document_title: Alabama–LSU football rivalry

question_text: when was the last time lsu beat alabama in football

text: Alabama–LSU football rivalry

text: Series history[edit]

text: The series started in 1895, with a 12–6 win for LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.[4] The rivalry has been played in Baton Rouge; New Orleans, Louisiana; Birmingham, Alabama; Montgomery, Alabama; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Mobile, Alabama.

text: The teams began playing each other on an annual basis in 1964, with Alabama playing its home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, and LSU playing its home games on campus at Tiger Stadium. The series has been marked by long stretches where the home team has struggled. Alabama is 27–9–2 against LSU in Baton Rouge; they went 16–1–1 from 1965–98. Alabama has gone 7–11 in games played in Alabama since 1982. LSU has gone 4–14–1 in games played in Louisiana since 1982. There have been two overtime games each in Tuscaloosa (2005, 2011) and Baton Rouge (2008, 2014) respectively; the road team has won each time. In fact, in the series history, only 42% of games have been won by the team playing in its home state (excluding ties). In 1988, Alabama began playing its home game in the series on their Tuscaloosa campus at Bryant–Denny Stadium. LSU won the first game in the series after the move 19–18.

text: While Alabama controlled most of the series' early history by going 31–11–4 against LSU, the intensity and competitiveness has grown during the last three decades. Since Bear Bryant's retirement in 1982, Alabama leads the series 21–14–1. Four games in the last ten seasons have also been decided in overtime. A 2009 poll of SEC fan bases found that over 60% of LSU fans singled out Alabama as their most bitter rival, while Alabama fans mostly did not consider it to be a rivalry.[5]

text: In 2007, the meeting was even more heated following Alabama's hiring of head coach Nick Saban, who had coached LSU to a National Championship; many media outlets dubbed the 2007 meeting the "Saban Bowl."[6][7][8] Alabama leads the series 9–3 in the games played so far during the "Saban Bowl" era.

text: In their 2011 regular season matchup, No. 1 LSU beat No. 2 Alabama 9–6 in overtime at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, on November 5.[9] Later, during the 2011 post season, the two were selected by the Bowl Championship Series [10] to play each other again in the 2012 BCS National Championship Game, which was the first time since 1986 that the two teams played in a location other than Baton Rouge or Tuscaloosa. Alabama won the game 21–0. The rematch was the first BCS Championship Game to feature two teams from the same conference (as well as the same division), and was also the first shutout of any BCS bowl game in the BCS's 14-year history.

text: In 2012, the #5 LSU Tigers and the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide met each other at Tiger Stadium on November 3, 2012. Alabama took a 14-3 lead into halftime, but LSU running back Jeremy Hill ran for a touchdown to cut the lead to 14-10. QB Zach Mettenberger threw a touchdown pass to wide receiver Jarvis Landry early in the 4th quarter for a 17-14 lead. LSU held twice on defense, but kicker Drew Alleman missed a key field goal. Alabama then quickly drove downfield on completion by quarterback AJ McCarron to wide receiver Kevin Norwood of 18, 15, and 11 yards to the LSU 28. On 2nd and 10, McCarron threw a screen pass to running back TJ Yeldon, who weaved through LSU defenders for a game-winning touchdown with 51 seconds left. LSU failed to do anything, and Alabama won 21-17[11]

text: In 2013, the #13 LSU Tigers met the #1 Alabama Crimson Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium on November 9, 2013. Alabama took an early 17-7 lead, but LSU fought back to tie the game early in the 3rd quarter. However, Alabama shutout LSU for the remainder of the game, while scoring 3 more touchdowns in a 38-17 win.[12]

text: In 2014, the #16 Tigers met the #5 Crimson Tide at Tiger Stadium on November 8, 2014. Alabama clawed to a 10-7 lead in a defensive battle, but LSU tied at 10 entering te 4th quarter. With 50 seconds left, LSU kicker Colby Delahoussaye kicked a 39 yard field goal for a 13-10 lead. Facing a second loss, and elimination from the first College Football Playoff, Alabama drove to the LSU 10, where sophomore kicker Adam Griffith made a 27 yarder to send the game into overtime tied 13-13. On the first possession of overtime, Alabama QB Blake Sims found DeAndrew White in the end-zone for a 20-13 lead. LSU threw 4 straight incomplete passes, and Alabama escaped Baton Rouge with a 20-13 win.[13]

text: In 2015, one of the biggest matchups in recent history involved LSU and Alabama. 7-0 #2 LSU was led by Heisman favorite Leonard Fournette, who ran for 200 yards against Auburn and Syracuse on national TV. 7-1 #4 Alabama had lost 43-37 to Ole Miss earlier in the season. Alabama had its own Heisman candidate in running back Derrick Henry. The Rebels had slipped up and lost 38-10 to Florida and 53-52 to Arkansas, meaning that the winner would have control of the SEC West. Alabama struck first with an Adam Griffith field goal and a 3-0 lead. After a punt, Derrick Henry had a 40 yard run to the LSU. He plunged in on the next play, and Alabama led 10-0. LSU struck back when QB Brandon Harris found wide receiver Travin Dural for a 40 yard TD to cut the Bama lead to 10-7. After a punt, LSU kicker Trent Domingue nailed a 39 yarder to tie the game 10-10. Adam Griffith then kicked a career long 55 yard field-goal, and Bama led 13-10 at the half. To open the 3rd quarter, Harris threw an interception to Dillon Lee. Henry then ran for a score to put Bama up 20-10. After 3 punts, Henry ran for a 7 yard TD for a 27-10 lead for Alabama. LSU never recovered. They had 2 field goals in the 4th quarter, but Bama won convincingly 30-16. Alabama wound up going 11-1 and winning the SEC West. LSU lost 2 of its next 3 after the game to Arkansas (30-14) and Ole Miss (38-17). Les Miles was almost fired, and LSU limped to a 9-3 season. Alabama beat Florida for the SEC Championship 29-15, Michigan State in the Cotton Bowl 38-0, and Clemson in the National Championship 45-40 and finished 14-1. Derrick Henry won the Heisman

text: In 2016, the #13 Tigers faced the #1 Tide in Tiger Stadium. LSU missed 4 field goals, and a 36 yard Jalen Hurts touchdown run helped the unbeaten Tide escape with a 10-0 victory. LSU went 9-4 and won the Citrus Bowl, while Alabama went 14-1 and lost the National Championship after winning the SEC.

