Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 18:05:24 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Alec Baldwin getting away with murder Content-Language: en-US Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: <1797980814.731492324.194688.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <1531985434.731542441.622780.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 65 Path: ...!news.nobody.at!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:05:24 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3782 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17ba9dfe804536f2$34156$1514739$4ad50060@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4141 On 3/7/2024 5:44 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article > <1531985434.731542441.622780.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>, > anim8rfsk wrote: > >> BTR1701 wrote: >>> In article , Alan Smithee >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On 03/07/2024 01:42 PM, EGK wrote: >>>>> On Thu, 7 Mar 2024 09:59:02 -0700, anim8rfsk wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> https://deadline.com/2024/03/rust-movie-armorer-guilty-shooting-death-123 >>>>>> 5847983/ >>>>> >>>>> Classic example of shit rolling downhill and our two-tiered justice >>>>> system. Baldwin is "loose" with weapons on the set and he fires the >>>>> fatal shot but because he hired a young and very inexperienced armorer, >>>>> she ends up being the perfect scapegoat. >>>> >>>> Did you watch the trial yesterday? She was quoted as saying she could >>>> not be responsible for everyone on the set. Even tho it is her job to be >>>> responsible. >>>> >>>> Baldwin should be held accountable, but he will likely walk. >>> >>> Once upon a time, I spent an afternoon on the CSI:HORATIO set as a >>> technical advisor (the episode dealt with counterfeit currency and they >>> took none of my advice regarding how what they were doing wasn't >>> accurate in any way), and in every scene with guns, as soon as they >>> yelled cut, the armorer zipped in and took everyone's pistols and put >>> them on a table over in the corner of the sound stage. He stood watch >>> over them until the resets were done and they were ready to go again, >>> then he handed them all back out again.** >>> >>> (I do not know if there was a separate sunglass wrangler for David >>> Caruso.) >>> >>> **The armorer guy went white as a sheet near the end of the day when it >>> came to his attention that I'd been sitting on set all afternoon with an >>> actual loaded handgun under my suit coat. >> >> What would have happened had he found out first thing in the morning? >> Obviously you're not going to surrender your weapon to him. > > I would have gone out and locked it in the gun safe in the trunk of my > car. > >>> Based on what I saw that day and how firearms are treated on set by a >>> responsible armorer, Baldwin should never have been playing around with >>> a gun outside of an actual filmed scene, and certainly shouldn't have >>> been pointing it at people. What possible reason could he have had for >>> pointing it at the director and the DP? > >> Supposedly, he was aiming at the camera and they were next to the camera >> when he pulled the trigger. >> >> Either he's a really lousy shot or a really good shot. I did wonder why dummy guns weren't used, and I bet the market for them just tripled. I bet, too, that nowadays when the real(istic) guns come out, a hush falls over the set. Every take, it must feel like the only guarantee that you won't get shot is that you didn't get shot.