Abagxeki babengaze bazithande ngendlela efanelekileyo kwimizobo malunga nentlekele eyoyikisayo, idutyulwe yiRoland Emmerich. Nangona kunjalo, kuyimfuneko ukuvuma ukuba "usuku lokuzimela" luphantse lwamkelwe njengenye yeefilimu, ezityhile italente iya kumnceda ukuba afumane amawaka abalandeli. Ngelishwa, i-tepi sequel akufuneki iqhayise ngeteyiphu. Kwaye umlawuli wakhe akazange angekaziswele nto ilunge ngakumbi kunokugxeka ukusilela 'kokuzibulala ngokuzibulala ".
Kudliwanondlebe neYahoo bhanyabhanya, uEmmerich wathi "ufuna nje ifilimu kanye njengowokuqala." Kusengqiqweni ukuba uSmith wabelwa ngendima ebalulekileyo kuyo, kodwa zonke izicwangciso zaya kungxama, xa umdlali wezicwangciso wagqiba kwelokuba ajolise ekuthatheni inxaxheba kwi " Umnqweno wakhe wokudlala uHesheShot wanyanzela uMlawuli ukuba ahlaziye idale "Renaissance" kwaye enze into ephambili yonyana wonyana wonyana wegorha.
I-Emtharixhaka iyavuma ukuba "kwafuneka ayeke ukudubula ifilimu", kuba imeko yantlandlolo yayingaphaya kunalowo wayefanele aphuhlise izikripthi.
Kwakufuneka nditsho nje, kuba ngequbuliso kuye kwavela ukuba ndenze oko kwakuhlala ndigxekwa. Sikvel,
-Ushwankathela iSityhilelo sakhe kwiSityhilelo.
Ukuqhubeka "kosuku lokuzimela" kwakuyinto engaphumeleli kwaye ngokwezezimali, iqokelela kuphela malunga ne- $ 390 yezigidi kwi-165 yezigidi kwibhokisi yehlabathi. Ngendlela, le nto iphumeleli iyakhubekisa ngenxa yokuba "ukubulala okuzibulalayo" ngenxa yokuvuyisa iziphithiphithi. Icima loo nto endaweni yetape enye enokubakho, abaphulaphuli bafumana i-mediocre ezimbini.
Ngenxa yoko, i-franchise iphantse yafa, kwaye yonke into ihlala kuphela yokubuza ukuba ifilimu "imvuselelo" yefilimu ibingayi kuba yinto ethandelwa yindima yomlinganiswa wemidlalo.