By Patrick Cooper in
Daily Lists
Monday, Jan. 18 2010 @ 8:00AM
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15) Captain Mal's Pistol
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14) Han Solo's DL-44 Heavy Blaster
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13) The Phaser
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12) District 9's Arc Gun
Feel the burn with Arc Gun -- a seriously badass piece of non-human weaponry the Multi-National United will do anything to figure out. This puppy uses a massive charge of electricity to shoot what is essentially a bolt of lightning; heating up the target to the point of molecular expansion. As Wikus discovers through his tragic transformation, the gun works only with an alien hand. A seriously awesome design.
11) The Acme Disintegrator Gun
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10) Robocop's Auto-9
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9) Deckard's Detective Special
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8) Minority Report's Sonic Shotgun
One of the greatest sci-fi films of the '00s also featured a standout gun, if only for a minute. As Tom Cruise is fleeing from imprisonment and his fellow pre-crime fighters, he snatches up one of their sonic shotguns and bucks them down amongst a maze of empty barrels. The scene doesn't last long, but the gun is so damn nice, as is the accompanying sound effect. "Sonic" sound effects are always awesome. The "Sick Stick" featured in the movie is also notable.
7) The Ghostbusters' Proton Pack
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6) Hellboy's Good Samaritan
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5) Judge Dredd's Lawgiver
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4) Zorg's ZF-1 Gun from The Fifth Element
A truly outrageous weapon for a truly outrageous villain: Jean-Baptist Emanuel Zorg. It's best to let Zorg sell this one: "It's light; handle's adjustable for easy carrying; good for righties and lefties; breaks down into four parts; undetectable by X-ray; ideal for quick discreet interventions." Not to mention that the "replay" feature will fire all rounds at the same target no matter what direction the gun's aimed in. This would be great against meth addicts; they're always running in unpredictable zig-zag patterns after stealing my hubcaps.
3) The Golden Gun
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2) The Colt from Supernatural
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1) Buck Rogers' Atomic Disintegrator
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186 comments
Comments
pigcity said:
Just how gay does the Phaser look when compared with Hans blaster...
fitz4prez replied to pigcity:
ultra gay
The Yellow Dart replied to pigcity:
uh oh... and we're off...
OM replied to The Yellow Dart:
...Yeah, I never can figure out how some of these trolls think they can get away with pissing off the Trekkies.
porcupine replied to OM:
We sometimes have a habit of responding to emotions, not logic. Anyway, Han's blaster is a one-trick pony--all it can do is make a sploosh noise and hit something with a laser bullet. Totally detracts from any versatility you'd expect in a scifi weapon.
Hunter[NIU]™ replied to porcupine:
All your trekkie guns are incomparable to the light saber.
"Not as clumsy or random as a blaster; an elegant weapon for a more civilized age."
Hunter[NIU]™ replied to Hunter[NIU]™:
My bad... Imagine my comment reads:
"Your Trekkie guns are insignificant next to the power of the Force."
Porcupine replied to Hunter[NIU]™:
Point. But until the EU, it was something you clutched like a bat and didn't defend well with it. Darth and Luke weren't exactly The Highlander and Toshiro Mifune.
More elegant today than in the 70's, I fear.
Biff replied to Hunter[NIU]™:
That's a non-argument...basically the phaser can't match up to the MAAAAAAGIIIC of the force, and a lightsaber (a magic sword if ever there was one) can't be compared to what is essentially a gun. Well, DUH!
Anonymous replied to pigcity:
The phaser over Han's gun has got to go. The phaser! Are you kidding me? That has to be the wimpiest gun of all time.
Asat replied to Anonymous:
I beg to differ. Consider the Space: 1999 stun gun. Based functionally on the phaser, with a range of settings raging from "stun" to "kill" to "utterly ineffective against the monster of the week". Its highly logical horseshoe design, however, makes even the Next Generation phasers look like throbbing phalluses in comparison.
RunnerX13 replied to Anonymous:
Nothing wimpy about a gun that can disintegrate you.
ieldanth replied to pigcity:
Where the phaser looks mass-produced(as it's supposed to), the blaster looks like an epic kludge(as it's supposed to).
About the only things that Star Wars and Star Trek have in common is they both happen in space and have the word "Star" in the title.
Celliach replied to ieldanth:
Actually if you look real close, there are Klingons in the Imperial Senate chambers in Star Wars Episode One. So both fantasy-verses have Klingons in common too.
