Director's Cut Episode 141: Die Hard

==Show Notes==
: We answer the important question.
==Films Discussed==
* Christmas movies
** It's A Wonderful Life (1946) Dir. Frank Capra
** Miracle on 34th Street (1947) Dir. George Seaton
** Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964) Dir. Larry Roemar
** The Silent Partner (1978) Dir. Daryl Duke
** Invasion U.S.A. (1985) Dir. Joseph Zito
** Die Hard (1988) Dir. John McTiernan
** National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) Dir. Jeremiah S. Chechik
** I Come in Peace (1990) Dir. Craig R. Baxley
** Home Alone (1990) Dir. Chris Columbus
** Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) Dir. Chris Columbus
** Saving Christmas (2014) Dir. Darren Doane
* The Great Dictator (1940) Dir. Charlie Chaplin
* The Detective (1968) Dir. Gordon Douglas
* The Godfather (1972) Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
* Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) Dir. George Lucas
* Alien (1979) Dir. Ridley Scott
* Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) Dir. Irvin Kershner
* The Quiet Earth (1985) Dir. Geoff Murphy
* Moonlighting (1985-1989) - TV Series
* Predator (1987) Dir. John McTiernan
* Sunset (1988) Dir. Blake Edwards
* Batman (1989) Dir. Tim Burton
* Young Guns II (1990) Dir. Geoff Murphy
* The Hunt for Red October (1990) Dir. John McTiernan
* Die Hard 2 (1990) Dir. Renny Harlin
* Hudson Hawk (1991) Dir. Michael Lehmann
* Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) Dir. James Cameron
* Hard Boiled (1992) Dir. John Woo
* Under Siege (1992) Dir. Andrew Davis
* City Hunter (1993) Dir. Wong Jing
* The Last Action Hero (1993) Dir. John McTiernan
* Pulp Fiction (1994) Dir. Quentin Tarantino
* 12 Monkeys (1995) Dir. Terry Gilliam
* Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) Dir. John McTiernan
* No Contest (1995) Dir. Paul Lynch
* High Risk (aka Meltdown) (1995) Dir. Wong Jing
* Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995) Dir. Geoff Murphy
* Masterminds (1997) Dir. Roger Christian
* Air Force One (1997) Dir. Wolfgang Peterson
* The 13th Warrior (1999) Dir. John McTiernan
* The Matrix (1999) Dir. The Wachowskis
* Battlefield Earth (2000) Dir. Roger Christian
* Exit Wounds (2001) Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
* Bandits (2001) Dir. Barry Levinson
* Rollerball (2002) Dir. John McTiernan
* Hart's War (2002) Dir. Gregory Hoblit
* Cradle 2 The Grave (2003) Dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
* Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) Dir. Shane Black
* Live Free or Die Hard (2007) Dir. Len Wiseman
* Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) Dir. Steven Spielberg
* Speed Racer (2008) Dir. The Wachowskis
* Cop Out (2010) Dir. Kevin Smith
* Red 2 (2013) Dir. Dean Parisot
* A Good Day to Die Hard (2013) Dir. John Moore
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Dir. J. J. Abrams
* Terminator Genisys (2015) Dir. Alan Taylor
* Suicide Squad (2016) Dir. David Ayer
* The Nice Guys (2016) Dir. Shane Black
* Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Dir. Denis Villeneuve
== Discussion Notes ==
*The 'My favorite Christmas movie is...' tweet meme
*What makes a movie a Christmas movie?
*What elements makes for a good action movie?
*Justin on the modern TV landscape - "All the lines are blurred, cats are having sex with dogs, it's just chaos in the world"
*Die Hard - is that Bruce's real hair?
*Our hosts discuss the action hero coolness vs. boredom scale
*The concept of the Die Hard rip-off movie
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