I’ve been studying for most of this weekend. Oh, it’s a good time, I assure you… I’m having a blast with all these hip phospholipids. They’re really becoming my friends and if I were any more familiar with them, I’d be called a phospholipideophile.
Anyhow, one particular movie that I’ve been enjoying is Die Hard. It just keeps coming on the TV for some reason. I’m not sure if this is some special weekend for Bruce Willis or something, but he’s getting quite a few residual checks from the movie’s airing. I wonder what AFTRA pays him, and how I can get a piece of that. Too bad I didn’t write Die Hard.
Right now it’s the scene where John McClane calls the police for the first time. The classic line “Do I sound like I’m ordering a pizza?” is a riot, especially since it sounds something I totally wouldn’t say. I’d probably say something like “Do I sound like I’m ordering toner?” I don’t think that has quite the same punch as “pizza.” Oh, there’s the first scene with Al Powell… he’s buying Twinkies. Everyone know where I am in the movie?
Holy crap. Powell just walked out and took a look at the Nakatomi building… in 1988 (when the movie was released), gas was only 74 cents per gallon. WOW. I’ve GOT to start working on my time machine again.
So what IS it about Die Hard that is so awesome? Is it the fact that John McClane is the “everyman” who beats the bad guys? Is it the fact that McClane’s trademark scream “YAAAAAAAAA!” is so much fun to imitate? Is it the face that I love calling out the name “Holly!” with a dirty tank top, a limp, and an automatic rifle in my hands?
Who here hasn’t seen Die Hard?
“Who’s driving this car, Stevie Wonder?” is another great line from Mr. John McClane.
Say, did anyone else think that the bad guy stationed at the front desk of Nakatomi Plaza looked like Huey Lewis?
Here’s some interesting triva… the movie’s title was changed for different countries:
- In Thailand it was called Big Building Fight.
- In Spain it was called The Glass Jungle (La Jungla de Cristal)
- In Greece it was called Too Tough to Die (that’s a pretty cool title)
- In Yugoslavia it was called Die Like a Man (pretty cool, too)
- In Isreal it was called Dying to Live
- In Hong Kong and China it was called Tiger’s Bravery and Dragon’s Might (huh????)
You know my favorite lines of the movie? I can’t decide which one tops the list…
1. “We’re gonna need some more FBI guys, I guess.”
2. “Hey, sprechen-zie-talk?”
3. “Let’s see you take THIS under advisement, Jerkweed!”
My favorite characters of the movie are the two FBI guys, Special Agent Johnson and Special Agent Johnson (no relation).
I totally dig this movie and think it’s the best one of the series. John McClane got a bit TOO unstoppable in the others. I really think the big draw for the first Die Hard was the fact that he was some guy who didn’t know what he was doing.
I’m so inspired by this movie right now. So inspired, in fact, that ALL my answers for my classes will be “Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!”
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Professor: Can you tell me how an Allosteric Inhibitor works?
Me: Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!
Professor: How many carbons does Glucose have?
Me: Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!
Professor: Mr. Lee, you keep answering you questions like that. Do you really think you can get an “A” with that kind of attitude?
Me: Yippee-ki-yay, motherfucker!
Yeah, maybe I should turn off the TV and study. Here are some songs that die… die HARD.
Your Dig-It Download:
Download: Die a Little (Viva Voce)
Download: If I Die Sudden (live) (John Mellencamp)
Download: Day I Die (Drug Rug)
Download: Die (Iron & Wine)
Download: Had to Die (Caddle)
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BY FAR THE BEST MOVIE IN THE SERIES, HECK YEAH!
- Crawling through the air ducts: “come out to LA, we’ll have a few laughs…”
- Emerging a bloody mess and confronting the Bad Guy (Alan Rickman, FABULOUS villian) holding his wife hostage: “Hi, honey.” Like he’s getting home from work. Which I guess he was.
- Alexander Godunov, the ballet dancer (the dude who was with Jacqueline Bisset for a long time), playing a bad guy. Cool.
P.S. Residuals probably paid by SAG, not AFTRA, but could be wrong. I might have an AFTRA contract somewhere to check for you.
I love when Holly realizes John must still be alive by how pissed off the terrorists are. “Only John can make people that mad.” (or words to that effect)
Or how about when they shoot out the glass windows and he’s dragging himself around on his bloody feet? It kills me every time. Man, I love this movie!!!
It’s the Yippee-ki-yay!! Wow, the movie is that old?
I still cringe at the part where he gets the glass in his feet….