Hey, hey, hey, it's Chaos Queen here, and you're
listening to the Geekcast Radio Network. Hey,
it's Mistress Carrie, and you are listening to
Studio 2009. Hello, everyone. It is I, TF2, and
Mike from the Geekcast Radio Network. All right,
folks. Well, this has been a special series here
inside Studio 2009, only on the Geekcast Radio
Network that I have had planned pretty much for
the last five and a half years, ever since Studio
started, ever since Steve Megatron and I started
Studio 2009 in 2020, in July. Well, actually,
it wasn't July. It was June. June 2nd, 2020 is
when we started Studio 2009, but ever since then,
I've wanted to revisit a certain film franchise
because looking through the Geekcast Radio Network
archives and all of our over 4 ,000 podcast episodes,
we've never done individual episodes on each
of these five now. Five. Count them. Five films.
And over the years from 2020 to 2021, 2022, 2023,
last year, and now, now, we just never have gotten
around to doing it up until now. However, over
the last six months, seven months, now that we're
in July, in July, Hans grows there? I don't know.
Anyway, over the last six months of 2025, my...
I don't want to say the disabilities that I have,
but because of my disabilities, I've been sick
a lot more in the last six and a half to nine
and a half months from the end of, well, technically
from the middle of 2024. Basically, from last
summer to this summer, I have been so sick off
and on, off and on, off and on. I've had tests.
I've had this. I've had that. I've had, I think,
four different MRIs. I've had seven different
cats scan me. I don't like when cats scan me.
I often wonder what would happen if dogs scanned
me. I don't know, folks. I just don't know. But
finally, pushing back the fast content, the Fast
and the Furious content a little bit. Even though
that's already recorded and ready to go. Even
though I still haven't edited it yet, because
as of this recording, I haven't edited a podcast
in two and a half to three months, because I've
been so sick. Y 'all know me. Y 'all should know
me by now. This December, I will celebrate 17
years of podcasting. In 17 years, I think...
Somewhere back in 2015, 2016, I took over the
editing full -time for most of the shows that
at least Steve and I do, and sometimes that,
and I know Steve is kind of taking the editing
back now a little bit. Thank you so much, Steve.
You rock, and I like rocks. Anyway. But I do,
if I'm recording a show and I'm doing the show
and whatever, I like to edit my own shows and
things like that and whatever. And I like doing
the process, and I like being in the process
of doing the editing because I listen to every
second of audio. I cut out every um, ug, ug,
glug, bleh, bleh. I cut out all that Tasmanian
Devil stuff. Of course, I won't cut that out
because... That was just a sample of what I usually
cut out. But anyway, I haven't been able to do
that the last two and a half, three months, and
my motivation has had a severe lacking, and my
depression has really gotten me down because
part of my ailment in May of this year, in 2025,
and I know this is a long -ass intro and nobody
really cares to hear about this stuff, but...
It's my podcast, and I'll talk about what the...
God, I can't even get the reference out. This
is how bad it's been. It's my podcast, and I'll
do whatever the fuck I want to do. It's my podcast,
and I'll cry if I want to. Anyway, in May of
2025, I was trying... to walk down the very small...
It's not even a hallway. It's like a section
of my apartment between my living room, my bedroom,
and my bathroom. It's like a nook. It's like
a cranny. It's nothing. And I lost my balance
because of the cerebral palsy, because of the
whatever, and I went to grab the wall. Well,
instead of grabbing the wall with my left hand,
which is my dominant hand, apparently the wall
decided to grab my elbow or my elbow decided
to grab the wall. Hitting my left elbow, basically
on the tip of my elbow, somehow destroyed my
ulnar nerve. or did something to my ulnar nerve,
and that then caused issues with my left hand,
which is the only hand I can use to do anything
in this world. Breathe, Mike, breathe. Oh, boy.
And basically, in between my ring, in between
my middle finger and my ring finger... from my
ring finger out to my pinky and down to my wrist.
That whole entire section of my left hand is
constantly numb, tingly, and whatever. The doctors
have said it's your ulnar nerve, there's something
wrong with it, we need to test it, we need to
do this, that, and the other thing. So I've gone
in for MRIs on my neck. I've done this, I've
done that, I've done everything in McGillicuddy
that I can think to do, and I'm waiting on results.
Which is Pushed Back Studio 2009. That's the
whole friggin' point. I told you that story to
tell you this story. That's the point. That's
why the Fast and the Furious stuff has been pushed
back. The other reason why the Fast and the Furious
stuff has been pushed back is it is July 2025.
And in July, Die Hard grows there. Five episodes,
five weeks. Maybe five days if I can get it done
fast enough. I don't know. It's either going
to be five Fridays. If we have five Fridays in
July, I don't even know. I've got to look. What
do we have in July for five days? Well, I already
missed one Friday. Let's see here. Damn, I missed
all... Damn, I missed a week, which means I missed
the five weeks. Freak! Damn it, that was the
whole point. There was five weeks in July. Well,
okay, so at some point there will be five days
of Die Hard this month. As soon as Steve Megatron
and I get it recorded, we are recording them
every Monday. So this is going to seep over into
August. Yes, folks, I know I'm doing behind -the
-scenes talk here on the podcast and yada, yada,
yada, yada, yada. I'm trying to figure this out
in my brain -damaged brain, don't you know? Anyway...
Die Hard 1988. Die Hard 2. Die Harder. Die Hard
with a Vengeance. Live Free or Die Hard. And
it's a good day. Well, it's just called a good
day to die hard. All five die hards with myself
and Steve Megatron coming up next here inside
Studio 2009. And you will only hear this clip.
In episode 141 of Studio 2009, the Die Hard episode,
1988's Die Hard, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman,
Reginald L. Johnson, you will not hear this in
the other four preceding film episodes, 142 to
145. You will hear something else in those. So,
start at the beginning, continue on through this,
141 to 145. Oh, yeah. And Die Hard is not a Christmas
movie. It's a movie that takes place at Christmas.
I'm sure Steve and I will fight about this more
as this episode continues. Yippee -ki -yay, Mr.
Falcon. Now, on with the show. Yippee -ki -yay,
Mr. Falcon. Yippee -ki -yay, motherfucker. All
right, folks. Yes, that's right. On with the
show. No matter how sick I am. There's nothing
wrong with your podcast player. Do not attempt
to adjust the volume. Hello and welcome back
into our studio. You're now inside Studio 2009.
Only on the Geekast Radio Network. I am the TF2
and Mike. And joining me once again is not that
name, Steve Megatron. Hello, sir. How are you?
I'm good. That's good. That's good. I'm ready
to visit Nakatomi Tower again. Yeah, again? After
years and years and years. You know, folks, it's...
I thought we did this once before. We did, kinda,
sorta, nah, really. This isn't like... Batman.
This isn't like... Transformers. This isn't like...
We've covered Die Hard on the Geekcast Radio
Network exactly twice. That's it. Twice. It was
originally back on Movie Weekend Review. It was
episode four. We covered the entire franchise
with people we no longer talk about or no longer
talk to. We may talk about them. We try not to
because they don't want to have... Anyway. Whatever.
But yeah, back in the day, episode four of Movie
Week in Review, if you visit geekcastradio .com,
go over to the Movie Week in Review section.
You can still listen to that episode because
it's a part of our history. It's a part of our
legacy. It's something we're still proud of because
we still enjoyed doing the content that we did
way back when, when we first started. And we
still had fun with those people that we... had
fun with back then we discussed the entire diehard
franchise at that time there were only four movies
i believe there should have only stayed been
four movies because whatever and then we did
the gcr and wars episode i believe also episode
four where we pitted diehard against the lethal
weapon franchise and i'm pretty sure In my research
through the search bar on geekcastradio .com,
searching Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Harder, Die
Hard with a Vengeance, and Live Free or Die Hard,
I searched all titles, all everything that led
to Die Hard, even is it a Christmas movie or
is it not a Christmas movie? Those are the only
two things that pop up. So in our 16 -year history,
we've only ever covered this. film twice we've
never covered the sequels i mean okay yeah again
technically covering the whole franchise is covering
the sequels but we've only ever done that once
because pitting the friend okay twice because
you put the franchises together but like pitting
the franchises together against each other is
different than covering each of the franchises
so yeah uh christmas in july Yeah, Die Hard 1
through 5. I wish it would have stayed at 4.
