Monday, February 07, 2011

The Cult-TV Faces of: The Ray Gun


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  1. Anonymous1:14 PM

    2. I think this is from an episode of lost in space.
    3. Star Trek pulsar canon?
    4. Star Trek phaser (on stun or kill!)
    5. Space 1999. I dont remember the name of the weapon but i had one as a kid!
    6. Space 1999 as well
    8. Run Runner! Logans Run. I think its called a flame gun?
    9. Is that a Cylon going for his gun? Maybe Red Eye? Battlestar Galactica
    10. Go Earth Directorate! Buck Rogers.
    13. Lizard gun! V the series or mini series.
    14. Thinking its the TNG phaser from the early seasons.

    Love your blog, reviews and essays!!! Please keep up the amazing work. Greg

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  2. John Kenneth Muir1:26 PM

    Hi Gregory,

    Thank you for the kind words about my work. I appreciate that, and hope you'll stick around for more.

    And as for the Ray Guns -- wow! You took a whole bunch of those ray gun identifications right off the table.

    You accurately guessed that #2 is from Lost in Space ("One of Our Dogs is Missing"), # 3 Star Trek ("Where No Man Has Gone Before), # 4 Star Trek ("The Galileo 7"),

    In fact, you also got #5, #6, (both Space:1999, "New Adam, New Eve" and "Alpha Child") #8, #9, 10, 13, and 14. Nicely done, sir!

    That leaves us left:

    # 1
    # 7
    #12
    #15 - #18

    All my best,
    JKM

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  3. Howard Margolin1:55 PM

    7. Blake's 7
    12. Doctor Who (Peter Davison) using a Dalek gun
    15. Digitizer from Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future

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  4. le0pard132:22 PM

    Let's take a stab at one of the remainders:

    #1 Soldier, Outer Limits Season 2, episode 1 (written by the great Harlan Ellison)

    The others look so familiar, but just can't place them.

    Thanks, John.

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  5. John Kenneth Muir2:30 PM

    Hello my friends,

    Howard: You are wonderful as usual. You correctly identified the weapons from Blake's 7 (#7), Dr. Who (Peter Davison!) and the real toughie here: the digitizer from Captain Power. Nicely done!

    Le0pard13: Fantastic job on a tough identification there. And you are absolutely right. That's "Soldier" from Outer Limits Season 2, written by HE. Fantastic job!

    All my best to you both,
    John

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  6. Russ3:38 AM

    #11 - Blake's 7 also?

    Thanks for the fun and interesting posts as always.

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  7. Anonymous3:50 AM

    #18 is a Farscape pulse pistol. Not sure of the episode - but perchance that's not just a generic model, but Chricton's Winona?

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  8. Grayson3:15 PM

    For some reason #16 looks like Gates McFadden in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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  9. John Kenneth Muir3:35 PM

    Hi everyone.

    Gotta fix a mix-up first. Howard identified # 7 as Blake's 7. That's actually Dr. Who, "Planet of Evil" (with Prentis Hancock). Russ is right, it is #11 that is Blake's 7. Very good Russ, and sorry about the confusion there! Excellent identification!

    Woodchuckgod: Great job identifying Winona on Farscape, and this still is from the fourth sason episode "Chricton Kicks!" Outstanding job!

    And Grayson, you got the right show for # 16, Star Trek: the Next Generation. But that's not the beautiful Gates McFadden. We'll se if anyone else guesses...

    Great job to all!

    best,
    John

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