Jesus fucking Christ that's awful.
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An absolute tragedy. Not his fault but Alec Baldwin must be putting himself through hell right now over this.
CGI muzzle flash. Dub the sound of the gunshot in later. Or failing that keep the current method but make sure that when the prop gun is fired no-one is standing in a position where they could be shot if the gun misfires.
Over on corridor crew they show there is a safer way, just using spring loaded guns synced to a light, with cgi muzzle flash added in later (which is something they usually still do even when using blanks).
I didn't realize it happened so often either, and that seems like a huge problem from the prop department, or whoever is in charge of set safety. If you are going to use real guns firing blanks they need to be treated as dangerous and make sure your actors and anyone else that handles them knows this. They clearly didn't, and now one person is dead, one person injured and one more very likely psychologically scarred
Converting a gun to an electric gun in this fashion destroys all the gun's inherent value and many guns are pulled from private armories that rent them out, not owned by the production company. As such, many owners simply aren't willing to do this conversion to rare or expensive pieces because at some point they intend to unload them to another dealer.
I believe @Ravenpoe meant Softair guns.
Yes, not real guns
Apparently this was the latest in a string of issues this movie has been having:
Alec Baldwin 'Rust' camera crew walked off the set in protest before the fatal shooting
Alec Baldwin 'Rust' camera crew walked off the set in protest before the fatal shooting
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"A colleague was so alarmed by the prop gun misfires that he sent a text message to the unit production manager. 'We've now had 3 accidental discharges. This is super unsafe,' according to a copy of the message reviewed by The Times. "
Three accidental discharges before the fatal shooting. Holy fuck, the movie industry needs to change.
I would very much like it if this sentiment were extended to every industry that works on a capital investment model.
Employee safety is more important than RoI. Full stop.
--Patrick
Apparently my roommates worked on a film with Dave Halls: the Assistant Director on Rust that gave Baldwin the loaded gun and said “cold gun”. This kind of negligence is basically his M.O.
On the film they worked with him on he invited a bunch of locals to show to be in the film and encouraged them to bring their own guns and weapons from home for the scene. That was just one thing he did. He is notorious for having very little safety on sets.
On the film they worked with him on he invited a bunch of locals to show to be in the film and encouraged them to bring their own guns and weapons from home for the scene. That was just one thing he did. He is notorious for having very little safety on sets.
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Yeah, the right are taking a lot of opportunities to score political jabs. it is a bit disgusting and shows the lack of empathy that seems to divide the left and right these days.
The real insult is that the only reason they're doing this is because Baldwin is a lib. If it had been Clint Eastwood they'd be out in droves defending him and the NRA would be involved
They might not. Their minds are currently on other things at the moment.
Oh, but they do, they most certainly do. They just believe some people should be safer than others, is all.
--Patrick
Me, skimming Amazon Prime for a horror movie to watch.
Amazon Prime: How about Killer Sofa?
Me: ...fuck it, I'm in.
Amazon Prime: How about Killer Sofa?
Me: ...fuck it, I'm in.
Monster Squad (1987) is available through tomorrow night, too.
...and also The Velocipastor (2018)
--Patrick
...and also The Velocipastor (2018)
--Patrick
Here's a great video about the origins of Ghostbusters.
No, not that Ghostbusters. The OTHER Ghostbusters. The TRUE Ghostbusters.
No, not that Ghostbusters. The OTHER Ghostbusters. The TRUE Ghostbusters.
Wasn't it a DIC move?
George R.R. Martin flew to New York to 'beg' an HBO executive to make 'Game of Thrones' 10 seasons long, according to his agent
In a new book about HBO titled "Tinderbox," the journalist James Andrew Miller uncovered details about how the "Game of Thrones" finale came to be.
www.insider.com
So I guess even GRRM was fucking done with the show post season 5. Apparently the showrunners were sick of making it then too.
Maybe instead of torpedoing your insanely famous show into irrelevancy you could hire new showrunners who are interested in making your show, Jesus Christ.
A lot has been blamed on GRRM not finishing the books, but the showrunners didn't bother to follow his templates in the least post season 5.
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Yes. And then their reputation went to shit for the way they rushed the end of GoT (rightfully so), and Disney told them to piss off.
Even before they ran out of book they were cutting threads that would have connected to an ending that made sense. It is a damn shame they didn't really care about the story or characters bc the show was popular enough that it could have transitioned into being a never ending soap opera and that would have been better than the series we got. Wouldn't mind if it was remade ten years from now if the new show didn't make Euron a generic idiot
George R.R. Martin flew to New York to 'beg' an HBO executive to make 'Game of Thrones' 10 seasons long, according to his agent
In a new book about HBO titled "Tinderbox," the journalist James Andrew Miller uncovered details about how the "Game of Thrones" finale came to be.
So I guess even GRRM was fucking done with the show post season 5. Apparently the showrunners were sick of making it then too.
Maybe instead of torpedoing your insanely famous show into irrelevancy you could hire new showrunners who are interested in making your show, Jesus Christ.
A lot has been blamed on GRRM not finishing the books, but the showrunners didn't bother to follow his templates in the least post season 5.
I barely got into the first book, and after the show ended and people's reaction I continue to question whether I SHOULD get back into it.
The first three of so books are great, by the last one you get the feeling GRR doesn't know how it where to connect everything either
4 & 5 grew on me, I'm gonna reread them with one of those combined ebooks to see if the pacing is any better but I don't think there was much that could have followed the climaxes of 3 without feeling like a letdown. All the worldbuilding setting up the eldritch horror behind the return of magic still has got me looking forward to book 6
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Then what's stephen king's excuse?