I said abolish and I fucking meant it
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How do I fix that? I do not know but figuring it out is task 2.4b.
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
How do I fix that? I do not know but figuring it out is task 2.4b.
Also one of the first projects involves finding out what an interior wall of our basement is composed of and I fear very much it's just drywall up against dirt.
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Also one of the first projects involves finding out what an interior wall of our basement is composed of and I fear very much it's just drywall up against dirt.
Narrator voice: It was not, in fact, her last chance.
December 7, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Narrator voice: It was not, in fact, her last chance.
Well in fairness I understood the final part of the plan to be blowing up all the hostages so they'd spend forever sorting out whether the criminals were among the dead smitherines. I'm not, like, Team Bad Guy. I'm just saying they were very professional Bad Guys!
December 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Well in fairness I understood the final part of the plan to be blowing up all the hostages so they'd spend forever sorting out whether the criminals were among the dead smitherines. I'm not, like, Team Bad Guy. I'm just saying they were very professional Bad Guys!
Hell the thing is McClane didn't even have to be a cop, an ex-Marine or something would have fitted the brief just as well.
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Hell the thing is McClane didn't even have to be a cop, an ex-Marine or something would have fitted the brief just as well.
Final thought: Hans had his fucking SHIT together.
The whole gang of criminals was communicating and executing like champs. Even Karl who just lost his BROTHER kept it reined in for quite a long time trying to keep on the mission at hand.
Bad guys. Better at their jobs than the cops.
The whole gang of criminals was communicating and executing like champs. Even Karl who just lost his BROTHER kept it reined in for quite a long time trying to keep on the mission at hand.
Bad guys. Better at their jobs than the cops.
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Final thought: Hans had his fucking SHIT together.
The whole gang of criminals was communicating and executing like champs. Even Karl who just lost his BROTHER kept it reined in for quite a long time trying to keep on the mission at hand.
Bad guys. Better at their jobs than the cops.
The whole gang of criminals was communicating and executing like champs. Even Karl who just lost his BROTHER kept it reined in for quite a long time trying to keep on the mission at hand.
Bad guys. Better at their jobs than the cops.
Also Argyle, who is the only person in the whole movie who manages to subdue any of the criminals without killing them. Big ups to Argyle.
Anyway this is not a cop movie but it is a delightful romp and I will watch it again cheerfully.
Anyway this is not a cop movie but it is a delightful romp and I will watch it again cheerfully.
December 6, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Also Argyle, who is the only person in the whole movie who manages to subdue any of the criminals without killing them. Big ups to Argyle.
Anyway this is not a cop movie but it is a delightful romp and I will watch it again cheerfully.
Anyway this is not a cop movie but it is a delightful romp and I will watch it again cheerfully.
The person most useful to McClane in all of this is Holly, who is a unique take on the whole damsel situation in that her smartest possible move is to shut up and lay low, which she does IMPECCABLY even when it is very, very hard and has huge stakes. Amazing work, Holly.
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The person most useful to McClane in all of this is Holly, who is a unique take on the whole damsel situation in that her smartest possible move is to shut up and lay low, which she does IMPECCABLY even when it is very, very hard and has huge stakes. Amazing work, Holly.
Also like. Again. I love Powell. He's great. But by his own admission he killed a 13 year old kid and that's why he's a desk jockey.
Not fired. Not on leave. Not in jail. Just like. Doesn't want to pull his gun.
Because of what he calls a "mistake."
ACAB all day every day baybee.
Not fired. Not on leave. Not in jail. Just like. Doesn't want to pull his gun.
Because of what he calls a "mistake."
ACAB all day every day baybee.
December 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Also like. Again. I love Powell. He's great. But by his own admission he killed a 13 year old kid and that's why he's a desk jockey.
Not fired. Not on leave. Not in jail. Just like. Doesn't want to pull his gun.
Because of what he calls a "mistake."
ACAB all day every day baybee.
Not fired. Not on leave. Not in jail. Just like. Doesn't want to pull his gun.
Because of what he calls a "mistake."
ACAB all day every day baybee.
And the FBI nearly nukes absolutely every hostage, and the cops don't even manage to notice the stray terrorist who comes out of the building still alive and no one stops him? In the biggest crowd of cops that has ever been seen, in a wide open plaza?
December 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
And the FBI nearly nukes absolutely every hostage, and the cops don't even manage to notice the stray terrorist who comes out of the building still alive and no one stops him? In the biggest crowd of cops that has ever been seen, in a wide open plaza?
"Hey so I know you risked your life to tell us this terrorist attack was happening and I STILL think you're fucking with us and I have done nothing but endanger everyone in this situation but it's YOUR fault this dumb Chad who clearly made a very bad decision is dead." Like come on.
December 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Hey so I know you risked your life to tell us this terrorist attack was happening and I STILL think you're fucking with us and I have done nothing but endanger everyone in this situation but it's YOUR fault this dumb Chad who clearly made a very bad decision is dead." Like come on.
The deputy chief gets briefly mad at McClane when one hostage dies because hypothetically McClane could have saved the hostage if he'd given himself up to the bad guys? Even though that's clearly a bad plan?
Oh and also even after he ignored McClane ALERTING COPS TO THIS WHOLE SITUATION?
Oh and also even after he ignored McClane ALERTING COPS TO THIS WHOLE SITUATION?
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The deputy chief gets briefly mad at McClane when one hostage dies because hypothetically McClane could have saved the hostage if he'd given himself up to the bad guys? Even though that's clearly a bad plan?
