Next Futuristic Movie Gun: You Design it!

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Slightly off topic, but in the first sequel to Starship Troopers I saw a paintball pistol with no modifications used as a prop. Can't remember the pistols name, I just noticed because I had the gun at the time.

God those sequels were horrible. Only made it about 20 minutes into it. And they had the nerve to make another sequel after that.
 
I want to see one with a character using a .75 Recoilless Pistol. And a .50 Recoilless pocket pistol, small but deadly.
 
How about a modernised version of this gun, the safety hammerless...
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Make it look like a top break chiappa rhino with the grip safety and crimson trace laser grips. And the ammunition will be 12mm gyrojet in full moon clips. But the gyrojet ammo will be much more powerful and have various kinds of rounds, hollow points, AP, tracer, APIT, explosive, you get the idea.
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I want to see one with a character using a .75 Recoilless Pistol. And a .50 Recoilless pocket pistol, small but deadly.
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Isn't it gonna be pretty hard to aim those things if you can't be behind them when they go off?
 
It's fairly rare for movies, especially high-budget ones to just pull sci-fi guns out of a storage box somewhere.

Invariably, if the gun is wielded by a main character, you can bet that the prop was designed to match the sensibilities of not only the world those characters inhabit, but the sensibilities of the characters themselves.

Saying "design a sci-fi movie gun" is a bit like saying "design a car for use in a movie." Without the context of the story, characters, and setting, there's not much point to it because the entire reason those props exist has much more to do with the underlying structure that supports the story than anything else.
 
I think the Whitney Wolverine .22 looks plenty futuristic. Or, look at the guns used on 1950's sci-fi TV.
 
So, Justin, I surmise that you are declining to indulge?
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I'm just saying that you're trying to go about this backwards. For a prop, any prop, to work, it has to be chosen because it fits the narrative arc of the story and the motivations of the character who wields it.

A Star Trek phaser would look completely out of place in Mal's holster, just as his pistol would look ridiculous if wielded by Captain Picard.

Just saying "Oh, I'd take a Walther GSP and glue some greebols to it lol" really makes no sense. Prop choice is done completely in service to the story/characters.
 
12mm gyrojet in full moon clips.
THERE IS NO CASE WITH Gyrojet

SO.. why the clips?
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Haha, very true, something I didn't even think about. Alright then it will have to be special "gyrojet" ammo with some kind of rear casing that as a groove to accept moon clips. That might actually be a good thing too as that rear casing would help keep the rocket exhaust from fouling the works.
 
Justin is right. "Futuristic" firearms in movies aren't really futuristic at all. They're just rehashing of older designs. To the extent the filmmakers even put thought into them, they're used as references to the character or to larger statements about the inspirations for the show.

For example, Deckard's gun was a clear reference to the noir films Scott was paying homage to. Or the guns in "Firefly," which are references to Westerns. Or the pulse rifles in Aliens, which were a reference to the assault rifles of the Vietnam era. They tend to say a lot more about the time the film was made than anything in the future.

To imagine a TRULY futuristic firearm, you need to go back to basic principles. Nearly all modern firearms are based on smokeless powder fired from centerfire cartridges. This fact shapes their actions and limits their performance. The last great revolution in design was in the 1880's through WWI, as the limits of smokeless were probed and found. Almost every development since then has been tweaking and NOTHING MORE. Even the most tricked-out AR system is still just using the same tools developed over 100 years ago. Only the package changes.

You'd need to try to imagine what will replace SMOKELESS POWDER. Then imagine what kind of weapon would be possible with it. Would there be any need for a separate device at all? How would it be held? What would the impact of no recoil be to design?
 
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I guess you are just not going to let yourself have fun with this thread, are you?
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Well if you press me, I really like the cutting weapons in Dead Space. Very innovative and brutal. I don't know of anything like it in film or TV. Video games seem to be pulling ahead of the older media when it comes to action. The idea of a gun that shoots force field blades is pretty wicked. And the idea that the weapons will be integrated into the armor is something video games have explored much more than films and TV.

I also like the idea of a "Tesla" lightning gun.
 
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I thought this would make a great new movie gun, The Mateba Unica 6 in 454 Casull. Yes the technology does date back over a 100 years (Webley-Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver - 1895). But get rid of the scope and replace it with a halo sight, then under and in front of the trigger guard put a flashlight/laser, you would have a gun that even Hans Solo or Hellboy would be proud to carry!
 
My idea! :)

The iTaser add-on hardware and app for personal defense. Also tracks use of taser using GPS technology to help law enforcement.

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Here's my submission, though, I was going to try and submit it to a firearms company, lol.

First one, my M102 Savage Semi Auto
Second one, my Fenrir .45ACP semi auto pistol
 

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If set in a flying machine it would be nice to select the power setting as in a Star trek Phaser. I always thought the stun setting or the total disconbuberation setting was perfect for all occasions. When the battery pack is spent or low slap a new one on while the spent is solar rechargeable. Do away with rounds, BCG, and moving parts then the designs can be something as simple as a ring receiving power from a wireless transmitter either fixed in a local or carried on ones body.
 
Sorry, I still think Robocop's is awsome. Some classic's just never die, I guess the nearest thing to that would be the fully auto Glock (pistol wise anyway.)
 
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