EPISODE · Mar 12, 2023 · 5 MIN
[PREVIEW] 🎙🧚♀️ #080 - White House Down
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The most attacked government building of 2013 continues its winning streak. This time, the Die Hard allusions even extend to the lead character's name (John [Mc]Cale) and costume design. But the good news is, the 17 years since Independence Day has clearly mellowed Roland Emmerich - now choosing to destroy his target piecemeal with bullets, rockets and arson rather than blow it to smithereens with a single alien particle beam. Discussed in this episode: Rita's 40-second action limit Maggie Gyllenhaal's resting flirt voice Glass front doors. Don't. Old White Man House Down Countries that changed their name for the worse Job interview for the Presidency - go! John Cale: serial hitter-n-quitter Rita's job interview conflict of interest trauma Resumé cake The headache of evenly paying all your terrorist buddies after the mission is completed Die Hard's blonde, brother-mourning Fabio pyschio in a different wrapper "Sir, you need to include this line in your script to wake the audience up" President Ford's swimming shorts self-consciousness costing American taxpayers millions of dollars The army's upper age limit The American flag falling at ten times the speed of Olympus Has Fallen but with equal emotional impact (anything multiplied with zero is still zero) Insulting a beautiful John Smith Obama approved™ Submarine missile launching assholes Spends entire film trying to save daughter from dangerous environment. Ends film by inviting daughter to stay with him in dangerous environment. (if you want to sync it up to the film, we hit PLAY @ 3:41)
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