XKCD Charts Character Interactions in Massive Detail

posted by Jandy Stone

the recovering academic

03
Nov
2009

Marina just gave us a subway map of great films, which reminded me of a recent XKCD comic. XKCD 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.

4 response about XKCD Charts Character Interactions in Massive Detail »

  1. Gotta Love PRIMER down in the corner there. (of course the real PRIMER chart is here: http://neuwanstein.fw.hu/primer_timeline.html

    Comment by kurt — November 3, 2009

  2. Yeah, I loved this strip too. Was trying to think of other films that might make fun graphs:

    - Slacker (like a stairway up)
    - Nashville or Short Cuts (lots of intersections)
    - The Prestige (abrupt ends to several timelines)
    - Memento (??)
    - Secret Honor (single flat line)
    - zombie movies (lines end then start again later)

    Many more…

    Kurt, that real Primer timeline is insane. Especially because someone actually created it.

    Comment by Bob Turnbull — November 3, 2009

  3. My Dinner with Andrew for sure.

    Or heh, The Room.

    Comment by Kurt Halfyard — November 3, 2009

  4. Even Better -> Monty Python’s Quest for the Holy Grail

    Comment by Kurt Halfyard — November 3, 2009

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