Reply #51: Yes, I saw "Independence Day" (1996) but I was not reviewing movies during

[Radio_Lady]

that time (I was working as a Radio Advertising Manager for the LoJack Corporation in Boston, Massachusetts for much of that year).

Although it was a movie about aliens attacking Earth, there seems to be no reference to "ID" being an actual remake of "The War of the Worlds" by H. G. Welles -- you can check it yourself at:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/combined

Furthermore, none of the user comments mention "The War of the Worlds" either, so far as I can search it...

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0116629/usercomments

Thanks for your input.