Die Hard Is The Sequel To The Book Seven Samurai Wrote On Action | CineFix Top 100

[@travisspaulding5835]

They need to let Alex finish this podcast out as a side gig somehow. She was a voter on this list. How can it go on without her? Anyway, best of luck Alex! The movie book club will miss you!

[@ckellyedits]

She's literally the best of them all, the podcast will plummet without her

[@CoolPondProductions]

Yeah, they can't just grab a new 3rd co-host, as that would mean either redoing the list, or having some other person talk about... What these movies mean to Alex and why she did or didn't put them on the list I guess? Aside from her being an excellent part of the team and vibe of the show, I don't see how it can work with one host subbed out.

[@DanParkhurst318]

We’re figuring it out!

[@Timewarp84]

Rutger Hauer would have been a great Hans too

[@BrewCityGillz]

Thank you, Alex! Your perspective on these movies has been greatly appreciated. I’ll still be back when the top 100 continues but it won’t be quite the same each week without you. Wishing you the best! 🙂

[@jcmitch000]

Alex good luck in wherever you're headed next and thank you all for a great season and this great show. Love having a weekly show where people who love movies just sit down and talk about what makes them so great.

[@liulingling88]

OMG did I get a shout out on this podcast!? This is so exciting and so sad. I've been following ya'll since the first episode and love watching/listening. So sad to see Alex go because girl, I was with you 100% on those Dark Knight and Kill Bill episodes. SIGH. it won't be the same without you!

[@TDawgBR]

Aww, Alex, you will be missed, and this series is all the better for your involvement. All the best in your future endeavors and I certainly hope your contributions to the Top 100 continue onward, even if you won't be a part of it.

[@StefanBorglducky]

Gonna miss you Alex :(

[@benjaminsimpson76]

Alex, you're wonderful and I wish the best for you in the future! Here's a Terminator 2 thumbs up just for you: 👍

[@GeorgeCraig-ir2gd]

@@benjaminsimpson76 👍🏼

[@SadThrash]

Thank you so much for being a part of this podcast, Alex! You're awesome, and I can only hope that the next member of the Top 100 trio does as good a job of balancing the dude-bro-ness (which I also love, but everything in moderation 😉. My question is: Alex's picks are still going to factor in to the future selections, right? It seems like we're in too deep to be resetting one of the pick pools.

[@DanParkhurst318]

They will still factor! But the algo will need to be adjusted to accommodate whomever joins next season.

[@1bytesnack369]

Noooooooooo 😢 Thanks for all the fun shows, Alex.

[@PepeGomezAnimation]

The moment the "alone against the world" season was announced, I knew that a December episode had to be Die Hard, I am so happy it is

[@TheJaysvice]

Alex, my heart aches anticipating future Top100 episodes without your quirky charm. Best of luck in your future endeavors and if destiny ever has our path cross again it will be a happy day.

[@Ghadente]

Sad to see Alex go 😢 Really hope you all continue the list. Happy holidays!

[@The13thKnight]

Damn I just found this pod recently, really enjoyed your presence Alex. Hope what you're doing next is fun and fulfilling and pays great!

[@DaveJohnson-d7i]

Alex, It's been a pleasure to listen to you on this show, you were genuinely my favorite host. Your cheerful energy always elevated the episodes. You will be very missed, I hope what you do next makes you happy 😢😊

[@strawmancomics]

Oh I'm so disappointed by this news. You guys have great chemistry as a group. And yes I look forward to these episodes every week. Thank you so much for making an hour & 1/2 of my day tolerable.

[@misaeljoelvera6631]

Will miss Alex! Good luck, may fortune smile on your next work!

[@Stephen.R]

Been a blast watching, will miss you Alex. Happy Holidays everyone, wishing everyone the best in 2025

[@MTimWeaver]

Great episode! James Shigeta, is another great actor that was in this. And don't forget that Agent Johnson...no, the other one...was in Lethal Weapon, too.

[@MartinHoeckerMartinez]

Noooooooo! Alex is an awesome addition! I thought she had great chemistry with the Clint, Cal and the other hosts. She understands the Cinefix vibe. Our sad loss.

