Guns – T. G. Shepherd

3 – Mockingbird, High Ground

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:10:10 +0000

Mockingbird wanted the high ground: morally and literally. The HUD in her goggles had a full wireframe schematic of the interior of the warehouse and although she didn’t have x-ray or anything she had enough info to generally track Castle’s movements. He was moving with cover, over by the table and she had to keep his attention focused on her or there was a non -zero chance he was going to execute...

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4 – Mockingbird, Ground Fighting

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:09:37 +0000

Bobbi Barton released her hold and let Mockingbird take over. Castle was an enemy right now, even if he had been a reluctant ally in the past—she couldn’t condone his methods…any more. She’d made a promise, to Clint, to Steve, to herself. She might sympathize with the stark simplicity of the trigger pull as a solution but it was as far from her as being named Princess of Asgard now. Her suit...

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7 – Punisher Reacts

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 26 May 2021 00:07:54 +0000

“Are the rest of the savior scouts around here or am I actually going to have a good day today?” Castle sneered. Mockingbird glared at him through those yellow tinted goggles of hers. She looked uninjured but… “I hit you, didn’t I? The hell kind of body armor do you have?” “As if I’d tell you,” she retorted. “Yeah, whatever. Get out of here, Avenger. Leave this trash to me and go save a kitten...

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2- Mockingbird Makes A Mistake

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 25 May 2021 18:54:51 +0000

“Are the rest of the savior scouts around here or am I actually going to have a good day?” Bobbi clamped her mouth shut, staring at Castle. She wished, desperately, that she’d called for backup before going in on this situation. But, at the same time, she was really really glad Cap and the team weren’t about to bust in on them. She might, with a bit of luck, be able to actually talk the Punisher...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 16: Annnnnndddd…scene (54:30-55:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 06:08:15 +0000

I have to say I still find it a bit strange just how well the Wick fights scene fall into thirty second chunks, which is especially true about the fight AFTER this one. That being said, we end the action here at Red Circle neatly at the 55:00 mark with John staggering out of the club, people fleeing before him like he’s a kaiju. We opened at the point Kirill and John are grappling against a table...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 15 (54:00-54:30): High Kicks Are For Rockettes

T.G. Shepherd — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 07:38:19 +0000

Wick is hiding behind a pillar, chest heaving from the pain of those torso shots he took in the last thirty seconds. Keanu looks sweaty and disheveled, one would assume partially from the high fever he was running when they shot this scene, partially to show that John’s calm and control are breaking down around him. His prey has escaped. His plan has failed. Now his priority is to escape and...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 13: He’s Wearing Body Armor, He’s Not A Moron (53:30-54:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 06:37:29 +0000

Sorry about the delay on new posts, crippling depression tends to cut my productivity. Anyhow, 53:30 opens as John Wick takes two bullets to the torso from Kirill and a goon and of course he’s wearing body armor. One thing about the Wick franchise that’s been very refreshing is its tendency to respect the physics of the weapons and environment … when they can. So Wick is knocked back...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 12: That’s Certainly A Mustache (53:00-53:30)

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 08 Oct 2019 03:19:30 +0000

I love this section of the fight, both for the nonchalant way they just let squib blood splatter across the perspex protecting the camera lens (happens multiple times throughout the movie) and for the way the stunt crew here works their asses off to make Keanu look like a god. On the strategy/tactics side of things as this section opens we see a move from the family of moves that I think is the...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 11: Bringing BJJ to a gunfight (52:30-53:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 07:56:36 +0000

There are a number of “Interesting Facts About John Wick” listicles out there. ( http://www.hollywood.com/movies/x-facts-you-didnt-know-about-john-wick-60646890/ served as source for me here) Among the things one learns is that Keanu Reeves had a 104 degree fever due to the flu during the shooting of the “upper floor” of the Russian Nightclub scene, which we are in the meat of.

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 10: Gunplay (52:00-52:30)

T.G. Shepherd — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 02:00:26 +0000

Well, Iosef made it upstairs and out another door. He’s about to miss out on one of the most chaotic, innovative and interesting fight scenes ever captured on film. It is a seamless integration of gunplay, physicality from both the star and the stunt team, hand-to-hand and realism. People RELOAD THEIR WEAPONS. The second floor of the nightclub is all padded columns and bright white light...

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