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BRUCE WILLIS - ROUND #1!!!
Hey folks, Harry here.... with the first round of AICNers Ask and Bruce Willis Answers. FYI, Bruce is currently on his press tour on the 4th DIE HARD film so he's going to do his best to answer questions for us, but he's literally getting these and answering these personally on his Blackberry. So be forgiving - those aren't the easiest to type on. That said, I think this is an excellent round 1, and I'll send him a new batch of questions tonight... hopefully he'll have the time to shoot em back quickly, but if not - we'll be patient. Let's get on with it...
1. Bruce,
While the presence of so many different big names onscreen on a consistent basis seems wax and wane over the years, how do you, and why have you, seemed to NEVER really take a break? How do you keep up with yourself? Cruise, Travolta... and countless others all seem to go into exile for no apparent, or in some cases, very apparent reasons. But, every year, Bruce Willis is on the big screen, in some form or another, whether it be shooting terrorists or voicing babies and dogs.
So basically, what do you think makes you different from the rest, and has kept you from seemingly sitting back and letting 'new hollywood' take over?
-Aaron
Hi Aaron,
In response to your question regarding the perception that I NEVER really take a break-
While I know it mat SEEM that I never take a break, the fact is, most of the time it is simply the ILLUSION of never taking a break. I take breaks all the time, and over the years, especially since I started having kids, I have worked only about 6 months out of every year.
The Illusion part comes in when the release dates of my Films gets moved around. When this happens, I sometimes have movies coming out seemingly as if I have done them all in a single year. An example of this would be Alpha Dog. I shot that Film 2 years ago, but due to litigation over the release of AD because the defense team of Jesse James Hollywood alleging that the Film would show their client in a less than rosy light. And while the press was aware of this, they reported that the movie was held because the Filmmakers were continuing to work on the Film, or that they were somehow unhappy with the Film. This was not the case at all, and some great performances in AD did not get the notice they should have, in particular, to me anyway, Sharon Stone's work (especially her final speech in the Film), Ben Foster's work, Anton Yelchin's work, and really, the entire cast's work.
Also, there have been times over the last few years where I have worked only a few days, or a couple of weeks on a Film, but because my work was spread out over the entire length of the movie, there is an Illusion that I worked far more than I actually did. A few examples of this would be Sin City,( I worked 10 days on that movie) Lucky Number Slevin, ( I worked 3 weeks on that movie) Astronaut Farmer,(I worked 4 days on that movie) Grindhouse, (I worked 2 days on that movie) and a few others where I worked less than the full run of the Film.
As to why other actors take time off, I cannot speak for them. LF or DH was definitely an exception to the above. When all my work on this Film is done, I will have worked almost an entire year on it, counting working on the writing, starting back in last May, thru pre-production, actual Filming,( 5 months) and post-production work, looping, etc. which I just finished last week, and a Month-long worldwide press tour. My break from this Film ends when I attend the Premiere in NYC on June 22nd, after which I will probably take the rest of '07 off.
As for sitting back and letting 'new hollywood' take over, I can only say that I do my work, and seldom concern myself with what 'new' or 'old' hollywood does.
thanks
bw
2. Dear Bruce,
With the new guns of Hollywood having their all star series in the Ocean movies (of which you were a small part of in Ocean’s 12), is there any chance/plan of getting the old guns like you, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, etc all in one movie in the near future? Would something like that interest you provided you had a helluva script (e.g. Great Escape)? If that were to happen, Spider Man 4 would not stand a chance at the box-office!
Thanks
WaqMan
Hi Waqman,
Back when we were all working at during the same years, someone was always suggesting that Sly, Arnold and I get together and do a Movie together. I was certainly up for it, but no one ever wrote a script that would have included all 3 of us that I know of. These days, Arnold is the Governor, Sly is off doing Rambo, etc., so while it WOULD be an interesting idea for a movie, I don't know if it will ever happen. A 'Great Escape'- type film would be fun though....
thanks,
bw
3. Hi Bruce,
I'm a huge fan and have been so for many years now. My only question regarding Live Free or Die Hard concerns the inclusion of John's daughter in the film. In sequels, we quite often see family members introduced (or reintroduced in this case) with not-so-good results. Putting to mind the large role the daughter plays in the film, what would you say separates her role from less-than-stellar ones that appear in sequels quite often? Thanks, and also, you rock for doing this!!!
TattooedBillionaire aka John
Hi John(aka TattooedBillionaire)
Lucy McClane's inclusion in LF or DH made a great deal of sense, since the seires of the 4 movies started with 5 year old Lucy's appearance in Die Hard, where she lisped, "come home". And having seen the 4th installment of the DH series, I can tell you that Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays the grown-up Lucy really well, and bangs and all, brings a lot of humor to her role, not to mention other elements that will remind the audience that she is definitely John McClane's daughter....
thanks
bw
4. Yo Bruce,
I once heard a story that on THE FIFTH ELEMENT, Luc Besson asked you to just do your David Addison character for the movie. I would love for you to elaborate on this insane tale. Take it away, Bruno...
A Sly Fan
To a Sly Fan,
This was a story I have been misquoted on often. When we were doing Fifth Element, I was having a difficult time understanding Luc's direction, mainly due to his difficulty (then) with his English. We would do a few takes, and each time he would give me the same note, but I did not understand what he was wanting. So I would try the scene a different way. about a week or so into shooting, I was doing a take, and I did it in a David Addisonian way, and Luc lit up. What he really wanted was not for me to play it like David Addison, but to just play it with my typical wisecracking, ironice take on Life, and in this case the things I was presented with in the Fifth Element- A girl who falls into my cab turns out to be the woman who is going to save the World, along with my help. Futuristic or not, both I AND my character, Korben Dallas just found that too hard to believe.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to clear up this, as you say, insane tale.
thanks
beedub
5. Dear Bruce!
First of all as many of us I love your work and DH is my all time favourite action movie.
I've read all your talkback stuff and you made some juicy comments about Michael Bay.
Bay responded on his official site:
MichaelBay.Com
In this he says your people already contacted to him to do Die Hard 4.
So what's the truth? And why is the bitterness towards Bay?
I know he is a hack and isn't my favourite either, so I am just curious.
Anyway can't wait for DH4 !
Best wishes:
Zsolt Berkes from Hungary
To Zsolt Berkes from Hungary
I a have just asked one of 'my people' who would be in a position to know, and he confirms that yes, the DH4 script did indeed go out to Michael Bay, but he already had a movie.
During that time the script was being sent out by Fox mostly, but I was unaware of it going out specifically to M. Bay.
I was raised to believe that unless you have something nice to say about someone, you shouldn't say anything at all. What I will say is I feel no real bitterness towards Michael Bay, and when I bump into him we get along great.
The media loves this kind of controversy, so I will leave this question alone from this point on.
thanks
beedub
6. Hi Bruce,
After years of playing ballsy action heroes, how easy was it for you to
take on more intelligent, quieter, introspective
and even metaphysical roles such as your characters in 12 Monkeys, 6th
Sense and Unbreakable?
Cheers,
MK.
Hi MK.
I would say it was a welcome change, to mix it up and take on roles which I found challenging from a performance standpoint. In those early years of choosing roles, I was offered a lot of different kinds of parts, and because of the success of Moonlighting, Blind Date, and Die Hard, I was being offered a fairly broad spectrum of parts. I was also saying yes to everything, because I was so hungry to work. It took me a long time to realize that by putting my name above the Title, I had a responsibility not only to myself, but to the audience as well. I did not understand much about the give and take aspects of the actual business of Moviemaking.
Yes, your salary goes up if you bring in a big box office, but you must also do everything in your power to try to make the most entertaining film you can, and no single person, actor, director, no one, can do that by himself. I was saying yes to films and assuming that all I had to do was show up and act, and someone else would be in charge of making it a good film. Once I started comparing notes with other actors in my position, I realized all you can do is try to choose great stories, do your homework, and try to work with people whose work you admire and find interesting.
The 3 films you mention certainly were great stories, had great storytellers, and gave me a chance to exercise a different set of acting muscles other than running down the street with a gun in my hand.
Like most jobs, I have learned more from the mistakes I have made than from any success I have had.
I don't think any of my journey has been easy. I have tried hard to be entertaining in every film I have ever worked on, but that doesn't always guarantee that the film will be a success.
thanks
beedub
7. My question to Mr Willis:
With Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and more, Mr Willis is obviously part of Movie History. But if he could go way back in time, in what (classic) film would he have liked to be in and why? Examples: if he had the chance, would he like to have played Spartacus? Would he wanna be in the original King Kong?
I understand if the question isn't interesting at all, or left out for whatever other reason (a too long mail), I just jumped at the chance of 'contact' with Bruce Willis. I played a hefty amount of phone-tag to meet his fellow Sin City alumnus Rutger Hauer recently (I finally did meet him) and being so close to Movie History just gives a film lover like me a real kick.
Keep up the Cool!
Philip Corsius, the Netherlands
hey Phillip Corsius,
Here are some Films I would have liked to be a part of-
Spartacus is a good one
Any Alfred Hitchcock Film, except perhaps Rope.
The Exorcist
Any Steve McQueen Movie
I would have liked to work with Bogart, especially in the Maltese Falcon or The Big Sleep.
I would have liked to be in the Searchers.
The Star Wars Series
This is a list that could go on for quite a while, and these are just a few.
thanks
beedub
8. 1) Hi Bruce. Over the years you have done many stunts
in the movies over the years. Do you do many of your
own stunts? If so, is there one in particular stunt
that scared the shit out of you or was just plain
tough?
Thanks Harry.---Mrfan (Michael from Kansas)
yo Mrfan-Michael from Kansas
I have always tried to do as many of the stunts that they will let me do. Obviously there are some stunts that are just too dangerous to do, and I have seen stuntmen and women get hurt more than once. I almost plunged to my death on DH3 when the explosion that was set off behind Sam jackson and me blew me too far out over the safety platform, and I looked down 50 feet to see the concrete dock where the ship we were on was docked. A grip on the scaffolding grabbed my wifebeater T-Shirt and pulled me back to safety, and saved my life. That one scared the shit out of me....
thanks
beedub
9. Hi Bruce
Looking forward to another true action icon to return to our screens very soon! I’m sick of these metrosexual pretty-boys pretending to kick ass, it’s about time the pro’s returned to show them how it’s done!
Couple of questions for ya:
Is there any role that you turned down that you wish you hadn’t? Or is there any role or character you would love to play in the future?
Finally, what’s your take on these modern-day wimps…sorry, action stars who are trying to pull off one-liners whilst trying not to mess up their hair? With the exception of The Rock of course……..
Cheers dude, and all the best for the future!
Johnboy,
Teesside, UK
hey Johnboy
I wish I had not turned down the part that Patrick Swayze eventually played in Ghost. I simply could not see how a romance between a ghost and a living person would work. Duh.... Also it would have been nice to have worked with Demi again. I liked that Film.
Also, I wish I had played the role of Terry Benedict in Oceans 11. I wanted to work with George Clooney, and thought I might only have one shot at doing it, and when I read the script, the Terry Benedict role in Oceans 11 wasn't finished yet, so I passed on it. Another bad choice, but Andy Garcia did a great job with it, and the rest is history.