[@allenrubinstein3696]

Makes me wonder how they'll proceed with this format, because I'm not aware of anything they've said definitively. Does someone (female?) replace Alex? Whoever it is will defend Alex's choices? Do they add someone new and reshuffle the algorithm? (sounds confusing) Or will it be just the two of them? Just won't feel like a well-rounded conversation without her, but it would be weird to have a new presence who's not a part of the rankings.

[@mpuone]

42:25 I always interpreted the naked woman on the phone was so John knew his phone lines were cut intentionally, because her phone still worked.

[@nrhisback]

That was my interpretation too. The fact that she's half naked I just chalked up to....80's.

[@Deraphim]

This really has been like a book club for me. A comfy weekly ritual. Now not only is the season ending, but the trio is down to two??? (Best of luck Alex)

[@cibrianer]

I saw Die Hard when it came out, and I was living (and writing) in LA at the time. My best friend and I at the time actually took a drive (more like a devotional pilgrimage, actually) to Fox Plaza after seeing the movie. I find the film very sophisticated for an action movie (in a very good way), and have it in my personal desert island movie list, together with films like Fellini's 8 1/2 and the Coen brothers' Hudsucker Proxy. If you haven't heard McTearnan's bluray audio commentary (you don't seem to mention it at any rime during the video), I urge you to do so; it's wonderfully insightful. Thanks for your videos, they are lots of fun.

[@CINEMARTYR]

Bye Alex, you were right about the Dark Knight!

[@santos8468]

That title is really confusing.

[@GeorgeCraig-ir2gd]

Yes, but considering each film was used as a template for a Myriad of imitators, remakes and influenced the action genre for years, it makes sense once you look at it through that lens

[@santos8468]

​@@GeorgeCraig-ir2gdyeah, but the way the words are put together is taxing on both the eyes and the brain.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Absolutely agree on that - the title is a linguistic nightmare of meaninglessness🙄

[@zombieowen]

And yet, we all clicked on it. They must know something we don't.

[@christianprice4049]

I love it for that exact reason 😅

[@ErrisSq]

Very sorry to hear Alex is leaving. You must try get her back for some specials (we never got to hear her reaction to Hard Boiled!!). If there are any left on the list that were only there from her votes, she needs to defend them. Also back for the Top Ten reveal.

[@legobenj]

Here’s the Cinefix Top 100 for those of you who don’t check the description: ?? - Terminator 2: Judgment Day ?? - Die Hard ?? - Jaws 13 - Le Samourai 14 - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 16 - Alien 18 - Rear Window 20 - Star Wars 22 - Robocop 23 - Kill Bill Vol. 1 28 - Seven Samurai 32 - The Babadook 35 - They Live 42 - The Exorcist 48 - Blade Runner 2049 49 - City of God 51 - The Truman Show 53 - The Third Man 56 - Sunset Boulevard 62 - The ‘Burbs (Replaced with Being There) 65 - Raiders of the Lost Ark 66 - Three Amigos (Replaced with Monty Python and the Holy Grail) 71 - Parasite 75 - Disney’s Robin Hood 76 - Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 78 - Boogie Nights 79 - Princess Mononoke 80 - OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (Replaced with Planet of the Apes) 83 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit 84 - Independence Day 86 - Toy Story 87 - La Haine 92 - Hot Fuzz 93 - Uncut Gems (Replaced with Ikiru) 96 - The Dark Knight (Replaced with Hard Boiled) 97 - Groundhog Day 100 - The Naked Gun ---- 121 - Ikiru 128 - Monty Python and the Holy Grail 176 - Being There 207 - Jackie Brown 208 - The Warriors 245 - In Bruges 262 - Midnight Cowboy 266 - The Fly 270 - Gravity Movies List Tally Clint - 24 Michael - 25 Alex - 17 Dan - 21

[@DAS_k1ishEe]

This is sad, I will miss Alex. What she lacks in experience, she made up with reasoning.

[@budgieishere]

Really hope you find a way to get Alex on at least semi-regularly as the three of you work great and you need her to rally against / defend her choices. Best of luck in the future Alex!

[@obican]

Alex is leaving some pretty big shoes to fill

[@critter42]

Can we at least get Alex back for the Top 10 reveal show?

