Alec Baldwin: "They checked my purse but they didn't cheek my butt cheeks!"

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Lolie: Jun 4, 2010; AUSGBS Thread Mum

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Sources tell Consequence that this is part of a pattern for Halls, a veteran assistant director who has worked on projects including Reno 911, Bones, and The Matrix Reloaded. One person who asked to remain anonymous said that she had twice filed formal safety complaints against Halls. Another person, who asked to be identified as �Jay,� recounted several times that he said Halls ignored safety protocols.

In one instance when, �We did have a gun on set,� Jay said Halls consistently tried to either skip or hurry through the safety run-throughs. �I would want to have these safety meetings. I can show them [actors] that the chamber is empty, the magazine is empty, so they can be comfortable on set. I�m the only person who holds it, or maybe an armorer if you wanted a flashbang effect. The AD is supposed to check it each time, they are supposed to be the last line of defense. He would always roll his eyes. �Do we need to do a safety meeting?� He would do it and he would be flippant. �Well guys, we�ve got a gun on set, same as always.'�

Most troubling to Jay, �There was one day the actress was aiming it at her head. He didn�t want to do safety meeting! It took a person from another department demanding the meeting to finally hold it. It shouldn�t be like that. It should be first and foremost safety.�

https://consequence.net/2021/10/alec-baldwin-shooting-crew-walked-off-set/

# ? Oct 24, 2021 00:50

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# ? May 20, 2024 23:07

ChunTheUnavoidable: Sep 27, 2021

They�re absolutely sure the videographer is dead? I�ve read about a couple of incidents where they were sure someone was dead but they were actually alive and in a very deep sleep. I just don�t want them burying anybody who isn�t dead

# ? Oct 24, 2021 01:05

sigher: Apr 22, 2008; My guiding Moonlight...

alpaca diseases posted:

King Vidiot posted:
True, if they give Tarantino access to CGI gun technology he'll just use it to make a movie about female assassins who fire bullets out of their feet.

�go on

I guess Tarantino is directing Bayonetta:

# ? Oct 24, 2021 01:15

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

Blooster posted:

https://twitter.com/laurenboebert/status/1451587520261722119?t=OKaMspLCVcaxAEKIQOsC0g&s=19

Spicy!

# ? Oct 24, 2021 01:21

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

Lol shes one of the most powerful and influential people in the US lol

# ? Oct 24, 2021 01:22

frumpykvetchbot: Feb 20, 2004; PROGRESSIVE SCAN; Upset Trowel

Lolie posted:

https://consequence.net/2021/10/alec-baldwin-shooting-crew-walked-off-set/

It was assistant director and schedule pusher / company man Halls, who took gun from cart and handed it to Baldwin, without inspecting it, and while confidently stating "cold gun"
Halls had long history of skipping or trying to skip safety meetings and procedures, and was the named subject of numerous safety complaints from members of the union crew that left and which was replaced with non-union scabs that same morning.
Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer responsible for the guns, was apparently absent from set when the event took place, and so by implication Halls did not confer with her before retrieving the gun from the cart.
Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer, was shot and fatally wounded in the chest, not her shoulder.
It was Joel Souza, the director, who was (non-fatally) wounded in the shoulder (he stood behind Halyna).

# ? Oct 24, 2021 02:26

Ziv Zulander: Mar 24, 2017; ZZ for short

King Vidiot posted:

True, if they give Tarantino access to CGI gun technology he'll just use it to make a movie about female assassins who fire bullets out of their feet.

That was called planet terror and iirc Tarantino made the other grindhouse movie, not that one

# ? Oct 24, 2021 02:47

Lolie: Jun 4, 2010; AUSGBS Thread Mum

frumpykvetchbot posted:

It was assistant director and schedule pusher / company man Halls, who took gun from cart and handed it to Baldwin, without inspecting it, and while confidently stating "cold gun"

Halls had long history of skipping or trying to skip safety meetings and procedures, and was the named subject of numerous safety complaints from members of the union crew that left and which was replaced with non-union scabs that same morning.

Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer responsible for the guns, was apparently absent from set when the event took place, and so by implication Halls did not confer with her before retrieving the gun from the cart.

Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer, was shot and fatally wounded in the chest, not her shoulder.

It was Joel Souza, the director, who was (non-fatally) wounded in the shoulder (he stood behind Halyna).

Other reports say that Reed removed a casing from the gun after the incident and gave it to police. That suggests she was around when the incident happened. The script supervisor specifically mentioned in the 911 call that it was Halls' responsibility to check the guns.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 03:06

Mr Teatime: Apr 7, 2009

FoolyCharged posted:

The biggest take here is that the person shouting "cold gun" wasn't even the person who was supposed to be handling this poo poo so who knows where the freaking armored even was at the time.

