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Die Hard 2: Terror Storm
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Faneditor Name:
Original Movie/Show Title:
Genre:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
1990
Original Running Time:
124 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
107 minutes
Time Cut:
17 minutes
Additional Links:
Synopsis:
This edit trims the fat to tighten up the dialog and remove silly over-the-top moments that hurt the film. The most noticeable change is the complete removal of the Dick Thornberg reporter character from the film.
Intention:
I have always enjoyed this film but it was my least favorite of the original trilogy. This edit trims the fat to tighten up the dialog and remove silly over-the-top moments that hurt the film. The most noticeable change is the complete removal of the Dick Thornberg reporter character from the film. Otherwise its just minor tweaks throughout to bring the film more in line with the other entries in the series (mainly 1 and 3).
Special Thanks:
Special thanks to Boon23, Lewis886 & JasonN for answering my never ending editing/authoring questions!
Release Information:
- DVD
- Digital
Cuts and Additions:
The Changes: !!!-Includes Spoilers-!!!
Intro credits altered to include subtitle “Terror Storm”
Removed close up of exploding hairspray can in baggage shootout
Removed McClane line(s) “what is this, a tag team?”
“…on its way to cleveland”
Removed all Dick Thornberg scenes
Tightened up control tower dialog
Removed McClane line(s) “…this is just the beginning”
“how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice”
Removed Barnes line “…who will watch yours”
Removed Robert Patrick hesitation to kill barnes (its like he waiting for McClane to shoot him???)
Tone down Annex Skywalk shootout – removed McClanes lack of cover usage and toned down his magical never-ending clip of 9mm bullets
Removed thug line “I’m gonna kick your ass”
Added scene of crowds rioting/panicking in airport after first plane crash. Now we get the impression the civilians are fearful from all the explosions/shooting/etc going on at the airport
Toned down Esperanza’s plane coming at McClane while he is coming out of storm grate – now we get the implication that the plane is moving faster and might actually hit him rather than the “slow tire” coming at him at 30 mi/hr.
Toned down/sped up grenades in cockpit scene. in the original the grenades take almost 30 seconds to explode. Now McClane immediately gets in the chair and ejects this way the scene plays out more realistically IMO… even though the grenades still take too long (15 seconds).
Removed McClane line “wheres the fuckin door” when he is tangled in parachute
Removed close-ups of mercs swapping their red “live ammo” for blue “blanks”. this was way too obvious and its show again when McClane discovers it. Now we discover it around the same time as McClane.
Remove McClane jumping 18 wheeler on Snow Mobile – why was this even filmed? its like a 2 second clip and arent they are out in the woods???
Removed Major Grant talking to Col. Stuart on radio “check your own fuckin plane”
Removed Thornberg Newscast/Tazer Shock/Etc.
End Credits altered to include me :smile: and add “terror storm” subtitle
Intro credits altered to include subtitle “Terror Storm”
Removed close up of exploding hairspray can in baggage shootout
Removed McClane line(s) “what is this, a tag team?”
“…on its way to cleveland”
Removed all Dick Thornberg scenes
Tightened up control tower dialog
Removed McClane line(s) “…this is just the beginning”
“how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice”
Removed Barnes line “…who will watch yours”
Removed Robert Patrick hesitation to kill barnes (its like he waiting for McClane to shoot him???)
Tone down Annex Skywalk shootout – removed McClanes lack of cover usage and toned down his magical never-ending clip of 9mm bullets
Removed thug line “I’m gonna kick your ass”
Added scene of crowds rioting/panicking in airport after first plane crash. Now we get the impression the civilians are fearful from all the explosions/shooting/etc going on at the airport
Toned down Esperanza’s plane coming at McClane while he is coming out of storm grate – now we get the implication that the plane is moving faster and might actually hit him rather than the “slow tire” coming at him at 30 mi/hr.
Toned down/sped up grenades in cockpit scene. in the original the grenades take almost 30 seconds to explode. Now McClane immediately gets in the chair and ejects this way the scene plays out more realistically IMO… even though the grenades still take too long (15 seconds).
