I am Ryan and I will be your host for this THON.
Original introduction wording
- I am Ryan Sansone and I will be your host for this THON.
← Movie nights
Movie reverse-watch
A Good Day to Pod Hard Part 1
IN THE ROOM
RyanCurtisVitaliyGuest appearance: Vitaliy
NO COMMON DENOMINATOR
Movie verdicts.
No final overall movie verdict is given in this episode.
Original rating systems, exactly as represented in the archive. These scales are not interchangeable.
No attributed vote is recorded for: Ryan, Curtis, Vitaliy. Being in the room does not mean someone gave a vote; the archive does not assume one.
By way of introduction.
Joining me as always, the man who is preparing to die soft, Curtis. Thank you. I'm excited to finally get to experience some Upside Down.
Original introduction wording
- Joining me as always, the man who is preparing to die soft, Curtis Sheck. Thank you. I'm excited to finally get to experience some Upside Down.
And because of that, joining me as an official co-host, our own Russian turncode, Vitaliy. Hey, hey, how's it going?
Original introduction wording
- And because of that, joining me as an official co-host, our own Russian turncode, Vitaly Steert. Hey, hey, how's it going?
Read the full performed opening
Welcome to a special edition of Reverse Psychology. For the next few months, we will be taking a break from laying down on our psychiatric couch. We will instead be sitting on the edge of our seats, popcorn buckets in hand, for a summer movie marathon. This is Reverse Psychology Presents Die On. I am Ryan Sansone and I will be your host for this THON. Joining me as always, the man who is preparing to die soft, Curtis Sheck. Thank you. I'm excited to finally get to experience some Upside Down. Also, I love that this is a summer movie marathon for the holidays. It's a summer movie marathon. For the holidays. Yes, this will probably be coming out around Halloween. But we're recording in the summer. And because of that, joining me as an official co-host, our own Russian turncode, Vitaly Steert. Hey, hey, how's it going?
Someone brought rules.
The games, the premises, and what everyone brought to the table.
Game / activity
Design a Die Hard action star ↗
How this one works
Prompt
- The key things I want to hear from you guys is what is the name of your action star?
- What do they look like?
- What's their attitude?
- And most importantly, what's the situation that they would thrive in?
How it works
- So for this game, we will assume John, Jack and John's daughter have all passed on with
- no kids.
- So you don't have the McClane bloodline to work with.
- We can rate it.
- Do you want to give that a thumbs up?
- Are you, is it a yes or no for Jonathan Micklin right now?
Recorded activity context
The key things I want to hear from you guys is what is the name of your action star?; What do they look like?; What's their attitude?; And most importantly, what's the situation that they would thrive in?
RESULT STATUS
The recorded result is unresolved.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 4 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:09:13
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Prompt
Question / challenge
The key things I want to hear from you guys is what is the name of your action star?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:09:16
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Prompt
Question / challenge
What do they look like?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:09:17
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Prompt
Question / challenge
What's their attitude?
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RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:09:18
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Prompt
Question / challenge
And most importantly, what's the situation that they would thrive in?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:09:27
Recorded conversation
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:10
Recorded conversation
Follow the round structure (3)
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Jonathan McClane
Well, he's on vacation.; In Jonathan McClendon's movie, I think what's going to happen is he's going to be on like a cruise; ship and he's going to be seeing signs everywhere of terrorists, of evildoers, of all kinds of bad.; He's shooting, murdering just everybody inside.; But he keeps being wrong.; Like it turns out it was just like a couple that were, you know, on a honeymoon or something.; He thinks he's figured it out, but he's just making a mess.
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: M-C-L-I-N.; That's a capital L.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:12:33
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Do you want to give that a thumbs up?; Are you, is it a yes or no for Jonathan Micklin right now?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:12:36
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Action
It's a no.
More of this contribution
- Adjudication verdict: NO
- Vitaliy: “Um, no.”
- Vitaliy: “It's a no.”
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:12:53
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Action
I'm giving him a full yes card.
More of this contribution
- Adjudication verdict: YES
- Ryan: “I'm giving him a full yes card. I loved it.”
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Jim
So the situation would be an Apache gunfight.; The whole movie, just, just them and the Apache just fighting.; The helicopter.; He's in one also.; He's the Apache gunman.; No, he's shooting at the bad guys who are also in an Apache.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:06
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Prompt
Question / challenge
You give them the green light.; You like, you liking Jim?; If I'm hearing it right, you're giving him the green light.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:10
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Action
Look, I'm not financing the movie from this treatment.; I want you to give me an outline.; I want to see if you can solve the problem of show the audience he's constipated without; telling the audience he's constipated.; And then I can give you a green light.
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- Adjudication verdict: approval withheld pending outline
- Curtis: “You give them the green light. You like, you liking Jim? It's, it's going to be hard to work into the script in a way that's like coherent, but also subtle. But I think if the audience knows this is a man who cannot relieve himself, I think they're going to have a great time watching him get into trouble knowing he is like, I really want to poop. I just can't.”
- Curtis: “Look, I'm not financing the movie from this treatment. I want you to give me an outline. I want to see if you can solve the problem of show the audience he's constipated without telling the audience he's constipated. And then I can give you a green light.”
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:55
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Action
More of this contribution
- Answer or action: We're going to definitely hit it over the head many times.
