Dec 14, 2022
Now I have a machine gun.
Ho-ho-ho. On this special holiday episode of Podouken we take an
in-depth look at not just a Christmas movie, but THE Christmas
movie - Die Hard (and the very literal arcade game by
Sega).
How
did this film based on a book that was written as a sequel to a
Frank Sinatra film turn into a holiday classic? What led Golden
Axe’s creator to use Die Hard to revive the beat ‘em up genre? Is
it true one of the hosts had never seen this movie before this
episode? How did a defector ballet dancer turn into one of the
biggest badasses in cinema?
So listen, bubbe, as we talk about a dynamite detective, try to buy some Star Wars laser dicks, uncover the true love story in Die Hard, give really bad Alan Rickman impersonations, and try to stifle a raging Wolf Hongo.