text: In 2017, the #16 Tigers faced the #1 Tide at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama won a hard-fought game 24-10 over LSU

text: Game results[edit]

text: Alabama victoriesLSU victoriesTies

text: No.DateLocationWinnerScore1 November 18, 1895  Baton Rouge, LA  LSU 12–62 November 29, 1902  Tuscaloosa, AL  LSU 11–03 November 9, 1903  Tuscaloosa, AL  Alabama 18–04 December 2, 1904  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 11–05 November 2, 1907  Mobile, AL  Alabama 6–46 November 25, 1909  Birmingham, AL  LSU 12–67 November 15, 1919  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 23–78 November 11, 1920  Tuscaloosa, AL  Alabama 21–09 October 29, 1921  New Orleans, LA Tie7–710 November 10, 1922  Tuscaloosa, AL  Alabama 47–311 November 16, 1923  Montgomery, AL  Alabama 30–312 October 10, 1925  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 42–013 October 30, 1926  Tuscaloosa, AL  Alabama 24–014 October 8, 1927  Birmingham, AL Tie0–015 December 8, 1928  Birmingham, AL  Alabama 31–016 November 15, 1930  Montgomery, AL  Alabama 33–017 September 30, 1944  Baton Rouge, LA Tie27–2718 October 6, 1945  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 26–719 November 9, 1946  Baton Rouge, LA  #19 LSU 31–2120 November 22, 1947  Tuscaloosa, AL  #8 Alabama 41–1221 November 20, 1948  Baton Rouge, LA  LSU 26–622 September 29, 1951  Tuscaloosa, AL  LSU 13–723 September 27, 1952  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 21–2024 September 26, 1953  Mobile, AL Tie7–725 September 25, 1954  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 12–026 September 28, 1957  Baton Rouge, LA  LSU 28–027 September 27, 1958  Mobile, AL  #15 LSU 13–328 November 7, 1964  Birmingham, AL  #3 Alabama 17–929 November 6, 1965  Baton Rouge, LA  #5 Alabama 31–730 November 5, 1966  Birmingham, AL  #4 Alabama 21–031 November 11, 1967  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 7–632 November 9, 1968  Birmingham, AL  Alabama 16–733 November 8, 1969  Baton Rouge, LA  #12 LSU 20–1534 November 7, 1970  Birmingham, AL  #11 LSU 14–935 November 6, 1971  Baton Rouge, LA  #4 Alabama 14–736 November 11, 1972  Birmingham, AL  #2 Alabama 35–2137 November 22, 1973  Baton Rouge, LA  #2 Alabama 21–738 November 9, 1974  Birmingham, AL  #3 Alabama 30–039 November 9, 1975  Baton Rouge, LA  #5 Alabama 23–1040 November 6, 1976  Birmingham, AL  #15 Alabama 28–1741 November 5, 1977  Baton Rouge, LA  #2 Alabama 24–342 November 11, 1978  Birmingham, AL  #3 Alabama 31–10No.DateLocationWinnerScore43 November 10, 1979  Baton Rouge, LA  #1 Alabama 3–044 November 8, 1980  Tuscaloosa, AL  #6 Alabama 28–745 September 5, 1981  Baton Rouge, LA  #4 Alabama 24–746 November 6, 1982  Birmingham, AL  #11 LSU 20–1047 November 5, 1983  Baton Rouge, LA  #19 Alabama 32–2648 November 10, 1984  Birmingham, AL  #12 LSU 16–1449 November 9, 1985  Baton Rouge, LA Tie14–1450 November 8, 1986  Birmingham, AL  #18 LSU 14–1051 November 7, 1987  Baton Rouge, LA  #13 Alabama 22–1052 November 5, 1988  Tuscaloosa, AL  #13 LSU 19–1853 November 11, 1989  Baton Rouge, LA  #4 Alabama 32–1654 November 10, 1990  Tuscaloosa, AL  Alabama 24–355 November 9, 1991  Baton Rouge, LA  #8 Alabama 20–1756 November 7, 1992  Baton Rouge, LA  #3 Alabama 31–1157 November 6, 1993  Tuscaloosa, AL  LSU 17–1358 November 5, 1994  Baton Rouge, LA  #6 Alabama 35–1759 November 4, 1995  Tuscaloosa, AL  #16 Alabama 10–360 November 9, 1996  Baton Rouge, LA  #10 Alabama 26–061 November 8, 1997  Tuscaloosa, AL  #14 LSU 27–062 November 7, 1998  Baton Rouge, LA  Alabama 22–1663 November 6, 1999  Tuscaloosa, AL  #12 Alabama 23–1764 November 4, 2000  Baton Rouge, LA  LSU 30–2865 November 3, 2001  Tuscaloosa, AL  LSU 35–2166 November 16, 2002  Baton Rouge, LA  #10 Alabama 31–067 November 15, 2003  Tuscaloosa, AL  #3 LSU 27–368 November 13, 2004  Baton Rouge, LA  #17 LSU 26–1069 November 12, 2005  Tuscaloosa, AL  #5 LSU 16–13OT70 November 11, 2006  Baton Rouge, LA  #12 LSU 28–1471 November 3, 2007  Tuscaloosa, AL  #3 LSU 41–3472 November 8, 2008  Baton Rouge, LA  #1 Alabama 27–21OT73 November 7, 2009  Tuscaloosa, AL  #3 Alabama 24–1574 November 6, 2010  Baton Rouge, LA  #5 LSU 24–2175 November 5, 2011  Tuscaloosa, AL  #1 LSU 9–6OT76 January 9, 2012  New Orleans, LA  #2 Alabama 21–077 November 3, 2012  Baton Rouge, LA  #1 Alabama 21–1778 November 9, 2013  Tuscaloosa, AL  #1 Alabama 38–1779 November 8, 2014  Baton Rouge, LA  #5 Alabama 20–13OT80 November 7, 2015  Tuscaloosa, AL  #4 Alabama 30–1681 November 5, 2016  Baton Rouge, LA  #1 Alabama 10–082 November 4, 2017  Tuscaloosa, AL  #2 Alabama 24–1083November 3, 2018Baton Rouge, LASeries: Alabama leads 52–25–5

text: Series record sources: 2011 Alabama Football Media Guide,[14] 2011 LSU Football Media Guide,[15] and College Football Data Warehouse.[16]


document_title: The Orville

question_text: who plays the voice of the blob on the orville

root

text: The Orville

text: Premise[edit]

text: The Orville is set on the titular U.S.S. Orville (ECV-197), a mid-level exploratory space vessel in the Planetary Union, a 25th-century interstellar alliance of Earth and many other planets.

