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xkcd #657: Movie Narrative Charts
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Title text: In the LotR map, up and down correspond LOOSELY to northwest and southeast respectively.
Transcript too long for lemmy, check Explain xkcd wiki to get one ;)
These charts show movie character interactions. The horizontal axis is time. The vertical grouping of the lines indicate which characters are together at a given time.
I've never seen "Primer", but after seeing this chart I'm a bit scared...
Or not because the characters are so unlikeable that m sorting out the time loops makes you just wish the thing killed them the first time they got in.
"The movie doesn't blatantly contradict itself" is not the selling point that a lit of people think it is.