@@skatedurr That's fine, I'm not saying you're wrong for having that opinion, and I'm not recommending anyone necessarily avoid the movie, I just didn't like it enough to put my recommendation on it.
Or the plot of "The Last Stand" (2013), "A History of Violence" (2005), "Hot Fuzz" (2007), "Rambo" (2008), "Last Blood" (2019), "R.E.D." (2010), "Harry Brown" (2009), "Nobody" (2021), "The November Man" (2014), "Killers" (2010), "The Equalizer" (2014), or "John Wick" (2014)
9:44 “Why can’t the airplanes just go somewhere else?” Well, _obviously,_ because that would take away the main source of tension for the _movie,_ Dawn. Now, this is _no_ time to go asking perfectly reasonable questions.
McClane's line, "Just the fax, Ma'am," is a reference to the old radio and TV series, "Dragnet." In that, the main detective, Sergeant Joe Friday (played by Jack Webb, who also created the show), when interviewing a female witness would say, "Just the facts, Ma'am."
1987 movie Joe Friday was played by Dan Aykroyd , he said the line , "Just the facts ma'am", that was never said by Jack Webb, line he said was "All we want are the facts, ma'am". Also if planes would have done the normal thing and go to secondary airport , there would be no movie 😀
When you realize it’s been longer since the movie was released than the time that had passed since the old nostalgic cultural moment it referenced when it was released.
@@pete_lind It's been decades since I watched Dragnet (the reboot series, the 50s original was before my time), yet somehow, "just the facts" is what I thought Jack Webb said. This is akin to people thinking Bogart said, "Play it again, Sam," thanks to Woody Allen's play.
Initials can be tricky. With a little practice, they become a useful linguistic shorthand, but initially, they’re kind of tricky. Remember the famous line from _Good Morning Vietnam._ "Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? 'Cause if it leaks to the VC, he could end up MIA, and then we'd all be put on KP." VP - Vice President VIP - Very Important Person PC - Press Conference on the QT - On the quiet VC - Vietcong MIA - Missing In Action KP - Kitchen Patrol
13:00 - "Antenna ray? Is that what he's saying?" - No, he's saying "antenna array". In other words, a collection, or "array" of antennas. 20:22 - "Why is none of the grenades went yet?" - Because he's the hero. In real life, he'd be dead. I think I read somewhere that while grenades can have a delay between 5-8 seconds after you release the handle, they're only guaranteed for something like 3 seconds. I always remember a silly line from something years ago, "Remember kids, once you pull the pin, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend."
Most movies dealing with anything in aviation you have to mostly leave reality at the door. In fact, it's more surprising when they actually get something right.
Another great movie which takes place around Christmas time from same director Renny Harlin is Long Kiss Goodnight starring Samuel L Jackson and Geena Davis.
The pilot of the doomed flight said, "we have 230 passengers on petrol fumes" as far as the exact body count goes. The movie did a sly, excellent job of showing us lots of innocent people on the plane. Who got vaporized in that DC-8's massive explosion, making it all the more horrifying. Jesus, I almost physically FELT it when that plane got blown to hell. Also, I'm really liking your accent ma'am, are you from the UK? At any rate, that is still the most heinous plane crash I've ever seen in a movie. At one point someone mentioned "no survivors."
We used to believe that Glock and other "polymer frame" pistols would not show up on airport metal detectors (they do as there is quite a bit of metal in them) and so for awhile "invisible pistols" became a common plot line with Hollyweird (kind of like "ghost guns" today, scary buzzwords without real meaning) . These things were new and high tech and scary to people who didn't know any better.
I think it was just them mixing up magnetometers and the actual X-ray scanner. At that time airport security would just have you walk through a magnetometer and put whatever you'd put on the belt through scan. Magnetometers are set to detect primarily ferrous metals like iron/steel and, if sensitive enough, other metals, but wouldn't sound an indicator when someone stepped through if there were none so a ceramic or polymer weapon if it lacked metal entirely or just an amount below the detection threshold would have had a reasonable chance of getting past airport security.
@mrtveye6682 Most of the time screenwriters are best at writing screenplays and less skilled at ensuring all of what they right is accurate as they focus more on if what they write is going to make a good or entertaining movie.
Hello Dawn!😊 The first three films are the best, then they start to go down hill. Great reactions to your second Die Hard film, Dawn!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 "Die Hard With a Vengeance" (1995) is a excellent film!🏆
You gotta feel for the Chief - survives fighting the Cardassians, the Dominion, and more only to get taken out by a naked tai-chi dude. @@Renegade2786
2:10 - The electric self-defense device the old lady was carrying is a stun gun, not a Taser. What's the difference, you say? So glad you asked! Stun guns require you to be within arm's reach of the potential assailant as they are not effective unless they are touching the assailant's body. The TASER™ is designed to be fired from a distance; however, some models can also be used as drive-stun devices.
