Pokes fun at everyone and everything.
This film spares no one. The media is mocked, as is the military. The US President is obsessed with TV ratings, and his wife cares only about her public image. The alien invaders are portrayed as destructive vandals who also have a mischievous side. The scientist who is assigned to advise the President is an idiot who misreads the Martian invaders completely. The film even sends up the moment when the President makes a lofty speech that we would usually be moved by, such as in Independence Day. No such luck here!