I am Ryan and this is Reverse Psychology Presents Die Hard.
Original introduction wording
- I am Ryan Sansone and this is Reverse Psychology Presents Die Hard.
← Movie nights
Movie reverse-watch
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.
We also have a fool that is seeing all of this for the very first time. Joining me as always from the Upside Down, it's Curtis. Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, it is good to be here.
Original introduction wording
- We also have a fool that is seeing all of this for the very first time. Joining me as always from the Upside Down, it's Curtis Sheck. Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, it is good to be here.
And my co-host, who's always willing to berate Curtis for his foolish decisions, it's Vitaliy. Let's go.
Original introduction wording
- And my co-host, who's always willing to berate Curtis for his foolish decisions, it's Vitaly Stute. Let's go.
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Hello and welcome. The time has finally come. Tonight is all about the original Die Hard. We've got Bruce Willis. We've got Professor Snape. We have a slew of returning actors. We do not have Frasier. We'll be getting back to him soon. But we do have a giant tower and it's almost Christmas. I am Ryan Sansone and this is Reverse Psychology Presents Die Hard. We also have a fool that is seeing all of this for the very first time. Joining me as always from the Upside Down, it's Curtis Sheck. Ryan, Ryan, Ryan, it is good to be here. Finally, buddy, finally. I've done it. And my co-host, who's always willing to berate Curtis for his foolish decisions, it's Vitaly Stute. Let's go.
ONE SCENE AT A TIME
Scene & activity judgments.
These judgments concern the named scene or activity.
Conversation excerpt
Scene judgments · Sergeant Powell’s car escape
movie, rate a single scene based on someone else's pizza scale.
See how they answered
What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Scene judgment
8.1
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- Answer qualification: I think this is a great scene.; One of the top scenes of the film.; Yeah, that's fine.; Did you say I was too high?; And then you're a tenth of a point higher than me?
- Scene judgment: Sergeant Powell’s car escape.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Scene judgment
8.2
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- Answer qualification: I think there's better scenes as a movie, for sure.
- Response context: Did you say 8.1?; I thought you said 8.8.; Sorry.; I panicked.
- Scene judgment: Sergeant Powell’s car escape.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Scene judgment
5.8
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- Answer qualification: I definitely thought it was the best scene so far in this movie.; And it was hilarious when Sergeant Powell started freaking out, going backwards.; In this movie, but compared to all the scenes in every movie, you can't tell me there's; scenes, there's way better scenes than what you guys have put this at.
- Scene judgment: Sergeant Powell’s car escape.
Source details
- Prompt item: We're going to do the last scene we just discussed.; Sergeant Powell decides to not really check out if there's any issues in the building.; And as he's leaving, a bad guy lands on his car and he goes into reverse, starts screaming; while he's getting shot at by a machine gun.
Someone brought rules.
The games, the premises, and what everyone brought to the table.
Game / activity
LinkedIn mantra profiles ↗
How this one works
How it works
- It's time for us to show the world how badass we are.
Prompt
- To show off our new mantras, we will be updating our LinkedIn profiles.
RESULT STATUS
This one was not a competition.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 10:38
Recorded conversation
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- Ending or payoff: All right, let's jump into it.
Follow the round structure (1)
Make it more badass.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: VitaliySource excerpt ↗ 02:09
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
To show off our new mantras, we will be updating our LinkedIn profiles.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
proposed LinkedIn profile changes
leather jacket, leather pants, leather gloves,; badass sunglasses.; lead badass of the global team.; can fight bad guys barefoot.; the master of badassery.
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- Submission type: proposed LinkedIn profile changes
- Answer qualification: It's debatable.; Well, I can't say it on the pod.; I don't want people to get mad at me.; Yeah, can in case the situation arises.; It's everything.; Everything you just said implies.
- Response context: Look, I'm the biggest badass there is.; Like, everyone says I'm the biggest badass.; You can't get more badass than me.; If people go on and search for the word badass, my name will pop up to the very top.; I'm going to have badass in my LinkedIn profile so many times it's going to be insane.
- Adjudication: Again, your answers were terrible, but your responses to our questions were great.; 50-50 job over there.
- Result qualification: I'm going to say 100%.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 05:26
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
What do you got?
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- Response context: punch it up.; Make it more badass.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
I'm going to lean in on the posting on LinkedIn.; I'm going to start posting about my badass experiences.
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- Answer qualification: It's as badass as it can be.; Like there's no room for improvement.; So here's what I did instead.
- Adjudication: I love this.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 06:27
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
I want to hear a couple of examples.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
performed proposed LinkedIn post
Hello, LinkedIn family.; I'd like to share a pivotal moment in my journey that truly shaped who I am today.; A few years back, I faced a challenging situation that tested my values and decision making.; As I was walking down the street, a man bumped into my shoulder.; So I murdered him.; From that experience, I learned conflict resolution.; I realized the…
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Hello, LinkedIn family.; I'd like to share a pivotal moment in my journey that truly shaped who I am today.; A few years back, I faced a challenging situation that tested my values and decision making.; As I was walking down the street, a man bumped into my shoulder.; So I murdered him.; From that experience, I learned conflict resolution.; I realized the importance of asserting dominance and taking bold action to get what you want.; I committed to giving back by teaching my mentees how to kill a man in cold blood as a form of conflict prevention.
