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A classic science-fiction weapon, particularly in British and American science-fiction novels and films, is the raygun. A very early example of a raygun is the Heat-Ray featured in H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds (1898). [2] [3]
This category contains individual weapons that are specifically used in works of science fiction. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
[60] [61] [62] In the 1991 American sci-fi action film Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the barrels of explosive used to destroy the Cyberdyne building are labeled "Polydichloric Euthimol" as an in-joke. [63] Protodermis Bionicle: Artificial substance. Comprises all of the giant robot Mata Nui and the beings that live inside it.
[citation needed] Soon after the invention of lasers during 1960, such devices became briefly fashionable as a directed-energy weapon for science fiction stories. For instance, characters of the Lost in Space TV series (1965–1968) and of the Star Trek pilot episode " The Cage " (1964) carried handheld laser weapons.
Pitched somewhere between a sci-fi invasion film and a red-meat Reagan-era action hoedown, John McTiernan’s insanely satisfying Predator is a delirious slab of Schwarzeneggerian beefcake. Along ...
Launched in May 2007 by "Bunni", [3] The Internet Movie Firearm Database (IMFDb) was originally set up to help identify the use of firearms in Hollywood films. For the first few months of its existence, it listed only a dozen films including The Matrix, Platoon and Pulp Fiction. As the site grew, so did its content.
Biological weapons have also featured, as in Twelve Monkeys (1995). Several early James Bond films involve a madman, most notably Ernst Stavro Blofeld of the fictional terrorist organization S.P.E.C.T.R.E., who intends to use either nuclear or biological weapons in the quest for world domination.
Pages in category "Fictional energy weapons" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. BFG (weapon)