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text: Cast and characters[edit]

text: Main[edit]

text:
Seth MacFarlane as Ed Mercer, the captain of the Orville.[9][10][11] Mercer was an up-and-coming officer, believed to be on the fast track to commanding his own heavy cruiser by age 40. However, he caught his wife Kelly in bed with an alien. Over the course of the following year, he is cited for becoming lax in his duties, including six instances of reporting to duty while hung over, but is informed that due to the size of the fleet and the retirement of the former captain, the Orville, a mid-level exploratory ship, was in need of a new commanding officer.[10]
Adrianne Palicki as Commander Kelly Grayson, the first officer of the Orville and Ed Mercer's ex-wife.[9][11] The two divorced when Mercer caught Grayson in bed with an alien. Unbeknownst to Mercer, Grayson personally went to Admiral Halsey to plead her case to give her ex-husband a command, stating that despite some personal setbacks, he deserved his own command. She asked Halsey to keep that from him when assigned the Orville. Mercer and Grayson decide to put their differences aside, to work together as a team and stay as friends.[10]
Penny Johnson Jerald[11] as Doctor Claire Finn, the Chief Medical Officer on the Orville, holding the rank of Lieutenant Commander. A physician of exceptional credentials, she has expertise in molecular surgery, DNA engineering and psychiatry, which could have afforded her the privilege of serving on the heavy cruiser of her choice. She instead chose the mid-level exploratory vessel because, as she explains to Mercer in the pilot, she prefers to request her transfers based on where she feels she is needed, as she feels more stimulated by such assignments. When she tells Mercer she felt he could use her help on his first command, he interprets this as lack of confidence on her part in his competence, though she denies this.[10] Having never found the ideal opportunity to marry, she chose to become a single mother, and her two sons, Marcus and Ty, travel aboard the Orville with her.[12] She repeatedly rebuffs Lt. Yaphit's advances,[13][14] though they become physically intimate in "Cupid's Dagger" after falling victim to a Retepsian sex pheromone.[15]
Scott Grimes as Lieutenant Gordon Malloy, the helmsman of the Orville and Mercer's best friend.[9][11] Considered the best helmsman in the fleet, he was relegated to desk duty after an attempt to impress a girl resulted in him shearing the door off a cargo bay during a precarious shuttle docking, losing cargo in the process. He was specifically requested by Mercer despite some hesitation by Admiral Halsey, who harbors concern over Malloy's history of crude and juvenile pranks.[10]
Peter Macon[11] as Lieutenant Commander Bortus, the second officer aboard the U.S.S. Orville. Bortus is from Moclus, a planet whose primary industry is weapons manufacturing,[13] and whose inhabitants, the Moclans, are a single-gender species. Among the peculiarities of the Moclans are that they only urinate once a year.[10][11]
Halston Sage[11] as Lieutenant Alara Kitan, the Orville's young Chief of Security. She is a member of the Xelayan race, which inhabits a high-gravity planet, giving her greater-than-human strength, allowing her to knock down doors and walls by charging against them,[10] or crush a handheld cube of solid titanium and reshape it into a sphere with her bare hands.[13]
J. Lee as Lieutenant Commander John LaMarr.[11] He is navigator of the Orville for most of the first season. He and Malloy strike up an immediate friendship in the first episode.[10] Though intellectually gifted, he learned to hide his intelligence and settle for modest ambitions growing up. When Grayson discovers his high aptitude in "New Dimensions", she encourages him to fulfill his potential. As a result, he acquits himself so well during that episode's crisis that he replaces the outgoing Lt. Commander Newton as the Orville's Chief Engineer.[16]
Mark Jackson[11][17] as Isaac, the Orville's Science and Engineering Officer. Isaac is a member of the artificial, non-biological race from Kaylon-1 that views biological lifeforms, including humans, as inferior. Isaac explains to Mercer in the pilot that the Union's Admiralty offered a posting to any Kaylon willing to accept it, as an attempt to initiate relations between the two powers. Isaac accepted the offer because he saw it as a way to study human behavior. During the course of his time with the crew, he comes to observe and understand aspects of human behavior, such as sarcasm, slang,[7][10] and practical jokes. Isaac perceives his surroundings with his body's internal sensors, and not with the two glowing blue "eyes" on his face, which are purely aesthetic.[18]

tag: ul

text: Recurring[edit]

text:
Victor Garber as Admiral Halsey, Mercer's superior and an old friend of Grayson's father[10][15]
Chad Coleman as Klyden, Bortus' mate and father of their child[19]
Norm Macdonald as the voice of Lt. Yaphit, an amorphous, gelatinous, shapeshifting engineer on the Orville,[20] who repeatedly attempts to obtain a date with Dr. Finn,[13][14] and frequently flirts with other females on the ship.[18] Despite telling her in "Cupid's Dagger" that he is in love with her, she does not reciprocate his attraction, but they become physically intimate in that episode after falling victim to a Retepsian sex pheromone.[15]
Larry Joe Campbell as Lieutenant Commander[19] Steve Newton, Chief Engineer of the Orville[18] until episode 1.11, when he leaves take a new job designing space stations, and is replaced by LaMarr[16]
Gavin Lee as Nurse Park[15]
Rachael MacFarlane as the voice of the Orville computer[21][22]

text: Guest stars[edit]

text:
Brian George as Doctor Aronov, the leader of the Epsilon II science station[10]
Ron Canada as Admiral Tucker[19][23]
Jeffrey Tambor as Ben, Captain Mercer's father (appears as hologram)[19]
Holland Taylor as Jeannie, Captain Mercer's mother (appears as hologram)[19]
Jonathan Adams as the Moclan Arbitrator[13]
Rena Owen as Heveena[13]
Robert Knepper as Hamelac[14]
Liam Neeson as Jahavus Dorahl, Captain of the derelict multi-generation ship[14]
Charlize Theron as Pria Lavesque[18]
James Horan as Sazeron, the Krill high priest on the Krill destroyer Yakar[24]
Kelly Hu as Admiral Ozawa[24]
Michaela McManus as Teleya, a Krill teacher serving on Krill destroyer Yakar[24]
Steven Culp as Wilks[23]
Brian Thompson as Drogen, a survivalist on a planet on which Finn, Isaac and Finn's children crash in "Into the Fold"[25]
Rob Lowe as Darulio, the Retepsian archeologist whose affair with Kelly ended her marriage with Mercer[10][15]
Ralph Garman as Kanoot, a Karaoke announcer on The Orville.[15]
Mike Henry as Dann, a member of the Engineering staff[15]
Robert Picardo as Ildis Kitan, father of Alara Kitan[26]
Molly Hagan as Drenala Kitan, mother of Alara Kitan[26]

text: Episodes[edit]

text:
No.
Title
Directed by
Written by
Original air date
Prod.
code
U.S. viewers
(millions)

1
"Old Wounds"
Jon Favreau
Seth MacFarlane
September 10, 2017 (2017-09-10)
1LAB01
8.56[27]

25th-century Union command officer Ed Mercer divorces his wife, Kelly Grayson, after catching her cheating on him. A year later, he accepts a position as Captain of the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level research vessel, and learns to his dismay that his ex-wife has been assigned as his First Officer. During the Orville's first mission, the hostile alien Krill captain (Joel Swetow) attempts to steal a device that accelerates time, which has both beneficial and dangerous applications. Mercer and Grayson rig the device to destroy itself and the Krill vessel.

