I don't think having a generic picture is going to work. And considering previous discussion, I'd like to see an actual suggestion first. The concept is sound in itself, with two images, but it can be hard to actually show properly.
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That the trope description is a long one adds to it as well.
Same idea as Punched Across the Room.
(Though if you look at it, it's not the same gun.)
edited 5th Mar '13 2:04:23 PM by AnotherDuck
Check out my fanfiction!Concept is sound, although I'm not sure I like the images chosen; they don't look like the same gun.
Moon◊Chekhovs Gun 2 The Pictures is the suggestion, yes? Even though a bit JAFAAC-y, I like it.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanI don't see why it's JAFAAC. It is good and I vote for it, though in a way I'd rather not have a gun because the quote and name and description all include them.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
I agree with that, but it's certainly better than no image. And the visuals are very simple, so it's strikingly effective.
Better would be:
- Something other than a gun that works equally well.
- A gun that looks exactly the same in both images.
edited 6th Mar '13 12:58:25 AM by AnotherDuck
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Any idea what kind of gun that is?
ERROR: The current state of the world is unacceptable. Save anyway? YES/NOAll I know is that it's a flintlock pistol, probably Russian. I put up the question on the IMFDb
and am just going thru their page on flintlocks at this point.
EDIT: ...and that's going nowhere. I say use it like it is and replace the top picture later if someone figures out what they used in the film.
edited 8th Mar '13 12:23:22 AM by justanid
How about the Winchester
from Shaun of the Dead? Clear shot of the gun hanging on the wall near the beginning right there — all you need is to find a clear shot of the gun being used — there's probably some here
.
Okay — grabbed https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Shaun-Winchester1-300_9312.png and https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Shaun-Winchester2-300_5827.png:


Edit: Obvious caption to the first: "Why do you think there's a rifle above the bar?" "Because the pub's called 'The Winchester'." Possibly the next line, "Exactly", could be the caption to the second.
edited 25th Mar '13 3:06:41 PM by RobinZimm
Not sure about the caption, though the pic has only one real fault. It's a bit dark. If it's possible to brighten it up a bit it's more or less exactly like the one in Sandbox.Chekhovs Gun 2 The Pictures, but with a matching gun.
Punched Across the Room, as I mentioned before?
edited 25th Mar '13 3:19:37 PM by AnotherDuck
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I'm thinking this might be good for a two images. One of some pistols just sitting there and another at the end of the article with someone firing a gun.
My suggestion for the latter would be from a movie adaptation of Chekhov's The Duel.
◊ For the first image, one with pistols of the same make & model, perhaps, as the novella
has a scene with the pistols being played with, but it doesn't seem to have made it into the film. And if a picture of that type of pistol can't be found, a generic looking set
◊ could probably work as well.
Previous thread.
edited 5th Mar '13 12:08:37 PM by justanid