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Roland Emmerich Plays Guess the Explosion

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By Matt Risley published 11 September 2013

The Kablooey King on cinema's best blow-ups

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Independence Day

Independence Day

With a CV boasting Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012 and now Presidential-explodathon White House Down , it's clear that Roland Emmerich is a director who knows his KABOOM from his KABLOOM.

So we challenged him to the ultimate (well, amateur-ly put together) test.

Could he guess the movie purely from the explosion?

Game on.

Total Film: Ok, so we'll start with an easy one.

Roland Emmerich: Erm, Independence Day.

TF: Hurrah! Correct!

RE: Oh, that was surprisingly easy.

SCORE: 1/10

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Terminator 2

Terminator 2

RE : That is, I think Terminator 2 . It's the atomic explosion, right?

TF: Indeedly.

RE: *cheers*

SCORE: 2/10

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Speed

Speed

RE: *puzzled look*

RE: *confused look*

TF: We can give you a clue if you want?

RE: Is this Die Hard 2 ?

TF: Nope - the clue's in the vehicles.

RE: Oh! It's Speed !

SCORE: 2½/10

Page 3 of 10
Page 3 of 10
Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters

RE: Hmm. That is....

TF: We'll give you a clue. Think late 80s.

RE: Oh! It's Ghostbusters !

SCORE: 3/10

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Page 4 of 10
Forrest Gump

Forrest Gump

RE: That's definitely Forrest Gump.

TF: You're annoyingly good at this.

SCORE: 4/10

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Con Air

Con Air

RE: Hmm. I think this is a movie I haven't seen before. Is that Bruce Willis at the front?

TF: Nope, it's John Malkovich.

RE: Erm, Con Air ?

SCORE: 4½/10

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Page 6 of 10
The Untouchables

The Untouchables

RE: *silence*

TF: The clue is in the clothes.

RE: Oh that’s, errr, Bugsy , no, I forget the name, Dick Tracy ?

TF: Nope. It’s... The Untouchables.

SCORE: 5½/10

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Page 7 of 10
White House Down

White House Down

RE: That's White House Down !

SCORE: 5½/10

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Armageddon

Armageddon

RE: Armageddon !

SCORE: 6½/10

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2012

2012

RE: Hmm. That's one of mine - it's 2012, right?

TF: Bah.

SCORE: 7½/10

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