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Do I have to look back through 15 pages to see if we've talked about pistol-sized energy weapons? I don't mean taser-scale weapons, I mean hand-held phasers that can vaporize boulders and stun Godzilla-sized creatures.
And speaking of energy weapons: My favorite OLD sci-fi scene to guffaw at was from the serial Flash Gordon. At the end of an episode, Buster Crabbe as Flash is captured and strapped to a target. A "laser beam" is set up to kill him. First, the beam is trained on a metallic bust... a beam the size of a Hollywood premier spotlight shines upon it, and in seconds, the bust melts like ice cream at noon in the Sahara.
Then the beam is shifted to Flash, and we watch him writhe in agony (his, and ours) for at least 5 seconds under this foot-wide spotlight on his chest...
"To be continued!"
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