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April 27, 2011

Greatest Handguns In Sci Fi History
— Ace

And Solo's Maser-Mauser is only number three? Bumped down by Hellboy's gun, which is just a comically-oversized revolver shotgun? I mean, yeah, it's an okay gun, but it's silly.

Mal Reynold's gun, which is pedestrian, and just some kind of neovictorian hyper-revolver, gets mentioned but an important character/love interest on the show, Vera, doesn't?

Meh. Buncha dummies.

Thanks to gg.

Posted by: Ace at 05:10 PM | Comments (128)
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1 No mention of Ash's boom stick? I call bullshit.

Posted by: ErikW at April 27, 2011 05:16 PM (NgJve)

2 yeah... but then, that's not sci-fi.

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:17 PM (nj1bB)

3 Solo's Mauser > Phaser The phaser is okay.

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:18 PM (nj1bB)

4 Susan Dey George, yum.

Posted by: CMU VET at April 27, 2011 05:18 PM (cC6s1)

5 Meh. Give me a MR Desert Eagle Mark XIX any day. Now that's a real handgun.

If we have to go fictional I'll take the MIB Blaster.

Posted by: Marcus at April 27, 2011 05:19 PM (qjVSg)

6 The Taurus 'Raging Judge'... 28 gauge revolver. Ka-Boom!

Posted by: A wise guy at April 27, 2011 05:19 PM (vuMH7)

7 I'm actually straining to remember any additional guns. Surely there must be more.

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:19 PM (nj1bB)

8 If one contemporary firearm makes it to the future, it'll be the 1911. No batteries needed.

Posted by: trainer at April 27, 2011 05:20 PM (yCWYQ)

9 Bah. Handguns aren't worth much anyway. If you really want to defend yourself, what you need is a... longbow.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 05:20 PM (XIXhw)

10 If we have to go fictional I'll take the MIB Blaster.

Noisy Cricket!

Posted by: Agent J at April 27, 2011 05:20 PM (SwkdU)

A time travelling convenience store employee with a chainsaw for an arm isn't Sci-Fi?

Again, bullshit.

Posted by: ErikW at April 27, 2011 05:20 PM (NgJve)

12 Jane's modified LeMat was as cool as the malGun....

I'd throw in Zoe's mare'sLeg as well.....

of course "the Colt" shows that the patterson was definitely early Victorian Chic

Posted by: sven10077 at April 27, 2011 05:20 PM (kq1lG)

13 I'm tellin' youse for the last time with the longbows...!

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:20 PM (nj1bB)

14 Vera got mentioned in that lameass list, but only in the picture that says Winona is better.

Posted by: Bomber at April 27, 2011 05:22 PM (d88g9)

15 >>>A time travelling convenience store employee with a chainsaw for an arm isn't Sci-Fi? The gun wasn't sci-fi. It was just a modern-day sawed off shotgun. Possibly from S-Mart.

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:22 PM (nj1bB)

I'll take my 93R...

and I don't go in for that Science Fiction, crap.

Posted by: Mack Bolan at April 27, 2011 05:23 PM (gT5J7)

17 But it travelled through time. Doesn't that count for some sci-fi cred?

Posted by: Bomber at April 27, 2011 05:23 PM (d88g9)

18 What about that alien gun from I Come in Peace? It was like some kind of machine pistol that fired really explosive bullets. Not accurately, but still...

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 05:23 PM (XIXhw)

19 I have a resin replica of Mal's gun(the slightly different movie version)I have a diecast "Samaritan"(Hellboys gun)A diecast Blade Runner blaster.An aluminum Logan's Run Deep Dleep pistol(with a very nice LED lighting effect at the muzzle).I think that is all of them...Oh no,I have a plastic Gears of War Lancer assault rifle(with chainsaw sound effect.)

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:24 PM (HLVoN)

20 I'm actually straining to remember any additional guns

Oh! BeJebus

Aliens M56
Avatar Wasp Gun
Starship Troopers Morita
Aeon Flux

...and on and on and on....

Posted by: trainer at April 27, 2011 05:24 PM (yCWYQ)

21 7 I'm actually straining to remember any additional guns.

Surely there must be more.

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 09:19 PM (nj1bB)

Dude. Lost in Space Roto Jet Gun. Surely you had one?

