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Poll: Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 14, 2019.

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Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

  1. Yes

  2. No

  3. I have never watched the movie Die Hard

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  1. NIGHTBRINGER
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    Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?

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    Vote and discuss :)
     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 14, 2019
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    What’s die hard?


    I’ve been living under a rock and don’t watch pop culture stuff
     
    Lizerd, Dec 14, 2019
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    It's an old Bruce Willis move from 1988...

     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 14, 2019
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    I haven't seen it either, not my genre.
     
    Aginor, Dec 15, 2019
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    That's two out of two people who have not seen it.

    And here I thought that most people had seen it. Then again, it is fairly old.
     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 15, 2019
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    Aginor Fifth Spawning Staff Member

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    It is just an odd coincidence.
    I hardly know anyone who hasn't seen it.

    Edit: fun fact: in German it is called "Stirb Langsam", which doesn't translate to "die hard" but to "die slowly". I have no clue why.
     
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    @Lizerd @Aginor

    I've updated the poll to account for you guys. Vote away! :)
     
    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 15, 2019
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    Now we’re talking!

    Just need to find a good movie about Saturnalia....
     
    Lizerd, Dec 15, 2019
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    I bet the literal translation in German conveys some really unfortunate meaning.

    Perhaps almost the opposite of what the title is meant to convey in English.
     
    pendrake, Dec 15, 2019
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    You can only watch so many Hallmark movies about little girls who adopt adorable critters, or golden retrievers that cause some unlikely couple to fall in love, or some cinderella-like gal to find her prince Mr. Right just before Xmas, or some other variant of snowstorm, cute animals, love stories, mistletoe and such...

    ...before you desperately want a shootem’ up movie.

    And the film was set on Xmas Eve I think.
     
    pendrake, Dec 15, 2019
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    You don't have to be living under a rock. The movie didn't cycle to cable very often, and it is not on any streaming service I am aware of.

    My memory of Die Hard is pretty hazy but Christmas iconography was everywhere, in practically every scene. That's enough to make it a Christmas movie.

    This, I wish I could give this a double like.
     
    Scalenex, Dec 15, 2019
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    It takes place on Christmas, there is Christmas music, at least one Christmas tree, and a Santa hat. So I would say yes.
     
    LizardWizard, Dec 15, 2019
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    Oh, there is also a "ho, ho, ho" so that has to count for something.
     
    LizardWizard, Dec 15, 2019
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    Your post made me think about it a bit.
    I think the hardest part of the translation here is that - like many English words - it has several meanings.

    Die hard can be imperative, meaning "come on, be hard to kill". That seems to be the original meaning from the 19th century.

    It is also used as an adjective (usually with a hyphen), meaning tough, extremist, stubborn, convinced, fanatic, and half a dozen other things.

    In German there is no equivalent term. You can either use the first or the second one.
    "Knallhart" means die hard, but it doesn't quite fit.

    The problem with "Stirb Langsam" is that dying slowly is associated with torture. No body wants to die slowly.
     
    Aginor, Dec 15, 2019
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    nothing to discuss here. It's a Christmas movie! :D

    (albeit a VERY unusual one, I'll give you that :p)
     
    Killer Angel, Dec 15, 2019
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    My vote...

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    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 15, 2019
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    NIGHTBRINGER, Dec 16, 2019
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    I am in the Yes-camp... though it is a while since I have seen it.


    Just this, so true!

    Gr, Imrahil
     
    Imrahil, Dec 16, 2019
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    One of the better Christmas movies, no less. Similarly with Diehard 2 ("How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?").

    One might also be tempted to consider Gremlins and Childsplay to be Christmas movies as well, though like Home Alone 3 that claim is very tangential.
     
    ChapterAquila92, Dec 17, 2019
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