Podcasts about greatest heroes

Episode 322.  James B and Eddie head back to 1965 to educate Spider-Fans on the World's Greatest Heroes as they face two of their most dangerous foes. The Frightful Four and Dr. Doom. Sponsored by The Power Ray, from professional spies incorporated Theme Music by Jeff Kenniston.  This Episode Edited by James B using Audacity and Cleanfeed.  Summaries written by Eddie and The Skrull King.  Most Sound effects and music generously provided royalty free by www.fesliyanstudios.com and https://www.zapsplat.com/  Check out all the episodes on letsreadspiderman.podbean.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

Subscribe today for access to our full catalog of bonus episodes, including 2+ new episodes every month! www.patreon.com/boysbiblestudy We were very intrigued to find out just how deep this cartoon anthology series of Bible stories would go into the story of Sodom. GREATEST HEROES AND LEGENDS OF THE BIBLE is a y2k era animated series of biblical stories tied together by live action segments hosted by none other than the legendary Charlton Heston. Heston is well known for his portrayal of Moses in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, one of the most famous  Bible adaptations in American film history, so he's the closest thing we have to a primary source for life in Bible times. Heston delivers his narrator lines with the poise of an aged Hollywood legend, but the cartoons themselves are unremarkable and low budget, clearly cutting on key frames to save time and money. The low quality animation does a huge disservice to the tale of Abraham, one of the most notable characters in biblical history, who rejected idol worship and did the first circumcision. But all would have been redeemed if the cartoon were brave enough to condemn Sodom directly for the sin of homosexuality. Unfortunately, it does not — the most wickedness we see in Sodom is a man laughing at another man being whipped (non-sexually.) But the director of this series, William R. Kowalchuk, has a sexy secret: his only feature film credit is on an obscure Canadian soft core porn comedy called SUMMERLUST, which looks extremely stupid and is about two men going on a sexy fishing trip (finding hot babes, not fucking each other.) When will God destroy Canada for its sins of lust and pornography? View our full episode list and subscribe to any of our public feeds: http://boysbiblestudy.com Unlock 2+ bonus episodes per month: http://patreon.com/boysbiblestudy Subscribe to our Twitch for livestreams: http://twitch.tv/boysbiblestudy Follow us on Instagram: http://instagram.com/boysbiblestudy Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/boysbiblestudy

Join Yuksen and Zeckthar as they discuss some of the great heroes of the White Scars. Such mighty men as Jubal Khan, the Great Khan of the White Scars, Kor'sarro Khan, the mighty Master of the Hunt, and Jodagha Khan the Master of Braves. If you have time, check out the shop!  https://spreadshop-admin.spreadshirt.com/tales-of-asharacka/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ian-crombie00/support

In Episode 147, host Kevin Patton reviews the highlights and events of the previous year in the world of The A&P Professor. He then turns to last year's predictions for teaching human anatomy and physiology to see if he was on the right track. Finally, predictions for the coming year are revealed. And lots of other stuff—this episode is two hours long, after all! 0:00:00 | Introduction 0:00:50 | Debrief: Topics, Stats, Reflections 0:21:28 | A Long, Long, Long Episode 0:23:05 | Debrief: More Reviewing & Reflecting 0:38:59 | Did I Get My Predictions Right? 0:50:22 | Textbook & Academic Authors Association 0:57:47 | Looking Ahead with New (Old) Predictions 1:10:49 | Brain Break 1:12:58 | A Couple More Predictions 1:24:50 | What's on TAPP? 1:26:20 | More New Predictions 1:44:47 | Let's Share 1:45:41 | Even More New Predictions 1:58:20 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to: theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-147.html

It's time for a new episode as we talk Marvel's first family, the Fantastic Four!!! My pal Robbie Sherman comes back to the Multiverse as we go back to 2006 Fantastc Four World's Greatest Heroes episode "Doomsday"!! The often overlooked and 4th FF cartoon!! This episode, Reed is accused of deliberately exposing the group to the cosmic rays. Join us for such topics as the creation of the FF, Matt's limited knowledge to apparently famous anime, the different style of animation and Johnny Storm's super cool jacket!! All this and more as we visit the World's Greatest Comic Magazine....in cartoon form!!!

When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war – but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? It's a place where America's last hope is Cyborg, who hopes to gather the forces of The Outsider, The Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yet-altered faces! It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!Welcome to FLASHPOINT! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cjmello/message

You're on the Crisis Hotline With Doc, a series that focuses on all the Crisis events in the DC Universe. It is not a review program but rather a reader's guide and introduction to those events that highlights the importance of them to the DC Universe. In this eighth installment, Doc and Angus tackle Geoff Johns' Flashpoint. Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war--but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? It's a place where America's last hope is Cyborg, who intends to gather the forces of the Outsider, the Secret 7, Shazam, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar—yet altered--faces! It's a world that could be running out of time, if the Flash can't find the villain who altered the timeline! Collects FLASHPOINT #1-5. Flashpoint https://www.amazon.com/Flashpoint-Geoff-Johns-ebook/dp/B009POHHPS/ 2023-24 Crisis Hotline Schedule 2023 Q1 - Final Crisis Q2 - Flashpoint Q3 - Convergence Q4 - Dark Nights Metal 2024 Q1 - Death Metal Q2 - Heroes In Crisis Leave a message at kirbyskidspodcast@gmail.com Join the Community Discussions https://mewe.com/join/kirbyskids Please join us down on the Comics Reading Trail in 2023 https://www.kirbyskids.com/2022/11/holiday-special-kirbys-kids-giving.html For detailed show notes and past episodes please visit www.kirbyskids.com

Your heroes return to give their first impressions on Flashpoint!  "When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war—but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!"Flashpoint is written by Geoff Johns, pencilled by Andy Kubert, inked by Sandra Hope & Jesse Delperdang, colored by Alex Sinclair, lettered by Nick J Napolitano, and published by DC Comics.Follow ComiClub on Instagram @ComiClubPodcastComiClub is hosted by Blaine McGaffigan and Adam Cook. 

You're on the Crisis Hotline With Doc, a series that focuses on all the Crisis events in the DC Universe. It is not a review program but rather a reader's guide and introduction to those events that highlights the importance of them to the DC Universe. We are back in a big way after a 2 year hiatus in the series. In this seventh installment, Doc and Angus tackle Grant Morrison's Final Crisis. What happens when evil wins? That's the question Superman, Batman, the Justice League and every being in the DC Universe must face when Darkseid and his otherworldly legion of fanatical followers defeat the World's Greatest Heroes. How will they rally back? More importantly...can they? Collects FINAL CRISIS #1-7, DC UNIVERSE #0, FINAL CRISIS: SUPERMAN BEYOND #1-2 and BATMAN #682-683 as a DC Essential Edition! Final Crisis (DC Essential Edition) https://www.amazon.com/Final-Crisis-Essential-Grant-Morrison-ebook/dp/B07PVCYRB5/ 2023-24 Crisis Hotline Schedule 2023 Q1 - Final Crisis Q2 - Flash Point Q3 - Convergence Q4 - Dark Nights Metal 2024 Q1 - Death Metal Q2 - Heroes In Crisis Leave a message at kirbyskidspodcast@gmail.com Join the Community Discussions https://mewe.com/join/kirbyskids Please join us down on the Comics Reading Trail in 2023 https://www.kirbyskids.com/2022/11/holiday-special-kirbys-kids-giving.html For detailed show notes and past episodes please visit www.kirbyskids.com

https://amzn.to/3KY6r51 In this sequel to Frank Miller's seminal graphic novel Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, it's three years later and the DC Universe is at peace. At least on the surface. And Batman must return once again to save the world from themselves. Still, the world looks fine: a perfectly choreographed, pretty little world where everything that's ugly, or even potentially disturbing, is all nicely wrapped up with neat little ribbons and swept under the carpet. Only Batman knows better. He's watched it fester to near-breaking point, and it's time for the only free man left who can effect any real change to bring it all down around their ears once and for all. The Dark Knight returns once again with a vitality unseen since the first years of his war on crime. Together with his army of Bat-soldiers, including Carrie Kelley—formerly Robin, and now the new Catgirl—the Dark Knight wages a new war on a diseased world that's become completely lost. Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again features appearances by such DC icons as Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Arrow, Martian Manhunter, the Atom, the Question and more. But are they still the World's Greatest Heroes or part of the conspiracy? This incredible volume, designed by multiple award-winner Chipp Kidd, features a new introduction by Miller commenting on returning to the world he created fifteen years ago. The book includes the complete 3-part story, plus numerous sketches and other never-before-seen material. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Waverider is docked at STAR Labs in Central City, but we might need to take a trip to Gotham City. It seems that Team Flash has learned from Lucas Fox that Ryan Wilder a.k.a. Batwoman has been missing for a few weeks. The tech that Red Death's Rogues are using are based off of Wayne Enerprise designs but is way more advanced. Barry thinks Red Death (named by Goldface), is the new Negative Speedforce Avatar. But he has no clue yet that Red Death is Ryan. Red Death's Rogues have been gathering parts for a Cosmic Treadmill, but they need one more to finish it. Barry & Hartley bring together The Hotness, Chill-Blaine, and Goldface to steal the quantum vibration engine first. All is going according to plan, until Mark betrays them. It seems Red Death promised him a way to bring back Frost and he fell for it. We got to see Barry & Iris checking off another item on their babymoon list and they had good communication as a couple, whereas Chuck and Allegra need help in that department. Khione confronts Allegra about it who is missing Frost's big sister advice, but Khione helps her admit she has strong feelings for Chuck although she is not ready to call it love yet.   Cougar's Comic Corner Batman: The Red Death (2017) #1 (Dark Nights: Metal (2017-2018)) - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073JWTM5P?ref_=cm_sw_r_mwn_dp_RB1ADTWFQYAAMP6K5E8S As the events of DARK NIGHTS: METAL rock the DC Universe, the creatures of the Dark Multiverse stand ready to invade our world! How can even the World's Greatest Heroes stop a horde of deadly beings that appear to be powerful, nightmare versions of familiar figures?   Contact Information If you want to join in the discussion, you can submit feedback via email to TomorrowsLegendsPodcast@gmail.com. Please submit all feedback by 7:00 pm eastern on Friday. You can also join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/tomorrowslegends. Answer all the questions and agree to the group rules to be accepted. You can follow us on Twitter @tomorowslegends.  You can support the show on our Patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/TomorrowsLegends You will get access to bonus content like advanced releases, extra questions answered, hang-out sessions, bonus episodes, and merchandise of course!

Welcome to Episode 77. We have one game and a band for you. The Game: Live A Live The Band: Skindred "Trouble" HERE is a music video for Trouble Intro Song "Letting Go" by Emerge Title Art by Devious.Pixel Internet Presence Preamble "Dystopian Sycophants" by Cherished Ghosts Sweet Jams: "Title Sequence" "Go! Go! Steel! Titan!" These tracks and more can be found on the Live A Live OST The Internet: Lock Stock Store Action! The Movie Podcast Blake's Story "They Come This Night" Patreon Twitter Discord Twitch Facebook Instagram Reddit Spotify Playlist 2smokingcontrollers@gmail.com The End --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/twosmokingcontrollers/support

When Reed Richards is accused of purposely exposing the Fantastic Four to cosmic rays. He must clear his name while also doing battle with Doctor Doom. LIKE THE VIDEO? Buy Something - https://amzn.to/3TyU3Ky #FantasitcFour #Marvel #MarvelAnimation #RetroHeroVideo #TheThing #DoctorDoom #FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes

Joe is really excited for the upcoming She-Hulk show on Disney +, so he decided to celebrate by re-watching some She-Hulk appearances in other media. Chiefly, 1996's Incredible Hulk and Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes. Watch along at home! As always, if you enjoyed this episode, follow us and subscribe to the show: you can find us on iTunes or on any app that carries podcasts as well as on YouTube. Please remember to subscribe and give us a nice review. That way you'll always be among the first to get the latest GSMC SciFi Podcasts. We would like to thank our Sponsors: GSMC Podcast Network Advertise with US: https://gsmcpodcast.com/advertise-with-us Website: https://gsmcpodcast.com/gsmc-scifi-podcast ITunes Feed : https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gsmc-sci-fi-podcast/id1119783301 GSMC YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fNSp5YIejA&list=PLF8Qial15ufqLUPDUdsmYcmEhqyO- MGxS Twitter: https://twitter.com/GSMC_SciFi Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GSMCSciFi/ Disclaimer: The views expressed on the GSMC SciFi Podcast are for entertainment purposes only. Reproduction, copying or redistribution of The GSMC SciFi Podcast without the express written consent of Golden State Media Concepts LLC is prohibited.

Hello Great Minds! I couldn't do an audio remastering and re-release of my Independence Day content with my Episode on Thomas Jefferson... Love him, Hate him, or somewhere in between, Jefferson is an essential piece of the American Story.   It's been a long time since I covered, or listened to, Jefferson story.When you think Thomas Jefferson, do you think of a Hero or Hypocrite?  In this episode of DGMH - "Drinks with Great Minds in History" we cover the Sage of Monticello, Great #7, Thomas Jefferson... As we try to figure out whether he was one of America's Greatest Heroes or Hypocrites.Cheers!Be sure to follow me on Facebook at "Drinks with Great Men in History"Patreon Link - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=trueTheme Music:Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3845-hall-of-the-mountain-kingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show

Time Stamps! Best Horror Hero's- 00:00 Best Horror Remakes!- 11:47 Best Horror Films of the 2010's!- 34:24 Big Thanks to this weeks sponsors Podcorn & Manscaped  The Lawnmower 4.0 is here! Go to manscaped.com and use our code 20AMAZING at check out for 20% off!     #theshowyouneverknewyouwanted is now on all your favorite platforms. Catch us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Play, Player FM, Iheart Radio, and more! Like and Subscribe to stay up to date with all future episodes.    For Advertising opportunities or to just get in contact with the show Email us at:  Amazingnerdshow@gmail.com Want to support this podcast and wear some sweet "Nerd-Swag"? Come check out our New Merch on Teepublic and Pro Wrestling Tees!! http://tee.pub/lic/1Gm1QGHqxQo https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/amazingnerdshow  HEY NERD! Be a part of our community! You can find ANS on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and now Twitch! Get cool content, news updates and plenty of gaming gameplay by following us on your preferred social media hub! Facebook: https://goo.gl/83GZxh Twitter: https://goo.gl/CirBM8 Instagram: https://goo.gl/ArNaJ9  Twitch: https://goo.gl/MWaQFW Website: https://www.amazingnerdshow.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGVHvGPvroAGyZbb-vTGZ8g?view_as=subscribe Music used: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio

Brando & Owen sit down with the amazing JoCo and the hilarious Chris Harper to talk about our favorite childhood heroes, the heroes in a half shell, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!Who's your favorite turtle? What's so great about the 90s movies? What are the surprising differences in the original comic? And you get to hear the most adorable childhood stories from both JoCo and Owen. KENO!!!Wanna get into some BS with us?Next week we're talking about Arnold Schwarzenegger - his most iconic movies and the most iconic one-liners in them! Until then - May your week be filled with BS. PATREON: Patreon.com/BanterAndSuchINSTAGRAM: @BanterAndSuchPodcast THE HELIOS NETWORK: theheliosnetwork.comThank you to Battle Bards for their amazing sound effects! CW: Language, terrible rapping skills, mentions of Joco's dick 

CRAGG Live From November 13th, 2021Guest: John LaZarJoin us as we chat with our guest actor John LaZar (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Supervixens, Greatest Heroes of the Bible, Every Girl Should Have One, Up 'n' Coming, Deathstalker 2, Click, etc.) Listen to the show HERE.What is CRAGG Live Anyways?!  The flagship radio show of Cult Radio A-Go-Go!'s, CRAGG Live is a lively 3 hour talk radio show hosted by Terry and Tiffany DuFoe LIVE from an old abandoned Drive-In Movie theater with Wicked Kitty and Fritz the studio cats and CRAGG The Gargoyle. We play retro pop culture, Drive-In movie, classic TV and old radio audio along with LIVE on the air celebrity interviews from the world of movies, TV, music, print, internet and a few odd balls thrown in for good measure. We air Saturdays 6:30-9:30 pm PST.We air on www.cultradioagogo.com which is a 24/7 free internet radio network of old time radio, music, movie trailers, old nostalgic commercials, snack bar audio, AND much more!  This show is copyright 2021 DuFoe Entertainment and the live interviews contained in this show may not be reproduced, transcribed or posted to a blog, social network or website without written permission from DuFoe Entertainment.NOTE* There is a brief leader before & after the show which was recorded "LIVE" off the air.

Episode #27 Welcome to another great BiG KiD Show!!! Today we celebrate Halloween by assembling our most dangerous of Super Hero & Villain teams. That's right which BiG KiD will end up with the best team. Get ready for a most powerful draft, cheers! Follow us on Instagram @bigkidshow and also on Twitter @thebigkidshow  Thanks to Cincinnati, Ohio band Two-Bit for providing the BiG KiD theme music - "Simple Life". Find that song and more on their album "Acoustic?" available on Apple Music and Spotify. https://music.apple.com/us/album/simple-life/1375551763?i=1375551788  https://youtu.be/5-Aw8Qw8nf4   

We will highlight performers who portrayed some of the nastiest villains in pop culture during our yearly Halloween specials. I am thrilled to welcome voice actor David Kaye to the podcast. Transformers fans will recognize him as the voice of Megatron (Beast Wars: Transformers, Beast Machines: Transformers, Robot Chicken, Transformers: Armada, Transformers: Energon, and Transformers: Cybertron) and Optimus Prime, Grimlock, and Highbrow (Transformers: Animated). He also voiced some of Marvel's most sinister characters in both video games and cartoons, including Apocalypse (X-Men: Evolution), Corvus Glaive (Guardians of the Galaxy – Cartoon series & Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order), Mysterio (Disney Infinity 3.0 and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions ), the Supreme Intelligence (The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes), and Ultron (Avengers Assemble). David also voiced some of Marvel's top heroes, including Captain America (Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2), Iron Man (Fantastic Four: Worlds' Greatest Heroes and Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects ), and Vision (Avengers Assemble).He also lent his voice to characters in countless anime series, including Dragon Ball Z, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, MegaMan NT Warrior, and Monster Rancher. In addition, he voiced Sesshomaru in three different chapters of InuYasha: The Movie. David also starred in several live-action films and TV shows such as Battlestar Galactica, Happy Gilmore, The Quest, The X-Files, and X2: X-Men United. In this special edition of The Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, David Kaye opened up about Beast Wars: Transformers' impact on pop culture and his role as Last Week Tonight with John Oliver's announcer.

Yes, yes, I know. Screen Rant. So you KNOW it's going to be bad. Which is exactly why I had to do it. We cover the top 10 greatest comic heroes and villains, and the lists... are certainly something. Let us know if you agree or disagree with these lists yourself.

What if the World's Greatest Heroes were not around to protect the earth? Find out when James and Kelly discuss Episode 3 of Marvel's What If...? Be sure to stick around for movie news where Kelly gets on a pedestal about VFX!Hit us up at thebestfriendreviews@gmail.comTwitter: @bfmoviereviews

Coach and Josh discuss the new What if...? Episode as well as the Midnight Suns cinematic trailer. Listen to hear about our back up Avengers, after losing the World's Greatest Heroes.

ORIGINALLY UPLOADED MARCH 2ND, 2021! The next phase of the DC Universe begins here! Dark Knights: Death Metal presented the darkest threats of the Multiverse. DC Future State revealed what may lie ahead. Now it's time to look into the Infinite Frontier of the current-day DC Universe. In Gotham City, the Joker jolts citizens awake with an attack even the Dark Knight never expected. In Brazil, a young woman discovers her destiny and her connection to the Amazons. In Belle Reve, Amanda Waller plots an invasion of Arkham Asylum. In the far reaches of space, Mongul dreams of galactic domination, while the Green Lantern Corps hosts a summit of its greatest enemies. At the Hall of Justice, the League joins forces with Black Adam. Beyond the mortal world, Wonder Woman settles into a new role in the godsphere. And somewhere in the DC Universe, it's the return of Stargirl—in an all-new tale written by Geoff Johns! This oversized, all-star issue kicks off the next great era of storytelling and excitement as top writers and artists reveal what's next for the World's Greatest Heroes and opens the door to some of the greatest stories of 2021. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

In the content void, Anne, Royalite, Wicked Kitten, and Soph work out the most important question ever put to the internet artform that is known as the TIER LIST: which Heroes in Heroes of the Storm are the most fun to play with your friends? Follow the show and the hosts on Twitter: @QueueForFun | @anne_elise | @Royalite | @WickedKitten13 | @Lisa3325. Email us with questions and comments at QueueForFun@gmail.com, join our Discord, and find the show on Spotify, Google Play, and Apple Podcast.

