# A Die Hard reboot?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-die-hard-reboot/841037>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 30, 2019, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-die-hard-reboot/841037 "2019-09-30T10:05:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-die-hard-reboot/841037/21 "2019-10-01T19:42:24Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> So were we supposed to ignore that he looks like…Dwayne Johnson? Assume he was just born like that?

[Such conditions are rare but possible.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myostatin-related_muscle_hypertrophy)

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**Author:** ![Peter\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cdc98d/32.png) [@Peter\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_A)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-die-hard-reboot/841037/22 "2019-10-01T19:52:14Z")

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> [@Wheelz](#):
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> Didn’t they just do a Die Hard reboot with [Dwayne Johnson](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5758778/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1) last year?

As far as I’m aware, it has always been Sly.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-die-hard-reboot/841037/23 "2019-10-01T22:30:08Z")

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> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#):
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> I think they should remake it, but make some changes. After all, they shouldn’t just retell the same story over and over.
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> So, instead of him being a detective, let’s make him a Highway Patrol cop.  
> And his district is the desert areas,of say, Arizona. or Nevada. Some desolate area.  
> And instead of high tech exceptional thieves, the bad guys are more violent. How about a bad assed biker gang. Can get that whole Sons of Anarchy thing. Good for merchandising!  
> And McClane arrests one, but he gets off on a technicalilty.  
> And the biker gang kills his wife and children.  
> So McClane goes on a killing spree, wasting the entire gang. Car chases! Big explosions!
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> What do you think? It SINGS!

All of this makes him very angry. We’ll call it Angry McClane.

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**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-die-hard-reboot/841037/24 "2019-10-02T02:04:16Z")

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And get Tarantino to direct it, put Machete in the role,

Angry John Machete, New Mexico Cop, Just Trying To Spend Quality Time With His Kids During Christmas

The tag line could be  
"When you ruin Machete’s Christmas Family Reunion, you better hope he doesn’t ruin your’s "

Oh wait, someone said disney, nevermind…

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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-die-hard-reboot/841037/25 "2019-10-02T16:40:51Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> All of this makes him very angry. We’ll call it Angry McClane.

Mental McClane? Alliteration.

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