tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138193367949953956.post6383580398267451433..comments2024-03-29T04:14:28.262+02:00Comments on Attack of the Cyber Octopuses: Cyberpunk Nerf Custom Mod for Attack of the Cyber Octopuses short film - "John Laser Gun"Nicola Piovesanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15284394039044876098noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138193367949953956.post-38590693401227614522016-11-03T03:04:17.940+02:002016-11-03T03:04:17.940+02:00Calling it a "plasma " (eg, "plasma...Calling it a "plasma " (eg, "plasma pistol", "plasma rifle", etc) is EXACTLY what I suggest. I have no objection to pew-pew guns (I rather like them, in fact) just when people incorrectly refer to them as 'lasers'.<br />Sorry for the late reply, and good luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392193735089198470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138193367949953956.post-78052504961877529222016-10-25T02:28:05.051+03:002016-10-25T02:28:05.051+03:00Thanks Nick for your precision! Well, this film is...Thanks Nick for your precision! Well, this film is gonna be a tribute to the Eighties science fiction movies and there's gonna be a lot of Star Wars style pew pew :D So well, being a reference of the genre, I'd rather stay with a "pew pew" than standard bullets. In the genre, especially if not a high budget film (like mine is gonna be), they used a lot to call those weapons: "laser guns". Maybe they were wrong or not plausible, but somehow if I wanna tribute those films I guess I've to tribute also their mistakes ;) Or I can simply call it "Plasma Gun" and solve the problem! What you suggest?Nicola Piovesanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15284394039044876098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1138193367949953956.post-90391525581998471542016-10-25T02:08:43.431+03:002016-10-25T02:08:43.431+03:00Looks great! Thing is, the pew-pew guns in a lot o...Looks great! Thing is, the pew-pew guns in a lot of sci-fi films could not justifiably be shooting "lasers" as lasers are basically really powerful light, and therefore travel at the speed of light, while the weapons in movies shoot projectiles that visibly travel across the screen. Many sci-fi universes sidestep this by saying that the weapons are actually shooting a glob of high-energy plasma (which apparently exhibits similar properties to that of the weapons in the films) like a firearm shoots a bullet. Basically they make their film more accurate by changing the weapon from a "laser rifle" to a "plasma rifle", "laser pistol" to "plasma pistol", etc.<br />Sorry if I'm backseat directing (prop designing? nomenclature inventing? scriptwriting?) but I always like sci-fi films that are at least sorta-plausible :)<br />Whatever you call them, it sounds like a really cool movie. Good luck!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17392193735089198470noreply@blogger.com