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Minor nitpick but does the lightsaber seem a little oversized?

I don't think so, most longsword/katanas are going to have a blade length around 37-39", so it's fair to assume the lightsaber would too, and that looks about in that range.

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I meant the handle itself...

I was mainly trying to match the sword he's holding in the original photo. It probably is a little oversized, but when I tried to make it smaller, it didn't look right.

Anyway, he's a Windu. It's not like it isn't earned. ;)

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I see. Ah well it is a minor nitpick to a
really cool picture. Nice job!

>Anyway, he's a Windu. It's not like it isn't earned. ;)
>

Too true :)

Ah, but is that a real Glock 18, or an energy weapon?

-- Sean --
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Thanks to the miracle of BlasCap technology, it can be both!

Or, if you prefer, do you really think that if Glock starts making blasters, they'll look any different? They're not exactly overflowing with stylists over there. :)

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I think Glocks are cool. They look badass, and the outline is pretty unmistakable. You just can't get the same sort of authority from other weapons like Phasers and PPGs.

I like the poster, but really wonder about Morpheus' stance and grip on his lightsaber. Something just looks really _wrong_. I don't think it's the doctoring, just the pose. But he's a jedi master so he can probably has some truly secret technique that allows him to wield that thing without breaking his wrists.

<small edit: I tried holding my pencil in that grip and noted it must be a variant on a kendo grip. It's not the proper one for epee or saber fencing or western broadsword. (I had a fencing roommate) I guess that fits the motif. I've finally decided it's the position of his arm that's bugging me since the position of that sword seems piss poor for defense (as suggested by the gun), but again, he's a jedi master. He unlike the rest of us poor saps, doesn't need to have his sword en garde.>

And he's in Warriors of the Outer Rim. Excellent!

t.
who won't ask when we'll see that crew again...

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Denton, never leave home without it.

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It looks vaguely like stances from The Complete Badass school of kendo, which he probably picked up from his brother :)

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It's worth pointing out that in the original version of that image, in which Morpheus is holding a katana, the katana is sheathed. In other words, he's not preparing to attack or defend with it - he's just holding it in his free hand while he does the business with the gun.

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I suppose, if you consider "black block of plastic" to be badass.

>and the outline is pretty
>unmistakable.

Ehhh. Mostly, that's due to that overly severe grip angle -- it's not like there aren't enough Glockalikes out there, like the S&W Sigma, the Springfield XD (which is just the Croatian HS2000, rebadged and imported -- actually, a decent weapon), Steyr's current crop of pistols, for examples. They all have that totally-square, lacking-any-lines-at-all that Gaston Glock pioneered, to the detriment of handgun aesthetics everywhere. It's like the Honda Accord or Toyota Corolla of handguns.

-- Sean --
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I find it even _more_ fitting, that during the Morpheus scenes in Matrix II, I wasn't paying attention to the gun, but instead to the katana. I feel that makes it even more appropriate to see Morpheus as a Jedi.

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I laughed out loud at this. In my neighborhood, all the kids who own cars have Accords or Civics. And every single one of them is tricked out to the max. Spoilers, changes to the carriage, low-riding, high riding, engine modifications, decepticon art work, roll bars, black lights, kniwhgtrider esq light and sound effects, muffler changes, chrome -- if it can be done to a car (and done well) it's here.

Honda has a website that helps people tinker and turn their $11,000 purchase into something bizarre and unique. I even know a guy who changed the way that air moved throught the engine (i think that's it) so that the car would howl when you pressed the accelerator. His Accord sounds like a rac car and tends to freak out other drivers on the road.

<snicker>
t.
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Manon, Maccadon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

"These guys are as obvious as a weasel on acid." - Corwin Ravenhair

Me, I think it's because kids these days are too conditioned by the "collecting power-ups" model, combined with the usual inability of young men to save or manage cash-flow.

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You know what's funny?

It's possible to rice up a Glock in almost exactly the same way, and the activity has almost exactly the same sort sort of subculture built up around it. :)

--G.
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Except, Light freighters are worth the energy/money/time investment. Hondas are not.

>>And in SW (and probably UF), they do the same thing with Corellian
>>light freighters. :)
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>Except, Light freighters are worth the energy/money/time
>investment. Hondas are not.

What's more, it seems that it's actually possible to make mods to a Corellian light freighter which make actual sense -- more agility, better weapons, whatever.

Not so WRT Hondas -- at least not the kind of Honda the typical rice boy (of whatever ethnicity, mind you) owns.

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And besides, the police tend to object to putting turbolaser cannons and concussion missile launchers on a Honda.

Depending on your jurisdiction, they may even go so far as to issue you a ticket for overburdening the vehicle (concussion missiles are heavy!).

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The image of the Millennium Falcon with a gigantic chrome spoiler came to mind, and it was so terrible I wept.

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"At this point, it's not even about trying to make money. I just don't want to be totally humiliated."

Did you just compare the Millenium Falcon to a Honda?

t.
shocked, shocked...

Trigger Argee
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Manon, Maccadon, Orado, etc.
Denton, never leave home without it.

"These guys are as obvious as a weasel on acid." - Corwin Ravenhair

maybe a... No. I think i will keep that image where it belongs.

and the milennium falcon with a SPOILER!?!?!

No. In the Matrix movies, he's actually Niobe's operator on the Logos (and, as such, has a prominent NPC role in the Enter the Matrix video game).

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