As far a Modern day action movies, I have to say that all action movies are a modern version of Cowboy movies, Gangster movies, WW 1 and WW 2 movies, Vietnam movies, etc. Basically morality stories where good triumphs over evil. They will always be around, and everybody takes a shot at them. I caught a couple of breaks with the ones I have done, and I still like watching them. My most recent fave was The 300. A very noble, hard-ass movie.
thanks
beedub
10. Dear Mr Willis
Moonlighting was a big influence on me and my friends during our teenage years, and we all wanted to be as cool as David Addison. In fact, my best friend Leroy Palestine was so determined to be just like you that he shaved receded patches into the front of his hairline. My question is, is he an idiot?
Thanks for stopping by the talkbacks. That was pretty damn decent of you.
Looking forward to Live Free Or Die Hard.
Yours sincerely
Frank.
yo Frank
Thanks for thinking that the David Addison role was cool. I never thought about playing it "cool," I was just trying to be funny. I believe if you try to be cool, you have already lost.
Being cool for me really is the absence of cool, or at least ignoring the fact that you character is supposed to be cool. Glen Caron was a real believer in me, and allowed me to take some pretty cool risks that at the time, ABC might not have agreed with, but once the show caught on, they were all for me taking chances.
It was a pretty exciting time in my Life, I will tell you that. After that first year of Moonlighting, I was pretty sure that it was the best year of my life, and that everything that followed would be somehow less than that first year. But every year since was better, and more exciting, all of it-the good and the bad.
A lot of the Jersey kid in me went into what people thought was cool about David Addison, and I always like to give props to my friends in South Jersey for their inspiration. There are Many cool people who have come out of Jersey. Jack Nicholson probably being the King of cool, not to mention he's from New Jersey.
Not knowing your friend Leroy Palestine, I have no idea if he is an idiot. But shaving patches out of his head to emulate one of his TV heroes sounds like something I would have done back in the day, so who an I to judge?
Tell Leroy I said what's up......
thanks
beedub
While the presence of so many different big names onscreen on a consistent basis seems wax and wane over the years, how do you, and why have you, seemed to NEVER really take a break? How do you keep up with yourself? Cruise, Travolta... and countless others all seem to go into exile for no apparent, or in some cases, very apparent reasons. But, every year, Bruce Willis is on the big screen, in some form or another, whether it be shooting terrorists or voicing babies and dogs.
So basically, what do you think makes you different from the rest, and has kept you from seemingly sitting back and letting 'new hollywood' take over?
-Aaron
With the new guns of Hollywood having their all star series in the Ocean movies (of which you were a small part of in Ocean’s 12), is there any chance/plan of getting the old guns like you, Stallone, Schwarzenegger, etc all in one movie in the near future? Would something like that interest you provided you had a helluva script (e.g. Great Escape)? If that were to happen, Spider Man 4 would not stand a chance at the box-office!
Thanks
WaqMan
I'm a huge fan and have been so for many years now. My only question regarding Live Free or Die Hard concerns the inclusion of John's daughter in the film. In sequels, we quite often see family members introduced (or reintroduced in this case) with not-so-good results. Putting to mind the large role the daughter plays in the film, what would you say separates her role from less-than-stellar ones that appear in sequels quite often? Thanks, and also, you rock for doing this!!!
TattooedBillionaire aka John
I once heard a story that on THE FIFTH ELEMENT, Luc Besson asked you to just do your David Addison character for the movie. I would love for you to elaborate on this insane tale. Take it away, Bruno...
A Sly Fan
First of all as many of us I love your work and DH is my all time favourite action movie.
I've read all your talkback stuff and you made some juicy comments about Michael Bay.
Bay responded on his official site:
MichaelBay.Com
In this he says your people already contacted to him to do Die Hard 4.
So what's the truth? And why is the bitterness towards Bay?
I know he is a hack and isn't my favourite either, so I am just curious.
Anyway can't wait for DH4 !
Best wishes:
Zsolt Berkes from Hungary
After years of playing ballsy action heroes, how easy was it for you to
take on more intelligent, quieter, introspective
and even metaphysical roles such as your characters in 12 Monkeys, 6th
Sense and Unbreakable?
Cheers,
MK.
With Die Hard, Pulp Fiction and more, Mr Willis is obviously part of Movie History. But if he could go way back in time, in what (classic) film would he have liked to be in and why? Examples: if he had the chance, would he like to have played Spartacus? Would he wanna be in the original King Kong?
I understand if the question isn't interesting at all, or left out for whatever other reason (a too long mail), I just jumped at the chance of 'contact' with Bruce Willis. I played a hefty amount of phone-tag to meet his fellow Sin City alumnus Rutger Hauer recently (I finally did meet him) and being so close to Movie History just gives a film lover like me a real kick.
Keep up the Cool!
Philip Corsius, the Netherlands
in the movies over the years. Do you do many of your
own stunts? If so, is there one in particular stunt
that scared the shit out of you or was just plain
tough?
Thanks Harry.---Mrfan (Michael from Kansas)
Looking forward to another true action icon to return to our screens very soon! I’m sick of these metrosexual pretty-boys pretending to kick ass, it’s about time the pro’s returned to show them how it’s done!
Couple of questions for ya:
Is there any role that you turned down that you wish you hadn’t? Or is there any role or character you would love to play in the future?
Finally, what’s your take on these modern-day wimps…sorry, action stars who are trying to pull off one-liners whilst trying not to mess up their hair? With the exception of The Rock of course……..
Cheers dude, and all the best for the future!
Johnboy,
Teesside, UK
Moonlighting was a big influence on me and my friends during our teenage years, and we all wanted to be as cool as David Addison. In fact, my best friend Leroy Palestine was so determined to be just like you that he shaved receded patches into the front of his hairline. My question is, is he an idiot?
Thanks for stopping by the talkbacks. That was pretty damn decent of you.
Looking forward to Live Free Or Die Hard.
Yours sincerely
Frank.
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this movie will rock. 'nuff said.
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it was the same thing on the sly TB. so interesting when you put it all in the pot and stir it around. so many awesome, seminal films that involved mista willis. i reserve my judgement about a four-peat but will say this: i pulled up next to a bus today with a massive banner on it that said 'yippee ki yi mo- john 6:17', and i cracked a big-assed grin.
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you are i are lame. friday night. on the TB. we may as well be simultaneously playing online magic: the gathering.
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nuff said..
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he needs to start answering some questions about die hard. Most of the questions were already asked in the talkbacks.
Try these:
1. Why no McTiernan?
2. Please Explain the score for LF DH, did you ask Marco for it to match up with the prior films? He kind of hacked Terminator 3 and I am worried for LF DH.
3. And finally, is Jeffrey Wright in the film? He is listed on IMDB, but no one else has confirmed that.
Thank you! you rock!
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Willis is awesome
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seriously though. sign me up. wait a sec. i think that's mclane at my door waiting to kick my ass.
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Can't wait for round 2, round 3, etc. etc. etc.
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Probably because Bruce is still relevant. He keeps appearing in great films year in and year out. Sly fell off the map a long time ago, as nice as Rocky Balboa was.
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Ain't it Cool!
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Wilis has answered what he has been asked, adn no knock on him, but there was some real juicy fun stuff in the Sly questions that we haven't got even close to here yet... Richard Gere anyone...
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I wonder what that would have been like.
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He seems super chill unlike a few assbags I've met in this town. And though I understand his current tight lip about Bay, I can say from hours of personal experience that he his the lowest form of human on the planet. He directs by constantly screaming at and firing his crew daily through a megaphone (which he constanly smashes on the ground, I heard he killed 13 on THE ISLAND) and sipping on a Diet Coke can that his set PA has filled up with 90% Jack Daniels. I could go on and on, but the bottom line is you couldn't pay me enough to work for or with him and I'm glad to hear a class act like Willis feels the same. Who knows, maybe I will catch a matinee of DH4 just for BW.
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Was LFoDH really pushed back to make way for Transformers?
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That's one of my favorite Hitchcock movies along with The Wrong Man and Frenzy. Maybe he said that because they were stuck in that room? *shrug* Anyway, great questions guys. Can't wait 'til the next round.
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..are Demi Mooores nipples and labia? Just throwin' that in there..Oh and please if you have time..is Ving Rhames circumsized?
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Bruce answered my question! Thanks, Bruce! I appreciate the response. I'll be there on opening day!
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no, really. in the batch of questions answered. That's mine on top. And i think it's funny that the Stallone/Arnold/Bruce ensemble movie question always comes up. I think Sly answered the same question for us all last time.
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And not because of Walter B writing on the TB (although that makes him pretty damn cool). I'm really diggin' the trailers and TV spots for DH4. I'm not sure what to think about the hovering JSF around what appears to be a highway overpass/underpass. Seems too much like The Italian Job. Overall, I'm gettin a good vibe.
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is Da Bruce.
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Is that like "The Herpes."
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Underrated film in general.
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Anybody from Buffalo/Western New York area remember those ads from either Tops or Wegmans (grocery stores)? And they had Walter's signature all over the joint. Ever since Bruce came on the TB using Walter B as his handle I keep saying that, "Our produce is better... because of Walter." *sigh*
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Great in depth answers. Loving it. I fornately do not have to take the high road with Mr. Bay and can call him a raging whore of a director that should stay 1000 ft away from anything related to movie films.
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...the whole gay subtext going on there, perhaps. It was a pretty off choice I think. It's not considered to be one of Hitchcock's poorer films or anything.
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I think I can speak for TBers everywhere that while the Bruce Willis Q&A is fantastic, we'd really like to know about how your move and the wedding planning are going. Don't shut us out your life.
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Sly's agent is gonna read that in Burma and tell him, and hes gonna get all depressed. poor sly. sometimes he looks like he just wants a hug.
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I grew up in Tonawanda, NY and live in Lockport now. I think that was a Bells Supermarket tagline :) Remember Super Duper on Niagara Falls Blvd and Sheridan? That's where Circuit City is now. GO SABRES IN 7!!
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Then maybe we'd get some original stories within the Star Wars universe, which we would all love to see with the right people and budget involved. And how cool would it be to see Bruce Willis taking part in that universe, even while having nothing to do with the original trilogy or the prequels? Damn cool, that's how. But you just know that George Lucas will only tighten his grip.
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Wouldn't have made sense but would have been more interesting for sure.
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Or a Bay plant! Listen to his little bitch ass ripping on himself as he talks about people who read this website. Did your agent's assistant write this one Bay?? I can't help but notice your focus on Rocky Balboa's boxoffice because your BO numbers are the only way you can look yourself in the mirror at night after doing a fat line of coke!
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I never catch on to gay subtexts. I just thought they were spiffy. *sigh*
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..actually makes sense..i may have to rethink my life..
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May 19, 2007 12:14:39 AM CDT
Bruce and Sam Jackson on the Jedi Council with Yoda!
by cotton mcknight
The Emperor wouldn't have had a chance. Yippeykayee, motherfucker.
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huh, it just doesn't have the same ring to it.
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Well, I have lived in basements, although never my parents', but I am a geek and I check this site every day, and I will sure as hell be there opening night for LFoDH. Saying that Bruce's coming here seems desperate is just retarded. You know why I think he is doing this? Maybe part of it was to explain the rating decision, but I'd guess the main reason is that it sounded like fun. That's a damned good reason, if you ask me. I'm having fun reading them, and he is obviously having fun answering them, or he wouldn't be doing it at all, much less spending so much time giving thoughtful answers. So what's the problem?
