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Cinematical: What Narratives Have Confused You the Most?
Row Three: XKCD Charts Character Interactions in Massive Detail
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http://xkcd.com/657/ so awesome 6 days ago |
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brilliance. http://xkcd.com/657/ (via @NaBean) 8 days ago |
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@_david_sullivan You're welcome great movie, I found out about it from xkcd this comic http://xkcd.com/657/ 8 days ago |
Cool Stuff: XKCD’s Movie Narrative Charts
/Film —
XKCD has produced a series of highly detailed charts showing the character interactions in the narratives of some of the most popular films of all time, including the Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (original trilogy), Jurassic Park, 12 Angry Men, and the insanely complicated to follow indie sci-fi film Primer. Click on through to see the chart in high resolution.
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LOL: Drunk Ewoks Ruin Today Show ...
What Narratives Have Confused You the Most?
Cinematical —
... Slugging through the cold Monday morning, I took a moment to read the latest xkcd (a huge image through the link), and they've managed to boil some major cinematic experiences down into line charts. The latest installment of the web comic tackles Movie Narrative Charts; most specifically, the movie character interactions in Lord of the Rings, Star Wars (original trilogy), Jurassic Park, 12 Angry Men, and Primer. ...
XKCD Charts Character Interactions in Massive Detail
Row Three —
... pretty much never fails to amuse me with its geeky humor, but they rarely have a specifically film-related strip. But this one’s a doozy, even including details that only occurred in the Star Wars Special Edition, for example – you’ll definitely want to view it large to see the whole thing. And the inclusion of 12 Angry Men and Primer are the icing on the cake. ...
Check out these amazing movie narrative charts
gordonandthewhale.com —
LOTR Chart Graphs. Charts. Those words send chills up my spine and cause unpleasant flashbacks of times when I actually had to do math. Well, I have graduated, so I no longer have to do math. I could care less about who Pythagoras is, and that goes for his little theorem as well. So, as you can guess, I could care less about any chart or graph. That is, until now. The folks over at XKCD , “a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language,” have developed an amazing set of film-inspired charts that graph five different movie narratives. Have you ever sat around a table, ...
Awe inspiring visuals: infographics and film
Bigger Picture Research —
... Not a retelling of the ‘queues-around-the-block, box office smash’ story, but a map of ‘the people, companies and technologies touched by the Force’ beginning with Lucasfilm’s creation in 1971 and ending with the release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith in 2005. It’s by no means exhaustive, but captures the essence of what, in another context, might be termed Star Wars’ impact on popular culture and the careers of those involved. 4. Movie Narrative Charts
Created by: Randall ...