Celliach replied to ieldanth:
BTW, if you look close, you'll also see ET's in the movie too.
Eric replied to pigcity:
The phaser looks like something you would give immunizations with. Gay, but good for preventing the pig virus.
Biff replied to pigcity:
The phaser also came out first, meaning the Han blaster could also be called a copy. You know, since it came out AFTER.
Liam said:
How about the Saint of Killers guns from Preacher?
Nameless replied to Liam:
Beat me to it! Yep, his guns killed both the Devil & God!
Skinny128 replied to Liam:
I was wondering the same myself. I thought it would by #1!!!
Yeah, not including the Saints guns was a gigantic fuck-up.
I've never heard of #2, but it's an obvious rip-off of the Saints Walker Colts.
This list is such a complete and utter fail.
SHAME ON YOU!
Zim replied to AfterGlow:
The Saint of Killers gun was probably left off the list because it's so rediculously powerful that it becomes uninteresting. There are hundreds of "can kill anything and can't be hurt" fictional weapons out there and all of them suffer from trying too hard to be the "Ultimate weapon" and end up just being stupid. These guns all made the list because they are great at what they do and are inventive but all are imperfect.
RubyRoses said:
The Colt! I'm just so stoked seeing it make the list. It can't kill everything though. Can't kill like, 3-5 things. And fixing the gun was more of a Ruby trying to get the boys to trust her.
Beany McPickles replied to RubyRoses:
Preach! I was a bit surprised Supernatch made the list at all.
RubyRoses replied to Beany McPickles:
yeah but the Colt is pretty great. plus it's a key to a hellgate [the hell gate?], and the whole Alamo, what-its...now I would go and watch the dvds about it...but my aunt still has my SPN dvds...
Xenos replied to Beany McPickles:
Wow. Nice to see Supernatural on the list. A couple of friends got me into it and I caught up to them in season 4. It really gets interesting once the angels show up too. And yeah, the colt also being a key to the gates of hell sealed off in a giant protection circle the size of a city was pretty bad ass.
Julius Gryphon said:
I’ve got to nitpick on this one. The disintegrator gun shown in the image of Marvin and Daffy is not an ACME product. It is the A-1 Disintegrating Pistol. It is Daffy’s disintegrating pistol (and brother, when it disintegrates it disintegrates) that carries the ACME name in this cartoon.
Darth Mario said:
Buck's Atomic Disintegrator FTW!
I always like the military weapons from Aliens
TED-209 replied to Darth Mario:
Yeah, where the fuck is the Colonial Marine Pulse Rifle?
Jettwinlock said:
oh yeah that gun was awesome never misses his target with unlimited bullets forge from the sword of the angel of death. that Saint of Killers even killed the devil with it, than later God himself, talk about bad ass.
Anonymous said:
Where's G1 Megatron's Particle Cannon??
Zack replied to Anonymous:
Screw Megatron -- How bout the gun that inspired his design in the first place.
The Walther P38 UNCLE Special?
JOE replied to Anonymous:
Hell, where is Megatron himself?!
Potroast replied to JOE:
Indeed what other sidearm let's you muscle your way to the top of Portlands underworld? Or be considered enough a viable threat by TSA that it can't be on carry on luggage? The Mighty Megatton thts what?
rosewater said:
what about the m-41A assault rifle from Aliens? or Roland's revolvers from the Dark Tower series.Then again, this list could go on and on...
Mebaman replied to rosewater:
No kidding - I thought that was going to be #1 - until I got to #1. Buck Rogers? Really?
There is absolutely no reason the M41A should not be on this list, if not on the top. Come on, Rob! http://vincentarnold.com/blog/wp-content/images/30.jpg
Sokkmonkey replied to Max Power:
Thank you! How the hell is Mal's (seldom used)gun from "Firefly" on here and neither the pulse rifle nor the smart gun get so much as an honorable mention? Oh wait, this is from the person that thinks the ST Phaser is cooler than Han's blaster.. NM
DC Grimm said:
Where is the Point of View gun from Hitchhikers Guide?
retroK said:
I miss the Annihilator 2000 from Beverly Hills Cop III :-)
http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Beverly_Hills_Cop_III#Annihilator_2000
Bad Brendan said:
I always kinda liked the Gun's from Baz Luhrmann's take on Romeo and Juliet.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/Dodger6500/Assorted/rjgun2.jpg
http://i34.tinypic.com/2s6nerl.jpg
I mean if your gonna be a ganster right do it with style.