[@joshuabrown4755]

Found myself always agreeing with Alex every episode. Shame to see them go, but also good luck with whatever path you're on!

[@akashmohimen]

I was literally thinking if all 3 are contracted to see this out this top 100, when Alex dropped her bomb. Hope she sees it till the end for the remaining episodes.

[@paradisecity0406able]

The perfect way to kick off Christmas week!

[@stephenhakimi2375]

Thank you and you will be missed Alex

[@sandracassinelli5874]

You will be missed, Alex. We need a woman’s perspective.

[@pffawg9999]

The only way to improve this movie would be to have John McClane say to Hans after he starts falling, "Keep the watch, it's a Rolex!"

[@baristabran]

Pineapple Express on tv was gold. Craig Robinson saying "mucka lucka" a hundred times never gets old

[@sauwercraud]

So sad to see Alex go :'( Wish you all the best!

[@Advent3546]

Sad to see you go Alex. Your contributions to these movie talks will be missed.

[@42Strangelove]

Alex's perspective will be sorely missed, which is not a knock on Clint or Cal, just that there aren't enough women in the movie talking space 😢

[@mattlewis3472]

You'll be missed, Alex! I hope you're able to come back as a guest or gig or something

[@RyanDesmond]

I love the roof scene where we see John's resourcefulness. He finds 3 ways to use a gun that aren't shooting people. He blows open a lock, stalls a fan, repels with the strap. Rambo doesn't get hit because he's played by Stallone and Stallone doesn't get hit. John McClane survives because he's smart and we see his smarts playing out in front of us.

[@scott1059]

If you’re going to look at years, actually 86-88 was pretty amazing. Everything from Aliens to Full Metal Jacket, Robocop to Dangerous Liaisons, Ferris Bueller to The Untouchables, The Color Purple to Big. A massive number of modern classics came out in that period.

[@DaveJohnson-d7i]

We have Harrison Ford in Die Hard, it's called Air Force One

[@ozykins]

Inspired, I made my own top 100 films.. Now what to do with that information... lol

[@GaZZuM]

Hans says his name is Bill Clay, and the sign shows "Wm Clay", but as Bill is often short for William, this ACTUALLY shows how well prepared and cool under pressure Hans is. It's not Hans messing up, it's just McClain not trusting anybody.

[@kaspinet]

When my nephew was a boy, he could play piano by ear. One time he asked me if I wanted to the theme to Diehard. As I was listening to him, I thought, "Omigod, he's playing Beethoven!"

[@marypalmer8223]

Love this movie. It has at least one of my favorite lines: "Why don't you wake up and smell what you're shoveling."

[@robertbeck714]

Great season!!!

[@allenmartin5057]

OMG. "The Hard Way" - This should be on the top 100

[@jackalovski1]

Just remembered that Jeremy Irons has played two characters who's brothers both died falling from a high place.

[@oliversomething]

My favorite edited-for-TV line is from _The Exorcist:_ "Your mother darns socks in Hell!"

[@kdisley]

The UK TV edit (at least, the one I remember from my younger years) was "Yippee-ki-ay, *_kemo sabe"..._* which simultaneously makes a little more sense in the context of the cowboy joke, and also looks hilarious because the edit doesn't even _remotely_ match Macleane's lips (and was also badly dubbed, so it didn't sound like Bruce Willis either). True genius.

[@editingenthusiast561]

Think I remember when the channel used to be homemade movies but now I would actually become a big thing. Anything I do to watch a new one of these older vids

[@electricwarrior6991]

Clint, this episode made me miss TTA 🐯 -A Titten

[@DanglyWeenus-s5u]

"Get out of my house! Get out of my freshly vacuumed house!"

[@PeterKJRichterIMHO]

Just dawned on me.. Hans is short for Johann, which is German for "John"... mind blown 😮😮 so the movie is really John versus John LOL

[@stirwoodcraft]

Ah shit, you'll be missed, love the mix of you three.

[@comicbelief]

Also from 1988 but not mentioned: Big, Akira, My Neighbor Totoro, Mississippi Burning, Cinema Paradiso, Last Temptation of Christ…

[@GeorgeCraig-ir2gd]

You mean Akira? They did mention big and Last Temptation of Christ.