Posted by: Marcus at April 27, 2011 05:24 PM (qjVSg)

22 From Hellsing - Alucard had a couple of neat toys. > Alucard fights with a large gun called Joshua, a modified 454 Casull calibre handgun, made from melting Lancaster Cathedral's silver cross, used with blessed, exploding bullets. Later on, Walter brings him a new toy, the 13mm Jackal. Using specialized silver ammo with blessed gunpowder and quicksilver, the already insane killing machine gets even more powerful.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 27, 2011 05:25 PM (zpByr)

Shop smart. Shop S-Mart.

Posted by: ErikW at April 27, 2011 05:25 PM (NgJve)

24 Yeah the chainsaw gun, I was just looking that up. http://kotaku.com/#!381958/why-the-chainsaw-gun-exists-boring-edition you can't argue that that isn't Heavy Metal.

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:25 PM (nj1bB)

25 I have a Denix Lemat,the infantry version without the tang on the trigger guard.(Denix is a replica manufacturer in Spain)

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:25 PM (HLVoN)

26 That's the ulse_Rifle-1-.jpg">M41A Pulse Rifle.

And also forgetting Babylon 5's PPGs.

Posted by: EJS at April 27, 2011 05:26 PM (YGwsd)

27 I'll take any energy-based sidearm, like the Imperial Plasma Pistol from Warhammer 40K.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 27, 2011 05:26 PM (c0A3e)

28 Logan's Run had kind of a cool handgun. It was much better in the book, though - the sandmen could select all sorts of cool special-purpose rounds with a switch. The main one was supposed to be heat-seeking, but if he needed it he could fire a round that would cover the target in a web.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 05:26 PM (XIXhw)

29 Would gg be gutfield by any chance?
_{ps...go.to.bed....(at some point. not trying to be a mother hen here but 3 days sans sleepy-sleep time?!)}

Posted by: laceyunderalls at April 27, 2011 05:26 PM (caCsS)

30 In the 40-watt range, of course,

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 27, 2011 05:26 PM (c0A3e)

31 Oh right, Aliens. For crying out loud. 10mm caseless ammunition. Of course that one. And the smart gun, which I thought was a little "Trying Too Hard," but it's better than "Veronica."

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:26 PM (nj1bB)

32 28 I have a replica of the movie gun.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:27 PM (HLVoN)

33 Cool site here with all kinds of movie guns, both sci-fi and not.

The Firefly page is especially cool.

Posted by: Bomber at April 27, 2011 05:27 PM (d88g9)

34 GUN

Posted by: Uncle Tupelo at April 27, 2011 05:27 PM (gT5J7)

35 Babylon 5 had the Phased Plasma Gun

Alien had the PIG (that plasma cannon thingy)

Ringing bells here? I never miss the firearms.

Posted by: Marcus at April 27, 2011 05:27 PM (qjVSg)

36 And what was that TV show where they had some kind of alien living gun that would wrap around your forearm and shoot energy bolts?

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 05:28 PM (XIXhw)

Secretary has a photoshopped picture of Clint Eastwood as Harry Callahan holding some big ass handgun with caption "Go Ahead Make ONE MORE CHANGE" - good for a chuckle.

Posted by: jpsr at April 27, 2011 05:28 PM (kcBPf)

38 How did the outlawed Varon-T disruptor miss the cut?

Posted by: toby928™ at April 27, 2011 05:28 PM (GTbGH)

39 A simple blaster, Morpheus.

Posted by: Robbie the robot at April 27, 2011 05:28 PM (sJTmU)

40 What about that shoulder thing that the Predator uses? It kinda splatted on people.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2011 05:28 PM (BKOsZ)

41 ONT a couple of nights ago had a kickass real-life gun, the XM-25. Currently being employed in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Bomber at April 27, 2011 05:29 PM (d88g9)

42 "Vera" was Jayne's .30 cal gun , not Mal's. Jayne offered "Vera" in exchange for Saffron. Jayne later used Vera to blow-up the transformer on the net. Mal's' shootin' iron is just that. A regular old PeaceMaker.

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 27, 2011 05:29 PM (h6mPj)

43 I believe in the first Terminator movie, he asks for a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range at the gun store, but unfortunately, it wasn't in stock.

Posted by: Red Shirt at April 27, 2011 05:30 PM (FIDMq)

44 Cripes Ace you just watched Dr. Who. Remember the Daleks had "Ruby Rays".

Posted by: Marcus at April 27, 2011 05:30 PM (qjVSg)

45 Mal's' shootin' iron is just that. A regular old PeaceMaker.

Actually it's a snubnose with a lot of extra shit glued onto it. But it sounds freakin' cool.

