Film/TV Jan 5, 2012 at 11:10 am

People: You Do Not Get to Like Both Die Hard and Lethal Weapon. You Must Choose a Side.

Megan Seling
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Bullshit. 10 points from Hufflepuff. (you know you would be in hufflepuff, Megan.)
wisepunk on January 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM Report this
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I've never watched either of these films/franchises, but in true internet fashion, I won't let that stop me from giving my opinion as the only right way of thinking.

Die Hard has Professor Snape, and makes an already balding (but still with hair!) New Jersey goombah into a sexee action star.

Lethal Weapon features a ridiculous '80s mullet, and the big villain is Gary Busey, who is now even more nutso than Mel Gibson.

Die Hard FTW!
genevieve on January 5, 2012 at 11:20 AM Report this
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Lethal Weapon is the perfect action movie. There is no need for discussion.
on January 5, 2012 at 11:26 AM Report this
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The first LW is the equal--perhaps even the better--of any of the DH movies, but taking the franchises as a whole, no question...DH all the way.
schmacky on January 5, 2012 at 11:27 AM Report this
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@1 I do not know what a hufflepuff is.
Megan Seling on January 5, 2012 at 11:33 AM Stranger Staff
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I like the one w/ the unconventional guy who shoots lots of things and there are lots of explosions and stuff. That shit's cool.
Some Old Nobodaddy Logged In on January 5, 2012 at 11:43 AM Report this
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@5 It's a Harry Potter reference, Megs. Not knowing that indicates that you're a muggle.

The Max on January 5, 2012 at 11:43 AM Report this
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Can I vote for Die Hard...but still watch Lethal Weapon in the closet?
ArtBasketSara on January 5, 2012 at 11:44 AM Report this
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@4 is correct, the Lethal Weapon franchise took a nose dive into a steaming pile of Joe Pesci while Die Hard gently sloped downward.
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on January 5, 2012 at 11:45 AM Report this
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I've always had a soft spot in my heart for Lethal Weapon cause it was a family movie for us. My dad was never an action movie fan, unless there was gonna be an obvious comedy part to it. I sort of emulated his taste in action movies, so I've never seen Die Hard.
This post now makes me want to remedy this. Die Hard movie fest this weekend!
Enigma on January 5, 2012 at 11:46 AM Report this
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Oh and a "huffle puff" is a delicious pastry filled with sweet cream. Obviously.
ArtBasketSara on January 5, 2012 at 11:46 AM Report this
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Die Hard is the superior series, but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Rene Russo in Lethal Weapon 3/4.
sisyphusgal on January 5, 2012 at 11:46 AM Report this
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This was a tough choice. LW started with one great genre-sealing movie, moved on to that great scene on the toidy in an otherwise good movie, and ended up with one I really can't remember at all.

Die Hard starts out with badass maverick cop vs a building. It moves on to Die Hard 1.5 (Striking Distance) the building is a river. Then, Die Hard II: the river is an airport. Die Hard III: the building is New York City. But then there's Die Hard 4: the city is America, and they emasculted it almost out of existence.
The Max on January 5, 2012 at 11:51 AM Report this
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What are the relative "Mullet Ratio's" of these two franchises? What does does the mullet foretell?

Gibson clearly has the front and center star-power mullet. He plays unbalanced cop. Constantly nearly getting his black partner killed.

Then. Pretty much all the eeeeeeevil bad guys in Die Hard had mullets. Alan Rickman had a mullet.

What does that tell you?

Let me spell it out, Seling: The bad guys in Die Hard were essentially greedy German terrorists - another way of saying Nazis.

And 'lo Gibson has subsequently proven to both cling to his mullet and revealed himself to be a pseudo-Nazi (when intoxicated).

So therefore...

