tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post1626799957830026390..comments2024-03-28T23:31:06.181-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: IS A FUN MOVIE WORTH A HUMAN LIFE?Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-46613575199334785102015-05-29T07:02:02.733-05:002015-05-29T07:02:02.733-05:00When I read your opening line about fun movies bei...When I read your opening line about fun movies being worth it, I immediately recalled one of my all time classic films, "Sullivan's Travels" (1941) which wrestles with the question about whether a good film should move people to action or make them laugh. But as I read on, I realized that I had heard of these problems on the set. Here, in Savannah, a trial has just concluded with a film maker who was making a movie about the Allman Brother's who took his crew onto a railroad trestle (where he had been denied permission) to do a filming and a train came through while they were on the trestle injuring some and killing a young woman who was an assistant camera operator. The film will never be completed and the producer is in jail.sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-36344591141899698642015-05-28T10:22:04.073-05:002015-05-28T10:22:04.073-05:00I couldn't enjoy that chariot scene any more a...I couldn't enjoy that chariot scene any more after hearing of that man's death. :-(Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-33069581643277761512015-05-28T10:21:01.730-05:002015-05-28T10:21:01.730-05:00I, too, was shocked to hear of the paralyzing of R...I, too, was shocked to hear of the paralyzing of Radcliffe's double. Aaron Paul was almost killed in the filming of the first season of BREAKING BAD. George Miller is being praised for all the realistic stunts of FURY ROAD instead of using CGI. Myself, I would rather not put lives at risk and use special effects!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-6522207624453546032015-05-28T10:17:46.347-05:002015-05-28T10:17:46.347-05:00What did Maximus roar to the crowd in Gladiator: &...What did Maximus roar to the crowd in Gladiator: "Are you not entertained?" And then he threw a spear into the crowd.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-80508417678186484352015-05-28T10:15:48.429-05:002015-05-28T10:15:48.429-05:00No, as long as the people have their Bread and Cir...No, as long as the people have their Bread and Circuses, they do not care about the personal cost to others it seems. :-(Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-49787325323366260532015-05-28T10:06:07.074-05:002015-05-28T10:06:07.074-05:00And then there is the chariot scene in Ben Hur.And then there is the chariot scene in Ben Hur.Walter Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221874622830527655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-56372442281600053322015-05-28T00:51:48.156-05:002015-05-28T00:51:48.156-05:00Entertainment is not worth anyone's death or l...Entertainment is not worth anyone's death or life-altering injuries. I never heard about Radcliff's double being paralyzed--how horrible! But producers and directors seem to think that stunts have to keep getting more dangerous and extreme, when in fact audiences have become jaded they really don't care so much (or so I think), and they don't know where the CGI begins and ends anyway.Helenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14967821142796562697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-51206649842336818432015-05-28T00:35:49.353-05:002015-05-28T00:35:49.353-05:00No. I think the things which are worth sacrificin...No. I think the things which are worth sacrificing a life to are few - and none of them are entertainment.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-53531576598689328262015-05-27T22:36:56.051-05:002015-05-27T22:36:56.051-05:00It's been many years since I saw a news piece ...It's been many years since I saw a news piece about a stunt woman who ended up a quadriplegic because of a car chase scene. She had expressed concern about the way the stunt was set up, and was told it was perfectly safe. I remember when John Landis was on trial because of the deaths on the set of the Twilight Zone movie. He walked away, free of blame. A number of people felt the jury was star struck. We haven't come very far in protecting the people who entertain us.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-85182847325041784962015-05-27T18:37:33.049-05:002015-05-27T18:37:33.049-05:00I've heard that it is really Charlize Theron&#...I've heard that it is really Charlize Theron's movie and not Mad Max's. Miller was supposed to do a Justice League Movie but DC passed -- I bet they are sorry now!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-47438870173692566972015-05-27T18:33:41.982-05:002015-05-27T18:33:41.982-05:00After seeing Fury Road twice now, I'm impresse...After seeing Fury Road twice now, I'm impressed no one was killed while filming that movie.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-5983731244663259692015-05-27T18:30:09.874-05:002015-05-27T18:30:09.874-05:00Yes, Brandon Lee died on the set of THE CROW from ...Yes, Brandon Lee died on the set of THE CROW from a stunt gone wrong as did Vic Morrow in a stunt in THE TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE ... along with the two child actors as a helicopter fell on them.<br /><br />My entertainment is not worth the lives of anyone, especially children!Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-21269382091996585912015-05-27T18:06:49.676-05:002015-05-27T18:06:49.676-05:00Didn't Bruce Lee's son die in a movie acci...Didn't Bruce Lee's son die in a movie accident as well? I think it also involved explosions and unfortunately, he was doing the stunt himself. . .it's sad that there are not safety requirements, but that would hold up filming, and increase costs. . .<br />D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.com