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Cop: ". . . oh, fuck this shit!"

And the thousands of imaginary bugs crawling under Freck's skin find an exit. Clearly Freck has no idea of the amount of recoil a police-issue Glock has, given how much recoil he imagines it imparting to the firer.

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A screenshot showing Alex Jones being referred to by name early on in the film, while Freck and Barris attempt to buy a can of sunburn spray to "filter a gram of cocaine" out of, in Barris' words. The original novel refers to the cop as "a huge dumb cop . . . pretending to read a stroke-book magazine at the front counter; in actuality . . . checking out everyone who entered, to see if they were intending to hit the place." To cement the depiction of this fictional world as a police state, the convenience store clerk is also depicted to be wearing what appears to be a military-grade ballistic vest, complete with groin protection.

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A production shot of Robert Downey Jr. and Keanu Reeves, acting out the "home invasion" sequence.

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 [[Image:Scanner_Darkly_-_Police_Glock_4.jpg|thumb|none|600px|'''Cop:''' ''". . . oh, fuck this shit!"'']]
 [[Image:Scanner_Darkly_-_Police_Glock_5.jpg|thumb|none|600px|And the thousands of imaginary bugs crawling under Freck's skin find an exit. Clearly Freck has no idea of the amount of recoil a police-issue Glock has, given how much recoil he imagines it imparting to the firer.]]
-[[Image:Scanner_Darkly_-_Alex_Jones_Reference.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A screenshot showing Alex Jones being referred to by name early on in the film, while Freck and Barris attempt to buy a can of sunburn spray to "filter a gram of cocaine" out of, in Barris' words. The original novel refers to the cop as ''"a huge dumb cop . . .  pretending to read a stroke-book magazine at the front counter; in actuality . . .   checking out everyone who entered, to see if they were intending to hit the place."'']]
+[[Image:Scanner_Darkly_-_Alex_Jones_Reference.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A screenshot showing Alex Jones being referred to by name early on in the film, while Freck and Barris attempt to buy a can of sunburn spray to "filter a gram of cocaine" out of, in Barris' words. The original novel refers to the cop as ''"a huge dumb cop . . .  pretending to read a stroke-book magazine at the front counter; in actuality . . .   checking out everyone who entered, to see if they were intending to hit the place."'' To cement the depiction of this fictional world as a police state, the convenience store clerk is also depicted to be wearing what appears to be a military-grade ballistic vest, complete with groin protection.]]
-[[Image:Scanner_Darkly_-_James_Barris'_Revolver_9.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Another production shot of Robert Downey Jr. with James Barris' revolver, showing more detail on the gun's ejector rod, squared-off frame above the trigger, and barrel length.]]
+[[Image:Scanner_Darkly_-_James_Barris'_Revolver_8.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A production shot of Robert Downey Jr. and Keanu Reeves, acting out the "home invasion" sequence.]]
-==Glock and service pistol==
-Arctor's pistol definitely looks like a Beretta, probably a 92FS. The Glock looks smaller than the 17, soooo G19? --[[User:PyramidHead|PyramidHead]] ([[User talk:PyramidHead|talk]]) 14:22, 9 March 2014 (EDT)
-I'm not sure this page is eligible for inclusion. It may be rotoscoped, but there's very little detail in the weapons, so little, I can only make one positive ID. (Bob Arctor's pistol appears to be a Beretta 92FS, and even that changes in the very next screenshot.) We can't even see the gun in the last two Glock screenshots. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 16:28, 9 March 2014 (EDT)
-: I agree, if we're not going to allow animated series with crudely drawn weapons, this one looks like it shouldn't be included.   Because none of the weapons were readily identified and unless there are behind the scenes shots showing the actor holding a prop weapon, I would lean towards not allowing this one.  --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] ([[User talk:Ben41|talk]]) 16:43, 9 March 2014 (EDT)
-::Technically, we do allow animated series in some cases (i.e. ''[[Archer]]''), and since this movie was rotoscoped, we can safely assume that there was a propmaster who brought real blank-adapted weapons to the set for the actors to handle. Arctor's pistol is indeed a Beretta 92FS, as far as I can tell, and that cop is definitely using a Glock. I think that level of certainty is enough to warrant inclusion. -[[User:MT2008|MT2008]] ([[User talk:MT2008|talk]]) 22:16, 10 March 2014 (EDT)
-::::If it was to be rotoscoped anyway, would they need to be blank-firing weapons? Wouldn't it be cheaper and safer just to animate it? --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 01:48, 11 March 2014 (EDT)
-::: Most of the other weapons (such as the carbine) are very difficult to identify. Because there are now BTS shots of the weapons used, I would lean towards inclusion.  Can anyone make any more ID's on the weapons? --[[User:Ben41|Ben41]] ([[User talk:Ben41|talk]]) 22:25, 10 March 2014 (EDT)
-If I had to guess, I'm guessing the revolver is some sort of [[Harrington & Richardson]]. I saw something similar in ''[[Sledge_Hammer!#Unknown_Harrington_.26_Richardson_revolver|Sledge Hammer!]]''. --[[User:Funkychinaman|Funkychinaman]] ([[User talk:Funkychinaman|talk]]) 01:48, 11 March 2014 (EDT)

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