The Fat Baldwin

Daniel Baldwin; Photo - WireImageOur favorite Baldwin brother is Daniel Baldwin (reasons: starred in Homicide; does not own annoying 'hip' restaurants; does not bother us with his political views; does not seem very boring; is the "fat" Baldwin), who is now going to star in a new cable series called "The Strange Detective". The show, according to the Hollywood Reporter, is about a "San Francisco detective who, during a car chase on the Golden Gate bridge, plunges into the ocean; he survives, but begins to experience 'rips in time,' having visions of events that have occurred in the places he visits, which are sometimes related to the cases he is working." Which makes us wonder about Baldwin's "cocaine psychosis" at the Plaza Hotel a couple years ago, where apparently the police found a "naked, bloodied, incoherent Baldwin 'acting irrationally'" with a porn film at full blast no less, and whether Baldwin experiences any rips in time from that experience.

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Survived a spill off the Golden Gate? It's possible, but suspension of disbelief can only go so far. About 99% of jumpers die, I believe, and to survive it helps to land feet-first and vertical to the water.

Coolfer, I think the "rips in time" already pre-supposes that this is more fiction that reality TV.

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Maybe the car has special powers to prevent death by car plunge into the Pacific from Golden Gate Bridge.

Suspesion of disbelief is an important part of fiction, but writers should give viewers a little more credit. At least there are scientific theories about time travel. There's probably a greater likelihood of time travel in a Deloreon than surviving a fall off the Golden Gate inside a car. Wait...it must have been a Volvo, right?

so... if the car fell off the bridge and into a "rip in time," that would be more believable than surviving the fall into the water.

I'll only watch it if the car has a recurring role on the show and talks, a la Kit in Night Rider.

Are you sure that this new Daniel Baldwin project isn't "The Singing Detective"? I've heard that Dennis Potter's creation may be making a comeback, and the description here seems to be spot-on for such a project.

Well I will watch it. I don't care if it's unlikely he could survive the fall. All I care about is seeing Danny on screen again. What a fine, loveable, teddy bear. Yummy. =)

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