Well that is John's curse you see, he's an optimist. He didn't believe the same shit could happen to the same guy twice. Thus, he didn't feel the need to follow your sound plan of moving to a cabin in the woods and never interacting with anyone.
They tried to give this one a happy ending like the first one, but that crashed passenger jet casts a pall over the film that never goes away. While the main characters are having a holly jolly Christmas at the end, there are still hundreds of charred bodies nearby in the still-burning wreckage.
If the pilots had seen and understood the burning torches. They should have been able to pull up. One thing pilots train on is aborting a landing in an emergency . They just didn’t see anything in time.
I always felt, this isn't a bad movie on its own, but the first one and the next one, Die Hard with a Vengeance, are so much better, this one gets forgotten about.
One comment I read some while back suggests there is nothing in DH2 or DHWAV to indicate the order of them, other than the release date. In DHWAV there are no references to the events in this film.
@VC-Toronto But at least that one has some tie ins with the first one. I know 3, and I think 2, didn't even start out as Sequels. 3 was supposed to be a movie called "Simon Says" that they turned into a Die Hard movie.
I’ll explain the planes not going to other airports. The director guy said he is ordering planes to their alternate airports. Those planes who are too low on fuel to go have to do a circle in the sky at the outer marker to get directed to land. They don’t have the fuel to go anywhere.
@ u mean when they set the ground to -200 feet? The plane was using instruments only to land. Their computer thought they had 200 more feet to land. That is why they slammed into the ground.
There’s about a half dozen airports within 50-75 miles (15 minutes flying time for a commercial aircraft) of Dulles International Airport capable of handling commercial aircraft including Baltimore Washington International, Reagan National, Andrews AFB, Quantico, Dover AFB, and a few other smaller airfields. As someone who flew professionally for 30 years, I can assure you that there is absolutely no reason preventing all those aircraft from diverting. Additionally, what is portrayed in this movie regarding the instrument landing system (ILS) is completely ridiculous and in order to change the glide slope to below the airfield elevation would require at a minimum a shovel.
From now on I'm referring to the baggage carousel as 'the Biscuit Factory' - LOL. "Antenna Array" = a bank of antennae wired in unison and calibrated to maximize efficiency, and eliminate 'blind spots' in the case of Radar antenna arrays.
McClane smoking and using a cigarette lighter early in the movie, which proved to be handy later in the film. Where did I see that before? Oh yeah. Aliens with Ripley smoking and using a lighter!
Everything he said about the Glock is completely incorrect. It is a Glock 17, not a Glock 7, it is not porcelain, it is polymer (and metal slide and barrel and other parts). It is Austrian, not German, it can obviously be detected through metal detectors as it has a lot of metal in it. And it doesn't cost that much as he states. It is now the most commonly known and used pistol worldwide with police and military. At the time it seemed hi-tech.
The misinformation put out in this movie, as well as others have lead to the popularity of Glock firearms. And just like the information, they are highly overrated.
I just watched the new movie on Netflix with Jason Bateman of Carry-On and was constantly thinking that this is basically a reboot of Die Hard 2 😅 There is so many similarities to the fighting in conveyer belts. At this time Renny Harlin's approach to action with ideas was actually something that changed the formula. In 90's the indrusty just moved so quickly that Harlin couldn't keep up with it. Still regardless of the flops it's a quite a huge flex that Samuel L Jackson's all time favorite character he have played was in Long Kiss Good Night. It's a great Shane Black written character, but it seems a lot is also how he talks about Renny and Geena and the atmosphere while they shot the movie.
Col. Stewart and his men were using special Hollywood" grenades. The ones with a built in "plot armor detonator" that only explodes after the protagonist is safely out of range. LOL!
Great as always. If you want a kick ass, bloody, fun, grown up Xmas movie, watch Violent Night. Best Santa Claus vs the bad guys movie. On to the next one!
None of the remaining Die Hard movies take place at Christmas time. Number 3 is set in the summer ("in the city"). Number 4 is set on Independence Day. Die Hard 5 (the last one) is set years later. I'm not sure what time of the year. 5 is not as good as the others, but I think its worth a watch.
I love "I usually forget the day after". Yeah, that's actually not a bad idea with most movies. Only the best should stay with you. Speaking of which, a couple of suggestions for you: 'Altered States', 'Kramer vs Kramer', 'Gregorys Girl', 'L.A. Confidential' and 'Crimes & Misdemeanors'. Oh, and 'Skin Deep'. You'll laugh your ass off on that one!
