"It's not over until the fat lady sings" refers to the tradition of a heavyset woman performing the final aria or song in an opera. One should not assume the outcome of a situation until it has officially concluded. It's not over until it's over, and it's not officially over until "the fat lady sings."

he's not a "cable repair man." His dad was just being facetious. He handled all the satellite technologies at the cable company.

The phrase "it's not over until the fat lady sings" is an old opera expression. Many operas have large female singers

7:34 "Yeah. But why would you go back to sleep if it's an _earthquake?"_ They live close to the San Andreas Fault where earthquakes of this magnitude are fairly common. The infrastructure is designed to withstand it, so the people learn to think of it as just a normal part of everyday life.

Great reaction. Just got to say when the father said he was a TV repairman it's obvious he was being sarcastic. The son was the technical man running the company it would seem considering he had to figure out why cable throughout the city was down. You don't call in a local cable guy to get cable running citywide.

7:37 because minor earthquakes are very common in California and people are just used to it

Judd Hirsch as Julius Levinson is the best Jewish dad ever put on film.

I've watched the speech the president gives before the battle at least a hundred times. My dad was obsessed. I'm amazed our VHS didn't catch fire. David is not an actual cable repair person. He's a high-level engineer at a company that happens to do cable TV. His dad just calls him that to demean him because he thinks David should have a more important job after graduating from a prestigious university like MIT. It's like saying a person who is in charge of hundreds of computer servers that are very important works for Amazon, because Amazon just happens to rent one of the servers. It is so funny that at this point, people were still claiming that Will Smith's career was just a blip and would soon vanish, and now he's an Oscar winner who has been nominated multiple times.

this movie brings back great childhood memories. Vivica A. Fox was my second TV crush lol.

When Will Smith crashed his plane into the canyon wall, he used a safety feature called an ejector seat. The pilots seats have rockets built into them which push the seats out of the plane at high speed, then release a parachute. So Smith deliberately crashed his plane hoping the alien would follow it into the wall, but ejected before the crash which is why he survived. Jeff Goldblum's character went to MIT, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) a very prestigious university for scientific research. His father doesn't really understand what he does but obviously think he should be doing more important work than working at a TV company, which is why he dismisses him as a "cable repair guy" When the aliens first appeared, the anally probed drunk pilot was probably arrested for disorderly conduct if he was running around screaming about the aliens, (which seem likely). Like to watch your interactions of films foreign to you, very interesting. The Aliens knew the Caribbean would be the toughest, so they left it for last

An outstanding movie...I never get tired of watching this one...An awesome cast and great story.

"It ain't over until the fat lady sings" is a saying that means we can't presume to know the outcome of an event which is still in progress. The “fat lady” references opera sopranos, who were typically heavyset. The last song in an opera by Wagner has a heavyset soprano singing an aria that lasts for 20 minutes. The opera was over when the fat lady finished singing (and, I think, the world came to an end in the story … but I could be wrong about that).

That discussion you had at the end about how aliens might perceive us was hilarious but also makes a lot of sense. We humans are so used to applying our own standard of what is disgusting and what isn’t. As for cool and attractive aliens, some of those in the Mass Effect series have awesome designs

Your next alien invasion flick, "Mars Attacks", also from 1996, but a totally different take.

16:49 "So they want beef because we went to the _Moon?"_ It is curious that they approached from _that_ particular direction. The next time you're outdoors, at night, and the _Moon_ is in the sky, consider just how _little_ of the sky it actually takes up. I mean, these guys could've approached from _any_ other direction, but for some reason, they just _had_ to sneak up on us. Like they were afraid that, if we saw them coming, we would just up and _leave,_ or something.

Your discussion at the end... I wish I had some beer. Great talk. Great reaction.

The first man to walk on the moon was in 1969. 12 men have done it, the last one in 1972

Boomer jumping through the fire is still one of my favorite scenes of the whole movie!!

