Sending Computer Virus to destroy illuminate ship is Parody of The Movie "Independence day"?

[あげたてボーイ]

or am i thinking too much?

[John Helldiver]

It was intended to be 'on the nose' as a parody of the film, yes.

[[Asgard] Thor]

Does that imply our computer systems were based off of theirs then?

[とも]

that was my immediate made connection, and for lack of knowing any other things it could reference, i'm going with that.

[Aethrys]

They would've tried to spoof the best movie president speech of all time but they immediately realized they could never do it justice.

[The Monke]

We sent a ZIP bomb labeled "SUPER IMPORTANT INFO ABOUT SUPER EARTH" and the Illuminate took the bait and intercepted it. Average Squid L, Common Human W.