How The Die Hard Movies Changed

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The Diehard films are a series of action movies that began in 1988 and had its most recent entry in 2013, taking almost one and a half billion at the box office, and producing an immense amount of ongoing interest and profit from videogames and merchandise. The series follows John McClane, played by Bruce Willis in his most iconic role, as he gets into a number of dangerous situations in which only he can save the day - he’s consistently at the wrong place at the wrong time. Willis’ role as McClane made him an A-lister, but the role was previously offered to Clint Eastwood, Burt Reynolds, and Richard Gere.
Mentioned Movies: The Detective (1968), Die Hard (1988), Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard With Vengeance (1995), Live Free Or Die Hard / Die Hard 4.0 (2007), A Good Day To Die Hard (2013).

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  • @GeorgRockallSchmidt
    @GeorgRockallSchmidt7 жыл бұрын

    Drinking Game: Everytime I say McClane or there's a balding man on screen, take a drink. Caution: Can cause death.

  • @sk8er666almost

    @sk8er666almost

    7 жыл бұрын

    Georg Rockall-Schmidt . I don't drink. but its just as fun as a toke game. cheers. and light em up folks. dig the lava lamp ☯

  • @Shavinism

    @Shavinism

    7 жыл бұрын

    Do you think that pacing in movies in general became much better? It's sometimes very hard to watch movies from the 80's now, and I'm not even talking about the 60's. But maybe that's just me

  • @bezzaboyo

    @bezzaboyo

    7 жыл бұрын

    24 minute video about one of my favourite movie series with the glorious lava lamp? dont mind if i do!

  • @Jays_dead_cat

    @Jays_dead_cat

    7 жыл бұрын

    Georg Rockall-Schmidt you just killed me sir. i hope youre happy

  • @vtrip_

    @vtrip_

    7 жыл бұрын

    I can't find you on Twitter.

  • @GTAfan421
    @GTAfan4217 жыл бұрын

    I honestly hate the idea of a prequel, because it kind of undermines the fact that the original is the first time that has ever happened to McClane.

  • @bul13ts

    @bul13ts

    7 жыл бұрын

    But just think of all that money!!!

  • @davestandarowski5082

    @davestandarowski5082

    6 жыл бұрын

    GTAfan421 there seems to be a good idea for a die hard year one foalting around..the author even took out an ad in varairty

  • @iamnegan938

    @iamnegan938

    6 жыл бұрын

    Why do a prequel Willis was young and good looking at the time I wish I touched him

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    6 жыл бұрын

    He was a cop, so presumably _something_ happened to him before Die Hard.

  • @blupunk01

    @blupunk01

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/npuHpdKYj8-7Xaw.html

  • @itskoile1985
    @itskoile19857 жыл бұрын

    What I love about the first DIE HARD, is that every fight, every kill feels personal. We get to know the antagonists names and implissit backstories. They are people, not faceless gons. Every fight feels like a bossbattle.

  • @bladerunner951
    @bladerunner9517 жыл бұрын

    I don't agree that the McClane/Powell scenes in the first film feel like padding. I think they add a human element and contribute to making McClane more relateable. The first Die Hard is one of my favorite films ever.

  • @GetToDaChoppa-k5r

    @GetToDaChoppa-k5r

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I agree with you. Powell and McClane share some emotional scenes that give the film more heart. Padding are scenes you could cut out and they wouldn't hurt the movie. Taking these scenes out would have hurt the character or the film.

  • @johnpatz8395

    @johnpatz8395

    5 жыл бұрын

    Anders Enggaard i agree completely, not only aren't they padding, but the are essential to the movie in so many ways. First it provides for pauses in the action, while still being focused on McClain, next it helps show the passage of time, and how the situation wears on McClain. Add ti this the fact that they give McClain more if a story than just being Super Cop, and allows the audience to grow more attached to McClain himself, as opposed to just some random person in an action movie. Without these scenes I don't think the movie would have done nearly as well as the audiences wouldn't have been invested in McClain not to mention the movie would feel rushed.

  • @razzle2429

    @razzle2429

    5 жыл бұрын

    Exactly! The end scene where McClain finally meets Powell, hugs him, and completely breaks down is one of my favorite movie scenes of all time. You can hear the sheer relief and anguish in McClain's voice, and it makes you realize just how important that human connection on the other end of the walkie-talkie was for keeping him sane. Without those earlier scenes between Powell and McClain, a lot would be missing from the movie. The ending definitely wouldn't have been as strong, imo.

  • @SirHatchporch

    @SirHatchporch

    5 жыл бұрын

    I completely agree. The scenes with Powell and McClane are probably my favorite scenes in the entire film.

  • @Janine.Najarian

    @Janine.Najarian

    5 жыл бұрын

    I ship it

  • @sim.frischh9781
    @sim.frischh97816 жыл бұрын

    Alan Rickman was glorious in this movie. Unquestionable evil he managed to make you describing him as "suave". Not many "suave" things that kill people. He rocked Die Hard just as easily as he dominated the screen in Robin Hood.

  • @ThePleb

    @ThePleb

    4 жыл бұрын

    And a great way to start his film career

  • @johnlloyddy7016

    @johnlloyddy7016

    4 жыл бұрын

    His role as the bad guy in "Quigley Down Under" was just as memorable.

  • @NewHopeAudio

    @NewHopeAudio

    2 жыл бұрын

    100% agree.