No you see the gun had been sitting outside so when they picked it up they said �oof that is a cold gun� then Alec �Pinkerton� Baldwin grabbed it out of their hands and went union busting.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 03:28

ChunTheUnavoidable: Sep 27, 2021

going to start saying cold gun whenever I hand something to somebody

# ? Oct 24, 2021 03:56

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

That whole 'cold gun' system breaks down if you're one of the people who keep all your guns with bullets in them, in the fridge.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 04:09

frumpykvetchbot: Feb 20, 2004; PROGRESSIVE SCAN; Upset Trowel

or, just have dipshit AD grab a piece and say it's all good

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# ? Oct 24, 2021 04:15

punishedkissinger: Sep 20, 2017

dr_rat posted:

That whole 'cold gun' system breaks down if you're one of the people who keep all your guns with bullets in them, in the fridge.

this is a deep cut

# ? Oct 24, 2021 04:20

Caesar Saladin: Aug 15, 2004

I think that any movie that has guns could probably have swords instead and it'd be a lot safer

# ? Oct 24, 2021 04:22

Vengarr: Jun 17, 2010; Smashed before noon

dr_rat posted:

That whole 'cold gun' system breaks down if you're one of the people who keep all your guns with bullets in them, in the fridge.

This whole thing really raises some questions. Just how cold does a gun have to be before it won�t fire? Is the freezer enough, or do I need to buy an ice chest?

# ? Oct 24, 2021 05:09

Poohs Packin: Jan 13, 2019

Caesar Saladin posted:

I think that any movie that has guns could probably have swords instead and it'd be a lot safer

For what a nobler weapon than the finely honed gentlemans blade!

*tips fedora and flourishes cape*

# ? Oct 24, 2021 05:20

Bad Purchase: Jun 17, 2019

Vengarr posted:

This whole thing really raises some questions. Just how cold does a gun have to be before it won�t fire? Is the freezer enough, or do I need to buy an ice chest?

it must've been pretty cold because it put the cinematographer on ice

# ? Oct 24, 2021 05:22

hot cocoa on the couch: Dec 8, 2009

ChunTheUnavoidable posted:

going to start saying cold gun whenever I hand something to somebody

*tosses u another brewski*

cold gun

# ? Oct 24, 2021 05:25

Gutcruncher: Apr 16, 2005; Go home and be a family man!

Caesar Saladin posted:

I think that any movie that has guns could probably have swords instead and it'd be a lot safer

Orson Wells insisted on using a real knife cuz it looked better under the stage lights. I think you know where this story is headed

Dipshits will find a way to be unsafe

# ? Oct 24, 2021 05:27

Vengarr: Jun 17, 2010; Smashed before noon

Gutcruncher posted:

Orson Wells insisted on using a real knife cuz it looked better under the stage lights. I think you know where this story is headed

Dipshits will find a way to be unsafe

Nah, that was just method acting.

quote:

Actor Joseph Holland, who played the title role in Caesar, was accidentally stabbed by Welles during the performance on April 6, 1938.[11][12] Welles performed with a real dagger, which caught the light dramatically during the assassination scene. Holland collapsed on the stage floor and remained motionless, and in time the cast members realized that he was bleeding profusely. At the end of the scene he was taken by taxi to the hospital. During the month it took Holland to recover, the role of Caesar was played by John Hoysradt.[13] Holland returned to the Caesar cast on May 5, 1938.[14]

Welles played Brutus.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 05:38

Caesar Saladin: Aug 15, 2004

Poohs Packin posted:

For what a nobler weapon than the finely honed gentlemans blade!

*tips fedora and flourishes cape*

i was thinking more of the noble and distinguished samurai wielding hattori hanzo steel

# ? Oct 24, 2021 05:45

mossyfisk: Nov 8, 2010; FF0000

To be fair, there was simply no way for Alec Baldwin to know that pointing a firearm at a woman and pulling the trigger could be dangerous.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 06:31

Charlz Guybon: Nov 16, 2010

Armorer explaining what should have been done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP1X5L-AufQ

# ? Oct 24, 2021 06:45

GolfHole: Feb 26, 2004

watch him run for president somehow, because this is the dark zone

# ? Oct 24, 2021 06:48

Carlos Lantana: Oct 2, 2003; I'm really sorry, your avatar is giving me a boner and while that is perfectly OK and I don't want to kink shame anyone, its making me feel really weird getting a boner in a Trump thread.

Sincerely,

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Icochet posted:

Has he killed anyone today?

no, but he's probably thought about it

# ? Oct 24, 2021 07:19

Sophy Wackles: Dec 17, 2000; > access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.

