WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000 Hey, hey, hey, it's Chaos Queen here, and you're 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.719 listening to the Geekcast Radio Network. Hey, 00:00:05.740 --> 00:00:08.279 it's Mistress Carrie, and you are listening to 00:00:08.279 --> 00:00:27.789 Studio 2009. Hello, everyone. It is I, TF2, and 00:00:27.789 --> 00:00:31.170 Mike from the Geekcast Radio Network. All right, 00:00:31.210 --> 00:00:36.869 folks. Well, this has been a special series here 00:00:36.869 --> 00:00:39.630 inside Studio 2009, only on the Geekcast Radio 00:00:39.630 --> 00:00:42.770 Network that I have had planned pretty much for 00:00:42.770 --> 00:00:45.710 the last five and a half years, ever since Studio 00:00:45.710 --> 00:00:48.229 started, ever since Steve Megatron and I started 00:00:48.229 --> 00:00:53.170 Studio 2009 in 2020, in July. Well, actually, 00:00:53.210 --> 00:00:57.109 it wasn't July. It was June. June 2nd, 2020 is 00:00:57.109 --> 00:00:59.670 when we started Studio 2009, but ever since then, 00:00:59.850 --> 00:01:03.950 I've wanted to revisit a certain film franchise 00:01:03.950 --> 00:01:07.689 because looking through the Geekcast Radio Network 00:01:07.689 --> 00:01:13.870 archives and all of our over 4 ,000 podcast episodes, 00:01:13.930 --> 00:01:18.370 we've never done individual episodes on each 00:01:18.370 --> 00:01:22.250 of these five now. Five. Count them. Five films. 00:01:23.790 --> 00:01:28.989 And over the years from 2020 to 2021, 2022, 2023, 00:01:29.010 --> 00:01:32.810 last year, and now, now, we just never have gotten 00:01:32.810 --> 00:01:36.489 around to doing it up until now. However, over 00:01:36.489 --> 00:01:39.170 the last six months, seven months, now that we're 00:01:39.170 --> 00:01:47.069 in July, in July, Hans grows there? I don't know. 00:01:47.629 --> 00:01:51.969 Anyway, over the last six months of 2025, my... 00:01:53.739 --> 00:01:55.939 I don't want to say the disabilities that I have, 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.980 but because of my disabilities, I've been sick 00:01:59.980 --> 00:02:04.099 a lot more in the last six and a half to nine 00:02:04.099 --> 00:02:07.859 and a half months from the end of, well, technically 00:02:07.859 --> 00:02:10.500 from the middle of 2024. Basically, from last 00:02:10.500 --> 00:02:13.960 summer to this summer, I have been so sick off 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:16.479 and on, off and on, off and on. I've had tests. 00:02:16.539 --> 00:02:20.099 I've had this. I've had that. I've had, I think, 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:23.860 four different MRIs. I've had seven different 00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:27.879 cats scan me. I don't like when cats scan me. 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.000 I often wonder what would happen if dogs scanned 00:02:32.000 --> 00:02:38.360 me. I don't know, folks. I just don't know. But 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:43.599 finally, pushing back the fast content, the Fast 00:02:43.599 --> 00:02:46.439 and the Furious content a little bit. Even though 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:49.680 that's already recorded and ready to go. Even 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:51.639 though I still haven't edited it yet, because 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:55.099 as of this recording, I haven't edited a podcast 00:02:55.099 --> 00:02:58.259 in two and a half to three months, because I've 00:02:58.259 --> 00:03:02.580 been so sick. Y 'all know me. Y 'all should know 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:06.759 me by now. This December, I will celebrate 17 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:10.199 years of podcasting. In 17 years, I think... 00:03:10.460 --> 00:03:15.180 Somewhere back in 2015, 2016, I took over the 00:03:15.180 --> 00:03:17.479 editing full -time for most of the shows that 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:19.379 at least Steve and I do, and sometimes that, 00:03:19.460 --> 00:03:21.819 and I know Steve is kind of taking the editing 00:03:21.819 --> 00:03:24.280 back now a little bit. Thank you so much, Steve. 00:03:24.740 --> 00:03:31.210 You rock, and I like rocks. Anyway. But I do, 00:03:31.330 --> 00:03:33.870 if I'm recording a show and I'm doing the show 00:03:33.870 --> 00:03:36.669 and whatever, I like to edit my own shows and 00:03:36.669 --> 00:03:39.530 things like that and whatever. And I like doing 00:03:39.530 --> 00:03:42.210 the process, and I like being in the process 00:03:42.210 --> 00:03:44.430 of doing the editing because I listen to every 00:03:44.430 --> 00:03:48.870 second of audio. I cut out every um, ug, ug, 00:03:49.069 --> 00:03:52.870 glug, bleh, bleh. I cut out all that Tasmanian 00:03:52.870 --> 00:03:55.830 Devil stuff. Of course, I won't cut that out 00:03:55.830 --> 00:03:59.409 because... That was just a sample of what I usually 00:03:59.409 --> 00:04:04.150 cut out. But anyway, I haven't been able to do 00:04:04.150 --> 00:04:06.469 that the last two and a half, three months, and 00:04:06.469 --> 00:04:11.110 my motivation has had a severe lacking, and my 00:04:11.110 --> 00:04:13.490 depression has really gotten me down because 00:04:13.490 --> 00:04:20.170 part of my ailment in May of this year, in 2025, 00:04:20.410 --> 00:04:22.449 and I know this is a long -ass intro and nobody 00:04:22.449 --> 00:04:24.430 really cares to hear about this stuff, but... 00:04:24.920 --> 00:04:28.839 It's my podcast, and I'll talk about what the... 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:33.079 God, I can't even get the reference out. This 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:38.779 is how bad it's been. It's my podcast, and I'll 00:04:38.779 --> 00:04:43.500 do whatever the fuck I want to do. It's my podcast, 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:49.079 and I'll cry if I want to. Anyway, in May of 00:04:49.079 --> 00:04:57.019 2025, I was trying... to walk down the very small... 00:04:57.019 --> 00:05:02.379 It's not even a hallway. It's like a section 00:05:02.379 --> 00:05:05.519 of my apartment between my living room, my bedroom, 00:05:05.660 --> 00:05:09.040 and my bathroom. It's like a nook. It's like 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:15.019 a cranny. It's nothing. And I lost my balance 00:05:15.019 --> 00:05:17.300 because of the cerebral palsy, because of the 00:05:17.300 --> 00:05:20.560 whatever, and I went to grab the wall. Well, 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:22.860 instead of grabbing the wall with my left hand, 00:05:22.980 --> 00:05:27.540 which is my dominant hand, apparently the wall 00:05:27.540 --> 00:05:30.019 decided to grab my elbow or my elbow decided 00:05:30.019 --> 00:05:34.040 to grab the wall. Hitting my left elbow, basically 00:05:34.040 --> 00:05:37.220 on the tip of my elbow, somehow destroyed my 00:05:37.220 --> 00:05:41.120 ulnar nerve. or did something to my ulnar nerve, 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:44.699 and that then caused issues with my left hand, 00:05:44.879 --> 00:05:48.220 which is the only hand I can use to do anything 00:05:48.220 --> 00:05:55.899 in this world. Breathe, Mike, breathe. Oh, boy. 