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Independence Day is one of mankind's finest filmmaking achievements.
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It also boasts one of the most brilliantly weird trailers of all time.
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How brilliantly weird? This brilliantly weird.
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Ace, right? Let's blow stuff up and break this down.
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Boom, date. Timeframes are very important.
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All your favourite American landmarks are getting covered in shadow on July 2.
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You know shit is about to go down when a monument gets covered in shadow.
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Something that's caused the man in the back here to void his bowels.
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If you slow it right down, you can pinpoint the moment the trickle starts.
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Sidebar: Look at how racially diverse the New York presented in this film is here.
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Remember, this film came out in 1996.
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Will this bring us our first shot of heroic Will Smith?
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And one of director Roland Emmerich's favourite film shots, people running from yellow cabs.
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Seriously, he bloody loves this shot.
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He also loves vehicular destruction.
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You know what else Roland Emmerich really loves?
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Lots of big explosions.
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Look at those cars flipping like they're empty crisp packets.
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Now it's time for the main event.
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Look at the White House go boom.
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Roland REALLY likes making Washington go boom.
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So there's your trailer.
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One of the sweetest things ever, right?
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But people watching this trailer had no idea of the superhero dogs the film would feature.
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And we've still yet to see the aliens.
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Or young, charismatic Will Smith punching said aliens.
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We haven't even got a whiff of the raw sexuality that Jeff Goldblum would bring to the picture.
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Basically, Independence Day has one of the best, most bizarre trailers of all time.
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One more reason why it's one of the best, most bizarre films of all time.
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Featuring one of the best, most bizarre presidents of all time.
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No pressure on Independence Day 2, eh?
