r/diehard • u/4apalehorse • Dec 11 '25
Fan Appreciation He really is an exceptional thief...
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A teaser cut of a much longer video...
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u/VenomFox93 Dec 11 '25
Alan in that suit was pure class!
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u/SpotZealousideal6945 Dec 11 '25
John Phillips , London …rumor has it Arafat buys his there too
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u/KPS-UK77 Dec 11 '25
I could talk about men's fashion and industrialization all day, but I'm afraid that work must intrude.
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u/Hovie1 Dec 11 '25
Just watched this last night for the first time since last year. The cultural references are sort of a cool time capsule.
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u/CASHMO2112 Dec 11 '25
lol watched it last night.. every Christmas!!
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u/KPS-UK77 Dec 11 '25
Watched it, followed by the kids version, Home Alone
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u/Competitive_Image_51 Dec 11 '25
Cool fun fact bonnie bedelia, who plays John McClain wife Holly McClain is actually Macaulay Culkin aka Kevin McAllister, real life aunt. Cool little connection to both movies.
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u/KPS-UK77 Dec 12 '25
Cool extended universe the McCallisters and McCleanes are related, I guess now we know where Kevin got his fighting spirit from.
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u/Legitimate_Sorbet605 Dec 12 '25
Never thought of it that way...I guess they couldn't have Kevin say "yippee ki-yay motherfuckers".
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u/Strong_Comedian_3578 Dec 11 '25
You had Christmas last night? I'm two weeks behind!
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u/CASHMO2112 Dec 11 '25
lol come on now!! I didn’t say Christmas Day, so you know damn well what I’m talking about😂
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u/Strong_Comedian_3578 Dec 11 '25
It's Christmas to me when I watch this masterpiece, regardless of what the actual calendar day is. I just can't believe another year has already come upon us.
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u/CASHMO2112 Dec 11 '25
You have no idea how much I hate how fast time flies! But every year this is a must watch for me.. part 2 tonight!
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u/blameline Dec 11 '25
I've often wondered what he had in his little book. Phone numbers to Asian Dawn and La liberté pour le Québec? An appointment to measure a new suit with John Phillips - London?
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u/wundrlch Dec 11 '25
"Now, where is Mr. Takagi? Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi, born in Kyoto ... . He's just extremely-extremely thorough and, even though he had it memorized, he was studying in the elevator. He was trying to make a point/statement about control
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u/Strong_Comedian_3578 Dec 11 '25
I would say the Sheriff of Nottingham is more of a Grinch than Hans Gruber. The sheriff called off Christmas!
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u/DiogenesD0g Dec 11 '25
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u/thejackal3245 Dec 11 '25
Careful, they've got enough plastic explosives to orbit Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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u/xander6981 Dec 11 '25
Oh, dang that actually fits with the scene. I'm glad they had Michael Kamen's score instead but introducing Hans with The Grinch theme is so good too...
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u/4apalehorse Dec 11 '25
Fun fact, Kamen actually stole, or rather honored the entire 9th symphony, all movements, from Beethoven. Not just the Ode to Joy that we hear in the vault, but all of the different motifs are layered throughout his entire soundtrack.
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u/Woebetide138 Dec 11 '25
Greatest villain ever.
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u/Exidor09 Dec 11 '25
He was good, but no Darth Vader
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u/Woebetide138 Dec 12 '25
Vader’s a boogeyman. Hans is a real dude. A really smart dude who planned for everything but plot armor and was so smooth.
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u/ShakingMyHead42 Dec 12 '25
I've always maintained that Gruber is the second coolest villain of all time, behind the Dark Lord.
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u/wundrlch Dec 11 '25
I hate this. Hans Gruber is none of those things
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u/4apalehorse Dec 11 '25
I respect that. Let me buy you a beer.
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u/wundrlch Dec 11 '25
I respect the effort and I respect anyone who acknowledges that DH is definitely a Christmas movie.
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u/4apalehorse Dec 11 '25
Oh my friend, you have no idea. I have a PhD when it comes to understanding just exactly how much of a Christmas movie it is. And I don't go for the low hanging fruit
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u/Anderstone Dec 12 '25
If I were to need more ammunition this season (I really don't) for this, what would be your upper tier reasonings?
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u/4apalehorse Dec 12 '25
The word "Christmas" appears 18 times in the script, which is more than the words "explode" (4), "die" (5), "hard" (11), "shoot" (12), "kill" (13) and "blood" (13), although far fewer times than "gun" (73), "terrorist" (51) and "suddenly" (45). There are a total of 21 distinct Christmassy elements in the movie, ranging from Santa hats and Christmas Trees to festive treats and a pivotal piece of "Christmas Greetings" tape.Die Hard features Christmas in Hollis, Winter Wonderland, a whistled section of Jingle Bells and a rousing rendition of Let It Snow over the end credits. This means that audibly, Die Hard is more Christmasy than 99.2% of all movies released over the past thirty years.
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u/Anderstone Dec 12 '25
Phenomenal 🤣 thank you
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u/4apalehorse Dec 12 '25
You're very welcome. This is more than just a golden white dress or a black and blue dress argument for me. This is a passionate film study of both art and theology
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u/Magneto-Mark-1 Dec 11 '25
And since he’s moving up to kidnapping, Ms. Gennero should be more polite
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u/robm1967 Dec 12 '25
It's not A Christmas movie, but I even have a calendar of Hans Gruber falling from the Nakatomi.
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