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.680 And basically, in between my ring, in between 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:05.889 my middle finger and my ring finger... from my 00:06:05.889 --> 00:06:08.370 ring finger out to my pinky and down to my wrist. 00:06:08.629 --> 00:06:11.329 That whole entire section of my left hand is 00:06:11.329 --> 00:06:15.129 constantly numb, tingly, and whatever. The doctors 00:06:15.129 --> 00:06:17.269 have said it's your ulnar nerve, there's something 00:06:17.269 --> 00:06:19.209 wrong with it, we need to test it, we need to 00:06:19.209 --> 00:06:21.610 do this, that, and the other thing. So I've gone 00:06:21.610 --> 00:06:25.189 in for MRIs on my neck. I've done this, I've 00:06:25.189 --> 00:06:28.149 done that, I've done everything in McGillicuddy 00:06:28.149 --> 00:06:31.670 that I can think to do, and I'm waiting on results. 00:06:32.590 --> 00:06:36.329 Which is Pushed Back Studio 2009. That's the 00:06:36.329 --> 00:06:39.750 whole friggin' point. I told you that story to 00:06:39.750 --> 00:06:43.310 tell you this story. That's the point. That's 00:06:43.310 --> 00:06:46.709 why the Fast and the Furious stuff has been pushed 00:06:46.709 --> 00:06:49.110 back. The other reason why the Fast and the Furious 00:06:49.110 --> 00:06:51.730 stuff has been pushed back is it is July 2025. 00:06:52.430 --> 00:06:57.470 And in July, Die Hard grows there. Five episodes, 00:06:57.750 --> 00:07:00.839 five weeks. Maybe five days if I can get it done 00:07:00.839 --> 00:07:03.639 fast enough. I don't know. It's either going 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:07.000 to be five Fridays. If we have five Fridays in 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:09.819 July, I don't even know. I've got to look. What 00:07:09.819 --> 00:07:14.300 do we have in July for five days? Well, I already 00:07:14.300 --> 00:07:27.720 missed one Friday. Let's see here. Damn, I missed 00:07:27.720 --> 00:07:31.160 all... Damn, I missed a week, which means I missed 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:34.759 the five weeks. Freak! Damn it, that was the 00:07:34.759 --> 00:07:39.319 whole point. There was five weeks in July. Well, 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:41.660 okay, so at some point there will be five days 00:07:41.660 --> 00:07:46.480 of Die Hard this month. As soon as Steve Megatron 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.420 and I get it recorded, we are recording them 00:07:48.420 --> 00:07:51.899 every Monday. So this is going to seep over into 00:07:51.899 --> 00:07:55.860 August. Yes, folks, I know I'm doing behind -the 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:58.420 -scenes talk here on the podcast and yada, yada, 00:07:58.420 --> 00:08:00.899 yada, yada, yada. I'm trying to figure this out 00:08:00.899 --> 00:08:04.040 in my brain -damaged brain, don't you know? Anyway... 00:08:05.230 --> 00:08:09.629 Die Hard 1988. Die Hard 2. Die Harder. Die Hard 00:08:09.629 --> 00:08:12.529 with a Vengeance. Live Free or Die Hard. And 00:08:12.529 --> 00:08:15.149 it's a good day. Well, it's just called a good 00:08:15.149 --> 00:08:18.250 day to die hard. All five die hards with myself 00:08:18.250 --> 00:08:21.189 and Steve Megatron coming up next here inside 00:08:21.189 --> 00:08:28.009 Studio 2009. And you will only hear this clip. 00:08:28.519 --> 00:08:33.779 In episode 141 of Studio 2009, the Die Hard episode, 00:08:34.000 --> 00:08:37.980 1988's Die Hard, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:42.620 Reginald L. Johnson, you will not hear this in 00:08:42.620 --> 00:08:45.840 the other four preceding film episodes, 142 to 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:50.000 145. You will hear something else in those. So, 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.139 start at the beginning, continue on through this, 00:08:53.379 --> 00:08:59.899 141 to 145. Oh, yeah. And Die Hard is not a Christmas 00:08:59.899 --> 00:09:01.419 movie. It's a movie that takes place at Christmas. 00:09:02.419 --> 00:09:04.360 I'm sure Steve and I will fight about this more 00:09:04.360 --> 00:09:09.679 as this episode continues. Yippee -ki -yay, Mr. 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:14.279 Falcon. Now, on with the show. Yippee -ki -yay, 00:09:14.419 --> 00:09:18.379 Mr. Falcon. Yippee -ki -yay, motherfucker. All 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:20.980 right, folks. Yes, that's right. On with the 00:09:20.980 --> 00:09:26.519 show. No matter how sick I am. There's nothing 00:09:26.519 --> 00:09:28.840 wrong with your podcast player. Do not attempt 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:30.820 to adjust the volume. Hello and welcome back 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:33.679 into our studio. You're now inside Studio 2009. 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:40.679 Only on the Geekast Radio Network. I am the TF2 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:45.299 and Mike. And joining me once again is not that 00:09:45.299 --> 00:09:48.299 name, Steve Megatron. Hello, sir. How are you? 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:53.399 I'm good. That's good. That's good. I'm ready 00:09:53.399 --> 00:09:57.549 to visit Nakatomi Tower again. Yeah, again? After 00:09:57.549 --> 00:10:03.350 years and years and years. You know, folks, it's... 00:10:03.350 --> 00:10:09.269 I thought we did this once before. We did, kinda, 00:10:09.470 --> 00:10:15.750 sorta, nah, really. This isn't like... Batman. 00:10:15.950 --> 00:10:20.710 This isn't like... Transformers. This isn't like... 00:10:21.049 --> 00:10:25.029 We've covered Die Hard on the Geekcast Radio 00:10:25.029 --> 00:10:32.070 Network exactly twice. That's it. Twice. It was 00:10:32.070 --> 00:10:34.629 originally back on Movie Weekend Review. It was 00:10:34.629 --> 00:10:36.990 episode four. We covered the entire franchise 00:10:36.990 --> 00:10:39.850 with people we no longer talk about or no longer 00:10:39.850 --> 00:10:43.909 talk to. We may talk about them. We try not to 00:10:43.909 --> 00:10:48.049 because they don't want to have... Anyway. Whatever. 00:10:48.149 --> 00:10:50.549 But yeah, back in the day, episode four of Movie 00:10:50.549 --> 00:10:52.909 Week in Review, if you visit geekcastradio .com, 00:10:52.990 --> 00:10:54.830 go over to the Movie Week in Review section. 