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[@martin43427]

You absolutely need to watch the third film, Die Hard With a Vengeance. The director of the first film comes back, and it’s just as good as the first one. Plus it introduces Samuel L. Jackson, and the chemistry between Willis and Jackson is incredible. It’s probably the funniest of all the Die Hard films.

[@jculver1674]

I would argue that #3 is the best Die Hard movie. It's so freaking good, and I rewatch it more than the original.

[@facts2741]

Die Hard with a Vengeance was fun enough but it wasn't nearly as good as the original.

[@WhiskiDev]

Agreed. 3rd is great! Fantastic villain too.

[@Tarolock]

3-4 is pretty good imo, the rest not so much.

[@mattybob12310]

Die Hard 3 is my favourite of the franchise by far. I think it's because of that chemistry between Willis and SLJ

[@LacoSinfonia]

Willis’ breakout role was as the male lead on a comedy series called ‘Moonlighting’. Before it came out, people were shitting all over his casting because they thought he wouldn’t be able to do action.

[@mrtveye6682]

I was about to write the same. Haven't seen that series since it aired originally, so no idea how well it aged. But back in the days, I thought it was quite entertaining, and the duo Bruce Willis + Cybill Shepherd (btw, I hope CineBinge will watch Taxi Driver one day) worked pretty well together. There are some similarities to Pierce Brosnan, who got famous with the TV show "Remington Steele" with a somehow similar concept to ""Moonlighting", before getting the Job as James Bond.

[@mmclaurin8035]

Moonlighting was much watch TV back in the day. I was pretty young when it came on, but I still watched it with my folks and loved it. You could tell Willis was going to be a star. His on screen charisma was enormous. When Die Hard came out, to say he blew up would be an understatement. There had never been an action movie or a action hero like Die Hard and John McClane.

[@andrewturnbull9218]

You should check out his music album , some great cover versions and he actually hasn't got a bad voice

[@thescott7539]

@@mrtveye6682 Beyond that, Brosnan's debut as Bond was delayed by nearly a decade because he couldn't get out of his Steele contract.

[@dekulruno]

And the action star archetype at the time was more hulking muscle man, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Stallone etc…

[@zmarko]

When Simone said "planes are huge", all I could picture was Ralph Wiggum saying it. 🤣

[@lobachevscki]

The reason Willis has the comedic timing down is because he was a comedy actor before the first Die Hard, he was among other things the star of a show called Moonlighting where he portrayed a detective and it was a pretty good show. His casting in Die Hard was pretty controversial and Mctiernan, the director, had huge troubles with Fox to get Willis in the role.

[@eurkedal]

Definitely do Die Hard 3. In my opinion it's the best one. Also, since it's not a Christmas movie, you're not limited to watching it at Christmas 😀

[@erikthompson619]

"Die hard 3" is a disgrace that defecates all over the proud heritage of the two previous masterpieces.

[@franklopez8235]

I still think the first is the best. Han's set one hell of a bar for villains, some of the best villains of all time, are still compared to him. I will say Simon gave him a pretty good run for his money. That's just my opinion, but that's the best part of movies. Movies are art, and art is subjective. It doesn't make either of us right or wrong, we just have different points of view.

[@hadoken95]

I would still put the first one on top but the 3rd is definitely a solid entry in the series, especially considering the ones afterwards lol

[@renlessard]

Samuel Jackson and Jeremy Irons make Die Hard 3 really great

[@Stefi-P]

Tell that to the kid on the bike...

[@kermitlacock5930]

A bit of trivia.. The guy at the walkway who fires the first shot is Robert Patrick. From what I hear this role helped get him the villan role in T2.

[@guyr.6053]

13:50 Seen here for half a second, for who might be searching him in the video

[@maxxgraber]

He was in the comedy, Hudson Hawk. It's ridiculous and I love it.

[@marklehuray1091]

Massive flop and critically panned for being a Bruce Willis ego trip and I love that film

[@Fedorevsky]

One of his earliest movies was the romantic comedy Blind Date alongside Kim Basinger directed by legendary comedy director Blake Edwards.

[@geromino2007]

You have to watch :” long kiss good night”. The Die Hard was first film (that I saw) where the hero is beaten so badly before he wins. “Long Kiss Goodnight” did later the same thing for female hero - also directed by Renny Harlin.

[@theaikidoka]

Geena Davis and Samuel L Jackson both outstanding in their roles. He as a comedic/heart character, her as heart/badass. The Long Kiss seems to have fallen off the radar, but it's a great movie.

[@fredfredburger5150]

That movie is awesome!

[@ptfcgee]

That's a great movie and a rare female action lead in the 90's . Great chemistry between Davis and Jackson and good dose of humour in it also

[@facts2741]

Bruce Willis was known PURELY as a comedic actor until the first Die Hard. Everybody scratched their heads at his casting, but he proved everybody wrong.

