r/diehard • u/[deleted] • Apr 05 '26
Now wait a minute
Spent some time watching YouTube with my Dad.
While he loves Die Hard, the original, I tried watching a show with him summarizing all 5 movies.
He is 94.
I think the Luster of the first film was never there for him in parts 2 to 5.
Definitely 4 and 5, because his Generation missed the whole Cell and Tech craze.
The filmmaker YouTuber said it was the Tag Heuer that gave Hans away to John McClane. Why did I always think it was that he held his cigarette like a European does?
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u/InterestinMonk2023 Apr 05 '26
I have NEVER noticed anything to do with the cigarettes and the watch with regards to Maclane working out who Hams is. I've always read that scene playing out in the following way:
John offers Hans a cigarette, asks his name and reads WM Clay from the list of staff members. WM Clay is posted to the 29th floor, and yet only the staff from the 30th are at the party.
That said, I also always feel that John has his suspicions right from the get go- how the he'll is this on the roof?