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[Mugen]

well, maybe 2nd to It's A Wonderful Life.

Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker.

 

[NLB2]

nah, Die Hard > Its a Wonderful Life.

 

[karasu]

I despise Die Hard. Bruce Willis is so corny.

 

[Duck of Death]

"NOW I HAVE A MACHINE GUN. HO HO HO"

Glorious. Die Hard rules.

 

[Mugen]

:rock :rock

[Reading what McClane wrote on the dead terrorist's shirt]
Hans Gruber: "Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho."

[as the SWAT Team closes in]
Theo: [over the CB] All right, listen up guys. 'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, except for the four assholes coming in the rear in standard two-by-two cover formation.

John McClane: Merry Christmas, Argyle.
Argyle: Merry Christmas.
[Argyle shuts the limo door]
Argyle: Man, if this is their idea of Christmas, I *gotta* be here for New Year's.

John McClane: You would have made a pretty good cowboy yourself, Hans.
Hans Gruber: What was it you said to me earlier? "Yippie-kay-ya, motherfucker."


:rock :rock

 

[Mejilan]

"Professor Snape's trying to get the Sorceror's Stone??"

Oh wait...

 

[COCKLES]

I quite enjoyed Die Hard 2 as well.

Infact all three are excellent action movies - cept the third one was set in the summer, although they might have been streaching crediblity if McClane had another terrorist Christmas.

 

[AssMan]

I forget his name, but the black cop was a cop in Family Matters, Ghostbusters, and Die Hard/DH2.


BTW, the third Die Hard was hilarious with Sam Jackson.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

yeah Die Hard 2 rocks!

 

[belgurdo]

I forget his name, but the black cop was a cop in Family Matters, Ghostbusters, and Die Hard/DH2.


BTW, the third Die Hard was hilarious with Sam Jackson.

Plus DH2 had Dennis "angry ham beast psycho cop who takes shit from no one Andy Sipowicz" Franz in it too...as an angry ham beast psycho cop who takes shit from no one

 

[jett]

Die Hard is the best Christmas movie ever.

Fixed.

Also, DH1 > DH3 >>>>> DH2. Mostly because McTiernan wasn't invovled in #2, I guess.

 

[COCKLES]

Some Good trivia on IMDB:-

For the shot where Hans Gruber falls from the top of the building, Alan Rickman was actually falling from a 20-foot-high model. He was holding on to a stunt man and falling on to an air bag. To get the right reaction, the stunt man dropped Rickman on the count of two, not three. :lol

The script, by Steven E. de Souza, was originally his script for the sequel to Commando (1985), but he altered the story once Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped out.

Richard Gere was considered for the role of John McClane.

 

[DarienA]

Die Hard and It's a Wonderful Life should be REQUIRED Christmas viewing.

 

[Phoenix]

 

[NLB2]

Richard Gere was considered for the role of John McClane.

The horror of the thought this quote elicits is mind numbing.

 

[Shogmaster]

Some Good trivia on IMDB:-

For the shot where Hans Gruber falls from the top of the building, Alan Rickman was actually falling from a 20-foot-high model. He was holding on to a stunt man and falling on to an air bag. To get the right reaction, the stunt man dropped Rickman on the count of two, not three. :lol

The script, by Steven E. de Souza, was originally his script for the sequel to Commando (1985), but he altered the story once Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped out.

Richard Gere was considered for the role of John McClane.

That's just awesome tidbits. Sequel to Commando? :lol x Infinity.

 

[COCKLES]

The horror of the thought this quote elicits is mind numbing.

Also according to IMDB after Shwarnegger was Stallone...and Burt Reynolds?!?

Smokey and the Nakatomi Tower. :lol

 

[Flakster99]

Agreed. Die Hard is required Christmas viewing in my house. None of that Die Hard, edited for TV bullshit either. :lol

 

[jedimike]

Die Hard is definitely required Christmas viewing. In fact, I put it on last night. Since I played a lot of CS, I also like the fact that I know what the guns are... MP5's and Steyr Augs.

bonus question: What name did John McClain's wife use while at work?

 

[goodcow]

bonus question: What name did John McClain's wife use while at work?

Holly Genero (sp?)

 

[jedimike]

Holly Genero (sp?)

yep.

 

[LakeEarth]

The script, by Steven E. de Souza, was originally his script for the sequel to Commando (1985), but he altered the story once Arnold Schwarzenegger dropped out.

That's hilarious, cause Die Hard 3 was a different script that was retooled to a Die Hard movie too.

 

[Zep]

I hated DH2 the most...the army people being bad guys was wayyyy to predictable..

 

[Willco]

Die Hard + Nightmare Before Christmas + Gremlins = Best Christmas Lineup Ever.

 

[goodcow]

That's hilarious, cause Die Hard 3 was a different script that was retooled to a Die Hard movie too.

And Die Hard 2, the only movie that was always going to be a Die Hard... sucks ass.

 

[TheOMan]

I got the boxset a couple of years ago, gonna marathon it this weekend. The first one is tops in my books, just a fantastic action movie.

 

[CajoleJuice]

Yes, Die Hard rocks. DH3 is the best just because of Samuel L. Jackson though. The original is amazing as well. Die Hard 2 is merely good, it definitely does not suck ass. Any movie where a guy gets an icicle through the eye is awesome in my book.

 

[Oh! My Car!]

Agreed, DH is quite the xmas flick

I quite like Gremlins too...

 

[goodcow]

Yes, Die Hard rocks. DH3 is the best just because of Samuel L. Jackson though. The original is amazing as well. Die Hard 2 is merely good, it definitely does not suck ass. Any movie where a guy gets an icicle through the eye is awesome in my book.

 

[B'z-chan]

Die Hard Trilogy is always playing at my house since i got the DVD set 3 years ago. Ever Xmas i play through all three movies back to back and i love every minute of it. This year i'll be watching only Die Hard 3 as i dont have too much time this year.

 

[Iceman]

Amen to the thread title. Can't think of a better one.

1. Die Hard
2. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
3. Scrooged
4. It's A Wonderful Life
5. A Christmas Story
6. everything else.

 

[Mason]

Die Hard Trilogy is always playing at my house since i got the DVD set 3 years ago. Ever Xmas i play through all three movies back to back and i love every minute of it. This year i'll be watching only Die Hard 3 as i dont have too much time this year.

That's an awesome idea. I'm doing that next year.

 

[Shinobi]

Richard Gere was considered for the role of John McClane.

:lol :lol :lol

Die Hard is one of the best action movie series ever...the first and third movies in particular are near works of art. The first two are defintely required Christmas viewing, along with Home Alone, It's A Wonderful Life, Scrooge (the original in black and white motherfucker), Peanuts Christmas, Batman TAS: Christmas with the Joker, and A Christmas Story.

 

[Priz]

I heard there's some new Die Hard toys in the works (figures based on all the main chars)... I can't wait. I'd buy the set...

 

[CrisKre]

Id say Die Hard and Home alone.

 

[COCKLES]

And Die Hard 2, the only movie that was always going to be a Die Hard... sucks ass.

No. Die Hard 2 is based on a book that has nothing to do with any Die Hard characters as well.