# White House Down looks as if it will be quite fun

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**Created:** [June 10, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-down-looks-as-if-it-will-be-quite-fun/660668 "2013-06-10T22:47:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-down-looks-as-if-it-will-be-quite-fun/660668/1 "2013-06-10T22:47:48Z")

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Originally I thought this film was being played straight, but I’ve just watched the new [trailer](http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/whitehousedown/) and it seems to be being played for laughs. I mean, keys labelled ‘Ground Force One’? Or did they recut it to differentiate it from _Olympus Has Fallen_?

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-down-looks-as-if-it-will-be-quite-fun/660668/2 "2013-06-11T13:15:16Z")

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In the first trailer, it looks to be played straight and serious.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-down-looks-as-if-it-will-be-quite-fun/660668/3 "2013-06-11T23:24:39Z")

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Die Hard: Capitol Hill

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-down-looks-as-if-it-will-be-quite-fun/660668/4 "2013-06-12T00:04:25Z")

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But will it be Die Hard 1 or Die Hard 5?

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**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-down-looks-as-if-it-will-be-quite-fun/660668/5 "2013-06-12T02:32:51Z")

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Interestingly, the name of _ **Olympus Has Fallen** _ in Japan is エンド・オブ・ホワイトハウス (_ **End of White House** _).

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**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2013, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/white-house-down-looks-as-if-it-will-be-quite-fun/660668/6 "2013-06-13T12:44:24Z")

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…holy crap you are right! Two different trailers: it almost looks like two different movies. I don’t want to see the first, but the second one looks kind of cool.