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Die Hardis a treasured vacation classic , but it might not be a staple of Christmas movie marathon if it stick with its original termination . Die Hardis technically an version of the novelNothing Lasts Foreverby Roderick Thorp . Like the movie , Nothing Lasts Foreveris about an N.Y.P.D. police detective who attend an office Christmas party in a Los Angeles skyscraper that is promptly taken over by a uncongenial terrorist chemical group . However , the moving-picture show make many change to the book . In the book , the Heron ’s name is Joe Leland and he ’s an older , retired copper .
One of the self-aggrandizing change to the book is arguably what madeDie Harda beloved holiday classic in the years that succeed . While its status as a Christmas movie has long been disputed , give out Hardis undeniably a wide adored classic that many fans like to rewatch around the holidays . If the film had been a closer adaptation of the novel , with the same stark ending as the source cloth , it might not have pass on to become such a venerate Christmas classic .
John McClane Visits His Wife In Die Hard Instead Of His Daughter
InNothing Lasts always , McClane / Leland is in L.A. to see his estranged girl , Stephanie , who work at the company having the Christmas political party . Her two kid are there , too , and become hostages along with her . The daughter is n’t portrayed as a morally solid character ; she does drugs and is having an affair with Ellis , and she ’s hold a failure by her father . The book ’s family moral force just is n’t the same as the film ’s , and does n’t lead to the theme of family coming together and having a happily - ever - after vacation .
In the movie , not only is it his wife that he ’s come to reconcile with , and ultimately be with his kids , but her name is Holly in this version , which is thoroughgoing for Christmas . Plus , in the motion picture , he get to save the day , saving Holly ’s aliveness along with others , and have a glad Christmas . Sure , there are tale that some would say are a more precise depiction of the holiday by going darker , but that would n’t have givenDie Hardthe wide appeal that it ’s had since its release , especially during the holiday .
The Daughter Dies In The Book Along With Gruber
The Bible is darker in general , butthe scene where Gruber falls to his demise is especially bleak as he succeeds in drag out the daughter with him , whereas McClane save Holly from that destiny in the movie . There ’s also an implication that Leland will conk from his wounds after the story ends . So , not only are the kids traumatized from the surety position ; now , their female parent and granddad are dead , and their dad does n’t seem to be around . That ’s a somewhat cheerless Christmas tale . Die Hardwouldn’t be as dear as it is – or as rewatchable at the vacation – with that termination . That ’s a ‘ seventy ending , not an ‘ 80s cease .
