Best Movie Weapons

The November issue of Wired Magazine had a brief article Supercool Weapons from Movies. Here they give their top-1o list, and some of my favorites from their list include:

• (1) the double-bladed lightsaber from Star Wars 1: The Phantom Menace
• (3) the glaive from Krull
• (4) Inigo Montoya's father's sword from The Princess Bride
• (5) Proton Pack from Ghostbusters
• (10) M41A pulse rifle taped to a flamethrower from Aliens

Another good listing I found was a blog entry at the RocketBoy Chronicles, almost a year ago. This writer starts off with the glaive from Krull, but then also includes other favorites of mine like Wolverine's claws, Dirty Harry's .44 Magnum, the Hattori Hanzo sword from the Kill Bill movies, The One Ring from the LOTR movies, and then of course concludes with the light sabers from the six Star Wars movies.

For me, when I think great movie weapons, the SW light saber is the first that comes to mind. Surely that has to be on everyone's top-10 list somewhere. It was just so innovative, and well-executed, even back in 1977.

For me, the Krull glaive would definitely also have come to mind, as would Ripley's taped together arsenal from Aliens. But if you'd asked me this question two days ago, I don't think I'd have immediately thought of Inigo's sword, the One Ring, or the Proton Pack -- but I definitely like those selections.