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The Best Fictional Firearms of All Time

Posted by samzenpus on from the bringing-a-phaser-to-a-gun-fight dept.

Here's a list of the best fictional firearms of all time. My only complaints are: It's a list of the top 16, which seems to be an odd arbitrary number for an arbitrary list, and the BFG 9000 didn't make the cut.

15 comments

  1. Well... by metrix007 · · Score: 1

    The BFG9000 is not a firearm.

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    1. Re:Well... by JWSmythe · · Score: 1

          You didn't have a good look at the list, did you? Any sort of weapon seems to count. :)

          It seems exclusive to pistol size weapons, until you see 12,8,7,4. They're not all powered by a directed chemical reaction. 11 shows that it never had to be made as a prop for a flesh and blood movie either.

          I'd say the unit would have to be contained within the piece being carried in your hands, but since 7 has an unlicensed nuclear accelerator in a backpack, that does away with that idea.

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    2. Re:Well... by Fotograf · · Score: 1

      actually 16 is 10 so is not arbitrary at all

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    3. Re:Well... by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 1

      People are complaining about a power of 2 being arbitrary? And a number that's a power of 16 to boot?

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    4. Re:Well... by treeves · · Score: 1

      I dont know what a BFG9000 is (so sue me!) but I do know that the legal definition, for one, of a firearm can vary. For instance, I heard a story on NPR about some guys making Molotov cocktails, and they were charged with illegal possession of a firearm or some such thing. I would not have thought of a Molotov cocktail as a firearm but legally, it can be.

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  2. Top 16 Movie/TV firearms perhaps by srodden · · Score: 1

    but I'll always have a soft spot for Reason. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash#Reason

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  3. Better site for firearms in movies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    A better site:
    http://www.imfdb.org/index.php?title=Aliens

  4. The Golden Gun is real by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    there is nothing fictional about the Golden Gun, other than it would be made entirely of gold. You'd need steel parts, but its entirely workable machine.

  5. Well... by Seriousity · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a list of the top 16, which seems to be an odd arbitrary number for an arbitrary list

    Actually, 16 is an even arbitrary number.
    /pedantry

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  6. Cobra Assault Cannon by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Even though it would have meant including two guns from the same movie, they really should have included the Cobra Assault Cannon from Robocop.

    State of the art, bang bang.

  7. Bullshit by Worthless_Comments · · Score: 1

    "In real life, guns are cool if you're a private detective or a sporting marksmen. But most of the time kids are always shooting themselves or trying to hold up liquor stores or something, and that sucks."

    Yeah, the majority of guns are totally used for crimes and suicide. You can yell this was written by a very knowledgeable person.

  8. Am I the only one? by neurospyder · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that missed Spider Jerusalem's Bowel Disruptor?

  9. 16 isn't arbitrary... by jockeys · · Score: 1

    it's 2^4 or 2^(2^2).

    Also, I think Vash's Angel Arms .45 Long Colt should have made the list.

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  10. Ripley's, believe it or not by ciaohound · · Score: 1

    How can Lt. Ellen Ripley's taped-together flamethrower/machine gun/grenade launcher not make this list?

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    1. Re:Ripley's, believe it or not by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I was really surprised that neither the M41A Pulse Rifle nor the "howitzer-sized" gun that Vazquez used were listed @_@