Alec Baldwin what the fuck
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@george-k No, that is the million dollar question. There are really 3 options, in order of probability:
- They practiced shooting real guns to better understand how to properly handle one in the movie.
- Someone bought fake/bang bullets not realizing they were real bullets.
- Someone set up Alec, big time.
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:05 last edited by@89th I don't rule any of these out, but I can't really buy your #1. What's to practice? You point and shoot. Is there anybody who hasn't seen a movie actor do this a thousand times?
To this day, street skells point their guns sideways thinking that's the correct and therefore kewl way to do it -- all unknowing that that positioning was the brainchild of a film director who devised it as a means of pointing the weapon without obscuring the shooter's hand.
As for the other two, I can't think about them now; my brain is shut down by the thunder of the feet of a thousand onrushing lawyers.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:07 last edited by
Somebody call Angela Lansbury…
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@89th I don't rule any of these out, but I can't really buy your #1. What's to practice? You point and shoot. Is there anybody who hasn't seen a movie actor do this a thousand times?
To this day, street skells point their guns sideways thinking that's the correct and therefore kewl way to do it -- all unknowing that that positioning was the brainchild of a film director who devised it as a means of pointing the weapon without obscuring the shooter's hand.
As for the other two, I can't think about them now; my brain is shut down by the thunder of the feet of a thousand onrushing lawyers.
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:08 last edited by@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
Link to video@89th I don't rule any of these out, but I can't really buy your #1. What's to practice? You point and shoot. Is there anybody who hasn't seen a movie actor do this a thousand times?
Keanu did this to practice for John Wick. Not saying it happened her because its... Alec Baldwin, but still... maybe.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:14 last edited by
They said earlier it occurred while filming.
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@89th I don't rule any of these out, but I can't really buy your #1. What's to practice? You point and shoot. Is there anybody who hasn't seen a movie actor do this a thousand times?
To this day, street skells point their guns sideways thinking that's the correct and therefore kewl way to do it -- all unknowing that that positioning was the brainchild of a film director who devised it as a means of pointing the weapon without obscuring the shooter's hand.
As for the other two, I can't think about them now; my brain is shut down by the thunder of the feet of a thousand onrushing lawyers.
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:15 last edited by@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
@89th I don't rule any of these out, but I can't really buy your #1. What's to practice? You point and shoot. Is there anybody who hasn't seen a movie actor do this a thousand times?
Actors practice what they do. That's why it looks good in the movies.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:17 last edited by
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@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
@89th I don't rule any of these out, but I can't really buy your #1. What's to practice? You point and shoot. Is there anybody who hasn't seen a movie actor do this a thousand times?
Actors practice what they do. That's why it looks good in the movies.
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:21 last edited by@aqua-letifer said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
Actors practice what they do. That's why it looks good in the movies.
I don't know about that, but I'll bet actors will check the quote-unquote firearms THEMSELVES from now on before a take.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:22 last edited by
For a while. Then the memory will fade.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 19:22 last edited by
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 20:27 last edited by
@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
They practiced shooting real guns to better understand how to properly handle one in the movie.
Someone bought fake/bang bullets not realizing they were real bullets.
Someone set up Alec, big time.- There may be real guns on set, but there should never, ever, ever, be real rounds o a movie set.
- Absolute bullshit. A .45 LC blank:
Or, you can seat a cardboard or fiber wad over the powder charge. In either case, there is no bullet visible at the end of the case.
3. Maybe. That would certainly be interesting.
4. Or maybe somebody was screwing around on set, popping tin cans, etc. That should never happen and would be a big no-no. -
@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
They practiced shooting real guns to better understand how to properly handle one in the movie.
Someone bought fake/bang bullets not realizing they were real bullets.
Someone set up Alec, big time.- There may be real guns on set, but there should never, ever, ever, be real rounds o a movie set.
- Absolute bullshit. A .45 LC blank:
Or, you can seat a cardboard or fiber wad over the powder charge. In either case, there is no bullet visible at the end of the case.
3. Maybe. That would certainly be interesting.
4. Or maybe somebody was screwing around on set, popping tin cans, etc. That should never happen and would be a big no-no. -
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 21:40 last edited by
Can a prop gun fire a real bullet if you load it with one?
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 21:47 last edited by
@klaus said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
Can a prop gun fire a real bullet if you load it with one?
Depends on the prop.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 21:56 last edited by
@klaus said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
Can a prop gun fire a real bullet if you load it with one?
Amateur question here: Why would a prop gun have a firing pin?
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@klaus said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
Can a prop gun fire a real bullet if you load it with one?
Amateur question here: Why would a prop gun have a firing pin?
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 22:00 last edited by@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
Amateur question here: Why would a prop gun have a firing pin?
Amateur answer here: Because you'd need it to "fire" a blank?
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@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
Amateur question here: Why would a prop gun have a firing pin?
Amateur answer here: Because you'd need it to "fire" a blank?
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@george-k Yes, some way to propel it . . . but couldn't it be some mechanism that was not configured to strike the middle part of a real bullet? Something more like a little paddle?
'K, I'll stop talking now.
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 22:09 last edited by@catseye3 said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
@george-k Yes, some way to propel it . . . but couldn't it be some mechanism that was not configured to strike the middle part of a real bullet? Something more like a little paddle?
'K, I'll stop talking now.
Believe me, @Jolly will know a lot more about this than just about anyone here.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 22:10 last edited by
A blank is exactly the same as a regular bullet except for the payload and the gunpowder charge is about 50% of a normal round.
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wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 22:10 last edited by
@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
@jolly you realize to the average uninformed person those TOTALLY look like normal bullets.
But that is not who we are talking about. there are strict work safety rules that have to be followed regarding handling prop guns on movie and theatrical sets.
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@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
@jolly you realize to the average uninformed person those TOTALLY look like normal bullets.
But that is not who we are talking about. there are strict work safety rules that have to be followed regarding handling prop guns on movie and theatrical sets.
wrote on 22 Oct 2021, 22:14 last edited by@mik said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
@89th said in Alec Baldwin what the fuck:
@jolly you realize to the average uninformed person those TOTALLY look like normal bullets.
But that is not who we are talking about. there are strict work safety rules that have to be followed regarding handling prop guns on movie and theatrical sets.
And on the sets, the guys handling the weapons are trained specifically on those weapons as well.