2
"Command Performance"
Robert Duncan McNeill
Seth MacFarlane
September 17, 2017 (2017-09-17)
1LAB03
6.63[28]

The technologically advanced Calivon imprison Mercer and Grayson in a replica of their former home as a zoo exhibit. Alara is left in command of the Orville, as Bortus has laid an egg and must incubate it. Alara is unsure of herself, but gains confidence with the help of Claire's mentorship. Mercer and Grayson wonder if they could have made their relationship work, but finally conclude that they were never compatible for a long-term romantic relationship, despite their strong camaraderie. Admiral Tucker orders Alara to return to Earth instead of approaching the powerful Calivon; Alara violates these orders and rescues Mercer and Grayson, along with an alien child, by trading an archive of Earth's reality television for them. Mercer presents Alara with a medal of honor and believes he and Grayson can prevent her from being punished for insubordination. A female offspring hatches from Bortus' egg, stunning him and Klyden, as Moclan females are extremely rare.

3
"About a Girl"
Brannon Braga
Seth MacFarlane
September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)
1LAB04
4.05[29]

When Doctor Finn refuses Bortus and Klyden's request to have their daughter undergo sex reassignment surgery, which is standard practice for Moclans on the very rare occasions when a female is born, the parents petition Mercer to order the procedure. Mercer refuses, as he (and the rest of the crew) object to performing such a procedure on a healthy infant, so Bortus and Klyden arrange to have the procedure performed on a Moclan vessel. Gordon and John change Bortus' mind by showing him Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, but Klyden still wants to proceed, revealing that he was born female. The case is arbitrated on the Moclan planet, Moclus, where Grayson represents Bortus; she casts doubt on the idea of male superiority by demonstrating that Alara is physically strong and Gordon is stupid. Mercer locates a female Moclan of advanced years, Heveena, who testifies that she lived a happy and fulfilling life in seclusion, and reveals that under the pseudonym "Gondus Elden," she has become an esteemed novelist on Moclus. But Klyden and the tribunal are unconvinced, and the baby undergoes the surgery. Despite their disagreement, Bortus and Klyden are committed to one another and to giving their son, Topa, a good life.

4
"If the Stars Should Appear"
James L. Conway
Seth MacFarlane
September 28, 2017 (2017-09-28)
1LAB02
3.70[30]

The Orville encounters an immense, 2000-year-old derelict ship drifting into a star. Mercer, Grayson, Kitan, Finn, and Isaac enter, discovering an artificial biosphere and a civilization of 3 million who worship an entity called Dorahl, and do not know they are on a ship. Grayson is held prisoner by their theocratic dictator Hamelac, who imposes a death penalty on "Reformers" who believe anything exists beyond the known world. While Bortus takes the Orville to save a colony ship from a Krill attack, Grayson's crewmates rescue her and lead a group of Reformers to the alien ship's bridge. An ancient recording from Captain Jahavus Dorahl (played by Liam Neeson) reveals that it was a generation ship disabled by an ion storm. Isaac initiates repairs and opens the hull's window, enabling the populace to see stars for the first time, moving even Hamelac. Mercer makes arrangements for the Union to train the people to operate their ship. Meanwhile, Klyden is frustrated that Bortus' duties leave him little time for family.

5
"Pria"
Jonathan Frakes
Seth MacFarlane
October 5, 2017 (2017-10-05)
1LAB05
3.43[31]

The Orville comes to the rescue of a mining ship. Grayson is suspicious of their new guest, Pria Lavesque (Charlize Theron), to whom Mercer is clearly attracted. Grayson's concerns are shown to have merit when Pria is discovered to be a time-traveling artifact dealer from the 29th Century. Pria claims to have rescued the Orville from a dark matter storm that would have killed them all, mainly so she could sell the ship to an artifact buyer in her own time. Meanwhile, Malloy's attempt to teach Isaac the concept of practical jokes backfires when Isaac anesthetizes Malloy and amputates his leg.

6
"Krill"
Jon Cassar
David A. Goodman
October 12, 2017 (2017-10-12)
1LAB06
3.37[32]

After recovering a Krill shuttle intact, Mercer and Malloy are ordered to pose as Krill soldiers in order to board one of their vessels and get a copy of the Ankhana, a sacred religious text. They are forced to change priorities when they learn that the Krill plan to detonate a powerful bomb over a remote Union colony. Rather than destroy the bomb, and therefore the ship, they exploit the Krill's natural weakness to sunlight to eliminate all the crew members, with the exception of a classroom full of children and their teacher Teleya, who warns Mercer that his actions will only reinforce the Krill's hatred for the Union.

7
"Majority Rule"
Tucker Gates
Seth MacFarlane
October 26, 2017 (2017-10-26)
1LAB07
4.18[33]

An undercover team led by Grayson lands on Sargas 4, an Earth-like planet with a culture similar to that of 21st-century human civilization, to locate two missing anthropologists. There, LaMarr is arrested after a video of him dancing with a beloved statue receives more than a million "down" votes, and must convince the public to pardon him or be subjected to "treatment" for his actions. Alara and Claire locate one of the missing, but find him in an irreversible lobotomized state. With LaMarr facing a final vote to determine his guilt, Mercer brings one of the planet's inhabitants, Lysella, aboard the Orville and learns about the "Master Feed", which Isaac is able to hack and upload doctored images of John, narrowly swinging the vote in his favor. Now free, John and the others return to the ship and depart. The next day, Lysella decides against taking part in a public vote.

8
"Into the Fold"
Brannon Braga
Brannon Braga & André Bormanis
November 2, 2017 (2017-11-02)
1LAB08
3.83[34]

While traveling to a recreational planet in a shuttle, Isaac, Finn, and her sons Marcus and Ty fall into a spatial fold, and crash on a planet devastated by famine and disease, and populated by cannibals. Finn is separated from the other three and captured by a survivalist named Drogen. While she works to escape, Isaac, who is unfamiliar with the care of human children, is forced to protect her sons while he tries to fix the shuttle's communication systems in order to send a distress signal. Ty becomes ill with the planet's indigenous disease. After Finn kills Drogen and reunites with the others, Isaac and Marcus hold off a large attack by the cannibals long enough for the Orville to rescue them. After Finn cures Ty's infection, Isaac tells her that, for all the faults he sees in the children, he still thinks of them fondly.

