Kelen
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Post by Kelen on Jun 7, 2010 12:35:07 GMT -5
Another great episode guys. Donovan complimented you rather well and his Sly impersonation is one for the record books and the BITD Glossary.
The reviews were pretty spot on as well. DH1 definitely should get its status as the best one but DH3 would be my favorite as it was the first I saw.
The DVD version of DH4 was better than the theatrical version but I'm not a huge fan of DH2 at all. I think I've only seen it once.
And interesting fact: the few days he was on set was when Kevin Smith formed the friendship with Bruce Willis that gave us Cop Out. So I suppose that's another knock against DH4, lol.
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Post by Derrick on Jun 7, 2010 13:26:09 GMT -5
I wanna do a Stallone episode for no other reason than to have Donovan do Stallone again.
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Post by james on Jun 7, 2010 14:22:43 GMT -5
Odd bit of trivia regarding the original Die Hard that you can use to impress your friends. The film was adapted from a novel titled Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp, which was a sequel to an earlier Thorp novel titled The Detective. The latter was adapted into a 1968 movie of the same name, starring Frank Sinatra. You can't say that Sinatra and Bruce Willis are playing the same character, but they're playing characters based on the same literary character, anyway.
Most of the character names were changed in Die Hard, although the leader of the gang in the book also has the last name Gruber. One major difference is that in the novel, Gruber really is a terrorist (I haven't read the book, but I think I the movie's change was a great idea).
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Post by Eddie Love on Jun 7, 2010 21:27:55 GMT -5
I guess I like DIE HARD II more than you guys, as I think it's a remarkably enjoyable sequel, especially since it came out around the same time as some seriously shitty follow-ups like ROBOCOP II and ANOTHER 48 HRS. (Or sequels that were okay, but annoyingly changed the rules of the first film -- like LETHAL WEAPON II.)
But what I really like about DIE HARD II is that characters reference the fact that John McClane has become well known as a result of his actions in the first film. Someone says something like "You were a little out of your depth on Nightline." This never happens! (And isn't re-visited in the other films, where he's improbably down at heels.) I mean come on -- Jack Bauer would be a household name after what he does in the first season alone of 24, yet years later he's able to go undercover and no one recognizes him? That always bugs me.
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Post by james on Jun 8, 2010 5:44:41 GMT -5
For me, one of the deal breakers with Die Hard II is something Tom mentioned - that an plane full of British passengers is destroyed, on Christmas eve, no less, and forgotten about five minutes later (especially with the ridiculous "rip the parking ticket" ending).
I love the first Die Hard, but the one subplot that doesn't work for me is the one with the two bumbling FBI agents. Not only are they redundant (we already know the cops are incompetent - Al excepted), but their death in the helicopter is practically played for laughs, which rubs me the wrong way (it's at odds with the rest of the film, where the humor is bleak, not goofy). That's a minor flaw in a great movie, though. The plane crash in II is a similar flaw, only much, much worse, in a much much lesser film. Although at least there it's not a joke.
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Post by HulkSmashNow on Jun 8, 2010 10:43:32 GMT -5
Alexander Godunov, who played Karl in "Die Hard," died in 1995 from the affects of alcohol abuse with complications from hepatitis. He was only 45.
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