Current Events > Die Hard isn't a Christmas movie, but I can see why people mistake it for one:

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averagejoel 12/12/20 4:31:18 PM #1:	-it's set on December 24th, which is not Christmas day -the song Let it Snow, which contains no reference of any kind to Christmas, gets played at the end it's a perfectly understandable mistake --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:948254304] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>-it's set on December 24th, which is not Christmas day -the song Let it Snow, which contains no reference of any kind to Christmas, gets played at the end it's a perfectly understandable mistake </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Trent 12/12/20 4:31:35 PM #2:	comedy can be tricky --- i'm Trent B and i get respect your cash and your jewelry is what i expect <cite>The Trent posted [p:948254312] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>comedy can be tricky </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rodu_jr 12/12/20 4:31:55 PM #3:	remember the Christmas episode of Band of Brothers? My favorite!! <cite>rodu_jr posted [p:948254327] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>remember the Christmas episode of Band of Brothers? My favorite!! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shablagoo 12/12/20 4:34:12 PM #4:	Gruber's gang in Die Hard needed the reduced security and number of employees in the building for a nighttime Christmas party for them to get into the building more easily, but they also needed enough employees at the party to create a hostage situation that would get the FBI out so they could turn off the power, letting them drill into the vault. ~~You take Xmas out and they don't have their opportunity to make their heist.~~ ~~And McClane is in that building specifically because it's Christmas.~~ ~~No Christmas, no Die Hard.~~ --- "If you wanna grow your business you need to exploit more." ~Austin_Era_II "Out of those two? Racist for me... easily." ~Vicious_Dios <cite>Shablagoo posted [p:948254405] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Gruber's gang in Die Hard needed the reduced security and number of employees in the building for a nighttime Christmas party for them to get into the building more easily, but they also needed enough employees at the party to create a hostage situation that would get the FBI out so they could turn off the power, letting them drill into the vault. You take Xmas out and they don't have their opportunity to make their heist. And McClane is in that building specifically because it's Christmas. No Christmas, no Die Hard. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 12/12/20 4:40:08 PM #5:	McClane? More like... McClaus he even says ho ho ho (now i have a machine gun) --- Rain in the meadow beats the river to the ocean <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:948254614] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>McClane? More like... McClaus he even says ho ho ho (now i have a machine gun) </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
RustyFerret 12/12/20 4:49:34 PM #6:	I don't really consider it a Christmas movie in the traditional sense because there is no central message or theme of the holiday in the movie. It just serves as a setting, like in Gremlins. They could have changed the setting to a New Years Eve party and it wouldn't have changed much. <cite>RustyFerret posted [p:948254935] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>I don't really consider it a Christmas movie in the traditional sense because there is no central message or theme of the holiday in the movie. It just serves as a setting, like in Gremlins. They could have changed the setting to a New Years Eve party and it wouldn't have changed much. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 12/12/20 4:50:27 PM #7:	gremlins is also a christmas movie --- Rain in the meadow beats the river to the ocean <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:948254959] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>gremlins is also a christmas movie </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 12/12/20 4:50:47 PM #8:	Both Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are Christmas movies. People always leave out LW. --- https://imgur.com/x04tPRZ https://imgur.com/t7T392I <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:948254969] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Both Die Hard and Lethal Weapon are Christmas movies. People always leave out LW.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
argonautweakend 12/12/20 4:50:53 PM #9:	I feel like to be a Christmas movie it needs to be about Christmas or have Christmas be a significant plot point. Movies simply set in and around Christmas don't really count. <cite>argonautweakend posted [p:948254974] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>I feel like to be a Christmas movie it needs to be about Christmas or have Christmas be a significant plot point. Movies simply set in and around Christmas don't really count. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 12/12/20 4:51:53 PM #10:	tremors is also a christmas movie iirc --- Rain in the meadow beats the river to the ocean <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:948255019] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>tremors is also a christmas movie iirc </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hippocrates 12/12/20 4:52:18 PM #11:	argonautweakend posted... I feel like to be a Christmas movie it needs to be about Christmas or have Christmas be a significant plot point yeah, like die hard <cite>Hippocrates posted [p:948255032] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>argonautweakend posted... </cite> <quote>I feel like to be a Christmas movie it needs to be about Christmas or have Christmas be a significant plot point</quote> yeah, like die hard </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
