On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 08:00:38 +0200, Le Forgeron wrote:

> Le 22.10.2007 04:17, Jim Henderson nous fit lire :
>> On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:40:09 +0100, Orchid XP v7 wrote:
>>> I'm reminded of that film that came out a while ago. ("True Lies"?)
>>> The guy zooms in with an X-ray scope, where he can see the target's
>>> heart beating and everything... but when he pulls the trigger, the gun
>>> blows half the building away. I mean, dude, did you *need* to aim the
>>> thing??
>> 
>> I'm wondering if it wasn't Minority Report....
> 
> Nope, the movie name in french was "L'effaceur", "Eraser" in english.
> The projectile was a very fine needle (and it fires a lot of them),
> spinning along the fireline, propels by a strong magnetic accelerator
> (the gun).
> The visual was not X-Ray, but ultrasound and detects the surface-change
> of density (reflection anyone ?).

Ah yes, that's the one. :-)

Jim

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