Director's Cut Episode 141: Die Hard

## 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