We went to the Moon 6 times during Apollo 11 (1969), Apollo 12 (1969), Apollo 14 (1971), Apollo 15 (1971), Apollo 16 (1972), and Apollo 17 (1972). Apollo 13 had an onboard disaster and couldn't land (there is a REALLY good movie about it you should watch). Altogether 12 people have walked on the surface of the Moon, four of whom are still alive as of this comment.

as the old saying goes, any landing you can walk away from, is a good landing

Y'all are watching and reacting to some winners!

Everyone in my theater cheered when the dog made it!

Smash that like button baby

2:17 And _that's_ what knocked out the cable.

Good reaction, ladies....but I'm not sure if other commenters mentioned it, he was not a 'cable repairman'...lol. He was a genius tech guy/engineer who studied at MIT. His father was being sarcastic (kidding around) when he called him a 'cable repair guy'...lol. If he were a Medical Doctor such a a Surgeon, his father would've called him a butcher...LOL

Thank you for your reaction. You two made it so much fun to watch again.

"What the Hell is that smell"--Will Smith ....If I'm not mistaken, I heard that line was ad libbed. He was in the US on the Great Salt Flats where there are thousands of dead and decaying shrimp (or something). He was actually smelling that when he said this line.

See, this is The Thing about you responding to these movies. You're not listening the reason why he looks different. Is because he has a body suit? Remember, the guy said they took the suits off of them, and that's what they look like, and those pods. Those dreadlock looking things is just an outer shell

Although the aliens were far advance from us, they must have evolved in a culture where "Hacking" a computer system was unimaginable.

At some point you should watch the comedy version of us against the aliens: Mars Attacks! (released the same year as this one)...

They went back to sleep after the earthquake because in California they happen all the time and people are used to them. You 2 are definitely not from a military family. When you're in the military, and an emergency arises, you have to go in. Depending on the emergency, all leaves would be canceled (this one would qualify). He didn't say anything about her staying on base with him because technically she not allowed to, especially on a secure base, because they are not married. Maybe they will say something later, but he is not a cable repair man. His dad just thinks that. Just to be clear, there is an Area 51. We have not idea of everything there or what goes on there, but the place does exist.

Is this an extended cut? I've never seen this version.

Love you guys, can't wait to see this!!

“Oh, sh*t!… Ummm… hide” -David Levinson I want to thank you two. Love yous ladies reactions. Adorable, quick witted and entertaining as always so keep on keeping on, little ladies. Gritos from Tejas, and many thanks again.

Thanks for your reaction. I like all your reactions and you both are so cute together. All the best for you 🤗

Love u guys!!!! U're gunna enjoy this one!!

7:46 you go back to sleep during an earthquake when you've lived in California your whole life. Trust me from experience lol

Hey ladies, where have you been? I admit that I was missing my cyber buddies. You picked a good fun movie 🍿 for us to watch!

There’s an excellent Natalie Portman movie about self destruction, called “Anihilation,” that involves a “shimmer” energy field that mutates life and nothing that enters returns. It’s freaky, I definitely recommend it. Dr. Ventress, a psychologist, explains self destruction and why we do it. BTW, the mad scientist at Area 51 is Brent Spiner that played Lt. Commander Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation series, and movies.

Good reaction post-movie. Yeah, we also are weird interesting creatures

Love your conversations about how we would appear to an Alien. Very deep. Captain Kirk in Star Trek always found attractive aliens 😂

Independence Day Resurgence, is set 20 years later the kids are grown up & Presedent Whitmore makes the ultimate sacrifice to save his daughter. Mars attacks is a freaky one. Battle Los Angeles is different Alians doing the same thing, I highly recommend it, me being a 65 year young Aussie who has seen many Si Fi movies

Hey. The First Lady became the President of the Twelve Colonies!

The "fat lady sings" idiom refers to a tradition in the early days of TV (and maybe earlier) where the national anthem was sung right before the station went off of the air. This song was often sung by a heavy, traditional operatic soprano (a 'fat lady'). So, the programming wasn't totally, completely over until you heard the anthem or heard the fat lady sing.

At least 36 smaller ships were broken off from the main ship, according to the person reading the graph.

