I won’t lie. It’s been a pretty awful day. I’m sick; I’d like to thank whoever infected me with this sore throat/coughing malaise that’s turned me into a walking petri dish of viruses and general grossness. I managed to burn the hell out of my thumb and had a remote ruined when a battery nearly exploded in my remote (!!!); and for various other reason it’s been a disappointing, sad day. I can say I reached my pinnacle of massive frustration and eye rolling when I picked up a bottle of Ny-Quil from a convenience store and promptly dropped it, which then somehow spurred the bottle to roll under my car. You just haven’t lived until you’ve embedded gravel in your palms while you’re congested and shaky, trying to reach halfway under your car in a busy convenience store parking lot to retrieve a $9 bottle of Ny-Quil. For the record, I was too desperate to go anywhere else and like hell was I going to sacrifice that sweet, sweet overpriced semi-alcoholic bottle of cough medicine to being potentially run over by my tires.
I was going to come home and write one of my usual earth shaking, mind bending, life changing reviews – this time on Paris, Je T’aime – but I quickly realized in between the sneezing and the warm glow of decongestants and orange juice that I wasn’t going to be able to form much of anything that made cohesive, coherent sense on Paris, Je T’aime. So I settled down with a little movie I like to use to kick off my holiday season – since you know, it’s Christmas.
I know that Die Hard immediately pops to mind when one thinks of Christmas!
Because really – doesn’t “Now I have a machine gun, Ho-Ho-Ho” really spread the Yuletide cheer?
Note: This post was (not really) sponsored by a heavy dose of NyQuil, so any nonsense, typos, spelling errors or grammar problems can all be attributed to the NyQuil. This time, at least.
FEEL BETTER AND DIE HARD. (Possible sequel title?)
Also, did you ever see Hostage? I like to call it “Die Hard 4.” Thoughts on this theory?
Wait. A battery EXPLODED IN YOUR REMOTE?! What is the world coming to?! I didn’t even know that could happen.
Also, did you ever see Hostage? I like to call it “Die Hard 4.” Thoughts on this theory?
Scott, I effing loved Hostage. It’s so mediocre, but I LOVED IT. Crazy Ben Foster is Crazy! John McClane is NOT John McClane! Fires! Guns! Whee!
No, it felt like Die Hard 4 when I watched it and I still haven’t seen Live Free or Die Hard but I’m preparing myself to be very disappointed in it. (PG-13 WTF?)
A battery EXPLODED IN YOUR REMOTE?! What is the world coming to?! I didn’t even know that could happen.
It ALMOST did. When I threw my remote across the room, the battery popped out – it had partially split open and had been hissing battery acid prior. If I hadn’t removed it accidentally by tossing it across the room, then I would imagine it would’ve continued to heat up and go kaboom.
It was disconcerting, at best.
Uh, I swear this is true, but this morning, a battery exploded in a radio that we’ve got in the kitchen. Scared the bejesus out of me.
Uh, I swear this is true, but this morning, a battery exploded in a radio that we’ve got in the kitchen. Scared the bejesus out of me.
Ah! Morgan, I’m so glad it’s not just me! Was it a fresh battery? Mine was only a week out of the package and in the remote before it started going all Chernobyl-y.
Sounds like a rough one! Ny-Quil is woooonderful though. What a crazy potion that lets you sleep when otherwise wrecked with the flu. Love it.
Also Live Free or Die Hard looks effing ruh-tar-ded. I don’t think I can ever see it.
andrew, I’m so weird. I have to be able to see the whole thing (and own it if I like even one movie in the series) even if it sucks.
Which explains why I’ve seen Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.
Which explains why I’ve seen Alien vs. Predator: Requiem.
Oh, I hear ya. It’s the same with me. That’s only reason I own all three Matrix movies.
(And yes, I have seen AVP: R too. Sadly.)
When I worked at Blockbuster we had a huge store-wide debate on whether or not Die Hard belonged in the Holiday section. (I was on the “Yes, of course!” side.)
Heather, it’s like Lethal Weapon! It totally belongs in the Christmas section. :D