Talk:John McClane

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Contents 1 New York Accent 2 Die Hard 5... 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Live Free or Die Hard.jpg 4 Social Security (he's not from New York) 5 Hyperplasmia bit 6 boo1210 7 Family 8 Re-added relevant material

[edit] New York Accent

He has one in the first one, but by the last one it has completely diminished.--76.173.248.173 23:10, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Die Hard 5...

If they do make one, I think they should include John's son. It might be a little odd, since john's son's a junior, but hey, why not? Son of Jadoja 13:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Live Free or Die Hard.jpg

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[edit] Social Security (he's not from New York)

I don't want to come across as one of those die hards (fnerr fnerr), but on a whim I paused a frame from Die Hard 4.0 and noted that his social security number was 380-42-661

the 380 prefix denotes Wisconsin, not New York.

Was tempted to write that in, but since I've only seen bits of the other movies, wouldn't want to contradict something that's explicitly scripted. In case anyone cares, though - the information is here —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.242.138.93 (talk) 14:27, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

BetacommandBot 03:56, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hyperplasmia bit

Is this for real? I don't recall this ever being mentioned in the series. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.63.189.112 (talk) 20:23, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

-Agreed. I'm going to take it down until it's verified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.242.174.185 (talk) 13:30, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] boo1210

he is from New York, Goddamn it!! Fuck you!! boo1210 00:09, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Family

In the first film, he makes mention of a sister. Should that be included in the "family" section, or is there just not enough information to warrant inclusion? - Cubs Fan (talk) 09:12, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re-added relevant material

I've re-added accurate descriptive material about the character, which includes descriptions of events that actually occur within the film. Please leave this, as it not only is useful in describing McClane's approach, but also as I said relies on events from the film to support its' observations. If one of the collaborative authors requires source citations, please advise on the mechanism used to claim citation from the films themselves, as that is the source.

Petrus4 (talk) 01:56, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

It's written in a style resembling that of a magazine article, with really peacock terms like "magniture greater" "recently outdone" as well as originally observing how he fights his enemies (outside of the box thinking). I don't know how to write it in a non-NOR style, but this is way over the top and I tried to kill all of it when I came back to his article. I'm removing and will try to rewrite it in the future. hbdragon88 (talk) 18:36, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules

Are you at all familiar with this? ;-) I'm not saying for one moment that it should apply in every case; but given that passage's factual accuracy, despite its' "tone," is this not a single instance in which we can perhaps be a little liberal in the interpretation of policy?

Petrus4 (talk) 22:17, 10 May 2008 (UTC)