JLA New World Order This episode, we dive into JLA New World Order by Grant Morrison, Howard Porter and John Dell. Justice League of America: New World Order Published in 1997 Written by Grant Morrison Art by John Dell & Howard Porter The world's most classic heroes reunite to stop the world's newest champions. Posing as a new group of super-heroes, the Hyperclan have descended upon Earth, convincing everyone that they are a benevolent force. But as their true nature and plans come to light, only the World's Greatest Heroes can stop them. Standing side by side, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, the Flash, Green Lantern and the Martian Manhunter take on the alien posers and come to realize that Earth needs a force made up of only the mightiest of heroes. Follow our Hosts Rich Davis Former co-host of the clowns of cosplay podcast & Cesar Romero enthusiast https://www.facebook.com/bagelbar https://www.instagram.com/velvetjoker2021/ Leo Pond Owner and Producer of The Dorkening Podcast Network https://www.facebook.com/leopond https://www.instagram.com/leo.pond/ Chris Denmead https://www.facebook.com/chrisdsav Produced by: The Dorkening Podcast Network https://TheDorkening.com Facebook.com/TheDorkening Youtube.com/TheDorkening Twitter.com/TheDorkening Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/splash-pages-the-comic-book-cl/158a9600-27b6-4533-a4ef-bbe331e49c83 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Der Podcast über die Montags (OV) Sneak in euren Wohnzimmern in Frankfurt am Main und dem Rest der Welt. Da die Sneak im Kino aufgrund der andauernden Pandemie ausfällt, sind wir vorerst exklusiv im Heimkino. Im Pod empfiehlt euch jede Woche ein anderes Mitglied der Crew einen Film den ihr, zum Zeitpunkt der Aufnahme, in OV, auf einem der großen Streaming Portale: amazon Prime, Netflix oder Disney+ streamen könnt. Freut euch also darauf mit uns gemeinsam Klassiker, Genreperlen und den einen oder anderen Geheimtipp (neu) zu entdecken. Reviews zu allen Empfehlungen findet ihr, verfasst von den entsprechenden Mitgliedern, auf unseren Facebook und Letterboxd Profilen. Diese Woche schickt Ina uns zum widerholten Male an eine der vielen Fronten des zweiten Weltkriegs. Um genau zu sein begleiten wir Desmond T. Doss in Mel Gibsons 2017er Streifen Hacksaw Ridge auf eben jene Erhöhung auf Japans Okinawa. Etwaige Tonprobleme sind der versuchten Liveaufnahme geschuldet unter der leider besonders die Tonspur von unserer Helena gelitten hat. Einen Versuch war es wert, nächstes Mal wieder im Gewohnten Format aber mir teilweise neuen Mikrofonen, es wird also alles aber auch alles besser. Vielleicht ja sogar die Heimkinoempfehlung von Malte diese Woche? Die Chancen stehen gut, wurde der Film doch kürzlich erst im Empire Podcast von Quentin Tarantino selbst empfohlen. Die Rede ist von Hell Night (1981), in Deutschland auch als Paranoia bekannt, aktuell in OV im Abo bei Amazon Prime enthalten. Aber mehr dazu nächsten Monat.

During this week’s episode, #468, you’ll hear my fun interview with Tony Kittrell from Advent Comics, who are “putting the soul back into comics!”  He and his company are serving up a lot of great adventure in their books, and that includes The Protectors #1-2, which is coming to Indiegogo! It’s described this way: “Earth's Greatest Heroes join forces to fight off an attack by the evil Merlynn & The Cauldron.” We discuss what stories he’s creating these days as well as his view of the industry and where it might be headed! Don’t miss this engaging discussion with a terrific comics creator!

In this episode, Chris welcomes Spencer to discuss one of his favorite comic book arcs,“Flashpoint”. Geoff Johns and Andy Kubert developed a story that completely re-shaped theentire DC Universe in a way that had not been seen since Crisis on Infinite Earths. Not a dream,not an imaginary story, not an Elseworld. This is a Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at hisdesk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and closefriends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war—but whereare Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? It's a place where America's last hope is Cyborg, whohopes to gather the forces of The Outsider, The Secret 7, Shazam!, Citizen Cold and other newand familiar-yet altered faces! It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can'tfind the villain who altered the timeline.Geek Ultimate Alliance on Twitter: @GUAPodNetworkWFTB on Twitter: @FinestBelieversWFTB Email: worldsfinesttruebelievers@gmail.comChris on Twitter: @ChrisBalgaSpencer on Twitter: @SKPearlman

Today on Too Opinionated the boys talk with the incredible Hiro Kanagawa! Hironobu Kanagawa is an actor, voice actor and playwright. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films and television series  including Smallville, Caprica, Godzilla, The Man in the High Castle, Altered Carbon, iZombie, Legends of Tomorrow, Heroes Reborn and Kim's Convenience and was a writer on Da Vinci's City Hall. As a voice-over artist, he was the original English-language voice of Gihren Zabi in the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise and played Reed Richards in Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes. Kanagawa has also written several stage dramas. He won the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language Drama for his 2017 play Indian Arm. Reaching over 5 million monthly in 40 countries, Too Opinionated is your next obsession! Want to watch? YouTube @Meisterkhan Pod Want to contribute? Patreon.com/Meisterkhan Join us on Facebook: @Meisterkhan

In this episode of DGMH - "Drinks with Great Minds in History" we cover the Sage of Monticello, Great #7, Thomas Jefferson... As we try to figure out whether he was one of America's Greatest Heroes or Hypocrites.Cheers!Be sure to follow me on Facebook at "Drinks with Great Men in History" & Follow me on Instagram @dgmh_historypodcastTwitter @dgmhhistoryPatreon Link - https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=trueLooking to start your own podcast, but like me didn't know where to start? Follow the link to let Buzzsprout know DGMH sent you: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=933859#drinkswith Thomas JeffersonTheme Music:Hall of the Mountain King by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3845-hall-of-the-mountain-kingLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=34398347&fan_landing=true)

Episode Notes This is the episode in which I talked about newly released DCeased: Dead Planet #1 by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Gigi Baldassini, Stefano Guadiano, and Rain Beredo "After a corrupted Anti-Life Equation turned billions into monsters-including Earth’s Greatest Heroes-our planet was as good as dead. Years later, a distress call brings Damian Wayne, Jon Kent, and Cassie Sandsmark-the Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman of Earth 2-back to a dead planet...but what will this new Justice League find waiting for them? If life still exists on Earth, who-or what-is lying in wait for these heroes? The original creative team of Tom Taylor and Trevor Hairsine reunite for the sequel to the 2019 blockbuster series DCeased!" Published by DC Comics on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . More stuff: The theme song used in each episode is Night Drive by The Oldfield Victory. Find them and their music at theoldfieldvictory.bandcamp.com Want to help support the show? You can do that in a number of ways: First, just spread the word. Tell a friend, tell two friends, tell your father, mother, sister, brother, neighbor, coworker, plumber, and even the guy or girl who cuts your hair. Beyond that you can support Steeven and the show for as little as a dollar a month on Patreon: www.patreon.com/steevenrorr Or, if the idea of a monthly payment doesn't appeal to you and you just want to throw the show a one time payment, visit ko-fi.com/steevenrorr and buy Steeven and the show a coffee for as little as $3, but as high as you want to go. Ask me questions, tell me stories, lie to me, speak your truth, make suggestions, or even complain right here: feedback@steevenorrelse.com Check out Steeven's blog at steevenrorr.com Just Another Fanboy is a proud member of the Comics Podcast Network. Find it and more great comic book podcasts at comicspodcasts.com

187: Just Another Fanboy - DCeased: Dead Planet #1 This is the episode in which I talked about newly released DCeased: Dead Planet #1 by Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, Gigi Baldassini, Stefano Guadiano, and Rain Beredo "After a corrupted Anti-Life Equation turned billions into monsters-including Earth’s Greatest Heroes-our planet was as good as dead. Years later, a distress call brings Damian Wayne, Jon Kent, and Cassie Sandsmark-the Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman of Earth 2-back to a dead planet...but what will this new Justice League find waiting for them? If life still exists on Earth, who-or what-is lying in wait for these heroes? The original creative team of Tom Taylor and Trevor Hairsine reunite for the sequel to the 2019 blockbuster series DCeased!" Published by DC Comics on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . More stuff: The theme song used in each episode is Night Drive by The Oldfield Victory. Find them and their music at theoldfieldvictory.bandcamp.com Want to help support the show? You can do that in a number of ways: First, just spread the word. Tell a friend, tell two friends, tell your father, mother, sister, brother, neighbor, coworker, plumber, and even the guy or girl who cuts your hair. Beyond that you can support Steeven and the show for as little as a dollar a month on Patreon: www.patreon.com/steevenrorr Or, if the idea of a monthly payment doesn't appeal to you and you just want to throw the show a one time payment, visit ko-fi.com/steevenrorr and buy Steeven and the show a coffee for as little as $3, but as high as you want to go. Ask me questions, tell me stories, lie to me, speak your truth, make suggestions, or even complain right here: feedback@steevenorrelse.com Check out Steeven's blog at steevenrorr.com Just Another Fanboy is a proud member of the Comics Podcast Network. Find it and more great comic book podcasts at comicspodcasts.com

Join Yvette and return guest (Season 1, episode 10), Durenda Wilson, as they discuss how to nurture sibling relationships, why it’s important, and how we can see conflict as a blessing in preparing our children for adulthood and strengthening their relationships not only between siblings, but with many they will come in contact with throughout all of life.   Durenda is a homeschooling mom of eight (born 1991-2004), five of whom have graduated. She has been married to Darryl for 29 years and they have 5 grandkids. Durenda is the author of The Unhurried Homeschooler (a simple, mercifully short book on homeschooling) and Unhurried Grace for a Mom’s Heart.  She is the owner/writer/host of her blog and podcast, Durenda Wilson. She also enjoys speaking at events where she can encourage homeschool moms to think outside the box and homeschool in a way that is a good fit for their families. Backstage Pass members can watch the full video of this interview.    Watch Durenda in the Schoolhouse Rocked trailer, America's Greatest Heroes. Join Durenda’s Mentoring Course, The Unhurried Homeschooler   Find out more about Durenda and her ministry at durendawilson.com Listen to the Durenda Wilson podcast  Read The Unhurried Homeschooler, a simple, mercifully short book on homeschooling Read Unhurried Grace for a Mom's Heart, a devotional for homeschool moms Connect with Durenda on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/durenda.wilson.official/ Connect with Durenda on Instagram: @durendaleewilson Durenda Wilson will be speaking at the 2020 Homegrown Generation Family Expo. Don't miss early-bird pricing on lifetime registration. Register at HomegrownGeneration.com.   HomeWorks by Precept has over 200 homeschool consultants in North America to help make your child’s homeschool experience a success. HomeWorks by Precept is a partner with BJU Press Homeschool and share their values of Biblical Worldview, Academic Excellence, and Critical Thinking, and As homeschooling parents themselves, their consultants draw from their own personal homeschool experience and their knowledge of the BJU Press Homeschool curriculum to offer solutions that help you to prepare lessons, become more efficient in homeschooling, and meet your child's unique learning needs. To connect with a HomeWorks consultant visit HomeschoolHelp.com. Do you believe in homeschooling? Help spread the word that homeschooling is good for students. It’s good for families. It’s good for AMERICA!  Go to SchoolhouseRocked.com/support and join the movement to spread the word about homeschooling through movie theaters nationwide.