00:10:55.009 --> 00:10:57.110 You can still listen to that episode because 00:10:57.110 --> 00:10:59.889 it's a part of our history. It's a part of our 00:10:59.889 --> 00:11:03.309 legacy. It's something we're still proud of because 00:11:03.309 --> 00:11:05.750 we still enjoyed doing the content that we did 00:11:05.750 --> 00:11:08.450 way back when, when we first started. And we 00:11:08.450 --> 00:11:11.080 still had fun with those people that we... had 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:14.379 fun with back then we discussed the entire diehard 00:11:14.379 --> 00:11:17.059 franchise at that time there were only four movies 00:11:17.059 --> 00:11:20.259 i believe there should have only stayed been 00:11:20.259 --> 00:11:27.559 four movies because whatever and then we did 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:32.259 the gcr and wars episode i believe also episode 00:11:32.259 --> 00:11:37.200 four where we pitted diehard against the lethal 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:41.440 weapon franchise and i'm pretty sure In my research 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:44.360 through the search bar on geekcastradio .com, 00:11:44.539 --> 00:11:49.379 searching Die Hard, Die Hard 2, Die Harder, Die 00:11:49.379 --> 00:11:52.559 Hard with a Vengeance, and Live Free or Die Hard, 00:11:52.740 --> 00:11:57.860 I searched all titles, all everything that led 00:11:57.860 --> 00:12:00.500 to Die Hard, even is it a Christmas movie or 00:12:00.500 --> 00:12:02.639 is it not a Christmas movie? Those are the only 00:12:02.639 --> 00:12:07.080 two things that pop up. So in our 16 -year history, 00:12:07.259 --> 00:12:12.379 we've only ever covered this. film twice we've 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:16.159 never covered the sequels i mean okay yeah again 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:19.600 technically covering the whole franchise is covering 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.919 the sequels but we've only ever done that once 00:12:22.919 --> 00:12:27.120 because pitting the friend okay twice because 00:12:27.120 --> 00:12:30.200 you put the franchises together but like pitting 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:32.820 the franchises together against each other is 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:35.179 different than covering each of the franchises 00:12:35.179 --> 00:12:42.539 so yeah uh christmas in july Yeah, Die Hard 1 00:12:42.539 --> 00:12:46.100 through 5. I wish it would have stayed at 4. 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.639 It should have only been 4. I've never even seen 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:55.139 the fifth film. I've seen the trailer to the 00:12:55.139 --> 00:12:57.539 fifth film, but I don't even remember that. Because 00:12:57.539 --> 00:13:06.259 the fifth film came out in 2013? 11 years ago? 00:13:08.009 --> 00:13:12.330 Yeah, that's right. No, 12 years ago. Fuck. The 00:13:12.330 --> 00:13:17.309 last Die Hard movie came out 12 years ago? Wow. 00:13:17.950 --> 00:13:21.409 They tried to make another one. They failed. 00:13:21.870 --> 00:13:25.049 Yeah, what happened is they could never get the 00:13:25.049 --> 00:13:27.070 script right. They wanted to do a prequel story. 00:13:29.330 --> 00:13:34.870 So, in an interesting way, the guy that was trying 00:13:34.870 --> 00:13:36.860 to... pitch it and write it. It was basically 00:13:36.860 --> 00:13:39.139 going to jump back and forth between past and, 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:44.899 and modern day. Okay. A ramification of John 00:13:44.899 --> 00:13:48.440 McClain before he was, you know, like when he 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:51.059 was a rookie, like a mistake that he made and 00:13:51.059 --> 00:13:53.379 having someone younger play him then, and then 00:13:53.379 --> 00:13:57.259 having him as an older man, having to deal with 00:13:57.259 --> 00:14:01.480 the repercussions of that mistake. And so in 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:06.919 that regard, it would have been interesting and 00:14:06.919 --> 00:14:12.200 cool to see. Yeah. I don't know. It would have 00:14:12.200 --> 00:14:16.860 been, uh, I think it's too late now. Oh, it's 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:21.179 far too late because yeah, you know? Yeah. I've 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:24.559 seen news articles pop up that Willis has lost 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:27.580 his voice, unfortunately. Well, and it's part 00:14:27.580 --> 00:14:31.710 of his condition. Like he, he's like, he's losing 00:14:31.710 --> 00:14:34.929 the ability to remember anything and how to speak 00:14:34.929 --> 00:14:37.929 and, you know, probably barely knows some of 00:14:37.929 --> 00:14:41.409 the stuff anymore. And yeah, it's unfortunate. 00:14:41.590 --> 00:14:44.669 The travesty of crap that happens to the brain. 00:14:46.350 --> 00:14:50.789 You're telling me. Yep. And it's very, very sad. 00:14:51.110 --> 00:14:54.549 And, you know, but I mean, you know, we are left 00:14:54.549 --> 00:14:57.450 with, I mean, he's not gone. Obviously he's still 00:14:57.450 --> 00:15:02.009 with us, but. It's those diseases and that kind 00:15:02.009 --> 00:15:05.230 of thing that just eat away at you and it just 00:15:05.230 --> 00:15:10.830 sucks. It really, really does. And we just got 00:15:10.830 --> 00:15:16.230 to live on through the legacy that is left to 00:15:16.230 --> 00:15:21.610 us. And Die Hard is one of his biggest legacies 00:15:21.610 --> 00:15:26.110 that he has left us. And I just want to make 00:15:26.110 --> 00:15:34.480 sure that I... Get this correct. Ooh. Technical 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:39.340 difficulties. Let's move on, shall we? Why the 00:15:39.340 --> 00:15:43.620 fuck didn't you stop him, John? Because then 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:47.120 you'd be dead too, asshole. Think, goddammit, 00:15:47.120 --> 00:15:49.639 think. So getting into Just the Facts, we're 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:51.200 going to do something a little bit different 00:15:51.200 --> 00:15:53.539 for Just the Facts here in this episode of Studio 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:58.259 2009. We're going to bring you a... Very unmusical 00:15:58.259 --> 00:16:00.600 version of something that we would love to be 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:04.139 able to put into this podcast that we can't put 00:16:04.139 --> 00:16:07.039 into this podcast without just saying the lines. 00:16:07.720 --> 00:16:12.299 So. Remember when we first met John McClane, 00:16:12.360 --> 00:16:15.860 Argyle picked him up from the plane and took 00:16:15.860 --> 00:16:18.799 him down to Nakatomi Tower to meet with Holly. 00:16:19.059 --> 00:16:21.220 Oh God, I'm going to start rhyming with this 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:24.720 shit now. He came to get her back to be her man, 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:27.379 but Hans and his buddies fucked up the plan. 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.240 And that's about when everything went sour at 00:16:30.240 --> 00:16:32.799 the Christmas party. And the terrorists were 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:35.539 overzealous, but it was sweet when they killed 00:16:35.539 --> 00:16:37.679 Ellis. Yes, it was, because that guy can just 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:42.139 jump off a bridge. He was cringy, man. Oh, we 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:44.919 are so going to get into this. I hate that guy. 00:16:45.389 --> 00:16:48.370 Oh, me too. That guy. Oh, that guy. I could almost 00:16:48.370 --> 00:16:51.990 see John going, do I try and fight for his life? 00:16:52.070 --> 00:17:06.190 Do I not? No. Yeah. Hans. Bobby. Just John McClane 00:17:06.190 --> 00:17:08.869 kicked ass because we're going to die, die, die 00:17:08.869 --> 00:17:13.269 hard. Die as hard as we can. So that is lyrics. 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:18.960 poorly said by me, from a band called Guys Night. 