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When Independence Day arrived on laserdisc in July of 1998 it was considered state of the art for home theater software.
Available in either a film only 2-disc set for $49.98 or a Criterion-like Special Edition for $99.98, it was one of those titles that had to be owned.
It didn't have to be owned because it was extraordinary filmmaking or for great acting or screenwriting.
I had to be owned because it was one of a growing number of roller coaster ride films that had become a summer phenomenon.
Huge, noisy, and filled with interesting, if not great, special effects, Independence Day is wonderful, silly summer fun.
Now, twelve years later, Fox has released Independence Day on Blu-Ray DVD.
Viewing it today, Will Smith, and Bill Pullman (as POTUS) look amazing young. Jeff Goldblum, Randy Quaid, Harvey Fierstein -- every 1950s sci-fi knockoff should be required to have Harvey Fierstein in it -- and virtually every other actor working in Hollywood at the time seems to have a role.
And the really nice thing is that the Blu-Ray presentation makes the film look very much as it did in 1996.
And that's a good thing.
Fox has done a terrific job!
Independence Day on Blu-Ray is Recommended. It is definitely still summer fun for one's home theater in 2008.
RAH
Available in either a film only 2-disc set for $49.98 or a Criterion-like Special Edition for $99.98, it was one of those titles that had to be owned.
It didn't have to be owned because it was extraordinary filmmaking or for great acting or screenwriting.
I had to be owned because it was one of a growing number of roller coaster ride films that had become a summer phenomenon.
Huge, noisy, and filled with interesting, if not great, special effects, Independence Day is wonderful, silly summer fun.
Now, twelve years later, Fox has released Independence Day on Blu-Ray DVD.
Viewing it today, Will Smith, and Bill Pullman (as POTUS) look amazing young. Jeff Goldblum, Randy Quaid, Harvey Fierstein -- every 1950s sci-fi knockoff should be required to have Harvey Fierstein in it -- and virtually every other actor working in Hollywood at the time seems to have a role.
And the really nice thing is that the Blu-Ray presentation makes the film look very much as it did in 1996.
And that's a good thing.
Fox has done a terrific job!
Independence Day on Blu-Ray is Recommended. It is definitely still summer fun for one's home theater in 2008.
RAH
