Was there a better time to be a fan of tough-guy cinema than the ’80s? On any given weekend, you could go to the multiplex and see Arnold Schwarzenegger barking Austrian threats, Sylvester Stallone acting out some right-wing revenge fantasy, or a mulleted Mel Gibson unleashing his inner demons while his costar grumbled about getting too old for this s—. Well, you know who wasn’t too old for that s— back then? Me. I lapped up every last one of those Reagan-era action flicks and came back for seconds. I’ll admit that most of them haven’t aged well (sorry, Messieurs Tango and Cash). Yet there’s one that still feels as fresh as it did when it hit theaters on July 15, 1988. Just out on Blu-ray as part of the four-film Die Hard: 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection, John McTiernan’s original Die Hard may be the most perfect action film ever made. That’s a bold claim, I know. But the set’s EXTRAS do a first-rate job of backing it up while also revealing some juicy trivia. As we wait for next month’s A Good Day to Die Hard, here’s a taste of what we learned: