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Back to the Future
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Die Hard
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Author Topic: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard  (Read 127299 times)

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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #30 on: July 13, 2008, 09:41:25 PM »
Well, then I propose the rating system change to be based on your opinion of Back to the Future rather than on number of posts. Then I would be rated about 2 bajillion stars.

Yeah, I used to think that way.  Back when I only had three stars.

Die Hard:P

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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #31 on: July 13, 2008, 10:04:12 PM »
Well, then I propose the rating system change to be based on your opinion of Back to the Future rather than on number of posts. Then I would be rated about 2 bajillion stars.

Yeah, I used to think that way.  Back when I only had three stars.

Die Hard:P

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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #32 on: July 14, 2008, 12:00:25 AM »
You're overrated.

you may be correct, but i have 5783 posts.

I'm not sure I'd brag about that. But then again, I've won 3 fantasy football leagues...

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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #33 on: July 14, 2008, 10:48:30 AM »
You're overrated.

you may be correct, but i have 5783 posts.

I'm not sure I'd brag about that. But then again, I've won 3 fantasy football leagues...

i'm not bragging about it at all. just making a joke. my post number has nothing to do with anything.
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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #34 on: July 14, 2008, 10:50:35 AM »
I, on the other hand, was totally serious.

Die Hard!

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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #35 on: July 14, 2008, 11:01:07 AM »
And pix reaffirms his evilness once again.

Also, Die Hard can't be better than BttF. Die Hard doesn't have Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox. Instant fail.
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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #36 on: July 14, 2008, 12:06:40 PM »
You're overrated.

you may be correct, but i have 5783 posts.

I'm not sure I'd brag about that. But then again, I've won 3 fantasy football leagues...

i'm not bragging about it at all. just making a joke. my post number has nothing to do with anything.

I know you weren't bragging. I too was making a joke. Damned lack of tone on the Internet...

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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #37 on: July 14, 2008, 12:09:31 PM »
I was still serious.

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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #38 on: July 14, 2008, 01:17:11 PM »
Die Hard can't be better than BttF. Die Hard doesn't have Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox. Instant fail.

This isn't about actors.  It's about character.

Die Hard gave us John McClane along with Holly and Little Lucy.  Then there's Al Powell, Argyle, Dept. Chief of Police Dwayne T. Robinson, Reporter Richard Thornburg, Ellis, Special Agents Johnson and Johnson (no relation), Mr. Takagi, Karl, Theo the safecracker and Hans Gruber.  That's without getting into great bit parts like Walt, the city worker who can cut the power and the Convenience Store Clerk. 

Back to the Future gave us Marty, Dc. Brown, George, Lorraine, Biff and I'll even throw in Mr. Strickland, The "Save The Clock Tower" woman and Marvin Berry.

Die Hard wins.  And I didn't even mention the SWAT guy who pricks his hand running through the rose bushes and the great Al Leong as candy bar eating Asian bad guy Uli.  (Also known for playing Endo, dispenser of pain in Lethal Weapon.)


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Re: Random Movie Death Match #13 - Back to the Future vs. Die Hard
« Reply #39 on: July 14, 2008, 01:20:14 PM »
i think part of it is about legacy. die hard may have defined the meaty action hero movie, but it has been done and redone a thousand times since.  bttf did something entirely new with the science fiction genre, and has it ever been successfully recreated? i don't think so.

plus, unlike the die hard terrorists, the bttf terrorists could actually hit somebody with their machine guns (mainly, chris lloyd)