It should have only been 4. I've never even seen
the fifth film. I've seen the trailer to the
fifth film, but I don't even remember that. Because
the fifth film came out in 2013? 11 years ago?
Yeah, that's right. No, 12 years ago. Fuck. The
last Die Hard movie came out 12 years ago? Wow.
They tried to make another one. They failed.
Yeah, what happened is they could never get the
script right. They wanted to do a prequel story.
So, in an interesting way, the guy that was trying
to... pitch it and write it. It was basically
going to jump back and forth between past and,
and modern day. Okay. A ramification of John
McClain before he was, you know, like when he
was a rookie, like a mistake that he made and
having someone younger play him then, and then
having him as an older man, having to deal with
the repercussions of that mistake. And so in
that regard, it would have been interesting and
cool to see. Yeah. I don't know. It would have
been, uh, I think it's too late now. Oh, it's
far too late because yeah, you know? Yeah. I've
seen news articles pop up that Willis has lost
his voice, unfortunately. Well, and it's part
of his condition. Like he, he's like, he's losing
the ability to remember anything and how to speak
and, you know, probably barely knows some of
the stuff anymore. And yeah, it's unfortunate.
The travesty of crap that happens to the brain.
You're telling me. Yep. And it's very, very sad.
And, you know, but I mean, you know, we are left
with, I mean, he's not gone. Obviously he's still
with us, but. It's those diseases and that kind
of thing that just eat away at you and it just
sucks. It really, really does. And we just got
to live on through the legacy that is left to
us. And Die Hard is one of his biggest legacies
that he has left us. And I just want to make
sure that I... Get this correct. Ooh. Technical
difficulties. Let's move on, shall we? Why the
fuck didn't you stop him, John? Because then
you'd be dead too, asshole. Think, goddammit,
think. So getting into Just the Facts, we're
going to do something a little bit different
for Just the Facts here in this episode of Studio
2009. We're going to bring you a... Very unmusical
version of something that we would love to be
able to put into this podcast that we can't put
into this podcast without just saying the lines.
So. Remember when we first met John McClane,
Argyle picked him up from the plane and took
him down to Nakatomi Tower to meet with Holly.
Oh God, I'm going to start rhyming with this
shit now. He came to get her back to be her man,
but Hans and his buddies fucked up the plan.
And that's about when everything went sour at
the Christmas party. And the terrorists were
overzealous, but it was sweet when they killed
Ellis. Yes, it was, because that guy can just
jump off a bridge. He was cringy, man. Oh, we
are so going to get into this. I hate that guy.
Oh, me too. That guy. Oh, that guy. I could almost
see John going, do I try and fight for his life?
Do I not? No. Yeah. Hans. Bobby. Just John McClane
kicked ass because we're going to die, die, die
hard. Die as hard as we can. So that is lyrics.
poorly said by me, from a band called Guys Night.
Guys, G -U -I -Z -N -I -T -E. It's a song called
Die Hard, now with a fourth verse. That former
friend of ours pointed that out to me back during
when we did the original M -Wire episode. I've
been listening to that song all weekend long.
I've been watching that video. Because it's the
best plot synopsis of all four movies. So, folks,
be ready for the other three out of the five
episodes. Because I've got separate sections
for each. This is the easiest way to plot synopsize
this. Oh, God. But yes, Die Hard. I mean... We
don't really need... Everyone knows Die Hard.
I mean, you know, it's not Christmas until Hans
falls off Nagatomi Tower. It's not Christmas
until John... scrunches up his toes in the bathroom.
In the bathroom of Nakatomi Tower, because he
doesn't believe the guy on the airplane. True.
We are three years away from this film's 40th
anniversary. It's 37 years old this year. I have
two separate versions of the La La Land record
soundtrack in my closet somewhere. I meant to
dig it out to play it today. I just didn't have
the time. The music is great. The music is done
by Michael Kamen. The film was directed by John
McTiernan. We are not going to go through. Everyone
knows who is in this movie. I will say a couple
of names. The only reason why I'm bringing up
the director is because I wanted to just briefly
let everyone know, like, the man has, like, he
was active as a director from 86 to 2003. So
I just wanted to bring up just a smidge of his
career here. Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt for
Red October, Last Action Hero. We will talk about
him again in the third episode of this arc for
Die Hard with a Vengeance. Thomas Crown Affair
and Rollerball from 2002. So that's all for John
McTiernan. But I just, I love the style of this
movie. This is classic 80s action movie for me.