Removed McClane line “wheres the fuckin door” when he is tangled in parachute
Removed close-ups of mercs swapping their red “live ammo” for blue “blanks”. this was way too obvious and its show again when McClane discovers it. Now we discover it around the same time as McClane.
Remove McClane jumping 18 wheeler on Snow Mobile – why was this even filmed? its like a 2 second clip and arent they are out in the woods???
Removed Major Grant talking to Col. Stuart on radio “check your own fuckin plane”
Removed Thornberg Newscast/Tazer Shock/Etc.
End Credits altered to include me :smile: and add “terror storm” subtitle
Faneditor Name:
Original Movie/Show Title:
Genre:
Fanedit Type:
Original Release Date:
1990
Original Running Time:
124 minutes
Fanedit Release Date:
Fanedit Running Time:
107 minutes
Time Cut:
17 minutes
Additional Links:
Synopsis:
This edit trims the fat to tighten up the dialog and remove silly over-the-top moments that hurt the film. The most noticeable change is the complete removal of the Dick Thornberg reporter character from the film.
Intention:
I have always enjoyed this film but it was my least favorite of the original trilogy. This edit trims the fat to tighten up the dialog and remove silly over-the-top moments that hurt the film. The most noticeable change is the complete removal of the Dick Thornberg reporter character from the film. Otherwise its just minor tweaks throughout to bring the film more in line with the other entries in the series (mainly 1 and 3).
Special Thanks:
Special thanks to Boon23, Lewis886 & JasonN for answering my never ending editing/authoring questions!
Release Information:
- DVD
- Digital
Cuts and Additions:
The Changes: !!!-Includes Spoilers-!!!
Intro credits altered to include subtitle “Terror Storm”
Removed close up of exploding hairspray can in baggage shootout
Removed McClane line(s) “what is this, a tag team?”
“…on its way to cleveland”
Removed all Dick Thornberg scenes
Tightened up control tower dialog
Removed McClane line(s) “…this is just the beginning”
“how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice”
Removed Barnes line “…who will watch yours”
Removed Robert Patrick hesitation to kill barnes (its like he waiting for McClane to shoot him???)
Tone down Annex Skywalk shootout – removed McClanes lack of cover usage and toned down his magical never-ending clip of 9mm bullets
Removed thug line “I’m gonna kick your ass”
Added scene of crowds rioting/panicking in airport after first plane crash. Now we get the impression the civilians are fearful from all the explosions/shooting/etc going on at the airport
Toned down Esperanza’s plane coming at McClane while he is coming out of storm grate – now we get the implication that the plane is moving faster and might actually hit him rather than the “slow tire” coming at him at 30 mi/hr.
Toned down/sped up grenades in cockpit scene. in the original the grenades take almost 30 seconds to explode. Now McClane immediately gets in the chair and ejects this way the scene plays out more realistically IMO… even though the grenades still take too long (15 seconds).
Removed McClane line “wheres the fuckin door” when he is tangled in parachute
Removed close-ups of mercs swapping their red “live ammo” for blue “blanks”. this was way too obvious and its show again when McClane discovers it. Now we discover it around the same time as McClane.
Remove McClane jumping 18 wheeler on Snow Mobile – why was this even filmed? its like a 2 second clip and arent they are out in the woods???
Removed Major Grant talking to Col. Stuart on radio “check your own fuckin plane”
Removed Thornberg Newscast/Tazer Shock/Etc.
End Credits altered to include me :smile: and add “terror storm” subtitle
Intro credits altered to include subtitle “Terror Storm”
Removed close up of exploding hairspray can in baggage shootout
Removed McClane line(s) “what is this, a tag team?”
“…on its way to cleveland”
Removed all Dick Thornberg scenes
Tightened up control tower dialog
Removed McClane line(s) “…this is just the beginning”
“how can the same thing happen to the same guy twice”
Removed Barnes line “…who will watch yours”
Removed Robert Patrick hesitation to kill barnes (its like he waiting for McClane to shoot him???)