Oh and also even after he ignored McClane ALERTING COPS TO THIS WHOLE SITUATION?
Oh and also even after he ignored McClane ALERTING COPS TO THIS WHOLE SITUATION?
And at some point some guys in the FBI show up who also are terrible at this and want to blow everyone up even if all the hostages get hurt?
No one in either the cop or FBI camps could give one tiny fuck about these hostages btw, no one even tries to make a plan to rescue them.
No one in either the cop or FBI camps could give one tiny fuck about these hostages btw, no one even tries to make a plan to rescue them.
December 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
And at some point some guys in the FBI show up who also are terrible at this and want to blow everyone up even if all the hostages get hurt?
No one in either the cop or FBI camps could give one tiny fuck about these hostages btw, no one even tries to make a plan to rescue them.
No one in either the cop or FBI camps could give one tiny fuck about these hostages btw, no one even tries to make a plan to rescue them.
Obviously all these cops get shot at, so the deputy chief wants them called back.
So we have a FOURTH jabroni in the cop camp who also sucks at his job who won't pull them back??? Even though there is nothing to be gained by them continuing to pick a door lock because the glass fronts are shot?
So we have a FOURTH jabroni in the cop camp who also sucks at his job who won't pull them back??? Even though there is nothing to be gained by them continuing to pick a door lock because the glass fronts are shot?
December 6, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Obviously all these cops get shot at, so the deputy chief wants them called back.
So we have a FOURTH jabroni in the cop camp who also sucks at his job who won't pull them back??? Even though there is nothing to be gained by them continuing to pick a door lock because the glass fronts are shot?
So we have a FOURTH jabroni in the cop camp who also sucks at his job who won't pull them back??? Even though there is nothing to be gained by them continuing to pick a door lock because the glass fronts are shot?
And BECAUSE the deputy chief thinks the terrorist thing is a prank and the body is probably an unrelated depressed executive committing suicide -
He sends all his cops real close to the building to check out ... I guess the hoax? To cover a burglary? Unclear, but good, let's send all cops close.
He sends all his cops real close to the building to check out ... I guess the hoax? To cover a burglary? Unclear, but good, let's send all cops close.
December 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
And BECAUSE the deputy chief thinks the terrorist thing is a prank and the body is probably an unrelated depressed executive committing suicide -
He sends all his cops real close to the building to check out ... I guess the hoax? To cover a burglary? Unclear, but good, let's send all cops close.
He sends all his cops real close to the building to check out ... I guess the hoax? To cover a burglary? Unclear, but good, let's send all cops close.
Speaking of: our deputy police chief arrives at a building where we have the following pieces of information:
Someone has called in a detailed terrorist threat.
A body was flung out of a windoq and is splatted on the curb.
And this genius is like "those two things are probably unrelated."
Someone has called in a detailed terrorist threat.
A body was flung out of a windoq and is splatted on the curb.
And this genius is like "those two things are probably unrelated."
December 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Speaking of: our deputy police chief arrives at a building where we have the following pieces of information:
Someone has called in a detailed terrorist threat.
A body was flung out of a windoq and is splatted on the curb.
And this genius is like "those two things are probably unrelated."
Someone has called in a detailed terrorist threat.
A body was flung out of a windoq and is splatted on the curb.
And this genius is like "those two things are probably unrelated."
And listen I have a heart, I enjoy the camaraderie and brotherhood between Powell and McClane very much, it's sweet as hell.
But ya boy Powell continues to be pretty useless out there. All he's doing is chatting on the radio and occasionally being like "but sir, don't - ah dang you already did."
But ya boy Powell continues to be pretty useless out there. All he's doing is chatting on the radio and occasionally being like "but sir, don't - ah dang you already did."
December 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
And listen I have a heart, I enjoy the camaraderie and brotherhood between Powell and McClane very much, it's sweet as hell.
But ya boy Powell continues to be pretty useless out there. All he's doing is chatting on the radio and occasionally being like "but sir, don't - ah dang you already did."
But ya boy Powell continues to be pretty useless out there. All he's doing is chatting on the radio and occasionally being like "but sir, don't - ah dang you already did."
Sgt Powell could hardly be less perfunctory about his investigation of the building, and he even has a moment where we see him think "should I look into it more thoroughly? Nahhhh fuck it I wanna go home."
I know he gets involved when a dead body hits him but hell, who wouldn't.
I know he gets involved when a dead body hits him but hell, who wouldn't.
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sgt Powell could hardly be less perfunctory about his investigation of the building, and he even has a moment where we see him think "should I look into it more thoroughly? Nahhhh fuck it I wanna go home."
I know he gets involved when a dead body hits him but hell, who wouldn't.
I know he gets involved when a dead body hits him but hell, who wouldn't.
I know McClane is a cop and also being a badass throughout, so far so good, I get why cops enjoy that.
But he manages to radio the police for help and the cop on the phone is like "sir please stop prank calling" when he's out here calling in a literal hostage/terrorism combo.
But he manages to radio the police for help and the cop on the phone is like "sir please stop prank calling" when he's out here calling in a literal hostage/terrorism combo.
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I know McClane is a cop and also being a badass throughout, so far so good, I get why cops enjoy that.
But he manages to radio the police for help and the cop on the phone is like "sir please stop prank calling" when he's out here calling in a literal hostage/terrorism combo.
But he manages to radio the police for help and the cop on the phone is like "sir please stop prank calling" when he's out here calling in a literal hostage/terrorism combo.
Thank you so much!
December 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thank you so much!