Degens Andy S and Brandon Bombay go out to the coast, get together, and have a few laughs as they discuss the Christmas masterpiece, 'Die Hard.' Andy gets things detonated by recalling the times his family brought him to see the 'Die Hard' sequels in theater when he was still very young, and how that led to trouble at school. Then the fellas take their shoes off to make fists with their toes as they talk about a movie that was on repeat in nearly every household in the late '80s/early '90s — long before it was universally recognized as requisite holiday viewing. Bruce Willis's movie star-making role as the wisecracking, but very non-superhuman hero, not only spawned a series of sequels in the franchise, but changed action cinema forever. In fact, Nakatomi Tower was filled with talented actors on that night, as Alan Rickman turned in a bad guy performance for the ages, and brought along a group of henchmen that capitalized on developing their characters even with limited screen time. To complement Hans's team is a cast of memorable civilians just trying to get home for Christmas, including the smarmy Ellis who learns a fine lesson in negotiating. Director John McTiernan cleverly took those characters, and the template of a thriller to create a true action classic. Listening to us talk this film while telling old stories will have you saying 'Yippee ki yay motherf...."