Laser Hallway: Difference between revisions

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[[File:cit Goshuushou sama Ninomiya kun laser hallway with meido.jpg|link=Goshuushou Sama Ninomiya Kun|frame|It isn't easy being a [[Meido]].]]

 

{{quote|''"There is one neat effect when characters unwisely venture into a corridor and the door slams shut on them. Then a laser beam passes at head level, decapitating one. Another beam whizzes past at waist level, cutting the second in two while the others duck. A third laser pretends to be high but then switches to low, but the third character outsmarts it by jumping at the last minute. Then the fourth laser turns into a grid that dices its victim into pieces the size of a Big Mac. Since the grid is inescapable, what were the earlier lasers about? Does the corridor have a sense of humor?"''|'''[[Roger Ebert]]''', in his review of the first ''[[Resident Evil]]'' movie}}

 

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== Advertising ==

* It appears an Intel ad for their I5 processor, featuring the ''[[Madagascar]]'' penguins trying to steal said processor.

== Real Life ==

* There's a "laser maze" game at the Excaliber casino's arcade in [[Viva Las Vegas|Las Vegas]].

* The British Museum uses a "beam system" to protect some of its exhibits. However, given that they're not protected in any other way, nobody bats an eyelid when someone sets off the alarm (since it can be easily done innocently by someone who's leaning in to get a closer look), and the "beam system" gets a sign to itself... [[Rule of Cool|it's probably not there because it's effective]].