9
"Cupid's Dagger"
Jamie Babbit
Liz Heldens
November 9, 2017 (2017-11-09)
1LAB09
3.69[35]

The Orville is dispatched to mediate talks between two alien species, the Navarians and the Bruidians, who have been at a centuries-old stalemate over which race lays proper claim over the planet Lapovius. Also assigned to the matter is Darulio (Rob Lowe), the Retepsian whose affair with Grayson a year prior ended her marriage to Mercer, to scan an ancient artifact from the planet for DNA to reveal which species was the original inhabitant. Unbeknownst to the crew, Darulio secretes a sex pheromone as part of his mating cycle, which affects the crew resulting in trysts between Darulio and Grayson, Darulio and Mercer, and Finn and Yaphit. This incapacitates the affected officers, resulting in the Navarian and Bruidian delegates canceling the mediation, and a full-scale battle in orbit around the planet. The crisis is resolved when Darulio and Alara expose the ambassadors to a modified version of the pheromone, resulting in a temporary infatuation that prompts a ceasefire. DNA test results from the artifact reveal that the planet's inhabitants were common ancestors to both species, legitimizing a mutual claim to the planet. When Grayson asks Darulio if he was in heat a year ago, he only answers "maybe".

10
"Firestorm"
Brannon Braga
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
November 16, 2017 (2017-11-16)
1LAB10
3.32[36]

When Lt. Payne is trapped beneath debris during a plasma storm, Alara's pyrophobia causes her to hesitate, and after he dies, she blames herself. Mercer declines her resignation and suggests she discover the cause of her pyrophobia. She learns from her parents (Robert Picardo and Molly Hagan) that, as an infant, her mother fell asleep cradling her when a fire broke out in the kitchen. Alara's cries woke her up just in time to save them both. Soon, the Orville encounters strange phenomena, including a scary clown, a giant spider that eats Malloy, and murderous versions of Finn and Isaac. It is revealed that Alara is in the holographic simulator, in a program she ordered Isaac to create to simulate any other potential fears she may have, and having Finn erase her short-term memory of having made the request to ensure an authentic reaction to the program. She completes the program, after which Mercer threatens to court martial her for invoking Directive 38 (allowing the Chief of Security to override the captain's clearance) so that no one could abort the simulation early, but decides to let Alara off easy, saying he was impressed by her ability to overcome every obstacle.

11
"New Dimensions"
Kelly Cronin
Seth MacFarlane
November 30, 2017 (2017-11-30)
1LAB11
3.63[37]

With Lt. Newton leaving the Orville, Mercer must find a new Chief Engineer. Although Yaphit is next in line for the position, Cmdr. Grayson discovers that LaMarr has been hiding intellectual gifts, stemming from wanting to be better accepted as a child growing up in his community. Grayson convinces Mercer to assign LaMarr to lead an engineering team assignment, in order to evaluate him as a candidate, but when Mercer learns that Grayson similarly pushed for Admiral Halsey to consider him for the Orville's captaincy, he becomes wracked with doubt and resentment, despite Grayson's insistence that he was granted his position on merit, and Halsey's confirmation that Mercer's performance on the ship has borne this out. Meanwhile, the Orville encounters a thief with a cache of plasma rifles stolen from the Krill, who is killed when he passes into a region of two-dimensional space. To elude the thief's Krill pursuers, the Orville takes refuge in that region. When the protective quantum bubble around the ship begins to fail, LaMarr, initially daunted by being placed in a leadership position, rises to the occasion, and works with Yaphit to help the ship escape the realm, for which LaMarr is made Chief Engineer and promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Commander.

12
"Mad Idolatry"
Brannon Braga
Seth MacFarlane
December 7, 2017 (2017-12-07)[38]
1LAB13
3.54[39]

In uncharted space, Grayson leads a shuttle team that crashes on a suddenly appearing planet with a Bronze Age society. Before the team returns to the Orville, Grayson interacts with a young native girl which results in a cultural contamination. The crew discovers the planet phases in to our universe for a short time every 11 days as 700 years passes in the planet's main universe. When the planet reappears they discover the contamination has led to a religion that worships Grayson and has grown into a theocracy that practices torture and execution of heretics. Admiral Ozawa reprimands Mercer for omitting mention of the contamination, and orders no further contact with the planet. Mercer and Grayson defy this order by returning to the planet to inform the society's religious leader, the Valondis, of the truth, but a subordinate conspires to continue the lie. As a result, by the time of its next visit to our universe, the planet's society is comparable to that of early 21st century Earth complete with religious bickering and strife. Resolving to finish their mission of removing the false religion, Isaac stays on the planet till its next visit, spending what for the planet is 700 years. When the planet emerges again, it has progressed to its age of interstellar space travel, and two of its representatives return Isaac to the Orville where they inform the crew that despite the tumultuous effect of his arrival on the planet, its society evolved away from religion naturally and suggested that when they progress millennia ahead of the Orville's universe, they may come to study its people.

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text: Production[edit]

text: Development[edit]

text: MacFarlane originally wrote The Orville as a spec script, which was given a 13-episode order by Fox on May 4, 2016, making it the first live-action television series created by MacFarlane, as well as his first live-action starring role on television.[40]

text: Following the project's greenlight, MacFarlane stated, “I've wanted to do something like this show ever since I was a kid, and the timing finally feels right. [...] I think this is gonna be something special.”[5]

text: According to MacFarlane, The Orville was inspired by The Twilight Zone and Star Trek.[41] He was also encouraged to sell the series due to the success of Guardians of the Galaxy and Deadpool.[42]

text: Casting[edit]

text: On July 29, 2016, MacFarlane's role was revealed to be Ed Mercer, the captain of the Orville, while Adrianne Palicki had been cast as Kelly Grayson, Ed's ex-wife and the newly appointed first officer of the Orville, and Scott Grimes, who voices Steve Smith on American Dad! (another show created by MacFarlane), was cast as Gordon Malloy, Ed's best friend whom he hires to pilot the Orville.[9] On August 19, Peter Macon and J Lee were cast as series regulars.[43][44] On October 31, Halston Sage and Penny Johnson Jerald joined the cast.[45] On December 8, Mark Jackson was cast.[17] On April 3, 2017, Chad L. Coleman was added as a series regular and Larry Joe Campbell was cast in a recurring role.[46]

text: At San Diego Comic Con, MacFarlane said that Charlize Theron would guest-star in an episode.[47] The two had previously co-starred in A Million Ways to Die in the West.