I don't even remember when... I remember when
I saw this movie. I saw this movie on VHS back
-to -back when... No, I saw this movie on a TV
edit of this movie when my mom had the VHS copy
of the second movie rented on VHS. That's when
I saw this movie. I was eight years old when
this movie came out. I did not see this in theaters.
I missed you. I guess you didn't miss my name
though, huh? Except maybe when you're signing
checks. Since when did you start using Ms. Gennaro?
It's a Japanese company. They figure a married
woman's got more power. You are a married woman,
Holly. You're married to me. We're going to have
this conversation again. We did this in July.
We never finished this conversation in July.
I had an opportunity I had to take. Right, no
matter what the consequences, no matter what
it did to our marriage, you had to take this
opportunity. It didn't do anything to our marriage.
It made me change your idea of what our marriage
should be. I don't think you have a clue as to
what my idea of our marriage should be. I know
exactly what your idea of our marriage should
be. Mr. Neroy. Yeah, I never, I didn't obviously
see this in theaters, but I saw it as, you know,
Yeah, you were two when this movie came out in
theaters. Yeah. Yeah, I saw it as a teenager.
And then, I don't know, I've always liked the
movie. I always liked Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Eddie Murphy, all these guys that have been in
action movies back in the 80s. And I don't know,
their portrayals and just how they did it, even
though they would have all died from everything
that they went through. But yeah, I really do
like this movie though. The, the whole dynamic
between John and his wife, like Hans Gruber,
as funny as it is, the language or the, or the
accents. Yes. The accents. Hans Gruber. Oh no,
you're one of them. Like just rolls right into
it. Yeah. Yeah. But John's always like one step
ahead of everybody. Yeah, I think the one scene
that stuck out to me more this time around to
watch them. And I haven't seen this since. Honestly,
I haven't watched Die Hard because I OK. I'm
not like the rest of you nuts. And when I say
the rest of you nuts, I'm I'm saying like, you
know. You want to get nuts? Let's get nuts. I'm
talking like Michael Keaton nuts. I'm not like
the rest of you nuts every Christmas watching
this damn movie. I haven't watched this since
we did the Lethal Weapon versus Die Hard episode
of... Look, I like Die Hard, but I want to...
Die Hard to me is a fine wine. You need to let
it breathe. You, you know, swirl around the glass.
You inhale its aroma. You appreciate it for what
it is. You enjoy it for what it is. You have
fun with it. You let it go after a while. And
then you come back to it so you can enjoy it
again. For a specific reason. Like Christmas
in July here on the Geekcast Radio Network Studio
2009. So I have not actively watched this movie
in... Well, when was that? GCR? Dude, that was
forever ago. Yeah, that was probably 2010, 2011.
So, yeah, it's been a while. I mean, again, I
have a healthy respect for Die Hard. I will...
engage in all the arguments for all the memes
of die hard and everything else and whatever
and all that and whatever but like i need a reason
to go back to watch it die die hard for me is
not comfort watching it's it's a necessity it's
lifeblood no it's not lifeblood for me die hard
die there's another bruce willis movie that could
be lifeblood for me if i really but it isn't
one of his action movies either uh but yeah no
so like that's why i had such fun with it this
time was because i was paying attention more
to it to see what i could pull out of it this
time and the one scene that kept me coming back
was Why the fuck did you go upstairs, Hans? Why
the fuck did you go upstairs, Hans? What were
you doing upstairs, huh? And he finds the C4
and the detonators and the this and the that
and the whatever because he's going to blow the
roof. To bring it back to your whole, oh my god,
to the late great Alan Rickman always being able
to turn it on. Yeah, in this cast, this is not
a stacked cast. It's not a... It's a great cast,
but it's not like there's Bruce Willis, there's
Alan Rickman, there's Reginald Vell Johnson,
and there's Paul Gleeson. William Atherton, okay,
sure. I'll give you Richard Thornburg. Great.
