Hot news today: Christian Bale does not much like Shane Hurlbut, the cinematographer on Terminator Salvation, it seems. An epic, rafters-shaking scream-down, truly. I’ll give Bale a pass on about three-fifths of this captured rant, maybe more, because filmmaking is a tough, high-tension business, and when a quality take or moment is ruined by either some technical glitch or an entirely preventable screw-up, as I’ve witnessed a couple times, it’s hair-pullingly maddening.

But then Bale crosses the line, somewhere around the time he re-tees things up, starts asking questions he apparently doesn’t want answered, and seemingly makes a charge at Hurlbut. “I’m tellin’ you — I’m not asking, I’m telling you,” Bale bellows, and then, “I’m gonna fucking kick your ass if you don’t shut up for a second.” (Err… you’re the one talking the most, dude.) Hurlbut maybe should have just turtled, taken his public dressing-down, avoided eye contact and said nothing, walked away, etcetera. Instead he makes the mistake of trying to meekly re-explain his screw-up. Whoops… kerosene. This fire burns too long, though; clearly, Bale is a guy who just hasn’t been told to shut the fuck up in a long, long time. Meanwhile, director McG kind of comes off as a pussy here, no? Why isn’t he in the midst of this?