Great Thread.
My favorite: Independence Day
Because:
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was a Marine, Will Smith, the first hero, was a Marine, the fighters were Marine Corps F/A-18s out of Marine Corps Air Base El Toro, and the other hero, Jeff Goldblum, was an MIT Ph.D.
The aliens were all ugly and communist.
It was my view of the world.
Firefly
It was my view of the world."
Don't forget the best part - the vicarious Clinton White House got vaporized. That show came out during krinton's reign and the movie theater I was in nearly went wild when the WH got hit. Now, I'll grant you that the movie hero was President/pilot/Marine, but the subtext in the audience was that it was krinton that was getting wiped out as the cat-calls made it plain.
P.S. My favorite is Howard Hawk's 'The Thing' with James Arness in his first role as the alien carrot man.
Remember when the alien said "peace..no peace" and the president said "what do you want us to do"; the alien said "die". Hmmm..who does that remind you of today (besides communists? )
Farscape.