# Id this SyFy alien invasion movie ~5 years ago **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [November 27, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849 "2024-11-27T15:33:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/1 "2024-11-27T15:33:46Z")
I recall it as somewhat similar to “Independence Day.” The main thing I remember is the aliens deployed these autonomous flying portable band saws. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stainless_steel_rat/32/5727_2.png) [@The\_Stainless\_Steel\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/2 "2024-11-27T15:37:51Z")
Battleship? [Shredder Drones | Battleship Wiki | Fandom](https://battleship.fandom.com/wiki/Shredder_Drones) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/3 "2024-11-27T15:39:56Z")
Thanks, but nah. Definitely never saw “Battleship.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/4 "2024-11-27T15:57:47Z")
It’s much older than that, but maybe you saw it on TV more recently, but Screamers? > **[Screamers (1995) ⭐ 6.3 | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114367/)** > > 1h 48m | R ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/5 "2024-11-27T16:01:57Z")
Definitely not Screamers, as I’ve seen that a number of times. (Jennifer Rubin 😊 ) Similar device, but in the unknown movie, they flew and (I think) controlled by bigger ships. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/6 "2024-11-27T16:38:48Z")
When you say SyFy you mean the cable channel, right? Because I seem to remember something like that in one of the Marvel superhero movies (maybe Avengers: Infinity War?) but that’s probably not it if you’re looking for a TV movie. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/7 "2024-11-27T18:07:23Z")
Pretty sure it was SyFy. That’s about the only channel I watch that has direct-to-video sci-fi movies. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2024, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/8 "2024-11-27T23:45:07Z")
Maybe this: > **[Independence Daysaster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Daysaster)** > > Independence Daysaster is a 2013 Canadian science fiction action television film directed by W. D. Hogan and stars Ryan Merriman and Tom Everett Scott. The film premiered on June 27, 2013, on Syfy and was released on DVD on May 27, 2014. The film is a mockbuster of the 1996 film Independence Day. > In Moose Ridge, Oregon, Andrew Garsette, his two friends, Nick and Eliza, and his uncle Pete, a local firefighter, prepare to meet Andrew's father and Pete's brother, U.S. President Sam Garsette, who is... ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-syfy-alien-invasion-movie-5-years-ago/1010849/9 "2024-11-28T15:56:49Z")
Ding! Ding! Ding! That’s it.