20 Things You Somehow Missed In Independence Day
Did you spot the hidden Death Star?
Good morning. In less than a minute, you will have finished reading this introduction and embark upon one of the most interesting pieces of Independence Day content every published.
Independence Day. That movie should have new meaning for all of us today. We can't be consumed by how underwhelming the 2016 sequel was anymore. We will be united in remembering how great the 1996 original was instead.
Perhaps its fate that today is t̶h̶e̶ ̶4̶t̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ sometime in July, and you will once again be reading for your entertainment, not from boredom, indifference, or that weird thing we all do where we click into something because we presume we'll hate-like what's in it. But from ignorance. Ignorance over these interesting tidbits of movie lore.
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20. Morse Code
The story behind the movie's score could easily be an article of its own. Composer David Arnold retreated into seclusion to escape the runaway marketing, only to be awoken by helicopters flying banners for the movie.
However, one secret hidden within the movie itself, is that the drum sounds he composed for the opening scenes are, in fact, morse code. The dash-dot-dot, dot-dot, dot rhythm they beat out spells D... I... E.
The same message provided by the captured alien when asked by the President what it is they want the human race to do.