Wonderful Reaction from you Dawn, You Must Watch Die Hard with a Vengeance Trust Me, It's The Best of All The Sequels & Your Right Yet Again That Is William Sadler Fro the Shawshank Redemption There Was 5 Die Hard Movies Dawn Honestly Though I Wouldn't Watch the Last One, It's Just Not Up To The Others, Take Care & Have Fun
Italian actor Franco Nero (Ramon Esperanza) has had some incredible roles in great movies including: Camelot, Django (original1966 and Unchained 2012), Enter the Ninja, John Wick 2, and Cars 2.
Re-routing a big bunch of planes to other airports takes a lot of coordination (to avoid them bumping in to each other)... It has to be done in an orderly manner. I suppose it just couldn't be done safely in the short amount of time they had before the airport lost transmission.
Hi Marie, You obviously don't know me; I am quite far from you, living in Rio de Janeiro. By chance, I ended up seeing your reaction to the movie "Hachi," the story of the dog that waited for its owner at the train station. I wanted to share a story that happened here in Rio, actually in a mountain town near Rio... to be more precise, in Mendes city. My grandmother used to live in this city, next to a small cemetery. The city is quite small, and a boy around 12 years old died; I don't remember the exact reason, I think he was hit by a car or in a car accident, but this boy had a dog, and they were inseparable. The dog lay next to the coffin during the entire wake and accompanied his owner to the grave. He didn't want to leave the side of the grave. He lived the rest of his life in the cemetery; he would only leave to eat, as my grandmother would feed him. The dog lived for about 8 years, and when he died, they buried him next to his owner. This happened many years ago; I was still a boy... Since I didn't know if you would see the message on the old video, I wanted to write here. I hope you don't mind. Now, a suggestion: react to the animation "Rio." It's the story of two birds; don't worry, it's a light and cheerful story.
I'm missing Bruce Willis since his illness. It was so sad that he went to poor low budget films. Sadder still that he was diagnosed with dementia. To me he was one of the most entertaining actors and I loved his movies like the DIE HARD series. Good bye Bruce Willis. I will still watch your old great movies.💔😢
Still made money for his family and his care that he knew he'd need since he was going downhill. That was the motive. He is hilarious in the Moonlighting tv series.
If National and Dules are socked in, so is Andrews, so the closest might be Philly, New York or Richmond. But I think they said the whole east coast was socked in.
@@mikematusek4233 But they're not 'socked in'. That's a ruse by the villains. The planes can land just fine, as is shown, when the plane lands just fine...
I love this movie better than the first one. Freedom not yet :). Another great underated action Christmas movie you should see that no one ever reacted to yet is Raindeeer Games 2000 with Ben Afleck
The planes staying in the landing pattern in winter storm conditions makes perfect sense. Visibility in this case is very poor. The planes are totally reliant on air traffic control to tell them where they are. If they start flying off blind you will have multiple mid air collisions.
But if they are no longer in contact with the tower they would surely switch to the regional ATC's frequency and get directed to an alternate. There are also various other communications channels they could get info from.
@@bobsteele9581 I know jusly is winter here in Australia but Christmas falls in December here in Australia therefore Diehard with a vengence is a Aussie Christmas movie
I love this movie. It's over the top in the best way and still feels like Die Hard with the single location and Christmas setting. The third one is a really good action movie, but it doesn't really feel like Die Hard to me, as it takes place all over the city during Summer and is a buddy movie. I still really like it, but I'm partial to these first two movies.
I love the 3rd one (and think it's quite a bit better than No. 2), but I'm with you, when it first came out I said exactly the same. Great action movie, but doesn't have any of the "Die Hard" trademarks from the 1st and the 2nd movie: McClane is alone, it all takes place at one location, and it's Christmas. You could maybe take away one of those elements, but all 3 just felt out of place. Not sure about that, but it feels that they found a great script that wasn't meant to be a Die Hard movie, and than adjusted it to fit McClaine into it.
@mrtveye6682 That's exactly what happened. According to Wikipedia, the DH3 script was going to be a Brandon Lee movie until he died while making The Crow. Then, it was repurposed as a Lethal Weapon movie (which maybe explains why it's a buddy movie) before ultimately being re-written again to be a Die Hard movie. It isn't that different than what they did with Die Hard 2, since they just found a novel about terrorists at an airport and changed the characters to make a Die Hard movie out of it. It did fit the checklist for a Die Hard movie a bit better than the 3rd movie's script, but maybe a little too much, as some people seem to think that it's too similar (which is not a problem with the 3rd movie).