Illiterate Brendan replied to Bad Brendan:
Although i suppose reading the Headline might have worked in my favor here
My Choices were not fiction as much as stylized
So i will geek out totally and say The Gun that Enzo Matrix used in Season 3 and 4 of the cartoon Reboot.
Voice command, multiple targets it doesn't even need to be held as it can levitate.
http://www.rbcorner.com/gallery/Matrix/000030-Detail_of_Matrix%27s_tattoo..jpg
Aeon replied to Bad Brendan:
That second picture is from Face/Off.
RobP said:
You went with Mal's nameless pistol over Jayne's very special, very loved shotgun that he affectionately calls Vera? For shame, truly.
Drappelfed said:
The Martian blasters from Mars Attacks!
Purple Monkey Dishwasher said:
Pity you didn't use a lawgiver from the comic rather than the cruddy Stallone film.
Ignatz Cockarovich said:
I don't think I would classify the Ghostbusters Proton Pack as a firearm. I would replace it with the Sandman gun from Logan's Run, a significant omission.
Psycow said:
No Sarah Jane, Thirty/Thirty's gun from BraveStarr? Or the smartgun or already mentioned m-41A from Aliens? For shame!!!
Sithinious said:
I'm suprised you didn't mention Hellboy's Big Baby instead of the good samaritan.
http://www.sideshowtoy.com/mas_assets/jpg/8932_press01-001.jpg
Doc said:
I would have definitely included the Sandman's Gun from Logan's Run. An oversized revolver designed specifically to intimidate and capable of firing multiple types of rounds that do everything from create a gas field to obliterate a target on impact? It's a given,
Doc
captain zeep replied to Doc:
Don't forget the "Homer" rounds. Go ahead - run around the corner - the self-guiding internally propelled round would follow your heat signature (imprinted at firing) till it hit home. Even more devastating when combined with the "ripper" which on hitting your flesh, began shredding you like a crazed garbage disposal from the inside out.
Bill said:
We seem to be missing "Ol' Painless", the gattling gun that Blaine (Jesse Ventura) used in the movie Predator. How can you not include THAT??
DarK Rémi oF DooM replied to Bill:
Damn right!
rickicker said:
what? no BFG?! whose responsible this?!
maachubo replied to rickicker:
Yes... but only the original, from Doom 1 on PC.
"Bio-Force Gun" my @$$
Frito at Tinagra said:
I really liked the Minority Report gun. I think the best part about it was the way it was cocked. It reminds me of True Grit.
Master_Chunks said:
Probably doesn't have to be on this list, but it would have been nice to see The Saint of All Killer's dual Colt Walker .44s (forged from the steel of the Angel of Death's giant sword, no less).
Hell, the real-life firearm is noteworthy in itself, being the most powerful handgun on earth for a hundred years or so until the .357 came about.
Nicnac said:
I'll throw one in the mix:
The Varon-T Disruptor from Star Trek: TNG. It tears apart the body.
maachubo replied to Nicnac:
"Its not just lethal its... vicious. It tears the body apart inside, out. And does it very slowly, too, by your phaser's standards. Its, torturous, very... very painful death."
Easily the best part of the episode and one of the best lines in the show. Ranks up there with the blaster description from Hitckhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as one of the best weapon descriptions in sci-fi (syfy?).
[I really wish I could remember the name of that HHG blaster, that explanation was awesome.]
Luuuuke! Luuuuuuuke! Luuuuuuuuuke! said:
The railgun from Eraser. Nuff said.
operations said:
Or why not the Caster from Outlaw Star? This was a gun so powerful that part of the firing mechanism ripped out a piece of your soul.
kirtro replied to operations:
actually that was a side effect of that bullet, not the gun itself. though I agree the caster gun kicks ass!
Ranchoth said:
Heh. Y'know, technically, the Auto-9 isn't entirely fictional; it's based on a Beretta M93R, a 9mm pistol designed to fire three-round bursts. The Robocop version has a few visual modifications, natch.
I am disappointed that the Focusing Disintegrator Ray didn't make the cut. The unforgettable sidearm from the 1959 classic of western cinema, Teenagers from Outer Space——which bore an uncanny resemblance to a dime-store ray gun, complete with visible manufacturer's logo——the ray
"projects an isolated beam which separates the molecules of living
material in chain reaction. all but the solids: the skeletal braces."
In other words: instant skeleton gun!