[@ptfcgee]

Bruce can do comedy, I recommend Hudson Hawk , it's actually bonkers insane but I f'n love it. "Would you like to swing on a star" Edited to add: I can't stress enough just how batshit crazy it is

[@arkemiffo]

I've honestly never heard "recommended" and "Hudson Hawk" strung together in a sentence before. :) I do agree though, it's bonkers fun. It should NOT be taken seriously. Whatsoever!

[@TheToyman]

Love the chaotic wackiness of Hudson Hawke. Excellent Willis Comedy.

[@Jo_Ch.]

The world should understand it’s some kind of a masterpiece 🧐

[@jayconant3816]

Ball ball 😅

[@cyberleadr]

Can I get a cappuccino?

[@dnllrnt]

Bruce Willis has done comedy. Death Becomes Her is the first movie that comes to mind. Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis absolutely crush it. Highly recommend!

[@DonDuracell]

Hudson Hawk could also be considered a comedy

[@jculver1674]

"The morgue?! She'll be FURIOUS!"

[@RichardinNC1]

He also did Blind Date with Kim Basinger.

[@TA3DArtist]

Moonlighting also was more romantic comedy than detective story.

[@dnllrnt]

​@@DonDuracellthe ultimate guilty pleasure. It's so bad and dumb, but still a fun watch.

[@buchor9455]

The addition of the "Simone OMG Counter" has been a lovely and hilarious companion to her completely, and wonderfully, unhinged welcomes. Never stop being you, y'all.

[@lapislazuli5035]

Simone is a delight!

[@elizabethhartley4262]

The Whole Nine Yards is an action comedy with Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis (among others). It’s pretty priceless.

[@pete_lind]

The whole ten yards , Red , Red 2, Hudson Hawk all comedies, Hudson Hawk has nice cast, Willis and Aiello had some chemistry as team, would have liked to see more movies with them, Sylvester Stallone brother Frank has a small role too in that as mobster, he was in Rocky, street corner singer, Rocky 2, singer, Rocky 3, singer. Of course best line in Hudson Hawk Willis says to Frank "so simple instruction even your brother would get it", it would been good TV movie.

[@CJStowe]

Red most definitely, All Star Cast in that one as another plus! Definitely The Whole Nine Yards as mentioned, which really flew under the radar for some reason, great Comedy!

[@WhiskyCanuck]

TWNY is also set in Montreal - George's town.

[@DoppelSkumm]

Fun fact, Ejector Seats are also called Zero-zero seats because that's the height that you can survive ejection using one of them. Yes, the escape, while improbable, is also possible but his spine and legs would NOT appreciate that landing.

[@jamesenglish5740]

Plus the fact that ejection seats do not exist in that type of plane. There is no canopy to pop to actually make a hole for the ejection to take place.

[@pomztoybox6877]

Another fun fact; Cargo planes do not have ejection seats. Those are reserved for fighters and bombers. The point of an ejection seat is to egress a pilot from an aircraft that is falling out of the sky (usually by gunfire). Cargo planes generally are not shot out of the sky.

[@OleAImsen]

I read (sometime in the 1990s) that the ejector seat of the F-16 was designed such that the pilot would survive if they ejected upside down at 30 metres/100 feet. I've seen video of ejections where the seat has clearly adjusted trajectory to upwards fro sideways. Mind you, injuries because the parachute does not have adequate time to slow the fall down is inevitable at very low altitude opening.

[@GhostWatcher2024]

But if that plane DID have an ejection seat, older ejection seats (i.e., 1970s and before) ARE as Simone thought... flight crew wears the chute pack, and the seat just launches them... but newer ejection seats, the chute is part of the seat harness when you strap in, and the seat is designed to launch you and then detach from the harness, leaving you with the chute.

[@bigdaddy741098]

​@@OleAImsenI'm sorry but that makes no sense, it might be a low altitude fall, but how fast is the jet going at that point? Some injuries? Yeah but only the ones that cause death lmao.

[@FrancisXLord]

As mentioned by a few, Bruce Willis's acting career was launched when he starred in 'Moonlighting' - a comedy series. He also starred in a romantic comedy called 'Blind Date'. He was so associated with comedy by the time he was cast in Die Hard that few believed he could pull off an action movie. Incredible to believe today but true.

[@Fred_L.]

Dennis Franz (the annoying airport police captain) a few years later played the arguably best character in the long-running series NYPD Blue. A troubled cop again, and initially not the most likeable one, but that changes with lots and lots of character development.

[@seattlecryptid]

Before that he was Detective Buntz on Hill Street Blues. He even appeared way before that as another character on the same show.

[@arosha1]

I like him in this but it’s 90% for the accent.

[@lapislazuli5035]

AKA, the guy who shows his ass a lot, lol.

