I didn't really see why they've needed to bring back William Atherton's character for this movie and all what they pretty much do to his character was have people be mean to him and treat him like crap, I did feel bad for William Atherton's character in DH2 cause I didn't think he was nearly as mean as he was in the original
shareI thought Thornburg was a much more sympathetic character here in this movie than he was in the original.
shareI don't think he was portrayed more sympathetically, since he clearly hasn't mended his ways (as most obviously shown by his "reporting" that terrorists have taken over the airport and how there's going to be a big shootout, and then proceeding to brag about what a great guy he is until Holly tasers him.)
I do think you could cut all the scenes involving him in this film and nothing would really change, unlike the first movie where his sleazy journalism ends up making Hans Gruber realize the relation between Holly and John.
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The actor and character are great.
Have to understand things weren't critiqued as much back then.
Today on the internet , the title die harder would get bashed.
Back then people went along with things more. Today everything is nip picked. To the title , to characters to anything.
Yes it was nice to see him back and shame on this franchise for him not being in the 3rd, 4th and 5th ones. He is my favorite Die Hard character
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