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At some point I stopped watching (classic action) movies with Bruce Willis. Where is the tension in it, if you already know that his plot amor works 100% guaranteed?
The funny thing about Bruce Willis, is that the first Die Hard film, one of it's greatest points about quality, was how fragile McClain was. He wasn't a roided out combat god like the Stallone or Arnold films. He was a "regular" guy for the most part. He got hurt, a LOT, he was scared, he was frustrated, he was tired, demoralized, etc. All the traits that make a character human. You genuinely couldn't say, given how injured he was near the end, if John was going to survive that first film. But then the franchise ended up morphing into the very thing it was a counterpoint to. The latter Die Hard films he's basically an unstoppable god, complete with ridiculous actions that defy all logic and physics. Thus looping the franchise back to the idiotic tropes of the other 80s films, that it was trying to break away from.
 

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The funny thing about Bruce Willis, is that the first Die Hard film, one of it's greatest points about quality, was how fragile McClain was. He wasn't a roided out combat god like the Stallone or Arnold films. He was a "regular" guy for the most part. He got hurt, a LOT, he was scared, he was frustrated, he was tired, demoralized, etc. All the traits that make a character human. You genuinely couldn't say, given how injured he was near the end, if John was going to survive that first film. But then the franchise ended up morphing into the very thing it was a counterpoint to. The latter Die Hard films he's basically an unstoppable god, complete with ridiculous actions that defy all logic and physics. Thus looping the franchise back to the idiotic tropes of the other 80s films, that it was trying to break away from.
Not all Die Hards, 3 was pretty close in that regard to 1 (well, mostly, but 1 wasn't entirely realistic either), but 2 and the others .. well.
 

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The funny thing about Bruce Willis, is that the first Die Hard film, one of it's greatest points about quality, was how fragile McClain was. He wasn't a roided out combat god like the Stallone or Arnold films. He was a "regular" guy for the most part. He got hurt, a LOT, he was scared, he was frustrated, he was tired, demoralized, etc. All the traits that make a character human. You genuinely couldn't say, given how injured he was near the end, if John was going to survive that first film. But then the franchise ended up morphing into the very thing it was a counterpoint to. The latter Die Hard films he's basically an unstoppable god, complete with ridiculous actions that defy all logic and physics. Thus looping the franchise back to the idiotic tropes of the other 80s films, that it was trying to break away from.
Really? Have you ever seen the original Rambo movie First Blood? Stallone was just a normal mook. If you haven't seen it, watch it. Great movie.
 
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They both died in the book, so there shouldn't be any sequels. Unfortunately test audiences thought that was too much of a downer ending. Also protag of the book Die Hard was based on was pushing 70 or 80.
 

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2.5 months later :(
We "poke" him on the Discord (at his request BTW) to make sure to either gives us updates on there, or on Patreon. And he did say that he would be better about informing us about the progress of the next update every Sunday... however, he went through a bit of personal shit during the holidays and it is back to him being silent... again... for almost 2 months on Patreon. Speaking as a fan, this is just how it's been with Nefastus for years now. Nef starts building steam, and then he hits a snag like this that causes silence.
 
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I think he is close to an update release, the previous update time was usually 3 months, and since he hasn't released an update for 4 months and he has stopped communication that must mean he is grinding and close to completion.
 
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