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Tuesday, November 8th, 2011

fullygoldy: McClane & Matt in profile (Live Free or Die Hard)

Back on Oct 1, I listed out the fandoms I'm reading without knowing the canon.  There were 7 listed with zero exposure, 1 with half an episode, and 1 I had started reading at the begining of it's fandom, and finally started watching when the first season/series was nearly complete.  I tagged the entry with 2 others that for some reason didn't make it into the original post. So that made 10 fandoms without a basis in canon.

Last night I finally saw Live Free or Die Hard.  It's only been out since 2007, and I started reading the fic thanks to Nestra and Shrift and their Polyamorous Recs.  Some solid authors have written in this small fandom, and I enjoy it alot.

So, comments on the movie:
1) I saw it on FX and they have too many (naturally), too long commercial breaks. bleh.
2) I missed the first 10 min, but the next 5 resolved the "Daisy Duke" moniker issue - I always thought John calling Matt "daisy" in fic was just shorthand for him being an ass.
3) I missed (if it was there) the basis for Matt's Red Bull addiction so I still don't know if it's canon or fanon.
4) My favorite bit: "Did you see that?!" "Did I see it? I DID it!"
5) John's bad habits wearing off onto Matt (he tries to throw a punch, he smart-mouths the bad guys with the guns, etc) are love
6) Lucy is tough ("Daddy? ... There are only 5 of them now.") What I thought was dumb though, was John and Matt are sporting scrapes, scratches and bloodstains from the first action scene.  Lucy gets smacked around more than once and never has a bloody nose, split lip or even a bruised cheekbone.  Can't let the girl look mussed up, eh Hollywood?
7) The "dog fight" between the fighter jet and the semi? Utter bullshit.  It only would have been worse if McClane had jumped into the jet and landed it after the pilot ejected.
8) This was fairly early, which surprised me, I finally got to see John throw the car at a helicopter (#4) which gets referenced in most of the fics.  I figured it would be in the climactic fight scene.
9) Lucy is a brunette! In my mind she has always been blonde.  I thought maybe I was mixing her up with the daughter in 24, but no, wrong face. So it's going to bug me until I figure out who I was picturing as Lucy.

AAAAND, I've been reading Tony Stark/Steve Rogers fic, so I don't think I'm actually making headway on abolishing my canon-less reading list. *facepalm*