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Carl Spackler

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  1. 1 hour ago, 'stache said:

    Was there someone in that car? 

    Just the guy that they had just arrested and placed in the back seat of that vehicle . . . handcuffed . . . presumably after being searched for weapons on his person.  (But after seeing the videos, maybe I shouldn't make that presumption.)

  2. 12 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    She never got ANY meaningful guidance or information on that point, other than her partner firing his weapon in a general direction.

    Actually, she asked the idiot male deputy, "Where, right there?" (referring to the deputy's vehicle) and it sounds from the video that he responded in the affirmative (plus he started hosing the vehicle down with gunfire), so she did get *some* information re: where the purported threat was located.  The problems were that: (A) she got the info from a moron (she can be forgiven for that as she presumably did not know the guy was *that* much of a lunatic); and (B) she didn't identify a discernible threat before firing at the car herself.  I agree with your statement that her reaction is understandable to a point.  But I think both of us (and probably just about everyone else on this board) have problems with her action in the form of shooting at the vehicle.  

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  3. I can understand why the female officer thought that the male officer had been shot.  There were several facts that made that conclusion understandable, not the least of which was the male officer yelling that he'd been shot.  The problems I have with the female officer is that she didn't identify a discernible target before hosing the vehicle down with gunfire (which potentially placed persons residing in places beyond the vehicle at risk) and she came close to putting the other officer in a crossfire situation (and vice versa).

    The male officer's actions are completely indefensible.  It's damned fortunate that nobody got seriously hurt or killed as a result of his lunacy.

     

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  4. 17 hours ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

    Was Billy Joel in the doc at all? He's always good for a solid quote and unvarnished take.

    I kept one eye on the documentary while the wife was watching it and I was trying to get some work done.  BJ is definitely in a lot of the archival footage, but I don't believe he was a present-day interviewee like Lionel Richie, Springsteen, Kenny Loggins, Cyndi Lauper, and some others.  Funniest part of the doc was Waylon walking out when Stevie Wonder went off on his "we need to insert some Swahili words" tangent.    

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    These were my favorites (at least as much as I can recall), not necessarily the "best" as works of art.

     

    2023 -- Oppenheimer

    2022 -- Emily the Criminal [Banshees is a close second.  2022 generally sucked in terms of movies, IMO.]

    2021 -- Belfast [2021 was pretty bad as well]

    2020 -- Nomadland

    2019 -- OUATIH/Ford v. Ferrari

    2018 -- The Favourite

    2017 -- The Post

    2016 -- Hell or High Water  [really enjoyed La La Land as well]

    2015 -- Sicario

    2014 --  Whiplash/The Homesman

    2013 -- American Hustle

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  6. Side note -- my understanding is that the families of the deceased victims as well as the other victims filed a civil lawsuit against the school district and certain school employees, but a judge dismissed the lawsuit in 2023.  I've read differing reasons for the dismissal -- one article referenced governmental immunity and another one stated the judge found the alleged acts/omissions by the school employees weren't the proximate cause of the harm.  That decision is currently on appeal. 

    The victims had also sued the Crumbleys, but apparently dropped them from the suit last year in order to facilitate the appeal of the decision to dismiss the school defendants.  I suspect the Crumbleys don't have much money to satisfy any potential civil judgment in any event. 

  7. 5 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

    I didn't mind "Zombie" too much.  Her Irish inflection -- practically a yodel -- was kinda cool.annoying.  Plus, no autotune (clearly).

    FIFY

    I don't mind any of their other songs, but the chorus of Zombie was nails on a chalkboard for me.

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