You can't just decide to fly an airplane anywhere you want even in an emergency. There are thousands of planes in the same sky at any given moment that you could crash into. That's why Air Traffic Control is there. To keep them from hitting each other.
“Die Hard with a Vengeance” is the must-see!!
The 3rd one with Samuel L Jackson is my favorite, it doesn't take place at Christmas but it's still really good.
And the fourth one isn't anywhere near as bad as people remember. It's silly and moderately entertaining. The fifth I will not be recommending.
@@StarkRG i like the 5th one 😡
@@skatedurr That's fine, I'm not saying you're wrong for having that opinion, and I'm not recommending anyone necessarily avoid the movie, I just didn't like it enough to put my recommendation on it.
@@StarkRG - I agree about 4 and 5. I really enjoyed 4 although didn't think it was as good as 1 and 3. I found 5 to be very disappointing though.
The third and fourth ones (especially the third) are leagues above Die Hard 2. I hated the second one when I first saw it, and I hate it now.
0:35 "If I were John McClane I'd just retire to a cabin in the woods and never see people ever again" - Writing the plot of Commando there, I see.
Uhhh... Knowing McClane's luck... It would actually be "The Cabin in the Woods" 🤣
What was in those sandwiches, though?
@@Parklarblick or Evil Dead
Or the plot of "The Last Stand" (2013), "A History of Violence" (2005), "Hot Fuzz" (2007), "Rambo" (2008), "Last Blood" (2019), "R.E.D." (2010), "Harry Brown" (2009), "Nobody" (2021), "The November Man" (2014), "Killers" (2010), "The Equalizer" (2014), or "John Wick" (2014)
9:44 “Why can’t the airplanes just go somewhere else?”
Well, _obviously,_ because that would take away the main source of tension for the _movie,_ Dawn. Now, this is _no_ time to go asking perfectly reasonable questions.
McClane's line, "Just the fax, Ma'am," is a reference to the old radio and TV series, "Dragnet." In that, the main detective, Sergeant Joe Friday (played by Jack Webb, who also created the show), when interviewing a female witness would say, "Just the facts, Ma'am."
1987 movie Joe Friday was played by Dan Aykroyd , he said the line , "Just the facts ma'am", that was never said by Jack Webb, line he said was "All we want are the facts, ma'am".
Also if planes would have done the normal thing and go to secondary airport , there would be no movie 😀
When you realize it’s been longer since the movie was released than the time that had passed since the old nostalgic cultural moment it referenced when it was released.
*facts. Not a fax machine
@@pete_lind It's been decades since I watched Dragnet (the reboot series, the 50s original was before my time), yet somehow, "just the facts" is what I thought Jack Webb said. This is akin to people thinking Bogart said, "Play it again, Sam," thanks to Woody Allen's play.
Or that Beatles song "It's Sgt. Friday's 'Just The Facts Please, Ma'am.'"
"New SOPs for DOAs from the FAA
Translation: New "Standard Operating Procedures" for "Dead On Arrivals" from "Federal Aviation Authority".
Initials can be tricky. With a little practice, they become a useful linguistic shorthand, but initially, they’re kind of tricky. Remember the famous line from _Good Morning Vietnam._
"Seeing as how the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT? 'Cause if it leaks to the VC, he could end up MIA, and then we'd all be put on KP."
VP - Vice President
VIP - Very Important Person
PC - Press Conference
on the QT - On the quiet
VC - Vietcong
MIA - Missing In Action
KP - Kitchen Patrol
Americans and their love for acronyms ...
Die hard 3 is so much fun, i hope you can watch it soon!!
13:00 - "Antenna ray? Is that what he's saying?" - No, he's saying "antenna array". In other words, a collection, or "array" of antennas.
20:22 - "Why is none of the grenades went yet?" - Because he's the hero. In real life, he'd be dead. I think I read somewhere that while grenades can have a delay between 5-8 seconds after you release the handle, they're only guaranteed for something like 3 seconds. I always remember a silly line from something years ago, "Remember kids, once you pull the pin, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend."
Most movies dealing with anything in aviation you have to mostly leave reality at the door. In fact, it's more surprising when they actually get something right.
Having worked in a baggage hall, I can confirm they look like that but with less smoke and gunfire 😀
Have you tried adding them? Maybe it would speed up the luggage handling.
And nothing on the belt that compresses the luggage, either!
(I used to ride the belt from the ticket counter to the bagroom...)
The good news, you don't have to wait a year to watch "Die Hard: With a vengeance" . It doesn't take place at christmas.
but "it's christmas, you could steal city hall"
The grenades in the cockpit blast off is *chef's kiss*.