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he says Live free or die hard is a "silly" movie. And that the Prequels he made were Masterpieces without Bruce.
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I mean really.. I was sitting here thinking about what I wanted to ask Bruce.. something about Bandits, maybe? Unbreakable? Go for the cliche Pulp Fiction? Or how about The Last Boyscout? I always got the clear impression that that was the launching point for a film series that didnt exist. I could just go on and on and on.
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now that would be cool. I always thought if lucas would hire the best talent and then sit back and advise that would be cool. I will see diehard opening weekend.
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Even if Live free and Die Hard sucks...and it probably will.
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I loved the Sly talkback series and now I'm souped for BW. Good stuff! Plus I'm getting real psyched for DH4!!
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...after watching Spider Man 3 in the theatre last week with half of the local high school; it was miserable. I would rather listen to Paris Hilton and Brittany Spears talk politics before doing that again. I think I can only stomach one more PG-13 film this summer and I am thinking it'll probably be Transformers. Bruce - although you say a PG-13 rating won't take away from the movie; it sure as hell won't ADD anything either, except a bunch of annoying fuckwad teenagers.
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Aw. I kinda like that movie.
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You've gotta admit the man offers a perspecitve that should not be immediately dismissed. As cool as it is that Walt decided to piss in our geek pool, Ty does have a few points. However, tylernol, you also should keep in mind BRUCE GOTTA EAT! (sorry, couldn't help it)
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You invented the PG-13 rating! I agree with you BGDAWES. Fuck teenagers!
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That's a good point, Senor Spielberg-o is 'officially' the grandaddy of PG-13. Even his 'R' rated movies become PG-13 by default because adults take kids to go see them for their 'historical significance'. Also, agreed - not to be a dick but seriously 'fuck teenagers'. If I could I'd travel back in time to kick my own ass as a teenager for being more fucking annoying than I am today.
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I liked Hudson Hawk. I remember at the time it was soon after the first Die Hard came out and they advertised Hudson Hawk like a straight up action movie a la Die Hard. Obviously it's an action comedy, but the marketing for it set people up for disappointment. It actually was way ahead of it's time if you look at all the action comedies that followed. Oh and Tylernol you are an idiot.
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its been cool to see Sly and now you taking the time to talk to us. but look man, i can't..just CAN'T see a PG-13 Die Hard *sigh* i just cant. regardless, thanks for coming on here.
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I was totally dying for a remake of Rope with Bruce and Treat Williams as the college football heroes/lovers-turned-murderers. Except at the end instead of getting caught they shove a screaming Jimmy Stewart out the penthouse window and then French each other like crazy as a nuclear warhead goes off in the city-scape behind them. PUnk roCk!
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i don't think he's a plant from Bay or anything. i just think he's an ass. if he thinks aintitcool is just a bunch of losers and nerds, why does he have an account?
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this is cool.
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I am sure that removing a few F-bombs and a minimal toning down of the violent images will not hurt the film either way. Besides, you'll probably get an UNRATED or R-RATED version on DVD/BLUERAY/HD-DVD/BRAIN IMPLANT?WHATEVER. Thanks Bruce for taking the time. Now go make Unbreakable 2: The Revenge.
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Oh my! How would that have gone?
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must have been raped by nerds or something. he really ahs a stick up his butt. good for him.
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BAY IS IN THE HIZZZOUSE!
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WORD. I do remember Super Duper! I grew up in the Town of Tonawanda right down the street from Ted's Hot Dogs (and was born at Kenmore Mercy!). I don't live there anymore either (don't even live in NY state anymore). Gonna visit family over Memorial Day though. I'm gettin' a strange hankering for some Loganberry right now. Good talkin' with ya.
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AICN really has got cool these last 6 months.
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Thank you Bruce, thank you AICN!!!
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You are talking about things from a marketing and box office perspective, but why would anybody here give a shit about that? From the perspective of a movie fan, who has seen this guy in so many great movies across a couple decades now, I think this is great. There is no other forum where he (or Stallone, or whoever) can answer these type of questions in this type of detail. If some quotes about his latest project in Entertainment Weekly does it for you that's fine but personally I have never seen an interview with either of these guys that was this thorough or down to earth. Everything is filtered through some entertainment journalist dipshit who, like you, is more interested in box office receipts and pretending to be cool than in the actual movies. And then it has to be edited down for short attention spans. Fuck that.
By the way, don't worry about the fact that you read The Ain't It Cool News and have a talkback account. We all understand that you are different, you are not like the rest of them, you are somehow better. It is immediately clear that you are superior, don't worry about trying to explain it. Some day we hope we can be like you. Please don't leave, we need you to make us feel cool for being your friend. thanks for being here for us Tylernol. Your friend, Vern. -
the star of the greatest action movie of all time answering questions.
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stop telling me that a watered down PG-13 DIE HARD which loses most of the F-bombs and gritty violence might not be so bad! Haven't you seen the first two movies?!? I order you to rewatch at least the first DIE HARD, listen and look closely and then come back here and tell me again that a PG-13 DIE HARD will work. It won't.
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Just watch the damn movie. Nobody knows if it will work or not until they see it. So save your shit for when the movie is out and you've seen it and then if you don't like it, go nuts. Until then, keep quiet.
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DH3 came out right round the time I started seriously getting into movies. Earning my own money and seeing what *I* wanted to. DH3 was great fun and along with True Lies was one of my favourite mid-90's action flicks.
Despite Wiseman's somewhat lacklustre directing track-record, I'm still going to be seeing LFoDH, rating be damned! It shouldn't al be about the rating - after all, here in the UK, Alien was re-released as a 15 a couple of years ago. Ratings work differently now.
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for your kind advice. Maybe I chose the wrong words: I did not mean that LFoDH won't be good, in fact I expect it to blow me through the back wall of the theater. But if it's really going to be PG-13 then it can't be like the first DIE HARD. Ok, now I will shut my trap.
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I must admit that my first thoughts on a pg13 Die Hard matched Dennis Hoppers on Heineken : "Fuck that shit!" bu then I remembered that DH2&3 were both censored in the UK to obtain a "15" rating as opposed to the joyous bloodletting of the original (and best). Being that die hard 4.0 will likely get a "15" in the UK (used as a half way house between a hard pg13 and a soft "R") perhaps to those of us in blighty brought up on diluted Die Hards there may not be that much of a difference anyway. Would much rather live in a world where anything goes at "R" but if I can't live free, I may just see a pg-13 Die Hard after all.
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It'll be directed by Michael Bay and it'll be nominated for sixteen academy awards. It'll be most fucking awesome.
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Thanks Harry for sending it to him (even though I screwed it up when typing). I guess this means Bruce and I are tight. What role will I play in your next movie?Just kidding. Thanks Bruce for answering that.
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I had to throw that in at some point.
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What that metal detector saw first? The lead in your ass, or the shit in your brain? Fat
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Who would have thought, after visiting this website for the better part of ten years, that there would come a time when Sly Stallone and Bruce Willis would be interacting with the community here? I think it goes a lot towards proving how down to earth these guys are. I hope somebody asks about UNBREAKABLE 2 and if Bruce would consider reprising the role. Looking forward to the next batch of questions and answers.
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It's very easy to come into a place such as this and toss names about, but it's silly to continue slapping the people who frequent the Talkbacks with the label of basement-dwelling Red Bull swilling pimply-faced dorks and dweebs. A fairly wide spectrum of people visit AICN, including yourself Tylernol, even if you came here for the sole purpose of running people down.
I recently started reading "The Watchmen" and I probably never would have gotten around to it had I not stopped by this web site and started hanging out in the Talkbacks. It's an amazing work, and my bias against the form kept me away from it, and other works of its kind. So I owe a measure of gratitude to the people who hang out here, and the people who run this site, for helping me to open up my middle-aged mind to other forms of expression.
As for Bruce's participation here, I think it's an interesting trend that I hope to see continue. The trick is maintaining trust; this cuts both ways. The thing that interests me about this trend is the elimination of the filter that the media generally provides. Yes, I realize Harry selects the questions, but he hardly resembles the types who run your typical entertainment news or interview programs. I can't speak for Bruce, but I would imagine he feels somewhat liberated having this sort of access to his audience.
Even if there are TBers who believe they have an impact on the overall performance of a film, the truth is this: every individual votes with his or her ticket purchase. Collectively, the audience decides the fate of the product.
I think it's cool that artists such as Bruce Willis take chances such as this. There's a chance the experience could be akin to dipping his hand into a tank full of pirahna, or it could be like landing on a tropical isle and being greeted by friendly denizens bearing flowers, but regardless, it's a bold direct reach toward his audience, and I thank him for taking the time to answer these questions. -
Bruce is the man. I hope he gets questions about what it was like working with guys like James Garner in Sunset and Coburn in Hudson Hawk. And who was his favorite leading lady..not counting Demi.
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ever since walter B showed up on vern's TB this has been one of my favorite things that i've ever seen happen on the internet. Harry thank you for arranging something so great. Bruce thank you for being such a down to earth guy to do something like this, it is really interesting to see what you have to say. Vern thank you for caring enough about this stuff to have written your original essay in the first place.
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"Our produce is better because of Walter" WAS a Tops bit. That's so sad that I know that, but there it is.
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WHAT AM I GOING TO DO!?!?! BTW, I once heard from a guy who heard from a guy who heard from a friend of Ben Affleck's that Bruce Willis took the cast and crew of Armeggedon out to a strip club which he proceeded to shut down and turn into his own private whorehouse for the evening, whether the dancers liked it or not. Hey, I'm just the messenger of this FoaFoaFoaF rumor!
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I hope Tylenol will still like me.
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and then they moved away. I'm trapped down here. Someone, anyone...please send help.
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In case you haven't seen him at the Nets game...pay close attention to end.
Yippie kai-yay mother fucker!
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Thanks Walter B.
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...Tylernol a few hours ago in this thread, and that I agreed with him, but it seems I got censored. Thanks for that one, fuckheads. So here's it again:
If Die Hard 4 makes a 200 million domestic, it won't be because of the few nerds here at AICN. And Vern, LOL man, just because Tylernol has an account here at AICN, he has to be like the other nerds here? That's great, cause everyone who's got a bald head must be like Bruce Willis then. And everyone who reads USA Today must have the same opinion and has to be equally stupid/smart. That's a cool world you live in. -
Is there a more odious life form out there than an entertainment "journalist?" I have a female roommate and I am sometimes subjected to the E! channel and it is really atrocious. In some ways I am kind of fascinated how the people reporting on the industry could be so vacuously ignorant about it. Having a format like this to get intelligent anwers to intelligent questions is a really good thing. That said, I dont see how actors can sit through the interviews with those meatheads in the entertainment media and smile and be civil. I hear Tommy Lee Jones is a prick to them and that makes me happy.
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Thank you, brother. You are the reason I absolutely love this site and everything it stands for. Your response to that Tylernol kid nailed it perfectly. The fact that Willis is taking this kind of time to answer unfiltered questions directly from fans is absolutely amazing. Thanks, Bruce, for your time, and thanks Vern for your energy and great words! Keep 'em comin, fellas!!!!!