Zombies have invaded the DC Universe!? Will the heroes survive, or is this the darkest night for the DCU? Will this be their final crisis, or will a new war with Darkseid erupt? Find out in our review of DCeased #1 from DC Comics. Pick the next book we review on Dueling Review! https://www.patreon.com/posts/dueling-review-8-26550789 Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! DCEASED #1 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Trevor Hairsine, James Harren, Stefano Guadiano Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: “I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was Death, and Hades was following close behind him.”-Revelation 6:8 A mysterious techno-virus has been released on Earth, infecting 600 million people and turning them instantly into violent, monstrous engines of destruction. The heroes of the DCU are caught completely unprepared for a pandemic of this magnitude and struggle to save their loved ones first…but what happens to the World’s Greatest Heroes if the world ends? New York Times best-selling writer Tom Taylor (INJUSTICE) returns with a terrifying new tale and is joined by artists Trevor Hairsine (LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT) and Stefano Gaudiano (The Walking Dead).

Zombies have invaded the DC Universe!? Will the heroes survive, or is this the darkest night for the DCU? Will this be their final crisis, or will a new war with Darkseid erupt? Find out in our review of DCeased #1 from DC Comics. Pick the next book we review on Dueling Review! https://www.patreon.com/posts/dueling-review-8-26550789 Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers Patron at patreon.com/MajorSpoilers. It will help ensure Dueling Reviews continues far into the future! DCEASED #1 Writer: Tom Taylor Artist: Trevor Hairsine, James Harren, Stefano Guadiano Publisher: DC Comics Cover Price: $3.99 SOLICITATION: “I looked, and there before me was a pale horse! Its rider was Death, and Hades was following close behind him.”-Revelation 6:8 A mysterious techno-virus has been released on Earth, infecting 600 million people and turning them instantly into violent, monstrous engines of destruction. The heroes of the DCU are caught completely unprepared for a pandemic of this magnitude and struggle to save their loved ones first…but what happens to the World’s Greatest Heroes if the world ends? New York Times best-selling writer Tom Taylor (INJUSTICE) returns with a terrifying new tale and is joined by artists Trevor Hairsine (LEGENDS OF THE DARK KNIGHT) and Stefano Gaudiano (The Walking Dead).

Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains (sponsored by One of the Greatest Heroes in the History of Our Pod, Michael Montalbo) with a discussion of the seminal animated film The Beatles: Yellow Submarine. This week’s edutaining banter features discussion of... - The importance of knowing your audience - Liverpudlian accents - The oddness of voice actors playing "The Beatles" playing ""The Beatles""  - Why Ringo works so well as a babyface - What "Only a Northern Song" has to do with Will Ospreay and Ricochet - Which wrestling promotion comes the closest to Yellow Submarine? If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

Nick and Dave kick off the next cycle of How Wrestling Explains (sponsored by One of the Greatest Heroes in the History of Our Pod, Michael Montalbo) with a discussion of ECW’s answer to the nWo, the Blue World Order. The episode explores how three lovable goofballs (Stevie Richards, the Blue Meanie, and Nova) turned a game of dress-up into one of the all-time achievements in wrestler-audience resonance. High-concept talk aside, this week’s edutaining banter features discussion of...   Nerd Comedy of the ‘80s and ‘90s Weird Al Yankovic The use of Irony and Allusion in ECW The greatness of Raven as a heel and the bWo as his strangely babyface lackeys The relative “realness” of ECW (and whether or not it’s a misnomer) The evolution of the “Everyman” character in wrestling Comparisons between the bWo and their WCW counterparts   If you dig the show, be sure to follow How Wrestling Explains on Twitter at @HWETWPod and subscribe to our YouTube Channel, How Wrestling Explains the World. If you could find it in your heart to rate and review the show, that’d be a mitzvah as well! For those who are just discovering the show, check out our previous episodes in the archive: https://howwrestlingexplains.podbean.com/ Follow Nick on Twitter: @THEN1CKSTER Follow Dave on Twitter: @DaveWritesJunk