  • @spittinvenom9671

    @spittinvenom9671

    2 жыл бұрын

    An exceptional thief

  • @patavinity1262
    @patavinity12624 жыл бұрын

    Imagine if a 70-year-old Frank Sinatra accepted the offer to star in 'Die Hard'.

  • @phillydelphia8760

    @phillydelphia8760

    4 жыл бұрын

    It would be like a worse Charles Bronson in the death wish movies. Potential schlock gold. Interestingly, or not so much. But Willis went on to do that death wish remake.. Probably not a good sign

  • @Elazam

    @Elazam

    4 жыл бұрын

    Well, the character in the book it's based on is older, like ag least in his 60's so it could have worked but would have been a very different movie..

  • @zyxluz4645

    @zyxluz4645

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Elazam and the previous novel was adopted into a movie staring Frank Sinatra

  • @CainMammadov

    @CainMammadov

    3 жыл бұрын

    I somewhere heard that Bruce Willis played as a crowd actor in The Detective

  • @PintoPopProductions

    @PintoPopProductions

    3 жыл бұрын

    He could have at least played the chairman of the board.

  • @okaro6595
    @okaro65957 жыл бұрын

    As someone else once pointed the Die Hard 3 is made like being an opposite of the first one: New York vs. Los Angeles, open space instead of closed one, day vs. night, summer vs. winter, communicating with the antagonist with radio/phone instead of communicating with the helper with one.

  • @thegoldencaulk2742
    @thegoldencaulk27427 жыл бұрын

    I think Michael Scott said it best when he said "You know what, here's the thing about Die Hard 4. Die Hard one, the original, John McClane was just this normal guy. You know, he's just a normal New York City cop, who gets his feet cut, and gets beat up. But he's an everyday guy. In Die Hard 4, he is jumping a motorcycle into a helicopter. In air. You know? He's invincible. It just sort of lost what Die Hard was. It's not Terminator."

  • @skoomajoe6205

    @skoomajoe6205

    7 жыл бұрын

    TheGoldenCaulk I dont know who Michael Scott is, but that's a great quote.

  • @PunksterOS

    @PunksterOS

    7 жыл бұрын

    Michael Scott is the name of Steve Carrell's character in The American version of The Office.

  • @seaninskibb

    @seaninskibb

    7 жыл бұрын

    Skooma Joe He's the main character in The US Office. You should check it out. It's very, very funny.

  • @futurestoryteller

    @futurestoryteller

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't agree with that. People exaggerate the extent to which John McClane does impressive things in the fourth movie. He doesn't come off as invincible unless - because it's the fourth film - you've given up entirely on suspension of disbelief.

  • @MacSmithVideo

    @MacSmithVideo

    7 жыл бұрын

    none of the sequels really get that right.

  • @jothishprabu8
    @jothishprabu84 жыл бұрын

    Die Hard 3 wouldn't have worked without Samuel L. Jackson. Their Partnership was perfect in that movie.

  • @willwhite6110
    @willwhite61106 жыл бұрын

    Shocked he didn't mention Theo the computer guy in Die Hard 1. He was a very memorable character in that movie.

  • @scottknode898

    @scottknode898

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea he was played by Clarence Gilyard Jr who was in Top Gun in 1986 and was in the Chuck Norris tv show Walker Texas Ranger in the 1990s as Ranger Trivette

  • @sturycroft

    @sturycroft

    4 жыл бұрын

    The quarterback is TOAST!!

  • @lordmoncef5494

    @lordmoncef5494

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who ??

  • @CynicalAnomaly205

    @CynicalAnomaly205

    3 жыл бұрын

    The police have themselves an RV.

  • @justinedse3314

    @justinedse3314

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@lordmoncef5494 Theo, Christmas miracles, quarterback is toast

  • @aswtx75
    @aswtx757 жыл бұрын

    I always have loved the moments in Die Hard when McClain and he cop are talking on the radio. There's something satisfying about this friendship that develops between them even though they haven't actually met. It's a nice breather before the action starts back up that serves to add some depth to the movie on several different levels. And then near the end when they do finally meet it has more impact. Fucking love Die Hard.

  • @StarDustSid
    @StarDustSid7 жыл бұрын

    I believe I'm addicted to your channel.

  • @SergeantMcClain
    @SergeantMcClain7 жыл бұрын

    I feel like "The Last Boy Scout" was more of a Die Hard movie than the 5th Die Hard

  • @encryptedwolf7623

    @encryptedwolf7623

    3 жыл бұрын

    There is no such thing as a fifth Die Hard lol. Just like there's only 3 Indiana Jones movies.

  • @funwithflags4539

    @funwithflags4539

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also "Unbreakable" is just John McClane with more superpowers than in Die Hard with a Vengeance

  • @nealsterling8151

    @nealsterling8151

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! A few tweaks here and there and "Last Boy Scout" could have easily been a Die Hard movie without any problem.

  • @MrHunt916

    @MrHunt916

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely

  • @solidsnake58
    @solidsnake587 жыл бұрын

    Lava Lamp 4 Life

  • @Flatworlder

    @Flatworlder

    7 жыл бұрын

    Its so distracting... Sometimes I just stare at the lava lamp and forget what is being said. Then I rewind and repeat.