Asat replied to Ranchoth:
TFOS was also the title of a humorous tabletop RPG, which always stuck out in my memory for having a firearm available that wins as many points for its succinct name as for its simple sci-fi premise: the Boy/Girl Gun.
demoncat said:
hans blater and deckers gun should have been at least in the top five with phaser. and second that the list should have the saint of killers gun from preacher.though given so many guns in sci fi that are cool can see how hard it was to have the list be what it is.
Baltimoron said:
Say what you will about Lucas today, but in his youth he was a great enough filmmaker to pass off a Mauser Broomhandle with a cheap scope poorly mounted on it as a futuristic energy weapon without audiences thinking twice. That's an awe-inspiring combination of gall and skill.
John Hazard said:
My faves:
Kai's Brace from Lexx. It could grab, decapitate, chop up hearts, fly around the room killing multiple targets and boomerang back, and be used as a grappling hook. "I kill you in the name of His Divine Shadow."
The Weirding Modules from David Lynch's Dune- "Some thoughts have a certain sound, that being equivalent to a form. Through sound and motion, you will be able to paralyze nerves, shatter bones, set fires, suffocate an enemy or burst his organs" Cool.
The phaser 2 from the original Star Trek- basically a power booster for the smaller, pocketable phaser 1 module that fits into it- clever, thoughtful, stylish design that was completely screwed up by the new movie's rushed, uninspired production design.
Gleeman said:
Pretty much all the Prawn guns in D9 were awesome. My favorite was the gravity gun though IIRC it was only on the mecha, not hand carried?
BadNflu3nce said:
Not really a firearm, more of a a nuclear powered rotary rail gun that shoots needles of depleted uranium and can carry close to half-a-ton of ammo, but "Reason" from Snowcrash wins in my book.
Marty Emerson replied to BadNflu3nce:
I agree with this.
RDJ134 said:
Hmmm where the gun that John Malkovich used in the movie In the line of Fire(1993). Anyway good list, loved the vintage Buck Rogers Ray Gun.
Odkin said:
The cool thing about the phaser is that it's modular - the pistol grip part is just a battery pack. The dangerous part is the black piece that comes off and fits in your hand.
RayH said:
How about the modified Barreta 92 used by the Grammaton Clerics in Equilibrium? We need more gun kata.
Anonymous replied to RayH:
gun kata was so awesome! i love orwellian dystopic fiction, and equilibrium fits the bill so nicely. it was a nice surprise when i first saw it.
Korinthian said:
Aww, no cartoon revolver that shot living bullets from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
JOE replied to Korinthian:
If you look closely at the case, it was Yosemite Sam that gave Eddie the gun.
anHistorian said:
What about the gun that Jack Nicholson as the Joker uses near the end of Batman. You know, the revolver with the super long barrel. It shot down the batwing and looked absolutely ridiculous while doing so.
varrior said:
For the record, the Colt from Supernatural can't kill 7 beings - one of them being Lucifer. Dean was a fucking retard and tried to kill him with it, failing epically in the process. I'm still waiting for God to come on the show though, since apparently he is going to make an appearance.
chudleycannonfodder said:
Number 17: Sledge Hammer's .44 Magnum.
That show was awesome.
JohnR replied to chudleycannonfodder:
"The following season takes place..."
Bobo Fett said:
Seriously, no Bowel Disruptor from Transmetropolitan? The single greatest gun ever.
porcupine replied to Bobo Fett:
Indeed. Next to Ash Williams' shotgun. (Shop smart, shop S Mart.) Okay, I might be alone in this, or just obsessed with zombie demon killing power fantasies.
Dave Ross said:
Where's Megatron?
JimmyBoots said:
BOOMSTICK!
porcupine replied to JimmyBoots:
Listen up, you primitive b*stards.
GreekGeek said:
The Lawgiver also packed the amazing, the epic, the aptly named ........
Drum Roll.....
Double Whammy (or something, in the movie)......
What can you say......
IisAwesomecakes said:
Where is the Mega-buster? Or the spreader gun from Contra?
korg20000bc said:
Imperial bolter from Warhammer 40 000?
Gleeman replied to korg20000bc:
Well, if we're going to go into video game weapons, hands down it's the Red Ryder LE BB Gun from Fallout.
korg20000bc replied to Gleeman:
Its not a video game weapon.
I'm calling you a non-nerd.
dewd said:
Hells nah. The BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle is the most badass weapon in the universe.
http://www.looksirdroids.com/images/MG-34_ScreenCap_01.jpg
Based on the badass MG-34 German machine gun. Absolutely badass.