00:17:19.460 --> 00:17:26.640 Guys, G -U -I -Z -N -I -T -E. It's a song called 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:30.880 Die Hard, now with a fourth verse. That former 00:17:30.880 --> 00:17:34.619 friend of ours pointed that out to me back during 00:17:34.619 --> 00:17:38.140 when we did the original M -Wire episode. I've 00:17:38.140 --> 00:17:42.740 been listening to that song all weekend long. 00:17:44.860 --> 00:17:50.920 I've been watching that video. Because it's the 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:55.599 best plot synopsis of all four movies. So, folks, 00:17:55.680 --> 00:17:59.440 be ready for the other three out of the five 00:17:59.440 --> 00:18:04.099 episodes. Because I've got separate sections 00:18:04.099 --> 00:18:08.059 for each. This is the easiest way to plot synopsize 00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:25.369 this. Oh, God. But yes, Die Hard. I mean... We 00:18:25.369 --> 00:18:28.109 don't really need... Everyone knows Die Hard. 00:18:29.690 --> 00:18:34.470 I mean, you know, it's not Christmas until Hans 00:18:34.470 --> 00:18:37.630 falls off Nagatomi Tower. It's not Christmas 00:18:37.630 --> 00:18:41.700 until John... scrunches up his toes in the bathroom. 00:18:42.039 --> 00:18:45.039 In the bathroom of Nakatomi Tower, because he 00:18:45.039 --> 00:18:48.059 doesn't believe the guy on the airplane. True. 00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:53.180 We are three years away from this film's 40th 00:18:53.180 --> 00:19:01.900 anniversary. It's 37 years old this year. I have 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:05.720 two separate versions of the La La Land record 00:19:05.720 --> 00:19:09.859 soundtrack in my closet somewhere. I meant to 00:19:09.859 --> 00:19:14.619 dig it out to play it today. I just didn't have 00:19:14.619 --> 00:19:19.039 the time. The music is great. The music is done 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:22.880 by Michael Kamen. The film was directed by John 00:19:22.880 --> 00:19:25.059 McTiernan. We are not going to go through. Everyone 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:31.240 knows who is in this movie. I will say a couple 00:19:31.240 --> 00:19:35.460 of names. The only reason why I'm bringing up 00:19:35.460 --> 00:19:38.660 the director is because I wanted to just briefly 00:19:38.660 --> 00:19:43.319 let everyone know, like, the man has, like, he 00:19:43.319 --> 00:19:48.819 was active as a director from 86 to 2003. So 00:19:48.819 --> 00:19:53.539 I just wanted to bring up just a smidge of his 00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:59.339 career here. Predator, Die Hard, The Hunt for 00:19:59.339 --> 00:20:03.940 Red October, Last Action Hero. We will talk about 00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:07.240 him again in the third episode of this arc for 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.359 Die Hard with a Vengeance. Thomas Crown Affair 00:20:10.359 --> 00:20:17.619 and Rollerball from 2002. So that's all for John 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:21.720 McTiernan. But I just, I love the style of this 00:20:21.720 --> 00:20:26.279 movie. This is classic 80s action movie for me. 00:20:28.779 --> 00:20:32.319 I don't even remember when... I remember when 00:20:32.319 --> 00:20:38.079 I saw this movie. I saw this movie on VHS back 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:42.200 -to -back when... No, I saw this movie on a TV 00:20:42.200 --> 00:20:47.339 edit of this movie when my mom had the VHS copy 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:52.319 of the second movie rented on VHS. That's when 00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:55.960 I saw this movie. I was eight years old when 00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:58.779 this movie came out. I did not see this in theaters. 00:20:59.180 --> 00:21:09.599 I missed you. I guess you didn't miss my name 00:21:09.599 --> 00:21:12.359 though, huh? Except maybe when you're signing 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:16.299 checks. Since when did you start using Ms. Gennaro? 00:21:19.759 --> 00:21:23.309 It's a Japanese company. They figure a married 00:21:23.309 --> 00:21:24.650 woman's got more power. You are a married woman, 00:21:24.789 --> 00:21:26.190 Holly. You're married to me. We're going to have 00:21:26.190 --> 00:21:28.089 this conversation again. We did this in July. 00:21:28.329 --> 00:21:30.250 We never finished this conversation in July. 00:21:30.349 --> 00:21:31.890 I had an opportunity I had to take. Right, no 00:21:31.890 --> 00:21:33.410 matter what the consequences, no matter what 00:21:33.410 --> 00:21:34.910 it did to our marriage, you had to take this 00:21:34.910 --> 00:21:35.849 opportunity. It didn't do anything to our marriage. 00:21:35.849 --> 00:21:37.710 It made me change your idea of what our marriage 00:21:37.710 --> 00:21:38.869 should be. I don't think you have a clue as to 00:21:38.869 --> 00:21:39.869 what my idea of our marriage should be. I know 00:21:39.869 --> 00:21:43.069 exactly what your idea of our marriage should 00:21:43.069 --> 00:21:46.630 be. Mr. Neroy. Yeah, I never, I didn't obviously 00:21:46.630 --> 00:21:49.369 see this in theaters, but I saw it as, you know, 00:21:50.889 --> 00:21:53.089 Yeah, you were two when this movie came out in 00:21:53.089 --> 00:21:55.869 theaters. Yeah. Yeah, I saw it as a teenager. 00:21:56.089 --> 00:22:00.730 And then, I don't know, I've always liked the 00:22:00.730 --> 00:22:03.910 movie. I always liked Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 00:22:04.109 --> 00:22:06.289 Eddie Murphy, all these guys that have been in 00:22:06.289 --> 00:22:09.869 action movies back in the 80s. And I don't know, 00:22:09.910 --> 00:22:12.430 their portrayals and just how they did it, even 00:22:12.430 --> 00:22:15.529 though they would have all died from everything 00:22:15.529 --> 00:22:18.750 that they went through. But yeah, I really do 00:22:18.750 --> 00:22:21.650 like this movie though. The, the whole dynamic 00:22:21.650 --> 00:22:25.109 between John and his wife, like Hans Gruber, 00:22:25.289 --> 00:22:31.349 as funny as it is, the language or the, or the 00:22:31.349 --> 00:22:35.789 accents. Yes. The accents. Hans Gruber. Oh no, 00:22:35.990 --> 00:22:40.650 you're one of them. Like just rolls right into 00:22:40.650 --> 00:22:44.869 it. Yeah. Yeah. But John's always like one step 00:22:44.869 --> 00:22:48.940 ahead of everybody. Yeah, I think the one scene 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:51.839 that stuck out to me more this time around to 00:22:51.839 --> 00:22:55.940 watch them. And I haven't seen this since. Honestly, 00:22:56.059 --> 00:23:03.619 I haven't watched Die Hard because I OK. I'm 00:23:03.619 --> 00:23:06.960 not like the rest of you nuts. And when I say 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.960 the rest of you nuts, I'm I'm saying like, you 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:15.380 know. You want to get nuts? Let's get nuts. I'm 00:23:15.380 --> 00:23:18.279 talking like Michael Keaton nuts. I'm not like 00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:20.440 the rest of you nuts every Christmas watching 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:24.799 this damn movie. I haven't watched this since 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:29.579 we did the Lethal Weapon versus Die Hard episode 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:33.019 of... Look, I like Die Hard, but I want to... 00:23:33.019 --> 00:23:39.960 Die Hard to me is a fine wine. You need to let 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:46.609 it breathe. You, you know, swirl around the glass. 