[@comicbelief]

@ yeah. Stupid autocorrect 😂

[@Ghadente]

​@GeorgeCraig-ir2gd you mean that you aren't familiar with the most groundbreaking and influential film about Japanese dog breed? 😂

[@allenrubinstein3696]

The Accused, The Accidental Tourist, Dominick and Eugene, Eight Men Out, Crossing Delancy, Imagine: John Lennon, Torch Song Trilogy, Pascali's Island, The Moderns, My Neighbor Totoro, The Milagro Beanfield War, Tucker: The Man and His Dreams, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Midnight Run, Beetlejuice, Clean and Sober, Dangerous Liaisons, Gorillas in the Mist, Married to the Mob, Mystic Pizza, Hairspray, Tapeheads, Poawaqquatsi, The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen, Another Woman... and on the shitty end - Hobgoblins, Space Mutiny and Mac and Me So, yeah, 1988.

[@sdcraig]

Looking forward to seeing Alex’s replacement.

[@aroccoification]

Why is Pedro pascal using a different accent?

[@fbritorufino]

No way the podcast should go on without Alex, please keep her as a regular host

[@PeterKJRichterIMHO]

Al Powell score when shooting "Badinov" ... is the same score from Wrath of Khan (Horner) during the initial Kirk/Khan ship fight, and I think it was used again when the Enterprise "surfaces" behind Khan and they fire a sneaky torpedo etc etc. Horner seemed to use the same pieces in other movies too i.e. Willow used that score too, I believe 😮😉🙃

[@hussd21]

What can I say about Die Hard that y'all didn't already say? One of the best action movies ever made, one of my favorites, I can quote this movie all day, and I do stand on the side of the fence that says it is a Christmas movie. Alex, I'm sad to see you leave, I've enjoyed your insights and perspective on movies, no one could do the TorFs as well as you, but I wish you good luck where you go in life. Also I'm with you in solidarity for the erroneous omission of The Dark Knight

[@shadowvash07]

Yippie kay yay, Mister Falcon.

[@greenaxilot]

Can you please do top 10 muscle heads of all time as it could be beginning to character trope lists. 👊

[@natangweiitula]

Oh no… I’ll miss you alex

[@axelfoley133]

My one pushback is that while McClane is a jerk in the movie, he is also aware that he's a jerk and doesn't like it. He immediately regretted pushing Holly about her surname, so he knows he (not she) messed up and let his ego get the better of him, but only after it's too late. It's not like he's an asshole that thinks everyone else is beneath him or stupid. And I think we can relate to that. We've all let our temper get the better of us, said something we regretted, but realized it a moment too late. It's part of what humanizes him as an everyman.

[@jonsmith1956]

I don't always agree on the Nic Cage picks, but yeah he's Ellis

[@GeorgeCraig-ir2gd]

Hey Bubbie, y’all neglected to mention Hart Bochner, in the array of supporting roles. He was proto Zabka back in Breaking Away.

[@zombieowen]

First i heard DH2 was originally a Commando sequel. Interesting because DH3 was suppose to be a Leathal Weapoj sequel.

[@JB-pf9hf]

Shame cal didn’t leave. Alex you were the best. Gonna miss you

[@sarkastro]

My friends and I bought tickets to the atrocious Caddyshack 2 and snuck into Die Hard after because we were too young for an R rated movie.

[@SecondLineNews]

Al AND Argyle are the good guys.

[@rhysalexander182]

Going by your logic of kicking off Dark Knight because it flooded cinemas with superhero movies… think of all the Die Hard knock offs we had to injure for the following decade!

[@purple_nhaze]

Skipping in the Alex' departure (cause i've already commented on that (sniff)) - Nic Cage would have also made a great Thornberg... I just want to add

[@TheGeneralDisarray]

If you like Die Hard, you should check out 16 Blocks with Bruce Willis and Mos Def. Watched it last night and it's the Die Hard 4 we should have got. I don't want to spoil anything, but give it a try. It's Bruce as McClane would be near the end of his career, burnt out and tired. It came out a year before 4.0 and is way more similar to the first one, contained (within 16 blocks) stripped down, gritty. Competent villains and a fitting end to McClane's story. And great direction by Richard Donner. It even has connections to the third one with McClane working again with an African American, in a logical and natural (but very different way). Def recommend.