Posted by: Bomber at April 27, 2011 05:31 PM (d88g9)

46 43 I believe in the first Terminator movie, he asks for a phased plasma rifle in the 40 watt range at the gun store, but unfortunately, it wasn't in stock.

40 watts? Doesn't seem like a powerful weapon.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 27, 2011 05:31 PM (c0A3e)

47 Mars Attacks. The alien guns reduced people to bones and ash. Plus it was funnier than shit.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2011 05:31 PM (BKOsZ)

48 42 No it isn't.It's a Moses Brothers Self Defense Engine Frontier Model B. A guass gun with a backup hammer to fire conventional rounds(if that is all that is available,like on the frontier).

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:32 PM (HLVoN)

49 Sorry, no interest in Gawker network bullshit.

Posted by: apotheosis at April 27, 2011 05:32 PM (xWk3U)

50 The funny thing about sci-fi guns... pushing a lead slug out of a barrel using a chemical reaction is pretty damn efficient when it comes to delivering energy to the target. We probably won't see anything else for a long, long time.

Whedon got that right in Firefly, though that might have been just a way to carry along the civil war motif.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 05:32 PM (XIXhw)

51 Vera is just a dressed up Saiga auto shotgun.A Russian full auto shotgun based on the Kalasnikov action.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:32 PM (HLVoN)

52 40 watts? Doesn't seem like a powerful weapon.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 27, 2011 09:31 PM (c0A3e)

Its as powerful as a 150 watt traditional incandescent blaster but it requires a haz-mat suit to operate. Those old ones are illegal now, you know.

Posted by: Cicero at April 27, 2011 05:34 PM (QKKT0)

53 The pulse rifles in Aliens are M1A1 Thompsons dressed up with a Franchi SPAS12 shotgun clipped on(the "grenade launcher).The Snmartguns are MG42(OR 34 I forget)with a few add ons.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:34 PM (HLVoN)

54 40 watts? Doesn't seem like a powerful weapon.

Hah! I never considered that. It might be enough to give you a little surface burn if the beam width was very narrow.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 05:35 PM (XIXhw)

I still want to build a Proton Pack from Ghosbusters.

Screw the Aliens guns, that's amateur shit.

Posted by: ErikW at April 27, 2011 05:35 PM (NgJve)

56 Mals pistol is actually a snub Taurus revolver under the fancy outside.They open a sideplate to load the revolver.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:35 PM (HLVoN)

57 No pulse rifle from Aliens. No minigun from Predator. No Vazquez' heavy machine gun from Aliens. This list sucks.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2011 05:35 PM (Y0wFY)

58 In Dune I believe they used something called a slow stunner? Looked like a brass square.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2011 05:35 PM (BKOsZ)

59 15 >>>A time travelling convenience store employee with a chainsaw for an arm isn't Sci-Fi?

The gun wasn't sci-fi. It was just a modern-day sawed off shotgun. Possibly from S-Mart.

Hellboy is science fiction????111

Posted by: s☺mej☼e at April 27, 2011 05:36 PM (TrAxp)

60 Gene Simmon's 9MM Detonics somethin' or other from "Runaway" -

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 27, 2011 05:36 PM (h6mPj)

61 Wraith stunner rifle. If you miss you can still stab'em with that outlandish prong sticking out the back.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 27, 2011 05:36 PM (Pk7of)

Mal Reynold's gun, which is pedestrian, and just some kind of neovictorian hyper-revolver, gets mentioned but an important character/love interest on the show, Vera, doesn't?

Uh ace? Buddy, pal? Vera is an awesome gun. But a Handgun she is not.

Posted by: buzzion at April 27, 2011 05:36 PM (oVQFe)

63 57 No pulse rifle from Aliens.

No minigun from Predator.

No Vazquez' heavy machine gun from Aliens.

This list sucks.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2011 09:35 PM (Y0wFY)

Which of those are "handguns"?

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 05:37 PM (XIXhw)

64 DIY Blu-Ray Star Trek Phaser http://tinyurl.com/y8mr4ox

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 27, 2011 05:37 PM (9Lm5R)

65 What about Doc's vintage LeMat from Axler's Death Lands?

Posted by: Purple Avenger at April 27, 2011 05:38 PM (Pk7of)

66 58 In the book shields made most weapons useless.Lasguns caused a detonation that would kill the firer if it intersected a shield(or even worse).Shields stopped any object over a certain "strike speed" so it was possible to fire a low velocity dart through a shield.I ne the movie(and the mini series)everyone mostly uses guns and shields are deemphasized.In the book swords and knives were the primary weapons.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:38 PM (HLVoN)

67 Robocop's pistol doesn't make the cut? What about the railgun rifles in The Eraser?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2011 05:38 PM (5pIHA)

Which of those are "handguns"?

