Technology in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy at anybody at that moment he probably would have burnt his signature on them." In the 2005 movie adaptation, the gun has a sophisticated look. It is more of a white sphere that covers the hand and has a trigger on the inside. This version is wielded by Marvin. The Point of View Gun is a device created by Douglas Adams for the movie version of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"; it does not appear in any of the previous versions of the story. According to the film, the gun was created by Deep Thought prior to its long
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