Comments on: Survive Hard: All The Times John McClane Should Have Died In The ‘Die Hard’ Series https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/ Thu, 26 Apr 2018 02:39:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: me https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/#comment-61230 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-101470/#comment-61230 I'm a bit late, anyway, agreed on most other things, but about Die Hard II, you might know a little bit more about aviation before writing this because 1) ejecting seat wasn't thrown in the air by grenades, ejecting seats really are rocket propelled (!) to get the pilot above the plane, so he wouldn't get slammed or burned by the crashing plane, or sucked in the plane's engines, and 2) 747 absolutely does not have landing gear under its wings, so there would be nothing to run him over

]]> By: [A] https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/#comment-61231 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-101470/#comment-61231 Football, motherf**ker. Repeat with me: foot-ball.

]]> By: Bart Brown https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/#comment-61232 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-101470/#comment-61232 Willis should have died at the end of the first "Die Hard," thus saving us all from the agony of the next four (my god, it seems like forty!). The second one has to be one of the most painful all-time unintentional comedy hits in modern cinema. What I could never understand was, if Bonnie Bedelia (on the plane) could talk to Willis (on the ground), why couldn't she have called the police and told them what was going on? Or did I sleep through the most important 45 minutes?

The first one's a classic — no better villain than Alan Rickman, no better nutcase killer than the late, lamented Alexander Godunov, who had made many fans with his portrayal of would-be "Rachel" ("the strapping" — as one critic said — Kelly McGillis) suitor "Daniel Hochleitner." And then there was Viggo Mortensen, in his first non-TV movie, as Daniel's brother "Moses."

Who would have guessed that apparently super-fit ballet star Godunov would die at such an early age, and Mortensen would go on to cash in on one of the greatest money-making (and artistically excellent, though not true to Tolkien) franchises of all time?

]]> By: Shackett https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/#comment-61233 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-101470/#comment-61233 Perhaps he's a ghost and hasn't realized that he's dead…. yet.

]]> By: Shackett https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/#comment-61234 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-101470/#comment-61234 Perhaps he's a ghost and hasn't realized that he's dead…. yet.

]]> By: Shackett https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/#comment-61235 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:05 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-101470/#comment-61235 Perhaps he's a ghost and hasn't realized that he's dead…. yet.

]]> By: Dan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-20130213/#comment-61229 Fri, 13 May 2016 10:36:04 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2013/more/uncategorized/survive-hard-all-the-times-john-mcclane-should-have-died-in-the-die-hard-series-101470/#comment-61229 McLain is actually David Dunn and that is why he does not die. This is why he stays away from water bodies.

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