In "Independence Day: Resurgence", set and finally released 20 years after the events of the first film, the aliens get medieval on us with an even bigger mothership. Independence Day ''Time's Up'' scene On July 2, 1996, an enormous alien mothership arrives in the orbit of the Earth and deploys multiple saucers, each fifteen miles wide, that take positions over Although the City Destroyers were brought down, two survived initially: one damaged by the mothership's explosion and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean. The ship's surviving aliens attempted to self-detonate their vessel over the Atlantic fault line in order to create artificial tsunamis. As they fled the Colony Mothership was destroyed in a massive nuclear explosion. Thus the Harvesters were effectivly crippled and their City Destroyers fell on by one. Almost exactly 20 years ago, the film Independence Day hit theaters and featured perhaps the single most iconic visual effect of the 1990s—a short, but effective shot of The White House getting destroyed by a gigantic alien mothership. The mothership is a massive command vessel used by the Harvesters that invaded Earth in the War of 1996. The mothership is of considerable size: it is almost 600 kilometers long across its longest axis (length) and five hundred and fifty kilometers along its shortest (height). Hiller and Levinson are caught up in the shockwave and debris of the mother ship's explosion, but are able to return to Earth unharmed, crash-landing the alien fighter in the desert close to On July 2, 1996, an enormous mothership orbits around Earth, deploying assault fortress saucers, each with a fifteen-mile radius, that take positions over Earth's major cities. David The Harvester mothership is a massive, mobile spaceship used by the Harvesters. The mothership is designed for stripping planets of their natural resources. A mothership participated in an attack on Earth during the War of 2016. The explosion causes a chain reaction that annihilates the ship, forcing it to the ground nearby. Human resistance forces around the world use the same weak point to destroy the remainder of the alien saucers, while the nuclear device planted by Hiller and Levinson destroys the alien mothership soon after the duo escape. Before "Independence Day: Resurgence," we look back at director Roland Emmerich's career high, the best explosion in movie history. Skip the cable setup & start watching YouTube TV today for free. Then save $23/month for 2 mos. Independence Day 1996 On July 2, 1996, an enormous alien mothership arrives in the orbit of the Earth and deploys multiple saucers, each fifteen miles wide, that take positions over Earth's major Independence day | Into mother ship | 1996 | HD Greatest TV Moments 139 subscribers Subscribed [Independence Day] What was the damage range of the nuclear weapon detonated in the Mother ship? Would the explosion and destruction of such a massive ship so close to our atmosphere launch debris large enough to cause damage? 64.1M subscribers 21K 3.9M views 9 years ago Independence Day movie clips: BUY THE MOVIE: FandangoNOW - No description has been added to this video.more Independence Day- Spaceship alien explosion scene Jhbt 912 subscribers Subscribed The climax of 'Independence Day' is a fireworks finale. Aliens dominate until humans strike back. Pilots, including Will Smith, dogfight while a virus takes down the mothership’s shields. Randy Quaid’s sacrifice seals the deal—his kamikaze run destroys the core. The explosion is huge, the music swells, and Earth rejoices. Among those was VisionArt, which came onto the production late in the game to help produce dogfight sequences, Alien Attacker shield effects and the final Mothership explosion.
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