4. Independence Day
There are several moments in Roland Emmerichs 1996 blockbuster that raise a few questions. Why dont the massive city-sized ships wipe out the cities below them when they are destroyed and crash? How come an alien wearing a protective exoskeleton who survived a high speed crash can be knocked out by one punch from Will Smith? Perhaps the most contentious point though comes when David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) hacks into the alien spaceships computer and loads up a computer virus. These aliens have mastered interstellar deep space travel and yet they havent figured out a way to protect against glorified Trojan horses? Is there no alien AVG? How are the two systems even compatible in the first place? Theres probably not even a drive to load the virus on to, let alone a compatible programme that would work with a 1996 laptop! Im in no doubt that David is a very intelligent person, he wears glasses and is good on a computer, thats the full cinematic package. Yet I do somehow doubt even he can hack into a computer system that will not only be in a language not even remotely close to anything found no earth, but also probably doesnt sync that well with your hippest Apple Mac.