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Ainu Laire
Tol Eressea
Nov 2 2009, 8:43am
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LOTR Movie Narrative Chart- you have to see it to believe it
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One of my favorite comics of all time, xkcd, often throws in random nerdiness in its strips. Its most recent comic takes LOTR and four other movies and shows character interactions in what can be described- simply- as a line chart. Only its the most complicated line chart of all time. Take a look for yourself. Large picture, so warning for dial-up users.
My LiveJournal ~ My artwork and photography ~ My LOTR fan fiction NARF since age 8, when I refused to read the Hobbit because the cover looked boring and icky.
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Penthe
Gondor
Nov 2 2009, 8:53am
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There are, um, quite a lot of lines
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Really. Lots, and lots of lines. A lot.
Now?
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sador
Half-elven
Nov 2 2009, 9:17am
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Two minor points (remember, I am a professional nitpicker) - 1. Elrond joins Aragorn in Dunharrow too early (before Gandalf and Pippin left). 2. There is nothing in the movie to indicate Gandalf returned north with the Hobbits (it's in the book - as far as Bree). But once again, a really fine achivement!
"Do not flaunt the title of your wife before me" - Curufin.
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Elven
Valinor
Nov 2 2009, 9:34am
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It looks like the Sydney rail line system ...
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except the timings out by 15 minutes on all stops .. Great work there! Loved looking over all of that! Thanks a bunch Cheers Elven x
Swishtail. Tolkien was a Capricorn!! Russell Crowe for Beorn!! Avatar: Liberace - The other Lord of the Rings. Quote of The Week: The thing is I always write in the morning, and I know that if I go to the Net I won’t write ... you can start in the most scholarly website and end up at Paris Hilton dot com .. GdT
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dernwyn
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Nov 2 2009, 10:57am
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I was thinking a similar thing!
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LOL, it looks like a subway system map! I love the thick black "tree trunk" lines of orcs etc. coming up from Sauron. Sinister! Thanks, Ainu!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I desired dragons with a profound desire" "It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?" -Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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grammaboodawg
Immortal
Nov 2 2009, 12:58pm
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Lookit these charts!! I can't help but grin as I soak in each one. LOVE IT! I'm so glad you found this, Ainu :D THANKS!
"There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West." ~Hug like a hobbit!~ "In my heaven..." I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world. TORn's Observations Lists
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tennie75
Lorien
Nov 2 2009, 1:33pm
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I love how Gandalf swoops up and down - he's all over the board! Busybody. and how Boromir's line continues for a ways with a note - "dead" thanks for sharing
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FantasyFan
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Nov 2 2009, 2:21pm
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for Rosie. Joining up with Sam's on the far right, and a note, "The End"
"That is one thing that Men call 'hope.' Amdir we call it, 'looking up.' But there is another which is founded deeper. Estel we call it, that is 'trust.' It is not defeated by the ways of the world, for it does not come from experience, but from our nature and First Being. If we are indeed the Eruhin, the Children of the One, then He will not suffer Himself to be deprived of His own, not by any enemy, not even by ourselves. This is the last foundation of estel, which we keep even when we contemplate the End. Of all His designs the issue must be for His children's joy." Finrod, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth, HoME X Morgoth's Ring
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Nov 2 2009, 3:45pm
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I was thinking an extended X-axis with a Arwen's line running all by itself after a while would have been poignant. But thank you, Ainu for pointing this out - it's a way cool chart! Notta
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Nov 2 2009, 3:50pm
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It might have been kinda neat for the author to have continued Boromir's line after the dead symbol and have it intersect Faramir's line Notta
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Nov 2 2009, 3:52pm
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Do you suppose the author could be persuaded to post just the LOTR picture? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would like to print it out. I can edit the picture to remove the other movies for my own use, but I'm sure the author wouldn't like someone else to pass their work on to others. Notta
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Elberbeth
Tol Eressea
Nov 2 2009, 4:02pm
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It looks like an awful lot of work to not only
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figure it out but put it together. True geekdom, for sure!
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."
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L. Ron Halfelven
Grey Havens
Nov 2 2009, 4:15pm
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I'm not seeing the fox here. Or the Lake-Dan Ryan L./
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"Boe ammen A-Rod veriad lîn. Andelu Yankees i ven!" "Merin le Mo Rivera telim. Henio, aníron 44 saves boe ammen 1.76 ERA i dulu lîn!" "Andelu A-rod ven."
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Ainu Laire
Tol Eressea
Nov 2 2009, 4:22pm
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Well, it's part of a comic strip
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The punchline being the "Primer" film at the end of the strip (and you only need to read the Wikipedia entry to get that he was completely and utterly correct XD). I know that others have cropped his more complicated panels like this before- if you wish, you can put a watermark with xkcd.com somewhere in the pic, since that's the url of the comic strip home page. If you don't have Photoshop, I can quickly do a crop and watermark and post a link up here for anyone who is interested in printing out the LOTR part only.
My LiveJournal ~ My artwork and photography ~ My LOTR fan fiction NARF since age 8, when I refused to read the Hobbit because the cover looked boring and icky.
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acheron
Gondor
Nov 2 2009, 4:35pm
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xkcd is licensed under a creative commons attribution license
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So you can do whatever you want to it, and redistribute it to whomever you want, but you can't sell it, and you have to say where it came from. See http://xkcd.com/license.html
For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much -- the wheel, New York, wars, and so on -- while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man, for precisely the same reasons. -- Douglas Adams
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NottaSackville
Valinor
Nov 2 2009, 4:50pm
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In that case, here is the LOTR-only image
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I've reduced the size to fit it into the 300Kb limit for TORN attachments. The attached picture is an edited version of the picture that originally appeared at http://xkcd.com/657/large/ Notta
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RosieLass
Valinor
Nov 2 2009, 6:34pm
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I would wallpaper my bedroom with this if I could get it printed large enough!
"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brains." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brains." There was a long silence. "I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything." - A. A. Milne
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RosieLass
Valinor
Nov 2 2009, 6:36pm
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"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully. "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever." "And he has Brains." "Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brains." There was a long silence. "I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything." - A. A. Milne
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Idril Celebrindal
Tol Eressea
Nov 2 2009, 10:41pm
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And where's Figwit? And Bill the Pony? //
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With caffeine, all things are possible. The pity of Bilbo will screw up the fate of many.
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Anorien
Rohan
Nov 3 2009, 3:44am
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So many lines, so many lines! I tried following some but then I just got a headache. I've got character interactions down, think I'll stick with remembering from the book.
The Lord of the Fellowship of the Return of the Two Towers of the Hobbit King of the Rings...with the Silmarillion!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
Immortal
Nov 3 2009, 4:30pm
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Woo woo! I was just logging in to post this myself!
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My sister sent it to me. A friend of hers had sent it to her, knowing she writes novels. In our writers' group she's known for catching what we call 'choreography' mistakes, so a chart like this is suitable. I particularly was struck by the sudden extinctions of the big lines of orcs. Whew! You can find a smaller version by erasing the 'large' part of the url. http://xkcd.com/657/
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories leleni at hotmail dot com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Artanis
Rohan
Nov 3 2009, 8:57pm
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'Random nerdiness' - love it!! //
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Sunflower
Valinor
Nov 4 2009, 4:54am
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right out of my mouth. And the Balrog? There should have been a dotted line showing the Balrog going back from the First Age or something, witha bog HUGE black splotch at Moria showing its death at Gandalf's hands, after so many millenia. Ditto for Shelob, though for a smaller timespan of course. And of course another line showing Sam going out on the Ship "following" Frodo much later....
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