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I was looking for an old post. Didn’t find it, but I came across a thread talking about the Nemesis phaser. And something I said leapt out:
quote: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?
… and it just struck me that twenty years after that post, we did actually get “the last outing of the Star Trek that has anything to do with Gene” in the form of PIC - and what did they do? “Give them large pistol-shaped blasters”!
OK, not particularly interesting, but it tickled me…
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