fighting – T. G. Shepherd

Combat As Character

T.G. Shepherd — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 08:22:53 +0000

Captain America: The Winter Soldier is probably the best movie made under the umbrella of the MCU; only Black Panther can really compete for that title. One of the reasons why is that the Russo Brothers know to their bones how to direct action to convey character. The Russos are not flashy stylist directors. Their work is nearly stark in its technical plain-ness; I admit to a fondness for ‘lack of...

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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: On Va Voir (11:11-12:25)

T.G. Shepherd — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 07:54:09 +0000

Hey. Sorry to be away so long. It’s been an astonishingly bad year for me personally, in the midst of a bad year for the planet in general. I’ll probably post about it soonish — it’s a story that needs to be told — but all the matters right now is I’m back, the blog is back and we’re going to ease in with another MCU centered post, a one-off on a single fight from Captain America: The Winter...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 22: Short and Sweet (1:12:00-1:12:35)

T.G. Shepherd — Wed, 25 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Ninety five seconds. That’s how much screen time the second best fight of the movie takes up (I mean, give or take — that’s just my timing). This is a short, sharp, brutal battle — and as a consequence remains the most realistic of the fights, only edging the Perkins battle out because they literally have to cut away to allow him to escape from an unwinnable situation there (Perkins killed John...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 21: The Last Range is the Ground (1:11:30-1:12:00)

T.G. Shepherd — Mon, 23 Mar 2020 21:30:25 +0000

(Author’s Note: I’m going to try to get several chapters posted today, for release once a day for the next while, then move onto my interim one-off post 30 Seconds Without Fear about one of the most interesting fights in the Netflix Daredevil) My title for this chapter is a bit of an inside joke for MMA/combat martial artists. It’s commonly held there are four close combat ranges: kicking...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 20: Wick is Back (1:11:00-1:11:30)

T.G. Shepherd — Mon, 10 Feb 2020 07:56:32 +0000

Dichotomies are interesting in narrative. The scene I’ll be covering for the next few chapters is both one of the most technically accomplished and interesting fights in a movie packed with great fight scenes but also the most contrived. We’re in the under renovation church fight, the one that includes the iconic Keanu raging snarl of ‘yeah, I’m thinking I’m back’. I’ve always liked Keanu...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 19: John Wick Must Die (58:40-59:25)

T.G. Shepherd — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:55:28 +0000

Hey folks. Since my first choice dropped John Wick I’ve moved onto another streaming service for the movie, which is a fifteen seconds behind on the time codes. I’ve flipped to their timing as of now, at some point I’ll likely edit all of this to the DVD time codes. Maybe. Also, this is the climax of the fight so I’m running it a little long to get to the end, which oddly then makes it sync back...

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30 Seconds of Wick Chapter 18 (Repost of Chapter 1) Perkins Takes A Bite (58:25-58:55)

T.G. Shepherd — Tue, 03 Dec 2019 03:00:00 +0000

Perkins Vs John Wick (58:25-58:55) This was my inaugural post because of a coincidence. I was asked twice in one month by random people if I knew why Perkins uses her teeth hold her jacket during this fight. It’s a moment that watching it I thought “Maybe five percent of the people watching this are going to know why she did that. Maybe two percent.” By happy chance the sequence also starts with...

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30 Second of Wick Chapter 17: The Best Fight Begins (57:55-58:25)

T.G. Shepherd — Mon, 02 Dec 2019 05:36:41 +0000

We’ve finally caught up to the best fight in this movie. Yes, I’ll say it again: as good as Red Circle is, Perkins vs Wick is the best fight of the movie and possibly the best fight in the three movies so far. I covered the second segment of this fight (58:25-58:55) back in my very first blog post (and I’m going to repost that in full for the next chapter to make sure we maintain continuity)...

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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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