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Die Hard at 30: how it remains the quintessential American action movie
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Posted on 07/12/2018 7:12:04 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: rightwingcrazy
Im assuming youve seen Rome the miniseries
Those two are the main protagonists
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posted on
07/12/2018 8:42:16 AM PDT
by
wardaddy
(Hanged not hung.)
To: Larry Lucido
Kindle has it. Good read!
To: Bigtigermike
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posted on
07/12/2018 9:10:24 AM PDT
by
BlueLancer
(Antifa and Social Justice Warriors (SJWs) = SturmAbteilung)
To: relictele
I liked Die Hard II also. I liked all 3 of those films.
Bruce’s character is greatness.
He is sooo pissed that he has to be the hero. He doesn’t want to be the hero. He wants to be at home, having a beer, but all these a-holes keep on forcing him to be the Hero.
To: Bigtigermike
The best thing about Die Hard is that it has become a Christmas tradition. I can’t believe it’s 30 years old.
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posted on
07/12/2018 9:39:24 AM PDT
by
zeugma
(Power without accountability is fertilizer for tyranny.)
To: longfellow
But hans stole the movie. He also stole Harry Potter.
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posted on
07/12/2018 9:43:41 AM PDT
by
DungeonMaster
(...the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light...)
To: BlueLancer
Here's a FR challenge ... I got 20 for 20 ... Me, too. Loved the "Hostage Terrorist/Terrorist Hostage: A Study in Duality" giveaway line for getting 20/20...
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posted on
07/12/2018 9:56:09 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: Bigtigermike
I refuse to see the new knock off.
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posted on
07/12/2018 9:58:19 AM PDT
by
CincyRichieRich
(Break in my country, you are illegal. Break into my house, makes not you a homeowner.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He's referencing Die Hard 2, not Die Hard I. Everything in that quote is Die Hard, not Die Hard 2. Die Hard took place at Nakatomi Plaza on Christmas Eve. McClane's fear of flying is noted at the very beginning of the film. Die Hard 2 was the airport in DC, where McClane took on Colonel Stuart and his cronies.
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posted on
07/12/2018 9:58:51 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: dfwgator
Same here, she was quite lovely in Salem’s Lot.
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posted on
07/12/2018 10:35:52 AM PDT
by
mowowie
To: longfellow
"But hans stole the movie."
I miss Alan Rickman. He was an excellent actor.
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posted on
07/12/2018 11:48:32 AM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: wardaddy; rightwingcrazy
Rome the miniseries One of the best miniseries ever made.
IIRC Titus Pullo and Lucius Vorenus are actually mentioned once by name by Julius Caesar in his Conquest Of Gaul, which inspired the writers to base the series from their point of view.
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posted on
07/12/2018 12:55:32 PM PDT
by
Pelham
(California, Mexico's socialist colony)
To: Bigtigermike; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON; Army Air Corps; KC_Lion; CopperTop
To: mass55th
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posted on
07/12/2018 3:22:12 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: DoughtyOne
They use it as the setting for Spencer Tower on “The Bold and the Beautiful” soap.
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posted on
07/12/2018 3:23:41 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: Larry Lucido; BillyBoy; Impy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS
How on earth did Channing Tatum ever become a movie star ? He’s got the charisma of a moist towelette.
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posted on
07/12/2018 3:27:51 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: fieldmarshaldj
When I looked it up, I found that it has been used in four motion picture or TV settings.
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posted on
07/12/2018 3:30:58 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Take a look out there folks. Can you see evidence of a Left Wing Hate Group, perhaps fascist too?)
To: Bigtigermike
Die Hard is not my favorite movie of all time, but it is probably my favorite movie-going experience. I was in a bad mood and a couple of friends persuaded me to go. I went in thinking it would stink and didn’t expect “that guy from Moonlighting” to be able to pull off an action hero role. It blew away my expectations, and I saw it in a theater that was rocking — never heard such cheering before or since in a movie.
To: longfellow
Yes, absolutely. I understand there was supposed to be a sequel to Galaxy Quest, until Rickman passed.
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posted on
07/12/2018 3:41:56 PM PDT
by
mass55th
(Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
To: dfwgator
I kept trying to hit like on your post two or three times until I realized that I had forgotten which platform Im on and thats not an option.
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posted on
07/12/2018 6:20:49 PM PDT
by
ottbmare
(the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
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