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Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:57
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Action
Then he hops in an Apache helicopter as an incredible gunman.; Yeah, of course I'm buying that.
More of this contribution
- Adjudication verdict: YES
- Ryan: “I'm going full of a generic gym. And you're just like, oh, he's a regular guy. Then he hops in an Apache helicopter as an incredible gunman. Yeah, of course I'm buying that.”
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
smoke
Anytime there's fire, he's basically immune.; Like he's he's had like 600 fire incidents since he was like 10.; Like it just doesn't ignite him.
More of this contribution
- Ending or payoff: So what if in the first movie, the hoodie has like flame repelling elements and it's; like a twist ending, like you think he's been burned in a fire, but it's like actually; he throws the hood back and he's fine.; But then like by the third or fourth movie, they somehow turned it into he is fireproof.; It's, it's now canon.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Recorded conversation
But the hoodie also smashes it down.; You can't tell when he's wearing a hoodie, but he has any hair.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Recorded conversation
So what if in the first movie, the hoodie has like flame repelling elements and it's; like a twist ending, like you think he's been burned in a fire, but it's like actually; he throws the hood back and he's fine.; But then like by the third or fourth movie, they somehow turned it into he is fireproof.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:03
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Are you giving me the green light?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:04
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Action
Sure.
More of this contribution
- Adjudication verdict: YES
- Vitaliy: “Sure.”
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:05
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Eric, you giving me the green light?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:06
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Action
I mean, I want to see all of these movies.; I don't want to see one of these movies.; I want to see the series.
More of this contribution
- Adjudication verdict: enthusiastic series endorsement
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Adjudication method: We can rate it.; Do you want to give that a thumbs up?; Are you, is it a yes or no for Jonathan Micklin right now?
Comic bits and episode moments.
Conversation excerpt
Action ↗
Hey, hey, I'm ready to die hard.
Source details
- Activity request: Yeah, bring it bigger. This is your introduction to the podcast world.; You don't have to be loud. You just have to show any ounce of enthusiasm.
- Answer qualification: I got good sleep in. I can't go crazy, okay?
- Adjudication: I think that had less intensity than the first one.
- Ryan: “You have to come bigger than that, buddy. Come on.”
- Ryan: “Yeah, bring it bigger. This is your introduction to the podcast world.”
- Ryan: “You're like a two right now. Go to like 12.”
- Curtis: “You don't have to be loud. You just have to show any ounce of enthusiasm.”
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
On this podcast, we watch things in reverse order with someone who has never seen any of it before.
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
Tonight we are going to meet the four main characters of the movie.; We're also going to hit the five big scenes leading up to about the 54 minute mark.
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
Again, so that's our breakdown for the movie tonight.
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
Conversation excerpt
Action ↗
So what I need you guys to do is go ahead and power rank them for me.; And then tell me how you felt about them as a character.; Not whether or not you liked them, but were they good or were they bad characters?
See how they answered
What everyone brought to the table · 5 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:01:18
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Prompt
Question / challenge
So what I need you guys to do is go ahead and power rank them for me.
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Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:01:21
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Prompt
Question / challenge
And then tell me how you felt about them as a character.; Not whether or not you liked them, but were they good or were they bad characters?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:01:42
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So I'm struggling because this movie doesn't have any characters.; He just seems like a boomer dad who also is bulletproof.; I think that the least interesting character is honestly Jack, because he is pretty boring.; And when he's playing evil Russian Ron, he is great and a lot of fun.; But they're so preoccupied with making her sexy and just trying to make her…
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So I'm struggling because this movie doesn't have any characters.; He just seems like a boomer dad who also is bulletproof.; I think that the least interesting character is honestly Jack, because he is pretty boring.; And when he's playing evil Russian Ron, he is great and a lot of fun.; But they're so preoccupied with making her sexy and just trying to make her seem like; sex appeal that they never really give her anything interesting to do.; But I feel like they're riding on the coattails of him having a character in the previous; movies.
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- Choice: John; Yuri; Irina; Jack
- Answer qualification: Which is not one of the four.; He made the list up here, which is great because he's not supposed to.
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Participant cited: VitaliySource excerpt ↗ 1:05:14
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Jack gets third just because he was shooting some guns.; Well, because of the cross and stuff and he actually had a plan and things like that.; I think he was more interesting.; I mean, he's like I feel like he's the main character without even like trying to be the; main character.
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- Choice: John; Yuri; Jack; Irina
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Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:07:44
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I think he does a great job becoming a bad guy.; Like you said, Curtis, and we write we get that for not not enough time, but it's a very interesting; character.
More of this contribution
- Choice: Yuri; John
- Answer qualification: I agree with you, Curtis, for the most part.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:01:27
Recorded conversation
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
I actually do own those.; Tap out had them and I thought they were awesome.; So I bought a bunch.; Yeah, I have like four.
Conversation excerpt
Action ↗
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:29
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Prompt
Question / challenge
Is Die Hard 5 a good day to die hard?; A Christmas movie?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
It is not a Christmas movie.; It's a Valentine's Day movie.
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: So even though there is zero attempt at any kind of a romantic subplot in this film,; it was released on February 13th.; So I think it is fair to say it counts.
Conversation excerpt
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Recorded conversation ↗
We started talking about a big gun, and then the cops started arriving.