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No, I said he WASN'T LIKE the other nerds. In fact, he is NOT a nerd. He and you are the ONLY people who read and post here who are NOT nerds. Every single other motherfucker is a nerd who you guys dominate both physically and mentally, as well as in charm. So why don't you guys go give each other some high fives and then come back and read and post here some more without being implicated into your own generalizations. You are both 100% exempt and I will continue to worship you no matter what cruelty you send my way. Bruce Willis USED to be the motherfuckin man but now it's a co-chairmanship between you two geniuses. The glare of your superiority shines off of every letter you type into this talkback box.
What I'm asking is how can I be like you, how can I make friends and be responsible for the box office results, etc. PLEASE DON'T IGNORE ME NEPO I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN. -
But this is PG-13 stuff, unlike Sly's incredible contribution to this site which was a hard motherfucking R (just like that awesome John Rambo footage). I like Bruce, I own some of his movies and believe he is a very fine actor, but this is too sanitised for me, Sly let it all hang out, he held nothing back and the result was hugely entertaining, Bruce's answers are merely interesting. Doesn't mean I don't appreciate Bruce's contribution to the site, just that Mr. Stallone is still the king of AICN.
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Thanks for the confirmation about the ad.
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... that you guys get pretty pissed at Tylernol and me makes it feel like they are really huge differences. One side is pretty nerdy, the other one - well, I don't know. All we said is: "Bruce Willis, don't waste your time here, you know it's not important for the box office", and some of you go like: "Whaaa, what the fuck, please say it ain't so, screw you, you are very bad." It only lacks the sound of crying babies and we'd have the right atmosphere here.
I didn't say that I'd be responsible for the box office results. I know I ain't. And you know that, too. If the weekend box office is $41,123,770 instead of $41,123,780, Fox won't shed a single tear.
And how many users are here anyway? 5,000? 10,000? LOL, 100,000 folks would have to watch the movie ten times in a row to get 1 million dollars together. That's where it begins to be at least somewhat important to the box office results.
That's why all the crying about PG-13 doesn't help, 'cause Fox or any other studio doesn't care about a few hundred crying babies. Remember the "Daniel Craig is not Bond" petitions?
So I'm really wondering why Bruce Willis is wasting his time here. He'd get far more attention by far more people if he showed up at Leno, Letterman and Jon Stewart. Oh wait, he's going to do that.
And my relationship with Bruce... Heh, we're buddies, man, what can I do? You're a motherfucking genius by default if you shaked his hand.
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I desperately wanted to be his interweb friend because he beckoned Walter B but now I'm scared of him. What if he started following me around with a mirror, like he has done with Tyl and Nepo, demanding that I look into it, LOOK INTO IT, DAMN YOOOOU!!!! I'd go into a shame-spiral.
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Has anyone here seen DH4? How do you know it's going to suck? Do you base your opinions about movies on the ratings they receive? I'll be right there with y'all if the movie sucks, but for the love of everything bleeding, wait until you see the movie before you declare it the Epitomy of Weakness. I recall very clearly all the asses who were in attack mode against the latest Bond flick, and while I think it is easily one of the best in the entire franchise, you know, it was so easy to tell it was going to bite because the actor taking over the Bond role had blonde hair and blue eyes.
And DH4 will suck because it is rated PG13.
I tell you what...if you are really upset that the movie has fewer "fucks" than you need, I'll come to the theater where you see the film and sit directly behind you and to the back of your head I'll say "fuck" and "fucker" and "fuck you" and I'll even toss out a copy of "fuuuuuucks" out there followed by a smattering of "motherfuckers" so that you'll have a grand ol' time at the movies. Fuck. -
Why do you think Bruce is wasting his time on here? Do you think Bruce feels like he is wasting his time on here? Or do you think that Bruce should feel like he is wasting time on here? If Bruce feels like he is wasting time on here, wouldn't he stop wasting his time on here? Could you please waste my time and your time by answering some of these questions regarding the waste of time on here?
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Solid black background with bold white letters that read YIPPEE KI YAY MO followed by John 6:27 in small print. It ain't the last few unsaid letters that make the movie, it's John Motherfucking McClane. I am looking forward to this flick. It won't save my life if it's brilliant, and it won't destroy the very essence of my being if it sucks, but I'll give it a shot, because it's Bruce Willis. There are very few guys like him left in the business, actors with integrity and brawn and a sense of humor, so his projects get my eleven bucks. He has earned a fair shake. While I was initially put off by the news of a PG13 Die Hard, I came around to realize that this was a knee-jerk reaction.
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I don't know if he feels like he's wasting his time here. I'm probably wasting my time right now, and I certainly would feel like wasting my time if I was Bruce Willis. But, you have to think that someone at Fox might have had the idea that it wouldn't be a waste of time to come here, so they asked Bruce: Waste your time and talk to those kids over there. Bruce probably then said: Fuck no, I'm not wasting my fucking time there. And Fox said: You already wasted time talking to Vanity Fair and bitching about our rating decision, you shithead, so now go waste some more time and tell that guy Vern, who wasted time with his rant, that he really wasted his time because the movie will still be as violent as a R-rated movie, although it's only PG-13. And don't clearly tell them that you wasted time on the set with yelling fuck and motherfuck, so we now have to waste time cutting them out.
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the two fat kids chest bumping when reading the postings by Nepo and Tylernol? No, OK, it is just me...
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http://www.ibelieveinharveydenttoo.com/
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I'm the real fucking McCoy from Western NY, mother fuckers, and I swear that "Our Produce is Better, because of Walter" bit was straight outta Wegmans. Actually I was born in North Tonawanda, and ate at the Ted's Hotdogs all the time. Grew up in Niagara Falls, and thanks to that region's "diversity", I used to get jumped regularly behind the Super Duper! Either way, I had finally evicted Walter from the haunts of my dreams, so thank you very fucking much for reminding me of him.
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Not to be an anal prick but I gotta call this out, "LOL, 100,000 folks would have to watch the movie ten times in a row to get 1 million dollars together." What theatres do you go to man? Cause by your math it only costs a single dollar to see a movie whereas here in Chicago it costs about 10 bucks so 100,000 dorks would only have to sit through one showing to back a cool million by my math. Otherwise I have no beef with you. And yes, I am a geek that has too much time on my hands to figure that out but I'm killing time before the cross town classic begins.
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Yeah, I meant 10,000, not 100,000.
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Thats right, hes diddling your baby momma.
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about why a PG-13 movie will really suck. It's not because we all want Bruce to say 'fuck' 1000 times or that we all want to see a shit load of blood but rather we all DONT want to see a bunch of annoying teenage kids in a theatre when we're watching John McClane kick ass. Case closed. And I'm sorry but no matter how much anyone says that the PG-13 won't take away from the 'movie' - that really doesn't matter; it'll take away from the theatre experience and it's getting to the point where I don't feel like dropping 10 bucks to sit in a room with a bunch of Ambercrombie wearing Brittany Spears loving fuck wad kids for two hours. But that's just me....
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It's hard for a straight man to admit when he has a man crush but well, you know.
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He answered it in the talkback. Douche bag.
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If you don't like the answers then stop reading them, and don't post either !
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The Jackal rules, plain and simple.
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and their parents, so the "PG13 sucks because it's all kids" argument doesn't hold water. When someone gets all those cellphone using, giggling and yammering asswipes to shut the hell up and watch the movie they came to see instead of pretending they're in their living rooms, I'll give you something on the "kids screw up PG13 movies" debate. The theatrical experience sucks, PERIOD.
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Hoom Hoom Treebeard here, just in here looking for my hasty friend Tylernol who is a plant like myself.
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Bruce, perhaps you ought to revisit ROPE. Early Technicolor Hitchcock in an experimental mood, with Jimmy Stewart in great form - ROPE is a blast, innovative in the extreme, and one of my favorite Hitchcocks. Opinions are like assholes, of course, everyone has them and they all smell kinda funny.
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I liked the specificity of Bruce's answer. :D I wonder why he wouldn't have done Rope--it's pretty good.
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put the subtitles on and you get to see what the lines SHOULD'VE been...you can tell when the over-dubs come in and the subs tell the truth. What the fuck is THAT all about Bruce?
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Now that we just got a taste of John Rambo footage, I know the Die Hard/Rambo comparisons are inevitable, but these franchises always approached violence in a different way. Rambo is a soldier and faced with more brutal violence. John McClane is a cop and an everday Joe, faced with insurmountable odds. If there was Rambo-like violence in a Die Hard movie it would be way too over the top and out of place. Think about it. The violence has to be relative to the situations and the plot. John Rambo should be harder and more violent than Die Hard 4. We movie geeks can enjoy BOTH movies for god's sakes. Why does everything have to be better than this or that--this is an immature way to evaluate movies, and rarely do you see Harry and Co. making that type of criticism part of their thoughts. Of course that's my opinion, I could be wrong.
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Also, I liked him in Bandits with Billy Bob Thornton (they made a great double-act) and Cate Blanchett, it's underrated even if it's not mindblowing. I'm so glad Die Hard is finally here because he deserves another big hit. And I wish he'd star in another huge movie like Armageddon - the Earth is in safe hands if Bruce is the main star.
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Of all of Hitchcock's films, Rope is way way down the list, near the bottom. Bruce would have been great in any number of Hitchcock's films.
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Maybe some of us actually like Bruce Willis, and we are generous enough to express our appreciation for his work. If you don't like him...there's no accounting for taste. If you don't like a movie that you have not seen yet, well, only psychiatry can help you there, friends.
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You did it again my man, you got us. In fact you have now put Tylernol in a #2 slot where he is part nerd and part human, and must assert his dominance in order to return to a co-#1 slot with you. That was fucking AWESOME how you put everybody in their place with that ahead of its time 'you are a crying baby' metaphor. You got a brilliant mind there Nepo, I can almost hear it ticking away coming up with that one. I have heard of "you are in kindergarten" as well as "you are stinky and I don't like you and you're dumb" but "you are a crying baby" is taking trash talk to a new level, far beyond what science previously thought possible. Not to mention the way you layed down the science with all that box office talk. Numbers, denominations, you were throwin that shit all over... an economic mad man. You did it man. You did it. Congratulations on all your success.
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Take a deep breath and calm down man.
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The nature of how the film was created, and how the actor had to, well, act, might not appeal to Bruce, and maybe that is why he picked it out as the one he wouldn't want to do...
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So opinions don't matter unless money is on the line? Do you WORK for Fox?
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So opinions don't matter unless money is on the line? Do you WORK for Fox?
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Boy Bruce, Hope u get the chance to read this buddy. you've been sucked off so vigorously and consistently by these AICN nerds, you must be fresh out of spunk by now huh ??? LOL..........................Anyway Brucie,....I really don't care for your PG Die Hard, fuck that insulting bullshit,,,,What ??? Are you nuts ???????????? That's all we get nowadays Bruce,,,A heaping load of forgetable, look-alike, PG-13 garbage,,, Why the fuck would I care to see another one masquerading as a Die Hard movie ????????? OH FUCKING HELL NO MAN LOL!!!!...............................................................I really only came here to ask you if you've seen the little teaser for the Rambo flick comming up next year ??? Well, Well, Well, Well...............makes your new poser Die Hard look like fucking Playtime with Barney LOL. Looks like while you were running around with teenagers trying not to curse or get too bloody or violent ( God Forbid ),,,,,,your good ole friend Sly was busy making a "REAL HARDCORE" 80's style action movie for his fans. HIS ADULT FANS. Yep,,, that's what it looks like to me. Now that your character McClane is a clean, leather-clad, born-again-Christian, how does it feel gazing upon the John Rambo trailer with it's promise of mayhem and carnage and pure badassness in general ???? Do you find it "disturbing" now that you and the Fox ""cut N chop 4 kidz"" team have turned the Die Hard franchise into something for teenage girls and pre-teen boys ??????.....................................................Anywhooooo, I won't take up anymore time here. I'll let these little fluffers get back to blowing you with their inane, pointless, assanine questions.................................Later Walter.
