10 Greatest Handguns in All of Science Fiction and Fantasy [io9]

10 Greatest Handguns in All of Science Fiction and Fantasy:

10) Mal Reynolds’ Sidearm (Firefly)

We weren’t really sure whether to include this one, but it got by far the most votes in our Facebook poll. (There’s just something about Browncoats and polls.) And you have to admit, it is a gorgeous piece of ordnance. According to this super-detailed gun-related website, it’s an antique-styled weapon, but judging from the sound effect, it uses some unknown futuristic propellant. Like everything on Firefly, it’s retro but also futuristic.

9) Deckard’s hand-cannon (Blade Runner)

By all accounts this gun shoots explosive shells, meaning it makes quite a mess if Deckard decides he didn’t like your responses to those turtle questions. And it’s a big scary gun, with some rifle characteristics as well as bits of a basic .44. It’s got intimidation as well as blasting power.

8) The Lawgiver Mk II (Judge Dredd)
7) The Needler (The Stainless Steel Rat and Halo)

6) The Colt (Supernatural)

We have to give some props to a gun that can kill almost anything. It’s the ultimate magic gun! Made by gun-maker Samuel Colt (whom we met last week), this gun is enchanted with such powerful spells, it can kill even the most powerful demons and beasties. There’s only a few supernatural creatures whom the gun won’t work on… including one of the most important evildoers in the Supernatural mythos. Still, it’s a great plot device and an awesome object for your mystical gun fetishism.

5) Winona (Farscape)
4) The Noisy Cricket (Men In Black)
3) The DL-44 Heavy Blaster (Star Wars)
2) The Good Samaritan (Hellboy)
1) The mighty Phaser (Star Trek)

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Desktops and Siggies and Avas! Oh My!

Fiddling around on the computer last night and thought playing with this stuff might be more productive than getting sucked in by Tetris (again!)

And so, voila!

Lone Gunmen:

Stargate Universe: “Visitation”

“Mike Keppler” from CSI: Las Vegas and “Dean Winchester” from Supernatural:

I read stuff

Wherein I read things, laugh, and pass them on to you…

READ: Supernatural’s opening credits spoof The X-Files. But which Winchester brother is Scully?:

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For tomorrow night’s abduction-themed Supernatural episode, the show came up with fresh opening credits in the style of the X-Files. Check out the grayscale creepiness! Then watch the episode, written by Ben Edlund, the man who gave us mudder’s milk.

READ: David Duchovny Opens Off Broadway, Gets Surprise Visit from “X Files” Co-Star:

David Duchovny got a big surprise tonight. For his opening off Broadway in Neil LaBute‘s “The Break of Noon,” former “X Files” costar Gillian Anderson flew in from England. She’d told him she’d come, but Duchovny looked shocked when he actually saw her. Talk about support!

Major points to Duchovny, famous for his TV and film work. He made his stage debut at the Lucille Lortel Theater– battling a cold. When the lights went up on Duchovny as a man who’s survived a deadly shoot out in his office, he is totally alone. He’s never done a play before anywhere, he told me later. Maybe in grade school.

The theater is small; you could tell had a bad cold. But in front of his wife, Tea Leoni, her parents, aunt and uncle, plus Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor, Jessica Hecht, Eric Bogosian and an array of New York’s theaterati, Duchovny acquitted himself nicely. Even if he had to wipe his nose a few times during La Bute’s opening monologue.

READ: Outgoing Fla. gov. wants Jim Morrison pardoned:

Outgoing Florida Gov. Charlie Crist wants a state pardon for long-dead rocker Jim Morrison, who was convicted of exposing himself at a raucous 1969 concert in Miami. Morrison was lead singer for top 1960s rock act The Doors and a Florida native. He was appealing the indecent exposure and profanity conviction when he died in 1971 in a Paris bathtub at age 27.

McG: a fanfiction fan

It always makes me glad to hear that people involves with popular TV shows (or books, movies, etc) appreciate fan fiction. McG, or Joseph McGinty Nichol, the producer for “Supernatural”, has this to say about fanfiction:

He says, “I’m a huge fan of the fan fiction. I think it’s a wonderful art form.” and goes on to extol the virtues of fans having access to Final Cut Pro and laptops, letting them make their own “Supernatural” creations.