Jonesy said:
Nice list. I was always fond of the Cobra Assault Cannon from Robocop, but at least his pistol made the list, so no complaints here.
Mike said:
Always loved the Hornet Sting weapon from The Green Hornet TV show(1966-'67).The GH would open it up like a telescope & it was a sonic weapon with a nifty sound effect.
WarpedElements said:
No Jackal from Hellsing?
Kate said:
You included Mal's pistol, but not Jayne's fucking awesome gun VERA? Who is worth the life of pre-Mad Men Christina Hendricks?
Shame on you. Just shame on you.
Kieran said:
Including the sonic shotgun was just brilliant. It was arguably the high point of the film.
No love for Portal? The Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device is so original. Granted, it's not really a firearm, but it is freaking sweet.
Zade replied to Kieran:
Sorry but even though I haven't read Blame! it still has the best weapon: the Gravitational Beam Emitter.
From wikipedia, "He is equipped with a Gravitational Beam Emitter (GBE), a petite but powerful weapon capable of creating holes miles long in the Megastructure."
Thats right... MILES LONG... and its this big http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gravitational_Beam_Emitter_-_Killy_Poses.jpg
Ian70 said:
I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet, but what about the Sandmen guns from "Logan's Run?" The movie versions themsleves were pretty rad. But in the novel, like the Lawgiver, they were able to fire different types of ammo:
Homer- Homes-in on body heat and fries every nerve in the body.
Vapor- Fires a gas cloud that irritates the lungs.
Ripper- Fires an explosive charge that detonates shrapnel.
Needler- Fires a large number of needles (duh!)
Nitro- Explosive charge.
Tangler- Fires a sticky net or web material to ensare the target.
I guess considering both the Lawgiver and the Sandman gun both perform almost the same way, it could be considered a toss-up. But I'm still surprised it didn't get mentioned.
Also I recall that you could get Deckard's pistol in the first Fallout game where it was identified as a .223 Autoloader. It was the most powerful handgun in the game! Just using it a point blank range with the "Bloody Mess" perk turned on was nasty!
Zade replied to Ian70:
The Needler is more commonly known as a gun from Halo which fires needles that explode inside you. They also track you.
Sean said:
I would submit that Diane Lane, in general, should be at the top of anyone's top five sexy women. Of anything.
Xenos said:
I'll second the guns from Hellsing. Hell, one's got the soul of Bruce Willis trapped inside. Plus there is Seras's giant gun.. with the spirit of Baron Harkonnen from Dune.
I'll also second the gun from Portal. Plus Team Fortress 2 has many bad ass ones, but I guess video game guns would need their own list. Hell, there's that gun that shoot shrukens and lightning in Painkiller.
KB_SBI replied to Xenos:
Me three for the Hellsing Guns. But the "Jackal" doesn't have the Spirit of Bruce Willis trapped in side it ("Bruce" was a fake who got shot by the real Spirit of the Gun (original Movie "Jackal").
Then there's the "Casull 454" witch uses Munition made out of a melted down silver Cross witch is made obsolet once Father Anderson hits the Scene.
There are two Harkonnen Guns: 1 The "Anti-Freak" Cannon who uses two types of ammunition, one depleted uranium shells, the other; armour piercing explosive incindiary.
And the Harkonnen II Witch was essentially two Harkonnen Guns with two big ass ammunition Silos attached (used by Seras to Fight back Milleniums Zepelin).
Also Rip Van Winkle's ong-barreled flintlock musket. Who trough magic Bullets could take down could change direction mid-flight and take out div. Targets (even Figher Jets/ Helicopters).
Honorable mention: Trigun:
Vash/Million Knives Angel Arms .45 Revolver/ The "real" Angel Arm witch get's activated trough the Revolver in the Anime.
Last but not least: Wolfwood's Cross Punisher "Because it's so full of mercy".
porcupine replied to Xenos:
And the chicken gun from Ratchet and Clank.
robo said:
I thought the "Sick Stick" from Minority Report was pretty damned awesome, but I guess it doesn't qual as a "firearm."
Ginsu Shark said:
What, no caster rifle from Outlaw Star?
Ian70 said:
I remembered another one: the GU-11 gun pod from Robotech/Macross. Memorable if for no other reason than the really cool chainsaw-like sound that it made when fired!
gd01Skorpius said:
Missing:
the assault rifle and smart gun from Aliens and the plasma caster from Predator
neDavis said:
Reggie's Quadshotgun from Phantasm was always awesome.
http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/45599/2554146660045362796S500x500Q85.jpg
And Kaneda's Laser from Akira was the shiznit too.
