Showbits » Justin Long http://www.showbits.net A blog of news, reviews, commentary, and quirks from Hollywood and Broadway, with a focus on quirky, geeky stuff like Star Wars, Star Trek, and superheroes. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:23:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Showbitshttp://www.showbits.net/wp-content/uploads/twitter-icon.jpghttp://www.showbits.net7373Showbits - http://www.showbits.net Security Goes to the Movies http://www.showbits.net/2007/07/04/die-hard-4-review/ http://www.showbits.net/2007/07/04/die-hard-4-review/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2007 12:59:22 +0000 Ken Gagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/07/04/die-hard-4-review/ Happy Fourth of July! Celebrate America's independence with my review of Live Free or Die Hard, currently playing at Computerworld.com.

When I gave my final draft to my editor, Angela Gunn, I expected her to contribute her extensive knowledge of computer security into an article that blended our respective opinions into a cohesive, individual voice. The end result was, in fact, two distinct voices — and is far more entertaining than anything I envisioned. Unfortunately, Computerworld.com was swamped with iPhone coverage last week, shoving peripheral articles such as this one to the wayside. It finally got published in time for the holiday movie-going crowd to appreciate.

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]]> http://www.showbits.net/2007/07/04/die-hard-4-review/feed/ 6 Die Harderer http://www.showbits.net/2007/05/09/die-hard-4/ http://www.showbits.net/2007/05/09/die-hard-4/#comments Wed, 09 May 2007 17:47:50 +0000 Ken Gagne http://www.showbits.net/2007/05/09/die-hard-4/ Die Hard 4 — officially known as Live Free or Die Hard — comes out June 27th, heralding John McClane's escape from retirement for the special occasion of fighting Internet terrorists. His sidekick — who, for the first time in the franchise's history, is not black — is Justin Long, the television commercial personification of Apple's Macintosh.

Is it just me, or do yesterday's actors not know when to call it quits? Not only is Harrison Ford a worrisome casting choice for an aging Indiana Jones, but Bruce Willis now seems better suited to the suspense of The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable than he does the barefooted action hero of two decades ago.

With Bruce Willis in the spotlight, Die Hard might not be able to survive as in the action genre. Perhaps something tamer would be more up his alley — such as the following holiday special?

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