text: Filming[edit]

text: On August 24, 2016, Jon Favreau signed on to direct the pilot.[48] Production on the pilot episode began in late 2016, and the rest of the episodes began filming on March 27, 2017.[40] Production wrapped on August 23, 2017.[49]

text: Star Trek veterans Jonathan Frakes and Robert Duncan McNeill have each directed an episode of The Orville, having directed episodes of the Star Trek franchise.[50]

text: On November 15, 2017, it was reported that episode thirteen of season one would be held back and instead air during the second season due to a gap in broadcast dates caused by the broadcaster's lengthy Christmas programming.[51] Filming for the second begins in February 2018.[52]

text: Music[edit]

text: The show uses a 75-piece orchestra for the music in each episode, alongside several different composers. MacFarlane said "We score it like a movie" and "We really put as much into that as we do into the effects."[53]

text: Reception[edit]

text: Critical response[edit]

text: The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 21% approval rating, with an average rating of 4.61/10 based on 39 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "An odd jumble of campiness and sincerity, homage and satire, The Orville never quite achieves liftoff."[54] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 36 out of 100, based on 21 reviews, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".[55]

text: Liz Miller writing for IndieWire compared the series to Star Trek, calling it a rip-off and "Creatively, Morally, and Ethically Bankrupt". She criticized the lack of creativity, the blatant imitation, and was surprised that the show is "uninterested in being a comedy".[50]

text: Erik Kain of Forbes gave a positive review of the show with the observation that "All the optimism and sincerity and lightheartedness of Star Trek is here, and in many ways it's kind of wonderful. I'm honestly surprised something like this exists." He says the critics were wrong and suggests their opinions are based on disliking MacFarlane and his type of humor.[56]

text: Audience response[edit]

text: In the October 15, 2017 "The Orville Mid-Season Angry Review" episode of The Angry Joe Show, host Joe Vargas noted the gulf between the response to the series among critics and viewers, contrasting the Rotten Tomatoes' 19% approval rating from professional critics to the 91% viewer approval rating. Vargas compared this to Star Trek: Discovery, which received an 83% rating from critics, and stated "Star Trek fans—at least the ones that watch my show—like The Orville way more than they like Star Trek: Discovery".[57] Tim Surette of TV Guide also wrote about the critic-to-viewer Rotten Tomatoes rating, noting the balance had shifted to 21/93, and that its Metacritic score was 36% approval from critics, and 82% from viewers. As a critic himself, Surette notes that as a throwback, The Orville is an anomaly in modern television, and found showrunner David A. Goodman's admission that MacFarlane wants to vary between dramatic and comedic episodes a potentially dangerous strategy, but concedes that the show's viewers appear to like it for that reason.[58]

text: Ratings[edit]

text:
Season
Ep. 1
Ep. 2
Ep. 3
Ep. 4
Ep. 5
Ep. 6
Ep. 7
Ep. 8
Ep. 9
Ep. 10
Ep. 11
Ep. 12

Season 1
8.56
6.63
4.05
3.70
3.43
3.37
4.18
3.83
3.69
3.32
3.63
3.54

text: The Orville has performed well in ratings. After its premiere on Sunday, September 10, 2017, the show moved to Thursday nights at 9 p.m. In its first broadcast in the new time slot, The Orville became Fox's highest rated Thursday 9 p.m. broadcast in two years.[59]

text: After taking into account DVR and VOD, The Orville was Fox's most-viewed drama debut since the premiere of Empire in 2015.

text:
No.
Title
Air date
Rating/share
(18–49)
Viewers
(millions)
DVR
(18–49)
DVR viewers
(millions)
Total
(18–49)
Total viewers
(millions)

1
"Old Wounds"
September 10, 2017
2.7/9
8.56[27]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

2
"Command Performance"
September 17, 2017
2.2/8
6.63[28]
0.9
2.42
3.1
9.05[60]

3
"About a Girl"
September 21, 2017
1.1/4
4.05[29]
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

4
"If the Stars Should Appear"
September 28, 2017
1.1/4
3.70[30]
1.0
3.11
2.1
6.81[61]

5
"Pria"
October 5, 2017
0.9/3
3.43[31]
1.2
3.35
2.1
6.79[62]

6
"Krill"
October 12, 2017
1.0/4
3.37[32]
1.1
3.32
2.1
6.69[63]

7
"Majority Rule"
October 26, 2017
1.2/5
4.18[33]
1.1
3.11
2.3
7.29[64]

8
"Into the Fold"
November 2, 2017
1.0/4
3.83[34]
1.0
2.89
2.0
6.72[65]

9
"Cupid's Dagger"
November 9, 2017
1.0/4
3.69[35]
1.1
3.01
2.1
6.70[66]

10
"Firestorm"
November 16, 2017
0.9/3
3.32[36]
1.0
2.83
1.9
6.13[67]

11
"New Dimensions"
November 30, 2017
0.9/3
3.63[37]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD

12
"Mad Idolatry"
December 7, 2017
0.9/4
3.54[39]
TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD


document_title: Die Hard

question_text: who is the bad guy in die hard

question_tokens: who is the bad guy in die hard

text: Die Hard

text: Plot[edit]

text: On Christmas Eve, NYPD detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles, intending to reconcile with his estranged wife, Holly, at the Christmas party of her employer, the Nakatomi corporation. McClane is driven to the party by Argyle, an airport limousine driver. While McClane changes clothes, the party is disrupted by the arrival of a German terrorist, Hans Gruber, and his heavily armed team: Karl, Tony, Franco, Theo, Alexander, Marco, Kristoff, Eddie, Uli, Heinrich, Fritz, and James. The group seizes the tower and secures those inside as hostages except for McClane, who slips away, and Argyle, who gets trapped in the garage.

text: Gruber interrogates Nakatomi executive Joseph Takagi for the code to the building's vault and reveals that he plans to steal $640 million in bearer bonds, with terrorism merely a distraction. Takagi refuses to cooperate and is murdered by Gruber. McClane secretly watches, but accidentally gives himself away and escapes. He sets off a fire alarm in an attempt to alert authorities, so Gruber sends Tony to investigate. McClane kills Tony, pocketing his weapon and radio, using it to contact the LAPD. As Sgt. Al Powell is sent to investigate, Gruber sends Heinrich and Marco to stop McClane, who kills them both. Powell arrives and is greeted by Eddie, posing as a concierge. Finding nothing unusual, Powell prepares to leave, but McClane drops Marco's corpse onto his patrol car to gain his attention. Powell summons the LAPD, who lay siege to the building. McClane steals Heinrich's bag containing C-4 explosives and detonators.

text: James and Alexander use anti-tank missiles to disable a SWAT armored car, but McClane drops C-4 into the elevator shaft, blowing up their floor and killing them. Holly's coworker, Harry Ellis, attempts to mediate between Hans and McClane for the return of the detonators. McClane refuses, so Gruber kills Ellis. While checking explosives attached to the roof, Gruber is confronted by McClane; Gruber passes himself off as an escaped hostage. McClane offers him a gun and Gruber attempts to shoot McClane, but the gun is empty. Karl, Franco, and Fritz arrive; McClane kills Fritz and Franco, but is forced to flee, abandoning the detonators.