Wills smiths characters wife being a stripper is the single most factually accurate part of this entire movie. He's a military service member. They did their research when writing this script. Source: I was also US military.

The aliens are just like us in this movie. They work at desks and click-clack on computers.

I enjoyed watching you being enjoyed!

These two are so clueless, that it makes their reactions all the better.

That end conversation sounded like you smoked the good good

Ladies I just love you and your reaction :)

0:37 india went to the moon just this year

I love this movie and you guys are beautiful as you always are 🙂 There is an earthquake pretty much every day here in California; that would have been a very minor one 🙂 I love Jyn's hair 🙂

"meteor" is when a meteoroid enters the atmosphere. When it hits the ground it's a meteorite. Perhaps they didn't want to confuse the audience.

I had to laugh when you said the aliens are weak but they have all the tech. As a 61 year old who used to climb trees, build rope swings across a stream and get covered in cow shit and mud when I was a kid I've seen the generations spend more and more time with tech and becoming more reliant on it whilst becoming soft. Maybe thats what happened to the aliens. 😂😂😂✌️❤️🇬🇧

24 people have been to the moon.

Excellent choice great movie

When you asked for attractive aliens. The first thing I thought of was "Battlefield Earth". At least for the awesome crazy hair the aliens have.

They look different because of the suit. They mentioned a biomechanical suit.

Hey! "You two, do-great-review!"

The movie 🎬 is pointing out what you 2 ladies are saying: that they are a less intelligent species that are further evolved along their arc and have more advanced as far as destructive technology. We hung around long enough to discover a game plan to defeat the aliens.

He looks different because he's still wearing his suit.

She said "go back to sleep" because the earth quake was "only a 4 pointer", i.e. a 4.0 on the richter scale and Californians are kind of blase on those week earthquakes

29:10 Hey hey, Brent Spiner, the man who plays Data in Star Trek.

There were half a dozen nanned musicians to the Moon that ended in 1972. Political Cold War bs was the main reason. Manned trips are resuming next year with Artemis.

Beginning of the movie neither the father nor the ex-wife had any pride in the son David, always seems to be a lot of that going around. Yet, he's the one that figures out how to save the world.

32:20 It looks different because it's still wearing that biomechanical suit.

Awesome reaction ladies. Definitely one of the best 90's movies. This era had quite a few great movies. Hopefully y'all will continue to check out movies during this era. Mars Attacks is another good one to check out and Signs.

"Galaxy quest" is worth a watch.

Adam Baldwin was in Full Metal Jacket, he was also in Firefly. I've met him and he's one of the nicest persons you could ever meet.

No they are not mad about the moon haha. The only passed the moon that is not where they came from.

14:47 lol we had guys on the submarine married to local strippers lol 🤣😂🤣 I didn't do that on the weekends though. I'm an introverted nerd, so I went across Puget Sound to Seattle on the ferry on weekends, to go to museums, see movies etc. 🙂 (when the submarine was in port, of course...)

The scene where the military men look at each other, even in the midst of an alien invasion, as he admits to being abducted and is looking for some 'payback', is a tongue in cheek depiction, I believe, at those who still consider and label alien abductees 'weirdos' despite overwhelming evidence to confirm the validity of their claims.. very cheeky and highly entertaining that they would include that 😉

21:56 This is _exactly_ the wrong thing to do. They're going up against an adversary with technology _centuries_ ahead of us; someone of whom their understanding is _negligible._ So the focus with a flight mission like this _should_ be primarily on observing and gathering _intel._

Wow this had all kinds of lil extra scenes that weren't in the theatrical release back in the day.

