ZOMG, Mac guy is going to appeal to the 18-25 demographic in the next Die Hard movie with Bruce Willis! Fond memories and cynicism locked in EPIC STRUGGLE!
I love betting on wides eyes and fresh-scrubbed faces, but my money’s backing cynicism this time. Despite tempting shots of the Capitol, several someones seem to have failed to grasp the Die Hard high concept: the action takes place on, around, or in concert with a man-made structure.
Instead, we have what looks like 24 with a shorter run time (I hope).
Oh, fond memories. We’ll still have 1988, I suppose.
*Alternate post title: Yippiek-i-i-yay-Macerfucker.
2 comments:
'98?? Oh, '88. Not meant to be snarky (and what a good effort)! The typo momentarily toyed with my sense of time. I'm okay now.
And, didn't this movie jumped the shark two sequels ago? How is this a Die Hard? The streets of DC are supposed to be the building they are locked in? To use other '80s references, it seems more like MacGyver on speed (or rather, MacGyver meets Speed, without Keanu).
Blech.
Deandra
Egregious typo now fixed, thanks to faux-Jeremy snark.
Bruce did give us Armageddon in '98, which was probably pitched by someone in Hollywood as "Die Hard on an asteroid."
I believe you're correct: Die Hard became formally awful somewhere mid-Die Hard II.
If the franchise were actually jumping over a shark, I might be more interested. "Die Hard at an aquarium" would actually be sort of interesting. Gonna call my agent.
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