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Ah thanks Sauchie that must be a definite answer to it then and can see the connections yes ha...was thinking as in Eckhart a German name...also German for corner huh?

A good bit of detective work and I like your Muttox suggestion 

Guess the 'Stupid Gun!' can be classed as a 'fun' weapon in the realms of sci-fi suggestions huh

Hi folks!

Yes the names are quite unusual I mean Eck Muttox sounds German or Eastern European perhaps....but even after a name search theres no one with that surname listed...ie a 'real' person

Perhaps they are anagrams etc...hmm will have to see I can work something out from them

Your right about Prof Keefer not having thought his invention through..apart from crime and perhaps the military then what would it be used for!

The artwork was brilliant and humor especially at the end when all the journalists and media are waiting for Dredd to bring a now 'goo-goo' Pulver...literally dragging him to the 'Meat Wagon'...and they find the situation and crime scene absolutely hilarious...not concerned that a hundred or more Mega City One 'citizens' have had their brains erased! 

Hi all,

A follow on from my intro in another forum but I never got a follow up onto a kinda question.....well 'Crazy Legs Pulver' was the perp who used the 'Stupid Gun' on various MC1 heists and robberies etc with an accomplice.....but if the 'Stupid Gun' were to be used in a film/movie...who would you wish to see as your ideal futuristic perp duo using this nefarious weapon as per the story?

My fav duo would have been 80's icons Brigitte Nielsen and Grace Jones...letting two Fem Fatales have this device would have been quite a twist to the story than your normal male gangsters etc

This story ran in progs 316-318 and to me its the best ever due to its originality, humour and art work etc...where else could such a 'weapon' be invented other than MC!

['Brigitte Nielsen']

" It's called Instagram "

@ TordelBack: Definately some 'Zoom-Tube Stupes!' there 

Thanks Dandontdare and Skullmo!...there were a few classic one liners and quotes certainly

If they made a film/tv version of this Dredd story I think 80's style 'Brigitte Nielsen' would be a perfect Crazy Legs Pulver type character to let loose with the Stupid Gun 

Hi Jon...yes Prof Keefer invents such a nefarious 'weapon' then shelves the development! 

I think the major breakthrough was relating to the  'non smart enough to talk' concept of its 'victims' Tordel and the fact it didnt need to be reloaded etc...typical 'ray gun' type zap effect genre

I enjoyed the Zoom-Tube 'stupe up' and the fact the hapless citizens of MC1 could only look on helpless one by one they become reduced into that 'goo-goo' IQ level 

Wonder if the Chinese or Russians are working on a model right now!!

Eck

" Hi.....I'm Eck Muttox...this here is the 'Stupid Gun!' "

The opening line for the story in progs 316-318...probably one of the best and original 'ideas' for a Dredd story...personally anyway...anyone else remember that episode?

Would it have made a decent sub plot or story for a Dredd film do many think?

Not sure if something similar has been done before in a sci-fi type or futuristic fil/tv?

Regards

Eck