text: FBI agents take command of the siege, ordering the building's power shut off. This, as Gruber anticipated, disables the vault's final lock. Gruber demands a helicopter on the rooftop for transport, but the FBI prepare to double-cross him by sending helicopter gunships. McClane discovers that Gruber intends to detonate the explosives on the roof, faking the deaths of his team so they can escape with the bearer bonds. Gruber sees a news report by intrusive reporter Richard Thornburg that features McClane's children and, from a desk photo, deduces that McClane is Holly's husband. The criminals order the hostages to the roof, but Gruber takes Holly with him to use against McClane. McClane defeats Karl in a fight, kills Uli, and sends the hostages downstairs before the explosives detonate, destroying the roof and the FBI helicopter.

text: Theo retrieves their getaway vehicle, but is knocked unconscious by Argyle. A weary McClane finds Holly with Gruber and his remaining men, and knocks Kristoff unconscious. McClane surrenders his machine gun to spare Holly, but distracts Gruber and Eddie, allowing him to grab a concealed pistol taped to his back. McClane shoots Gruber and kills Eddie; Gruber crashes through a window but grabs onto Holly's wrist. McClane unclasps Holly's wristwatch and Gruber falls to his death.

text: Outside, McClane and Holly meet Powell. Karl emerges and attempts to shoot McClane, but is shot dead by Powell. Argyle crashes through the parking garage door in the limo. Thornburg arrives and attempts to interview McClane, but Holly punches him, and McClane and Holly are driven away by Argyle.

text: Cast[edit]

text:
Bruce Willis as John McClane, a streetwise New York cop who has come to Los Angeles to reconcile with his wife
Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber, a German mastermind and the leader of the terrorists
Alexander Godunov as Karl, Hans's savage main henchman
Bonnie Bedelia as Holly Gennero-McClane, John's estranged wife
Reginald VelJohnson as Sgt. Al Powell
Paul Gleason as Dwayne T. Robinson, the Deputy Chief of Police
De'voreaux White as Argyle, John's limousine driver
William Atherton as Richard Thornburg, an arrogant reporter
Clarence Gilyard as Theo, Hans's tech specialist
Hart Bochner as Harry Ellis, a sleazy Nakatomi executive
James Shigeta as Joseph Yoshinobu Takagi, Nakatomi's head executive

text: Additional cast includes Hans's henchmen: Bruno Doyon as Franco, Andreas Wisniewski as Tony, Joey Plewa as Alexander, Lorenzo Caccialanza as Marco, Gerard Bonn as Kristoff, Dennis Hayden as Eddie, Al Leong as Uli, Gary Roberts as Heinrich, Hans Buhringer as Fritz, and Wilhelm von Homburg as James. Robert Davi and Grand L. Bush appear as FBI Special Agent Big Johnson and Agent Little Johnson, respectively, Tracy Reiner appears as Thornburg's assistant, and Taylor Fry and Noah Land make minor appearances as McClane's children Lucy McClane and John Jr.

text: Production[edit]

text: The Detective, the 1968 movie based on Roderick Thorp's first novel, was a box-office success. When a movie based on Thorp's sequel went into production, the studio was contractually obligated to offer Frank Sinatra the lead role. Sinatra, then in his early 70s, turned down the project. The story was then changed to have no connection to The Detective.

text: Although it has been rumored that at this point the project was repurposed to be a sequel to the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film Commando, scriptwriter de Souza has denied this.[7] De Souza has said he wrote the script as if Hans Gruber were the protagonist. "If he had not planned the robbery and put it together, Bruce Willis would have just gone to the party and reconciled or not with his wife. You should sometimes think about looking at your movie through the point of view of the villain who is really driving the narrative.”[8]

text: The script was offered to a variety of action stars, including Sylvester Stallone, Harrison Ford, and Don Johnson, all of whom turned it down.[9] Demographic data from CinemaScore helped persuade the studio and director John McTiernan to cast Willis.[10] He was paid $5 million to star in the film, a figure virtually unheard of at the time for an actor who had starred in only one moderately successful film, and normally only paid to major stars such as Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty. Then-20th Century Fox president Leonard Goldberg justified the cost, stating the film was reliant on its lead actor, while other sources within the studio would state that Fox was desperate for a star for Die Hard, intended to be its big summer action blockbuster, and they had already been turned down by several actors, including Richard Gere, Clint Eastwood,[11] and Burt Reynolds.[12] At the time, Willis was largely known for his comedic role as detective David Addison on the television series Moonlighting, and the studio did not believe in his action star appeal. The marketing campaign's initial billboards and posters reflected this, and Willis' face was not a focal point,[9] consistent with CinemaScore's suggestion to emphasize the film's action instead of a star without experience in such films.[10]

text: McTiernan did not want the villains to be terrorists, considering them too mean. He chose to avoid the terrorists' politics in favor of making them thieves in pursuit of monetary gain, believing it would make the film more suitable for summer entertainment. The film's ending had not been finalized by the time filming had begun; one result is that the truck depicted as transporting the terrorists to the building is too small to house the ambulance that was later revealed to be inside it. Other scenes also lacked context: production designer Jackson De Govia had built the building's computer room before they knew what it would be used for. Likewise, the character of McClane had not been fully realized until almost halfway through production, when McTiernan and Willis decided that he was a man who did not like himself very much, but was doing the best he could in a bad situation. In the original script, Die Hard took place over three days, but McTiernan was inspired to have it take place over a single night by Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.[13]

text: The corporate headquarters of 20th Century Fox, Fox Plaza in Century City, serves as the film's setting for both external and internal scenes. At the time of filming, the building was still under construction, and the setting for a scene of McClane exploring an unfinished floor complete with construction equipment was real. De Govia came up with the idea to use the building. The Nakatomi building's 30th floor, where the hostages are held, was a recreation of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house Fallingwater, including a large rock with water dripping from it. Govia's inspiration came from Japanese corporations of the time buying up American products, his rationale being that Nakatomi had bought Fallingwater and reassembled it in their own building. The building's logo originally was too reminiscent of a swastika for McTiernan; the final design is closer to a Samurai warrior's helmet. A 380 foot-long matte painting provided the city backdrop as viewed from inside the Nakatomi building's 30th floor. It featured animated lights and other lighting techniques to present both moving traffic and day and night cycles. As of 2011, the painting is still in Fox's inventory and is sometimes used in other films.

text: The scene in which the SWAT Greyhound armored vehicle knocks over a stair railing at the front of Fox Plaza required months of negotiations with Fox to gain approval. The end helicopter scene took six months of preparation, and the production was given only two hours in which to film it. It took three attempts above Fox Plaza, nine camera crews, and no-one other than crew members was allowed within 500 feet of the line of flight. The scene of McClane falling down a ventilation shaft and catching onto a lower opening was the result of an accident after Willis' stunt man fell. Editor Frank J. Urioste chose to use the unintentional scene in the final film.[13]

text: Die Hard was Alan Rickman's first feature film role.[14] For his death scene, he was dropped 70 feet (21 m) on a green screen set. The shot used was the first take; Rickman was dropped sooner than he had been told he would be, so the look of fear on his face is genuine.[13] The DVD text commentary track reveals that the shooting script did not originally include the meeting between McClane and Gruber pretending to be a hostage; it was only written in when it was discovered that Rickman could perform a convincing American accent.