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that offered serious acting challenges. The construction of many of his films was brilliant, and working with a major cinematic talent such as Hitchcock would be a high priority for anybody who is serious about movie making.
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i constantly read on this and other sites about crappy theater experiences due to annoying kids, where the hell are you people going? because in my 30yrs alive, i can probably count on one hand how often some kids were annoying and ruined things....and that doesnt even count my thumb
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I often have good experiences, but just as often, it's brutal. Not even worth enumerating. Society is collapsing into a swamp of incivility.
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wow,I'm impressed
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Fuck off and go back to your job eating Bay's pussy, you asshole. Besides the kids here the majority of the rest of us are professionals who post on AICN when we are bored at our desk at the office making 10 times more money at our white collar jobs then you will ever make as a fucking monkey assistant to an asshole like Michael Bay. Sure, the leftover's of Bay's coccaine are worth something, I'll give you that, but you also have to lick his asshole to get any, so, you are a loser anyway.
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The Maltese Falcon... hell yes. Come on man, be the 21st Century Sam Spade for us. It would kick so much ass.
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It is an experiment, and is very stagey, but Epic Movie sucks, something like Rope does not, certainly not Hitchcock's best by a long way, but still... Also I stand by my point, people are looking at films from a viewing pleasure, whereas Bruce is going to be bringing in a sense of doing an actual job. Rope is a series of long takes done in a stage-play kinda way, that caused pretty limited range for the actor. I was suggesting maybe Bruce knew how much he would hate that, as a veteran of dozens of movies. That is why he selected that particular Hitchcock film, rather than it being the only one of Hitchy's films not worthy of him...
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Why can some of you guys critic a movie you havent seen yet??? I only can speak for myself, before I say anything good or bad about a movie I have to watch it first.
Rambo and Die Hard are completley different movies. REAL HARDCORE or not, I still prefer the Die Hard movies cuz the dialogs and the stories are much better. Just my opinion.
I didnt know there´s so many depressed people in here...shut the fuck up. its sick.
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Tylernol and Nepo are cynical bastards! Sure, Bruce has probably come on here to whip up the marketing, but fuck it, if he's willing to share his thoughts and anecdotes on his career I say more power to him.
On a personal note, he's really the only surviving member of that generation of early 80's action stars that's still a big draw, I don't know if this is the right place to pitch a question but I'd like to know what's the changes he's seen from making movies in the 80's to making movies in the 21st century? As an actor does he feel the new generations of actors that have come through have raised the bar or are they products of a multi-billion dollar machine? -
Rope doesn't suck suck. The single take nature of it, the stagey, almost anticinematic style of it...I found it unnecessary. The majesty of cinema resides in the CUT, so to make a film that resists editing, that to me is just silly. But Alonzo makes a good point, and I stand corrected. My dislike of the film stems from a dislike of gimmick filmmaking.
Contrast the entirety of Rope with the long takes of Children of Men and I feel you find a compelling contrast.
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part of me agrees that talking to us here doesn't affect a film's box office take i appreciate bruce taking the time to talk movies with people that actually care
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Or in any Bogart role. I'd like to see him in Treasure of the Sierra Madre in the Walter Huston role. In a remake of Planet of the Apes as General Aldo. Apocalpyse Now as Colonel Kurtz. Empire Strike Backs as Lando. Miracle on 34th Street as Kris Kringle. Seriously. Bruce would make a wicked Santa. I'd also like to see him as John McClane...oh, that's right, I get my wish in a little over a month.
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I really found this Q&A to be fascinating. He seems like a very self-aware guy and really thinks about his life and his answers.
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YOU are the man! I bow before YOU!
No, seriously. Box office results are the ONLY thing that matters... to the studio. That's the reason why some of the most promising movies turned out to be pure crap. This is why they are doing sequels and why they think about doing a PG-13 Die Hard.
Rocky Balboa or John Rambo are sequels that are done because Stallone wanted to tell the story a bit further and/or to the end. Let's say: story first, quality second, money third.
Die Hard 2 (and I think Mr. Willis would agree to that) was done like: Hey, Die Hard made a shitload of money, lets do a second one. Money first, story and quality last. Get the same feeling about Die Hard 4, too. Or Rush Hour 3. Nah, you know what I mean.
Am I right? "Yay" or "Nay" will do it this time, Vern. You don't have to jerk off on my posts. I appreciate the kind words, but hey...
Now Bruce Willis is here and answers some questions. Great. Nice reading. But I see that some really weakly-minded fellows go like: "What the fuck, this movie will suck!" and suddenly Bruce Willis shows up and they go: "Oh my God, this movie will rock!"
That's odd. One reason why I speak of nerds.
And now Bruce Willis. Please. You have to admit it's odd. The guy complaining about an edited version of DH4 in Vanity Fair, that's probably the real Bruce Willis. The guy that told us how great Die Hard 2 was, and how great this Die Hard will be, that's the studio controlled Bruce Willis. Why? Because he has to fulfil a contract. No negative words about the project before its release.
Now he's here and answering questions. Fine. But it's only because it's part of his promotional tour. Pure business. But you know that, too. I'm telling you nothing new.And now about the waste of time thing. Really, Vern, what do you think the AICN "community's" impact on the Box office is? 0.5 percent or less? You reacted like I was telling a kid Santa Clause isn't real (ha, that's a new one, I have to stay on #1), sorry that I made AICN look so unimportant. -
Not everyone has confronted the bitter harsh reality about SC. Let some of us hold onto our sweet little illusions.
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Yes, I'm cynical.
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Oh, sorry. Forgot to add a spoiler warning. ;-)
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...is to do an old school, not PC, Marlowe style PI movie. Hell it could be Marlowe. But it can't be an updating or a reimagining. It needs to be dark, dirty and in the 1940s. He needs to drink Bourbon, smoke Camels and get smacked over the head multiple times. He need to be tenacious and stubborn above all else. He needs to be single and have the non-PC viewpoints of a white man of this era, and he needs to be wary of women but never quite capable of resisting their charms.
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A few years back he put down guns for a while in his films. I like what your saying, Alonzo...hard-boiled, lots of slugging and saucing, but I'd keep the rat-a-tat-tat out of the film. Hard-nosed film noir sans bullets. It would put the emphasis back on story and character. It's tough to get out of a tight spot with only your brains and your fists. It's easy if you can blast away. And he'd have to get his nose broken and lose a tooth in a fight, maybe a dame smacks him in the face with a shoe.
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Die Hard 4 has 2 audiences: men and boys and neither of them give a fuck about traditional promotions with the exception of trailers and reviews. The men are going to watch Die Hard 4 if they hear from other guys that it's going to be worth watching. And for the opening weekend, those 'other' guys are going to be guys who have read some review somewhere about the movie being badass. As for the following weeks, it's going to be a combination of word of mouth and how successful the box office is. That's a fact when it comes to a movie like this. Now... there is one single thing that will fuck the box office of an hard action movie like nothing else... word of mouth that the movie pussys out. And now days... that word of mouth comes from the interent. And AICN is one of the most popular movie sources on the internet. Doesn't matter that most guys won't touch the TBs. What matters is that the general 'word' about the movie is that it pussys out. Word of mouth won't make box office over the internet... but it WILL kill it for a movie like Die Hard. Most of the older guys who don't care about the internet don't care about watcing movies in the theater either. And if they hear that Die Hard 4 sucks... they will wait for DVD. Now... if you want to talk about box office seriously, you have to take it on a case by case basis and stop talking your coffee table PR talk that you learned reading Entertainment Weekly. Die Hard 4 WOULD have been hurt severly by the Vanity Fair interview because word would spread over the INTERNET that the movie was pussyfied. Most guys don't read fucking Vanity Fair. But they would have heard the 'word' that the movie was going to be shit from people writing on the INTERNET.
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Vern's too, it looks like!
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As you said, when we hear it form one particular guy that DH4 doesn't suck, we'd feel better. In this case, that guy is Bruce, and I trust him. If it turns out he's wrong, well, I might just cry. By the way, has anyone noticed that DH4 typed completely with the shift key depressed is DH$...
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"Hey, are you going to see the new Die Hard? Looks ok in the commercials." "Fuck no. I heard that it sucks. I'm going to go fishing this weekend." "They all sucked after the first one." or it will go like this "Yeah. I just hope it's better than the last two" "Fuck dude, the last one sucked. The first and second one's were a lot better" "I liked the last one. The second one sucked." "Fuck you. The first one was the only good one. After that they just got stupid." "Are you going?" "Yeah, I'm taking my boys. Are you?" "Yeah, I'm taking my boy too" And that is how guys will decide whether or not to go see Die Hard 4. Yes, the fate of Die Hard 4 is in the hands of word of mouth. Though... after Bruce said Mother Fucker on TV, he pretty much cemented most guys decisions about whether or not to see the movie. It's going to make bank, period.
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The annoying Mac kid and Kevin Smith. That joke aside, I've actually realized two reasons why I'm probably going to dislike the film. God, I hope both of their characters die early into the film. I need to go. I've been trying to finish Watchmen, and I'm stuck at the prison break.
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You anti-American swine! John McClane put down the guns? What kind of idiotic notion is that? Anyway, you present a false dilemna: guns or story. A movie can find all sorts of ways to suck without guns, dude.
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Live Free or Die Hard that is. Can't wait and my mom can't either. She is the reason I love movies.
And if you read this Bruce, check out the movie Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. It comes out June 26th on dvd. Nathan Baesel is awesome in it. He was on the tv show Invasion recently and you should put him in your next film. You guys would rock together. He is an awesome actor like yourself.
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I agree that people can sometimes cross the line of appropriate behaviour in a talkback. It can be frustrating for many of us too, but the TB was created as a free speech model, and everyone knows that it's only a few people that hold subversive views on here. Let them say what they want. All the rest of us make up our own minds as to what to believe (spoilers exempt, that's just mean-sprited IMO). If people want to act like jerks, we can tell that they're being jerks. No need to hijack the TB any further. (TAPS/Lost, anyone?)Now I'm just as guilty for hijacking the BW TB. *Sheesh!* My humble apologies.
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If you have to have a gun, save it for the end, where just one solitary bullet has the impact a hail of bullets has in other films. And yes, I'm a freakin' pinko! But I wasn't suggesting McClane go without guns, just Bruce Willis in a new film noir. McClane without guns is like a day without sunshine, lead-tinged sunshine.
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It was cool of you to do this.
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How do you feel about the possibility of being a grandpa?
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If you remake the Big Sleep, I promise to go see it at least 4 times. You could even get Lauren Bacall to do a cameo!