Clarence Gilliard is an early Theo. Because that
dude, for me, wouldn't get super... super, super
popular until later because he would get 89 to
93. He would become Conrad McMasters on Matlock.
And then from, uh, from 93 to 2001, he was, uh,
James Trevette on Walker, Texas Ranger. But this
movie was, I would say his, his, uh, bouncing
off point. Because this was the first time I'd
ever seen Clarence Gilliard as Theo. And then
just briefly looking at William Atherton. I mean,
I know who Richard Thornburg is, but I know the
name. I just don't know what else. I was trying
to think if... Oh, the Pelican Brief. Okay. I
was trying to think if I had recognized him from...
He reminds me he's not Walter Peck from Ghostbusters,
but I thought he was, and he's not. But yeah,
no, Die Hard, it's one of those movies that just
kind of, like you said, you didn't necessarily
have to go back and watch it. You wanted to go
back and watch it kind of thing. And that's the
same thing with me. Even though I'd been listening
to the song all weekend long, I still went back
and I watched it this morning. Because I wanted
to have it, not just to have it fresh in my mind,
but I genuinely wanted to watch it again. To
re -experience the awesomeness of this film.
Because this film is awesome. And you have...
So many great moments, so many great action moments.
The fact that the, like, and I can't, I would
love, and I know certain people we don't talk
to anymore could have probably hooked this up,
but I would love to actually be able to talk
to an FBI agent to actually find out if this
is something they would actually do. Instead
of putting rescue choppers, would they put attack
chopper? That has to be the most Hollywood FBI
thing into this. I don't think that they would
not. Not for a bit. No, that's fake. But I tell
you what I do find interesting about this and
what I do find very real in this when it comes
to some of the police stuff and stuff between
McClain and Sergeant. al powell is them talking
about their their psychological trauma about
al talking about how he had to give up and how
you know he shot a kid and how that screwed him
up and how john talked about how his trauma screwed
him up you know when you're a rookie they can
teach you everything about being a cop except
how to live with a mistake so that I do know
several police officers. I've known several police
officers in my lifetime who have talked about
that kind of stuff. So that, I will say, is factually
correct when it does come to certain parts about
being in law enforcement. It's not a profession
for everybody. And it's not a profession for...
They don't train you for that kind of stuff.
You have to be able to deal with that stuff at
some point or another, and you have to be able
to talk about it. I think it's cool we had Carl
Winslow in it, though. I think this was before.
I'm pretty sure this is before Family Matters
happened in 93. Think? Yeah. No. So the funniest
thing about this movie is everybody that's in
this movie, most everybody, between Reginaldville
Johnson and a couple of other people I've already
mentioned, this is the linchpin. This is the
jumping off point for them. Family Matters started
in 89. This was 88. So they were like, oh, he's
fitting. No, I'm saying the role fit him. Oh,
yeah, yeah. He just did it a different way in
the TV show. Yeah, but that's what I'm saying.
Die Hard is one of those movies where it took
two or three of its cast members and it launched
them into various different parts of their acting
career. And yeah, it's very, very interesting.
Very awesome. What else would you like to discuss
about the film, sir? Despite the fact that it
was an action movie, there was a lot of humor.
Yep. Especially on behalf of John McClane. Yes.
I'm glad that Ellis took a dive. Yes. I not necessarily
the way that he went, but, and then, you know,
Holly's boss, you know, sadly was, that was rough.
That was, yeah. But I didn't, I didn't feel as
much remorse for, yeah, he, he, he was just annoying
every step of the way. Ellis, like I was like,
please go away. Yeah. And then McClane's wife
is just like, I did love the fact that at the
end of the movie, she decks the reporter. Yeah.
Thornburg. Yep. Because he exposed their children
to Hans and caused all of the trauma for them.
Yep. And I was like, way to go. And then like,
you know, you can see like John kind of smirking
like, you know, and then he gets the, you know,
the escort from the limo driver. Yeah. Yeah.
And. But yeah, it was almost like, in a sense,
like a repeat on Die Hard 2. I know we're not
on Die Hard 2, but there were a lot of things
that were mirrored to this particular film. Yeah.