ZeroCorpse said:
I'm sorry, but I think Chewbacca's modified bowcaster is a lot more iconic than Han's heavy blaster.
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And that clip above doesn't show the Arc Gun. It shows one that fires a concussive blast. The Arc Gun was unmistakable-- As you said, it shot a bolt of lightning that blew dudes to bits.
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But if you're going to include that, then you have to include the Arc Thrower from The Running Man, which was doing the same thing 25 years earlier.
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And since the list says "fictional", why are you limiting to just movie guns? Why not some of the awesome weapons in comics and novels?
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Finally, although it's a real gun, it was used in a fictional setting... Ash Williams' BOOM STICK is the one gun to rule them all.
MichaeltheG replied to ZeroCorpse:
Yeah, I noticed that too. The weapon in question FYI is the "Tesla Rifle"
+1 for Arc thrower. I thought the "lectric gun" was kinda' played out frankly.
+100,000 for Wrist-mounted Dart Launcher. Who doesn't love The Mighty Monarch!?!
Speaking of wrist-mounted weaponry, Where the hell are Boba Fett's Wrist Gauntlets? Those things had a flame-thrower, wrist laser, concussion rockets, grappling launcher, and explosive/tranquiliser dart launcher. It's a goddamn swiss-army knife of weaponry. Then again, technically speaking, if it isn't hand-held, it's not really a "gun" so to speak.
I too was disappointed that the M41 didn't make the cut but cutting one mans opinion to shreds is what the interwebs is for. (Besides pron that is ;)
ZeroCorpse said:
Oh, yeah. I also nominate the weapons used by The Monarch's henchmen in The Venture Bros., as well as the Monarch's own wrist dart-launcher.
Black Snow said:
The Angel Arms from Trigun and the Blade Blasters from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers omissions are borderline criminal.
Des said:
Good list, definitely better than the AskMen one, but I would have added the bayonet pistols from Blade 2 and Dollman's pistol (obscure, I know), also Sick Puppy (again obscure) has a gun that talks.
Mike S. said:
What about "The Speaking Gun" from Simon R Green's 'Nightside' series? It's a living gun created to kill angels and demons that can un-create anything by speaking it's true secret name backwards.
james replied to Mike S.:
Wow, really?
Harley Q said:
Riff Raff's ray gun from The Rocky Horror Picture Show should have been included...
>_>
Josh said:
Fuck this blog!
Harley Q replied to Josh:
O.o
I wouldn't go that far... I just thought it should've been in the list...
A. Nuran said:
What?!?! How could Cooper have left out the Spetsdods from Steve Perry's Matador series?
YONCE said:
What? No Sandman gun from Logan's run??
That was the best!
Asat said:
To stem the tide of machismo and black powder, I'll call to mind a gun devised for Blake's 7 by Terry Nation (a man who spent a lot of his career deconstructing the traditions of violence). An important subplot of the series featured Imipak, a gun that did not instantly kill its target, but rather rendered the victim forever after subject to instant death at the push of a button connected to the gun, anytime, anywhere in the universe.
That, to me, easily tops the list inasmuch as it revives in sci-fi the dread that firearms ought to inspire, which is often absent.
porcupine replied to Asat:
It's true that sometimes the weapons just seem to cause aimless explosions and holes that get filled back in come the next episode, which certainly tends to make the viewer wonder to what end does all of the sparkly lights and puffs of smoke serve. Dread is, indeed, a very powerful weapon; it can make a person think twice before doing something. The ominousness of such a weapon is probably the last thing popular science fiction thinks about, however. (Which makes Nation stand out all the more as a pretty damn good creator.) What this weapon essentially does is add morality to it, and that ponderous thing is very hard for creators to embrace, and an audience that is accustomed to lasers flying left and right with abandon might actually sit there and think about their entertainment if the seizure display is switched off. And in that case, it's all over; then you have to actually tell a story. (If George Lucas is any indication, it's very hard for the script writers of Sci-fi to make that leap. Novels, not so much, but shows and movies can often make the best novels into brain popcorn. Like I, Robot.)
Dex said:
Awww.... Logans Run gun - where, WHERE!
Iman Azol said:
In the novel, the Golden Gun was a gold-plated Colt 1873 SAA. The movie was completely different. It featured one of the coolest villains, one of the best car stunts ever done (the corkscrew jump), and the lamest Bond, soundtrack and plot.