averagejoel 12/12/20 4:55:21 PM #12:	Shablagoo posted... Gruber's gang in Die Hard needed the reduced security and number of employees in the building for a nighttime Christmas party for them to get into the building more easily, but they also needed enough employees at the party to create a hostage situation that would get the FBI out so they could turn off the power, letting them drill into the vault. ~~You take Xmas out and they don't have their opportunity to make their heist.~~ ~~And McClane is in that building specifically because it's Christmas.~~ ~~No Christmas, no Die Hard.~~ it didn't necessarily have to be a Christmas party. any kind of party would have worked --- peanut butter and dick <cite>averagejoel posted [p:948255141] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Shablagoo posted... </cite> <quote>Gruber's gang in Die Hard needed the reduced security and number of employees in the building for a nighttime Christmas party for them to get into the building more easily, but they also needed enough employees at the party to create a hostage situation that would get the FBI out so they could turn off the power, letting them drill into the vault. You take Xmas out and they don't have their opportunity to make their heist. And McClane is in that building specifically because it's Christmas. No Christmas, no Die Hard.</quote>it didn't necessarily have to be a Christmas party. any kind of party would have worked </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Trent 12/12/20 4:56:10 PM #13:	what other holidays have corporate parties, averagejoel? --- i'm Trent B and i get respect your cash and your jewelry is what i expect <cite>The Trent posted [p:948255173] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>what other holidays have corporate parties, averagejoel? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Tenlaar 12/12/20 4:57:46 PM #15:	Hippocrates posted... yeah, like die hard If any event party can be slotted in with the same results, like the aforementioned New Year's Eve or a product launch party, then Christmas itself is not a significant plot point. <cite>Tenlaar posted [p:948255229] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Hippocrates posted... </cite> <quote>yeah, like die hard</quote>If any event party can be slotted in with the same results, like the aforementioned New Year's Eve or a product launch party, then Christmas itself is not a significant plot point. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeadBankerDream 12/12/20 4:58:29 PM #16:	I like how TC ignored the ho-ho-ho now I have a machine gun part because it would have ruined his argument. --- "That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!" <cite>DeadBankerDream posted [p:948255246] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>I like how TC ignored the ho-ho-ho now I have a machine gun part because it would have ruined his argument.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rodu_jr 12/12/20 4:59:44 PM #17:	viewmaster_pi posted... tremors is also a christmas movie iirc I don't recall any time of year specified <cite>rodu_jr posted [p:948255284] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>viewmaster_pi posted... </cite> <quote>tremors is also a christmas movie iirc</quote>I don't recall any time of year specified </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Hippocrates 12/12/20 4:59:54 PM #18:	Tenlaar posted... If any event party can be slotted in with the same results, like the aforementioned New Year's Eve or a product launch party, then Christmas itself is not a significant plot point. "if it wasn't a christmas movie it wouldn't be a christmas movie" agreed <cite>Hippocrates posted [p:948255293] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Tenlaar posted... </cite> <quote>If any event party can be slotted in with the same results, like the aforementioned New Year's Eve or a product launch party, then Christmas itself is not a significant plot point.</quote>"if it wasn't a christmas movie it wouldn't be a christmas movie" agreed </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Seitar 12/12/20 5:00:15 PM #19:	averagejoel posted... -it's set on December 24th, which is not Christmas day Except a lot of places in the world treat Christmas Eve as the big day, Japan does this and Nakatomi Plaza is the building of the Japanese company Nakatomi Corporation so this just makes it more of a Christmas movie. --- PSN: Seitar-Hubbe <cite>Seitar posted [p:948255301] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>averagejoel posted... </cite> <quote>-it's set on December 24th, which is not Christmas day</quote>Except a lot of places in the world treat Christmas Eve as the big day, Japan does this and Nakatomi Plaza is the building of the Japanese company Nakatomi Corporation so this just makes it more of a Christmas movie. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tenlaar 12/12/20 5:00:34 PM #20:	Hippocrates posted... "if it wasn't a christmas movie it wouldn't be a christmas movie" agreed Again, the existence of Christmas being acknowledged in a movie is not Christmas being a central part of the movie's plot. <cite>Tenlaar posted [p:948255310] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Hippocrates posted... </cite> <quote>"if it wasn't a christmas movie it wouldn't be a christmas movie" agreed</quote>Again, the existence of Christmas being acknowledged in a movie is not Christmas being a central part of the movie's plot. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 12/12/20 5:02:31 PM #21:	rodu_jr posted... I don't recall any time of year specified so you can't prove it wasn't december --- Rain in the meadow beats the river to the ocean <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:948255375] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>rodu_jr posted... </cite> <quote>I don't recall any time of year specified</quote>so you can't prove it wasn't december </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GATTJT 12/12/20 5:05:55 PM #22:	Tenlaar posted... Again, the existence of Christmas being acknowledged in a movie is not Christmas being a central part of the movie's plot. Is Gruber's plan not a central part of the movie's plot? Does Gruber's plan not center around it being Christmas Eve? --- http://steamcommunity.com/id/gamerfanfan/wishlist <cite>GATTJT posted [p:948255497] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Tenlaar posted... </cite> <quote>Again, the existence of Christmas being acknowledged in a movie is not Christmas being a central part of the movie's plot.