I forgot where I was going.
tkc on January 5, 2012 at 11:53 AM Report this
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Keep your Harry Potter bullshit out of my Die Hard thread, wisepunk!
Megan Seling on January 5, 2012 at 11:54 AM Stranger Staff
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In the first Lethal Weapon, we have Riggs, spiraling down a deep dark hole, tells Murtaugh that he's thinking about doing himself in. Murtaugh doesn't believe him and escapes the situation, talking Riggs into sucking on the barrel of his piece like a blue steel cock of death. Extreme Close-Up on Riggs' poor tortured eyes. 'please help me. i'm still alive,' those eyes say. Murtaugh stops the hammer from coming down. I have never seen a more sublime illustration of the True Meaning of Christmas.
The Max on January 5, 2012 at 11:57 AM Report this
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uhhh, where's the option to vote for The Naken Gun film series? RIP Lesile Nielsen
Jackson Hathorn on January 5, 2012 at 12:02 PM Report this
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Die Hard 3 was so good.
Westlake, son! on January 5, 2012 at 12:03 PM Report this
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CAn I vote for "neither"? Mel Gibson is everything you're saying about him, but Bruce Willis actually MORE ANNOYING TO WATCH. Remember that commercial where he played blues harmonica? The man needs to have that smirk wiped off the front of his bald head with a swipe of a samurai sword.
Fnarf on January 5, 2012 at 12:08 PM Report this
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DIE HARD 1 THE MOVIE VERSUS LETHAL WEAPON 1 THE MOVIE IS A REALLY TOUGH DECISION; BOTH HAVE AMAZING QUALITIES. DIE HARD THE MOVIE SERIES AGAINST LETHAL WEAPON THE MOVIE SERIES IS EASY. DIE HARD ALL THE WAY WITHOUT ANY POSSABILITY OF DOUBT. ONE MUST NEVER FORGET THAT DIE HARD IS TECHNICALLY A SEQUEL TO THE 1968 MOVIE "THE DETECTIVE" STARING FRANK SINATRA.
Graham on January 5, 2012 at 12:09 PM Report this
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Sorry, but you're wrong. DH 1&2 rocked. LW 1&2 rocked. After that they both turned into crap (though watch Jet Li kick the crap out of Gibson rocke my world). You can and I do love them both. If, however, you put a gun to my head, I'd have to come down on John Mclane's side.
NateMan on January 5, 2012 at 12:13 PM Report this
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@14 - In Die Hard, only the bad guys have mullets. Lethal Weapon has both good and bad guys sporting mullets, and in that regard it is very hard to follow.

In talking about movies that remind me of a certain era and are better than Lethal Weapon, I would associate 48 Hours and Midnight Run before Die Hard for reasons that make sense to probably just me.
Dougsf on January 5, 2012 at 12:16 PM Report this
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Die Hard for HANS GRUBER.
Chester Copperpot on January 5, 2012 at 12:22 PM Report this
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@20, despite your all-caps abomination you do win the trivia prize of the day for that Sinatra factoid.
gloomy gus on January 5, 2012 at 12:28 PM Report this
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Choose between the homophobic teabaggy bald man who sucked off Ashton Kutcher while receiving a vigorous round of pegging from Demi Moore, or the fundamentalist Catholic who thought that using a puppet in his best lesbian friend's movie would do something to rehabilitate his image as a neo-Nazi and unhinged spousal abuser.
on January 5, 2012 at 12:30 PM Report this
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I haven't seen LW 2-4 in probably 10 years, but I remember thinking they were terrible even back then. The order is thus (from best to least best): Die Hard, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Lethal Weapon, Die Harder, Live Free or Die Hard. Fact.
T on January 5, 2012 at 12:59 PM Report this
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And... I'm calling it. Die Hard wins by the length of the Trans-Canada Highway, the Trans-Siberian Railway and every penis in the world laid end-to-end.
sven forkbeard on January 5, 2012 at 1:02 PM Report this
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@24: WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT MY KEYBOARD IS BROKEN? FURTHER TRIVIA: THERE IS AN ADVERTISEMENT FOR LETHAL WEAPON 2 IN THE MOVIE DIE HARD 2. USING THIS AS THE STARTING POINT WE CAN DEDUCE THAT WHEN THE LEVELS OF REALITY ARE EXAMINED, DIE HARD IS CLOSER TO THE REAL WORLD THAN LETHAL WEAPON.
Graham on January 5, 2012 at 1:06 PM Report this
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@19 Aw, I love that smirk. He has good reasons to smirk. And he's just more charismatic than Mel. So is Danny.
Vince on January 5, 2012 at 1:06 PM Report this
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"LONG LIVE JOHN McCLANE." Indeed.

