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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 01-20-23
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
I continue to be really uncomfortable with the...

I continue to be really uncomfortable with the idea that Baldwin should have opened the gun, and that he's negligent for not having done so.

If a parent takes their child to the doctor and the...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-07-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
Based on the fact that this production already...

Based on the fact that this production already had misfire with their weapons AND that Halls had weapons issues (including an injury) on his previous films AND a reputation for cutting corners on...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-06-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
This would be SUCH a foolish lie to tell, as it...

This would be SUCH a foolish lie to tell, as it would so easily fall apart by just one person being like "Oh, yeah, she came shooting with us that one time."



Agreed. Someone purchased them....
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-06-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
While I ultimately believe that Gutierrez-Reed...

While I ultimately believe that Gutierrez-Reed and Halls bear most of the blame, I think it makes a difference to know if:

1) Gutierrez-Reed was the person who brought live rounds to the set
2)...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-06-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
The thing that I actively do not like about the...

The thing that I actively do not like about the theories of sabotage being floated around (including the implication from Gutierrez-Reed's camp that maybe one of the crew who walked off due to safety...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 11-03-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
What a sadistic and appalling thing to create. ...

What a sadistic and appalling thing to create.

Several years ago, an adolescent in the community where I teach thought a gun was unloaded and fatally shot his brother.

Maybe someone could make...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-28-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
So much of this "debate" really hinges on this....

So much of this "debate" really hinges on this. There's a big difference between there being a rule that actors should check their own firearms and there being a rule that says they shouldn't. (I've...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-28-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
The suggestion that the least expert person...

The suggestion that the least expert person should be the last check is an odd one for me. There is a big difference between a check that just requires looking--for example, suppose that the...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-27-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
On a movie set, a gun is a piece of equipment,...

On a movie set, a gun is a piece of equipment, not a personal weapon. There are professionals on set whose job it is to ensure that the equipment is prepared for use in a way that will not pose a...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-27-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
I've had what I would consider to be a...

I've had what I would consider to be a beginner-intermediate level of gun training. I bring up this question because if it were me, I would actually be nervous to open a gun after a professional told...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-27-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
The redundancy is that the armorer AND the...

The redundancy is that the armorer AND the assistant director were supposed to have checked the gun. Most "safety chain" type protocols are made up of two professionals.

Again, if I go get my...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-26-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
I also find it shocking. Especially with the...

I also find it shocking. Especially with the quality of things like 3D printing and CGI. Even for a more specialized, historical weapon, you'd think someone could make a high-quality facsimile.
...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-26-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
Are you saying they were trying to follow the new...

Are you saying they were trying to follow the new regulations but just couldn't get good quality women/minority crew?

You know that those regulations only apply to Best Picture and that they don't...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-24-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
I feel as if there are about four or five things...

I feel as if there are about four or five things I want to know to really solidify my opinion.

Did he know that there had been previous misfires?

Could someone with a beginner or intermediate...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-24-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
What I see from most posters are these points: ...

What I see from most posters are these points:

1) The responsibility of making sure that a weapon on a film set is safe to use falls on the person whose literal job is making sure that a weapon on...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-24-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
It seems to me that most of the discussion is...

It seems to me that most of the discussion is centering on the idea of legal responsibility, and whether an actor failing to check if a weapon is loaded with live or blank rounds counts as...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-23-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
I am also curious to know if the gun safety...

I am also curious to know if the gun safety trainings that they do before each scene with a gun actually says anything about the actors themselves checking the weapons. Is it encouraged? Discouraged?...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-23-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
Even with this, though, guns can misfire when...

Even with this, though, guns can misfire when they aren't being intentionally aimed at someone.

One of my co-workers has a husband who owns several guns. (Okay, basically ALL my co-workers own...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-23-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
Not a ban, but in terms of their use, I'll be the...

Not a ban, but in terms of their use, I'll be the slight contrarian here and say that my feeling is a yes/maybe.

Special effects have gotten really strong these days, and one of the most striking...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-23-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
But there's a difference between a "normal"...

But there's a difference between a "normal" situation involving a gun (like being at a firing range) and a situation where a specialty weapon is (supposedly!) being prepped for you by a professional....
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-23-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
But what does that mean in the context of a film...

But what does that mean in the context of a film set where a designated prop person is responsible for that safety?

If a prop person hands an actor a gun and says it's ready to use, what further...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-23-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
Agreed. Even if you have a moderate understanding...

Agreed. Even if you have a moderate understanding of how something works (be it a gun, an expensive camera, a pulley rig, ANYTHING), if you are in a professional environment where it is someone's job...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10-22-21
Replies: 626
Alec Baldwin accidentally kills crew member with prop gun
Posted By Takoma11
This is so horrible. And while figuring out who...

This is so horrible. And while figuring out who was negligent will obviously be the next piece of news about this, nothing can bring back Hutchins, or help Baldwin or the others who were hurt or...