Okun not learning much over his tenure at Area 51.
 
I like to think most of their technology on their hulking, moon sized mothership was wrecked and they were running away from a bigger, galaxy threatening enemy, hence their poor tactics and silly gaps in their technology.
 
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