Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
I dislike him so much, I spent good $$ on a kids movie for the grands, I discovered he was in it. I broke it and threw it away.
OT/MISC Alec Baldwin Fired Prop Gun That Killed Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and Injured Director. New Charges Filed!
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Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
I agree with your assessment that Alec Baldwin is a putz.
ShadowMan
Designated Grumpy Old Fart
IF you are close enough to the end of the barrel a BLANK CAN seriously harm or even KILL you. Or if something (ANYTHING) gets into the barrel it becomes a projectile. Blank rounds are often overloaded with powder to give a realistic "BANG" on camera. Someone screwed up for sure!
I have a buddy working on a movie set right now as the firearm safety officer. He's constantly on some of the actors to NOT "F" around with the "prop" firearms. Just because a bullet is not in the round does not make it safe to play with!
Gunnery Sgt's NUMBER ONE RULE: ALL GUNS ARE LOADED ALL THE TIME and NEVER point a firearm at anything you don't want to DESTROY!!
Someone broke those two rules and someone died!
I have a buddy working on a movie set right now as the firearm safety officer. He's constantly on some of the actors to NOT "F" around with the "prop" firearms. Just because a bullet is not in the round does not make it safe to play with!
Gunnery Sgt's NUMBER ONE RULE: ALL GUNS ARE LOADED ALL THE TIME and NEVER point a firearm at anything you don't want to DESTROY!!
Someone broke those two rules and someone died!
Walrus Whisperer
Hope in chains...
I agree with your assessment that Alec Baldwin is a putz. Except for adding the word colossal in front of it would make it more truthful.
Repairman-Jack
Veteran Member
The Brandon Lee incident happened on the set of The Crow, the story was the had done close ups of the gun being pointed at his character before he was shot and they had inert rounds in the gun (revolver). They swapped them out with blanks but the round had fallen out of somehow got lodged in the barrel and when then the blank was fire it propelled the tip into his abdomen.
Afterwards if I recall with the long hours on set either the prop/weapons master was not on site of the had an inexperienced fill in, very sad to this day The Crow is one of my favorite movies.
The other incident I remember from my childhood was the lead male actor from a tv show called Cover Up discharged a weapon on the set while play Russian roulette
There are already wheels within wheels of plots and subplots; these people live in fantasyland and can't resist that. No such thing as bad publicity.
One thing for certain is that the great unwashed will never know the actual truth.
Prop gun accidentally misfired? Yeah right.... Brazenly cleaning up a soured relationship? Doubt it but that'll certainly make the rounds. Will Baldwin get chased back to Canada? Fat chance....
He was a good choice for Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October, I have to admit.
One thing for certain is that the great unwashed will never know the actual truth.
Prop gun accidentally misfired? Yeah right.... Brazenly cleaning up a soured relationship? Doubt it but that'll certainly make the rounds. Will Baldwin get chased back to Canada? Fat chance....
He was a good choice for Jack Ryan in Hunt for Red October, I have to admit.
Ragnarok
On and On, South of Heaven
Ask Brandon Lee...
D.A. announces negligence caused death of “The Crow” actor Brandon Lee
As a nearly month-long police investigation draws to a close, North Carolina District Attorney Jerry Spivey announces on April 27, 1993 that the death of 28-year-old Brandon Lee on March 31 of that same year during filming of The Crow was due to negligence on the part of the film’s crew, not...
www.history.com
mikeho78
Contributing Member
I think the show was called Cover Up, but it was earlier than 90's
bbbuddy
DEPLORABLE ME
Um, New Mexico.....
Hfcomms
EN66iq
Ironic in the least that these anti-gun hollywood hypocrites make full use of them in their movies and help to push a culture that glorifies violence isn’t it?
dawgofwar10
Veteran Member
Yep, it was in 1984 Jon-Erik Hexum was the actor who was playing Russian roulette.
greysage
On The Level
Salty Cracker commentary. "Where is David Hogg and his pencil arms?"
Runtime five minutes.
View: https://youtu.be/M8PBfytMkrw
Runtime five minutes.
Voortrekker
Veteran Member
Here's my theory. Baldwin is an actor and they tend to be creatively compulsive. He walked up to the pair before filming and performed a "gag" of shooting both people up close at point blank range. Oopsies, something isn't like the movies.
Blank cartridges are not harmless, they are dangerous within a few feet, rifle blanks are dangerous up to twenty feet. Movie prop guns are designed to not hold live ccartridges.
The blanks exert pressure and propel energy forward as the gasses expand.
Blank cartridges are not harmless, they are dangerous within a few feet, rifle blanks are dangerous up to twenty feet. Movie prop guns are designed to not hold live ccartridges.