  • @pieman2906

    @pieman2906

    6 жыл бұрын

    RIP Lava lamp :(

  • @sugarnads

    @sugarnads

    6 жыл бұрын

    Its like hypnotoadddddddddddd mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm huh what?

  • @MaaZeus
    @MaaZeus7 жыл бұрын

    I'm just glad to see that someone else also likes 3 the best. All old Die Hards are great, but 3 is easily the most entertaining. And I never get tired of seeing Willis and Jackson interact with each other, the chemistry is just so strong between them.

  • @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    @umbrellacorporationwuhanfa3731

    4 жыл бұрын

    Get off the damn phone lady Police business!😂🤦🏽‍♂️ It was great! 1&3 where the best of the series. I felt his pain when he forgot the gold bar in the back seat.

  • @spittinvenom9671

    @spittinvenom9671

    2 жыл бұрын

    1, 2 and 3 in that order.

  • @coolhellu
    @coolhellu3 жыл бұрын

    It's always strange how little love Die Hard 2 gets. It's my favourite of the bunch! I love that it focuses more on McClane and idk I like the atmosphere of the airport a lot.

  • @Muserschmitt
    @Muserschmitt7 жыл бұрын

    Finally KZread suggested me a channel with quality content. Keep up the good work, i'm hooked up!

  • @tolar9

    @tolar9

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tell EVERYONE! Let's build Georg's subscription base. His stuff deserves a yuge audience.

  • @mapesdhs597

    @mapesdhs597

    7 жыл бұрын

    I'm surrised his channel hasn't appeared in my feed and searches before, I've been gawping at movie stuff for more than long enough. Just shows how broken the YT system is in many ways. He reminds me a bit of the moviedrome intro guy on BBC2 waaay back, just talking about movies in an interesting an thought provoking manner, what ordinary TV used to be able to do 20 years ago. Georg, if you get censored, remember minds.com and vid.me.

  • @iamnegan938

    @iamnegan938

    6 жыл бұрын

    I have more time on my hands now to watch

  • @treefingers1183
    @treefingers11832 жыл бұрын

    I'm really glad someone else likes Die Hard 3 as much as I do and thinks it rivals the first, just by a little. It's such a tightly made movie, it's a blast to watch.

  • @peoplecallmepeechez

    @peoplecallmepeechez

    Жыл бұрын

    Third is my favorite. I like the buddy cop sort of formula with Willis and jackson

  • @FlynnMTaggart
    @FlynnMTaggart7 жыл бұрын

    Lava Lamp 2: Lava Lamper

  • @AAllen-br8it

    @AAllen-br8it

    7 жыл бұрын

    Grey, The Mad King They announced Lava Lamp 3: The Lamp of Lava Can't wait.

  • @bul13ts

    @bul13ts

    7 жыл бұрын

    They're apparently going to do a breif hiatus after 3 to avoid over saturation, but then they'll come back stronger with Lava Lamp 4: The Last New Lamp Awakens

  • @The4664GAME

    @The4664GAME

    7 жыл бұрын

    Grey, The Mad King Lava lamp 3: Silence of the lava-lamps

  • @David_Larkin

    @David_Larkin

    6 жыл бұрын

    After that, Mad Lava: Lava Road

  • @attilajuhasz3008

    @attilajuhasz3008

    6 жыл бұрын

    Then, Zero Cool, after another hiatus, comes the announcement of a prequel: Lava--Dawn of the Lamp.

  • @staidenofanarchy
    @staidenofanarchy6 жыл бұрын

    Live Free was criminally underrated. Watch the unrated, uncensored edition, really, its a great film

  • @nealsterling8151
    @nealsterling81515 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine you had never heard of the Die Hard series and start watching the first one thinking it was a romantic/family drama. What a great moment when Hans Gruber and his thugs finally enter the movie, turning it 180° into an glorious action classic! 😁😁😁

  • @Andrew-cr7rd
    @Andrew-cr7rd7 жыл бұрын

    "...and Robert Patrick fails to turn into liquid metal." Cheeky, mate.

  • @jokester3076
    @jokester30767 жыл бұрын

    The fifth movie also fails at geography, because the Chernobyl plant is not even in Russia.

  • @Kaucukovnik666

    @Kaucukovnik666

    7 жыл бұрын

    Don't you know that every Slavic nation is simply Russia?

  • @jimzawacki3041

    @jimzawacki3041

    7 жыл бұрын

    *Muffled* *Hardbass* *Plays* *in* *the* *background*

  • @klobiforpresident2254

    @klobiforpresident2254

    6 жыл бұрын

    *squatting intensifies*

  • @DanielTejnicky

    @DanielTejnicky

    5 жыл бұрын

    Cheeki Breeki iv damke! This S.T.A.L.K.E.R. is right opaa! People outside of the Zone just don't know anything.

  • @vdotme

    @vdotme

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but at that time no American knew any former soviet state apart from Russia. They played to their main market's ignorance.

  • @aaronfalcon7142
    @aaronfalcon71424 жыл бұрын

    favorite Die Hard 3 joke: "Why you keep calling me Hey-Zeus?? My name is ZEUS!"

  • @funwithflags4539

    @funwithflags4539

    3 жыл бұрын

    Jesús

  • @TheTomimt
    @TheTomimt7 жыл бұрын

    I just watched Die Hard 1 again after a long time and I do think it's remarkable how well it holds up. It has dated relatively little, despite it's an 80's movie, but unlike many other 80's movies, it doesn't drown in the era it was made in.