The high-quality talent of the team that brought Die Hard to the screen is well-recognized. But to many, the secret ingredient to the movie's success was Bruce Willis and his portrayal of John McClane, an everyman police officer from New York, trapped in Nakatomi Tower at exactly the wrong time – and without even shoes on his feet. McClane takes on the role of reluctant hero to save his wife and the other innocent hostages, and defeat German terrorist-thief Hans Gruber. The McClane character has stuck in audiences' memories ever since, and sparked a change in how action heroes are characterized. So what makes John McClane so special? How much of it is his character, how much of it is the influence of other legendary heroes before him, and how much of it is Willis bringing the role to life?  Let us know what you think! Drop us a line at diehardwithapodcast@gmail.com, or visit our site at www.diehardwithapodcast.com   Links Baroness Von Sketch's Die Hard sketch Spin Magazine, How So I Married an Axe Murderer Wrecked One Writer’s Vision, Lost Several Stars, Bombed at the Box Office, and Became a Classic Anyway by Maggie Serota Halloween Unmasked on The Ringer network, with Amy Nicholson   Source Links A/V Club, Die Hard humanized (and perfected) the action movie A/V Club, The novel that inspired Die Hard has its structure, but none of its holiday spirit American Film Institute, 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains Another Angry Woman, Making fists with your toes: Towards a feminist analysis of Die Hard Deep Focus Review, The Definitives: Die Hard Empire, Empire Essay: Die Hard Review Film School Rejects, 31 Things We Learned From the ‘Die Hard’ Commentary Track MovieTime Guru, Die Hard: First Impressions Last Script Secrets, Die Hard analysis The Guardian, Die Hard at 30: how it remains the quintessential American action movie The Internet Movie Script Database, Die Hard shooting script Vulture, How Die Hard Changed the Action Game   Guests Reed Fish Jeremiah Friedman Shannon Hubbell Sasha Perl-Raver Adam Sternbergh Katie Walsh Scott Wampler   Get In Touch Email Website Twitter Facebook Instagram Patreon   Full Episode Transcript Welcome to the podcast, pal. My name is Simone Chavoor, and thank you for joining me for Die Hard With a Podcast! The show that examines the best American action movie of all time: Die Hard. This is episode three of the show, and I wanted to thank you all again for the amazing response we got for the last episode. I’ve been having a lot of fun talking with people about Die Hard for the podcast. First of all, the fact that people get SO EXCITED to talk about Die Hard and have SO MANY thoughts on it gets me so amped up. I’m telling you, if you’re socially awkward like me, just ask somebody what they think about Die Hard and you can have an amazing conversation for an hour and feel like you just made a new friend. Some of the folks I’ve talked to are friends I’ve had for years, and then sometimes they recommend their own friends, like, “you gotta talk to this guy, he fucking loves Die Hard,” and some have been people I’ve cold-emailed or cold-Tweeted who say yes to talking to a perfect stranger because they get to talk about Die Hard and have someone actually listen to them. And we just get to be big nerds about something we love, and it’s amazing. And also, now everyone knows how much I love Die Hard and everyone’s sending me Die Hard things they see on the internet and I’m loving it. Like I’m a pretty easy person to figure out; if you see something that’s Star Wars, or tiki, or horror movie, or Nine Inch Nails, or pizza, or kitty cat-related online, that’s gonna make my day. But now people know that Die Hard is one of my Things I Like, so they’re passing along the best stuff. One thing a friend sent me was this sketch by the comedy troupe Baroness Von Sketch, where this lady is at a party, complaining to her friend that she can’t meet guys, and her friend says she knows a trick. She stands back and says “OH MY GOD I CAN’T BELIEVE YOU HAVEN’T SEEN DIE HARD,” and then alllll the dudes come flocking. I almost died. Except now I know why I’m single, because clearly I’m doing the EXACT OPPOSITE. But that’s okay, I’m having too good of a time lady-splaining Die Hard to you all. Speaking of lady-splaining… I’ve had such a great response from ladies who are excited to see themselves represented in this genre. Die Hard gets thought of as a bro movie. And I am definitely not a bro. I got an email from a listener, Cindy, who says: I also really wanted to express how exhilarated I am that you are of the womanly persuasion. I am also a woman who loves Die Hard, and I know there are plenty of us out there, but that's not the popular perception. I've dearly wanted the perspective of other women who actually enjoy the film--it seems like millennial women are either turned off by the lone-hero-cop narrative, which I understand, or see Die Hard as the ultimate annoying dudebro movie, which is frustrating. It warms my heart, like literally makes it feel all fuzzy and nice, that this podcast exists, with a woman helming the way. Yes, girl. I absolutely feel you. And I wanted to give two quick shouts to two other women who are doing some exciting work. Maggie Serota wrote a piece for Spin magazine titled, “How So I Married an Axe Murderer Wrecked One Writer’s Vision, Lost Several Stars, Bombed at the Box Office, and Became a Classic Anyway.” So I Married an Axe Murderer is another favorite movie of mine – Mike Meyers is so, so funny, and I have immense nostalgia for the 90s and also love any movie set in the Bay Area. Maggie wrote the piece for the movie’s 25th anniversary, but also because it’s one of her all-time favorite movies. There’ll be a link in the show notes; go check that out. Also, Amy Nicholson, who you know from the podcasts The Canon and Unspooled, is doing an 8-part series called Halloween Unmasked for The Ringer podcast network, which is all about, obviously, the movie Halloween. I love horror movies, but Halloween was never one of my favorites, so I’m letting Amy take me away in her deep dive on the film. The podcast premiered on October 1st, so catch up on the first three episodes now. So, if you want to send me funny links and memes about Die Hard, or if you have other suggestions for female film critics’ works, drop me a line! Email Website Twitter Facebook Instagram And if you like this show, kick me a buck or two on Patreon. Patreon helps to offset the cost of doing this show, not just in pure dollars and cents, but for the sheer amount of time this podcast takes to put together. This is my first solo project, and although I have the wonderful, amazing support of my guests and fans, it still takes a lot of time researching, writing, recording, and editing. Patreon Shout out to our contributors… Cindy, who sent that lovely email earlier, and Paul! And special thanks to Paul for his support, as his encouragement means a lot to me on this particular project. Thank you so much! You can also support Die Hard With a Podcast by leaving a review on iTunes. With more starred ratings and written reviews, the show becomes more visible to other potential listeners, so please share the love and let me know what you think! All right. On to our main topic. When we last left off, we talked about Die Hard’s place in the 80s action movie ecosystem. How it was molded by the conventions of the genre at the time, but also how it broke the mold – and improved upon it. There was a lot that elevated Die Hard beyond a conventional, empty, popcorn-chomp of an action movie. There was the amazingly neat and efficient script, the gorgeous work of cinematographer Jan De Bont, the genius of John McTiernan’s directing. But to many, the secret ingredient was Bruce Willis and his character of John McClane. So what makes John McClane so special? How much of it is his character, and how much of it is Willis bringing the role to life? Let’s take a step back. Before we figure out why McClane is an iconic action movie hero, let’s talk about what makes a good hero in any story. There’s been so much written about the Hero’s Journey, and archetypes and, well, I’m no Joseph Campbell. I think, for our purposes, we can really really really simplify it down to this: a hero is someone who is undergoing some sort of ordeal, and who is someone we root for. We root for them because we relate to them in some way, and view them with a mix of admiration and sympathy. To contextualize things a bit, let’s look at The American Film Institute’s 100 Greatest Heroes and Villains list. Now unfortunately, our John McClane didn’t make the list (although Hans Gruber came in 46th on the Villains list). But let’s look at the top 5: 1. Atticus Finch, To Kill a Mockingbird 2. Indiana Jones 3. James Bond 4. Rick Blaine, Casablanca 5. Will Kane, High Noon All men from different backgrounds, but who fall within our definition of hero. Further on in this episode, at least three of these heroes come up in comparison to John McClane. So, even though John himself doesn’t make the list, him being compared to Indiana Jones, Rick Blaine, and Will Kane on the regular, means he’s doing pretty all right. In order to root for our hero, the audience needs to see themselves in his shoes – or lack thereof. Someone who’s perfect is unrealistic, unbelievable – and really, don’t the people who pretend to be perfect kinda bug you? But a hero with flaws, a hero who’s the underdog – we want to see them overcome their obstacles. JEREMIAH FRIEDMAN I’m Jeremiah Friedman, and I’m a screenwriter. Mostly working on the film side of things. I don't know if you can set out to create an iconic movie hero. I mean I guess you can set out to create an iconic movie hero. Some of it feels like, you know, a little bit of like lightning in a bottle. I think, you want something that hasn't been seen before, and that feels emotionally relatable to people. They feel like they get that guy or that woman, and they just want to root for them. And I think that the original Die Hard, if we're going old school and not 2-3-4-5, what makes McClane so compelling is he's such an underdog you can root for the entire movie, and you just feel like he has the whole world against him. Sasha Perl-Raver, writer, correspondent, and the host of FX’s Movie Download. SASHA PERL-RAVER So I think that the best heroes have to be both heroic and flawed. I mean, I think about everybody from obviously John McClane, but even to Alexander Hamilton in the Hamilton musical, you’ve got somebody who is exceptional but has this one thing that is inevitably also their downfall. When you think of even Murtaugh and Riggs in Lethal Weapon – Mel Gibson’s character, the fact that he’s so broken, he’s on the verge of psychosis. He is a great cop and an excellent fighter and has all this combat training, but also comes from this incredibly fractured place, is what makes him really interesting. I think that heroes in general have to do the things that we wish we would do, say the things we wish we would say, and somehow manage the impossible. But they have to be somebody who you either want to emulate or relate to. I think those are all the key characteristics that make a great hero. First impressions are incredibly important, especially when meeting our hero for the first time. John McClane went through several iterations from his beginnings on the pages of a novel to the script to the screen. Let’s take a look at how McClane is introduced to us. In the 1979 novel Nothing Lasts Forever, written by Roderick Thorp, John McClane is actually Joe Leland, a retired cop turned private detective. Far from the handsome 30-something McClane we get in the movie, Leland is an older man – if you’ll recall, Frank Sinatra was offered a chance to reprise his version of Leland from his previous film The Detective – and Sinatra was 73 years old at the time. He turned it down. The book opens with him in the back of a cab on the way to the airport… aaand the cab has just crashed in a snowy fender-bender. There’s little physical description of Leland in the book, although we’re told he’s a “mature man” – and it makes sense, given that he’s trying to make his flight to Los Angeles to see his grown daughter and her children. But we quickly learn what kind of man Leland is. After his cab gets in an accident, Leland’s instant dislike for the driver of the station wagon his cab has hit mixes with his anxiety about missing his flight. The other man is a racist bully who tries to push the cab off the road as they try to leave – and holy shit, Leland just goes ahead and pulls his gun on him so he and his cab driver can make it to the terminal on time. But far from being a badass, Leland immediately regrets his impulsive action, and is left shaken as the adrenaline leaves him. He makes his his flight, and strikes up a flirtation with the stewardess, Kathi – spelled with an “i.” He kisses her (it’s okay, his ex-wife is long dead), and gets her number so they can meet up later. It’s actually kind of sweet. In the script and on the screen, we meet John McClane already at the end of his flight. On the page, he’s described as “mid-thirties, good-looking, athletic and tired from his trip. He sits by the window. His relief on landing is subtle but we notice.” The businessman next to him takes this opportunity to offer his advice about taking off his shoes and making “fists with his toes,” as we all remember. The plane finishes taxiing, and they begin to disembark. In the first draft: McClane is calm and reassuring as he flashes his badge and heads off the plane – after helping a lady with her bags. In the shooting script, he’s a little more relaxed, a little cockier. McClane is definitely more of a rascal here, a funny guy, a ladykiller. While the bit with the stewardess is pretty much cut out of the final film, let’s listen to how this scene plays out. [CLIP - DIE HARD - McCLANE ON THE PLANE] There’s a lot of work being done in these opening moments. It’s part of what’s so, so good about the Die Hard script. In under two minutes, we learn a lot about John McClane. The very first thing we see is something that comes up over and over again when discussing McClane’s character: he’s vulnerable. He’s afraid of flying, and it’s noticeable enough that the guy sitting next to him feels the need to reassure him, offer him advice. We also quickly learn: He’s a married man with kids (from the wedding ring on his finger, the teddy bear he’s carrying, and his disinterest in pursuing things with the stewardess he locks eyes with as he exits) He’s still good looking though, given the eyefuck the stewardess gives him He’s a policeman from New York with over a decade of experience He’s armed (I guess being armed on a plane was cool in 1988; I don’t know, I was born in ‘83 so this concept is still really weird to me) He’s a bit of a wiseguy, using humor to break the tension as the businessman becomes visibly concerned over that gun There are so many other ways that McClane could have been introduced. We could have seen him in the cab ride to the airport. We could have seen him deep in conversation with the stewardess. We could have even seen him already in Los Angeles, or even alllll the way back in New York before he even began his trip. But here, we cut right to the chase, and are shown the most important things we need to know just as the main action starts. John McClane’s vulnerability is probably the number one character trait that comes up when discussing him. But a close second is his being “a guy.” He’s a guy, he’s a dude, he’s an everyman. He’s someone you know; he’s someone like you. He’s relatable. JEREMIAH FRIEDMAN He's not super jacked up, he seems more like an ordinary guy more or less. And he's got relatable issues. He's got a problem with his marriage, he kind of fucked up his marriage. He's got this blue collar job that seem pretty routine, he's going to be crashing on a friend's couch. He's