Tweet of the Day, There’s A Proper Grasp Of Science… edition.

There’s a proper grasp of science, there’s my grasp of science, and then there’s Hollywood’s. This makes me feel so much better about the outrages I’m doing right now to the laws of physics in my latest SF-horror story…

Syd Mead's original concept for Deckard's blaster for 'Blade Runner'.

The original idea for the weapon was for it to fire dark matter or open miniature black holes in it's targets.
– Jamie pic.twitter.com/rImCzWTCW2
— Last Exit To Nowhere (@LASTEXITshirts) September 22, 2021

4 thoughts on “Tweet of the Day, There’s A Proper Grasp Of Science… edition.”

Interesting grasp of ergonomics on that thing, too.

Aetius451AD says:

September 22, 2021 at 1:23 pm

Indeed, a rifle stock mounted on a broken flashlight?
1. acat says:
  
  September 22, 2021 at 3:18 pm
  
  Hollywood often pulls this sort of crap .. “make it pretty” or “make it gritty” overwhelm “make it **work**”.
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  Alas.
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  Mew

Considering that the final gun is one of the most distinctive and cool looking sci-fi weapons (used in Fallout as That Gun) this makes me glad for whomever had to do the actual prop, looked at the concept art and said ‘well, that’s crap.’

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