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- Submission type: performed proposed LinkedIn post
- Answer qualification: I've only got one example in the chamber here.
- Adjudication: I really liked the juxtaposition between your words and your actions in that post.; It really is kind of like a terrifying persona you created with it.; There's zero badassery.
- Result qualification: I think the way he's flexing it too, I think so.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Remark
Curtis, I would give you $35 if you post that right now.; If you hit send on that, you got a Venmo coming your way right now.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 08:04
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Ryan, are you a badass on LinkedIn?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Recorded conversation
I'm not yet.; I'm prepared to be though.; So I'm going to get a button down.; I'm going to get a blazer, sleeveless both of them.; Cut off the sleeves for both of them.; The background of my picture is going to be explosion.; And I was just going to insult any potential recruiters, you know, kind of, you know, like; taunt them.; I'm not responding right away.; I'm waiting until like, you know, 55 of those are waiting in my queue to be responded to.
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- Answer qualification: We're going to put, you know, the muscle guns out there.; I'm calm.; I'm trying to really attract corporate America.; I just want to show them that I can handle a tough situation.
- Adjudication: Are you a stripper?; Well, they know you can't handle sleeves.; I mean, you'll be a badass at 55 while you have no job.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Activity premise: It's time for us to show the world how badass we are.
Game / activity
Rank the Box Office ↗
How this one works
Prompt
- I will read off an accurate description of a given movie.
- It's up to the two of you to take that description and determine if it is better or worse than Die Hard.
How it works
- You're welcome to guess what movie it is, but no bonus points will be awarded.
- compare box office performance with Die Hard
Scoring
- Announced movies: 11; Team win threshold: 6; Otherwise winner: presenter
Recorded activity context
I will read off an accurate description of a given movie.; It's up to the two of you to take that description and determine if it is better or worse than Die Hard.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 4 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: VitaliySource excerpt ↗ 1:13:30
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Should we be a team or should we be versus?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:13:41
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
team
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- Answer qualification: I think we should be a team because I don't really know a lot of movies in the 80s.; And I feel like you probably do.; So I would lose.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:24:04
Recorded conversation
It grossed 83 million.; It ranked seven.
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- Winner statement: The best friends triumph.
- Ending or payoff: Absolutely not.; We're never playing it again.
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RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:24:20
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
I haven't been paying attention to numbers.; I don't know anything.
More of this contribution
- Prompt: You want to guess what place it ranked?
- Correct answer: 7
- Result qualification: I got the ranking right.
Follow the round structure (1)
You've got 11 movies coming up.; So if you get six or more, you win.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:14:05
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Arsenio Hall learns the hardships of being poor.
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- Question: Did that do better or worse than Die Hard?
- Correct answer: Coming to America
- Correct response: better
- Result qualification: It's the second best grossing movie.; And this grossed 128 million, if that helps.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:14:11
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
worse
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- Response context: I have no guesses to the movie.; I also don't have a guess to the movie.
- Adjudication verdict: INCORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:14:25
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Do you want to guess where it ranked?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
3
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- Response context: I'm going to say 15.
- Answer qualification: Yeah, in that case, 15 is way too low.; That's probably like three.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:15:09
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
A movie where Kevin Costner gets very mad and occasionally some baseball happens.
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- Response context: Oh, The Rookie.; No, Field of Dreams.; I'm going to say five.
- Correct answer: Bull Durham
- Correct response: worse
- Result qualification: This grossed 50 million in the box office.; It was 15th this year.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:15:39
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
better
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- Adjudication verdict: INCORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:23
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
When a man learns he has an autistic brother, he does the only reasonable thing.; He breaks him out of the psych ward and rushes him to Vegas.
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- Correct answer: Rain Man
- Correct response: worse
- Result qualification: That was 33rd.; It's 33 million.; It's well below.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:32
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Rain Man
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- Classification response: higher
- Answer qualification: You're welcome to guess what movie it is, but no bonus points will be awarded.
- Adjudication verdict: INCORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:16:50
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
A lizard man seeks to prove that greed is good.; A foxy man tries to prove it.
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- Answer qualification: It came out in December 87.
- Correct answer: Wall Street
- Correct response: lower
- Result qualification: It was $39.; It grossed $25 million.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:17:29
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
lower
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- Response context: I think this has to be some kind of a cartoon, right?
- Adjudication verdict: CORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:07
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Bestiality is fine, but murder is not.; One guy seeks to prove his innocence.