Kind of reused elements of. No, I mean, I this
is one of those movies like I don't watch it
like often, but when I do, I enjoy it. Yeah,
I. I still want to know how. how the henchman
that got his head wrapped around a, you know,
a chain hanging from the ceiling got down at
the end of the movie. I, I don't want to know
that. I still want to know. Cause it's just like,
where did you come from, dude? I don't want to
know. I'm good. I, I, I assume, uh, no, we're,
we're a couple, couple of years before hook.
I was going to say. Captain Hook cut him down,
but a couple years before, never, never again.
He was just hanging out. He was just hanging
around. Yeah, hanging around. He was up, and
then he was down. I know that 2 takes place in
the DC airport. I know 2 has Dennis Franz in
it. I know 2... I think that's all I know about,
too. I know, too, he has a rocket launcher, I
think, if I remember correctly. And everybody's
corrupt in that movie. Well, yes, obviously.
Except for Fred Dalton Thompson. Fred Dalton
Thompson is not corrupt in that movie. And Sergeant
Powell. Well, yes, but Sergeant Powell can never
be corrupted. No. So, but yeah. No, I... Die
Hard... is a movie that you could show anybody
and tell nobody that there are four other sequels
to. It's one of those movies that is a movie
that in today's modern age you wouldn't think
exists because in today's modern age they don't
know how to make a single movie and leave it
alone anymore. There are single movies in this
modern age most of the time, sometimes, but today's
movie -making age, they're either a multitude
of universes or there's this or there's that.
But I'm glad that there are at least four Die
Hard sequels, three Die Hard sequels. But, yeah,
Die Hard from 88, it's got great writing, it's
got great action, it's got great stunts. I think
for me, the other thing I noticed with this more
than anything else, and it's something very rarely
that anyone really gives too much credit for,
and I didn't notice the name off the top of my
head, but for some odd reason, the title of costume
designer or costumer in the credits as the movie
starts and stuff popped out of it just popped
into my head and i'm like oh and i started noticing
and i'm going to notice this through the other
movies as we watch them uh just watching the
costumes in movies lately i've been doing that
a lot and You know, you look at Die Hard and
you think, oh, John's in this or like Han's in
his crew. They're all in suits and this and that.
Polly's in her, like, I don't know what she's
dressed as, but like Mr. Takagi's in his suit
and Ellis is in his ugly ass, stupid, look at
me, look at me, I'm an idiot suit and whatever.
But I've just been noticing that more, like paying
attention to the costume, like how film sets
go about doing the costumes for the roles that
people play in movies, because that is a huge
part of telling the story is how your actors
and actresses are dressed. And I really think
that in this movie, It's so good to the point
of you notice it, but it's so unnoticeable at
the same time, and it's just one of those unsung
hero things for the business of moviemaking.
It's like the lighting guy. If the lighting guy
isn't doing lighting person, isn't doing their
job right, you're going to note, oh, that shot
isn't lit very well, or the light's in my eye,
which eye? My left eye. Oh, put it in your right
one. Whatever. You know, it's like, it's not
done correctly. It's not going to look good.
And with Die Hard, the story is so good. And
yes, there are cringeworthy moments like... But
that's the point. The point is to have... And
again, let's say this movie was produced, and
I don't know because I'm not looking at the production
notes, but let's say it's produced anywhere from
late 86, maybe mid 87, releases in 88. That time...
The news business was cutthroat. You look at
that news scene where Thornburg is in the station,
basically begging for a news van. And you got
the idiot on air, male producer, male anchor
arguing with him about stuff. And they're going
back how cutthroat that was back then. And so
that's why I think when you see Thornburg. at
the house and when john sees that and holly sees
that by the end of the movie yep you knew it
like i literally when i saw that i'm like okay
i know the movie's almost over but i know uh
-huh uh -huh did you get literally he's he's
watching you know he he's talking to the camera
he's talking to the camera he's doing the story
doing the story And I'm like, did you get that?
Literally, before he even says the line, did
you get that? Did you get that? And then all
of a sudden, she comes up behind him and hits
him. And he looks over, did you get that? I knew
that line was coming. See, I wasn't even paying
attention to that line. I remember that like
it was yesterday. Because I knew she was going
to hit him. I knew she was going to hit him.
