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Posted: 6 March 2010 - 12:47 AM                                    
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QUOTE (geomancer on 5 March 2010 - 07:18 PM)
I am amazed that in every wiki and website is stated that RDA made most of the stunts in the series, and I have started watching again the dvds, and even in the most simple things they used a stuntman... In this episode I can count at least four times, and a pretty clear one when Mac tacles the wooden pilar at the end of the episode..


Now thát would be a nice challenge:
to find all the scenes with a stunt man.



 
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Posted: 6 March 2010 - 05:30 AM                                    
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It would be great to know who whas the mac's stunt double, because when I am watching I can easily identify his face, because he looks younger and with a similar but not accurate haircut. I will take some screenshots the next week, now I am going to survive the weekend in the wild AKA very short but needed vacation.



 
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Posted: 6 March 2010 - 10:51 AM                                    
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RDA's stuntman was Steve Blalock. You can see him as Steve in Jenny's Chance and Sam (the ranger boyfriend) in The Endangered.

That's him on the right.
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And Grouse Mountain is in the background, so this photo was taken during the making of 'Cease Fire'.
Does anyone know what Blalock is doing nowadays?

And is anyone interested in finding stuntman scenes?
Just asking. It could be fun.



 
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And Grouse Mountain is in the background, so this photo was taken during the making of 'Cease Fire'.

Good eye. And you can see the blood stains on his shirt to match MacGyver getting shot.

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Does anyone know what Blalock is doing nowadays?

He did stunts in the Star Trek movie and continues to be Ronn Moss's stunt double on the Bold and the Beautiful as well as stunt work for other shows and projects.



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Thanks.
So he is still in the business. Wow. That is impressive.
He mustn't be getting any younger and still doing all the jumpin' 'n fallin'.



 
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Posted: 7 March 2010 - 09:00 AM                                    
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In The Survivors there's a clear shot of Pete's stunt double when he gets out of the water and attacks one of the drug dealers.

In case of RDA, I always thought RDA did the most of his own stunts. In case of long shots it would've been Steve Blalock.



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RDA did less and less stunts as the show went on because of this injuries. In particular I believe his back operation slowed him up quite a bit.



QUOTE (geomancer on 5 March 2010 - 07:18 PM)
I am amazed that in every wiki and website is stated that RDA made most of the stunts in the series, and I have started watching again the dvds, and even in the most simple things they used a stuntman... In this episode I can count at least four times, and a pretty clear one when Mac tacles the wooden pilar at the end of the episode..

But are they in fact simple things? Do we know that there isn't some trick or specific skills needed to pull off the stunt? Just because it looks simple on the screen doens't mean it is.

I wouldn't call diving at a wooden poll and having the roof fall on top of you a simple thing. You'd need to know how to impact properly, how to roll and fall away from the stuff falling on top of you.

I think it's fair to say RDA did the easy stunts, where there was very little chance of injury. Diving into a wooden poll would have a pretty good chance of busting yoru shoulder if you do it wrong.



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I just added a note about Dana Elcar's stunt double who had an ongoing role in Stargate with RDA. See above.



 
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whats above?



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QUOTE (Rockatteer @ 13 March 2010 - 05:08 PM)
whats above?

I may have meant below. This clock changing stuff has got me messed up. Last Fall I moved my clocks to the right. It was supposed to be back. Actually I meant the MacGyver / Stargate connection post. At the time it was above. Or below. I have got to cut back on the anti psychotics.



 
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What clock changing stuff are you referring too?



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Nothing better to overcome a jetlag than crashing in front of the tv with some Mac-episodes. Like 'Black Rhino'.
Near the end I see something weird: in the fight scene on the bridge, when Mac runs after Ladysmith, I look RDA's stunt double full in the face, as he runs towards the camera. It is very clearly not RDA, but Blalock.
It puzzles me why they didn't have RDA do this scene (because all he has to do is run), and then in the next let Blalock do his thing, when Mac lunges at the villain.




 
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