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Design a Die Hard action star

The hosts design action stars, describing their names, appearance, attitudes and ideal situations.

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Game / activity

Design a Die Hard action star

Source excerpt ↗ 1:08:59

How this one works

Prompt
  1. The key things I want to hear from you guys is what is the name of your action star?
  2. What do they look like?
  3. What's their attitude?
  4. And most importantly, what's the situation that they would thrive in?
How it works
  1. So for this game, we will assume John, Jack and John's daughter have all passed on with
  2. no kids.
  3. So you don't have the McClane bloodline to work with.
  4. We can rate it.
  5. Do you want to give that a thumbs up?
  6. 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?

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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?

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.

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  • Answer qualification: M-C-L-I-N.; That's a capital L.

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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.

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  • 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.

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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.

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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

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Action
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  • 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.

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  • 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?

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Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:20:04

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Action

Sure.

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  • 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.

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  • Adjudication verdict: enthusiastic series endorsement
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  • 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?