More of this contribution
- Correct answer: who framed Roger Rabbit
- Correct response: higher
- Result qualification: It was number one in the box office that year.; 156 million.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:13
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
higher
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- Response context: I feel like that's the Beauty and the Beast, right?; I'm going to say way higher if it's Beauty and the Beast.; It's got to be higher than 15.
- Adjudication verdict: CORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:18:42
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
He's trained to hunt crocodiles, but now he needs to hunt humans.; This movie does not feature Steve Irwin like I thought.
More of this contribution
- Correct answer: Crocodile Dundee 2
- Correct response: higher
- Result qualification: That was fifth in the box office.; 109 million aggrossed.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:19:01
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
worse
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- Response context: I think it's Crocodile Dundeevy.
- Adjudication verdict: INCORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:19:26
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Sly Stallone needs to fight the Soviets in this sun's out, guns out, action-packed film.
More of this contribution
- Correct answer: Rambo 3
- Correct response: lower
- Result qualification: It is the 13th movie.; It's below Die Hard, coming in at 53 million.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:19:32
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
higher
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- Response context: I don't know which one it is, but I'm going to say higher.; I'm inclined to say lower.
- Answer qualification: I'm going to trust my bestest friend in the whole wide world and say higher.
- Adjudication verdict: INCORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:55
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
A woman tries to get with a kid.; She wants to play with him.; He wants to play with toys.
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- Correct answer: big
- Correct response: higher
- Result qualification: That came in at 4.; 114 million in the box office.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:21:00
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
big
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- Classification response: higher
- Adjudication verdict: CORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:21:20
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
This movie is about a guy who makes drinks.
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- Answer qualification: I did a quick Google summary.; I'm not 100% sure what the movie's about, for the record.; I've not seen this one.
- Correct answer: cocktail
- Correct response: lower
- Result qualification: It came in ninth in the box office at 78 million.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:21:24
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
lower
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- Response context: Okay, that's Tom Cruise cocktails.; Yeah, the cocktail one.; I'm thinking higher.; I want to say lower, though.; All right, we'll go with your gut.
- Adjudication verdict: CORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:22:27
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Keenan Ivory Wayans comes home to the ghetto and finds his brother dead from a gold chain overdose.
More of this contribution
- Correct answer: I'm Going to Get You Sucka
- Correct response: lower
- Result qualification: It was lower at 162.; It came in 2 million.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:22:41
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
lower
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- Adjudication verdict: CORRECT
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:23:18
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
What would happen if a man had to take care of a child?; Obviously disaster.; But what would happen if he had some friends?
More of this contribution
- Correct answer: three men and a baby
- Correct response: higher
- Result qualification: It's Obama's the sixth movie.; It grows 90 million.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:23:26
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
higher
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- Response context: Okay, that's three men and a baby.; I want to say lower, but I feel like that was a big movie.; I think we got to go higher.
- Adjudication verdict: CORRECT
Round context
- Winner statement: Gentlemen, you've done it.
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Method: compare box office performance with Die Hard
- Scoring mechanism: Announcedmovies: 11; Teamwinthreshold: 6; Otherwisewinner: presenter
- Final adjudication: The best friends triumph.
Comic bits and episode moments.
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
Source details
- Ending or payoff: That is all the scene by scene breakdown we're doing tonight.; That ended at 57, 55 mark.; If you want to pick back up with us for next episode.
Conversation excerpt
Prompt ↗
What would you have done, Curtis?; Put yourself in John McClane's lack of shoes.
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded exchanges
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
I would have hidden the body somewhere and moved out of my business and trying to get the police over there.
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- Answer qualification: No, I don't need them knowing my information.; I don't need them knowing that I'm there with a machine gun.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 50:13
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
Take a dead body that you just killed and write in its own blood a message for the other team.; Is that a good guy move, or is that a bad guy move?
More of this contribution
- Response context: If you're playing good guy, bad guy, we would all circle good guy on that one.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
I would have guessed bad guy move.
Conversation excerpt
Prompt ↗
Well, so, Curtis, if you're playing a game of good guy, bad guy, and you said, OK, guy; throws guy onto cop car.; Where are you putting that?; The good guy or bad guy field?
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 1 recorded contribution
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Yeah, that's a good guy field, obviously.
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: Clearly a thing a good guy would do.
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
I did not prepare a game for no goddamn reason.
Conversation excerpt
Prompt ↗
Is the original Die Hard a Christmas movie?
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded exchanges
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Chichibu Yomatsuri
More of this contribution
- Classification response: It ain't Christmas.
- Answer qualification: That is a Japanese Festival of Lights held in December.
- Response context: And we've already established that on this podcast that every Die Hard movie belongs to some holiday.; But which holiday does Die Hard 1 belong to?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:25:49
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Prompt
Question / challenge
So even though they literally say it's literally Christmas Day, you're still going with that?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
They never said it was a Christmas party.; They said definitively it was a Chichibu Yomatsuri holiday party.
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
Conversation excerpt
Recorded conversation ↗
Source details
- Response context: I'm just, I'm so used to being a badass.