00:23:46.650 --> 00:23:50.769 You inhale its aroma. You appreciate it for what 00:23:50.769 --> 00:23:54.509 it is. You enjoy it for what it is. You have 00:23:54.509 --> 00:24:00.049 fun with it. You let it go after a while. And 00:24:00.049 --> 00:24:02.809 then you come back to it so you can enjoy it 00:24:02.809 --> 00:24:07.569 again. For a specific reason. Like Christmas 00:24:07.569 --> 00:24:10.230 in July here on the Geekcast Radio Network Studio 00:24:10.230 --> 00:24:15.339 2009. So I have not actively watched this movie 00:24:15.339 --> 00:24:24.960 in... Well, when was that? GCR? Dude, that was 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:29.079 forever ago. Yeah, that was probably 2010, 2011. 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:35.019 So, yeah, it's been a while. I mean, again, I 00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:39.400 have a healthy respect for Die Hard. I will... 00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:42.079 engage in all the arguments for all the memes 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:44.180 of die hard and everything else and whatever 00:24:44.180 --> 00:24:48.779 and all that and whatever but like i need a reason 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:53.480 to go back to watch it die die hard for me is 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:59.000 not comfort watching it's it's a necessity it's 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:02.619 lifeblood no it's not lifeblood for me die hard 00:25:02.619 --> 00:25:06.609 die there's another bruce willis movie that could 00:25:06.609 --> 00:25:09.990 be lifeblood for me if i really but it isn't 00:25:09.990 --> 00:25:13.609 one of his action movies either uh but yeah no 00:25:13.609 --> 00:25:18.970 so like that's why i had such fun with it this 00:25:18.970 --> 00:25:22.990 time was because i was paying attention more 00:25:22.990 --> 00:25:25.950 to it to see what i could pull out of it this 00:25:25.950 --> 00:25:29.849 time and the one scene that kept me coming back 00:25:29.849 --> 00:25:33.960 was Why the fuck did you go upstairs, Hans? Why 00:25:33.960 --> 00:25:35.880 the fuck did you go upstairs, Hans? What were 00:25:35.880 --> 00:25:40.099 you doing upstairs, huh? And he finds the C4 00:25:40.099 --> 00:25:42.160 and the detonators and the this and the that 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:43.519 and the whatever because he's going to blow the 00:25:43.519 --> 00:25:50.119 roof. To bring it back to your whole, oh my god, 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:54.380 to the late great Alan Rickman always being able 00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:56.980 to turn it on. Yeah, in this cast, this is not 00:25:56.980 --> 00:26:03.240 a stacked cast. It's not a... It's a great cast, 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:07.259 but it's not like there's Bruce Willis, there's 00:26:07.259 --> 00:26:09.859 Alan Rickman, there's Reginald Vell Johnson, 00:26:10.039 --> 00:26:14.240 and there's Paul Gleeson. William Atherton, okay, 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:17.059 sure. I'll give you Richard Thornburg. Great. 00:26:17.480 --> 00:26:26.359 Clarence Gilliard is an early Theo. Because that 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:33.130 dude, for me, wouldn't get super... super, super 00:26:33.130 --> 00:26:38.750 popular until later because he would get 89 to 00:26:38.750 --> 00:26:43.970 93. He would become Conrad McMasters on Matlock. 00:26:44.230 --> 00:26:50.130 And then from, uh, from 93 to 2001, he was, uh, 00:26:50.170 --> 00:26:54.150 James Trevette on Walker, Texas Ranger. But this 00:26:54.150 --> 00:26:58.869 movie was, I would say his, his, uh, bouncing 00:26:58.869 --> 00:27:01.349 off point. Because this was the first time I'd 00:27:01.349 --> 00:27:05.970 ever seen Clarence Gilliard as Theo. And then 00:27:05.970 --> 00:27:10.309 just briefly looking at William Atherton. I mean, 00:27:10.329 --> 00:27:15.069 I know who Richard Thornburg is, but I know the 00:27:15.069 --> 00:27:21.670 name. I just don't know what else. I was trying 00:27:21.670 --> 00:27:26.829 to think if... Oh, the Pelican Brief. Okay. I 00:27:26.829 --> 00:27:29.529 was trying to think if I had recognized him from... 00:27:30.029 --> 00:27:35.450 He reminds me he's not Walter Peck from Ghostbusters, 00:27:35.450 --> 00:27:40.930 but I thought he was, and he's not. But yeah, 00:27:41.069 --> 00:27:44.650 no, Die Hard, it's one of those movies that just 00:27:44.650 --> 00:27:50.829 kind of, like you said, you didn't necessarily 00:27:50.829 --> 00:27:53.869 have to go back and watch it. You wanted to go 00:27:53.869 --> 00:27:56.309 back and watch it kind of thing. And that's the 00:27:56.309 --> 00:28:03.319 same thing with me. Even though I'd been listening 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:06.960 to the song all weekend long, I still went back 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:10.099 and I watched it this morning. Because I wanted 00:28:10.099 --> 00:28:13.099 to have it, not just to have it fresh in my mind, 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:18.880 but I genuinely wanted to watch it again. To 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:25.200 re -experience the awesomeness of this film. 00:28:25.240 --> 00:28:29.720 Because this film is awesome. And you have... 00:28:31.660 --> 00:28:34.920 So many great moments, so many great action moments. 00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:38.700 The fact that the, like, and I can't, I would 00:28:38.700 --> 00:28:43.880 love, and I know certain people we don't talk 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:46.099 to anymore could have probably hooked this up, 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:48.839 but I would love to actually be able to talk 00:28:48.839 --> 00:28:51.579 to an FBI agent to actually find out if this 00:28:51.579 --> 00:28:54.839 is something they would actually do. Instead 00:28:54.839 --> 00:28:58.460 of putting rescue choppers, would they put attack 00:28:58.460 --> 00:29:02.839 chopper? That has to be the most Hollywood FBI 00:29:02.839 --> 00:29:09.299 thing into this. I don't think that they would 00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:18.140 not. Not for a bit. No, that's fake. But I tell 00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:20.700 you what I do find interesting about this and 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:23.779 what I do find very real in this when it comes 00:29:23.779 --> 00:29:27.819 to some of the police stuff and stuff between 00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:33.589 McClain and Sergeant. al powell is them talking 00:29:33.589 --> 00:29:38.470 about their their psychological trauma about 00:29:38.470 --> 00:29:41.329 al talking about how he had to give up and how 00:29:41.329 --> 00:29:44.230 you know he shot a kid and how that screwed him 00:29:44.230 --> 00:29:47.190 up and how john talked about how his trauma screwed 00:29:47.190 --> 00:29:50.369 him up you know when you're a rookie they can 00:29:50.369 --> 00:29:52.470 teach you everything about being a cop except 00:29:52.470 --> 00:29:56.109 how to live with a mistake so that I do know 00:29:56.109 --> 00:29:58.789 several police officers. I've known several police 00:29:58.789 --> 00:30:01.769 officers in my lifetime who have talked about 00:30:01.769 --> 00:30:05.430 that kind of stuff. So that, I will say, is factually 00:30:05.430 --> 00:30:09.470 correct when it does come to certain parts about 00:30:09.470 --> 00:30:16.990 being in law enforcement. It's not a profession 00:30:16.990 --> 00:30:21.089 for everybody. And it's not a profession for... 00:30:23.049 --> 00:30:27.829 They don't train you for that kind of stuff. 