2Nov/095

Movie Narrative Charts

by Jeff

(You absolutely have to click on the image to see it larger.  It is quite detailed and impressive.)

Image text: In the LotR map, up and down correspond LOOSELY to northwest and southeast respectively.

Lord of the Rings is pretty self-explanatory if you have seen the movies based on the series by JRR Tolkien.  It is important to note that the chart is based on the movie, not the books.  Second, is the original Star Wars trilogy.  If you haven't seen those, stop what you are doing right now and go get them.  Third, is the original Jurrassic Park movie.

The joke in 12 Angry men graphic is that in the movie all 12 jurors are all in the same room the entire movie.  They never move and they all always interact with each other, hence their lines stay straight and close to each other.

The last box is a movie called Primer from 2004, which became a cult classic.  It is about accidentally discovering time travel.  The plot is so convoluted and mixed up with the time travel between the original person and the so-called time travelling "double" that it is almost impossible to figure out where each character is at one time...as the comic illustrates.

UPDATE: These charts are roughly a reference to the map by Charles Joseph Minard that details the movements and losses of Napolean's troops on his failed conquest of Russia.

Example can be found here.

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30Oct/093

October 30th

by Jeff

Image text: Not enough houses on your block?  Just hit them at 30-year intervals from here to 2300 and get 10x the candy.

First of all, because Doc Brown uses the phrase "overshot", he is travelling back in time to maximize his candy intake.  Which is opposite of the image text which proposes going forward in time to trick or treat as many times as possible.

Secondly, I cannot get the rhyme, "Great Scott, I must have overshot!" out of my head.

EDIT: And as kb says in the comments the character is Emmett "Doc" Brown from the Back to the Future series, who's catch phrase was "Great Scott!".

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31Aug/098

Time Travel

by Jeff

Image text: She also starts every letter with "Dear Future <your name>".

I have to say, I'm either completely lost on this one or there is no hidden meaning here.  Anyone have any idea on this one?

UPDATE: Upon further reflection, the female character of this comic is pretending that she has time travelled from the past, which is technically true.  The character has travelled through time just like anyone else, just as you or I have travelled through time since the day of our birth.

It appears the female character in the comic is 23 or 24 (Thanks commenter boobins, whoops! I can't count apparently) 25 or 26 years old as one would assume she uses the year of her birth as the year she has "time-travelled" from.

Am I explaining that right?  Technically she has time travelled, but not in the exciting way.  In the same, boring way we have all travelled through time.

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