We've moved as many of our forces away from our bases as possible, but we've already sustained heavy losses. I spoke with the joint chiefs when they arrived at NORAD. They agree we must launch a counteroffensive with a full nuclear strike. Over American soil? You're saying, at this point, we should sacrifice more innocent American civilians? Is that right? Sir, if we don't strike soon there may not be much of an America left to defend. Sir, they've taken out NORAD. What? It's gone, sir. My God. The vice president, joint chiefs. Mr. President, we must launch. A delay now would be more costly than when you waited to evacuate the cities. No, no. You're not going to launch nuclear weapons. You're going to kill them and us at the same time. If we fire nukes, then everybody else is going to fire them. You are a guest here. Ever hear of nuclear winter? It's the end of life as we know it. Do you hear what they're talking about? Don't even think about it. I don't have to go. It can't be allowed. Shut up! Captain, get him out of here! Hey, don't tell him to shut up! You'd all be dead now if it wasn't for my David. None of you did anything to prevent this. There was nothing we could do. We were totally unprepared for this. Aw! Don't give me unprepared. Come on,Julius. It was in the 1950s. You had that spaceship. David: Dad. Julius: Yeah, that thing that you found in New Mexico. Dad, no. Not the spaceship. Roswell. Roswell, New Mexico. Yeah. You had the spaceship, and you had the bodies. They were all locked up in a bunker. Where was that? David? In Area 51, right? Area 51. You knew then, and you did nothing.
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Just in case.
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I love you. I love you.
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There's only one thing left to do. There's only one thing left to do.
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Soldier: Let's pick it up, men. We're on a tight schedule, now. Let's go.
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Let's organize every plane we can find and get us some goddamn pilots to fly 'em. Yes, sir. He can't do that. Well, he just, uh... did.
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Computer: Missile launched. Oh, crap! What--What did I hit? I picked a hell of a day to quit drinking.
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Not too bad at all.
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Oh, crap.
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[Rumbling]
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Major? Yes, sir. Radar reception has been impaired, but we were able to get these. And we estimate that it has a diameter of over 5 50 kilometers and a mass roughly 1/ 4 the size of our moon. What the hell is it? A meteor? No, sir. Man: No. Definitely not. How do you know? Well, sir, it's... slowing down. It's what? It's, uh... it's slowing down, sir.
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Now!
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Mitchell: You heard the president. Let's get this thing prepped and ready. Good luck, pilot. Thank you, Mr. President. A virus. Your idea. That's right.
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When we found them, they were wearing some sort of biomechanical suits, but once we got them off, we learned a great deal about their anatomy. Eyes, ears, no vocal chords. We're assuming they communicate with each other through some other means. You're obviously not thinking about hand signals and body language. It's some kind of extrasensory perception. Telepathy.
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Steve, will you take this woman to be your wedded wife, to live together with her in the holy state of matrimony? Will you love her, comfort her, honor and keep her in sickness and in health? And, forsaking all others, keep yourself only for her as long as you both shall live? I will.
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Sorry, sir. Good job. Thank you. Well done, Captain. Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.
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OK, sir. Let's get you airborne. Right over here. You know, as soon as I get back, we're gonna light those fireworks, right?