[@Logan_Baron]

I think he's played a cop character more than any other actor ever.

[@stuartkinzel8195]

Dennis Franz was THE go to guy when you were casting an @$$hole cop.

[@Wizardofgosz]

The Airport cop is played by an actor called Dennis Franz, and he's one of the greats. He was on an amazing show called NYPD Blue, and his performances were stunning.

[@PaperbackWizard]

"Die Hard with a Vengeance" was actually the first DH movie I'd ever seen. I was a teenager (barely), and I'd seen the titles get progressively sillier, so I was pretty skeptical. But, somehow, the movie ended up in my house, so I watched it, and it was *amazing*. To this day, it's my favorite DH movie.

[@mblackwl]

To answer Simone, the reporter (played by Sheila McCarthy) was on Star Trek... but she was on Discovery so that's probably not where you saw her. (The main bad guy of course played Section 31's Luther Sloan.) She's Canadian though so you likely saw her somewhere on TV. Speaking of that, the mustached cop was Dennis Franz, who had been on Hill Street Blues playing a cop, and was fairly recognizable at the time. A couple of years later, he'd be cast on NYPD Blue and became much, much more famous. And more naked as well, but that's another topic. He was also Captain Klegghorn on the animated Mighty Ducks show. But again, probably not something you were watching.

[@GhostWatcher2024]

@Simone you may be remembering Sheila McCarthy (reporter Sam Cole) as the librarian in The Day After Tomorrow.

[@Talius10]

I recognize her from Little Mosque on the Prairie.

[@VforVictory00]

Maybe Simone was mistaking her for the actress who played data's daughter. They looked similar.

[@allengilbert7463]

I can't believe Simone didn't recognize Sloan!

[@peartree8338]

The main bad guy took Bill and Ted's souls. Just saying...

[@pr073u569]

3 and 4 are worth watching. 3 might be the best all around movie. 4 takes a bit of a different turn but is pretty good in its own right.

[@jrrigs8532]

I second this!

[@spextrekid9410]

If they watch 4, they should watch the unrated cut for some more blood and cursing.

[@cyberleadr]

I love 3, but 4 is just good fun. Maybe because I'm an old school computer nerd and Kevin Smith fan. I will admit that Timothy Olyphant is better cast as a hero than a villain. Still, the less said about 5, the better.

[@robertjacques4117]

​@spextrekid9410 I completely agree, the unrated version is much better, you can tell the director and cast wanted to do that the whole time but the studio was like "no we need it to be PG-13" especially since there's alternate takes that take advantage of that "unrated" banner that they definitely shot alongside the PG-13 edits, I.E more violence and swearing as well as better jokes, also I feel the unrated version is edited better, the theatrical has some weird hard cuts that disrupt the flow but the unrated cut got rid of them, It just feels a lot better when you compare both cuts

[@robertjacques4117]

​@@cyberleadrwhat Die Hard 5, that doesn't exist at all, whatever do you mean (if we all pretend it doesn't exist then it may go away) 🤣😢

[@glennwelsh9784]

If I recall, Die Hard 3 wasn't a big hit upon release but has gained a much more positive reappraisal over time, and I think it largely has to do with how McTiernan takes the Die Hard formula and just expands it, basically unleashing John McClane's chaos across an entire city in one big game of cat and mouse. It doesn't take place during Christmas like the first two. The movie has some strong summer vibes it to. So when spent the weekend in New York City this past summer, I stumbled upon a channel playing Die Hard 3 when I was in my hotel room and thought, "This is perfect."

[@geromino2007]

If I remember in 80s Willis was more known from comedies than action films. Die Hard was such a juicy film because of the surprise lead imo.

[@beardedgeek973]

Also TVs Moonlighting.

[@MrSniganoo]

Moonlighting was a brilliant comedy series with Bruce Willis. I think it's a bit dated now but in it's time was pretty funny. His character David Addison was a bit of a clown but the dialogue and banter with his co star Cybill Shepherd was very funny. The theme for the show by Al Jarreau instantly brings back memories of the show.

[@Liofa73]

Yeah I was gonna say Moonlighting tv show.

[@CallOfCutie69]

It’s not dated, it’s idyllic and wholesome

[@jayconant3816]

Loved that show

[@JanPospisilArt]

It super doesn't hold up as a show, but Bruce and Cybill are great together.

[@Warlocke000]

Nice to see someone mentioning the theme song. I couldn't tell you how many times I've listened to the the soundtrack album. Of course, when I got it I only owned 3-5 CDs, so... it ended up in rotation a lot by default. Still, it's a good album. Cybill Shepherd performs what is probably my favorite rendition of Blue Moon.

[@daylin3907]

"Those are some tight pants!!" So random I was dying laughing.