And while Trek may be lame, the phaser is indeed cool.
JayWicky said:
I was thinking of Cobra's psychogun... But since it's lodged inside his left arm, maybe it belongs to another list such as "best artificial limb ever" or something. But Cobra can kill pretty much everything with it. It fires laser rays that can *bend*, dammit.
Dave Waygood said:
I like Batou's "Standard Issue Big Gun" from Ghost in the Shell. F@ck that spider tank. Would be nice in any personal collection.
Dave Waygood said:
And what about the Predator's Plasma Caster? The minigun just does not compare.
jman said:
You gotta be gay just starting a debate over fake weapons anyway.
Dave Waygood replied to jman:
You seem too have entirely missed the point.
Andy said:
Anyone watch the movie Doom? How about the BFG? That was a gun.
Wild Bill replied to Andy:
Movie? The real Doom was the one that ran on 386s with absolutely amazing graphics (by the standards of the day), and let you shoot stuff with a Big F**king Gun 9000. (I liked the rocket launcher, but you had to be careful not to use it inside :-)
Otaku Knight said:
If you're going to include anime guns, there are none greater than the legendary Cosmo Dragoon from the Leijiverse.
Wolfe said:
Where was the Farscape weapons like the pulse pistol, rifle, or luxan qualta blade?
porcupine replied to Wolfe:
While they were neat, they don't really stand out as fictional firearms. (Don't get me wrong; I watched Farscape religiously back in the day, but the weaponry is sort of standard for the story that it tells.)
Frank said:
What about the Man from U.N.C.L.E. gun? Johnny 7?
McFetus said:
I would like to nominate the 88 Magnum from Johnny Dangerously. "It shoots through schools."
djamp replied to McFetus:
second.
Seth Williams said:
Hey - the Disintegrator Gun wasn't Buck's weapon! Buck Rodgers preferred the Rocket Pistol, a self-charging compressed air pistol that shot exploding rocket rounds - or normal slugs, or rocks in case of desperation. The Disintegrator Guns were the traditional weapon of the Mongols... and don't get me started on the Chilean Liquid Air guns!
zug said:
No M41 From Aliens? FAIL.
axel said:
No Love for the annihilator 2000?
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Protoculture said:
M-41a Pulse rifle. You are dead to me Rob Bricken!
Farglesnarf said:
The original Doom BFG pwns all others.
Wild Bill replied to Farglesnarf:
BFG-9000 FTW! Also, any gun held by any Clint Eastwood character.
greenman said:
I would have liked to see the guns from romeo + juliet. Sword, Dagger, and Rapier
Funk Thompson said:
No mention of the M-41A Pulse Rifle = List Fail. "10mm caseless, explosive tipped, light armor piercing rounds... why?"
Urinal Gum said:
How can you say that one is better or worse? They are made up weapons. Comparing them to each other is like comparing something that doesn't exist to...um...another thing that doesn't exist.
Besides, firearms are weak. Give me Ice-9 any day.
/and it's legal in Britain: http://www.urinalgum.com/?p=695
Wai said:
No M-41A because you can actually purchase one.
Pointy Tail said:
No Holy Shotgun from Constantine? Dragons Breath too! The coolest shotgun evar!
JackBauersKid said:
For the record, in Supernatural lucifer said the colt cannot kill 5 things in creation. Himself being one my guess for the other four would be the horsemen
JackBauersKid said:
Or maybe,God,Jesus,anti-christ,Michael and death
JackBauersKid said:
wait take out death bad counting
D said:
Nice anti-gun statement in the first sentence. Maybe only stupid fucking kids from your gene pool. And the statement "but most of the time", WTF is that supposed to mean? You are a fucking moron. Do some research before you start spewing your misinformation. Thats like me saying all you fucking trekkies and nerds on here arguing about fake guns are all going to go out and ass fuck a 4 year old boy tonight.
Porcupine replied to D:
Yeah, but we're not really interested in having you transfer all that guilt from your basement-dwelling, pederast hobbies onto us, Mr. Gun Nut.
Mickey Stabs said:
what i would like to know is why isn't the Bowel Disruptor from Transmetropolitan in here? you can make a guy shit himself into unconsciousness. and garunteed that theres probably a setting of "shit to death". smelly and dead.
tasmanian devil said:
One of the coolest weapons is the modified TR-116 from the Deep Space Nine episode called Field of Fire. It has a scope that allows it to see through walls (perverific) but the brilliant addition is a micro transporter that beams the fast moving bullet through most anything to a point near the target. Its only limited by the transporter range. Totally deadly.
choHIlqoq said:
You left out Megatron?!
