Blade Runner 2049, old and new blasters!

[userd1402]

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[joberg]

Well, it's not all bad news about the new gun. Easy to make then if no actual real gun parts were used. Now, I'm sure that over the years guys on the RPF or Propsummit will produce a real shooter...just a matter of time

 

[Starbored]

Garbage. That's what this movie is.

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[robstyle]

My main concern is the physical nature of the gun props in the new film. In 1982 the best way to have convincing firearms on screen was to have gunsmiths provide real firearms. Today studios commission digitally-designed, 3D-printed blasters, have the actors fake the recoil and put digital muzzle flashes in so they don't have to pay an armourer.

I want the new blaster to be a REAL firearm underneath, firing full-load blanks (maybe with machined metal shrouds on it like the Glock-based Dredd Lawgiver or the Taurus 85-based pistol in Firefly) not some 3D printed lightweight which will stick out like a sore thumb in 4K resolution.

Thing is there really is no need to have a real gun involved. Technology and practicality have moved beyond that. Its common place for even blank fire guns to have muzzle flash and such enhanced or even replaced in post production. The new gun was somewhat designed as a throwback to the Syd Mead concept of the original blaster. I dont like it and feel most will not either. Its very video game looking and clumsy in the hand.

 

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[mrcarkeys42]

I think it could look pretty cool, we cant really see the full design from that single picture but i don't think it looks that bad.

 

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[UnitPD]

I also thought it looks like carbon fiber

 

[Noeland]

Yeah, looks like carbon fiber, with maybe a red LED on the squared off looking trigger guard. But the angle and resolution make it very difficult to be sure.

"No real gun parts" could mean a lot of things. If it's supposed to be a laser, they might have decided just to build it on a gas blowback airsoft gun, or like in Star Wars, just put red LED's in the barrels, activated by the trigger.

 

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[Kylash]

From the new trailer brightened up:

 

[Starbored]

If you all only knew.

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[joberg]

Well, we don't...willing to share Starbored?

 

[Buch]

If you all only knew.

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What? What? What???????????

 

[juajn7fernandez]

I'm just gonna leave this here...

 

[userd1402]

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[juajn7fernandez]

The screengrab I posted was from the Tomenosuke website directly. The way I see it, it is still cheaper to buy a few Tomens and modify them with metal frames and barrel ( most likely original bulldog parts), than it would be to build the whole thing from scratch with all original firearm parts. Also they could have studied the original prop owned by Dan just to verify the accuracy of the Tomenosuke before they committed to using them as props for the movie.

This is just my speculation. I could care less if its a Tomen or not. I'm just glad the original look of the blaster is still there for this movie.

 

[Buch]

Will the 2017 release of the new Tomenosuke be the officially licensed prop then??? I'm just guessing....

 

[juajn7fernandez]

apparently.


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[userd1402]

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