Comments | schmevil: Epic Die Hard rewatch

schmevil

Epic Die Hard rewatch - who's in?

Mar 29, 2010 14:48

I come to you today with a proposal. One that will, gods of action willing, bring you great joy. I propose an epic Die Hard rewatch party, spread over a week or two. We will worship at the altar of the great GODDAMN JOHN MCCLANE, quote lines at each other, analyze things that don't need to be analyzed, and generally make fannish idiots of ourselves ( Read more... )

f: die hard, fangirling

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dlasta March 29 2010, 19:03:52 UTC

*waves hand*

GODDAMN JOHN MCCLANE, just like Batman but real.:)

schmevil March 29 2010, 19:09:32 UTC

Yeah, actually, to get serious for a second, that's one of the things I like best about the GODDAMN JOHN MCCLANE, that he's supposed to be this ordinary cop, who finds out every last thing that he's capable of, and rolls with it, as best he can. Yes he suffers, has minor breakdowns even in the heat of things, goes three rounds with PTSD and just barely makes it out of a permanent alcoholic haze, but he does make it out. By the time the fourth movie comes along, he's whittled down to the core of what makes John, John. Just love, duty, snappy one liners, and an immeasurable, fierce determination.

dlasta March 29 2010, 19:23:17 UTC

He should be ridiculous and impossible but it's just so damn logical character arc that you can't not believe. In an action movie.
It can be done, apparently.:D

(And that's why you can believe that some brilliant cute nerd dude would not be able to resist him. How could anybody? ..besides the one chick he married.:)

foxhack March 29 2010, 19:35:01 UTC

Too bad the fourth movie got so toned down he wasn't John anymore. :(

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parsimonia March 29 2010, 20:15:04 UTC

Confession: I have never watched any of the Die Hard movies.

schmevil March 29 2010, 20:17:32 UTC

WAT. You're watching them. I will show up at your house, muscle you in front of a couch, and force you to watch them. This is a disgrace.

parsimonia March 29 2010, 20:32:20 UTC

I have an occasional irrational dislike of Bruce Willis.

You know, I think I also sometimes have an aversion to action movies that don't have some other element, like robots, or time travel, dinosaurs, being set in space, etc. Which I guess means that Terminator 2 and Jurassic Park spoiled me for life?

schmevil March 29 2010, 21:14:04 UTC

Unacceptable! ;)

Die Hard is... a crime/siege/western. I personally think the first one is one of the finest action movies ever made, but mileage may vary.

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aliasjack March 29 2010, 23:43:42 UTC

I don't own any of them, but I think I could be up for this. Also, if I've ever seen the third one it was too long ago and I need to fix that.

schmevil March 30 2010, 03:55:50 UTC

*high5* I bought a boxed set recently from Amazon, reasonably priced.

iamrman82 March 29 2010, 23:57:31 UTC

Yippie-ki-yay indeed! :D

schmevil March 30 2010, 03:55:18 UTC

MCCLANE ICON FUCK YEAH.

iamrman82 March 30 2010, 17:44:53 UTC

The quarterback is toast! :D

schmevil March 31 2010, 01:31:15 UTC

Pretty much. Stuff blowed up. John McClane laughed. The end.

Great Feature Film Debut, or Greatest Feature Film Debut? stubbleupdate March 30 2010, 19:37:24 UTC

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Re: Great Feature Film Debut, or Greatest Feature Film Debut? schmevil March 31 2010, 01:31:38 UTC

Was Die Hard his film debut? Really? That's hilarious.

Re: Great Feature Film Debut, or Greatest Feature Film Debut? stubbleupdate March 31 2010, 06:03:42 UTC

He'd done Truly Madly Deeply for TV, I believe, but Die Hard was his big screen debut.

Re: Great Feature Film Debut, or Greatest Feature Film Debut? angelophile April 12 2010, 15:59:05 UTC

Actually, Truly Madly Deeply was a couple of years later, I believe.

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