Another great movie which takes place around Christmas time from same director Renny Harlin is Long Kiss Goodnight starring Samuel L Jackson and Geena Davis.
"IT TIN ERR AIR E!"😂❤
The pilot of the doomed flight said, "we have 230 passengers on petrol fumes" as far as the exact body count goes. The movie did a sly, excellent job of showing us lots of innocent people on the plane. Who got vaporized in that DC-8's massive explosion, making it all the more horrifying. Jesus, I almost physically FELT it when that plane got blown to hell. Also, I'm really liking your accent ma'am, are you from the UK?
At any rate, that is still the most heinous plane crash I've ever seen in a movie. At one point someone mentioned "no survivors."
12:55 - ANTENNA ARRAY - A collection of radio signal receivers/transmitters.
The villains all screaming at the end going BHWAAAAAAWAHHAAA!! and then getting blown up was hilarious lol
We used to believe that Glock and other "polymer frame" pistols would not show up on airport metal detectors (they do as there is quite a bit of metal in them) and so for awhile "invisible pistols" became a common plot line with Hollyweird (kind of like "ghost guns" today, scary buzzwords without real meaning) . These things were new and high tech and scary to people who didn't know any better.
Let's not forget, bullets have rather a bit of metal too.
I think it was just them mixing up magnetometers and the actual X-ray scanner. At that time airport security would just have you walk through a magnetometer and put whatever you'd put on the belt through scan. Magnetometers are set to detect primarily ferrous metals like iron/steel and, if sensitive enough, other metals, but wouldn't sound an indicator when someone stepped through if there were none so a ceramic or polymer weapon if it lacked metal entirely or just an amount below the detection threshold would have had a reasonable chance of getting past airport security.
And he even said x-ray machines. Metal detector would at least made some sense, but why shouldn't a solid piece of ceramic would show up on an x-rax?
@mrtveye6682 Most of the time screenwriters are best at writing screenplays and less skilled at ensuring all of what they right is accurate as they focus more on if what they write is going to make a good or entertaining movie.
Hollywood always gets firearms wrong
22:54 "OOO, YA BUGGER!!"
14:13 - GROUND LEVEL MINUS 200 FEET ALTERATION - The plane's instruments will indicate it is flying at 200ft but in reality, it will be flying at 0ft.
Now you need to watch Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, another Christmas movie like Die Hard.
And the three sequels, which get better and better.
@@THOMMGB The 4th movie wasn't great.
@@THOMMGBThey really don't. First is best.
Die Hard 1 & 3 are the best. You don't have to wait a year for the next as it isn't an xmas movie.
23:55 - Well, it IS called an "eye-cicle." 😏
23:46 By the rules of Hollywood, nobody can ever set off on a snowmobile without a pile of snow for them to launch over and catch some airtime.
Another rule of Hollywood is that convertibles must have the top down at all times, unless there's inclement weather.
I love the Die Hard movies, Dawn Marie, and your Scottish accent and your bright eyes! 😍😍😃😃
Hello Dawn!😊 The first three films are the best, then they start to go down hill. Great reactions to your second Die Hard film, Dawn!!!!🎬👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 "Die Hard With a Vengeance" (1995) is a excellent film!🏆
He was saying Antenna Array.
Nice work recognizing Heywood (William Sadler) from Shawshank Redemption right out of the gate!
Yep, you got it right, Dawn. That was William Sadler, from Shawshank Redemption.
And the Grim Reaper in Bill and Teds Bogus Journey.
@@IfyernotawakeyetHow's it goin' Death?
@@Ifyernotawakeyet The far more important role. You may be a king or a lowly street-sweeper.
And Sloan in the last couple seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Death from Bill and Ted is in this movie.
She did recognize him from Shawshank Redemption, though. Death's make-up makes it a bit harder to recognize him. Love him as Death. :)
And Sloan from DS9 who killed crash the plane from England that was piloted by Chief O'Brien from TNG and DS9.
You gotta feel for the Chief - survives fighting the Cardassians, the Dominion, and more only to get taken out by a naked tai-chi dude. @@Renegade2786
You may be a king, or just a street sweeper, but sooner or later you'll dance with the reaper!
Dawn I love how you called it a biscuit factory lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
2:10 - The electric self-defense device the old lady was carrying is a stun gun, not a Taser. What's the difference, you say? So glad you asked!
Stun guns require you to be within arm's reach of the potential assailant as they are not effective unless they are touching the assailant's body.
The TASER™ is designed to be fired from a distance; however, some models can also be used as drive-stun devices.
You know it's a stun gun because it doesn't shoot...
