We've been looking at weapons in movies. That meant the excitement of real weapons but none of the terror, since it's all make-believe. We discovered that some weapons are so cool that fans are trying to construct them for real, while other ones are so ridiculous that no one would ever use them for real. Some actors fall in love with their roles so much that they become weapons experts, while others make do with grabbing the (very valuable) prop weapons as keepsakes. And some people are very concerned about fictional depictions of weapons, while other productions end up working with actual arms dealers to source their inventory.
Here's a look back at some of the facts we've learned. The links all lead to full articles with much more info, so do the brave thing and click every single one that interests you.
It requires so much force that you'd yank your teeth out of their sockets before the pin comes free.
A group of Stormtroopers and friendly droids attended this 2007 ceremony.
They changed Elliot's proposed Halloween costume from a terrorist to a hippie, angering the screenwriter, who didn't see why mom objected to hippies.
Comic movies introduce tools that can solve everything, then never mention them again.
It was worth £25,000. Turns out several other Oddjob hats from Goldfinger are worth even more.
And their nunchucks were censored, because of a supposed wave of British nunchuck street crimes.
You might think they lack the muscles, but we've actually thought this through and are convinced.
The director aimed to make the guns look "impotent." This was lost on viewers and imitators.
Wand fights are so similar to gunfights, and there are many more interesting kinds of magic out there.
These cars don't just look elaborate, they shoot fire.
The director of Lord of War bought 3,000 real AK-47s for the film, then sold them afterward.
Except, it actually made some sense with Zorro, unlike with Dr. Jones.
Soon after, the company faced problems because its lasers became too powerful to sell legally.
We've tried using ferocious beasts in warfare, and militaries know better than to embrace that disaster again.
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