Who’s the face for? His opponent? Or himself?
John Porter (Richard Armitage) takes out a prison guard in Strike Back 1.3. My caps.
~ by Servetus on October 30, 2012.
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The size of his guns on that show…OOOF! He must have pumped iron for hours week after week. Every time I get upset because he had to leave the show, I remind myself of the reason. Still, I love John Porter and I did not like THAT last episode. *sigh* My favorite RA fight though, is still the one on Spooks, Series 7, episode 1, where he takes out the kidnapper/terrorist with the bottom part of his open palm. DANG! It was HOT!!! Oh, Richard…
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Mujer Tropical said this on October 30, 2012 at 7:54 am |
I love the look on his face in this scene — like he’s psyching himself up to give everything he’s got.
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Servetus said this on October 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm |
He is an inspiration when we need to fight back, isn’t he? The “Porter muscles” are the kind that martial artists get, not overblown like a bodybuilder’s, but ever so useful.
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Leigh said this on October 30, 2012 at 8:28 am |
he definitely makes you believe he’s actually fighting — it’s not some kind of a choreographed dance.
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Servetus said this on October 30, 2012 at 5:20 pm |
He makes me believe it, unlike some “actors” who just go through the choreopgraphed motions. There have only been a few times when I could see Richard pull a punch, and thank goodness he did. If it connected, both the other guy and Richard’s knuckles would have been a bloody mess. I can’t bear to think of any damage to those beautiful hands.
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Leigh said this on October 30, 2012 at 5:55 pm |
So true. More like, choreographed mayhem.
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Gratiana Lovelace said this on October 30, 2012 at 6:19 pm |
well put.
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Servetus said this on November 1, 2012 at 5:13 pm |
Looks so frighteningly realistic! *shudders*
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Judit said this on October 31, 2012 at 10:10 am |
yeah, I would not want Richard Armitage to get mad at me.
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Servetus said this on November 1, 2012 at 5:13 pm |
[…] Take the weakest thing in you and beat the bastards with it. And always hold on when you get love, so you can let go when you give it. […]
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Thinking. « Me + Richard Armitage said this on November 16, 2012 at 5:53 am |