Tone down Annex Skywalk shootout – removed McClanes lack of cover usage and toned down his magical never-ending clip of 9mm bullets
Removed thug line “I’m gonna kick your ass”
Added scene of crowds rioting/panicking in airport after first plane crash. Now we get the impression the civilians are fearful from all the explosions/shooting/etc going on at the airport
Toned down Esperanza’s plane coming at McClane while he is coming out of storm grate – now we get the implication that the plane is moving faster and might actually hit him rather than the “slow tire” coming at him at 30 mi/hr.
Toned down/sped up grenades in cockpit scene. in the original the grenades take almost 30 seconds to explode. Now McClane immediately gets in the chair and ejects this way the scene plays out more realistically IMO… even though the grenades still take too long (15 seconds).
Removed McClane line “wheres the fuckin door” when he is tangled in parachute
Removed close-ups of mercs swapping their red “live ammo” for blue “blanks”. this was way too obvious and its show again when McClane discovers it. Now we discover it around the same time as McClane.
Remove McClane jumping 18 wheeler on Snow Mobile – why was this even filmed? its like a 2 second clip and arent they are out in the woods???
Removed Major Grant talking to Col. Stuart on radio “check your own fuckin plane”
Removed Thornberg Newscast/Tazer Shock/Etc.
End Credits altered to include me :smile: and add “terror storm” subtitle
Trusted Reviewer reviews
2 reviews
(Updated: August 30, 2013)
Overall rating
9.2
Audio/Video Quality
8.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
9.0
Enjoyment
9.0
September 26, 2011
Damn, this was a good edit!
Audio/Visual Quality – 8
Editing – 10
Narrative - 9
Enjoyment – 9 (Versus a 5 for the original Die Hard 2)
Damn, this was a good edit!
Audio/Visual Quality – 8
Editing – 10
Narrative - 9
Enjoyment – 9 (Versus a 5 for the original Die Hard 2)
User Review
Do you recommend this edit?
Yes
Format Watched
DVD
(Updated: August 30, 2012)
Overall rating
9.9
Audio/Video Quality
10.0
Audio Editing
10.0
Visual Editing
10.0
Narrative
N/A
Enjoyment
7.0
April 13, 2009
Its been a long time since watching Die Hard 2 prior to this edit. It probably wasnt long after the movie was released. I remember enjoying the film for the most part, but didn’t really remember much, aside from some scenes that were memorable to me for some reason (throat slashing in truck, icicle in the eye & magazines full of blanks). I was pretty excited to watch this edit, with no expectations. After I started the DVD, the movie stylings of the late 80s and early 90s started to rush back to me. I could tell, why I didn’t remember the movie that well.
The editing here was VERY well done. No hard cuts whatsoever, and I could not tell that this had been fanedited (especially since I have not seen the movie in a while). The removal of William Atherton’s character was a great move. I would have liked to have seen a few more cheezy lines gone. Especially from Denis Franz’s character, and the janitor guy, but all in all, great job in toning down some cheese, and tightening it up.
Editing: 10 of 10
Entertainment: 7 of 10 (and after realizing what has been removed, I would probably rate the original a 5 or 6 now. So while this is still no masterpiece, its a fun action crime flick. For those of you that are really into this genre, you will get a big kick out of it)
Image & Video Quality
Image quality was great. The additions to the credits were really nice too, and it looked like they were a part of the original
Video Quality: 10 of 10
Audio Editing & Audio Quality
It was seamless to me. I could not hear any hard cuts at all, and it sounded fine on my system (which is just a stereo system, so I never get too anal about surround).