[@lapislazuli5035]

The two main villains are played by William Sadler, who also played Death in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey and Brayker in Demon Knight(Very underrated movie) and Franco Nero, who was the original version of Django in 1966!

[@todd8398]

Sadler also played Heywood, one of the inmates in Shawshank Redemption

[@darrylcarden1851]

Yes, Bruce has done more comedic movies. I think the movie “Hudson Hawk” didn’t get the love it deserved because too many people weren’t expecting an over the top funny action thriller from the trailers.

[@adamh5612]

Fun fact- the tow truck driver at the beginning is Bruce Willis' real dad.

[@Foxtrot369]

12:12 All lifts/elevators have roof panels but they're locked from the outside. They're for emergency services to get *_in_* not for passengers to get _out._

[@dennislopez1272]

They are used to get passengers out, by emergency personnel, if they are stuck in between floors and the elevator cannot move. It is a last resort, though.

[@MetalHeadReacts]

The flame following the fuel is theoretically possible, if you've ever seen someone throwing gasolene on a fire it often follows the fuel trail back to the cannister.

[@pierrefley5000]

I thought someone had timed it and come to the conclusion that the plane would have taken off before the flame could've gotten close. Was that on Mythbusters?

[@jhdix6731]

A 747 uses koresene, though, which is much less flammable, and used in aviation for exactly that reason.

[@dnish6673]

It’s just not possible to light a trail of fuel on fire and have it follow a plane into the air.

[@sirfriendzone1228]

Hudson Hawk has some amazing one-liners and FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE do Red and Red 2.

[@CineRam]

I second "Death Becomes Her" for a Bruce Willis comedy you should see. Meryl Streep and Goldie Hawn are in it, and it's an absolute riot. You should see the 3rd and 4th Die Hard movies, but please stay far, far away from the 5th, "A Good Day To Die Hard".

[@spextrekid9410]

The fifth one should be called 'A terrible (way to) Die Hard'

[@CineRam]

@@spextrekid9410 Perfect!

[@Liofa73]

The finale reminded me that in WW2 during foggy weather, they would divert incoming bombers to certain airfields in the UK that had trenches near the runway that they would fill with petrol and light to guide the planes in to land.

[@hshaughnessy17]

He did a few comedies during his career - Blind Date, Look Who's Talking 1&2, Hudson Hawk and of course one of my favorites The Last Boyscout, although that may be more of a dramedy.

[@epaitech]

Bruce Willis in "Hudson Hawk" is underrated. It's a comedy adventure. Please check it out.

[@spacetiger5076]

Would you like to swing on a star? Carry moonbeams home in a jar? And be better off than you are? Or would you rather be a mule? I always get a kick out of his singing parts in this movie.

[@geromino2007]

Movie trivia: Renny Harlin is director from Finland and he likes to add some finnish “clues” to his films. For example when the planes are landing in the end he has “Finlandia” orchestral piece playing on soundtrack.

[@pete_lind]

Want to see him naked, aired on Finnish TV in 1990s, on YT ... Hyvät herrat, vieraana Renny Harlin, koko jakso, ei leikattu movie ... at 11 min mark they come from Sauna, they do block peckers on YT, in the aired TV version only Renny had big black box, because Americans could not have survived the shock. Hyvät Herrat (good men) had as guest politicians and other famous people, ex presidents Martti Ahtisaari and Tarja Halonen and current one Sauli Niinistö, back then minister of justice (AG of DoJ in US).

[@BryanAlaspa]

I remember watching critics Siskel and Ebery loving this movie. Siskel's favorite scene? The ejector seat. They said they'd never seen anything like that before and it was one of their favorite movie moments of that year.

[@LordVolkov]

"Has Bruce done comedy?" Oh yeah! He's very funny. Whole Nine Yards, with Matthew Perry, and Hudson Hawk are two that spring to mind first. I'm sure others will recommend more.

[@michaellimerick3294]

To answer George's question Bruce wills has done comedies he starred in the whole nine yards with Mathew Perry and has most recently done the red movies which are action comedies

[@RMBittner]

In addition, he had a multi-episode arc on “Friends,” where he played the father of a young woman that Ross was dating. And, of course, he first became known for the romantic-comedy series “Moonlighting.”

[@marcbloom7462]

Let's not forget "Death Becomes Her". Hudson Hawk and the last Boy Scout had comedy elements too.

[@johanna2076]

I really like this one, even if it has it's ridiculous moments, but one seriously AMAZING Renny Harlin movie is "The Long Kiss Goodnight" with Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson (one of the best action team ups ever)! Please consider watching that at some point. 👍🤩

[@lapislazuli5035]

Also directed the four A Nightmare On Elm Street, which is underrated imo.