But yeah, Die Hard won. Absolute perfection.
Five out of five on the Geek -O -Meter, Tomato
-Meter, Geek -O -Meter, whatever meter we have
here anymore. Geek -O -Meter. Cucumber -Meter.
Yeah, there you go. Oh, boy. So, yeah. Do you
have a favorite line from this one? Well, I mean...
we'll have a few laughs. Yeah. Come out to the
coast. We'll spend some time together. We'll
have a few laughs. Yeah. I mean, I love the sarcasm.
That's what gets me. I think that's what I love
so much about it is I'm like, okay, this is just
funny because it's, you know, they're just having
a good time with it. Yep, yep, yep. Absolutely,
absolutely. I mean, other than his catchphrase.
Obviously. Literally, I said it in my head. I'm
like, I know what he's going to say. Yippee -ki
-yay, Mr. Falcon. I played that for a guy at
work. Uh -huh. And he just starts laughing. He's
like, that's so bad. He's like, it doesn't even
sound like him. And I said, that's the point.
That's the point. I'm like, it's funny. Not even
the line. Oh, boy. Like, they know nothing. Nothing
I tell you. Yeah. All right, folks. I think that's
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Die hard. Any final thoughts, sir, before I run
through the closing? Come out to the coast. We'll
get together. Have a few laughs. No, I just,
I, this one for me is, is probably, I'll, I'll,
I'll give this one. I gotta give this one like
a five out of five just because the initial one,
it's, it sets the tone. It sets the kind of everything
for the future of it. Oh yeah. But I, I do love
a good shut your brain off action movie with
Bruce Willis every now and again. and Arnold
and all those guys. Yep. Um, so yeah, I, I'm
looking forward to rewatching these and getting
fresh perspective on them. Uh, like I'm excited
to discuss the second film because I've, I think
I've never fully given that one a chance. Like
I, I'm pretty sure I've skimmed it or. Yeah.
like not really paid attention or I've just watched
the end and I've, I've kind of been, or like
sporadically throughout it and just kind of have
no idea what's going on. Yeah. So I'm genuinely
excited to see like how we, uh, relate to this
film. Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah. I, so for me,
I know one, three and four. I remember two. I
remember, like I said earlier, I remember Fred
Dalton Thompson's in it. I remember that Dennis
Franz is in it. I remember, I think there's a
rocket launcher at some point. I know they're
in Washington, D .C. because I've been listening
to the song. And I remember it's snowing. Because,
hello, it's winter. It's Christmas. It's whatever.
That's really all I remember from it. So I remember
1, 3, and 4 the most. I mean, 1 and 3 I remember
the most, and then 4. Originally, that movie
was supposed to be called Die Hard 4 .0 because
of the whole internet and blah, blah, blah, but
then they stupidly decided to name it Live Free
or Die Hard. Stupid. Yeah, stupid. But yeah,
no, I'm very much looking forward to the next
three, and I don't know what to expect, other
than going to Mother Russia. I don't know what
to expect. Welcome to Mother Russia. I think
they did it better in Terminal Velocity. I don't
know. No, they're like, yippee -ki -yay, Mother
Russia. Oh, God. Oh, no. That was on the materials.
That was on the poster. I know. I remember now.
That's the only thing I remember now. Oh, God.
You can call me Mother Russia. Oh, God. Oh, it's
horrible. It's so bad. Why? Oh, God. But yeah,
I already rated this a five out of five. Oh,
Lord. The one note I had that I thought of after
I had watched this was... And I'll say it again
when we get to the third movie is... And I know
this can never happen now, but... Can you imagine,
obviously, if he hadn't died in this first film,
but... What a diehard Bruce Willis versus the
Gruber brothers film would have if Simon and
Hans got together versus for sure. Oh my God.
I want it to happen so bad now. And I know it
can never happen. Cause Alan is obviously been
gone now, but like, Oh God. Could you imagine
like, that would be so fun. Yeah. Oh, God, that
would be so fun. So fun. All right, folks, that's
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Mr. McClane, now that it's all over after this
incredible ordeal, what are your feelings? Did
you get that? This is their idea of Christmas.
I gotta be here for New Year's.