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More Western than a Wagon Train to the Stars - Spoiler Discussion

POSTED BY: FERALWANDERER
UPDATED: Thursday, June 1, 2006 01:42
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Thursday, June 20, 2002 9:33 PM

FERALWANDERER


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Originally posted by TinyTimm:
The problem with so many SF weapons is sheer sillyness. With the exception of Will Smith's Jay in MIB.

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Most SF weapons are too big and clumsy to be of much use. As for the Jedi...never bring a knife to a gunfight!


Jeff Timm
Who understands there's this guy at a back table in the Creature Cantina just south of the Sea of Tranquility on Luna who can get me one one of those MIB hideout guns. Anybody got a saucer I can borrow?



I would agree that most Sci Fi's really drop the ball when it comes to practical sidearm designs. Uncool scifi guns make me cringe...maybe they make Joss as well, which was a factor in using 6 shooters...

I still never figured out why its only contemporary and slightly futurtic genre's that max out on laser sights and other aiming tech. Hi Sci Fis (Sterio sci Fis ;) tend to drop back to shear skill and beam weapons with cool effects.

Ditto regarding automatic weapons which appear to vanish as tech goes up - or at leats can't hit anything with any realiability or technical assistance. Surely little guns (as mentioned) with huge volumes of fire and unlimited ammo, maybe with AI like (similiar to modern camera technology) auto targeting, would be a viable and likely high future development...

Jason
Sydney, Australia


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Thursday, June 1, 2006 1:42 AM

KNIBBLET


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Originally posted by Hitter:


Wake up 4 year old threads much?
Nice to see the archives get read.

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