A Willis State of Mind
New Hampshire residents have got to be excited about the newest and most-ridiculously-named Die Hard movie, Live Free or Die Hard, featuring Bruce Willis and… a group of tough-minded farmers and their muskets (and also an explosion or two; you should see those powder kegs go!). If they believe enough in their state slogan to put it on their license plates, surely two hours of Willis shooting up Nashua–or whatever–is pretty high on their list of summer movies.
Is New Hampshire the only state worthy of an action film? There are fifty states in the union (plus Washington, D.C.–”The citizens of our nation’s capital have been taxed without representation. They’re not going to take it ANY MORE. Coming soon to a theater near you!”). Are our far-northern neighbors with the winter weather and the political import going to steal our action-film thunder? I propose a series of state shoot-em-ups, beginning with the following:
Terminator 4: Sic semper tyrannis (”Thus always to tyrants,” Virginia)
Kill Bill: Vol. 3: Our Liberties We Prize and Our Rights We Maintain (Iowa)
The Matrix: Eureka! (California)
Charlie’s Angels 3: Fatti maschii, parole femine (”Manly deeds, womanly words,” Maryland)
Predator 3: Under God the People Rule (South Dakota)
Jurassic Park V: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice (”If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you,” Michigan)
Think we have a winner here? Contact your state’s film commission today!
Live Free or Die Hard, Bruce Willis, state mottoes
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