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Yes. Die Hard is based on the novel Nothing Lasts Forever (1979) by American writer Roderick Thorp.
Die Hard was released in 1988 prompting the belief that it is set in that year. Die Hard 2 is supposedly set one year later, so it would then be 1989. However, Holly says on the plane that it is the 90s, so Die Hard could have been set in 1989 making Die Hard 2 set in 1990.Die Hard was set in Christmas of 1988, Die Hard 2 was likely set in the Christmas of 1989, and Holly makes reference to it being the 90's, as in it was the end of the decade and joked that air phones are a thing of the future.
Holly [Bonnie Bedelia] told Hans [Alan Rickman] that she wasn't married. However, from the way she was looking at the screen, Hans apparently deduced that they were her kids. Then, he lifted the face-down picture and saw Holly and John side-by-side.
The gang which takes over the Nakatomi Building comprises thirteen people, led by the former German terrorist Hans Gruber.Hans' second-in-command is compatriot Karl, whose brother Tony is also involved.In addition there are (at least) two Americans: Eddie, who masquerades as the security guard on the front desk, and Theo, the computer whiz kid.Theo is assisted in cracking the vault by Kristoffe, who appears to be French.The missile team is made up of marksman Alexander and loader James.Heinrich is tasked with rigging the explosives on the roof, a job he undertakes with Uli and Marco.Finally there is Fritz and Franco, who each carry out a wide range of jobs during the heist.
When Hans asks McClane if he was a child who thought of himself as John Wayne, Rambo, or Marshall Dillon, McClane replies, "I was always partial to Roy Rogers actually". Hans then says, "do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr Cowboy?" to which McClane responds with "Yippee kai-yay(!)" The reference is to a song on Roy Rogers' TV show about being a cowboy. The chorus went something like, "I'm a cowboy, yippee-kai-yay, yippee kai-yay."
In Die Hard 2 Holly tell Dick that he "endangered" her children. Going to her house to interview the children on TV was an invasion of her family's privacy and would reveal to the terrorists that Holly had children and possibly where they were located. This would then give the terrorists the opportunity to find them and then kill or kidnap them.
Theo is knocked unconscious by Argyle. There is another terrorist who is simply knocked out cold by McClane during the final confrontation while the terrorists are raiding the vault, one of them takes a box of bonds towards the exit, which John is blocking. He is knocked down and is never seen again but he wasn't killed. Possibly Kristoffe.
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