Why doesn't Val go back to comedy?

Tivo grabbed Real Genius at some point. I hadn’t seen it in awhile. What a fun movie, it would have been even better if HBO didn’t butcher it with the pan and scan. But that’s not important now…

As the credits rolled I noticed that Dean Devlin’s name showed up. A quick jaunt to IMDB and YES it is the same Dean Devlin that co-produced ID4, The Patriot, Godzilla and Eight Legged Freaks! The exploding popcorn house at the end of Real Genius must have affected him deeply.

With this new information I feel I must re-examine ID4 as an homage of sorts to Real Genius. Giant lasers from space blowing up buildings, clever scientists saving the world…