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indeed.

How about this one.

I wonder if the woman stepping out of the shower then looking out of the window will make it to the final cut?

Its more real that way.

Yet somehow three people got killed by the off duty officers because someone was holding a doughnut in a "threatening manner". Note: No Doughnut = Angry Cop.

Seems appropriate for this thread.

FTA:"Wanda Hall, a self-described early riser, was reading the paper when she saw strangers milling about a driveway she shares with her neighbor. She went out and talked to them and learned they would be filming. Montgomery police cars showed up before the production began. Hall said she saw at least one officer take bullets out of his gun."

Real officers with real weapons? I know we have some showbiz Farkers. Is this as terrifying to you as it is to me?

Heh- well, at least the director has some honest reaction from bystanders.

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: Real officers with real weapons? I know we have some showbiz Farkers. Is this as terrifying to you as it is to me?

No. Besides, it could be worse- they could have been putting bullets INTO their guns for the staged raid.

*Yawn*

Call me when SWAT teams are scaring small town folks going door to door with mock weapons searches.

vsync: "They picked the wrong neighborhood to mess with," she said, detailing how her street's reaction to the filming erupted on their neighborhood e-mail list.



Rest assured I was on the Internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world.

heh!

vsync: Rest assured I was on the Internet within minutes registering my disgust throughout the world.

Worst. Raid. Ever.

I dunno, it might take out the "realism" if they told the neighborhood ahead of time. I mean, how real is it if people are out in their yards or on their roofs watching? Or even just looking out their windows not even looking scared? The original Alien movie would not have been as dramatic if the actors knew the alien was going to spray blood on them as it burst out of that guys' stomach. (No, the actors didn't know it was going to spray them)

I say bravo for creative directing.

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indeed.

How about this one.

Didn't ask me for sign-in. Went right to article. Read both pages with no login prompt.

Need I say again...
'Maryland' TAG

I took the bullets out of the gun this morning.

/Not a cop

It'd make a great Depends commercial.

Why? Do they go around letting all the neighbors know when they're about to execute a real warrant? That's just as much their business.

Am I to assume this show had no Cameras? Boom mics? film crew? Were all of these things absent or just missed by the apparently stupid neighbourhood.

Indolent: All the better to keep the sheeple in line. Move along citizen, nothing to see here.

Oh STFU already.

SwallowTheKnife is the only one that seems to point out the lack of media reporting on the obvious: FILM CREW wasn't mentioned.

and that sheeple is getting old.

Now you'd thing the film crew, cameras, etc would give it away. If you ask me its just a buncha overreacting tards yelling at people to get off their respective lawns.

wmoonfox: Why? Do they go around letting all the neighbors know when they're about to execute a real warrant? That's just as much their business.

How exactly is it not their business when someone is filming a documentary there? Perhaps they want to say no? I didn't realize that we were required to allow film crews to stage things at our homes.

ErinPac: wmoonfox: Why? Do they go around letting all the neighbors know when they're about to execute a real warrant? That's just as much their business.

How exactly is it not their business when someone is filming a documentary there? Perhaps they want to say no? I didn't realize that we were required to allow film crews to stage things at our homes.


As long as you're on public property, and don't step onto private you can film whatever the heck you want. If you're disrupting traffic you generally need a permit (as in this case), but as far as having a SWAT team of actors storm a property.... if you've rented said property, you're in the clear regardless of what the neighbors say.

As a side note, the "Real World" is currently filming in DC. Did they ask anyone in the neighborhood for permission? Frak no. They may have permits with the city, but didn't so much as send out a note to the neighborhood.

/Life sucks sometimes
//Get over it.

Or else what? They might "do a double take"? LOL No harm, no foul

"I freaked out. I called Julie," Baesens said.

Well, shiat! You called Julie?! Cue the lawsuits in 3...2...

Indolent: All the better to keep the sheeple in line. Move along citizen, nothing to see here.

I sometimes hope you are right with your unfounded paranoia, that way if it all does come to pass like you think it will, they'll take you first and then we won't have to listen to you lunatic ravings anymore.

ErinPac: wmoonfox: Why? Do they go around letting all the neighbors know when they're about to execute a real warrant? That's just as much their business.

How exactly is it not their business when someone is filming a documentary there? Perhaps they want to say no? I didn't realize that we were required to allow film crews to stage things at our homes.

Because it wasn't their home. Yeah, if a film crew wants to shoot a scene in your house, they should probably tell you, but why is it any of your business what they do down the street?

Growing up and unknotting your panties might be an option. The real travesty is that crap like Prison Wives is filmed in the first place.

pudding7: In my little suburb of Los Angeles, there is constantly filming going on. Last month there was some kind of high speed chase one block over. A few years ago, Jerry Bruckheimer paid for my dog to go to Doggy Spa for a couple days because she was barking at his film crew and messing up the shots.

They always go around in a several block radius and put flyers on people's doors.

This.

There's always filming in my neighborhood too. Sometimes we see the flyers, sometimes we don't. It's fun to watch it sometimes, most times I really don't care because it's just part of life. They didn't post flyers for this neighborhood, and that sucks, but yes, the presence of several equipment trucks and a camera crew setting up, along with lights and screens and such should be a huge tip off.

Nina_Hartley's_Ass: FTA:"Wanda Hall, a self-described early riser, was reading the paper when she saw strangers milling about a driveway she shares with her neighbor. She went out and talked to them and learned they would be filming. Montgomery police cars showed up before the production began. Hall said she saw at least one officer take bullets out of his gun."

Real officers with real weapons? I know we have some showbiz Farkers. Is this as terrifying to you as it is to me?

In response to this: Yes. They shouldn't be doing that because generally the prop master and his assistants will have weapons set already that have been checked and aren't live, and likely those are modified to make sure they can't be made live by accident. If they've got anything in them, it's blanks. So this is pretty epic on the fail scale because the production team is either made up of complete newbs or seriously low, low budget to let off-duty cops use their own, possibly loaded weapons.

This actually happened on my block when I was a kid in 1973. Except it was a real raid at my neighbor's house. Stupid cops actually busted the wrong house. The drug house was on the next cul-de-sac over and by the time the cops figured out their mistake a half hour later the intended house was deserted. Dudes heard the commotion and split! All they were selling was pot anyway. The crackhouse was on the other side of town. Morans!

Playing_with_fire: This actually happened on my block when I was a kid in 1973. Except it was a real raid at my neighbor's house. Stupid cops actually busted the wrong house. The drug house was on the next cul-de-sac over and by the time the cops figured out their mistake a half hour later the intended house was deserted. Dudes heard the commotion and split! All they were selling was pot anyway. The crackhouse was on the other side of town. Morans!

A crackhouse in 1973? How cutting edge.

Gryn: I dunno, it might take out the "realism" if they told the neighborhood ahead of time. I mean, how real is it if people are out in their yards or on their roofs watching? Or even just looking out their windows not even looking scared? The original Alien movie would not have been as dramatic if the actors knew the alien was going to spray blood on them as it burst out of that guys' stomach. (No, the actors didn't know it was going to spray them)

I say bravo for creative directing.

You only say bravo because it didn't happen in your neighborhood. The bystanders would all gather on their lawns anyways because there are cameras rolling!!! Anything to get on TV or in a movie! That's why liquor stores have CCTV. Idiots just see the "TV" part and go rob the place without a mask so they can get famous!

/yes I'm under the influence