text: Release[edit]

text: The premiere of Die Hard took place on July 12, 1988, at the AVCO theater in Los Angeles, California.[15]

text: Box office[edit]

text: Die Hard opened in limited release in 21 theaters on July 15, 1988, earning $601,851—an average of $28,659 per theater. The film began a wide release in North America on July 22, 1988, earning approximately $7.1 million from 1,276 theaters—an average of $5,568 per theater—finishing as the weekend's number three film. By the time Die Hard ended its theatrical run, it had earned $83 million in North America and a further $57.7 million from markets elsewhere, totaling $140.7 million.[2]

text: Critical reception[edit]

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text: On release, Die Hard drew ambivalent reviews from critics.[16] British film critic Mark Kermode expressed admiration for the film, calling it an exciting setup of "Cowboys and Indians in The Towering Inferno."[citation needed] However, Roger Ebert gave it a less than flattering review, rating it a mere two stars and criticizing the stupidity of the deputy police chief character, claiming that "all by himself he successfully undermines the last half of the movie."[17]

text: On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 67 reviews, and an average rating of 8.4/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Its many imitators (and sequels) have never come close to matching the taut thrills of the definitive holiday action classic."[18] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 70 out of 100, based on 13 critics, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".[19] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale.[20]

text: Critics' rankings[edit]

text: Some critics have ranked the film on respective lists of the all-time best Christmas films as the following:

text:
Digital Spy – #5[21]
Empire – #1[22]
Entertainment Weekly – #4[23]
Forbes – #1[24]
The Guardian – #8[25]
The Hollywood Reporter – #4[26]
San Francisco Gate – #1[27]

text: Accolades[edit]

text: The film was nominated for four Academy Awards: Best Sound Effects Editing (Stephen Hunter Flick and Richard Shorr), Best Film Editing, Best Sound (Don J. Bassman, Kevin F. Cleary, Richard Overton and Al Overton, Jr.) and Best Visual Effects (Richard Edlund, Al Di Sarro, Brent Boates and Thaine Morris.)[28] Michael Kamen's score earned him a BMI TV/Film Music Award in 1989.[29]

text: Music[edit]

text: Beethoven's 9th Symphony (more commonly known as "Ode to Joy") is featured prominently in Michael Kamen's score throughout the film, in many guises and variations (mostly as a leitmotif for Gruber and the terrorists), and thematic variations on "Singin' in the Rain" are also featured, as the theme for the character Theo. McTiernan said that he incorporated those themes into the film's soundtrack as an homage to Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange (which featured both pieces of music).[30] Basing his score around thematic variations on well-known pieces is a concept that Kamen previously used in Brazil. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 is playing during the party sequence near the film's beginning.

text: As the film has a Christmas setting, the score also features sleigh bells in some cues, as well as the Christmas pop standard "Winter Wonderland". Two 1987 pop songs are used as source music: near the film's beginning, limousine driver Argyle plays the rap song "Christmas in Hollis", performed by Run–D.M.C., and later, while talking on the phone in the limousine, Argyle is listening to Stevie Wonder's "Skeletons". The end credits of the film begin with the Christmas song "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" (performed by Vaughn Monroe) and continues/concludes with Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

text: The film's final four minutes were tracked with music from two other Twentieth Century Fox features; these were temporary tracks which the studio decided to leave in the film. The music heard when McClane and Powell see each other for the first time is from John Scott's score for the 1987 film Man on Fire. When Karl appears with his rifle, McTiernan decided that he did not like Kamen's produced music for the scene and chose to use a piece of temporary score that the production had purchased. The piece was part of the score composed by James Horner for the 1986 science fiction action film Aliens.[13]

text: Similarly to Aliens, the score by Michael Kamen was heavily edited, with music samples looped over and over and cues added to scenes. The most notable example is the "brass blast" heard when John slams the chair at the window as he confronts Marco, then Heinrich appears and he kills him, and later when Hans Gruber falls to his death.[31]

text: The score as heard in the film was released by Varèse Sarabande in February 2002, but was limited to 3000 copies.[32] It was subsequently reissued by La-La Land Records in November 2011, in a two-disc limited edition of 3500 copies.[33] In addition to the Kamen score, this release also includes the Monroe and Beethoven end credits pieces, Run-D.M.C.'s "Christmas in Hollis," and the John Scott track from Man on Fire.

text: Legacy[edit]

text: The film spawned four sequels: Die Hard 2 (1990), Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), and A Good Day to Die Hard (2013). In July 2007, Bruce Willis donated the undershirt worn in the film to the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.[34] The film's title and its story of a lone hero battling a multitude of single-minded opponents in an isolated setting also became a common descriptor for later action films: "Die Hard on a _____" became a simple and easy way to define the plot of many action films that came in its wake. For example, the 1992 film Under Siege was referred to as "Die Hard on a battleship", the 1992 film Passenger 57 was nicknamed "Die Hard on a plane", the 1994 film Speed was called "Die Hard on a bus",[35] and the 1996 film The Rock was dubbed "Die Hard on an island".[36] The 2013 films Olympus Has Fallen and White House Down were dubbed "Die Hard in The White House",[37][38] and even television shows, such as the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Starship Mine", which was described as "Die Hard in space".[39]

text: In 2001, Die Hard was listed at #39 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills, a list of America's most heart-pounding films.[40] In 2003, Hans Gruber was listed at #46 on the AFI's 100 Years... 100 Heroes and Villains list.[41]

text: It was selected by Empire magazine as #29 on their "500 Greatest Movies of All Time" list.[42] In 2017, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[43]

text: In 2006, Gruber was listed as the 17th greatest film character by Empire.[14] John McClane was placed at number 12 on the same list.[44] In the June 22, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly it was named the best action film of all time.[45]

text: In 2010, Die Hard was voted as "The Greatest Christmas Film of All Time" by Empire.[46] In 2012, IGN listed it at the top spot on their list of "The Top 25 Action Movies".[47] Debates have been had about whether or not Die Hard should be considered a Christmas film. Some feel that because the events of the film occur on Christmas Eve and its setting includes a Christmas party, that is enough to qualify it as a Christmas film, whilst others feel that since the film is not actually about Christmas and focuses on an action plot involving a lone police officer trying to stop terrorists it should not be considered a Christmas film.[48][49][50][51][52][53] On December 24, 2017 screenwriter Steven E. de Souza stated on Twitter that Die Hard is a Christmas film.[54]

text: Home Media[edit]

text: Die Hard was released on DVD on June 19 2007, a Blu-Ray release followed on November 20 2007.[55] Die Hard was released on 4K UHD Blu-Ray on May 15 2018.[56]