  • @evancarpenter7142
    @evancarpenter71427 жыл бұрын

    im so glad there is someone out there who thinks the 3rd is equal if not better than the first.

  • @bul13ts

    @bul13ts

    7 жыл бұрын

    There's more of us than you think.

  • @anthonylewis2080

    @anthonylewis2080

    7 жыл бұрын

    Funn Nugget : Same here, the best trait that "3" has, is that if someone hasn't seen the movies before, "halfway" into the series makes an excellent place to start - as it goes back to the original, without harming the series.

  • @sarahkiney7782

    @sarahkiney7782

    5 жыл бұрын

    Anthony Lewis....Good point. 3 is fun and you get the back story within the first 10/15 minutes. It's a laugh riot but still with jeopardy.

  • @oneandonlysound3453

    @oneandonlysound3453

    4 жыл бұрын

    3 really showed how you could take a franchise, keep it believable, change the formula, and it still be "exactly what it always has been" but evolved. It doesn't counteract, contradict, or retcon anything. There's the whole revenge plot of a man related to Hans that takes over a crazy chase of trying to stay alive and keep others from dying. It was the first one that "buddied" John McClane up with somebody (which would be done in the next 2 sequels), and it changed up the formula. Yes, John was in the city Simon wanted to hit, that's about it. Otherwise, he is a total (and very useful) distraction to what Simon is really after, and by all means, John deserves to live if he made it through all that craziness Simon put him through, but also by all means, he really shouldn't have. It wasn't just "wrong place wrong time" or "guy he has to save" even. Zeus (samuel jackson) didn't even have to hang around-he meant NOTHING to Simon, but he got involved and thus became another distraction.

  • @TheTree1

    @TheTree1

    3 жыл бұрын

    it’s not nearly as good but it is still really good and easily the second best. maybe if it had an R rating it could have had a chance to top 1.

  • @videoguy6966
    @videoguy69667 жыл бұрын

    I like the the Lava Lamp. A lot of times it disagrees with you but in the end has the same purpose you do. Its like you are John and it is Zeus. You both make a good team.

  • @markusnavergard2387
    @markusnavergard23876 жыл бұрын

    die hard is as series of movies about a man loosing hair, being pissed about it and taking it out on others

  • @nhmooytis7058

    @nhmooytis7058

    5 жыл бұрын

    Markus Nävergård ROFL!

  • @Zancb

    @Zancb

    5 жыл бұрын

    Losing. LOSING. Jesus fucking christ, spell it right!

  • @harrisp584

    @harrisp584

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Zancb Zan, Zan the man, what's the plan? why hurt the man? why give a damn? He spelled it wrong and that is right. But let it be and, be alright. The pain you bring to his poor soul, has lost to his humor, ten, ten fold. Zan the man, you see so clear, that you're the one who's Losing, LOSING here. I got your back Markus

  • @yunikage

    @yunikage

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Zancb if enough of us spell it wrong, the spelling will change and we wont have to learn.

  • @bradydavis5791

    @bradydavis5791

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Zancb Get. Laid.

  • @BobbyOxygen
    @BobbyOxygen7 жыл бұрын

    Sam Jackson's Zeus makes the third installment my favourite. The chemistry between him and Willis makes it the most entertaining for me. The original isn't too far behind, mostly due to Rickman's Gruber, which is one of the best villains ever IMO.

  • @Giga419
    @Giga4196 жыл бұрын

    I agree that Die Hard and With A Vengeance are the strongest entries into the series. They're both thrilling fun. 5 was truly confusing, I remember watching it and wondering why, why did the studio think to gain from this too oft-repeated formula of modern 'action movies'. It's as if they hadn't seen 'Die Hard' through to 'With a Vengeance'. This isn't to say that a new movie would need to replicate them entirely, but part of the social contract of franchising is that you maintain loyalty to the characters in the originals, with Die Hard 5 that contract was breached.

  • @Level-ts7xl
    @Level-ts7xl5 жыл бұрын

    i just realized that bruce willis was 33 years old when die hard 1 came out. i am now 32 years old and it just feels like he was older. he looks at least 37 in that movie.

  • @ed1pk
    @ed1pk4 жыл бұрын

    Die Hard is one of my favorite Christmas movies. A classic!

  • @footofjuniper8212
    @footofjuniper82124 жыл бұрын

    Timothy Oliphant's two speeds: intensely brooding and brooding intensity.

  • @lemagreengreen
    @lemagreengreen4 жыл бұрын

    The first Die Hard made a huge impression on me, I remember watching it as a young kid staying up late and I think it was probably the first action film I'd ever seen. I was hooked though, it was brilliant. Ho Ho Ho, now I have a machine gun!

  • @mywhychromosome
    @mywhychromosome5 жыл бұрын

    Also, I LOVE your breakdown/discussion of how "Die Hard 4", despite having many of the same elements of the previous, is a clear departure merely by virtue of the era of film it is a part of. I have always observed this kind of thing with various series, and struggled to articulate/put it into words...the ways in which there are these kind of 'invisible lines' that get crossed, where completely apart from the individual script, acting, etc, there's a change in ANY film being released, where "this is what movies are now"--you don't see it happening in progress, but looking back its clear as day. It's the root cause of a lot of nostalgia and/or, especially with series of any kind, the archetypal "man, I wish they would go back to making them like they did with [blah blah]", when what people are really longing for, without even realizing it, is an entire bygone era, even if it's not that long ago. ...Shit, now I'm wondering if my post even makes sense. Lol

  • @Ciborium
    @Ciborium2 жыл бұрын

    In "Die Hard 6: Die Harderer With More of a Vengeance", Bruce Willis plays the role of John McClaine's grandfather.