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May 19, 2007 11:13:06 PM CDT
Why can't they release both a PG-13 & R-Rated version?
by mogwai democracy
Yeah, I've said it before & I'll say it again. Just release both versions simultaneously & let the theatres choose which ones they want to show. I imagine most theatres with multiple screens will choose to show both versions anyway. The theatre owners make more money, The suits make more money, Bruce makes more money, and we get to choose instead of bitching about how the movie has been watered down (or the family values camp bitching about how the movie is too violent).Can anyone seriously tell me why this would be a bad idea? I saw an ad for Die Hard the other day that clearly stated the film is not yet rated, so I know this is something they could still do if they wanted.
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Thank you for your time, if you are reading this!
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I'm a geek. I'm a fanboy. I should probably be living in my parent's basement...but...I'm
also a film producer whose movie just won an award at a major doc film festival; and I'm a published author who writes video games for one of the biggest game companies in the world. I read and enjoyed every one of Mr. Willis' replies and think he's a pretty fuckin' cool guy for taking part in this. A lot of people who read this site are part of the industry. And if they're not, they're well-informed movie buffs who (more often than not) are a fairly accurate measuring stick for the success or failure of a film or TV show. -
I feel bad that they're not gonna let Bruce have the last Died Hard movie go out on an R-rating. I hope that Harry thinks my question regarding Kevin Smith is worthy of a Bruce Willis answer. Also, can't wait until Stallone comes back for more Q and A for Rambo 4!!!
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...and will promptly force Walter B back into the studio for reshoots! Did "Die Hard 4.0" get pwned today or what?!?!
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Thank you. I get so pissed by idiots who think that just because kids talk shit in the Talkbacks that they are the only ones who frequent this site. Professionals and especially entertainment industry professionals watch and love movies too. And many visit this site on a regular basis. Where else are we going to go? Fucking box office mojo?! Ok, I admit, I got there too, but only for the box office results. When I want to read about movies... I come to AICN.
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Maybe you should change your name to ASS PIRIN. Choke on that, haters.
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You're assuming his only motivation is money, and the only reason BW would interact with fans is to boost ticket sales. If BW signs an autograph, it must be to make a buck, not because he has any real interest in his fans. It's not like he could have been influenced by Stallone, who promised he'd urge his friends to drop by, no, this is all about money. Fuck the fans, he has hollywood types and money obsessed retards like you to spend his time with. Why bother talking to fans? It's amazing that people exist like Tyleretard. But also interesting to see how other people think.
BTW - About the Bay thing. All he said was that Bay would have ruined DH4, and he WOULD have. He also said that he didn't want to work with him again, because he screams at his actors. I don't see how that's "bitterness", or signs of a deep hatred. He was answering a question. -
Film producer are you ??? That's very nice. That should mean you are out and about with other producers, directors, film editors, etc, etc, whatever...............right ? --- So tell me,, Has the news that NEXT TO NO ONE WANTS TO SEE A PUSSIFIED, WATERED DOWN, NEUTERED, HALF-ASSED FUCKING PG-13 DIE HARD gotten around your circles yet. Otherwise you "industry professionals" are really out of touch with the movie going public. We want our Die Hard the way we had the other Die Hards >> i.e. FOR ADULTS!! We are fed the fuck up with one banal PG actioner after another after another. Not one person I've spoken to yet has even the slightest inkling of interest in paying to see this insulting POS Die Hard for teens....................not ONE single goddamn person I've spoken to. And I really do speak to alot of people. It's a shame really,..........guess we're going to have another Speed 2 on our hands ( and you know how that shit turned out ! ).
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Sorry champ, you had a good reign, but with that last one you have dropped out of the top ten and into the regular nerd public. You have posted here too many times in one day to be a tourist. You're part of the family now.
Look buddy, here is the thing. It's fine to be a cynic and assume that BW is doing this for no other reason but to promote his movie, that he actually has no interest in communicating with his fans or waxing nostalgic about his career, he is not a human being and has no interest but making more money. Fine. If that was the case then yes, it would be naive for him to think that doing this would have a huge affect on the box office.
And then... SO THE FUCK WHAT? Why would you or Tylernol care? Are you his accountants? What is the worst case scenario here? Fans of Bruce Willis get to see a really good and unusual interview with him, and the Fox Corporation does not get as much of the sweet, sweet money as they thought they would. Why should you two be so horrified by this possibility that you would wade into the human filth here?
Yes, there are nerds here, as well as their associates. I been through alot with these nerds. They used to hate me but over the years we have earned each other's respect. Some of them are belligerent nutballs, some of them are obsessed with robots and dudes with capes, some of them just like movies, some of them are you and Tylernol. To me, being unhealthily obsessed with that space shit is at least a notch higher than giving marketing tips to Bruce Willis. With that hobby you're just as nerdy as the comic book guys but minus having any emotional connection to anything. Better to cry over a toy robot than over somebody else's money.
Look, I apologize for giving you a hard time. But sit back and reflect on your original post. What's the point of coming here and insulting every single person who reads here except for you just to make an irrelevant point about marketing techniques? I bet you're actually a nice person, you just need to get a smaller head and start giving other people the benefit of the doubt. There is still a human heart to salvage in there somewhere.
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you know, i had a long ass post here about how i cant believe how certain individuals would come here and be so fucking negative as to complain and criticize when a newly married web-dude and a famous movie star would take time out of both of their busy personal and professional lives as to do something as cool as arrange and answer the public's questions about everything under the sun------ but Vern you said everything that needed to be said, so i deleted that and want to leave with the following thought. it still really bums me out that there are people out there, people who might even be professionals in the motion picture industry, who are so solely motivated by nothing other than money that they will take time to try and ruin what most of us are here for: not to live out our fantasies hatched in our "parents' basements," but time to escape the regular old lives that we most of us on this planet live, for a couple hours at the movies. fucking sue us for hoping our time will be well-spent.
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After reading your virtuous and holy slamming of two petty talkbackers, I was compelled to sign up and post my praise for you Vern! Three cheers for dumping on two nerds in true nerd fashion!! I, sir, applaud you!
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I also hope one day you can make another flick with John McTiernan. If not DH 5 anything will do. His style always seemed to me a great compliment to yours.
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To the haters, whatever. I don't care if DH4 makes $15 and sells one ticket that ticket will be mine. When it comes out on DVD, I'll buy it. When the greedy bastards then turn around and put it out as a 4 movie DH set, I'll buy that too. Why? Because I enjoy watching BW. That and I will always be eternally grateful for Color of Night! Damn! Thank you Mr. Willis!
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anyone who says that won't see a film because its fucking rating is too low really needs to grow up.....its pretty lame...and the guy who suggested that fox watch the rambo "trailer" i can bet they are not losing any sleep...i love stallone...I LOVE the character rambo.....love all three films but that clip looks like a sketch comedy version....it is way too much of a parody of itself for me....
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That's why I just picked up a 42" HDTV. I'll watch DH 1&3 in peace but I said I would see DH4 in the theater if WB was the real BW so I do have 2 tickets in hand for that flick... but yeah I do hate the yacking teens these days and texting during the movie sux. Hitting the last show on a weekday seems to cut down on children being in your theater. I had to watch TEAM AMERICA with a small (7-8) girl sitting a seat away with her father. That cut back on my enjoyment of the filthy jokes. I did see GRINDHOUSE child free so that was nice. Bruce , you put in some nice work for those 2 days. Thanks for the good times!
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Asking how old they are ????? So complaining because Hollywood are feeding us a steady stream of inept cinematic diarrhoea every fucking minute is something to grow up about ?????????????????
Listen asshole, I never said I wouldn't watch a movie because it's rated too low...................I SAID I WOULDN'T WATCH A DIE HARD MOVIE THAT'S RATED PG-13 !!!!!......pull your self-righteous head out of your censorship-apologetic ass and try to see the difference. Of course I would watch a decent 'PG' movie, provided it's something like a Bond flick or Spider-Man or some such shit where the rating is expected. Where the rating is a given. Those movies are being true to their source. A DIE HARD FILM RATED PG, IS A PERVERSION OF IT'S SOURCE MATERIAL. A bloodless, quick-cut, clean-mouthed DIE HARD ???????.........That's just fucking tacky. And imagine these franchise-rapping mutherfuckers filmed this as a PG-13 movie from day one.............elimanating any chance of an R-rated or unrated DVD to look forward too..........just too fucking pathetic for words. This is really what Hollywood has come to nowadays ???? just countless numbers of vapid watered down crap coming out every minute ?? How many more Nicholas Cage type pieces of shit do we need to see ????? And you can't understand what pisses me off about what's coming out of studios these days ????? Go fuck yaself man. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> And yeah,, That John Rambo trailer may lay some cheese on heavy in parts, but ya know what ??? ...................It's still got guts, balls, nerve, grit AND RESPECT FOR THE SOURCE THAT SPAWNED IT. It's being made with the "hardcore" fanbase in mind,.......not selling it's soul to the teenagers because it hopes some of them will set aside some allowance money to watch it before Bayformers comes out. Die Hard just had it's heart, tongue and soul ripped right out by greedy pimps who don't give one shit about the integrity of film art any more......................Just money, money, money, money, money.............fucking whores. That's why this PG-nizing shit will backfire in their goddamn faces with Die Hard. Or let's just call it "Expire Mildly" already. -
I think it's great to have interviews like this. Bruce-maniacs and people who are just movie fans alike have something to gain from reading these Q&A sessions.Thanks, Bruce. I sent you a question. I hope you answer it.
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I know its meen mentioned, BUT i cant find anywhere on MPAA stating that the rating for diehard is pg13
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To answer your question, before the internet I was a malcontent and drain on society, these days I am a peace loving positive individual who also has fun writing about movies on the internet and communicating with people in many countries I've never been to and probaly never will. I am not nor will I ever be as awesome as you, however I am happy with what I got, since I have found that people with your sort of personality are (for my tastes) insufferable assholes. (your mileage may vary.) Anyway I don't want to take up too much of your time, I know you probaly have some other thing to be doing in The Real World right now because of your lifestyle superiority. But I thank you for taking time out to show me what's what with your powerful words here. We love you but please, run along. I'm sure they miss your charm and wit wherever the wonderful people like you go to complain about Bruce Willis's personal choices and about the negative portrayal of your people in the REVENGE OF THE NERDS movies.
SLAPPY: I have a question for you though. I don't know if you like horror movies or if so which ones you like, but lets say there is a sequel or a remake to TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE, HALLOWEEN or some other horror classic, and it's PG-13. Would you still go and tell people worried about it shut up? How about a remake of ROBOCOP? Or how about if they were going to re-release the original three DIE HARD movies, but edited down to PG-13. Would you care?
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OMG what a sad and bitter little person.
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I'm gagging on it. I mean, I'm not taking sides here or anything, but man, I wish the internet would allow more than just a battle of wits, or a battle of whatever the hell is building up on the walls here like plaque on an infected tooth
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"I had friends in high school" i thought you might possibly be working as Bay's plummer(see above) but after that comment, you are just another dick. here's a clue, tylernol. when you want to sound superior. don't mention highschool. now. just shut the fuck up. you are an asshole. close this IE tab and just focus on your child porn website. but remember, do not try to act it out in real life, it could be a trap. but then, you're here, so, some part of you wants to touch your own 15 minutes. maybe you want to meet the guys from Dateline. who's to know.