Posted by: Ace's liver

Picky, picky, picky.

Posted by: Pat Paulsen at April 27, 2011 05:39 PM (sJTmU)

69 ah I was forgetting "Handgun." Well the list still sucks. There have to be better weapons. I didn't know this was a gawker site- - I'll avoid in the future.

Posted by: ace at April 27, 2011 05:39 PM (nj1bB)

70 Technically, I don't think Vera counts as a handgun at all. But dress her up nice, and you can take her somewhere fun, that's for sure.

Posted by: TH at April 27, 2011 05:39 PM (UowFi)

71 Which of those are "handguns"?

EoJ is so bad-ass and strong that he can carry them aloft with one hand and use them accurately, thus they are "handguns" by his definition.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at April 27, 2011 05:40 PM (c0A3e)

72 67 Robocops gun is a Beretta 93F.The burst firing Beretta.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:40 PM (HLVoN)

73 Illudium Q-36 Space Modulator

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 27, 2011 05:40 PM (9Lm5R)

74 Subban!

Posted by: garrett at April 27, 2011 05:40 PM (gT5J7)

75 67 Robocop's pistol doesn't make the cut?

What about the railgun rifles in The Eraser?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2011 09:38 PM (5pIHA)

Speaking of Robocop, how about the Cobra Assault Cannon...."I Like it!"

Posted by: Red Shirt at April 27, 2011 05:41 PM (FIDMq)

76 Oh man, Looker and Runaway, haven't seen those flicks in years, gonna have to Netflix 'em. If i remember right, Runaway has a still hot Kirstie Alley.

Posted by: booger at April 27, 2011 05:41 PM (9RFH1)

77 They bring a Federation phaser to the fight, we bring a DL-44 Heavy Blaster.

Posted by: Han Hussein Solo at April 27, 2011 05:41 PM (QKKT0)

78 Ok, Ace's Liver. I see your pedantic, horn-rimmed point of parliamentary procedure and raise you the gayest SF handgun of all time: The Weirding Module.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2011 05:41 PM (5pIHA)

79 75 Barrett 50,I think they were.Pretty new back than.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:42 PM (HLVoN)

80 78 CHUKKSAAAA!

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:43 PM (HLVoN)

81 .45 Longslide

Posted by: Bomber at April 27, 2011 05:43 PM (d88g9)

82 River Song's sidearm (don't know if it has a name)?

If they're including Halo's needle gun, why not the BFG 9000?

Posted by: Methos at April 27, 2011 05:43 PM (uqJo6)

Whedon got that right in Firefly, though that might have been just a way to carry along the civil war motif.

Posted by: Ace's liver at April 27, 2011 09:32 PM (XIXhw)

He did include some laser technology weapons here and there too. Of course it was pretty well stated that they were incredibly expensive. So just as most places were near old West style colonization efforts, the weapons would be as well. Because why do you need some hi-tech fancy thing when a few chemicals and a chunk of lead can kill something just as easily at a fraction of the price?

Posted by: buzzion at April 27, 2011 05:44 PM (oVQFe)

84 www.imfdb.org/w/Main_Page Try that site for all your movie weapon needs.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:44 PM (HLVoN)

85 81 .45 Longslide

I have a .45 Longslide, but it doesn't have a laser, now i feel inadequate.

Posted by: booger at April 27, 2011 05:44 PM (9RFH1)

86 Are you testing out a 'woman repellent' for the government, ace? This post might be it.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2011 05:45 PM (BKOsZ)

87 Any sci-fi gun list that doesn't include the weapon from "Laserblast" can just kiss my ass.

Posted by: Crusty at April 27, 2011 05:46 PM (qzgbP)

Uh how about the guns in the Stargate series? You had the Za'at guns used by the Goa'uld. The stunners that the Wraith had. And then there was Ronin's gun as well which was cool as well.

Posted by: buzzion at April 27, 2011 05:46 PM (oVQFe)

89 Duh. The Zorg ZF-1.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 27, 2011 05:46 PM (9Lm5R)

90 83 The core worlds have high tech and spare parts and such readily available.On the frontier they use simpler cheaper weapons.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:46 PM (HLVoN)

91 @60 - reading my mind. Purely for bad humor, Weirding module from Dune...just sayin'...