[@joshuahenry1791]

You guys should definitely watch the third one. It's actually pretty darn good. And Sam Jackson just brings it up a notch. And there is a twist you will both like. While it's not for everyone, i really like the 4th one as well. "Live Free or Die Hard" is very worth a watch.

[@brianware8934]

“Planes are huuuge.”, - Simone 2023

[@ManlyStump]

She sounded absolutely stoned when she said that 😆

[@Grenn1471]

They do exist but they do not open easily. A lawyer at my old firm got stuck in an elevator twenty-some floors up. Since it was an express to the 30's, there was no door they could open up normally, so they had to park an elevator next to his and he had to climb up through the panel on the ceiling and crawl across on a plank.

[@mrtim5363]

Climbed out through the panel as well but sat on top of elevator waiting for emergency services. Unable to open elevator doors & unwilling to climb elevator framework on walls. I'm no action hero. One fall 3 meters (10 feet) to the top of the elevator car. Is one fall more than I want.

[@dennislopez1272]

Great reaction as always. FYI, I am a retired elevator inspector. All elevators are required to have an escape hatch. It is used for emergency purposes only. Just in case, if passengers have to be taken out of the elevator if it is stuck in between floors and the elevator can not be moved. Whoever told you It was a trope is full of it. A little bit of history.. Idiots used to do something called "elevator surfing" before. People would open the hatch and stand on top of the elevator while it was moving, just for kicks. As you can imagine, people died, so laws were passed. That is why It is required to be locked from on top as well. It has slide bolts holding it down on top of the elevator car. It's bolted down, so you can't open it from inside unless someone leaves it unlocked or the slide bolts are broken. In case you're wondering, while doing inspections, I have found some that were broken that could open. As an inspector, we would shut the elevator down until it got fixed. Unfortunately, inspections are only required once a year. So, theoretically, there are elevators operating that can be opened from inside.

[@cobrian45]

Bruce Willis in The Whole Nine Yards isn't just Willis in a comedy. It's him in one of the most criminally underappreciated and usually unheard of comedies out there.

[@ZachLorton]

Renny Harlin, who directed this, also directed The Long Kiss Goodnight with Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, and it's one of his best action films. It also happens to take place at Christmas. Shane Black wrote it, I think, so the dialogue is razor sharp.

[@109Eken]

I second this. The bridge blowing up is peak practical effects. Also Gena Davis was married to Harlin at the time which make me question how sound that relationship was since she went through the wringer during filming.

[@Momsbasement354]

Definitely watch With A Vengeance! Also watch a little gem called Four Rooms. It’s 4 different rooms in a hotel, each room was directed by different directors. Amazing cast. Willis is in the final room directed by Tarantino. He loved it so much he didn’t even want a credit for it, he just wanted to be a part of it.

[@3DJapan]

The cop guy with the mustache (Dennis Franz) always seems to play a cop. He was on the TV series NYPD Blue

[@MrKINSM]

The luggage scene was done on a soundstage built especially for the scene, but many airports have similar looking mechanisms for moving luggage and there are in fact places on belts where luggage must fit under or it's bypassed and not loaded.

[@dnish6673]

Nah, they look nothing like that, like an Escher drawing,and could never squish a man to death.

[@jp3813]

There's a series of videos by Screen Junkies called "Honest Action" where they had medical experts analyze how many times characters would've died in real life. It turns out that this movie is the only one in the entire franchise where McClane would've survived by the end. I remember certain critics like Roger Ebert raving about that shot where McClane ejects out of the plane. It was a new & refreshing way to present such a scene. Director Renny Harlin did another Die Hard scenario film titled "Cliffhanger" starring Sylvester Stallone in 1993. If you travel during the holidays, then DH2 is definitely a Christmas movie.

[@scottmacalino656]

Bruce Willis' first credited movie role is a comedy called "Blind Date". Made in 1987. There is also the very quirky action comedy called "Hudson Hawk"

[@cobrallama6236]

Even tho you thought it was too silly, back in 1990 film critic Roger Ebert praised the arial shot of Willis ejecting up towards the camera. He said in his very positive review of the film: "I love it when a director finds a new way to show me something," also calling it "exhilarating" and "sensationally effective." His work partner Gene Siskel was even more enthusiastic about this sequel, putting it on his Top 10 best films of the year list.

[@Logan_Baron]

"Has Bruce Willis ever done comedy". People were surprised at him getting cast in Die Hard, knowing it was an action movie, because he was known for comedy.

[@bsb1975]

Here's a fun fact. Wigs get used a lot in television sitcoms. All the treatments needed to make the stars look perfect are hard on natural hair. No one ever notices the wigs. That's how convincing they are.

[@toddpatrick8254]

The third Die Hard is going to be exactly what you want. Lol. It's great! Fantastic review.

[@user-tq6od4fc6v]

I dont know if anyone mentioned this but the guy, Franco Nero, who played Esperanza was in one of the most iconic westerns ever made. It was named Django.