DH 3 was acceptable. I have always felt that #3 was not originally a Die Hard script at all, but they wanted to continue the franchise and someone said, hey, I read this script...and they adapted it to be #3. I think it would have been a better movie if they hadn't forced it into the Die Hard franchise. I never bought the idea that John McClane would leave Holly. Come on, the guy ran through broken glass (#1) and fire-y snow (#2) for his woman. But, #3's lack of Holly does allow for #4, which, while not as good as the any of the first 3, does seem to improve on repeated watchings. I am thrilled to hear there will be a #5. Thanks for that.

Lethal Weapon? Okay. Danny Glover is just great in all of them. He's a good reason to endorse the movies. Idiot Gibson is not.
Bugnroolet on January 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM Report this
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Apples and Oranges. To say that you can only like one is absurd. Novel, I guess, but it makes my less-than-nimble brain hurt trying to come up with any sort of valid reason why you'd need to pick one.
on January 5, 2012 at 1:15 PM Report this
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Neither. Neither is the right answer. I'm starting to think these polls are skewed.
treacle on January 5, 2012 at 1:22 PM Report this
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Theres definitely more 'action' in DH but they're both kind of awful to watch ESPECIALLY the subsequent followups. Well, I'll give a pass for the LW which had Patsy Kensit..
biju on January 5, 2012 at 1:24 PM Report this
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I would rather watch Bruce Willis than Mel Gibson any day.
very bad homo on January 5, 2012 at 1:25 PM Report this
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@28, you are Scholar of the Day. Thank you!
gloomy gus on January 5, 2012 at 1:45 PM Report this
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@28- "WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT MY KEYBOARD IS BROKEN?"

No.
dwightmoodyforgetsthings on January 5, 2012 at 1:45 PM Report this
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As an FAA engineer, I can say that Die Hard 2 is the most hysterically inaccurate movie about airports ever. And therefore the favorite movie of everyone in my office.
angel in indy on January 5, 2012 at 3:35 PM Report this
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@37, you mean flight controllers don't get to change where ground level is? What if they need to, though? Dang.
gloomy gus on January 5, 2012 at 4:20 PM Report this
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The first and third Die Hard films are best because, as was proved by Indiana Jones, Germans make the best villains. Do not even attempt to dispute this.

@26 I... actually agree with that ranking. Curious.

These guys may have a different opinion, though.
Xenos on January 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM Report this
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Whoops, missing link follows

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE4zF36dP…
Xenos on January 5, 2012 at 5:15 PM Report this
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@38 don't get me started....
angel in indy on January 5, 2012 at 7:20 PM Report this
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"They're sayin' 'Hey Zeus' not Jesus. My name is Zeus!" D.H.III. Samuel L. Jackson & Bruce Willis. Joe Pesci was an annoyance in those Lethal Weapon movies. Die Extra Harder all the way. Good poll Megan.
freesandbags on January 5, 2012 at 8:56 PM Report this
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It took me all day to decide to vote. I had to think, godammit, think!
wisepunk on January 5, 2012 at 10:09 PM Report this
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Diplomatic Immunity!

bornhere on January 5, 2012 at 11:10 PM Report this
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1,000 votes with 90% going to Die Hard. You people warm my Lethal Weapon-hating heart. I love you, Sloggers.
Megan Seling on January 6, 2012 at 10:21 AM Stranger Staff
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It's all about RUSH HOUR, SUCKERS--1, 2, AND 3.
lordbison on January 6, 2012 at 10:55 AM Report this
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Until this post I had no idea they were separate movies. I thought it was something like, Die Hard: Lethal Weapon (or vice versa), and that it starred both of those guys. Whoops.
mitten on January 7, 2012 at 10:21 AM Report this

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