00:30:28.009 --> 00:30:32.950 You have to be able to deal with that stuff at 00:30:32.950 --> 00:30:35.329 some point or another, and you have to be able 00:30:35.329 --> 00:30:40.109 to talk about it. I think it's cool we had Carl 00:30:40.109 --> 00:30:44.710 Winslow in it, though. I think this was before. 00:30:45.369 --> 00:30:50.509 I'm pretty sure this is before Family Matters 00:30:50.509 --> 00:30:58.410 happened in 93. Think? Yeah. No. So the funniest 00:30:58.410 --> 00:31:01.930 thing about this movie is everybody that's in 00:31:01.930 --> 00:31:06.230 this movie, most everybody, between Reginaldville 00:31:06.230 --> 00:31:08.750 Johnson and a couple of other people I've already 00:31:08.750 --> 00:31:13.410 mentioned, this is the linchpin. This is the 00:31:13.410 --> 00:31:16.490 jumping off point for them. Family Matters started 00:31:16.490 --> 00:31:21.910 in 89. This was 88. So they were like, oh, he's 00:31:21.910 --> 00:31:31.730 fitting. No, I'm saying the role fit him. Oh, 00:31:31.890 --> 00:31:34.109 yeah, yeah. He just did it a different way in 00:31:34.109 --> 00:31:38.369 the TV show. Yeah, but that's what I'm saying. 00:31:39.009 --> 00:31:43.089 Die Hard is one of those movies where it took 00:31:43.089 --> 00:31:46.549 two or three of its cast members and it launched 00:31:46.549 --> 00:31:49.589 them into various different parts of their acting 00:31:49.589 --> 00:31:56.619 career. And yeah, it's very, very interesting. 00:31:58.059 --> 00:32:00.980 Very awesome. What else would you like to discuss 00:32:00.980 --> 00:32:04.640 about the film, sir? Despite the fact that it 00:32:04.640 --> 00:32:06.400 was an action movie, there was a lot of humor. 00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:11.140 Yep. Especially on behalf of John McClane. Yes. 00:32:12.059 --> 00:32:16.799 I'm glad that Ellis took a dive. Yes. I not necessarily 00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:19.640 the way that he went, but, and then, you know, 00:32:21.609 --> 00:32:26.630 Holly's boss, you know, sadly was, that was rough. 00:32:26.730 --> 00:32:30.390 That was, yeah. But I didn't, I didn't feel as 00:32:30.390 --> 00:32:35.309 much remorse for, yeah, he, he, he was just annoying 00:32:35.309 --> 00:32:39.250 every step of the way. Ellis, like I was like, 00:32:39.329 --> 00:32:44.410 please go away. Yeah. And then McClane's wife 00:32:44.410 --> 00:32:47.089 is just like, I did love the fact that at the 00:32:47.089 --> 00:32:49.880 end of the movie, she decks the reporter. Yeah. 00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:52.880 Thornburg. Yep. Because he exposed their children 00:32:52.880 --> 00:32:56.880 to Hans and caused all of the trauma for them. 00:32:57.240 --> 00:33:02.779 Yep. And I was like, way to go. And then like, 00:33:02.819 --> 00:33:04.559 you know, you can see like John kind of smirking 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:10.220 like, you know, and then he gets the, you know, 00:33:10.220 --> 00:33:14.200 the escort from the limo driver. Yeah. Yeah. 00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:21.319 And. But yeah, it was almost like, in a sense, 00:33:21.319 --> 00:33:25.359 like a repeat on Die Hard 2. I know we're not 00:33:25.359 --> 00:33:28.299 on Die Hard 2, but there were a lot of things 00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:32.339 that were mirrored to this particular film. Yeah. 00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:36.000 Kind of reused elements of. No, I mean, I this 00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:38.099 is one of those movies like I don't watch it 00:33:38.099 --> 00:33:41.579 like often, but when I do, I enjoy it. Yeah, 00:33:41.619 --> 00:33:46.250 I. I still want to know how. how the henchman 00:33:46.250 --> 00:33:48.390 that got his head wrapped around a, you know, 00:33:48.390 --> 00:33:51.430 a chain hanging from the ceiling got down at 00:33:51.430 --> 00:33:54.250 the end of the movie. I, I don't want to know 00:33:54.250 --> 00:33:57.690 that. I still want to know. Cause it's just like, 00:33:57.789 --> 00:34:00.450 where did you come from, dude? I don't want to 00:34:00.450 --> 00:34:06.670 know. I'm good. I, I, I assume, uh, no, we're, 00:34:06.670 --> 00:34:09.150 we're a couple, couple of years before hook. 00:34:09.190 --> 00:34:12.420 I was going to say. Captain Hook cut him down, 00:34:12.559 --> 00:34:14.880 but a couple years before, never, never again. 00:34:14.880 --> 00:34:17.300 He was just hanging out. He was just hanging 00:34:17.300 --> 00:34:22.860 around. Yeah, hanging around. He was up, and 00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:27.800 then he was down. I know that 2 takes place in 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:32.800 the DC airport. I know 2 has Dennis Franz in 00:34:32.800 --> 00:34:38.119 it. I know 2... I think that's all I know about, 00:34:38.139 --> 00:34:41.699 too. I know, too, he has a rocket launcher, I 00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:44.860 think, if I remember correctly. And everybody's 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:47.119 corrupt in that movie. Well, yes, obviously. 00:34:48.019 --> 00:34:51.380 Except for Fred Dalton Thompson. Fred Dalton 00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:54.039 Thompson is not corrupt in that movie. And Sergeant 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.780 Powell. Well, yes, but Sergeant Powell can never 00:34:57.780 --> 00:35:04.119 be corrupted. No. So, but yeah. No, I... Die 00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:12.510 Hard... is a movie that you could show anybody 00:35:12.510 --> 00:35:16.829 and tell nobody that there are four other sequels 00:35:16.829 --> 00:35:22.849 to. It's one of those movies that is a movie 00:35:22.849 --> 00:35:27.070 that in today's modern age you wouldn't think 00:35:27.070 --> 00:35:30.630 exists because in today's modern age they don't 00:35:30.630 --> 00:35:33.050 know how to make a single movie and leave it 00:35:33.050 --> 00:35:37.400 alone anymore. There are single movies in this 00:35:37.400 --> 00:35:41.880 modern age most of the time, sometimes, but today's 00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:46.099 movie -making age, they're either a multitude 00:35:46.099 --> 00:35:49.579 of universes or there's this or there's that. 00:35:51.760 --> 00:36:00.039 But I'm glad that there are at least four Die 00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:06.840 