  • @blackenedwritings
    @blackenedwritings7 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact about the german version of Die Hard 3: Willi's usual voice actor was off filming a movie so they replaced him with the man who (among others) is providing the voices for Schwarzenegger and Stallone (yes, they have the same voice). It's a bit confusing. ;)

  • @jp3813
    @jp38135 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: Siskel & Ebert actually considered Die Hard 2 to be the best in the franchise. Roger didn't even like the original, while Gene ranked that sequel as the 6th best film of 1990 above the likes of Dances with Wolves and Godfather 3.

  • @shiranuiaensland1442

    @shiranuiaensland1442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Christopher Marlowe Well-known fact: they were way more respected than the likes of you.

  • @ShadeDraws

    @ShadeDraws

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shiranuiaensland1442 Fucking relax. Were you lovers of Siskel and Ebert? Jesus.

  • @shiranuiaensland1442

    @shiranuiaensland1442

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ShadeDraws How about you and Christopher Marlowe get a room? Hypocrisy at its finest.

  • @jp3813

    @jp3813

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ShadeDraws Perhaps start w/ the first guy who replied b/c all I did was inform people of what two famous critics thought instead of referring to how good or bad they were at their jobs.

  • @heroinboblivesagain5478

    @heroinboblivesagain5478

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@shiranuiaensland1442 Critics are pompous hacks. Their opinions on movies should be considered worthless.

  • @jennifertimlin1371
    @jennifertimlin13714 жыл бұрын

    The biggest change is that they never , ever , ever found a villain as great as Alan Rickman!

  • @NewHopeAudio
    @NewHopeAudio2 жыл бұрын

    The original Die Hard is the best film. The lines are written perfectly, the real thing that isn’t discussed enough is that Alan Rickman is the reason why the original is the best to me. Die Hard 2 was fine (not great), 3 was not written with the same craft in my opinion as the first. You did a great job talking about the way Gruber was written, and I don’t think the villain was ever cared for in the same way after.

  • @IroniqEleganceX
    @IroniqEleganceX6 жыл бұрын

    Now i wish there actually was a "Die Harderer"

  • @Insaneian
    @Insaneian6 жыл бұрын

    I've said this from the moment the announced DIE HARD: YEAR ONE as the next film: "We don't need a Die Hard prequel. We have one. It's called THE DETECTIVE". That said, apparently DIE HARD: YEAR ONE is based on the comic book of the same name, written by Howard Chayakin. I've read the first four issues...it's not bad. But as it's set in the 70s, it has a very 70s-film style of action. Not sure how that would play today with modern audiences.

  • @dreamquesttv

    @dreamquesttv

    4 жыл бұрын

    His parents don't get shot in an alley, I hope?

  • @Insaneian

    @Insaneian

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dreamquesttv no, but Holly's inexplicably a hooker.

  • @geordanlemon
    @geordanlemon5 жыл бұрын

    7:29 "And Robert Patrick fails to turn into liquid metal" amazing, also he was super good in T2, just wanted to say 'cause I'm already talking about it

  • @BmanTheChamp
    @BmanTheChamp2 жыл бұрын

    I think my favourite part of Live Free or Die Hard was when Maggie Q's character was pretending to be a police dispatcher and Justin Long's character recognized her voice, so McClane tries tricking her with radio codes (I forget which one he used) and she went along with it, saying the whole force was being dispatched and he goes "Really, the whole force showed up for a naked guy?" and the look on her face was like "Fuck, I walked right into that one."

  • @waywardlaser
    @waywardlaser7 жыл бұрын

    I was actually really surprised with Die Hard 4. It was definitely more PG-13 but still enjoyable as hell. Die Hard 5 on the other hand.....oooooooooh noooooooooooooo.

  • @davestandarowski5082

    @davestandarowski5082

    6 жыл бұрын

    not you I too think die hard 4 is underrated.. Its better than 2 in my book

  • @MajorVanBloodnok

    @MajorVanBloodnok

    6 жыл бұрын

    Compare Die Hard 4 to the previous film and you have a perfect example of what's happened to movie making since the mid 90s. Not saying it's terrible - and it is underrated - but DH4 has that pre-cooked, marketing friendly look and feel that the suits want you to see. There's less risk to providing a product that is familiar in as many ways as possible. Die Hard With a Vengeance is pretty much at the apex of film craft used for 100 years. It never broke and people will still talk about the first 3 Die Hards, and any other action movie made before software replaced hardware. Who really remembers cgi characters jumping off cgi planes with fondness?

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    6 жыл бұрын

    DH4 isn't god awful, but it is meh.

  • @Starlightean

    @Starlightean

    6 жыл бұрын

    Johnny J you put into words my thoughts on 4. I enjoy 4 immensely but it certainly seems washed out and "kid friendly" and it has more satire about the franchise itself than the law and police system like in the earlier films so there's a focal shift. I thought that the sidekick and villain+minions were greatly realised though and feel charismatic and relatable. But it was definitely a step towards the "big audience big cash" mentality, not to mention the unbelievable action cgi that could've survived without. Then 5 just crash-landed with no soul.