[@austincramer2349]

A lot of the movies Clint meantioned didn't come out in '88. Moonstruck came out in 87.

[@scott1059]

Fatal Attraction was also ‘87 but it made most of its money in ‘88.

[@CornishCreamtea07]

Can Alex not just do this one part of Cinefix?

[@MrMann0123]

Gruber absolutely is the protagonist. The whole movie is coded that he is the hero, he gets the music intro and so on. It is his movie and John is absolutely the antagonist... ... but... Sean Connery both smoked and shot a gun much cooler than anyone

[@CaptainA-M-A-N]

You Guys should really bring back homemade movies

[@fatmat3460]

Hmm... I thought Alan Rivkman was a theatre actor in London, not on Broadway 🤨

[@Zed-fq3lj]

Die Hard 1988 is the most important for the sub-genre and a fun, great movie but Die Hard 3 with Vengeance is the BEST Die Hard! Die Hard 2 is also a good, underrated movie! Btw, the title of this video is a linguistic nightmare of meaninglessness 😒🙄Who wrote this title☺?

[@ulicesvilla6995]

Y'all didn't do Taxi Driver?

[@Hejeval]

Hey, is Pedro Pascal's brother!!

[@axnyslie]

Cinefix actually did two Top Ten Villains list videos and Hans Gruber was on neither. You went with Heath Ledger's Joker instead both times for perfectly matched opposition to the hero.

[@wpgme85]

CineFix Top 100 without Alex? She’s gotta come back for at least a quarter of the episodes, right?

[@kelvinlee7506]

45:34 "besides what are multiple people going to do with one machine gun?" That's a great fucking point! Alex was wrong about that line being great.

[@ckellyedits]

Shoulda been Die Hard 2, just saying. The greatest "sequel is better than the original" example of all time

[@DefinitelyNotMaca]

Told you not to strike The Dark Knight...

[@jonsmith1956]

Wait, what happened to Hard Boiled?

[@DanParkhurst318]

It will show up in a future season! It fits into a different theme!

[@mariuszzwolak_]

We need to talk more about McTiernan aside from his time, he is a master director and the props have to be given, what he does aint easy, his style and camer work to relay information so you dont get lost in the story this is not Micheal Bay. There is a reason why thousands of action movies have been made since the 80s and none o them match quality and all of them are getting worse it seems people dont know how to direct action

[@matthewpaul6904]

Speaking of VFX, what does Die Hard and Ghostbusters have in common? Richard Edlund is replaced by ILM in the sequel! 😅

[@YouCallThataKnife253]

Imagine Cage as Hans Gruber 😂😂😂

[@MrLee-zh9ls]

It would have been hilarious if De Souza had run home to re-write the script before apologising to his wife 😅

[@MrMann0123]

OMG Three movie experts and you miss it? Seriously? The calendar is critical, its a checkpoint. We are introduced to our very similar looking set but each area has somwthing distinctive and the loop starts and ends with the calendar. I think of it as a save point in a game but really it is for us, the audience. Where is he? Ahh he has come back down and is near x and y, poster is on his right so he is heading for... it holds the whole upper floor sections together.

[@ckellyedits]

Such a ludicrous ride 😂 love this film, defend it constantly, but it shouldn't even be in the top 50 come on guys what are we even doing here? Alex got out while the going was good, good luck for the future

[@4393MonsterSea]

Top ten best censor dubs? "I've had it with these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Friday plane"

[@JackSamEss]

Nicolas Cage replacing Alex will have to suffice.

[@WhiskyCanuck]

Die Hard was so well shot & edited, but wasn't that contentious/controversial during the production? Things like cutting while the camera was still moving, or having glare on the lens were considered faux-pas & were getting a lot of studio pushback, and the first editor was fired because he wouldn't go along with what McTiernan wanted to do? Also, I believe Powell's hero music at the end was pulled from Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan (James Horner).