Posted by: JPC at April 27, 2011 05:46 PM (LxyvI)

92 The Nerd-Fu is high in this thread

Posted by: Red Shirt at April 27, 2011 05:47 PM (FIDMq)

93 I'm partial to Christian Bale's pistols in Equilibrium.

Posted by: Beto at April 27, 2011 05:47 PM (H+LJc)

94 CHUKKSAAAA! Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 09:43 PM (HLVoN) You joke, but it turns out my first wife's name is a killing word. Kills my libido, anyway.

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2011 05:48 PM (5pIHA)

95 Are you testing out a 'woman repellent' for the government, ace? This post might be it. You've never seen teh moronettes talking about guns, hmmmmm? Teh hawt.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 27, 2011 05:48 PM (9Lm5R)

96 You've never seen teh moronettes talking about guns, hmmmmm? Teh hawt. ------------------- Agreed. But fake guns? Fak.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2011 05:49 PM (BKOsZ)

97 Duh. The Zorg ZF-1 What's the red button on the bottom for?

Posted by: Empire of Jeff at April 27, 2011 05:50 PM (5pIHA)

98 The Fifth Element - The Weapon with the Red Button -

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 27, 2011 05:50 PM (h6mPj)

99 96 I know real guns too.

Posted by: steevy at April 27, 2011 05:50 PM (HLVoN)

100 Vera's not a handgun. Neither is Ash's shotgun.

Posted by: GGE of the Moron Horde at April 27, 2011 05:51 PM (f4gk9)

101 What's the red button on the bottom for? Us hobo-killers, dyed-in-the-wool, cold-blooded, clean, methodical, and thorough hobo-killers know.....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 27, 2011 05:52 PM (9Lm5R)

102 Sweet Jebus - EoJ.... ....

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 27, 2011 05:53 PM (h6mPj)

103 I just wanted to get in the Fifth Element entry to piss off King Ewok, since he's supposedly not a fan of the film.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 27, 2011 05:55 PM (9Lm5R)

104

I love the Fifth Element. That's a fun story with all the explody accoutrement.

Posted by: ErikW at April 27, 2011 05:55 PM (NgJve)

105 41 ONT a couple of nights ago had a kickass real-life gun, the XM-25. Currently being employed in Afghanistan.

Posted by: Bomber at April 27, 2011 09:29 PM (d88g9)

Meh. Jury is still out on that. It hasn't been slogged around the sandy 114+ degree desert or snowy mountain terrain enough yet. Plus delayed fuse 25mm ammo needs more testing. On top of that it is more of a platform for a DM, not replacement for everyday combat rifles.

Could be a game changer if it works though. When bad guys know they can't find defilade they either won't attack or are toast. That forces a change in tactics.

Posted by: Marcus at April 27, 2011 05:58 PM (qjVSg)

106 That list was PATHETIC.

At least Winona was on it, but still.

First of all, two of them were magic, not sci-fi. And four of them were just guns, exactly or very like something you could buy, although a couple of those were impractically designed.

And throwing in one video game gun destroys the list, because it's either about movies or the game guns have to push everything else off the list by sheer volume and cleverness.

I give that list a solid F+.

The external-ring .50-cal revolvers that were only on screen for a few seconds in the first Matrix movie should be on the list of "most under-used props." Nobody ever even mentions those.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 27, 2011 05:58 PM (bxiXv)

107 No M-41a Pulse Rifle? Game over, man! Game over!

Posted by: Pvt. Hudson at April 27, 2011 05:59 PM (xy9wk)

108 My recollection is that ace didn't think the priest character played by Ian Holm was sufficiently developed. That, and Ruby made ace question his sexuality ... manually. repeatedly. .

Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 27, 2011 06:00 PM (h6mPj)

109 Agreed. But fake guns? Fak.

Posted by: MJ at April 27, 2011 09:49 PM (BKOsZ)

Fake guns are just not real guns *yet*.

(goes back to workbench)

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 27, 2011 06:00 PM (bxiXv)

110

The best part about The Fifth Element is Gary Oldman as a hillbilly-voiced overlord/slave to the wierd, evil Planet X or something.

Great movie!

Posted by: ErikW at April 27, 2011 06:02 PM (NgJve)

111 You joke, but it turns out my first wife's name is a killing word.

She had the weirding way huh?

