24 Season 7 Is Just Die Hard 2

I just finished watching Die Hard 2: Die Harder. Like the Baldwin brothers, there are 4 Die Hards. I would like to think Alec is the original. I think that Die Hard 2 may be Daniel, who overdosed on crack, ran naked through the Plaza Hotel screaming "Baldwin!" and then was promptly arrested by New York Police. The movie sports an amazing cast: Dennis Franz and Fred Thompson flanking Bruce Willis, with small roles for John Leguizamo and Colm Meany (as well as Dru Berrymore, who afterwards, according to IMDB, did almost 200 lovely movies with titles such as Cumback Pussy 38, and Sodomania Slop Shots 12 and Spunk'd: The Movie). But despite the cast, the movie sucked. Die Hard 2 was so bad, it actually was funny.

But the whole time I watched, I couldn't help but think that 24 Season 7 is ripping this movie off like crazy. We have terrorists taking over air traffic control and then crashing planes to show they're serious (hello, CYP device!). We have corrupt government officials working with foreign terrorists. We have law enforcement getting in the way of our hero, especially the guy who is in charge on the scene. We have people we think are good in the government turn out to be bad. We have domestic terrorists who really don't have any true, definable, realistic goals. We have rogue military-trained bad guys. We have a botched attempt to flee the country. We have ridiculous plot lines, countless amounts of deaths...

...and we have John McClane and Jack Bauer as the leading men. On Entertainment Weekly's Top 20 All-Time Coolest Heroes in Pop Culture, Jack Bauer comes in 14 and John McClane comes in 6th. Obviously there needs to be a recount. If all of the coolest heroes on this list faced off against each other, I bet these two are the last standing. Let's just say I'm glad that they don't have to face off and they're both on the side of good. But for one day and one movie, these two pop culture characters share a great common bond.