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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   Mark Nobles  wrote:   
      
   >1. The battle in the Firefly episode "Heart of Gold". The bad guy had   
   >the most modern, cutting-edge laser pistol. Mal has his space revolver.   
   >The laser is devastating, but drains its power pack pretty quickly.   
      
   Heinlein had the knife vs blaster scene take place off-camera.  The   
   case of the  blaster's power-pack became the group's stew-cauldron   
   later in the book.   
      
   >2. The battle in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" between the guy with the   
   >sword and Indy.   
      
   According to the mythos, the script had Indy use the whip to disarm   
   the swordsman.  Indy was sick with some 24 hour virus and feeling   
   lousy after many attempts to get the scene.  He came back with a prop   
   pistol after a break just to break the mood of "This scene will never   
   work" that was settling over the filming.  It was never intended to go   
   into the movie.  But it was the loudest I've evern heard an audience   
   react to a movie scene.   
      
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