@ NYC PEOPLE

the next time you hear "sir/miss you can't wall here right now I'm sorry were doing a stunt and it's not safe" i understand you have your rights and it's a public sidewalk that's wonderfull we all do and are aware of them. It's not the intention to violate your rights it's purly saftey if you don't want to listen and just be ingonrant and walk into the middle of it go ahead your gonna get plowed into by a stunt car godforbid all because your dumbass can see the bigger picture if there's nothing going on notice how no one cares where you walk ..and as fornthe neighborhoods you think it can be done for free ...the permits we pay for cost a good amount of money...money that goes back to the city you know that place you live in so stop whineing

1. a random person tried to grab me as I was walking about my business, on a public sidewalk.

2. I would have had to wait at least five minutes, which in some jobs means losing a LOT of money!

3. I was yelled at for trying to find my way out, because they had not bothered to worry about an alternate route for pedestrians heading uptown.

4. i have not ethical obligation to pay attention to your job, if you're going to jump in front of me forcefully and get in my way. you are the one invading a public space and blocking traffic!

5. and finally, i couldn't care less how long your shots take if you choose to not care about the people who live/work there, it's your responsibility to find a solution, not mine.

cheers!

I find it outrageous that the media covering this incident (Gothamist included) are advocating the actions of this maniac and making any sort of case for justifying violence against production assistants on a film set. The film industry brings thousands of jobs to NY every year, and most film crews treat the neighborhoods they work in and their residents with courtesy and respect. The individual who was assaulted the other day is no exception. Filming on location is a reality of living in New York...just like parades, presidential visits, street fairs, construction, and other things that interfere with traffic and parking. Is it OK to assault a Con Ed worker because he's temporarily closing your street to conduct his business? I find the media coverage of this event to be a disgrace. This headbutting maniac has been called a "hero" and has received accolades from other disgruntled impatient New Yorkers, whom the press choose to feature in the context of this story. He is nothing but a criminal, and he should be penalized to the fullest extent of the law for assaulting an innocent person who was just doing his job. Let's not encourage the maniacs who lie dormant among us. We might all go around wishing we could headbutt all kinds of people who inconvenience us all over town all the time, but societal convention, a human code of ethics and THE LAW dictate that this is not an appropriate course of action. How about some anger management, people? Now instead of having the paint that their father was so anxious to buy, Breffny Flynn's kids had to spend the day without their daddy while he was incarcerated for assault. Have we really become so uncivilized that we are willing to call such an asshole a "hero???" Think about it...and grow up.

ok this is going to shed light on what happened

first of all the "headbutter" parked his car right in the middle of the set right were one of the stunt cars loose control the main concern was his safty and also his car which could have been hit during the stunt. he was kindly asked to return to his car and just park it around the coner for the safty of the stunt and him. and as for the wife saying he was pushed is a complet lie becasue she wasnt even there(she got there when her husband was sitting in the backseat of a cop car) the man lost his temper as people can but theres was no excuse for hitting that pa.

hes a grown man with a family and thats how he deals with it!

i understand people get angry with the shoots as would i but understand that this busniess brings substancial work and money to the city...that man is far from a "american hero" hes more of a coward for not calming down and assesing the sittuation, he acted like a child throwing a temper tantrum.

and please for god sakes leave the PAs alone were at the bottom we dont make these disicions on were to shoot and what to close down were just doing a job the same as the rest of you were all new yorkers alot of us born and raised including myself ...and for the love of god people need to stop being ignorant manhattan is a god damn grid system if 3 blocks are closed off GO AROUND!!..its not hard your all big boys & girls...but if you do have to do something that is within a set or a closed area just ask instead of plowing threw...were there for safty not to mess up everyones day 9 times out of 10 we will help you get where you need to go just talk dont headbutt

Someone burn the hollywood sign please...

Still waiting for that..

kick you for being an ass. That would make me feel better.

I'm sure it would.

True story...Once, a year or two ago in Union Square Park, Sesame Street was shooting

something with a dancing Statue of Liberty. I started to take a picture when I was told by a PA that it was not allowed. I commented it was a public park and they could not stop me. Don't you know she had someone follow me around. I went on the other side of the park wall and clicked away, made sure she saw me too. Funnier is that I never even kept the photos. LOL.

Well you showed her who's the boss. Did you also kick a dog on your way home because it walked across your path?

You use "angry pickle" and ask if I kicked a dog? That makes no sense. I would, however, kick you for being an ass. That would make me feel better.

And yet, whenever a movie set in New York is filmed in another city, all of the New Yorkers bitch. You just can't fucking win with you people.

SINK.

If these production crews are doing so much for NYC, then why don't they at least patronize neighborhood businesses for their food and drink? Why do they need to block our streets with their crappy tables of their own food proably bought in from out of town.

seriously we work 12 hr days, sometimes longer! we dont work 9-5 like most people.. don't complain that a table of snacks is set up. what else do you want to complain about??

Craft Service vendors are local. They purchase food at the same place you do: the local grocery store. They also pay taxes, and live and work in NYC.

The crew often goes more than 6 hours without stopping for a meal, which is why snacks are provided as a courtesy.

There are plenty of days when crews are setting up or wrapping. On those days, coffee, water, and snacks are purchased from local deli's and supermarkets. Usually, the crew goes to lunch at a restaurant in the neighborhood.

And, oh yeah, Thank you for your well wishes. what a nice guy you must be.

I'm sure I'll get right to it regarding that head butt.

The film crews are typically a huge inconvenience. They are constantly shooting on my block and I have had to beg the PAs to let me enter my own apartment building because they don't want any pedestrians mucking up the shot. If pedestrians are such a problem, then they should film on a sound stage in LA, not on a block where people live and work. It's impossible to care that they are providing jobs for film school graduates or whatever the supposed benefits are when you are told you can't enter your own building until the crew decides to let you. Of course I don't think it's reasonable to assault the PAs, as they are just doing their job, but these film companies have got to understand that we can't come to a complete standstill and wait until it's convenient for them before we can go about our regular business.

Why would you beg or even wait? Just walk right in.

What? Because they're filming something.

Such drama queens. It's really not an inconvenience, you can go to your stupid overpriced apartment - as a courtesy you can wait a couple of minutes. I doubt you're going back and forth all day.

Actually, I *do* run in and out of my apartment all day and it *is* an inconvenience to not only wait, but haggle for permission to walk down a public street and enter my own apartment. I would not go so far as to headbutt a PA but I think anyone prevented from entering their home would find it an inconvenience, especially if it's hot or raining or snowing or if you really have to use the bathroom or, in my case, if you need to get home to pick up your textbooks so you can get to class on time. Film shoots seem really cool if you don't happen to live where they are shooting, but most New Yorkers agree that they are a huge inconvenience. There is nothing fun about having floodlights glaring in your windows all night and trucks idling on your block till the wee hours, not to mention having your street blocked off and begging some teenybopper PA to let you go home. Look what happened to Perry Street because of that stupid Sex in the City show. They had to install a chain across their steps with a big No Trespassing sign because the tourists would not leave them alone.

I am amazed at how spoiled new yorkers can act. How about a thank you? Say this "thanks film industry for providing new York with thousands of jobs! What can I do to help? Just stand here for a minute and go about my day? That's easy!"

It's true that sometimes it's 2 minutes. But don't blame the p.a.s who are getting paid next to nothing just to pursue a career doing what they love. They are doing what they are told. If they don't, they don't get hired again. Also, if a p.a. does touch a pedestrian they are wrong but that never happens unless the p.a. is really new or just really stupid.

I hope this headbutter spends a decent amount of time in jail or counceling. If this Guy gets angry that easily he needs help.

Also, a note to nycpa... don't waste your time arguing with a Guy who essentially named himself masturbation. Maybe we'll get lucky and someday he'll get headbutted while he is just doing his job.