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Earth is doomed. Aliens have come and their only mission is to destroy us. Our best hope for survival is held in the hands of brave and brilliant technology guy David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) and brave and brilliant fighter pilot Steven Hiller (Will Smith) as they fly a repaired alien spacecraft right into the center of the evil mothership to deliver a computer virus that just might save the earth. The odds are against them but they have to try.

And in those climactic action movie moments, where we don’t know if our heroes are safe, we don’t know if earth is safe, Julius Levinson, David’s father, gathers a group of frightened people to circle up and says the Shema.

Let me just say that again, in the climactic moments of a hugely famous and popular action movie those on earth are lead in prayer while they wait to find out the fate of the entire world… and it’s in Hebrew. That’s really not something you see every day.

Actually let’s rewind a few steps, where did David get the earth saving idea to give the aliens a computer virus? Well he’d given up. And his father came in and said this to him,

“Everyone loses faith at some point in their life, look at myself, I haven’t spoken to God since your mother died. But you know, sometimes we have to remember what we still have.”

“Like what.”

Well… You still have your health. Now get off this freezing concrete floor before you catch a cold.“

Which of course in the way of movies that catch a cold gives him the idea to give the aliens a computer virus. If only such things ever came from my parents reminding me to take a sweater. But before he goes up risking his life to save the planet his father hands him some airsickness bags, just in case, and he hands his father a prayer book and a yarmulke, “just in case”. And in that climactic moment, as everything is on fire and things look doomed, his father talks to God.

Look I’m not saying that Independence Day, one of the best and most beloved action movies of all time is a film in which Judaism saves the earth. But I’m not saying it’s not either.

shiraglassman

also can I just say it gives us not only the powerful Jewish rep you just mentioned – and Jewish positivity as in, someone’s Jewishness makes them feel good and is a source of solace, which is pretty rare as far as mainstream rep goes – but also, it’s a movie about invading aliens, and some of the important humans are Jewish, which directly goes against the “we’re alien invaders trying to take over” trope? ee :)

I literally didn’t even think of that until I went to reblog this post for the other bit.

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I’m actually crying

phoukanamedpookie

A Jewish guy and a Black guy team up to save the world. What’s not to like?

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cashiercomplaints

I will never not share this when I come across it.

babyanimalgifs

This is perfect (@jessbellphotography)

fuckyeahgoodomens

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I’m just saying.

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steeiydan

no but let me add the context here!

these are two pretty well known german tv personalities

palina, the woman on the left here, gets a lot of really gross comments on her body, especially her boobs. stuff like (paraphrased cause they’re in german) “woah, i wanna cum all over those fat tits” or “she’s such a fucking hot slut i wanna fuck those tits” or “with her, half of the guys would cum before reaching her hole” and who can forget “palina, you are and always will be a juicy piece of meat i would drink out of”. and the media tends to really sexualize her too.

so she and klaas (dude on the right), with the help of their team and and lovely ass-model decided to just drop this picture as an instagram, with the caption “finally got that nice necklace with my zodiac”

the media was quick to pick it up as “ah she says its about the necklace but she wants to show her boobs!”, and of course there were more comments like “i jacked off to this like seven times in an hour” and “those tits should milk my cock dry”

like a week later, they dropped the making-off video to that video and the rest is history

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LEGEND

galacticidiots

Dude, no wonder there were TROS interview and behind-the-scenes moments where Oscar Isaac looked dead inside. He LOVED the last Jedi. For the TLJ promo interview, he had this lovely rant about how great Rian is and how he remapped Star Wars and made it interesting. He was so passionate about TLJ. Yikes, folks. YIKES.

Throwback to this interview: