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Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Oct 18, 2004 20:37:49 GMT -5
Anyone else think some of the scenes in this "reality-based" show are staged?
Dog Chapman is the owner of Da Kine Bail Bonds (a legit company), and a real-life bounty hunter (famous for bringing that Max Factor dude in from Mexico). But some of the stuff on his show are just plain inaccurate/silly.
Interesting fact: As a ex-con himself, Chapman is prohibited from ever carrying a firearm on his person, hence the use of pepper spray and/or tasers in his line of work, which when you think about it, is downright crazy considering some of the yahoos he chases on a regular basis.
Overall, he seems like a genuinely good guy, though. Kinda funny to see all the druggies and crystal meth tweakers hanging out all over Aala Park and the Chinese Cultural Plaza.
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Post by BonJoeV on Oct 18, 2004 21:21:32 GMT -5
I've watched the Dog.... I'll bet it is staged, at least until I see the Dog fight one of the bad guys. Then, maybe I'll believe it. I just love the way he's so fatherly after he catches the bad guy. And what's with the Dog's hairdo? He looks like a muscle bound refugee from an 80's hair band. A Mrs. Dog... Well my TV screen isn't big enough to see all of her.  |
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Post by sonofbarcelonabob on Oct 18, 2004 21:32:44 GMT -5
Well, I've no doubt in my mind that Dog himself is a badass. You don't survive long in the bounty-hunter business and associate with the kind of people he encounters on a daily basis, without being able to handle yourself.
Only point of contention I have with the show is that alot of the "captures" aren't the real thing. They look like "re-enactments" of selected captures that are based on some real-life situations that Dog and crew may have had previously.
Some of the other inaccuracies included in one episode that they are trying to capture a "kingpin" of the island underworld and they start by "ruffling feathers" at the pavilions near the Waikiki Wall. I never knew that was a bastion of seedy dealings, whenever I passed by there the only inhabitants were the old folks/retirees playing checkers and chess. Later in that episode, a snitch says that bad guy is staying at KPT (Kuhio Park Terrace - a notorious low-income housing project in Kalihi). Well, Dog and crew pretty much say "let's go to KPT and get this guy", then they show footage of them driving around the same neighborhood in Makiki - definetely nowhere near KPT. Also, Mrs. Dog convinces Dog not to go into Hawaiian Brian's (famous pool hall) because last time they were there, there was a big fight or something. When I heard that I was thinking to myself "Hawaiian Brian's?".
Oh well, it's good entertainment, for the most part.
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Post by Wolfgang on Oct 19, 2004 19:47:07 GMT -5
Kinda funny to see all the druggies and crystal meth tweakers hanging out all over Aala Park and the Chinese Cultural Plaza. Honestly, I know where this is. I used to live near that river in Kukui Gardens. Across the river from the Chinese Cultural Plaza is a theater, used to be a Japanese movie theater called Toyo. That whole area was pretty scary. The druggies at the CCP are not dangerous, but they do bother you a bit. Now, Aala Park is another story. Not just druggies but gangstas and hoods and just about the nastiest Samoans and Filipinos hung around there and I was always to walk around there alone; but I did. I had to take the bus there. It was my bus stop. |
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