  • @wickedlateok1697

    @wickedlateok1697

    5 жыл бұрын

    DH4 would undoubtably be hailed in much higher regard if it were not attached to the DH universe. I saw it again not to long ago and was shocked at how much I enjoyed it.

  • @yeahheyyayya4745
    @yeahheyyayya47457 жыл бұрын

    Do how the Hannibal Lecter films changed

  • @LikeGod_ButBetterLooking
    @LikeGod_ButBetterLooking4 жыл бұрын

    Die Hard with a Vengeance is my favourite too. It is punchier in it's humour and as you say the chemistry between Willis and Jackson really lifts the film.

  • @2H2521
    @2H25215 жыл бұрын

    Great video, one of my favorite movie franchises. The third film is by far my favorite. The role of John McClane was also offered to Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson & Harrison Ford too.

  • @nafsiammara
    @nafsiammara7 жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure his wife being on one of the holding planes is his main motivator in DE2.

  • @casedistorted
    @casedistorted5 жыл бұрын

    I had a huge crush for the girl who played McClain’s daughter in die hard 4, which is probably why I liked The Thing 2011

  • @superdrinkingpepsi

    @superdrinkingpepsi

    5 жыл бұрын

    You watched Scott Pilgrim?

  • @miahthorpatrick1013

    @miahthorpatrick1013

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mary Elizabeth Winstead was perfectly cast as McClane`s daughter in Die Hard 4. She was totally worthy of your crush!

  • @randymoyan7871

    @randymoyan7871

    3 жыл бұрын

    She's so hot I'd eat the corn out of her shit.

  • @jimnoxious5671

    @jimnoxious5671

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ktom5262 and she shows her ass in Fargo. 😍

  • @ZombiiChix
    @ZombiiChix7 жыл бұрын

    Die hard 3 was my first introduction into the series and honestly, its my favorite.

  • @workingZen
    @workingZen7 жыл бұрын

    The first 3 Die Hard movies will always be Christmas movies for me specially the first one. It is true what you say, action movies were different in the 80's and I guess audiences became more mature and just expected more action. Great video Georg.

  • @PB-tr5ze
    @PB-tr5ze3 жыл бұрын

    I remember taking the Universal studios tour when "die harder" had just hit theaters. The guide made a joke saying the next film will be "die hardest" and the final film will just be called "Dead".

  • @HealthyAndrew
    @HealthyAndrew5 жыл бұрын

    Bruce Willis was an extra in the Sinatra movie. You should have mentioned that

  • @WhiteWave3
    @WhiteWave34 жыл бұрын

    I saw the third one first and I’ve always loved it. I love all of the first three movies and will watch them whenever they’re on. 😊😊

  • @devicefactor2290
    @devicefactor22907 жыл бұрын

    Most comforting channel that makes you wanna smoke a cigar and drink fine wine while watching. thank you

  • @Duhya
    @Duhya7 жыл бұрын

    How the hell can you have a prequel to Die Hard? There's nothing to the story, Bruce Willis is the only thing that defines the series. Do they have a clone they've been ageing for this moment?

  • @bul13ts

    @bul13ts

    7 жыл бұрын

    Die Hard 6: Attack of the Clones

  • @boringweek2

    @boringweek2

    7 жыл бұрын

    Have Jai Courtney play a time traveler who travels back in time to save his parents marriage. This will work since I'm fairly certain the real McClain was killed off and replaced with a Terminator somewhere between diehard 3 and 4. The franchise jumped the shark with diehard 4.

  • @saxbend

    @saxbend

    7 жыл бұрын

    boringweek2 it might have jumped the shark with 4 but it nuked the fridge with 5.

  • @runningcommentary2125

    @runningcommentary2125

    7 жыл бұрын

    I guess a remake of 'The Detective' would count as a 'Die Hard' prequel.

  • @hansjuker8296

    @hansjuker8296

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@runningcommentary2125 so maclane Solves a murder in the gay beach front community?

  • @acleme1709
    @acleme17097 жыл бұрын

    I love lamp!

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    6 жыл бұрын

    Oh fuck off you big lamp.

  • @hal900x
    @hal900x2 жыл бұрын

    I just love how they got the downtrodden McClane character so very downtrodden in the infamous sign-holding scene. That was some serious humiliation blended with genuine fear of harm.

  • @philbe20
    @philbe207 ай бұрын

    Amazing analysis of movies. I've come back to watch these multiple times. Amazing!

  • @jackthomas6952
    @jackthomas69525 жыл бұрын

    Well Actually the reason Mclane gets so heavily involved in Die Hard 2 is because Holly is on one of the Planes that is running low on fuel in danger of crashing.

  • @MrHunt916

    @MrHunt916

    2 жыл бұрын

    A passenger jet would never run out of fuel and crash circling the airport. They would divert to the alternate landing location

  • @urAnusFighter1
    @urAnusFighter17 жыл бұрын

    your videos are amazing keep goin lol love the star trek refrence with obrien

  • @doodledangernoodle2517
    @doodledangernoodle25175 жыл бұрын

    The farther back John McClaine’s hairline recedes, the stronger he becomes.

  • @nathansmith4529
    @nathansmith45297 жыл бұрын

    You provide some of the best content consistently on KZread. Thanks mate!