kind of a fish out of water, which is a big part of the movie too. He doesn't feel anything like Los Angeles as Los Angeles as portrayed in the movie. He's right at the Christmas party, he's uncomfortable in the limo. Everything that gets thrown at him is outside of his comfort zone. And you are very much with him the whole movie. So you're kind of along for the ride and on his side to a certain extent. We’ve all been there. We’ve all hated flying, we’ve all argued with our significant others, we’ve all been at parties we don’t want to be at. We’ve been John McClane. And so when John is faced with extraordinary circumstances, it leads the audience to put themselves into John’s place and wonder what they would do. According to Vulture.com, “Die Hard is rightly situated as a visceral experience because John McClane becomes such a direct surrogate for the audience; it becomes a ‘what would you do’ scenario, and an exercise in improvisation. John McClane is a street cop, flying through this thing by the seat of his pants, just like we would.” Scott Wampler, news editor at Birth. Movies. Death., and host of the Trying Times podcast. SCOTT WAMPLER And, as you already pointed out the weakness that John shows during that first movie in particular, and the fear and the indecisiveness, all of that is key to making him and every man character, but also key to making him relatable to the audience. You can absolutely imagine yourself in John McClane shoes. He definitely does some heroic shit. He does some shit that I would probably be too cowardly to do. But, also like put in that position where you're running on adrenaline, I could feasibly imagine myself doing a lot of the stuff that John McClane does. Not beating up any like six-foot-five Russians, definitely, you know, but like the other stuff. You know, he’s wiley, he thinks on his feet, he’s a smart guy. He’s clever. REED FISH I’m Reed Fish, I’m a director and screenwriter. I feel like John McClane, to me, was not an emotionally relatable character, but I feel like in the predicament that he was in, it was relatable to me because I felt like, Oh, you know, if push came to shove I could probably do those things too. Where in a typical Schwarzenegger movie, like in Predator or something, I don't think there was ever a moment where I was like, Oh yeah I think I could do that. So I feel like John McClane is a proxy for someone who, you're like me and you think you're witty, you think you're clever, you think you're smart. Well, I certainly I could outsmart Hans Gruber. Well except I'm bigger so I don't think I could have fit in that air shaft. SIMONE: Well it's a lot easier to picture yourself like I can probably move a panel on an elevator shaft, but I don't think I could wrestle a helicopter out of the sky. REED: Yeah, yeah, basically. And I remember in Commando, Schwarzenegger jumps off the airplane as it’s taking off, and jumps into a swamp. And you’re like, okay – not that you think he could do that, but you think yeah, I’m not going to do that. So I would have just been on the plane to South America. As we mentioned previously, that relatability comes not just through John looking and acting realistically, but also because he’s not a perfect person. He’s fucked up. SCOTT WAMPLER I think John McClane’s kind of an asshole, you know, but he’s a loveable asshole, you know? When John McClane is an asshole to people, they kinda had it coming. You know what I mean? Like particularly in the case of the terrorists, but also him giving sass to Ellis, or whatever. He's definitely more of a dick to his wife and he needs to be. But also just to speak as a devil's advocate here we don't – we could some of their backstory, but we don't know everything that happened between John and Holly up until that point. I'm sure he has his own reasons to be mad, and I'm not here to judge them. But he strikes me as a likable guy. Definitely a guy I would get a beer with. I would love to ask this guy about his history and his stories. He’s personable. He’s an asshole, but he’s personable. REED FISH John McClane is kind of a dick. And I was quite struck by that, just how much of a dick he was in the setup of the movie, in terms of the relationship with his wife and his non-existent relationship with his kids. He's not someone I really wanted to succeed. I did not find him sympathetic. But, that said, once it gets going, and he's ingenious, and he's clever, and obviously Bruce Willis at that moment had quite a lot of charisma, by the end, you are pulling for him. Even though for me, it was kind of bittersweet because you're like, oh, he's such a dick. And here’s the thing: John McClane knows he’s a dick. And he hates himself for it, and he can’t get out of his own way. As John McTiernan and Bruce Willis worked on the character, they came to the realization that at his core, John McClane is a man who does not like himself very much, but is doing the best he can in a bad situation. SASHA PERL-RAVER In 80s action movies, again, like Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, that self-loathing is something that propels these characters to do something beyond themselves, which is sort of interesting. Like, I am not good enough to survive, so all of these other people should survive instead of me. Because any normal rational human being would not do the stuff that John McClane does, except that he feels he is not worthy of anything else. Until he jumps off the roof and ties the fire hose around his stomach and says please don't let me die. That's the one time where you're like, Oh, he doesn't have a death-wish, he's not a complete maniac, he’s still trying to get through it. But yeah, the self-loathing is I think a great character trait. But the key to John’s success within the plot is his flaws. The very characteristics that drive his wife, his captain, the LAPD down on the ground completely crazy are the ones that undo Hans Gruber and his plan. Adam Sternbergh, novelist, contributing editor to New York Magazine, and pop culture journalist. ADAM STERNBERGH If you were to renumberate his flaws, he’s very stubborn. But then in a sense all the things that are presented as personality flaws in the beginning like his sort of pig-headedness and unwillingness to capitulate to his wife’s career decisions and things like that, they end up sort of being qualities that help him prevail because he’s just so ridiculously persistent against these terrorists. Yep. Just being annoying is enough to start unravelling the calm, cool, collected terrorists. So I mentioned last episode that I created a Die Hard D&D character alignment chart, because I am a huge nerd. It actually ended up being pretty helpful as I looked more into McClane’s character. So, in case you haven’t played Dungeons and Dragons before, a character alignment chart is chart that categorizes the “ethical and moral perspectives of player characters, non-player characters, and creatures.” It helps you create a character, and gives you guidelines to how a character will behave and react to new situations. If you look at it, it’s nine squares in a three-by-three grid. Each square has a character in it along with their alignment, which is determined by where it sits on the rows and columns of the chart. The first row is “lawful.” Using the third edition of Dungeons and Dragons rules, lawful “implies honor, trustworthiness, obedience to authority, and reliability. On the downside, lawfulness can include closed-mindedness, reactionary adherence to tradition, judgmentalness, and a lack of adaptability.” The second row is “neutral.” The third row is “chaotic.” This “implies freedom, adaptability, and flexibility. On the downside, chaos can include recklessness, resentment toward legitimate authority, arbitrary actions, and irresponsibility.” Switching directions, the first column is “good.” Should be pretty self-explanatory, but, just in case, it “implies altruism, respect for life, and a concern for the dignity of sentient beings. Good characters make personal sacrifices to help others.” The second column is “neutral.” The third column is “evil.” This “implies harming, oppressing, and killing others. Some evil creatures simply have no compassion for others and kill without qualms if doing so is convenient or if it can be set up. Others actively pursue evil, killing for sport or out of duty to some malevolent deity or master.” Whether or not you ever actually play D&D, I really recommend learning more about character alignments. It’s not a perfect system for creating deep, complex characters, but if you’re a writer or just a fan of storytelling, it can unlock some interesting insights. I categorized John McClane as “chaotic good.” But Simone, you say, John McClane is a police officer! Shouldn’t he be lawful? Well, not really. He’s a police officer, yes, but we know he doesn’t always play by the rules. [CLIP - DIE HARD - TONY AND JOHN - YOU’RE A POLICEMAN] We know that John improvises, taking in the situation as it lies and creating ad hoc solutions just to get through, moment to moment. He doesn’t have a long-term plan other than to vaguely somehow rescue Holly and the other hostages if possible. That John is also characterized as “good” is pretty obvious. He doesn’t want to hurt anyone if he doesn’t have to, and he wants to protect his wife and other innocent people. Even if those people aren’t exactly on his side. [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN TRIES TO CALL OFF THE FBI] So how does this make John the perfect guy to defeat Hans Gruber. Well, Hans is “neutral evil.” The neutral comes from Hans having no loyalty to anyone other than himself. He’s not technically on the side of the law, but he’s also not an agent of chaos. To lend some perspective, Deputy Police Chief Dwayne T Robinson is Lawful Evil (he follows the law but in so doing fucks things up and is a total dick about it), and Karl is Chaotic Evil (he’s a wildcard, willing to disobey even Hans if it’ll get him the revenge he’s after). Hans has planned this Nakatomi takeover down to the minute. He knows everything about the building, the vault, Takagi… [CLIP - DIE HARD - HANS FINDS TAKAGI] … and he knows step by step what needs to be done to pull off this heist. [CLIP - DIE HARD - HANS - I PRESENT THE FBI] Hans has accounted for everything. Except for one thing. [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN - I WAS INVITED BY MISTAKE] John McClane is something Hans could have never, ever predicted. I like to think that somewhere, Hans had a guest list of the entire party and had checked everyone out to some degree. But John wasn’t expected to come. Hell, even Holly wasn’t sure that John was coming – his showing up was a surprise. So the one thing that Hans couldn’t see coming, the thing that Hans doesn’t know how to predict, is the thing that completely blindsides him. John’s chaotic behavior, a liability in his marriage and everyday life, is just what’s needed to bring Hans down. [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN - JUST A FLY IN THE OINTMENT] Plus, it drives Hans – and Karl, too – completely crazy. JEREMIAH FRIEDMAN There’s kind of the external stuff. Like at the beginning of the movie, he’s going with a very clear mission, he’s a man on a mission, he’s a guy who wants to get his wife back. And he has no interest in any of this Nakatomi terrorism crap. And then to get his wife back, he has to deal with Hans and all these people. But he also has to overcome his own thing, which is kind of part of the genius of the movie, which is what makes him such like a difficult, crappy husband is also what makes him so problematic for Hans. He’s kind of relentless, and he stubborn, and he’s belligerent and all these things that make him – you know, in that fight scene in Holly’s office in the middle of the Christmas party, and she leaves and he knocks his head on the bathroom wall, and starts ragging on himself – and he knows he’s the problem, in a sense, but he can’t help himself. And he becomes the problem for Hans in a way that we all love. And part of the fun of that movie is he’s not just killing guys, he’s getting inside, he’s pissing them off. You know there’s the moment when they send Karl and some people after him, and then Karl comes back and destroys the bar cart, and Holly’s like, “He’s still alive.” And her secretary is like, how do you know, and she’s like, “Only John can make somebody that angry.” But okay: John’s only skill isn’t making people mad. He’s a veteran police officer, and as he demonstrates, he’s a pretty good one. We see him putting together the clues. [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN - FAKE IDS AND EUROPEAN CLOTHING LABELS] Katie Walsh, film critic for the Tribune News Service and LA Times. KATIE WALSH And then you get John McClane, who’s just like – kind of just a guy. He’s a normal, everyday guy; he doesn’t have special training other than being a cop. He uses common sense and he’s not like a special forces guy he’s not a military dude. He’s just like, I’m just using my everyday knowledge of being a cop and applying that to this situation. So, in many ways he does fit the mold of this singular hero who’s resourceful and thinks on his feet and has, you know a specific set of skills, but it’s not so outside the realm of everyday possibility. SIMONE: He doesn’t have the Liam Neeson “set of special skills.” KATIE: No, no. You’re not like, Oh my god, this guy was in the special forces, you kind of look at him and go, you know, this guy is just a really good cop who happens to be very physically gifted and resourceful. Something I read that I really, really loved is how even though John is armed with a machine gun (ho ho ho), he uses it as so much more. From the blog “Another Angry Woman”: “And yet, in John’s hands, the primary function of the gun is not as a weapon. There are more instances within the film of John using the gun as some sort of tool than as something to kill or hurt people with... John is far more creative in his use of firearms. In his hands, a gun becomes a multitude of useful objects as he displays the kind of creative thinking that neurosexists like to term ‘feminine’ as opposed to the logical, analytical male approach. The gun, wielded by John, is a device for allowing escapes as a rig and a thing to get back into the building, as well as jamming a fan. It is also repeatedly used as a last-resort communication device, shooting to make noise and draw attention, shooting to direct a crowd away from explosive death.” John McClane, even though he’s presented as a tough, macho New York City cop, actually ends up subverting macho stereotypes throughout the film. In our last episode, we talked about the hulking meat-trees that starred in other 80s action movies. John McClane is already different in that, while masculine, he’s not masculinity on steroids. In fact, it’s the macho posturing of the forces around him: the LAPD and the FBI versus the terrorists, that creates a stalemate that forces McClane to act. JEREMIAH FRIEDMAN One of the moments I always like to think about and talk about when I'm talking about the movie, is what he jumps off the roof when the roof blows up. When he gets up there – first of all, he’s forced to jump off the roof ‘cause they're shooting at him and he's going to die. And before he does it, he's terrified and he says a prayer to God to please don't let him die. [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN - ON ROOF] And it makes him so human, and you've never really seen that and that kind of character before. He's not just doing it because he's a badass, he can do this. He’s doing it because he has to do it. And that's kind of the beauty of the movie. He keeps getting forced Into doing things he does not want to do. And he keeps trying to get out of it, in a way. But he's kind of, the movie plays with all the Western stuff, the Roy Rogers, he's the cowboy he's got to get the job done. But