This is now all sounding suspicious af if the reporting is true about the gun being loaded with live ammo and placed on the cart unattended. And right before that particular scene.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 07:23

Warbadger: Jun 17, 2006

Sophy Wackles posted:

This is now all sounding suspicious af if the reporting is true about the gun being loaded with live ammo and placed on the cart unattended. And right before that particular scene.

Probably just people being lazy and careless.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 07:50

Novo: May 13, 2003; ^{Stercorem pro cerebro habes}; Soiled Meat

Sophy Wackles posted:

This is now all sounding suspicious af if the reporting is true about the gun being loaded with live ammo and placed on the cart unattended. And right before that particular scene.

has q said anything about this yet? wigga wigga

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:04

Lawrence Gilchrist: Mar 31, 2010

Novo posted:

has q said anything about this yet? wigga wigga

Something something Queen of England something something Der Freischütz

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:19

Weka: May 5, 2019; That child totally had it coming. Nobody should be able to be out at dusk except cars.

I for one am ready to go to the barricades in defense of revolutionary Alex Baldwin

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:41

mobby_6kl: Aug 9, 2009; by Fluffdaddy

Ziv Zulander posted:

That was called planet terror and iirc Tarantino made the other grindhouse movie, not that one

Yes it was in the Rodriguez movie:

dr_rat posted:

That whole 'cold gun' system breaks down if you're one of the people who keep all your guns with bullets in them, in the fridge.

It also messes up with the Swiss Cheese model when you keep the gun next to a head of Emmentaler

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:46

Wizard Master: Mar 25, 2008

Hmm

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:55

Wendigee: Jul 19, 2004

come on, man!

[edit] holy poo poo its the wizard master back with another amazing hot take hahahah

from:
don't make fun of alec Baldwin killing someone
to:
Possibly a pedophile cover up?!?

You can't be real.

Wizard Master posted:

Hmm

Wendigee fucked around with this message at 08:59 on Oct 24, 2021

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:56

Jack-Off Lantern: Mar 2, 2012

King Vidiot posted:

True, if they give Tarantino access to CGI gun technology he'll just use it to make a movie about female assassins who fire bullets out of their feet.

That movies name after a rewrite and a licensing deal? Bayonetta

# ? Oct 24, 2021 08:56

Haptical Sales Slut: Mar 15, 2010; Age 18 to 49

LanceHunter posted:

https://www.tiktok.com/embed/7021908652202265862

Not sure if I can trust Walter whites little bro but why was there an actual real bullet of the right size and caliber near the set in the first place?

# ? Oct 24, 2021 09:00

reignonyourparade: Nov 15, 2012

Nuts and Gum posted:

Not sure if I can trust Walter whites little bro but why was there an actual real bullet of the right size and caliber near the set in the first place?

The rumor that the armor took one of the guns out shooting would explain that if it is indeed true

# ? Oct 24, 2021 09:07

Palpek: Dec 27, 2008; Do you feel it, Zach?
My coffee warned me about it.

frumpykvetchbot posted:

It was assistant director and schedule pusher / company man Halls, who took gun from cart and handed it to Baldwin, without inspecting it, and while confidently stating "cold gun"

Halls had long history of skipping or trying to skip safety meetings and procedures, and was the named subject of numerous safety complaints from members of the union crew that left and which was replaced with non-union scabs that same morning.

Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer responsible for the guns, was apparently absent from set when the event took place, and so by implication Halls did not confer with her before retrieving the gun from the cart.

Halyna Hutchins, the cinematographer, was shot and fatally wounded in the chest, not her shoulder.

It was Joel Souza, the director, who was (non-fatally) wounded in the shoulder (he stood behind Halyna).

This is all interesting and in my mind slowly clears up how this could happen. One thing I still don't get is - what was a gun loaded with live ammunition doing on the set? Was it somebody's private gun? Then why was it just lying around unattended? Was it a gun used in the movie? Then why would somebody put a live round into it in the first place?

# ? Oct 24, 2021 09:11

dr_rat: Jun 4, 2001

There's so much information and misinformation going out, it's very much not clear, but if it was a live bullet, it seems the armorer went out shooting...

If that the case, then there were two just monumental gently caress ups, not just one. Honestly with everything else that has been said it seems like the set was just a mess.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 09:25

frumpykvetchbot: Feb 20, 2004; PROGRESSIVE SCAN; Upset Trowel

I just want to get to the part of the court case where the prosecutor asks,

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Ms. Reed, in your own words please describe the role and responsibilities of a film armorer.

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Comstar: Apr 20, 2007; Are you happy now?

Alec Baldwin will go on to sing Bohemian Rhapsody on Saturday Night Live.

Ultimately the killer will be found to be Capitalism. No penalty will be paid.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 09:44

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