Posted by: Beto at April 27, 2011 06:04 PM (H+LJc)

112 It was all fuckin video game guns. No Aliens guns? Those things were bad ass. Robocop?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz at April 27, 2011 06:04 PM (s5aNX)

113 Man, the economy really must be in the crapper, ain't nobody here can afford to pay attention!

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 27, 2011 06:05 PM (bxiXv)

114 How about the phased plasma rifle in the 40-watt range?

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz at April 27, 2011 06:05 PM (s5aNX)

115 The best part about The Fifth Element is Gary Oldman as a hillbilly-voiced overlord/slave to the wierd, evil Planet X or something.

It was a giant space meatball that made Gary's head bleed gravy.

Posted by: A wise guy at April 27, 2011 06:05 PM (vuMH7)

116 It was a giant space meatball that made Gary's head bleed gravy.

Posted by: A wise guy at April 27, 2011 10:05 PM (vuMH7)

I didn't get that either. Where did the chocolate syrup come from?

Wierd but cool movie. It was made by a French man after all.

Posted by: ErikW at April 27, 2011 06:10 PM (NgJve)

117 "And what was that TV show where they had some kind of alien living gun that would wrap around your forearm and shoot energy bolts?" That would be the Skrill from Earth: Final Conflict

Posted by: BornLib at April 27, 2011 06:14 PM (zpNwC)

118 There was a Tom Selleck movie that had handguns with guided ammunition, mini-missiles as it were. "Runaway."

Which has the advantage of being both a handgun, and science-fiction. Shockingly.

Posted by: Merovign, Dark Lord of the Sith at April 27, 2011 06:16 PM (bxiXv)

119 > 57 No pulse rifle from Aliens. No minigun from Predator. No Vazquez' heavy machine gun from Aliens. This list sucks. Posted by: Empire of Jeff None of those are HANDguns. Heck, half the suggestions in these comments are bigger than handguns. I was gonna put in the sweet sweet Seras Victoria's 30mm Halconnen II but that's a long-gun not a hand gun.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at April 27, 2011 06:37 PM (zpByr)

120 Complain about the list all you like, but why the fuck is ace driving traffic to gawker... aka wankette

Posted by: HowardDevore at April 27, 2011 06:43 PM (OuyTs)

121 Although the list mentions the "needlers" used in the Stainless Steel Rat series of novels by Harry Harrison, they forgot to mention an even cooler gun, as exemplified by the following passage:

"When I turned around she was pointing a .75 caliber recoilless automatic at me, so big and ugly that she had to hold it in both tiny hands."

--"Slippery" Jim DiGriz upon meeting his future wife Angelina for the first time.

Posted by: Lord Squirrel at April 27, 2011 06:47 PM (NqPVx)

122 Seems to me the Sonic Screwdriver should get an Honorable Mention.

Posted by: filbert at April 27, 2011 06:57 PM (smvTK)

123 I'm thinking of Douglas Adams's Kill-o-Zap blaster. Make it look mean. Make it look evil. If you have to stick on lots of pointy bits, so be it. Make it very clear to someone on the wrong end of the blaster that things are going very badly for him.

Posted by: emf at April 27, 2011 07:51 PM (akMYQ)

124 I JUST bought Looker from Amazon for the low-dough price of five dollahs.

It's worth it for the title track alone. Pure pop heaven.

Posted by: Mister Christopher at April 27, 2011 07:52 PM (/BUPU)

125 No Mega Buster / X-Buster? Fail.

The Portal gun defeats all, though. Sure, it doesn't wound, but dropping objects on your enemies or accelerating them to terminal velocity before letting them crater into the ground is immensely more fun than simply shooting them.

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Posted by: GamerFromJump at April 27, 2011 08:49 PM (G2I3h)

126 Star Trek phasers could not only be used as a weapon but use to cut through metal, heat rocks and break off rock fragment and could be made to explode like a bomb and a laser cat be use to cut through seams between stones and cuase ships to explode and prefor miricle surgery

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at April 27, 2011 09:26 PM (vA9ld)

127 I've watched LOOKER and never knew it was a Crichton film. No wonder it was oddly intriguing.

Posted by: soulpile is... an expendable sith padawan at April 28, 2011 12:01 AM (afWhQ)

128 Voyage to the bottom of the sea a sub with a laser cannon in its searchlight aimed with electronic targeting compuster

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at April 28, 2011 10:30 PM (vA9ld)

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