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    Image of abstract-paradigm abstract-paradigm
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Once again, Boba Fett did not die. Shouldn't the expanded universe be required reading, if not perusing, for the likes of XKCD? #xkcd
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    11/03/09

    @abstract-paradigm: The chart is of the original trilogy only. Boba apparently died in the original trilogy; whether he survived this apparent death is irrelevant.

    Besides, I thought everybody knew by now that EU is not canon.
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    Edited by HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. at 11/03/09 10:29 AM HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was starred HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of abstract-paradigm abstract-paradigm
    11/03/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Who declared EU non-canon? I can see throwing some stuff out the door, but the likes of Shadows of the Empire or the Thrawn Trilogy seem at least twice as relevant as the Prequels... can we also declare the Prequels non-canon? Ewok Adventures stay though.

    Anyway, I just have to support Boba... at least replace the little dot of death with a question mark. This is important... wait.
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    Edited by abstract-paradigm at 11/03/09 11:09 AM abstract-paradigm was starred abstract-paradigm was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/03/09


    @abstract-paradigm: #xkcd
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    Image of NealWiser NealWiser
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    I developed a similar tool to analyze screenplays about 15 years ago when I worked at Paramount. While I love the charts, they only chart character physical proximity and don't convey the emotional intensity of specific characters or the emotional impact of the scenes upon the audience. Therefore, if you reordered the vertical listing of the characters, you would get a completely different representation. These were issues I worked on back then and realized that an algorithm can be used to plot Intensity. However, the values assigned to the algorithm so that it can calculate Intensity are subjective, dependent upon the emotional reaction of the person making the entry, and each person will have a different emotional reaction to those moments. Great charts though. Can probably be used when plotting a new script. #xkcd
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    Image of botanicidal botanicidal
    11/03/09

    @NealWiser: Or, you could take out all of the character names and places, and plot new names using the same old interaction lines from LoTR, Star Wars, or JP, inserting new locations, and turn this into some some of romantic comedy/action plot. Then you could write a whole new script for a whole new story, based entirely on character interaction lines and points from these three films... without anyone ever suspecting. #xkcd
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    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/03/09

    @botanicidal: If you want to see exactly that, watch 2001: A Space Odyssey (1969) [en.wikipedia.org] and then The Hitcher (1986) [en.wikipedia.org] .
    I kid you not! :) #xkcd
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    Image of botanicidal botanicidal
    11/03/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Hah hah! Darn, more work to do! #xkcd
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    Image of scifigene scifigene
    11/03/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    I look forward to the Donnie Darko supplement... #xkcd
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    Image of David Alvaro David Alvaro
    11/03/09

    @scifigene: Yeah, I see where you're going with that. But I think the Primer graph kind of anticipated that idea and superseded it, ad infinitum. #xkcd
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    Image of Hotwaterclark Hotwaterclark
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    The best, personally, was the Jurassic Park clarification of "Clever Girl"
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    Image of jajbowler jajbowler
    11/09/09

    @Hotwaterclark: I'm glad it seems other people get as much enjoyment as I do out of that line. #xkcd
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    I can not participate in this thread. I already wasted 30 minutes studying this awesome creation this morning. #xkcd
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    Image of FrankenPC FrankenPC
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Too bad they couldn't squeeze in Sam's weeding at the end. #xkcd
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    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Primer is classic. #xkcd
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    It's 12 Angry Men that really makes this one work. It acts as a nice little comedic palate cleanser before he breaks out Primer for the punchline. #xkcd
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/02/09

    @Darklighter: Exactly. It's the little laugh that sets up the big one. Perfect comic timing. #xkcd
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    Image of Marxipan Marxipan
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Someone needs to do this for LOST. #xkcd
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/02/09

    @Marxipan: That's easy. Where it says Primer, just change it to say LOST. #xkcd
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    Image of reddingofish reddingofish
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    He always figures out a way to include his fear of raptors into his comics. #xkcd
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    Image of Darklighter Darklighter
    11/02/09