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Only a misanthropic homo needs the Internet as(s) an outlet for desperately trying to look down on other people - nerds or not. Why dont you go to your "real life" "friends" and say to each, what you really think about them... Geeks are here for fun - and you are here to promote your faith in Bowel Movement Church. Hail, Shitan! Living a couple of hours a day broadmindedly in the broadband has nothing pathetic in it. There's surely enough non-cyberworld living for everyone; in eating, walking, dressing up, shitting, buying, undressing, sleeping, cleaning up, taking the trash, taking a shower, drinking alcohol, and for me, also in splitting beavers... Have a smoke, a Cuban or Jamaican.
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...and thanking his lucky stars that he can get in to see Die Flaccid 4.0. Sit down, youngling! B.shaker: I salute you. Truer words have never been spoken!
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Alright, I've been sitting back for quite some time just browsing the tb and I still can't understand why all everyone seems to stress about the rating so much. Given in most cases, I never like seeing an action movie watered down, but if you were such a big fan of the DH trilogy why would you let a rating stop you from seeing it. Hey, if you went into the movie, saw it, and later said it sucked because of the rating thats one thing, but just refusing to see it is kinda obsourd. Makes me wonder whether or not you ever were a fan of the series in the first place. Either way it seems like there are much more troubling things that the rating. First of why doesn't anyone seem to care that Len Wiseman is directing? Or that perhaps the original writer, Roderick Thorp, isn't back?
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Can someone punch in the HTML code to do paragraphs on these talkbacks? I know it got posted months ago but I didn't catch it. Pardon me for being old and slow, younglings.
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I absolutely love the John McClane character. Die Hard 2 was a disappointment, but I loved Die Hard & Die Hard with a Vengeance (maybe it's because both movies had the same director, John McTiernan). No, an R rating doesn't equal a good movie (see Die Hard 2). But Die Hard is a series, and a PG-13 rating equals a change in tone. And because this movie's tone will be different from the rest of the series, it will stick out in a bad way. As an audience, you know what it feels like to watch an R-rated movie you love when it's edited for television. You say to yourself..."Meh, I like this movie, but they cut out all the best parts for TV!" That's how I know I'll feel after watching Live Free or Die Hard, except worse. I will probably wait to watch it on DVD. BTW...what the F ever happened to Al Powell (Reginald VelJohnson aka Carl Winslow from Family Matters)??? I would go see a spin-off action comedy movie all about Sgt. Al Powell. Just have Bruce Willis' John McClane be the one on the CB radio stuck on the sidelines trying to talk Al thru the mess he's in. I love the Al Powell character more than the John McClane character. I'd have James Avery (Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) be the villian. Can you imagine the fight at the end of that movie? And no, don't kill James Avery at the end of the movie...just have him beat up and arrested for whatever evil plot he hatched. (Remember, James Avery was the voice of The Shredder on the original Ninja Turtles cartoon! Not to mention he was sometimes scary and intimidating in a comical way on Fresh Prince.) If Live Free or Die Hard wanted to return to its roots, then Al Powell would be a supporting character again. Sam Jackson made up for Al's absence in Die Hard with a Vengeance, but I still really missed Bonnie Bedelia (Holly Gennero aka Mrs. John McClane).
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I wish I could post as many times in this talkback as Tylenol and that other guy, but I'm just too damn busy. I wonder how they find the time? Probably just really organised or something.
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I was worried about Len Wiseman, mildly concerned about the use of the internet, troubled by the Mac guy, horrified by Kevin Smith. But I was still trying to keep hope alive because it's fuckin DIE HARD! Most people I know gave up on the movie long ago, but I was still keeping my fingers crossed. And then I found out about the PG-13. I mean I'm still gonna bite my tongue and see the movie, but how many fuckin hurdles do you have to jump through to pretend this is in the spirit of the old ones? Next thing you know they're gonna tell us it's a musical and it's all in Esperanto with different comedians voicing each character rather than the actor seen on screen, and there is a CGI wisecracking monkey that saves McClane at the end. And if I am not okay with that I was never a true fan.
By the way, Roderick Thorp couldn't be involved because he died 8 years ago. He actually never wrote any of the movies, he just wrote the book that the first one was based on. Alot of the great scenes in the movie come straight from the book, but his lead character is much older, he's named Joe Leland and he's the same detective character from his earlier book The Detective (played by Frank Sinatra in the movie version). But it would be interesting to see what he thought of DIE HARD. Somebody must've interviewed him about it at some point. -
REPRESENT. Both Pennsville and the rest of South Jersey love ya, Bruce. All the best w/ LF or DH. I know I’ll be there.
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Basically, he saw that this new Die Hard movie was runnin around trying to fuck up the works with bare feet, and he shot the glass. Now we see if it can survive.
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On this issue of Bruce wasting his time by coming here to talk, I would say that has everything to do with his purpose for coming here in the first place.
If he came here with the hopes that he would somehow massively improve the box office take for the film, then he MAY have been wasting his time (then again, if it gets around that he come on the site to give his personal guarantee that the movie will rock in spite of the rating, that could change them minds of many people).
However, if he came here to talk because he simply wanted an opportunity to talk to movie lovers and fans without a filter and/or because he felt compelled to defend a project he had faith in against what he believed was unfair criticism (i.e. "the movie is gonna suck ass because it's PG-13"), then he most certainly was NOT wasting his time.
I think it's rather presumptuous to make definite claims about him wasting his time without concern for his actual intent in coming here. He said he wanted a chance to just jump into the pool and talk to people who care about films. If you want to contradict his stated reason for coming here, I guess that's your business.
Take care,
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I shared Vern et al's ire at the various vanillafications of John McClane we have learned of so far. I even tried to instigate some kind of Vern explosion way back when it was confirmed Wiseman was at the helm. But... It could still work. We can still experience that "cool breeze of awesomeness". SO long as they don't sellout John. If he stays outside the system, mistrustful of authority and just as brutal and tenacious as a motherfucker.. it could fly. My concern is more with the baddies. The bad guys have always been smart and tough as all hell. Plus, they are tricky. I always loved the twists in the various bad guy's actual goals in the first 3. That seems to be as much a part of the mythos as anything else. We don't get much of that in the trailer. I'm hoping they are saving it for the movie...
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ahhh vern thanks for clearing all that up about Roderick Thorp. I was never really sure about his full writing credit. Getting back to DH4 though, I geuss all of this are going to have to walk into this thing like its a new series, as much as it pains me to say it. You're right everything in this thing is different from the original movie, more stylized directing, the script, characters, and far more. For me the thing that actually bothered my the most was the new trailer. Don't get me wrong the action presented looks fucking crazy, but take a look at McClane's character, I don't care who you are that certainly isn't McClane. It could just be a bad edit, but McClane never really seems vulernable at all, something which all 3 films had. Numero 1, really the whole premise of the movie, McClane is stuck in a skycraper with no way of escaping. Numero duo, McClane had a bunch of people's live being put on his shoulders if said plane crashed. Numero 3, the opening scene. McClane stuck in an African America neighborhood wearing THE SIGN. But DH4 on the other hand looks just off. Particuarlly McClane't about how hes going to kill everyone to get his daughter back. It just doesn't seem like McClane to me. He was never like that....ever. From my standpoint it looks like is just going to be an easy personal vendetta to save his daughter. What happened to the average cop trying to save a plane hijacked by terrorists, doing what he needed to do to save lives.
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but hearing someone say "i would see this if it is r...but I won't now because its not" just sounds silly to me. Would I see a PG13 texas chainsaw and halloween? no of course not but come on vern...do you seriously find that R rated content is as important to a die hard film as it is to a horror film? I just don't see the die hard films as particularly violent. i fucking love die hard but i don't love it just for the swearing and violence.would I prefer an r rated die hard 4...definitely but my plans to see it are not cancelled because it doesn't have an r rating. I remember when I was a kid and seeing R films was all that mattered to me....had to be R had to be violent....again when I was a kid. as long as a film is good i don't give a fuck what they rate it.....just make it good.
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issues on these talkbacks, or as I like to call them - "cunts." (no...not you, everyone else I mean) :) Seriously though, who gives a fuck? Why all this garbage? is there something wrong with visiting this site? As far as I'm concerned movies are the BEST form of entertainment, bar- y'know the one that's free. Theres a diverse group of people on here, not all geeks. I don't consider myself to fall into the geek category at all - I think alot of the humour on here is a bit immature,-I don't get alot of it. I'll be honest, in a way I am kind of glad that I don't, but still. I'm not part of that scene, so who the fuck am I to judge others? Maybe I could be described as a geek for visiting a film site and reading on future movies. The way I see it, "Geek" these days means "ACTUALLY LIKING SOMETHING." Sure there may be some people reading comic books in their old age on here, there may be some who collect statues or memorbillia. Not my kinda thing, but I don't go on here abusing perfect strangers for being passionate about things in a different way to me. To each their fucking own, it's a free world for most of us. Geek or not, anything else, I just come here for the fucking news. Either way I don't give a toss about anyones social background and no one else should either. As for this tylernol guy- why even respond? If the guys got a need to come on here and make himself feel better, then let him go ahead. Just feel sorry for the chop-fucker. Anyway, DIE HARD 4. I agree with everything Vern has said. I was looking forward to this a few years ago, but everything...I mean everything I have seen on it has made me uneasy. I love 1 & 3, so I will see it, after all Bruce is still there playing McClane, and nothing can stop that from being entertaining.
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I'd say just about any rating these days has the potential to draw in immature idiots. About a month ago I went to the theater to see "Pathfinder", which wasn't so great but was a hard R for graphic violence. In the front rows were some loser teenagers (say between 17 and 20) that wouldn't shut up and kept pointing a laser pointer at the screen. People yelled at them, they yelled back. After the movie they started a big brawl in the lobby and two people got stabbed. Giving a movie an R rating in no way prevents idiots from attending. HeKS
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I especially noticed the words "fuck" and "cunt" being used as hateful words, when in fact those two words, when paired together...well, you know.
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"do you seriously find that R rated content is as important to a die hard film as it is to a horror film?"
Nope, it is more important. Because I can imagine, in the hands of a talented director, suspense replacing gore and still getting something that works, however, replacing a note fucking perfect action script and characters, and their fates (I am talking about the original DH only here), with computer hackers, flying cars and language acceptable to Barbara Bush, well that I have rather well founded fears about... -
He's man enough to not let the break-up of his marriage become a war over his kids. From all appearances, he and Demi (and Ashton even!) are pretty good friends, and share family events together.
That kicks more ass than a movie full of blow'd up cars and whatnot.
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For picking my question (Harry) and answering it (Bruce)! I was number 5. Thank you guys!
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BCGrown here. Good to see you again. I hope you are doing well. I never did get to give you one of my books - I now have two out - would you like either or both of them? If so let me know where to send them.
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May 21, 2007 3:44:21 AM CDT
Thanks, Mr Willis. Leroy Palestine will be so proud.
by franklin t marmoset
"Leroy," I will tell him, "you have been certified NOT and idiot by none other Bruce Goddamn John McClane David Addison Joe Hallenbeck Willis." I mean, if Bruce Wiilis has given the nod to your behaviour, you must be doing something right.Anyway, I'm a little gutted I missed this. Also, I kind of wish I had asked a more intelligent question. I assumed I had no chance of getting answered, so I went with the daftest question I could think of. Thanks for having a sense of humour, Mr Willis.
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http://tinyurl.com/2z2lrs
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you are my man! You have a sure instinct of bringing things to a point/nailing things down. I like that! And fuck PG-13 -- anybody seen the RAMBO clip? Fucking A man, fucking A!