No not that Bayformer's bull****.
The one and only Walther P-38
who in robot mode,had a fusion cannon
that fired bolts of energy from a black hole.
Took Ironhide's head clean off with one shot a point blank range. Beat that Jhiaxus!
Alan said:
I also think SledgeHammer's 44 Magnum should be in the top 5.
The show's credits were built around THE GUN (resting no a pillow no less).
He TALKED to The GUN.
Oh, and the Man From Uncle Gun too.
Alan
grs1961 said:
Where's the Zen Gun from Barrington J. Bayley's "The Zen Gun"?
Or the Lazy Gun from Iain M. Banks "Against a Dark Background"?
Or the Zap Gun from Philip K. Dick's "The Zap Gun"?
And the Spetsdod's from Steve Perry's Matador series?
Do the Great Weapon's from Steven Brust's Dragaera series count? They may look like swords or knives or daggers, but...
Dave said:
No Pulse Rifle or Smart Gun from Aliens? This list fails.
J said:
The zat guns of stargate?
Willow replied to J:
I second this!
Sure, not quite as multi purpose as Star Trek's Phaser but it can still stun, kill, and disintegrate. (Though, they do ignore the disintegration cop out in all but two episodes in ten seasons of SG-1)I know someone else mentioned the Jaffa staff weapons but as Master Bray'tac states, they are "weapons of intimidation, not weapons of war."
And while we're on the topic of Stargate, let's not forget the signature weapon of the Satidan militia. Ronan's gun is one worthy of jealousy.
Porcupine said:
Adding to the 'no gun from _?' list, where is Spike Spiegel's Jericho 941? It's possibly the coolest gun from a semi-realistic scifi action series, in part because it is the Mid-East equivalent of Clint Eastwood's magnum, and its owner is like the the transgenic spawn of Clint Eastwood, Shaft, every cool cop from Asian cinema ever, and Bruce Lee. He used it to shoot a man that used a vulture to suicide bomb his enemies. There is little in the West that can top that.
Hardware_man said:
You completely missed out on Dr Grordborts infallible aether oscillators!
http://www.wetanz.com/holics/index.php?catid=4
I particularly like the "Unnatural Selector Ray Blunderbuss" and the "Victorious Mongoose".
Can Weta workshop do no wrong?
Pete said:
I think han solo's blaster owes as much to the buck rodgers gun as it does to the mauser. Wasn't buck rodgers a huge influence for Lucas since he watched that stuff as a kid? And just look at em, pretty similar if you ask me
JSD said:
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Bill said:
What about the flechette guns or pulse rifles or tri-barrel from the Honor Harrington Novels.
I would have also included the staff weapon from SG-1, or at the very least, the very real, but used in a fictional setting P90's the SG teams carried.
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Rich said:
Spoken in true ignorance: "But most of the time kids are always shooting themselves or trying to hold up liquor stores or something, and that sucks."
DoctorSmashy said:
Thank you for including the Minority Report one, I've always thought that split-second appearance rocked.
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Provinceman said:
That isn't the Arc Gun in the clip from district 9
Elderstarr said:
Good list, but I'm with LUKE... The Railgun from Eraser needs recognition.
ncmom said:
How about the gun from No Country For Old Men?
Drifloon said:
OMG U DIDN'T PUT A GUN ON THE LIST WTF IS WRONG WITH U. U SHOULD NO EVERY FICTIONAL GUN AND PUT THEM ON THIS LIST IN THE ORDER THAT WOULD MAKE EVERY BODY HAPPY!!!111!!
Seriously though, guys.
raist said:
wow whoever write this thing about Han Solo's DL-44 Heavy Blaster
check some history books about what happened in ww1 and after ww1
how so called allied armada coudnt penetrate the god damn defense of the turks
you jack ass...
ask brits and aussies they have good memories
Josh said:
The golden gun is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY too high. That one should have been #16, for lip service purposes. It's not even the best weapon from the Bond Series. The cigarette rocket launchers from You Only Live Twice?
the top 3 should be
3. ZF-1
2. Tesla Rifle (that's the one that shoots lightning. The Arc gun is basically the same thing as the Sonic Shotgun).
1. Buck Rogers Atomic Disentigrator.