You are very right Dawn good eye, that is Robert Patrick who played the T-1000 in Terminator 2 😀
John McClain can do anything…. And don’t call me Shirley. ;)
dawn made my xmas better, ty!
23:07 "That's one way of getting brain freeze" 😁😁
Dawn bringing logic to the Die Hard franchise. 😂
"New SOP for the FAA" : Standard Operating Procedure, Federal Aviation Administration, fax machines were exciting stuff back then.
The grenades didn't go off as the pins weren't pulled until the last one.
Fun drinking game
Take a shot every time Dawn says, "ooh ya buggar!"
14:59 Swinging back up again is why I no longer fly. We were almost on the ground when we had to swing back up to avoid hitting a plane on the runway.
The baggage handling machinery is that powerful because it's a fucking movie.
Been waiting for it - cheers :)
My favorite Scottish rose. Loving the ginger; good choice.
The third film is the best. I hope you enjoy it. Great review!
the icicle to the eye might be my favorite " oh ya bugger " yet Dawn you should sell that as a ring tone
Well that is John's curse you see, he's an optimist. He didn't believe the same shit could happen to the same guy twice. Thus, he didn't feel the need to follow your sound plan of moving to a cabin in the woods and never interacting with anyone.
Antenna Array. A collection of antennas working together as a single unit. (2 to several thousand antennas).
They tried to give this one a happy ending like the first one, but that crashed passenger jet casts a pall over the film that never goes away. While the main characters are having a holly jolly Christmas at the end, there are still hundreds of charred bodies nearby in the still-burning wreckage.
You could say that about a lot of action movies, though. Many innocent people died in the first and third Die Hards, as well.
.."that Es'Bonanza Guy"....🥰Dawn would LOVE BONANZA!!!,,tv western w/All-Star Cast and some great stories
If the pilots had seen and understood the burning torches. They should have been able to pull up. One thing pilots train on is aborting a landing in an emergency . They just didn’t see anything in time.
13:57 “They’ve reset ground-level minus 200 feet.”
🤔 Don’t the planes have altimeters? Aren’t those independent?
you have to watch number 3 .. its so good!
I always felt, this isn't a bad movie on its own, but the first one and the next one, Die Hard with a Vengeance, are so much better, this one gets forgotten about.
One comment I read some while back suggests there is nothing in DH2 or DHWAV to indicate the order of them, other than the release date. In DHWAV there are no references to the events in this film.
@VC-Toronto But at least that one has some tie ins with the first one. I know 3, and I think 2, didn't even start out as Sequels. 3 was supposed to be a movie called "Simon Says" that they turned into a Die Hard movie.
2 was based on the novel 58 minutes.
28:35, in the spirit of the holidays I'll reply as John McClain, were you expecting little green men?
I’ll explain the planes not going to other airports.
The director guy said he is ordering planes to their alternate airports.
Those planes who are too low on fuel to go have to do a circle in the sky at the outer marker to get directed to land.
They don’t have the fuel to go anywhere.
So why did that plane that hit the ground explode like it was loaded with gasoline and TNT?
@ u mean when they set the ground to -200 feet?
The plane was using instruments only to land.
Their computer thought they had 200 more feet to land.
That is why they slammed into the ground.
@ that plane still had enough fuel but it should not of exploded like that.
That’s a movie over exaggerated effect
There’s about a half dozen airports within 50-75 miles (15 minutes flying time for a commercial aircraft) of Dulles International Airport capable of handling commercial aircraft including Baltimore Washington International, Reagan National, Andrews AFB, Quantico, Dover AFB, and a few other smaller airfields. As someone who flew professionally for 30 years, I can assure you that there is absolutely no reason preventing all those aircraft from diverting. Additionally, what is portrayed in this movie regarding the instrument landing system (ILS) is completely ridiculous and in order to change the glide slope to below the airfield elevation would require at a minimum a shovel.
Could easily make Baltimore/Washington, Philadelphia etc. That part of the east coast is awash with airports, civil and military.
From now on I'm referring to the baggage carousel as 'the Biscuit Factory' - LOL. "Antenna Array" = a bank of antennae wired in unison and calibrated to maximize efficiency, and eliminate 'blind spots' in the case of Radar antenna arrays.
niiiiiiiiiiiiice another Xmas classic with the Queen Dawn Marie 🤍🤍🤍🤍 hugs lysssm!!!
McClane smoking and using a cigarette lighter early in the movie, which proved to be handy later in the film. Where did I see that before? Oh yeah. Aliens with Ripley smoking and using a lighter!
Everything he said about the Glock is completely incorrect. It is a Glock 17, not a Glock 7, it is not porcelain, it is polymer (and metal slide and barrel and other parts). It is Austrian, not German, it can obviously be detected through metal detectors as it has a lot of metal in it. And it doesn't cost that much as he states. It is now the most commonly known and used pistol worldwide with police and military. At the time it seemed hi-tech.