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Im pretty sure there are no South Africans that even know about this site, and before I begin I am not in a basement...we dont have basements here.
Question for Mr Willis sir, would you consider filming anything in our country. I think that you may be surprised at the fan base down here. The movie industry has grown remarkably since the ending of apartheid. Leo de cap and others have filmed in Mozambique which is on our border. We have remarkable scenery and untouched rural areas and p.s.there are no wild animals in the streets.
It would be worth a look.
oh you really touched people by removing yourself from iconic status and chatting with them online. Very cool actually.
Thank you to vern as well
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Johnboy asked the same question that I asked
by White Goodman May 19th, 2007
04:10:35 PM
He answered it in the talkback. Douche bag.
Apologies White, I don't really get involved in these talk back sessions, mainly because I don't have the time so I had no idea that he'd already covered this subject, the powers-that-be obviously felt that my letter was worthwhile passing onto Bruce anyway, but by calling me a Douche bag allows me to gloat about the fact that Bruce answered my question. Thanks Bruce, you've made my week!!!! Now please excuse me while I go and smell my own farts, mmmnnnn, aaaahhh..... -
This is awesome, right up there with Sly's TB in December. The only thing better would be if John McClane himself stormed into my office right now this Monday morning and punched me in the friggin face.
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Bruce comments about Bay must be true, otherwise he won't even be in this talkback for misquoting him. Just a thought...
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I check this website everyday for news concerning my favorite tv shows and movies. I enjoy watching shows and movies, that's why I do it. There are a lot of well informed individuals on this site and I enjoy reading different opinions.
I read the bw interview and thought, wow, he seems like a geniune down to earth nice guy. Then it got ugly when i was reading comments from two of the shallowest people(I haven't,don't,and want to have nothing to do with) tylernol & nepo.
Your posts were so disgusting that it made me sign up for an account today.
I don't know where your hate for nerds came from but it's there. It would be a pretty ugly world without nerds. Someone has to pick you up at the airport, or get stuck working saturday so you can hit up chili's after taking your family(I hope either don't have one for their sake) on a super cool ski jet ski trip on your private lake with a lot of land.
Hey, it's a tough job being yourself, but someone has to do it. So nerds enjoy stuff like video games, movies, a lot of weird stuff that no one cares about or wants to know. But how does it effect you, or make your life worse, we make yours eaisier, you're out there gettin the girls and driving the car you don't need, but sure looks cool though.
people have different intersts and ideas( thank god), and the fact that you need to slam us for being ourselves and pursing our intersts means there is something wrong with you, I wish both of you the best of luck trying to figure out what that is.
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I don't know what Maddie (Cybil) looks like now, but if you asked me back in 1985 what the movie should be, I would have said, about an hour of David Addison bending her over an office table and teaching her how a woman gets pleasure.
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Bruce, do you regret getting your 'todger' out in Color Of Night?
Cheers
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Cool man.
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What happened to Besson's proposed Fifth Element sequel, Mr Shadow? At the time, he was claiming he had a Lucas-style plan for a series, but it never happened, despite the movie being a hit.
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Just like Sly with the Rambo teaser footage, I am excited for Bruce to kick ass once again!!!! These are event films, and with all the bullshit in the world I am ready for another escape with Bruce!
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Hi KingB, I sure miss the great chats we all had in the past. I've often wondered how Darnum, BJC and the others are doing. I still can feel how shaky my knees were when you were talking with us in the chat. Haven't peed in my pants since then, LOL. So Please say "Yo! Pockets" like you did then. Give me a thrill. We love you, Take care.
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How harry
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and i am in no way saying it is going to be awesome all I am saying is to rule out seeing it completely just because of the rating seems fucking stupid tome. if it was a film you have zero interest in then fine but if it is something you would ordinarily see but now won't because it might not be violent or sweary enough just seems fucking dumb. being weary of it and having lower expectations is fine but counting it out altogether because it doesn't meet yor violence quota seems childish.
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Your comment made me really happy! thanks for posting it.
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And keep on with the answers. I would like to know about Moonlighting projects if possible.
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It's my favourite hitchcock film!
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I like all the serious observations about Rope. You dolts, he doesn't want to be in it cause it's about homos. That was his little joke to show all the anxiety-ridden fanboys that it's ok to worship a sweaty muscular daddy-man as long as he is an a-number-one big-balled all-american apple pie and pussy eating champ who will blow your head off with a shotgun and then go fuck ten women with his fourteen-inch cock, ruptuing their internal organs every time he shoots his wad, which he can do twenty to thrity times a night without viagra, thank you very much.
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anyone feel like these Q and A's are a bit like coke? I'm starting to have a hard time going day to day without seeing another session up
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Yo, Vern! Give them hell. Give them hell in their faces. But seriously, as a dork, a movie dork, who today is breathing through his mouth around a clogged nose filled with snot, I can stand up for myself against fellas like Tylernol. But thanks for the mama-bear vengeance on my behalf. Also, big thanks to Harry, I love this type of stuff, and Bruce is da man. Question for Bruce: What are your political leanings when it comes to gun control and shit like that? I know it's not popular right now to voice an opinion, but I wonder if you're one of those guys that plugs a dude on set then goes home, puts on a poncho, and freaks out if a dolphin gets the axe in a tuna net. Love you, man. Lots. MB
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can't you feel it? a new die hard movie is coming soon. yessssss!!!
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It's been a week, Harry. When're we getting Part 2 of The Willis responses?
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It's been like forever. *sigh*
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At least I hope. I can't imagine ALL the questions were horrid "FanBoy/Girl."
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everyone went crazy when walt got on here. He hung round for a couple of days then left. Even if he has busy press schedules (although release is still a month away?!?) he has mobile email on the blackberry. I say, round 1 or possibly2 is all we are gonna see. Unless he makes friends with us 2 days before the movie comes out.
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I'm sorry, but I'm czech, so that my english isn't very good, but perhaps you will understand me. I know we are supposed to be talking about Die Hard 4.0, but I wanted to ask you something. Will shoot full-length movies Moonlighting? It was excelent serial and David Adison is best serial character all of time....and how name is your band? And published your band some CD? cheers...
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Based on an article at Cinema Blend's website, and the negative early buzz surrounding DH4's rating, it is possible that Fox Studios has put the kibosh on any more online chats regarding the film. However, it is also possible that Harry and Bruce have quietly orchestrated a quieter, more managable, secret, invitation only talkback chat. At any rate, I prefer to believe Walter B. is not deliberately snubbing anyone here. Am guessing things just got a little too out of hand for the kind of chat he wanted to have.
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Did I miss something? Talkback chat? Ive noticed that round 1 is done now, and yes where is round 2, a.s.o. Bruce darling: dont keep your fans waiting.
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Hi Bruce!
I'm from Vienna/Austria and I'm really proud on your work on the featuring movie 'Die Hard 4'. I heard that you were in Vienna in June 2006. But I'd not the chance to meet you. Someday, will you come to Vienna, again? I would be delighted if I can meet you someday. Many greets from Vienna! Rene D. -
I just wanted to say that you're awesome. I loved you on Moonlighting(I think I was 12) and then Die Hard and ever since.. I think it's really cool that you came on here to answer all these questions/comments even though some are really rude. I saw you at an opening for planet hollywood Baltimore back in 98', you sang with your band, you were awesome. Me and my husband can't wait to see DH-4, he's a huge fan of yours also... BTW, lookin hot as usual!
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Mwuhaha, Tylernol did it!
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There anyway we can at least get an update Harry?
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YO POCKETS! LOL
I guess it will not thrill you like the one you will receive from Beedub. ;)
Dunno if Bruce have remarked how many fans from his official site come here already to say Hi to him.
He's actually so busy travelling all over the world for the Die Hard4 promotion.
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Hey Bee, if by chance you read this,and you still remember me, I just want to let you know I dropped you a little note in a thread called "Bruce Willis is Talking Back - So Here's A TalkBack To TalkBack...". I didn't find my way to this thread first and I dunno if you still continue to read the old thread.
Good luck in your promotion. I hope Die Hard4 will have even more success than you expect yourself.
Take care.
Bisous.
Flower.
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don't make me spam this talkback until i get an answer
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i will do it
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think for a second that i won't
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Bruce/Walter in Total Film magazine in the UK. good interview. he even phones the mag up out of the blue to talk about Amy Winehouse.... WTF?
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i can't be bothered doing this anymore. fuck it
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w00t last post!
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voted the best movie cop ever.
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to be voted the best cop, maybe voting the right man?
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I wish he could get bored again, and come join us here.
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Well it's official then. It's on the main LForDH homepage. Just click enter site and it's there. If I were Bruce Willis, I'd be ashamed right now. Rupert Murdoch & FOX can go fuck themselves.
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And if bruce or anyone who has been involved in this film is reading this, this is to you from the bottom of my heart.. fuck you.
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I take that back.. not bruce and guys, but sorry, still boycott time. It's time the fans make a stand. Just fuck fox.
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Bruce Willis is a greedy bastard and a complete fucking moron. He himself HAD the power to enforce an R-rating. He could have simply said: "Make this an R or I quit" during shooting. But he doesn't care. He's only after the paycheck.
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yeah he could have said that.. so fuck willis! fuck all of 'em! Especially fuck Live Nutered and Die with parental guidance. Die Hard.. you know, for kids.
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To ur all knowledge, Brucey did work hard to get R-rating, but he could get through to the those making the descition.
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He could have simply said: "Make this R or I quit? Who's you second choice to play McClane?"
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And slapped everyone in the face by doing so.
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This is kind of crap. You guys hyped the hell out of Willis' involvement with the Talk Back then have let it die without so much as a mention. if Willis is avoiding coming back, that sucks, but it's not your fault. let us know what's going on. Did he bail? Caught up in promo press for the release is understandable, but if he had so much time in his trailer or whatever to answer stuff, seems he'd also have time wherever he is globally. Did some of the lame-ass questions piss him off? Let us know. It's not really fair to leave people hanging when they've obviously expressed great interest in the thread. It's gonna piss a lot of people off if he magically appears back here a few days before the release with Round 2 in the hopes of generating more press and fan interest. I'm a big fan, Bruce, but enough's enough. Are you in or out? Just being honest.
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think he had some spare time and felt bored and found this page. Dont think he has any plans to join anymore. But it was fun to know he was here. Wish I was as well. Seen him on tv since Moonlighting. Fun guy. And Whole nine/ten yards were extremely funny! But I think he should go for serious parts because his acting is better then.
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Come Back Bruce!
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Just seen it. Really cool. Suprising ending. Great timing for everything. Great lenght of the movie.
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When will #5 come out. You still got a few good years left in there, hope you kick out just one more. Ask Sam Jackson back for the next one. You guys are great together.
Honestly, it was everything I expected and more. I will gladly pay for another ticket before it leaves the theaters.
Seeing it on DVD for the first time would have ruined it COMPLETELY!!!
Even for an old fart, you still kick ass in my book... we can't all be spring chickens anymore.
Waiting for #5...
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Just thought I would put my cents in and tell you Willis fans out there that the whole country is on a John McClane alert. Oh and he's chatting on 5FM Blog at this very moment, so get there fast and check it out...www.5fm.co.za all the varifications are already done cos they dont take fakers on that blog.
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