[@Kingram417]

Bruce started as a comedian. I think the old sitcom he was on was called "Moonlighting." He also had 2 great comedy movies with Matthew Perry. "The Whole Nine Yards," and "The Whole Ten Yards."

[@michelle6337]

I'm glad you guys enjoyed the airplane seat ejection scene, because that one always makes me laugh every time I see it. Rest assured that in Die Hard With A Vengeance there is a similarly cartoonish scene with McClane involving a dump trunk and it's absolutely unhinged.

[@robertjacques4117]

It is a great scene, I definitely excuse that one more as opposed to die hard 2 because the third film is just better overall

[@Cheepchipsable]

LOL, they are all cartoonish, just more cartoonish as the franchise evolved.

[@MaikeruNeko]

Very little in this movie is realistic, but its still a fun ride. The bad guy's plot would never work simply because airliners always have enough fuel to divert to other airports. Jet fuel also won't light from just a lighter, Mythbusters actually tested that one. Bruce Willis got his start in the TV romantic comedy series Moonlighting, so he was considered a very odd choice as an action hero when he was cast in Die Hard.

[@MightyDrakeC]

That was a good Mythbusters episode. They showed that even a trail of gasoline burns at a walking pace. And, of course, any break in the trail, if it's not poured in a fairly controlled manner, and the fire stops.

[@DanVibesTV]

plus, gasoline burns a lot easier and quicker than kerosine@@MightyDrakeC

[@cyberleadr]

Bruce Willis was comedically breaking the 4th wall years before Deadpool even showed up in the comics in one of the earliest dramedies, Moonlighting (1985). Starred in action comedies like Red (2010), Whole Nine Yards (2000) and Hudson Hawk (1991). Straight up comedies like Death Becomes Her (1992), Look Who's Talking (1989) and Moonrise Kingdom (2012). And was the star in one of the most underrated animated comedy films, Over the Hedge (2006).

[@Cheepchipsable]

I'm sure Willis was the first to do anything ever filmed...🤦‍♂

[@meadmaker4525]

The OMG counter was hilarious!! Glad you're continuing this series, though.

[@cameronrobinson3933]

The hardest thing for me in this movie is the cockpit scene with the grenades. And it's not the ejecting or the exploding or the parachuting the thing that has always bug me is how long it took the grenades to explode. I know you can have grenades set to different lengths of time but it seems like grenades are only effective if they blow up fairly quickly after their throne😅 but this is still a top notch top-notch action movie

[@valashar5313]

If the prop grenades were made accurate to a real grenade design than my memory of field manuals says that the ones they used have fifteen second fuses, which puts the time from first throw to boom pretty close. Gotta allow for some time dilation trickery, but they didn't stretch it too far.

[@Britcarjunkie]

That's just Hollywood.

[@SouthernAssault]

Definitely gotta do Die Hard with a Vengeance (Die Hard 3) It’s on the same level as the first one IMO

[@nolaw70]

Early fax machines printed data as soon as it came in over the line, so they were slow (maybe a page a minute). Later fax machines essentially were laser/ink jet printers with data buffers; the entire transmission would come in, stored in the buffer, then print out all at once just like any other print job. After they just became any other data stream for a computer, so they would show up as PDFs or collated image files.

[@LogicalNiko]

So this is semi-realistic of an airport luggage handling area. The main difference are: 1) smoke and steam. There is not usually random steam valves going off periodically, and the air is not filled with the haze and wofts of smoke. 2) it’s usually pretty brightly lit. It’s an industrial space with lots of hazards and fast moving machinery, there are rows and rows of overhead lights. They usually are not red, blue, and yellow color washes and decorative low level lighting along the walls. It’s More like the lights you find in a modern shipping warehouse. 3) most of the machinery is not painted for mood. It’s usually white, and off white, or gray. And there is usually a lot of color coded mechanical things in reds, oranges, yellows, etc. 4) you have defined walkways and areas usually as straight as possible. You are not ducking in around and under conveyors and other machinery cabinets. There is usually a clear aisle with guard rails and caution signs and labeling everywhere. 5) slow lumbering belts. You don’t have slow moving belts like these very often. Most things move about 3-5 times this speed. 6) diving on conveyers would usually trip safety sensors. 7) there is usually a lot more activity and sounds of bells and indicator noises. 8) most airports use large plastic totes. The luggage is sorted in these totes and them moved at around between 10-30mph across the airport on beds of rollers as it’s just much faster. 9) there aren’t really crusher machines. There are machines that try to orient bags, others that try ensure bits are not hanging out, lots of ones that move them from track to track, lots of scanners to track their progress, but very few that try to crush them. 10) there are usually more safety cages and bars. While there are lots of open areas where you can, you tend to see more cages, guards, and sides on belts and such. This is mainly to prevent people from getting caught up in moving parts, falling onto belts, or dropping things into luggage.