The misinformation put out in this movie, as well as others have lead to the popularity of Glock firearms. And just like the information, they are highly overrated.
I just watched the new movie on Netflix with Jason Bateman of Carry-On and was constantly thinking that this is basically a reboot of Die Hard 2 😅 There is so many similarities to the fighting in conveyer belts.
At this time Renny Harlin's approach to action with ideas was actually something that changed the formula. In 90's the indrusty just moved so quickly that Harlin couldn't keep up with it. Still regardless of the flops it's a quite a huge flex that Samuel L Jackson's all time favorite character he have played was in Long Kiss Good Night. It's a great Shane Black written character, but it seems a lot is also how he talks about Renny and Geena and the atmosphere while they shot the movie.
Col. Stewart and his men were using special Hollywood" grenades. The ones with a built in "plot armor detonator" that only explodes after the protagonist is safely out of range. LOL!
Wait till you see Die Hard 3. Bruce and Samuel L. Jackson...before Pulp Fiction... A must see. Cheers Dawn ❤
Great as always. If you want a kick ass, bloody, fun, grown up Xmas movie, watch Violent Night. Best Santa Claus vs the bad guys movie. On to the next one!
“Antenna array” 😂 😉
9:41 Dulllas airport is technically in Virginia, but most of the air traffic for Washington DC goes through there
Hi Dawn hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤
None of the remaining Die Hard movies take place at Christmas time. Number 3 is set in the summer ("in the city"). Number 4 is set on Independence Day. Die Hard 5 (the last one) is set years later. I'm not sure what time of the year. 5 is not as good as the others, but I think its worth a watch.
I used to work at Dulles, so I kept picking out all the ways this wasn't Dulles.
I love "I usually forget the day after". Yeah, that's actually not a bad idea with most movies. Only the best should stay with you. Speaking of which, a couple of suggestions for you: 'Altered States', 'Kramer vs Kramer', 'Gregorys Girl', 'L.A. Confidential' and 'Crimes & Misdemeanors'. Oh, and 'Skin Deep'. You'll laugh your ass off on that one!
Dawn, if you didn't figure it out by the end of the film, the airport in this film is in Washington DC, not NYC.
Wonderful Reaction from you Dawn, You Must Watch Die Hard with a Vengeance Trust Me, It's The Best of All The Sequels & Your Right Yet Again That Is William Sadler Fro the Shawshank Redemption There Was 5 Die Hard Movies Dawn Honestly Though I Wouldn't Watch the Last One, It's Just Not Up To The Others, Take Care & Have Fun
9:30 "Just go to a different airport" BINGO ... that's why certain plot points in this movie do not make sense.
Italian actor Franco Nero (Ramon Esperanza) has had some incredible roles in great movies including: Camelot, Django (original1966 and Unchained 2012), Enter the Ninja, John Wick 2, and Cars 2.
Better off dead is the best Christmas movie
Re-routing a big bunch of planes to other airports takes a lot of coordination (to avoid them bumping in to each other)... It has to be done in an orderly manner. I suppose it just couldn't be done safely in the short amount of time they had before the airport lost transmission.
Hi Marie,
You obviously don't know me; I am quite far from you, living in Rio de Janeiro. By chance, I ended up seeing your reaction to the movie "Hachi," the story of the dog that waited for its owner at the train station.
I wanted to share a story that happened here in Rio, actually in a mountain town near Rio... to be more precise, in Mendes city. My grandmother used to live in this city, next to a small cemetery.
The city is quite small, and a boy around 12 years old died; I don't remember the exact reason, I think he was hit by a car or in a car accident, but this boy had a dog, and they were inseparable. The dog lay next to the coffin during the entire wake and accompanied his owner to the grave. He didn't want to leave the side of the grave. He lived the rest of his life in the cemetery; he would only leave to eat, as my grandmother would feed him. The dog lived for about 8 years, and when he died, they buried him next to his owner. This happened many years ago; I was still a boy...
Since I didn't know if you would see the message on the old video, I wanted to write here. I hope you don't mind. Now, a suggestion: react to the animation "Rio." It's the story of two birds; don't worry, it's a light and cheerful story.
I love the scene on the BA plane; it’s so overly British.
Stop calling me Shirley! 😏
I'm missing Bruce Willis since his illness. It was so sad that he went to poor low budget films. Sadder still that he was diagnosed with dementia. To me he was one of the most entertaining actors and I loved his movies like the DIE HARD series. Good bye Bruce Willis. I will still watch your old great movies.💔😢
Still made money for his family and his care that he knew he'd need since he was going downhill. That was the motive.
