Awesome Die Hard

It’s not even Halloween yet, so obviously, it’s time to start planning for Christmas. What better way to count down the days than with Hans Gruber falling from Nakatomi Plaza? Leatherhead Laser Work created this hilarious wood advent calendar of Die Hard’s baddie meeting his maker. There’s also a Midnight Edition.

Or more like DieHard is back, as in the car battery. Advance Auto Parts enlisted the help of Bruce Willis to promote DieHard batteries, returning to his role as John McClane and taking on old and new enemies along the way. Bonus points for the return of Argyle.

“John fled from Karl and Hans but alas! He had to run barefoot over sharp, broken glass.” Celebrate a great holiday classic with Doogie Horner and J.J. Harrison’s illustrated version of Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman’s 1988 action flick, done up in a sort of Golden Books style.

Yipee-Ki-Yay! It’s a board game inspired by the 1988 Bruce Willis action classic Die Hard. Players assume the roles of thieves or John McClane as they face off on three floors of Nakatomi Plaza. The bad guys work together to hack the vault and take down their vigilante stalker, while a solo McClane tries to get to Hans Gruber.

We already have Die Hard on our annual Christmas viewing list, but if you don’t, this official trailer that 20th Century Fox just dropped should convince you that it belongs there, right alongside A Christmas Story, Home Alone, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Elf.

(PG-13: Language) Eclectic Method’s latest remix reminds us that Die Hard is truly required viewing each holiday season, right there alongside A Christmas Story, another movie in which one of the protagonist’s main objectives is acquiring firearms despite the odds.

Take of your shoes, make fists with your toes, and curl up with a nice book with this hilarious official Die Hard coloring book. It’s got 80 pages of Nakatomi tower goodness for your to color in, along with classic scenes and quotes from everyone’s favorite Christmas flick.

The Onion film critic Peter K. Rosenthal looks back at one of our all-time favorite Christmas movies, and contemplates what wonders the employees of the Nakatomi Corporation missed out on when their office Christmas party was rudely interrupted by an exceptional thief.

The ultimate Die Hard collection packaged in a scale model of Nakatomi Plaza. The six disc Blu-Ray set includes all five films, the Decoding Die Hard bonus disc, and villain cards. Pre-order at SDCC booth 4229 or from FOXConnect now.

Screen Junkies brought in a physician for their expert medical advice on what fates John McClane would have suffered if Die Hard realistically portrayed his injuries on screen – and how many lives he would have needed to survive.

(NSFW: Language) Jon and Al Kaplan’s latest musical scores more points for its impression of Alan Rickman’s accent in the orignal Die Hard than for its melody. Stick around for a special bonus.

John McClane travels to Russia to find his son John, who seems to be in bad company. But the two generically-named McClanes end up forming an impromptu tag team in A Good Day To Die Hard.

After the last Die Hard movie, we’re not really sure we need another, especially from the guy behind Max Payne. Still, it’s tough to resist John McClane, RPGs, Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, and no Justin Long.