  • @hapdf
    @hapdf6 жыл бұрын

    How long could Mc Clane just be a regular guy at the wrong place at the wrong time ? The kind of over the top, superheroic feeling he gives in the fourth comes from the fact that he's previous adventures somehow alter him. You just can't forget that somehow he singlehandedly save a building from robbers, an Airport from rogue soldiers and New-York from bombers.

  • @yoloswaggins2161
    @yoloswaggins21617 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for having your lava lamp shut off for a while before starting the video. So much better when it just started.

  • @TheAwkwardStuffShow
    @TheAwkwardStuffShow7 жыл бұрын

    You are by far one of my all time favorite film-analyzing-type KZreadrs. Keep up the good work!

  • @seanbarker9272
    @seanbarker92727 жыл бұрын

    I think this might be my new favourite channel just the right blend of witty sarcasm for me

  • @elrockerchido
    @elrockerchido6 жыл бұрын

    can we all agree that Die 5 is bad and should not be considered as part of the saga

  • @GetToDaChoppa-k5r

    @GetToDaChoppa-k5r

    5 жыл бұрын

    nor 4

  • @porflepopnecker4376

    @porflepopnecker4376

    5 жыл бұрын

    No, I like 4 and 5. The one I think is the worst in the series is 3.

  • @aggressivepizza2394

    @aggressivepizza2394

    5 жыл бұрын

    Porfle Popnecker Wrong

  • @frankderudder7290

    @frankderudder7290

    4 жыл бұрын

    The first one was great the second and 3rd WERE acceptable part 4 getting alitte far fetched AND part 5 sucked 2 me not a die HARD movie!!!

  • @oneandonlysound3453

    @oneandonlysound3453

    4 жыл бұрын

    totally. I have no idea how, it was actually the only one originally being written as a script to be a sequel to die hard, and just somehow ends up feeling like a decent bruce willis led action-film. Meanwhile Live Free or Die Hard was based off an article now far less famous than the actual film, Die Hard with a Vengeance was a seperate film called "Simon Says," and Die Hard 2 was an adaptation of another book from a different series from the same author that original die hard was based on. Also, they cast Jai Courtney, and couldn't even get the location of chernobyl right.

  • @Metalders
    @Metalders6 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: in Brazil the 4th movie was called Die Hard 4.0 .

  • @jeandonaghue2150

    @jeandonaghue2150

    5 жыл бұрын

    That's what it was called in most of the world

  • @patrickhanlon932
    @patrickhanlon9324 жыл бұрын

    going full artistic integrity at 12:19 kudos to you for being brave enough to show the original unedited shot.

  • @eragoninheritance
    @eragoninheritance7 жыл бұрын

    This was a great video Georg. I'm loving your channel. I don't usually care for movies all that much, but you really make it interesting. I love your humor.

  • @connorm997
    @connorm9977 жыл бұрын

    maybe different coloured lamps for different subjects or genres?

  • @bul13ts

    @bul13ts

    7 жыл бұрын

    BLASPHEMY!!! BLASPHEMY, I SAY!!! AND THRICE!!! *BLASPHEMY!!!!*

  • @martinhowser4094
    @martinhowser40946 жыл бұрын

    Die hard 4 : die hardererer

  • @oneandonlysound3453

    @oneandonlysound3453

    4 жыл бұрын

    but we never ever got Die Hardest!

  • @contactkeithstack
    @contactkeithstack4 жыл бұрын

    I grew up with Die Hard 3 and that's always been my favourite

  • @BlackHoon
    @BlackHoon7 жыл бұрын

    This channel is amazing, keep up the informational content!

  • @PunksterOS
    @PunksterOS7 жыл бұрын

    Downloading, in case the FOX has something to say.

  • @GeorgRockallSchmidt

    @GeorgRockallSchmidt

    7 жыл бұрын

    If it does get taken down I'll put it back up with alterations, but please download away!

  • @VengD
    @VengD6 жыл бұрын

    The first 3 are good films worth watching. 4th is alright and I'd watch it if I randomly found it on some channel. 5th... Actually only watch like 30-45 minutes of it. Just found it boring.

  • @gritty7485
    @gritty74857 жыл бұрын

    You are one of KZreads best!! So please keep it coming....

  • @Rihcterwilker
    @Rihcterwilker7 жыл бұрын

    Keep the lamp please. It's the most entertaining thing that i have found on youtube. (Your commentary about movies is good too)

  • @Daxel101
    @Daxel1017 жыл бұрын

    cool vid... btw keep the lava lamp!

  • @kakashi76767
    @kakashi767675 жыл бұрын

    "I'm sure if the us air force wanted that plane out of the sky they could have made it happen in about three minutes"... Yeah, just like they did on 9-11. Oh wait.... Maybe they didn't want those planes out of the sky on 9-11. Huh.

  • @NeilLewis77

    @NeilLewis77

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the mafia killed Kennedy, and the moon is made out of cheese etc etc

  • @heroinboblivesagain5478

    @heroinboblivesagain5478

    3 жыл бұрын

    There weren't any armed planes on standby, the jets sent up were without cannon ammunition or missiles.

  • @Savantrez
    @Savantrez7 жыл бұрын

    Great job! Keep up the great work I will keep my eye out for the next analysis

  • @theultimatereductionist7592
    @theultimatereductionist75923 жыл бұрын

    The third is the only DH I saw in theaters. And, agreed! The "mime joke" at 13:23 is great! I hate that it's deleted in every rerun.

