John Preston versus John McClane...

John McClane is doing his thing in Nakatomi, pwning terrorists left and right. Little does he know that Hans' chief henchman is John Preston. Hans is "checking the explosives" and is confronted by McClane. Remember? Mac had given Hans his pistol, Hans points it at McClane, and click, no bullets:

Mac "No bullets. You think I'm stupid, Hans?"

*ding, elevator arrives*

Hans "You were saying?"

*Mac takes off at a run, to his left, towards cover, spraying the elevator as he goes. Inside the elevator is Preston, not Karl and the others*

McClane has his Beretta, his MP5, and is at full strength. Obviously this is to the death. Preston is armed with his twin pistols.

Now, for those of you who are gonna cry "spite" at this, think long and hard how McClane fights.

Think long and hard how Prestons opponents from "Equilibrium" fight.

Think long and hard about how Gun Kata works.

I'll play Johnny Boy

And, based on your arguments in the Hit-Girl and Wesley-Gibson threads, John will lose

They're both John haermm

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
They're both John haermm

And so are you 😂

The latter John wins ✅

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
The latter John wins ✅

Here's how this fight would go down....

Mac "No bullets. You think I'm stupid, Hans?"

*ding, elevator arrives*

Hans "You were saying?"

*Mac takes off at a run, to his left, towards cover, spraying the elevator as he goes. Inside the elevator is Preston, not Karl and the others*

Mac attains cover. Preston exits the elevator, doing the Hustle:

McClane leans from behind his cover and fires wildly at Preston, totally unpredictable, spraying the entire area. Preston continues doing the Hustle:

And goes down as 9mm MP5 fire rakes his body. As he lays there dying, McClane walks over, draws his Beretta, puts two in Prestons head.

McClane says "Yippee Kay Ay, mother****er", lights a cigarette and walks away, then saves the day.

You just hate Preston, don't you

No, I love the Preston. Thing is, most fail to realize that Preston is only that good in his world. In a world like McClanes, he's barely above average.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
No, I love the Preston. Thing is, most fail to realize that Preston is only that good in his world. In a world like McClanes, he's barely above average.

..interesting

How so?

Originally posted by Lestov16
You just hate Preston, don't you

Not hate. But when he gets it in his head that a character must die, then the nonsense ensues.

Originally posted by Robtard
Not hate. But when he gets it in his head that a character must die, then the nonsense ensues.

Cosign to the power of infinity.

Originally posted by Robtard
Not hate. But when he gets it in his head that a character must die, then the nonsense ensues.

This thread was made for a purpose. You aren't commenting on the matchup because you know the consequences if you do.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
Bullshit and you know it haermm You know better than that.

This thread was made for a purpose. You aren't commenting on the matchup because you know the consequences if you do.

I'm not commenting for obvious reasons, it would be ridiculous for me to do so, as you're already made up your mind that a truly capable combatant like John Preston is nothing much.

Originally posted by Robtard
I'm not commenting for obvious reasons, it would be ridiculous for me to do so, as you're already made up your mind that a truly capable combatant like John Preston is nothing much.

John Preston is a God in his world, that's it. In McClane's world, or Riggs' world, or HG/Mariachi/SEU Smith's world, he's just an above average cop.

In all seriousness, McClane would wtf pwn Preston. You know it and I know it.

I just told told you the exact reason, you chimp and you just backed it up.

An "above average cop" doesn't have his speed, agility; can avoid bullets with ease, isn't a master with a blade, can shoot multiple people without looking at them; can memorize the exact locations of people in a dark room from just a bunch of whispers etc.

That argument can be applied to most any character, "In their world they're...", it's lame.

Originally posted by Robtard
I just told told you the exact reason, you chimp and you just backed it up.

An "above average cop" doesn't have his speed, agility; can avoid bullets with ease, isn't a master with a blade, can shoot multiple people without looking at them; can memorize the exact locations of people in a dark room from just a bunch of whispers etc.

That argument can be applied to most any character, "In their world they're...", it's lame.

haermm Nah. Preston uses gun kata. Gun kata relies on the following:

1. Being able to memorize the locations of the shooters.

2. Predicting the trajectory of their incoming fire to do two things: Avoid being hit, and returning fire.

3. The opponents standing in one spot for an entire gun battle.

Now.....McClane uses cover and is always on the move. This prevents Preston from memorizing his location.

No memory of McClane's location= No way of being able to predict the trajectory of McClanes incoming fire.

See that? See how gun kata is useless in a modern day gun fight?

John Preston just tools all over him.

John Preston stomps anyone who RJ is a fanboy of