he's scared, and he's vulnerable, and he's angry, and he has very human reactions to the crazy things that are happening around him. So the aspirational quality I think is that you would be able to be a smart and brave and as tough eventually as McClane is. And you would die as hard as he does. I would go out in the... I wouldn't be Ellis, but I would go out pretty quickly. John – and the movie Die Hard itself – gets compared to cowboys in Westerns a lot. As Deep Focus Review puts it, “McClane is established as a newly envisioned but classical Western hero — an Easterner ‘goin’ out West’ to tame the frontier. Gruber, McClane’s nemesis throughout the film, even points this out later by referring to McClane as a cowboy.” And John is a cowboy, in a lot of ways. An honorable sheriff type, trying to save the townspeople with nothing but his wits and his grit. According to the site Script Secrets, “He is a cowboy: an individualistic man whose character is earthy and grounded in reality.” [CLIP - DIE HARD - HANS - GARY COOPER] And there it is. Even while he’s a cocky, swaggering cowboy, one of the cowboys John McClane resembles most is Gary Cooper’s Will Kane in High Noon, who was already an in-genre subversion of the cowboy trope. In High Noon, Will Kane learns of a dangerous enemy coming back into town in a mere couple of hours. It’s a man who he once sent to prison, who is now free and will certainly try to seek revenge. At first, Kane attempts to flee with his wife (played by Grace Kelly), but he feels compelled to end this threat to his life, and the safety of the townspeople. So he comes back to face him… but discovers that the townsfolk won’t help him. Kane is left alone to face Frank Miller. And he’s afraid. He’s visibly desperate and afraid. But with no other choice, he shows down with Miller and his gang, and – with a little assist from his wife – he takes them all out. McClane’s fear and vulnerability was the biggest twist in the action movie genre at the time. From Deep Focus Review again: “McClane is not an impervious robotic warrior carved from the template of the action movie gods. Embodied by Willis with pitch-perfect humanism, McClane bleeds, cries out in pain and emotional desperation, and has imperfections that become his trademark. One of the film’s most memorable characteristics is how much physical punishment McClane endures and how such wear amasses on him through the course of the film.” Or how wear doesn’t amass through the film – by the end of the movie, John’s lost his shirt alongside his shoes, and heads into his final confrontation with Hans almost stripped bare. SASHA PERL-RAVER Girl, what isn’t broken inside of John McClane? His marriage is broken, the smoking is broken, the bare feet - the bare feet is such a great example of a character whose vulnerability you just can't avoid. He obviously has a lot of interpersonal stuff going on with his wife, with his family, with wanting to save all these people. Also with just wanting to be good at his job. But you don't like the physical embodiment of it, as you see him get more like, cut up and bloodied, as he's running through the glass to get to exit, all of that stuff is such a great way to make the character somebody who you're like, “Oh, I see that.” I wonder if the movie got made now, if they would have allowed him to get his bloodied up as he does. Because he looks messed up by the end of the film, as well he should. JEREMIAH FRIEDMAN And that’s part of the fun of the movie. You watch him – they really put him through the ringer. He gets the crap beaten out of him in that movie, in a way that doesn’t really happen in the sequels as much. That’s kind of fun – you feel like he’s running this gauntlet, and at the end, when he wins, he earns it. He earns the right to kill Hans and save his marriage, because he’s really been put through hell by this entire experience. And again that goes back to the making him human: he’s bleeding, and he’s tired, and he’s angry and frustrated, and he’s reacting like a heightened human being would react as opposed to just a cartoon movie hero. The obvious physical manifestation of John’s vulnerability is his cut up feet. John was caught by surprise by the terrorist takeover, in the middle of a quiet moment when he is practically defenseless. But it’s his emotional vulnerability that makes us feel for him. And how the filmmakers show John’s emotional vulnerability is nothing short of genius. Deep Focus Review: “Some of McClane’s best moments are by himself as he talks himself through the situation. Whereas stone-faced lone heroes had machine-gunned their way through countless bad guys in action movies before, McClane just an average cop, after all, not even a super-cop... In this unpolished treatment of McClane, and the character’s ability to make observations about his own situation, he becomes instantly ‘real’ when compared to his unstoppable counterparts.” [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN - WHY DIDN’T YOU STOP THEM] KATIE WALSH You know, I love when he’s talking to himself when he’s alone in the building, and I think the script as kind of brilliant in the sense that he gets the radios, and so he can talk to everybody. They're all in different spots in the building, But he can talk to Al, he can talk to Hans, he can talk to all these different people. And that really keeps the story moving, and it also lets us understand him as a person and the way he presents himself. So I think that the way that they function the radios in that whole thing is so brilliant in terms of storytelling. But I also love when he’s just talking to himself, and he’s like “No, John, why didn’t you stop them, John.” And you can tell, he’s kind of got like anxiety or something, he’s, you know. Like, that's what I would say to myself if I was in that situation. “Aw, darn it, why did you do that?” So you relate to him in that way ‘cause you are getting some insight into his psyche. It’s not like you can’t understand him. You totally understand him. One scene in particular is the perfect example of John’s physical and emotional vulnerabilities intersecting. [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN AND AL - BATHROOM] To quote Empire Magazine, “McClane has narrowly escaped a gunfight and holes up in a bathroom to remove shards of jagged glass from his shredded feet. As he does so, McClane has a heartfelt back-and-forth with Reginald VelJohnson’s Al Powell, an LA flatfoot with whom he has forged a brotherly connection over a walkie-talkie. As their dialogue exchange continues, McClane — alone, badly injured and afraid — breaks down and starts sobbing. [In] Willis, audiences were suddenly confronted with a recognisably vulnerable hero who didn’t have all the answers, who didn’t laugh — or stoically squint — in the face of danger or death. Sure, he cracked wise, but his humour felt organic, a defence mechanism to keep him sane. Here was a hero who made Arnie and his muscle-bound ilk seem antiquated.” John’s relationships with other people are what keeps him going. His trying to ensure Holly’s safety is his sole motive throughout the movie. The thought of her helps him to push through his fear and pain. But it’s also his walkie-talkie relationship with fellow cop Al Powell that gives him the extra, in-the-moment support to stave off despair. SASHA PERL-RAVER What is the most important vulnerabilities that he has, is his yearning to be back with his wife. The relationship he has with Bonnie Bedelia, wanting to keep her safe, wanting to make sure that the mother of his child is okay, that’s huge. But also I love the relationship he has with Al, I think that's really, really special, and the way that he's able to latch on to this voice through the radio and they have such a strong bond and connection, is really beautiful. It’s bromance the way we wanna see it. Dudes supporting other dudes in this great way. From his feet to his emotions, from his relationship with his wife to his battle with the terrorists, John McClane’s story is a perfect example of external and internal conflict aligning. As Script Secrets puts it, “But what makes Die Hard into a superior script is the nexus between the Villain's Plan and the Protagonist's character arc... What makes John McClane the perfect protagonist for Die Hard is that the external conflict forces him to confront and solve an internal conflict, leading to a single solution which solves both problems and brings peace to the protagonist. It is only after he faces and conquers this internal conflict that he becomes strong enough to take on Hans (his external conflict) and rescue Holly and the other hostages. Without the external conflict from Hans' Plan, McClane would not have been forced to resolve this problem, and their marriage would have ended. The resolution for the external conflict and internal conflict intersect, creating a strong, organic plot.” Shannon Hubbell, editor-in-chief of LewtonBus.net. SHANNON HUBBELL And also, beyond the fact that he just happens to be there in the building, and he wants to get the bad guys and he wants to save all the hostages, he's there for an emotional reason. He shows up having screwed up his relationship with his wife. And he wants to save her. He has an emotional connection to what he's trying to do. Going back to Under Siege, Segal's character in that is just a cook who used to be a Navy Seal. And he just happens to be in the ship, and there's no real motivation for him being a total action movie bad ass other than him just naturally being an action movie bad ass. So yeah, McClane is extremely relatable. He wants to save his wife, he wants to preserve the relationship with his wife. And also by extension his kids and whatnot. He's a person who happens to be pretty damn good at killing people. SIMONE: Well you know the best arcs are the ones that we are on the outside what's happening on the inside. So he's literally fighting to save his wife. SHANNON: Yeah, absolutely. JEREMIAH FRIEDMAN And I would say the closest he comes to really arcing is the bathroom scene, when he’s pulling the glass out of his feet, and he’s on the radio with Karl – er, Al, not Carl Winslow… He’s on the radio with Al, and he kind of gives up and starts thinking that he’s not going to make it out. And he takes responsibility for the failure of his marriage. I think that’s pretty much an arc. I mean, he’s able to get someplace emotionally he wasn’t able to get earlier in the movie and from that, he kind of earns the epiphany of “what was Hans doing on the roof?” And then he goes up to the roof and there’s the C4 and all that stuff. But even with the impeccably plotted script and carefully built character of John McClane, the role could have easily fallen flat without that third element: the actor. (Or Fifth Element, heyo.) Remember, they wanted to cast pretty much anyone BUT Bruce Willis as the lead for this movie. They looked at everyone from Schwarzennegger and Stallone to Don Johnson and Richard Gere to Burt Reynolds and Robert De Niro. In the end, they took a huge, five million dollar gamble on Bruce Willis. But it worked. ADAM STERNBERGH But I think if you were to watch Die Hard and Raiders of the Lost Ark side by side, there’s something about the Indiana Jones character that seems a little bit more well-rounded than the John McClane character. But at the same time, you know, you might even say that about watching Casablanca or something like that. I mean, there’s many actors and many great characters in Hollywood history where the lead performance is essentially the actor’s extraordinary charisma carrying it, and it’s not something that any other actor could have brought to the role. And so sometimes I think you know, lightning just strikes and you end up with the right person in the right role and so in many ways I just feel like John McClane was, like, Bruce Willis; he was the embodiment of whatever it was that people loved about Bruce Willis, this kind of irascible, indefatigable charm that he had. SASHA PERL-RAVER I think that Bruce Willis certainly is a better actor. And is therefore better able to get the pathos across, and able to really deliver the lines without feeling like you learned them phonetically. Which is something you get a lot of in Schwarzenegger's early performances and even later performances.  SCOTT WAMPLER Well I also think Bruce Willis is an asshole but not a lovable one. I think the Bruce Willis at that point in his career, though, is not the Bruce Willis that we know today. You know, he was still humble, he started out as a bartender. I think Bruce Willis, when he made Die Hard, even though he had been on Moonlighting and was still kind of hot shit at that time, was – he hadn’t developed the full Bruce Willis ego that has sort of come to define him in his later years. People knew who he was because of Moonlighting, and a series of very entertaining Bartles & Jaymes commercials that I would encourage all of your listeners to go find on YouTube. That will make your fucking skin crawl with embarrassment. [CLIP - BRUCE WILLIS SEAGRAM'S COMMERCIAL] But, you know, he was not a Stallone or a Schwarzenegger. He wasn’t even a Van Damme. He was a guy. He was just a dude. And still doing Bogart a little bit. He’s still got that earthiness to him. SHANNON HUBBELL But also before die-hard established him as an action hero, much like Kurt Russell in Escape From New York, That was the first action role for Kurt Russell. He was in Disney movies before that. He was in The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes. And then John Carpenter put an eye patch on him and some tattoos and told him to growl. And now he's an action star. And it was kind of the same thing with Bruce Willis. He was more of a comedic actor as I recall, before that. Again tying in with the idea of McClane being more relatable, everyman-ish action hero, having someone who's completely not associated with the action genre before that, really makes that character work. He's just a dude. He's just a balding dude. KATIE WALSH But yeah, he’s charming, he’s funny, he’s a better actor. He’s got the gift of gab. It’s a different star persona and it’s a different acting ability, completely. John McTiernan has said something similar. “Bruce is most endearing when he’s being a smart-ass. That’s the essence of his stardom is somebody’s pointing a gun right between his eyes and he goes, ‘Oops.’ That irreverence is what we seem to love about him.” Willis even improvised the “Hi, honey” at the end of the movie. [CLIP - DIE HARD - JOHN - HI HONEY] As Empire Magazine put it, “It’s testament to Willis that he not only thwarts Gruber’s heist, but also Rickman’s own audacious attempt to walk away with a multi-million dollar movie. Willis’ performance in Die Hard is hungry and committed, redolent of a man visiting the Last Chance Saloon, and it worked handsomely, turning him into a bona fide megastar. What’s more, his McClane — a likeable mix of working-stiff neuroses, desperate heroics and wise guy sardonics — changed the face of action heroes forever.” In the end, Bruce Willis’s John McClane gave us someone to root for. All of the character’s influences, from reacting to other action heroes to Gary Cooper to Bruce Willis himself, create someone who is… a human. And no matter what extraordinary things we see onscreen, telling human stories is where film is most powerful. It’s why Die Hard rises above its peers – all thanks to John McClane. In our next episode, we’ll take a look at John’s wife Holly. Whether she goes by Gennaro or McClane, Holly’s role as a working woman, a wife, and a mother brings forward the changing role of women in 1980s film. Thank you to our guests Jeremiah Friedman, Sasha Perl-Raver, Scott Wampler, Reed Fish, Adam Sternbergh, Katie Walsh, and Shannon Hubbell. Be sure to check the show notes on the website to learn more about them. Thanks again for joining me, and yippee-kai-yay, motherfuckers!