Oh so you watched the extended version

29:16 that guy (the scientist with long hair at Area 51) was Data on Star Trek: The Next Generation! 🙂 Do you like Star Trek? 🙂

Jyn that reminds me if you let your hair down how long is it? 😆

"It ain't over till (or until) the fat lady sings" 👍👍😊😊😊

In June of 1978, An NBA Sportswriter was interviewing Washington Bullets headcoach Dick Motta. The Bullets were behind the Seattle Supersonics 3 games to 1 in the NBA FINALS. When the writer asked Motta what he could have done differently like they series was over...Motta replied "It ain't over until The Fat Lady Sings !!!" In reference to the traditional ending of an opera. The Bullets won the next 3 games and became NBA Champs for the 1st and only time. The headlines on all the morning newspapers on June 7th was "THE FAT LADY SINGETH !!!" A stereotypical fat person in Viking attire would appear at every sporting event final for the next 20 years.

When Will was leaving his family at the beginning you two said “what is HE gonna do to save ppl from the aliens?” And he ends up saving the world lol If you’re in the military it’s literally your job to report and fight against threats like this.. his girlfriend knew that when she got with him, she should have been more understanding

Please don't fire at will! he is a main character lol 😂

4:04 "At the moment, our satellites are somewhat unreliable. Isn't it possible that this thing may just pass us _by?"_ 😕 This is a man with _no grasp_ of just how _tiny_ the Earth really _is._ I mean it _seems_ vast to _us_ because we _live_ on it, but it's dwarfed by the distance between us and the _Moon;_ a distance so great, it takes light, from the Earth, an entire _minute_ to travel _there_ and _back._ But _that_ distance is dwarfed by the distance between us and the _Sun;_ a distance so great that light from the Sun takes more than eight _minutes_ to reach us. But _that_ distance is dwarfed by the distance between the Sun and the _Oort_ Cloud, at the edge of the _solar_ system; a distance so great that light from the Sun needs an entire _year_ to cross it. Is it _possible_ that this ship is here by chance? I mean, technically, yes. But _so_ improbable that the odds cannot be assessed _verbally._ They would have to be assessed _mathematically._ They are _so_ tiny that it doesn't make any _shadow_ of sense to pin one's hopes on them.

Looks like you all got a hold of the director's cut/edit. The additional scenes really take away from the flow of the film. This was not the version shown in cinemas and released for home viewing back in the 90s. There are scene you are watching that I have never seen before in the nearly 30yrs that this movie has existed. Nevertheless, you saw a great classic film and hope you enjoyed it.

To the young lady on the left of my screen, they're going back to sleep If it's an earthquake, the same way you would be chilling if the world was coming to an end. What you gonna do about it ? California has a trillion earthquakes a year. It's just another earthquake to them

Ladies, “Wolf” (1984) with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfieffer would be fantastic October movie for you. And no reactions exist yet. What do you say?

We have been to the moon more than once. 12 people have walked on the moon. I don't know* what made you think they were mad because we landed on the moon though. lol

Those aliens look like those from the war of the worlds movie

For aliens that look like us watch the old V TV series.

2:58: Hey… it was the 90’s…. Lol a whole lot of sheeit went down in every day life in NYC back then, where if it happen now, you could never get away with… especially ppl with Bikes, and ppl who smoked(his father) 😂

The signal was first coming from the moon when the aliens arrived, but they´re NOT from the moon.

Watch Monsters ball and Loving both are great films

You too, should ( But I don't expect you two to because i'm not a member but still.) you should try the Stargate feature film. Some members of the team that worked on it worked on Independence day. Then you should think about watching the series Stargate SG-1 it's two straight to home movies and the 2 spin-offs. Stargate Atlantis but start SGA after SG-1's 7th season. The other spin-off Stargate Universe but I don't recommend this one because I don't think it's all that good in comparison to the others but you should watch it to make your own opinion if you want. As for the straight to home movies, watch the first one, Stargate the ARK of Truth after all of SG-1 is done and the second one Stargate SG-1 continuum after SGA's 4th season.

you really need to review 'Alien'

Please react to "Mars Attacks" classic alien invasion film.

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it has sequel to, their queen with her fleet is coming for revenge

8:00 my wife when I take my pants off

I'm glad you experienced Jimmy's death twice, because after it happened nobody gave a shit he died the rest of the movie. Just like the First Lady, lol.

I don't know if they ever realized the aliens did not come from the Moon