[@shanewillis316]

The Whole 9 and 10 Yards movies with Matthew Perry I would consider to be comedies with action elements. Highly recommend them.

[@Wezt334]

Willis has done a lot of comedy movies but if you want comedy and action I’d highly recommend R.E.D

[@julianstratton8439]

from about 1986 to 1989 Bruce Willis's in a series called Moonlighting, a series on TV about a detective agency with Cybill Shepherd. This was considered comedy drama.

[@richardcastelo9587]

12:15 I'm an elevator mechanic, and the escape hatch is mandatory on elevators, but requires someone opening it from on top of the car.

[@HoratioMcSherry]

I absolutely love this movie 😄 Die Hard is clearly (clearly!) the better movie, but Die Hard II is the more brain-off enjoyable of the two 🙂

[@ActualFactualMagic]

Yes that is how some airports have for a luggage handling system. There are some amazing videos out there where people have mounted video cams to their luggage and shot the whole process. Its nuts! Sadly, this movie is not a great sequel. Die Hard 3 and 4 are actually good movies and should be checked out.

[@rxtsec1]

Bruce Willis first role before he became a action star was a tv comedy show called moonlighting

[@tylerfoster6267]

One movie I really hope you check out is The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), which is by writer Shane Black (Lethal Weapon, The Nice Guys) and director Renny Harlin, who directed this movie. It's set at Christmas, so it would be great to get it in during the holidays here, and it's another really fun over-the-top action movie (and in addition to tying into this second Die Hard through the director, it kinda ties into the third Die Hard, which is excellent). I've mentioned this once before, but you've actually seen a clip from Long Kiss Goodnight, completely repurposed: some of the material from that movie appears in The Final Destination as the 3D movie the characters go see.

[@tylerfoster6267]

Made this comment before I had time to watch the video, and since you looked Die Hard 3 up at the end: Sam Jackson also stars in Renny Harlin's Long Kiss Goodnight, and Jackson regularly cites it as his favorite of his own movies.

[@michelle6337]

Die Hard With A Vengeance is a personal favorite of mine. I even wrote a college essay on it in a Crime and the Media class. Like Lethal Weapon 3, it sort of leans into the campy action movie vibe and is just a really fun popcorn flick.

[@Insaneian]

"Has Bruce Willis ever done comedy?" Dude STARTED in comedy with the TV series "Moonlighting". Most of his one liners in these movies are improvised by Willis. And he's done tons of comedies since, including Hudson Hawk, The Whole 9 Yards, and even a stint on Friends!

[@k.delpino1124]

Bruce Willis was my favorite actor as an kid. From the tv series "Moonlighting" to releasing an album called "The Return of Bruno". Becoming both the highest paid actor of the day and an major movie star with DH1. The teaser trailer for Die Harder had me so pumped to see what McClane would do next. Bruce says a line from the movie, "How can the same thing happen to the same guy, twice?". July 4th weekend, my mother and me saw it the theatre and went so crazy over it. The director, Renny Harlin had another movie out the same year called The Adventures of Ford Fairlane. The action, suspense, humor and stakes were a little looser. But still so entertaining. dir. Harlin also made some other classics:Cliffhanger (1993), Cutthroat Island (1995), The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), Deep Blue Sea (1999), Mindhunters (2004) and The Covenant (2006). The first 2 Die Hards together are an absolute must for Xmas. No way you get past December without watching both of them.

[@richardmacaulay783]

Die Hard 3 is a must... especially as the director refused the original pitch which then became Speed 2 (which also explains why a cruise ship was not suited to the Speed franchise). For Bruce Willis comedies the Look Who's Talking films and Loaded Weapon 1 (just a cameo, but you should get most of the film references)

[@fredfredburger5150]

Loaded Weapon 1 is a very underrated spoof comedy. Very much a time capsule of the era it was made in though.

[@ChocolatierRob]

If you want a much better set-at-Christmas action movie then you should watch *The Long Kiss Goodnight* starring Gina Davis and Samuel L Jackson. You can judge for yourselves whether it is actually a Christmas movie or not but either way its so much fun (When asked in an interview who his favourite character he's played was Jackson chose the one from this movie).

[@ScreamingScallop]

The funniest part about lighting the jet fuel is that the stuff's been spilling for a long time before McClane gets kicked off the wing, but the fire only travels towards the plane despite/because McClane's _laying_ in the fuel.

[@SimoExMachina2]

Already in the 90's planes had these TV screens, but not on the back of the every seat, just on the walls of each section, and they did show movies in those. You needed a headset, which you would jack to the armrest of your seat, to listen to the audio.