Audio Quality: 10 of 10
Audio Editing: 10 of 10
Presentation
Cool DVD. It comes with menu transitions, and animated menus. Nice work. We also get another elbarto1 DVD cover. No DVD extras, but everything else was great
Presentation: 9 of 10
Final Result: 9 of 10 for me
A cool watch for me, and I could not tell at all that this was a fanedit. So, as I mentioned above, as this is still no masterpiece, I think it is really well done, and it is an improvement over the original. I will happily watch elbarto1′s fanedits in the future :)
Its been a long time since watching Die Hard 2 prior to this edit. It probably wasnt long after the movie was released. I remember enjoying the film for the most part, but didn’t really remember much, aside from some scenes that were memorable to me for some reason (throat slashing in truck, icicle in the eye & magazines full of blanks). I was pretty excited to watch this edit, with no expectations. After I started the DVD, the movie stylings of the late 80s and early 90s started to rush back to me. I could tell, why I didn’t remember the movie that well.
The editing here was VERY well done. No hard cuts whatsoever, and I could not tell that this had been fanedited (especially since I have not seen the movie in a while). The removal of William Atherton’s character was a great move. I would have liked to have seen a few more cheezy lines gone. Especially from Denis Franz’s character, and the janitor guy, but all in all, great job in toning down some cheese, and tightening it up.
Editing: 10 of 10
Entertainment: 7 of 10 (and after realizing what has been removed, I would probably rate the original a 5 or 6 now. So while this is still no masterpiece, its a fun action crime flick. For those of you that are really into this genre, you will get a big kick out of it)
Image & Video Quality
Image quality was great. The additions to the credits were really nice too, and it looked like they were a part of the original
Video Quality: 10 of 10
Audio Editing & Audio Quality
It was seamless to me. I could not hear any hard cuts at all, and it sounded fine on my system (which is just a stereo system, so I never get too anal about surround).
Audio Quality: 10 of 10
Audio Editing: 10 of 10
Presentation
Cool DVD. It comes with menu transitions, and animated menus. Nice work. We also get another elbarto1 DVD cover. No DVD extras, but everything else was great
Presentation: 9 of 10
Final Result: 9 of 10 for me
A cool watch for me, and I could not tell at all that this was a fanedit. So, as I mentioned above, as this is still no masterpiece, I think it is really well done, and it is an improvement over the original. I will happily watch elbarto1′s fanedits in the future :)
User reviews
10 reviews
Overall rating
9.5
Audio/Video Quality
9.0(1)
Audio Editing
10.0(1)
Visual Editing
10.0(1)
Narrative
9.0(1)
Enjoyment
8.2(10)
(Updated: August 30, 2012)
Overall rating
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
N/A
Audio Editing
N/A
Visual Editing
N/A
Narrative
N/A
Enjoyment
9.0
March 20, 2010
I’m alway happy to watch a fanedit without technical glitches and this is very well done indeed.
I haven’t watched the original in years and I didn’t really notice anything missing,
I only just now read the changes made and I can see that Elbarto1 made some great editing decisions.
9/10
I’m alway happy to watch a fanedit without technical glitches and this is very well done indeed.
I haven’t watched the original in years and I didn’t really notice anything missing,
I only just now read the changes made and I can see that Elbarto1 made some great editing decisions.
9/10
(Updated: August 30, 2012)
Overall rating
8.0
Audio/Video Quality
N/A
Audio Editing
N/A
Visual Editing
N/A
Narrative
N/A
Enjoyment
8.0
February 4, 2010
*This rating was given before reviews were required*
*This rating was given before reviews were required*
(Updated: August 30, 2012)
Overall rating
8.0
Audio/Video Quality
N/A
Audio Editing
N/A
Visual Editing
N/A
Narrative
N/A
Enjoyment
8.0
November 2, 2009
yes!
yes!
(Updated: August 30, 2012)
Overall rating
6.0
Audio/Video Quality
N/A
Audio Editing
N/A
Visual Editing
N/A
Narrative
N/A
Enjoyment
6.0
October 16, 2009
*This rating was given before reviews were required*
*This rating was given before reviews were required*
(Updated: August 30, 2012)
Overall rating
9.0
Audio/Video Quality
N/A
Audio Editing
N/A
Visual Editing
N/A
Narrative
N/A
Enjoyment
9.0
June 21, 2009
*This rating was given before reviews were required*
*This rating was given before reviews were required*