Greatest Cinema Heroes  On this week's episode of WatchThis W/RickRamos, Ibrahim & I take our mutual seats in The Fortress of Ultimate Darkness to discuss the greatest heroes in all of cinema. From defining what a hero truly is to the vagaries of the hero, anti-hero, and dependence on villains we tackle this question from a number of angles. We discuss each of our Top 10's as well as a number of names that just barely missed the cut. It was a fun time. Take a listen and let us know what you think. Questions, Comments, Complaints, & Suggestions can be directed to gondoramos@yahoo.com. As always, thanks for the continued love & support. 

7ish Things returns with a new eleven year-old cohost, J McG to see the world from a younger perspective. 1. Meet J McG 2. Politics from a 6th Grade Pespective 3. 11 year old’s bucket list 4. How to change the world 5. Greatest Heroes of our Day 6. SuperHero tech we might see one day 7. CRAZY FIGHT, Ep2 - Heroes v. Villans

On the fifteenth episode of Season 2.5 of The Flash Podcast's summer season, Andy Behbakht, Amy Marie and Lauren Gallaway are joined by Andrew Dyce from Screen Rant, as they jump into the DC Comics storyline that The Flash is adapting in Season 3: Flashpoint! Throughout the discussion, they chat about the comic as a whole, what they enjoyed most about it, the Post-Flashpoint world that DC is now in and also their thoughts on how this iconic storyline should be used on The Flash and the rest of the DC TV Universe. Also, make sure to stick around after the theme song as there is a post-credit scene with Andy, Amy and Lauren as they have an important announcement. That and more on the summer edition of The Flash Podcast! Flashpoint Synopsis: “Not a dream, not an imaginary story, not an elseworld. This is Flash Fact: When Barry Allen wakes at his desk, he discovers the world has changed. Family is alive, loved ones are strangers, and close friends are different, gone or worse. It's a world on the brink of a cataclysmic war - but where are Earth's Greatest Heroes to stop it? It's a place where America's last hope is Cyborg, who hopes to gather the forces of The Outsider, The Secret 7, S!H!A!Z!A!M!, Citizen Cold and other new and familiar-yetaltered faces! It's a world that could be running out of time, if The Flash can't find the villain who altered the time line!” Find The Flash Podcast on: Social Media: Facebook - @TheFlashPodcast - Instagram  Subscribe: iTunes - Stitcher Radio - YouTube - DC TV Podcasts Contact: theflashpodcast@gmail.com

REPOST JULY 6, 2016: Bill Frost (Salt Lake City Weekly & X96) and Tommy Milagro (a comedy open-mic near you) talk Captain America quits Top Gear, Summer TV's Winners & Losers thus far (Rizzoli & Isles, winner; BrainDead, loser), Preacher, Queen of the South, Cleverman, Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes, The CW vs. Hulu vs. CBS All Access, Rasslin' News, Jessica Williams outta The Daily Show (boo!), Nancy Grace outta HLN (yay!) and What to Watch Harder (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, Killjoys, Dark Matter, Queen of the South, Aquarius, Preacher, Outcast, Outlander, Angie Tribeca, Not Safe WIth Nikki Glaser, Another Period, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, Ray Donovan and Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes). Drinking: 'Merican Mojitos made with Silver Rum from OFFICIAL TV Tan sponsor Sugar House Distillery.

Welcome to another exciting episode of the OpenWorld podcast! I have a very special treat for you guys today… all of you entrepreneurs and anyone interested in peak performance will love this interview. I'm joined by Colin Robertson, researcher of performance psychology, and the owner of Willpowered.Co. Colin has spent the last 5 years researching […]

Not all of the Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible walked around with their mouths gaping dumbly, but a suspiciously large percentage of those that did were the vaunted groupies of the LORD.    

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The first official DigiGods Oscar Pool is in full swing! This week Tim Cogshell sitting in once more for Mark while the Gods praise “Nightcrawler,” “Dear White People,” and “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby” and wonder why “Left Behind” wasn’t left behind. Digigods Podcast, 02/17/15 (MP3) -- 34.4 MB right click to save Subscribe to the Digigods Podcast In this episode, the Gods discuss: Art and Craft (DVD) Austin City Limits Celebrates 40 Years (DVD) Beethoven Symphony No. 9 - Ode to Freedom (Blu-ray) Before I Go To Sleep (Blu-ray) The Best of Me (Blu-ray) The Bob Newhart Show: Season 5 (DVD) The Bob Newhart Show: The Final Season (DVD) The Book of Life (Blu-ray) Bound by Flesh (DVD) By the Gun (Blu-ray) The Chair (DVD) Days and Nights (DVD) Dear White People (Blu-ray) Dinosaur 13 (Blu-ray) The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (Blu-ray) Dracula Untold (Blu-ray/DVD) Dying of the Light (Blu-ray) Falstaff - Wiener Philharmoniker (Blu-ray) Family Classics: The Easter Promise / Addie And The King Of Hearts (DVD) Finding Fela (Blu-ray) Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Volume One: Bible’s Greatest Stories (The Ten Commandments, The Story of Noah, David & Goliath, Samson and Delilah) (DVD) Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Volume Three: God’s Power (Tower of Babel, Jacob’s Challenge, Sodom and Gomorrah, Joseph in Egypt) (DVD) Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Volume Two: God’s Chosen Ones (The Story of Moses, The Story of Esther, Joshua & Jericho, Abraham’s Sacrifice) (DVD) Hector and the Search for Happines (DVD) The Homesman (Blu-ray) Hugh Hefner (DVD) In Your Eyes (DVD) InRealLife (DVD) John Wick (Blu-ray/DVD) The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness (DVD) Laggies (Blu-ray) Left Behind (Blu-ray) Levitated Mass (DVD) A Life in Dirty Movies (DVD) Life Itself (Blu-ray) Lilting (DVD) Maison Close: Season One (Blu-ray) Mariss Jansons Conducts - Giuseppe Verdi, Messa Da Requiem (Blu-ray) Mona Lisa is Missing (DVD) Mozart: The Royal Opera (Le Nozze de Figaro, Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote) (Blu-ray) My Old Lady (Blu-ray) Nightcrawler (Blu-ray) Nikolaus Harnoncourt Opera Collection: Don Giovanni, Cosi Fan Tutte (DVD) NOVA: First Air War (DVD) Nurse Jackie: Season Six (Blu-ray) Ouija (Blu-ray/DVD) Power Rangers: Super Sentai Zyuranger: The Complete Series (DVD) Predestination (Blu-ray) Richard Pryor: Icon (DVD) Richard Strauss / Andris Nelsons: Also Sprach Zarathustra, TIll Eulenspiegel, Macbeth (Blu-ray) Rickover: The Birth of Nuclear Power (DVD) Romeos & Juliettes (Blu-ray) Rosewater (Blu-ray/DVD) Rudolf Nureyev's Swan Lake (Blu-ray) Sol Lewitt (DVD) Starred Up (DVD) Sweet Revenge: Turning The Tables on Processed Food (DVD) Tchaikovsky - Teatro Alla Scala (The Nutcracker, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake) (Blu-ray) Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Blu-ray) Tosca's Kiss (DVD) Verdun: Looking at History (DVD) Wagner: Der Ring Des Nibelungen / Das Rheingold Die Walküre / Siegfried Gotterdammerung (Blu-ray) Wagner: Parsifal - The Royal Opera (Blu-ray) Wahlburgers: The Complete Second Season (DVD) The Wonder Years - The Complete Second Season (DVD) The World Made Straight (Blu-ray) Please also visit CineGods.com. 

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"Tales" is back -- and this time we brought damn near the entire DC Comics creative team (circa 1984) with us!! This episode, the burning question of "why haven't you guys been addressing listener feedback?!" is discussed. Are they too busy? Are they too lazy? Maybe they can't read? Fear Not! All Will Be Revealed!Then, it is on to the Main Event!! All-Star Squadron Annual #3! Didja ever wonder how all these heroes of World War II stayed so seemingly young and spry well into the 1980s and beyond? Well, Mike and Scott break down that story for you into convenient, bite-sized pieces. And, in the process, have lots and lots to say about the multitude of talent on this book. Writer Roy Thomas is joined by some of the top DC super-stars of the day for the handling of the art chores -- Jerry Ordway, Rick Hoberg, Richard Howell, Keith Giffen, Rich Buckler, Wayne Boring, Carmine Infantino, Don Newton, and George Perez -- just to name a few!! (Incidentally, this is the Irredeemable Shag's favorite comic book story ever!) ________________________________________________________________ Next Episode: All-Star Squadron #36 -- Earth-Two's Greatest Heroes versus The Power of Shazam!Feedback for this show can be sent to: talesofthejsa@gmail.comTwo True Freaks! is a proud member of BOTH the Comics Podcast Network (http://www.comicspodcasts.com/) and the League of Comic Book Podcasts (http://www.comicbooknoise.com/league/)!! Follow the fun on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/113051642052970/ Also, Tales of the Justice Society of America now has its own Facebook Group!! -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/655940671134092/ THANK YOU for listening to Two True Freaks!!

Johnny Storm, world's biggest douchebag. Well according to JT in this series he is. We talk all about World's Great Heroes this week.  Geeks: Mike “TFG1″ Blanchard JT From Saskatoon Subscribe to us using iTunes or use any other podcatching client by using: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TooncastBeyond Download TCB_EP033.mp3

Johnny Storm, world’s biggest douchebag. Well according to JT in this series he is. We talk all about World’s Great Heroes this week.  Geeks: Mike “TFG1″ Blanchard JT From Saskatoon Subscribe to us using iTunes or use any other podcatching client by using: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TooncastBeyond Download TCB_EP033.mp3