[@unxprienced9548]

I strongly suggest also watching Die Hard 3, it is an amazing sequel and my personal favorite in the original trilogy.

[@afterhours21711]

Actually most elevators do have a that access panel in the ceiling. In passenger elevators it usually blends in with interior and dont notice it. Freight elevators usually don't have fancy interiors. All are supposed to have a safety device disabling the operation of elevator, some of which being connection plugged together that the opening of the roof panel unplugs said connection and the elevator company has to come put it back online

[@rikmoran3963]

No, that is not true. Most elevators do not have a panel, and the ones that do can only be opened from the outside by firefighters or maintenance staff.

[@avalonentertainment2183]

"The Whole Nine Yards" with Bruce Willis is one of the funniest films ever! Matthew Perry is his co-star.

[@martymontana7258]

“Now he’s an eye sicle” haha! First time George made me LOL!

[@larryjennings1946]

I flew a good amount as a kid (mid-to-long range domestic flights in the US), and I can tell you that prior to the year 2000, I can count on one finger the number of flights that I was able to take that featured movies at all. I remember one of them was the Elijah Wood movie North, but they were both family movies, and in this era, the movies were shown on monitors placed every so many seats up near the ceiling. Highly doubt they were showing many R-rated movies at all, let alone one featuring air traffic peril lol.

[@ronrago2696]

I love the Die Hards especially "Live Free or Die Hard" (4) but 3 is great with a great plot... Thanks Canadiens!

[@LogicalNiko]

Actually, Bruce Willis generally uses his natural hair in almost every movie. So if you look at Die Hard (1988) to Harts War (2002) you slowly see his hairline changing. In Tears of the Sun (2003) he basically commits to having a shaved head.

[@DarkPaladin24]

Fun fact: One of the henchmen in this movie is Robert Patrick aka the T-1000 from Terminator 2

[@erikthompson619]

Also, don't forget to watch "Cliffhanger" and "Deep blue sea" - two more certified action classics directed by the brilliant Renny Harlin, who well-deservedly was immediately promoted to A-list director following "Die hard 2".

[@cbobwhite5768]

Fred Thompson, the big guy in the tower, 4 years after this movie, he became a US Senator in Tennessee.

[@jameskellis3122]

And also ran for President in the 2008 election.

[@collectedcurios]

11:00 - When this movie was released; on-board entertainment was (maybe) one or two audio channels running music and a single big screen at the forward end of the cabin, onto which was projected a movie that you could hear via your headphones. They (obviously) never showed anything this violent.

[@morphman86]

Bruce Willis started his career as a musician, but was quickly cast as one of the leads in the comedy drama Moonlighting. During its run, he had several starring roles, though all but two were comedies. The two outliers: Die Hard and Die Hard 2

[@tishamac529]

Death Becomes Her with Bruce Willis. So funny!

[@whawaii]

12:37 - Bruce Willis was a key comedic ingredient for a late 80's TV show called "Moonlighting". My favorite comedic dialog from him is at the beginning of a season 2 episode called "Somewhere Under the Rainbow".

[@peterkoester7358]

Bruce Willis got his start in the comedy-drama TV series Moonlighting. In fact, the studio heads were very reluctant to have him sign on for the action film "Die Hard" in 1988 because he was only known for his comedic role in that TV series at the time!

[@blakewalker84120]

12:10 "I've hear that the panel in elevator ceilings is only an action movie trope; it's not a real thing." Yes and no. They usually exist but are definitely not so easy to use: I found this online, posted by a man who worked as an elevator technician his whole life, now recently retired: Whether the cabin has a trapdoor in the roof depends on which code the installation complies with. Most older lifts have a trapdoor in the roof. This is always locked, and is electrically interlocked with the control system so that opening it will immediately stop the lift. It is ONLY for use by qualified elevator mechanics, or in extreme situations by emergency services, who will most often defer to the elevator tech anyway. The reason you cannot readily see it is that there is usually a ceiling panel that needs to be removed to expose the car roof.

[@Britcarjunkie]

To answer your question about the bagroom: Updated bagrooms are automated, and have scanners that read the tags on luggage (so long as they're placed on the belt properly), and they send each bag to its proper loading area. But no - they don't have presses that make baggage smaller. Oh, and no, jet fuel won't burn like it does in the film.

[@theendistheend123]

"In the first Die Hard he was just a regular guy." That was Micheal Scotts argument, in "The Office."

[@sirfriendzone1228]

Fun fact about Die Hard 3... Samuel L Jackson has said in interviews that the character he played in Die Hard 3 was the closest to his own personality in real life.

[@Kevonutube303]

Diehard 3 is a must! It's everything 2 is not and more. You will love it..

[@DrD0000M]

The airport boss is played by Fred Thompson, who was actually a U.S. Senator IRL. He was also in "The Hunt for Red October" and "Law and Order" among other things.