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"I don't remember being put under a microscope."
You were put under a microscope for being all like: "Hey I write novels! Har! Har!" when really you're all: "Hey I'm an unintelligible Asshat! Har Har!"
As far I know, authors need to be able to write.
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I liek ships
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quote:Originally posted by cap'tain Mik'eo: I liek ships
I liek phasors to.
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quote:Hey, don't diss the Isomagnetic Thingy-majig. It's way bigger than a phaser, and does much less. The damn thing is the crowning achievement of dumb Starfleet engineering.
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BTW, my TV guide Star Trek 35 Anniv. Tribute has some Nemesis pics, showing Picard with the new grip topped phaser on his hip with the bridge exploding around him. doesnt look too radically different.
and it has my new quote in the article too...
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Has it occurred to anyone that no matter how "accurate" these new action figures are, it's still pretty difficult to judge how a new prop is going to be when the only decent image we have is from a plastic mock-up that is probably one-tenth of the real size?
That being said, I wouldn't mind seeing the "Endgame" phaser being used, although I think it would make more sense to get more mileage out of the current FC-era hand phaser first. The FC phaser is my favorite -- it combines the usual functional grey style of Starfleet with a nice, sleek, curved handle that implies easy handling and something approaching ergonomic design. (I've never actually held a phaser-like prop, so I can't be sure, but it's probably a hell of a lot better than those old "dust-buster" props they had in TNG's first season.)
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quote:Originally posted by Prismatic EdipisReks: that, my friend, is my new signature.
ROFL, I'm honored.
As for phaser comfort, I've only held the later TNG era Type-2s. Not exactly the most brilliant weapon design I've ever come across, rather hard to aim with, and probably not good for your wrist in a prolonged fire fight. I can only imagine what the original dust buster Type-2s were like. But the FC Type-2s, with their curved handles, must have been much easier to use (and for the FX ppl to tell where the thing's pointed). I'd get one of those Playmate ones if I come across one for a responsible price.
I think the original Type-2 designers got ahead of themselves. Pistols are shaped the way they are instead of looking like remote controls for a reason.
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quote:Originally posted by Captain... Mike: [QB]BTW, my TV guide Star Trek 35 Anniv. Tribute has some Nemesis pics, showing Picard with the new grip topped phaser on his hip with the bridge exploding around him. doesnt look too radically different.QB]
Gah! Scan, please?! I have a whole new page of my website to turn out, I need pics! 8)
As for the overall design, we have to remember that Roddenberry didn't want weapons that looked like guns. Over time the remote controls that resulted have been modified, as David T surmised, to make it easier for the actors to point in the direction the FX guys need. So now we reach what could be the last outing of the Star Trek that has anything to do with Gene, and they feel the need for a weapon redesign, what are they going to do? Give them large pistol-shaped blasters? Slight overtones of 'final nail in the coffin' or what?
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I don't mind the shape, though I'd have preferred if they'd kept the squarish buttons. It now looks like the handle of a standup vacuum that someone's snapped off... Still, unlike its immediate predecessor it doesn't look as much like a *weapon*, per TNG-Roddenberry doctrine. Nor as flimsy, since the slim blocky look of the predecessor made it seem like two independent sections (the handle and firing chamber). If anything, this phaser is almost regressing to the round phasebuster look of the first two seasons!
And on a separate note - if they're switching to the Endgame phaser, one wonders if the counterpart tricorder will also make an appearance...
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its basically the FC phaser reiterated, a little more sleekly and shedding many of the TNG phaser design elements, like the top cover over the button recess. i could do without the oval buttons either.. they do seem to suggest a more alien technology than a Federation look.
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