This is probably one of the strangest sequels that I've seen, with so much happening off-screen after the original movie it feels more like a reboot than a direct sequel.
I liked it more that I thought, Resurgence is definitely entertaining throughout and the comedic elements work really well. However, lots of scenes could have been reworked or cut. The first Independence Day is more grounded like where Will Smith wakes up in L.A. and doesn't even realize that they are under alien attack. Resurgence feels like a piece of fan-fiction and things like the moon base for instance, although cool to look at, didn't really serve a role and didn't need to be there.
My biggest problem with Resurgence is that the main players Jeff Goldblum and Judd Hirsch are 1 dimensional characters acting out a schtick rather than having character arcs. It could have been so much better if they had shared some earlier scenes like playing chess in the first one and then it takes a worldwide alien attack to bring them together.
Instead of playing around on the moon base where both the space tug and super weapon have zero impact on the story, they could've simply had Goldblum and Hirsch fishing on his boat. This would later payoff like in the first one where Goldblum has the revelation and says "it's like chess." Here, without getting into spoilers he could have said "it's like fishing" when coming up with their plan to defeat the aliens.