Bruce Willis Wants To Do a Die Hard Prequel
With all of these damn sequels coming out in theatres lately, it seems that the only thing they do is help to spawn even more sequels. It’s getting to be a cycle of self-propagating crap as far as I’m concerned. Once a movie gets a sequel, the general public is only interested in finding out when the next one will be out… and then the one after that. Case in point: a recent interview with Bruce Willis in the virtual landscape known as Second Life, where he let loose the earth-shattering news that OMG! he’s actually interested in possibly doing a Die Hard 5. “I would definitely consider doing Die Hard 5. I would consider doing it anywhere.” Did you hear that? He said he’d consider doing another Die Hard!!!
Willis then went on to say that a Die Hard prequel was something he’d be interested in. “There was a time when one of the ideas of doing another Die Hard was doing the prequel, John McClane: The Early Years. I think I’ve kind of missed that window now unless they come up with some kind of new technology where they can smooth out these wrinkles that I have on my face. But I would do it. I think that I could act it. It’s just a matter of how I look.” Oh god, please don’t tell me they’re going to use the weird make-up effects they used on Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen for the flashback in X-Men: The Last Stand. At any rate, I’m sure the box office numbers will ultimately determine the fate of the Die Hard franchise from here on in. The only thing I’m surprised about is the fact that no one asked him if Die Hard 5 would be rated PG-13.
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I don’t know about a prequel, but as far as I’m concerned Die Hard is one of those franchises that could just keep going. It’s no different than James Bond in my eyes. You’ve got a hero and you can pit him against any number of foes and situations you like. A lot of people complain that too many sequels are being made, but I say that if you find something that people like, why not keep making more? Why is there some cosmic rule that says a series has to stop at two or three? It’s just like comic books, television shows, or a series of novels in my eyes. They can continue on forever as long as people enjoy them and someone is willing to make them. There are series that I would like to see end merely because I don’t like them, but if other people do like them, why not keep making more? It’s the people who like something but don’t want to see anymore of it that really boggle my mind. A good example is Spiderman. I know people who like the Spiderman films but feel that they should stop at three. I want to know why. If Tobey Maguire and Sam Raimi want to leave the series, get a new actor and a new director. People will argue to the ends of the Earth that you can’t make movies without the original actors/directors, but all I have to say to them is “James Bond”. Sure, my favorite Bond is still the original (Connery), but that doesn’t mean that I haven’t enjoyed many of the later films.
Sorry I got off on a bit of a tangent there, but my basic point is, don’t stop a series just because there’s already been a few installments. If Willis and co. want to do more Die Hards, I’m all for it. I’m somewhat against a prequel because Willis is a bit old to pull that off, but if they wanted to say choose a younger actor to portray John McClane, I say go for it.
Posted by Rian on June 21st, 2007You bring up a good point, I guess what I find stupid is the fact that people haven’t even seen Die Hard 4 and yet they already want part 5. Let’s take it one movie at a time!
I do wonder if there is a limit to how far most franchises can go though. Like how long does it take before people get tired of a character? I guess there are some that can go on forever. The problem you usually find is that actors often don’t want to commit to more than 3 movies. Bond is of course the exception… it seems the only way a franchise can survive is for it to transfer well to other actors. I’ll be interested to see if any of the comic book franchises continue beyond a 3rd or 4th movie in the next few years.
Posted by Sean on June 21st, 2007Batman is a good example of a movie series that has been somewhat successful with multiple actors/directors, without any end in site. I would argue that the only good one is the Christopher Nolan film, but that’s just my opinion. I am totally ok with more Die Hard movies, as long as this new one is good. I also agree with Sean, in that it may be a little (or a lot) too soon to talk about it though.
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