Comments on: From the archives: Considerations of Laser-based Weaponry http://cartoonoveranalyzations.com/2008/08/20/from-the-archives-considerations-of-laser-based-weaponry/ hooking up phrases and clauses that balance Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: AdamTupper http://cartoonoveranalyzations.com/2008/08/20/from-the-archives-considerations-of-laser-based-weaponry/#comment-317 AdamTupper Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:57:31 +0000 http://cartoonoveranalyzations.wordpress.com/?p=326#comment-317 I hate to burst the bubble, but the GI Joe team and Cobra were not using laser weapons. Yes, they sounded like lasers, but they sure as shootin' didn't act like lasers. Most lasers I know don't make a *ping* noise when they bounce off metal. Not to mention that a laser blast would be longer and burn more than Joe and Cobra's artillery. So why the colors? Simple; they used tracer rounds. Tracer bullets can leave different colored streaks and are a good way to tell friendly fire from enemy fire in this case. Also, the standard color for American tracer rounds is bright red, just like GI Joe used. I bet they wished they could have used green for Cobra in the show, but then again, since the comparisons to the Russians were already kind of obvious, why further provoke them and the Chinese by using their tracer colors (green) in a children's cartoon about patriotism? You gotta love democracy. I hate to burst the bubble, but the GI Joe team and Cobra were not using laser weapons. Yes, they sounded like lasers, but they sure as shootin’ didn’t act like lasers. Most lasers I know don’t make a *ping* noise when they bounce off metal. Not to mention that a laser blast would be longer and burn more than Joe and Cobra’s artillery.

So why the colors? Simple; they used tracer rounds. Tracer bullets can leave different colored streaks and are a good way to tell friendly fire from enemy fire in this case. Also, the standard color for American tracer rounds is bright red, just like GI Joe used. I bet they wished they could have used green for Cobra in the show, but then again, since the comparisons to the Russians were already kind of obvious, why further provoke them and the Chinese by using their tracer colors (green) in a children’s cartoon about patriotism? You gotta love democracy.

]]> By: The Editor http://cartoonoveranalyzations.com/2008/08/20/from-the-archives-considerations-of-laser-based-weaponry/#comment-305 The Editor Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:05:05 +0000 http://cartoonoveranalyzations.wordpress.com/?p=326#comment-305 <strong>Batman</strong> did indeed have conventional guns. Anyone more up-to-date on current action shows care to comment? Is using inappropriately sci-fi weaponry still prevalent? Batman did indeed have conventional guns.

Anyone more up-to-date on current action shows care to comment? Is using inappropriately sci-fi weaponry still prevalent?

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