Christmas Special: Why We Love Die Hard with Kim Taylor-Foster—Fandom, Screen Junkies, Author

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 756 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Of course, Die Hard is a Christmas movie! Alongside guest Kim Taylor-Foster, Entertainment Editor at Fandom, Brian unpacks why the 1988 action film is such a landmark of American cinema, and why we circle back around to it every holiday season. With behind-the-scenes trivia and commentary, this is a fascinating deep dive into the world of John McClane’s Christmas-party-gone-awry. Yippee-ki-yay, Merry Christmas!

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0:00.0	Yippee Kyi, Merry Christmas.
0:20.2	I know the Yippie Kaya has something else coming after it in the move we're talking about today.
0:25.7	Die hard.
0:26.6	But, you know, I get enough people complaining about my language.
0:29.2	I'm not going to use the Fuddrucker language right there.
0:33.1	But Yippie Kaya, Fudrucker.
0:34.9	So today, we're heading for Nakatomi Plaza and a special Christmas episode of The Aggressive
0:42.9	Life all about the best Christmas movie out there ever.
0:48.0	Yeah, I said it.
0:49.4	Christmas movie.
0:50.7	Today is all die hard all day long. We're talking John McLean, Hans Gruber. We're talking
0:59.0	throwing bad guys out of windows, jumping off buildings, tethered to fire hoses, and just being a
1:04.7	general badass. I'm joined by diehard expert and author Kim Taylor Foster. She's a talented writer.
1:11.6	She's focused a lot of her efforts on the film industry.
1:14.9	She's contributed to global media powerhouses like Fandorn, IGN, the BBC.
1:20.1	She's appeared at the San Diego Comic Con as part of the Screen Junkies panel.
1:25.3	She is everywhere movie lovers are, and it's just in time for Christmas.
1:30.7	She's released The Defendive Guide to John McLean's Christmas Party Gone Arry.
1:36.0	And her book is called Why We Love Die Hard.
1:39.4	I've got a copy right here with me, full of trivia, behind the scenes commentary, essays about the movie.
1:45.3	It's freaking awesome.
1:46.7	Kim Taylor Foster, welcome to The Aggressive Life.
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