The trailer of Independence Day Resurgence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbduDRH2m2M&app=desktop
The tie-in website clearly dates the first movie as 1996, plus it has a timeline of how the world has developed since the invasion.
To me this makes Independence Day officially "Alternate History".
I did always think, and given the clues given in the first film that it was set in the future, given President Whitmore's age in 1996 and it was stated he was just a fighter pilot in the Gulf War in 1991, he moved very fast.
Anyway here is a link to the tie-in website, it does have further spoilers...
http://www.warof1996.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbduDRH2m2M&app=desktop
The tie-in website clearly dates the first movie as 1996, plus it has a timeline of how the world has developed since the invasion.
To me this makes Independence Day officially "Alternate History".
I did always think, and given the clues given in the first film that it was set in the future, given President Whitmore's age in 1996 and it was stated he was just a fighter pilot in the Gulf War in 1991, he moved very fast.
Anyway here is a link to the tie-in website, it does have further spoilers...
http://www.warof1996.com/