The blanks exert pressure and propel energy forward as the gasses expand.
West
Senior
Right, and the real ammo that this POS actor most likely provided.
I think she had something on him.
The wounded was just for theatrical effect.
My WAG.
That’s no longer the case, and hasn’t been for years. Most sound effects these days are dubbed-in. The on-stage guns just make a little pop.
Travis Fimmel as a bounty hunter in a Western..now THERE's some news!
Just kidddddding...
...of course Baldwin is an obnoxious idiot, but hard to believe even he would be extracurricularly messing around on set with a gun that carried loads capable of that sort of damage. Prop guy better have not screwed up, but people are human and stuff happens.
Waiting for more info.
Just kidddddding...
...of course Baldwin is an obnoxious idiot, but hard to believe even he would be extracurricularly messing around on set with a gun that carried loads capable of that sort of damage. Prop guy better have not screwed up, but people are human and stuff happens.
Waiting for more info.
Illini Warrior
Illini Warrior
they even watch the blank firing guns >>> idiot actor back in the 1980s blew a chunk of skull into his brain - put a gun up to his head and BAM - dead on the spot ...
Illini Warrior
Illini Warrior
I never saw that - it was still a blank on WIKI >> blew a chunk of skull into his brain
barbarossa58
Veteran Member
Be an interesting SNL skit next time he guest hosts (haven't seen that show since about early 1980s)...
savurselvs
Veteran Member
THIS!!!!
rafter
Since 1999
Not sure about the 'not hold live cartridge' part. I would thing they would use the same gun we use in cowboy mounted shooting which are period copies of a colt .45. You can put a live round in them if you wanted to. The ammo we use to simulates the same as a life round fired is loaded with black powder.
How close was he when he shot her and where? That is the question as far as why she died. I know people that have accidently shot their horses ear and it took the hair off and burned it's ear but it wasn't taking the full impact.
Was the ammo packed wrong by whoever does it for the studio? The bullets look nothing like a live round. The brass is a little longer and crimped at the end...not a bullet end.
My avatar shows what they look like when fired.
Sicario
The Executor
I've destroyed all my movies with Robert DiNero, Jim Carrey, and every other super-liberal asshole who can't just act but feel compelled to run their commie pie holes against conservative, traditional America.
Marseydoats
Veteran Member
Pete Duel committed suicide at home. He was supposedly distraught over getting a DWI. He was my favorite actor at the time, and I was really upset, as were most of the other little girls who were fans of the show.
jward
passin' thru
Alec Baldwin Accidentally Shot and Killed a Woman Filming His New Movie...And There's an Ironic Twist
Matt Vespa
3-4 minutes
Alec Baldwin killed a woman. It was an accident. It’s a tragic on-set blunder that was an eerie throwback to the equally tragic incident involving the late Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow. Lee was also killed with a faulty prop gun. While filming his new movie Rust, Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed the cinematographer. The director, Joel Souza, was also injured (via Variety):
Matt Vespa
3-4 minutes
Alec Baldwin killed a woman. It was an accident. It’s a tragic on-set blunder that was an eerie throwback to the equally tragic incident involving the late Brandon Lee on the set of The Crow. Lee was also killed with a faulty prop gun. While filming his new movie Rust, Baldwin fired a prop gun that killed the cinematographer. The director, Joel Souza, was also injured (via Variety):
The ironic twist in this whole story is that the film is centered around an accidental death (via NY Post):
The real question is how this could have happened.
And some have noted if "prop gun" is an accurate term to use here initially because, well--there are questions:
Dobbin
Faithful Steed
Salty Cracker (he needs to sober up before doing a vid) said as much. "Trump Curse."
Fortunately for Trump, reports of a curse are inadmissible in court - so far.
Dobbin
jward
passin' thru
Catturd ™
@catturd2
1h
Let's listen in to all the Hollywood actors angrily calling to ban all movie prop guns, today .... (Cricket sounds) (Farting sound) (Farting crickets)
@catturd2
1h
Let's listen in to all the Hollywood actors angrily calling to ban all movie prop guns, today .... (Cricket sounds) (Farting sound) (Farting crickets)
Dobbin
Faithful Steed
He will be made a "hero" on the basis of "poor Alec" effect.
People will invite him to their parties. He'll be given scripts to "read for" (but not be selected) and lunch paid for by the studios. He'll be given the best "line of blow." Young women will "come on" to him.
Wined & dined and feted - but never again given a serious challenge or opportunity.
He'll henceforth be the "lap dog" of the Leftist Hollywood Progressives. (But laughed at behind his back - expect another SNL skit...) Two faced leftists.
"Poor Alec."
Dobbin