Hard sequels, three Die Hard sequels. But, yeah, 00:36:07.019 --> 00:36:14.699 Die Hard from 88, it's got great writing, it's 00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:18.559 got great action, it's got great stunts. I think 00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:21.440 for me, the other thing I noticed with this more 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:23.860 than anything else, and it's something very rarely 00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:26.360 that anyone really gives too much credit for, 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:29.960 and I didn't notice the name off the top of my 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:34.800 head, but for some odd reason, the title of costume 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:40.079 designer or costumer in the credits as the movie 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:43.039 starts and stuff popped out of it just popped 00:36:43.039 --> 00:36:46.380 into my head and i'm like oh and i started noticing 00:36:46.380 --> 00:36:48.239 and i'm going to notice this through the other 00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:54.059 movies as we watch them uh just watching the 00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:56.900 costumes in movies lately i've been doing that 00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:59.679 a lot and You know, you look at Die Hard and 00:36:59.679 --> 00:37:03.599 you think, oh, John's in this or like Han's in 00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:08.800 his crew. They're all in suits and this and that. 00:37:09.519 --> 00:37:12.579 Polly's in her, like, I don't know what she's 00:37:12.579 --> 00:37:16.980 dressed as, but like Mr. Takagi's in his suit 00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:21.840 and Ellis is in his ugly ass, stupid, look at 00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:24.400 me, look at me, I'm an idiot suit and whatever. 00:37:25.230 --> 00:37:27.869 But I've just been noticing that more, like paying 00:37:27.869 --> 00:37:32.230 attention to the costume, like how film sets 00:37:32.230 --> 00:37:37.909 go about doing the costumes for the roles that 00:37:37.909 --> 00:37:41.469 people play in movies, because that is a huge 00:37:41.469 --> 00:37:45.530 part of telling the story is how your actors 00:37:45.530 --> 00:37:50.449 and actresses are dressed. And I really think 00:37:50.449 --> 00:37:58.139 that in this movie, It's so good to the point 00:37:58.139 --> 00:38:04.219 of you notice it, but it's so unnoticeable at 00:38:04.219 --> 00:38:08.980 the same time, and it's just one of those unsung 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:12.460 hero things for the business of moviemaking. 00:38:14.019 --> 00:38:16.900 It's like the lighting guy. If the lighting guy 00:38:16.900 --> 00:38:21.090 isn't doing lighting person, isn't doing their 00:38:21.090 --> 00:38:24.030 job right, you're going to note, oh, that shot 00:38:24.030 --> 00:38:28.369 isn't lit very well, or the light's in my eye, 00:38:28.570 --> 00:38:31.230 which eye? My left eye. Oh, put it in your right 00:38:31.230 --> 00:38:35.590 one. Whatever. You know, it's like, it's not 00:38:35.590 --> 00:38:38.050 done correctly. It's not going to look good. 00:38:38.590 --> 00:38:42.130 And with Die Hard, the story is so good. And 00:38:42.130 --> 00:38:46.329 yes, there are cringeworthy moments like... But 00:38:46.329 --> 00:38:52.550 that's the point. The point is to have... And 00:38:52.550 --> 00:38:56.989 again, let's say this movie was produced, and 00:38:56.989 --> 00:38:58.550 I don't know because I'm not looking at the production 00:38:58.550 --> 00:39:00.329 notes, but let's say it's produced anywhere from 00:39:00.329 --> 00:39:09.010 late 86, maybe mid 87, releases in 88. That time... 00:39:09.840 --> 00:39:13.539 The news business was cutthroat. You look at 00:39:13.539 --> 00:39:16.300 that news scene where Thornburg is in the station, 00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:20.599 basically begging for a news van. And you got 00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:25.780 the idiot on air, male producer, male anchor 00:39:25.780 --> 00:39:29.619 arguing with him about stuff. And they're going 00:39:29.619 --> 00:39:33.980 back how cutthroat that was back then. And so 00:39:33.980 --> 00:39:39.599 that's why I think when you see Thornburg. at 00:39:39.599 --> 00:39:42.480 the house and when john sees that and holly sees 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:46.539 that by the end of the movie yep you knew it 00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:49.280 like i literally when i saw that i'm like okay 00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:52.739 i know the movie's almost over but i know uh 00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:58.619 -huh uh -huh did you get literally he's he's 00:39:58.619 --> 00:40:01.059 watching you know he he's talking to the camera 00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.780 he's talking to the camera he's doing the story 00:40:02.780 --> 00:40:06.440 doing the story And I'm like, did you get that? 00:40:06.699 --> 00:40:08.840 Literally, before he even says the line, did 00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:11.500 you get that? Did you get that? And then all 00:40:11.500 --> 00:40:13.280 of a sudden, she comes up behind him and hits 00:40:13.280 --> 00:40:16.460 him. And he looks over, did you get that? I knew 00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:19.780 that line was coming. See, I wasn't even paying 00:40:19.780 --> 00:40:23.400 attention to that line. I remember that like 00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:26.900 it was yesterday. Because I knew she was going 00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:29.239 to hit him. I knew she was going to hit him. 00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:33.260 But yeah, Die Hard won. Absolute perfection. 00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:37.320 Five out of five on the Geek -O -Meter, Tomato 00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:39.739 -Meter, Geek -O -Meter, whatever meter we have 00:40:39.739 --> 00:40:42.559 here anymore. Geek -O -Meter. Cucumber -Meter. 00:40:43.760 --> 00:40:51.619 Yeah, there you go. Oh, boy. So, yeah. Do you 00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:58.940 have a favorite line from this one? Well, I mean... 00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:07.780 we'll have a few laughs. Yeah. Come out to the 00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:10.019 coast. We'll spend some time together. We'll 00:41:10.019 --> 00:41:14.139 have a few laughs. Yeah. I mean, I love the sarcasm. 00:41:14.559 --> 00:41:17.780 That's what gets me. I think that's what I love 00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:19.940 so much about it is I'm like, okay, this is just 00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:26.139 funny because it's, you know, they're just having 00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:33.909 a good time with it. Yep, yep, yep. Absolutely, 00:41:34.110 --> 00:41:36.610 absolutely. I mean, other than his catchphrase. 