</quote>Is Gruber's plan not a central part of the movie's plot? Does Gruber's plan not center around it being Christmas Eve? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tenlaar 12/12/20 5:07:46 PM #23:	GATTJT posted... Is Gruber's plan not a central part of the movie's plot? Does Gruber's plan not center around it being Christmas Eve? No, Gruber's plan centers around there being an after hours staff party with minimal security. <cite>Tenlaar posted [p:948255566] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>GATTJT posted... </cite> <quote>Is Gruber's plan not a central part of the movie's plot? Does Gruber's plan not center around it being Christmas Eve?</quote>No, Gruber's plan centers around there being an after hours staff party with minimal security. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DeadBankerDream 12/12/20 5:10:01 PM #24:	Tenlaar posted... No, Gruber's plan centers around there being an after hours staff party with minimal security. Christmas Vacation's plot just centers on there being a tree in the living room. --- "That thick shaft that causes women to shudder!" <cite>DeadBankerDream posted [p:948255643] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Tenlaar posted...</cite> <quote> No, Gruber's plan centers around there being an after hours staff party with minimal security. </quote> Christmas Vacation's plot just centers on there being a tree in the living room.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Tenlaar 12/12/20 5:12:07 PM #25:	DeadBankerDream posted... Christmas Vacation's plot just centers on there being a tree in the living room. You're just proving my point, the fact that they made five of those Vacation movies about other events is evidence that it wasn't actually centered around Christmas but the Griswold family. <cite>Tenlaar posted [p:948255725] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>DeadBankerDream posted... </cite> <quote>Christmas Vacation's plot just centers on there being a tree in the living room.</quote>You're just proving my point, the fact that they made five of those Vacation movies about other events is evidence that it wasn't actually centered around Christmas but the Griswold family. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AlCalavicci 12/12/20 5:15:27 PM #26:	Tenlaar posted... No, Gruber's plan centers around there being an after hours staff party with minimal security. It being an after hours staff party with minimal security at other parts of the year doesn't necessarily put John McClane at that party. --- http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111123223446/simpsons/images/9/99/K.png I didn't even give you my coat! <cite>AlCalavicci posted [p:948255853] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Tenlaar posted... </cite> <quote>No, Gruber's plan centers around there being an after hours staff party with minimal security.</quote> It being an after hours staff party with minimal security at other parts of the year doesn't necessarily put John McClane at that party. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
viewmaster_pi 12/12/20 5:16:01 PM #27:	Griswold? Christmas? Christwold? The writing's on the wall man --- Rain in the meadow beats the river to the ocean <cite>viewmaster_pi posted [p:948255877] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Griswold? Christmas? Christwold? The writing's on the wall man </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ViewtifulGrave 12/12/20 5:16:18 PM #28:	https://youtu.be/zNuMGQuQFFs --- You enjoy teaching high schoolers, and I'll enjoy creating my crappy manga. Let's see where we both are in a year. TheDoorMouse Update https://imgur.com/vz0c9xf <cite>ViewtifulGrave posted [p:948255886] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>https://youtu.be/zNuMGQuQFFs </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
realnifty1 12/12/20 5:33:23 PM #29:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJuwKCmJbY First thing you hear in the trailer. <cite>realnifty1 posted [p:948256487] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaJuwKCmJbY First thing you hear in the trailer. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
008Zulu 12/12/20 5:33:35 PM #30:	Christmas movies can be defined as such, by completing two important criteria; 1- It is set on or around Christmas Day. 2- The main character, or characters, learn an important lesson. DIe Hard is a Christmas movie, because it was set around Christmas, and John learned the importance of family. --- If you protest, it's because you feel your voice isn't being heard. If you riot, it's because you feel your voice is being ignored. <cite>008Zulu posted [p:948256491] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Christmas movies can be defined as such, by completing two important criteria; 1- It is set on or around Christmas Day. 2- The main character, or characters, learn an important lesson. DIe Hard is a Christmas movie, because it was set around Christmas, and John learned the importance of family. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kajagogo 12/12/20 5:35:49 PM #31:	It's about a man doing whatever it takes to be reunited with his family for Christmas. --- By Grabthar's Hammer....what a savings. <cite>Kajagogo posted [p:948256561] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>It's about a man doing whatever it takes to be reunited with his family for Christmas. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Guerrilla Soldier 12/12/20 5:37:57 PM #32:	the whole reason it happened was because it was christmas --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>Guerrilla Soldier posted [p:948256641] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>the whole reason it happened was because it was christmas </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Strider102 12/12/20 5:38:29 PM #33:	Imagine thinking it's not a Christmas movie. --- Last Cloudia ID: 188850453 <cite>Strider102 posted [p:948256661] in Die Hard i... [t:79170904]...</cite> <quote>Imagine thinking it's not a Christmas movie. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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