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Retronauts Episode 344: Die Hard

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Retronauts

Technology, Games, Video Games, Leisure

4.62.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy Parish, Bob Mackey, and Henry Gilbert celebrate the ho-ho-holidays at Nakatomi Plaza—a machine gun in hand, feet clenched into fists—by looking back at the film and video game legacy of John McTiernan's seasonal classic Die Hard. Hit it, Argyle!

Art by Nick Wanserski. Edits by Greg Leahy.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Quiz question for you. Of the 20 outer London boroughs, how many do you think meet the

0:05.6

World Health Organization's safe limit for toxic air pollution? How many do you think?

0:11.7

Go on, say a number out loud. None of them. That's why the U-LES is expanding across

0:19.1

all London boroughs. Search U-LES 2023 to see if you're affected and if you are eligible

0:25.4

for funding to help replace your vehicle. Let's clear the air. You're listening to

0:30.8

RetroNots, a part of the Greenlit Podcast Network, a collective of creator-owned and fully-independent

0:36.2

podcasts focused on pop culture and video gaming. To learn more and to catch up on all the

0:41.3

other network shows, check out GreenlitPodcasts.com.

0:47.2

This week in RetroNots, Yippee-ki-ay, Motherfucker.

1:03.2

Welcome to RetroNots. I am Jeremy Parrish, recording remotely from North Carolina with

1:19.3

the usual madman over there. I am the John McClane to this podcast and downstairs on the floor

1:27.4

of the Nakatomi Building Plaza. We have, hey, it's Bob Mackie, I am the Mr. Falcon of this podcast.

1:34.5

You're not the original Val Johnson? I wish I could be as cool as him, but in case you're wondering,

1:38.8

that was what they dubbed Motherfucker with in the TV version. Yippee-ki-ay, Mr. Falcon.

1:43.4

With a guy that sounds nothing like Bruce Willis. Hey, it's Henry Gilbert and these Twinkies are

1:49.5

for my wife. Yes, we are talking about Diehard, the story of Officer Diehard running around inside

2:00.6

a Japanese building in Los Angeles trying to stop British terrorists to sound German,

2:05.1

pretending to be American. It's very confusing. It's extremely international and it is also,

2:11.2

I think the third in this kind of informal series that Bob and Henry and I have going,

2:16.0

we're talking about games that are, sorry, films that inspired video games in the late 80s,

2:23.1

but also redefined how violence was presented on screen in movies and really changed the baseline

2:33.6

of what was acceptable in Hollywood in terms of mainstream violence and not so much with

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