00:41:37.269 --> 00:41:39.690 Obviously. Literally, I said it in my head. I'm 00:41:39.690 --> 00:41:42.070 like, I know what he's going to say. Yippee -ki 00:41:42.070 --> 00:41:46.989 -yay, Mr. Falcon. I played that for a guy at 00:41:46.989 --> 00:41:51.050 work. Uh -huh. And he just starts laughing. He's 00:41:51.050 --> 00:41:53.449 like, that's so bad. He's like, it doesn't even 00:41:53.449 --> 00:41:55.369 sound like him. And I said, that's the point. 00:41:55.510 --> 00:41:58.349 That's the point. I'm like, it's funny. Not even 00:41:58.349 --> 00:42:03.300 the line. Oh, boy. Like, they know nothing. Nothing 00:42:03.300 --> 00:42:07.880 I tell you. Yeah. All right, folks. I think that's 00:42:07.880 --> 00:42:09.380 going to do it for us. We're going to head into 00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:12.039 a quick podcast ad break. Here are some podcast 00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:14.760 ads, some of the stuff from the shows we like 00:42:14.760 --> 00:42:17.039 to promote around here on the Geekcast Radio 00:42:17.039 --> 00:42:19.460 Network Studio 2009. We'll come back to close 00:42:19.460 --> 00:42:23.460 the show right after this. Now I have a machine 00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:32.590 gun. Ho, ho, ho. Hello, geeks and geekettes! 00:42:32.789 --> 00:42:35.530 Looking for a podcast that covers a vast array 00:42:35.530 --> 00:42:39.309 of topics? 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Yeah, I'm pretty sure you 00:47:04.389 --> 00:47:05.949 could have got the point across with sound effects, 00:47:06.090 --> 00:47:09.900 not the real thing. Car, car. Download the show 00:47:09.900 --> 00:47:13.619 on iTunes or at simplisticreviews .blogspot .com. 00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:15.980 I'm sure your insurance company will cover that. 00:47:16.179 --> 00:47:20.440 No, they won't. No, they probably won't. Yippee 00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:23.340 -ki -yay, motherfucker. All right, we are back 00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:27.920 here inside Studio 2009. This is episode 141. 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:33.360 Die hard. Any final thoughts, sir, before I run 00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:38.570 through the closing? Come out to the coast. We'll 00:47:38.570 --> 00:47:41.510 get together. Have a few laughs. No, I just, 00:47:41.630 --> 00:47:45.929 I, this one for me is, is probably, I'll, I'll, 00:47:45.929 --> 00:47:47.769 I'll give this one. I gotta give this one like 00:47:47.769 --> 00:47:50.389 a five out of five just because the initial one, 00:47:50.449 --> 00:47:53.650 it's, it sets the tone. It sets the kind of everything 00:47:53.650 --> 00:47:59.050 for the future of it. Oh yeah. But I, I do love 00:47:59.050 --> 00:48:02.610 a good shut your brain off action movie with 00:48:02.610 --> 00:48:06.800 Bruce Willis every now and again. and Arnold 00:48:06.800 --> 00:48:11.500 and all those guys. Yep. Um, so yeah, I, I'm 00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:14.300 looking forward to rewatching these and getting 00:48:14.300 --> 00:48:17.320 fresh perspective on them. Uh, like I'm excited 00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:21.900 to discuss the second film because I've, I think 00:48:21.900 --> 00:48:26.559 I've never fully given that one a chance. Like 00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:29.880 I, I'm pretty sure I've skimmed it or. Yeah. 00:48:30.349 --> 00:48:32.849 like not really paid attention or I've just watched 00:48:32.849 --> 00:48:35.289 the end and I've, I've kind of been, or like 00:48:35.289 --> 00:48:37.349 sporadically throughout it and just kind of have 00:48:37.349 --> 00:48:41.949 no idea what's going on. Yeah. So I'm genuinely 00:48:41.949 --> 00:48:50.309 excited to see like how we, uh, relate to this 00:48:50.309 --> 00:48:54.010 film. Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah. I, so for me, 00:48:54.050 --> 00:48:59.590 I know one, three and four. I remember two. I 00:48:59.590 --> 00:49:02.989 remember, like I said earlier, I remember Fred 00:49:02.989 --> 00:49:08.150 Dalton Thompson's in it. I remember that Dennis 00:49:08.150 --> 00:49:11.070 Franz is in it. I remember, I think there's a 00:49:11.070 --> 00:49:13.750 rocket launcher at some point. I know they're 00:49:13.750 --> 00:49:15.690 in Washington, D .C. because I've been listening 00:49:15.690 --> 00:49:19.090 to the song. And I remember it's snowing. Because, 00:49:19.110 --> 00:49:22.070 hello, it's winter. It's Christmas. It's whatever. 00:49:23.150 --> 00:49:29.840 That's really all I remember from it. So I remember 00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:33.039 1, 3, and 4 the most. I mean, 1 and 3 I remember 00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:38.639 the most, and then 4. Originally, that movie 00:49:38.639 --> 00:49:41.960 was supposed to be called Die Hard 4 .0 because 00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:44.460 of the whole internet and blah, blah, blah, but 00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:48.239 then they stupidly decided to name it Live Free 00:49:48.239 --> 00:49:53.840 or Die Hard. Stupid. Yeah, stupid. But yeah, 00:49:53.900 --> 00:49:56.960 no, I'm very much looking forward to the next 00:49:56.960 --> 00:49:59.260 three, and I don't know what to expect, other 00:49:59.260 --> 00:50:02.579 than going to Mother Russia. I don't know what 00:50:02.579 --> 00:50:05.820 to expect. Welcome to Mother Russia. I think 00:50:05.820 --> 00:50:09.119 they did it better in Terminal Velocity. I don't 00:50:09.119 --> 00:50:11.820 know. No, they're like, yippee -ki -yay, Mother 00:50:11.820 --> 00:50:16.050 Russia. Oh, God. Oh, no. That was on the materials. 00:50:16.289 --> 00:50:19.190 That was on the poster. I know. I remember now. 00:50:19.929 --> 00:50:24.289 That's the only thing I remember now. Oh, God. 00:50:24.789 --> 00:50:30.469 You can call me Mother Russia. Oh, God. Oh, it's 00:50:30.469 --> 00:50:37.710 horrible. It's so bad. Why? Oh, God. But yeah, 00:50:37.769 --> 00:50:42.750 I already rated this a five out of five. Oh, 00:50:42.750 --> 00:50:49.809 Lord. The one note I had that I thought of after 00:50:49.809 --> 00:50:54.409 I had watched this was... And I'll say it again 00:50:54.409 --> 00:50:57.429 when we get to the third movie is... And I know 00:50:57.429 --> 00:51:01.550 this can never happen now, but... Can you imagine, 00:51:01.789 --> 00:51:05.170 obviously, if he hadn't died in this first film, 00:51:05.210 --> 00:51:11.230 but... What a diehard Bruce Willis versus the 00:51:11.230 --> 00:51:14.489 Gruber brothers film would have if Simon and 00:51:14.489 --> 00:51:18.789 Hans got together versus for sure. Oh my God. 00:51:18.949 --> 00:51:22.550 I want it to happen so bad now. And I know it 00:51:22.550 --> 00:51:25.550 can never happen. Cause Alan is obviously been 00:51:25.550 --> 00:51:33.510 gone now, but like, Oh God. Could you imagine 00:51:33.510 --> 00:51:37.730 like, that would be so fun. Yeah. Oh, God, that 00:51:37.730 --> 00:51:42.110 would be so fun. So fun. All right, folks, that's 00:51:42.110 --> 00:51:44.230 going to do it for us here inside Studio 2009. 00:51:44.510 --> 00:51:48.409 Thank you for listening, as always. 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