    @reddingofish: It's educational. He's like Max Brooks for raptor attacks. #xkcd
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    Image of atrus123 atrus123
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Looking at the Lord of the Rings chart, I feel a little bad for Eomer and Treebeard, all alone there at the end. Maybe they should get together for a quick fling... to overcome the loneliness, even if for a day. #xkcd
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/02/09

    @atrus123: I don't think either one has the right equipment. But I am willing to comfort Eomer. #xkcd
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    Image of crashedpc - Haifisch crashedpc - Haifisch
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Wow... that LoTR chart is quite a work of art. #xkcd
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    Image of lazlohollyfeld lazlohollyfeld
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted

    Clever and surely based on Charles Minard's masterpiece of Napoleon in Russia. Funny aside, I attended a lecture by Edward Tufte ([www.edwardtufte.com]), the godfather of the graphic display of qualitative data who is largely responsible for making Minard so well known outside of his niche, and he told a funny story of how one of his grad students tries and makes a really good Minard chart like this every couple years and its an automatic fail b/c they are never quite as elegant as the original ...
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    92BuickLeSabre promoted this comment Edited by lazlohollyfeld at 11/02/09 10:56 AM lazlohollyfeld was starred lazlohollyfeld was unstarred
    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/03/09

    @lazlohollyfeld: I know it's slightly off-topic to start talking about Napoleon's 1812 invasion of Russia [en.wikipedia.org] . But, good grief!
    I wasn't surprised, to see that only 10,000 men out of 100,000 survived the retreat from Moscow (we've all seen the movie), but the fact that they had started the invasion with 422,000!
    That's literally apocalyptic. #xkcd
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    Image of lazlohollyfeld lazlohollyfeld
    11/03/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Seriously- and while the Russian army itself can be credited with some of the annihilation, it was really the cold that caused it. If you look over the Minard graphic, you can see that he actually charts the temperature at the bottom ...
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    Edited by lazlohollyfeld at 11/03/09 7:10 AM lazlohollyfeld was starred lazlohollyfeld was unstarred
    Image of SJ_Edwards SJ_Edwards
    11/03/09

    @lazlohollyfeld: To misquote that great Sicilian philosopher, Vizzini [en.wikiquote.org]) (required reading/watching for any prospective tin-pot dictator with delusions of destiny):

    [to the Man in Black]
    Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is "Never get involved in a land war in Asia/Middle East/Central Asia/Russia," but only slightly less well known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian/Iraqi desert/Afghan mountain range/Russian winter, when death is on the line!
    [laughs maniacally, then falls over dead] #xkcd
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    Image of lazlohollyfeld lazlohollyfeld
    11/03/09

    @SJ_Edwards: Mos def ... great "quote" from one of my top-5 favorite movies! Know if you could only work one in from Willow ... #xkcd
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    Image of joetato joetato
    11/02/09

    In reply to Epic Movie Narratives, Conveniently Charted
    Yay PRIMER! One of the overlooked gems of recent years. My favorite time travel film ever! :-D #xkcd
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    Image of Platypus Man Platypus Man
    11/02/09

    @joetato: It really is great. I watched it for my "Metaphysics" class and while it may appear that it makes no sense, if you can figure it out, it actually makes more sense than any other time travel movie.

    And this diagram is pretty accurate, I'd say...

    And the "12 Angry Men" made me laugh, and I've never even seen that movie. #xkcd
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    Image of rek rek
    11/02/09


    @joetato: #xkcd
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    Image of ciscokidinsf ciscokidinsf
    11/02/09

    @rek: Can you tell me where to get this chart? I can't print it right. Love it! #xkcd
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    Image of rek rek
    11/03/09

    @ciscokidinsf: Found it through Google, that's all I can saw. #xkcd
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    09/22/09

    In reply to The Wondermark Steam-Powered Genre-Fiction Generator
    This is hilarious and is going on my harddrive. The sad thing is, I've read fiction with titles a hell of a lot worse than ones you can generate here.
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