  • @FireBun
    @FireBun7 жыл бұрын

    nice references to their origins. more of where films got their stories from / films we didn't know were remakes please

  • @matsv201
    @matsv2014 жыл бұрын

    15:00 on one swedish translation they for some of reason replaced "I'm going to marry Donald trump" to (lose translation) "I'm going to be the president's wife". The translator probably didnt think the average Swede at the time know how Donald trump was... but that is one coincident.

  • @FortunateSon999
    @FortunateSon9997 жыл бұрын

    Came for the Lamp, stayed for Die Hard

  • @ProfHusky
    @ProfHusky7 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are so good! I only just found you. Very underrated, keep it up!

  • @helpmeiamtrapped
    @helpmeiamtrapped7 жыл бұрын

    Have you ever seen Red Dwarf? You remind me of Norman Lovett. That's totally a good thing.

  • @justin188541

    @justin188541

    7 жыл бұрын

    Tom !!! Holly for the win! "Everyone is dead Dave. Dave, everyone is dead. Oh, smeg it."

  • @KanaroBurglaar
    @KanaroBurglaar7 жыл бұрын

    I really liked the 4th Movie because it showed an Old School 80s Action Hero in the 2000. The scene where he has no idea how a Webcam works is really good. So is the action. The 5th Movie is one of the worst movies. No Soul, boring action and no Die Hard.

  • @ohyouresilly7366
    @ohyouresilly73666 жыл бұрын

    This channel is exactly the kind of content I've been trying to find more of. I don't know why youtube has never recommended your videos to me before, but I'm glad they didn't since now I've got all these never-before-seen (by me) videos of yours to watch! Great channel, great content and a nice execution. Good work and keep it up!

  • @gehtea.7013
    @gehtea.70136 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully they won't take it down I love your videos keep it up

  • @GeraldDarden
    @GeraldDarden7 жыл бұрын

    What are your thoughts on Event Horizon? I would love to see your analysis.

  • @ronindebeatrice

    @ronindebeatrice

    7 жыл бұрын

    I think the movie doesn't even know what's happening... it's a bit of a jump-scare-happy, gore-porn mess.

  • @GeraldDarden

    @GeraldDarden

    7 жыл бұрын

    jeff peake I have my own opinion, I would just like to hear his take on it.

  • @DGP406

    @DGP406

    7 жыл бұрын

    you are better off checking Good Bad Flicks channel for those kind of movies

  • @mikelykan.9416

    @mikelykan.9416

    7 жыл бұрын

    Gerald Darden Hellraiser in Space.

  • @paulgilson2347

    @paulgilson2347

    3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant film, cult clsasic. Just really hoping the directors cut will finally see the light of day.

  • @MrRagnew5
    @MrRagnew57 жыл бұрын

    What are the chances that both Hillary and Trump get 'shout outs,' in the same movie (3rd one)?. Hmm.

  • @ThreadBomb

    @ThreadBomb

    6 жыл бұрын

    I L L U M I N A T I ?

  • @God_gundam36

    @God_gundam36

    5 жыл бұрын

    jermaine tobin I'm sure some consistency theorist will some how link it to 911

  • @saschamayer4050

    @saschamayer4050

    4 жыл бұрын

    Didn't he also have a cameo in Home Alone 2?

  • @philippefutureboy7348

    @philippefutureboy7348

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤷‍♂️ I think you (@Person Place) are just making links where there aren’t

  • @noviomagus5852

    @noviomagus5852

    4 жыл бұрын

    ​@@saschamayer4050 Trump has had cameo's in several films and series, mostly in the 90's. It was a requirement in exchange for allowing a scene to be filmed inside one of his buildings

  • @robhuggins
    @robhuggins6 жыл бұрын

    never saw your videos until today.... subscribed... also, i like your fade out to focus on the lava lamp :D

  • @seanfeehly6206
    @seanfeehly62067 жыл бұрын

    i was waiting all last week after you mentioned it coming up. If the length is any indication then im assured it was worth the wait! cheers mate/

  • @bobdole57
    @bobdole574 жыл бұрын

    My ranking because everyone is dying to know: 3, 1, 4, 2, 5 doesn't exist. For some reason I'm unusually soft on 2.

  • @elwin15208
    @elwin152087 жыл бұрын

    I have not seen a single "Die Hard" movie, so I'm not going to watch this video yet. I just came to check on the lava lamp. I can rest well tonight :)

  • @bul13ts

    @bul13ts

    7 жыл бұрын

    Watch 1 and 3, definitely. 2 is optional but recommended. 4 is fine, but not exactly required viewing. 5 is just a piece of shit. Watch it only to brag about sitting through the whole thing.

  • @REDDAWNproject

    @REDDAWNproject

    7 жыл бұрын

    5 is the only die hard movie i slept through. That should not be a thing. I honestly think 4 is as good, maybe better than 2. 1 and 3 are action movie classics.

  • @peterspencer6442
    @peterspencer64424 жыл бұрын

    Nice work! Very enjoyable to watch.

  • @roadyogi1697
    @roadyogi16975 жыл бұрын

    I've seen some of your videos and have been immensely enjoying them. You're well-spoken, and well-researched. These are fantastic presentations and I'm subscribing, sir. Also love the lava lamp.

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