Live Free or Die Hard: Some Titles That Didn’t Make It …
Even if you’re not a big fan of action movies — or the Die Hard series — you have to appreciate the humor in the title Live Free or Die Hard, which opens this week.
The name’s a perfect mix of the overdone action entries of the late 80s (like Die Hard) and a wink at the current US political vibe. So we couldn’t resist offering alternate titles for your amusement, commentary and/or general disdain. Mr. Willis, Fox: Maybe you want one of these for the next Die Hard? You know where to find me.
Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Die Hard (an obvious sequel)
Live and Let Die Hard (McClane meets Bond. Without a song by Wings or Guns & Roses, please.)
Eat Sh*t and Die Hard (Not sure of the plot… but McClane utters the title before blowing away each bad guy)
Live By The Sword, Die Hard By The Sword (McClane time-travels to the medieval era… or protects the rights of a journalist?)
Today’s A Good Day to Die Hard (McClane joins the reunited Flatliners brat pack when someone other than themselves attempts to kill them.)
Roll of the Die Hard (McClane saves the Vegas strip for 90 straight minutes. Holy crap, what more do you need?)
Die Hard to Hold (McClane suffers the pitfalls of Rick Springfield-like pop stardom. And then kills his agent.)
And finally…
When Will Bruce Willis Really Be Too Old For This Sh*t?
QUESTION: Have a title you’d like to submit? And how will this compare to the previous three Die Hard movies? TELL US
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When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who Die Hard. -Jean-Paul Sartre
and
Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and Die Hard. -Herbert Hoover
Wait - but I love that song by Wings!
How about:
To Live and Die Hard in LA. Bruce Willis can sing cover of Wang Chung theme tune with “Respect Yourself” huskiness. Wang Chung probably available for performing backup.
Die Hard Part 3 or 4: I forget.
Wanted to get back to all of you…
und3rdog: Those are far too cerebral for the Die Hard series. Especially that Sartre guy — he was part of the French New Wave, yes?…
Monique: Love your title. Somebody call William Friedkin to direct that one. Yes, Wang Chung must be available, I’m sure. And if you think Bruce Willis is no longer singing, think again: http://meetinthelobby.com/?p=19
Nathan: it’s the 4th movie. One of the working titles was Die Hard 4.0.
More later.
-Norm S.
Die Hardest
Monkey-
I think Die Hardest may have been floating around… but where do you go from there? Die Super Hardest? Die Hardest Again?
-Norm S.
It should have stopped at 3, if they had named them right.
Die Hard
Die Harder
Die Hardest
Then you can have your nonsense title:
Die Even Harder Than Before
Well they nailed your idea for the first two at least…
Die Even Harder Than Before is great. Reminds me of the Bond title Never Say Never Again.
-Norm S.
LOL @ Die Even Harder Than Before
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Princess Die Hard
Die Hard On.
Die Hard, Die (Pronounced in German Dee Hard, Dee…obscure Simpson’s reference.)
– Dali —
The first one is sick.
The second one is a riot.
The third one is obscure, but at least you told us so.
— Monkey and Ben —
I agree. Die Even Harder Than Before had me LOL as well.
Nice work movie title brainiacs. We’ll do this again some time. If another studio has the nuts enough for a cheeky title (Hey, the Harold and Kumar sequel may be called Harold and Kumar End Up In Gitmo. See you then.)
-Norm S.
Check out Bruce’s own riff on the ridiculous name of his most recent. He made fun of himself on The Daily Show: http://www.ifilm.com/video/2869277
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