He is hilarious in the Moonlighting tv series.
Dawn, the front of turbofan jet engines of the airliner the terrorists are escaping in is called the turbine.
30:00 Lighting the fuel....question, how fast was the plane travelling? Might check out Mythbusters about the fuel catching up to the plane.
Yup, Andrews AFB is 40 miles away. But we needed a movie.
If National and Dules are socked in, so is Andrews, so the closest might be Philly, New York or Richmond. But I think they said the whole east coast was socked in.
@@mikematusek4233 Baltimore (BWI) is pretty close---like 30 miles.
@@mikematusek4233 But they're not 'socked in'. That's a ruse by the villains. The planes can land just fine, as is shown, when the plane lands just fine...
@@Belzediel They said that they were at the beginning.
I love this movie better than the first one. Freedom not yet :). Another great underated action Christmas movie you should see that no one ever reacted to yet is Raindeeer Games 2000 with Ben Afleck
Another Chistmas Die Hard !!!!
Don't call me Shirley😛 (Hope you got that lol)
Drinking game you have to take a shot everytime Dawn says Ya Bugger
2:49.,,MEAT!!! From "Porky's!!!
13:10 "Antenna Array"
The planes staying in the landing pattern in winter storm conditions makes perfect sense. Visibility in this case is very poor. The planes are totally reliant on air traffic control to tell them where they are. If they start flying off blind you will have multiple mid air collisions.
But if they are no longer in contact with the tower they would surely switch to the regional ATC's frequency and get directed to an alternate. There are also various other communications channels they could get info from.
And there are multiple airports near Washington DC.
Keep in mind that the third one "Die Hard with a Vengeance" isn't a Christmas movie. It's set in late summer.
Well Christmas is in summer here in Australia so we here can say it's a Christmas movie
@@JohnDoe-bz4yl - Sorry mate July is the middle of winter in Australia 😉
Welll Technically not "Height of Summer"...... Kids were in School...... As far as I know NYC didn't have year round School in the 1990's........
@@bobsteele9581 I know jusly is winter here in Australia but Christmas falls in December here in Australia therefore Diehard with a vengence is a Aussie Christmas movie
@@JohnDoe-bz4yl It's set in the US in July or August mate.
6:55 - A NEW SOP FOR DOAs FROM THE FAA - New 'Standard Operating Procedures' for 'Dead On Arrival' bodies from the Federal Aviation Administration.
Still have part 3 “…with a vengeance” after this
"Just go to a different Airport" ...... MOVIE SOLVED IN SIX LITTLE WORDS! Gnight folks!
Can’t wait for you to react to
“ Live Free Or Fie Hard,” - the best DH ever ! 😃😎👍💯
Oh, a joke. Took me a while, i thought you were serious at first.
I love this movie. It's over the top in the best way and still feels like Die Hard with the single location and Christmas setting. The third one is a really good action movie, but it doesn't really feel like Die Hard to me, as it takes place all over the city during Summer and is a buddy movie. I still really like it, but I'm partial to these first two movies.
I love the 3rd one (and think it's quite a bit better than No. 2), but I'm with you, when it first came out I said exactly the same. Great action movie, but doesn't have any of the "Die Hard" trademarks from the 1st and the 2nd movie: McClane is alone, it all takes place at one location, and it's Christmas. You could maybe take away one of those elements, but all 3 just felt out of place.
Not sure about that, but it feels that they found a great script that wasn't meant to be a Die Hard movie, and than adjusted it to fit McClaine into it.
@mrtveye6682 That's exactly what happened. According to Wikipedia, the DH3 script was going to be a Brandon Lee movie until he died while making The Crow. Then, it was repurposed as a Lethal Weapon movie (which maybe explains why it's a buddy movie) before ultimately being re-written again to be a Die Hard movie. It isn't that different than what they did with Die Hard 2, since they just found a novel about terrorists at an airport and changed the characters to make a Die Hard movie out of it. It did fit the checklist for a Die Hard movie a bit better than the 3rd movie's script, but maybe a little too much, as some people seem to think that it's too similar (which is not a problem with the 3rd movie).
I forget in a minute, she says. A minute later - oh, that guy from Terminator? And this one from Shawshank? 😄
In reality there are a million airport options in that area to divert planes too
You can't just decide to fly an airplane anywhere you want even in an emergency. There are thousands of planes in the same sky at any given moment that you could crash into. That's why Air Traffic Control is there. To keep them from hitting each other.
Plane movements are directed by Air Traffic control or they would be crashing into each other all the time.