Movie Characters in Narrative Chart

xkcd, the "webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language", offers these charts that show movie character interactions:



The Lord of the Rings chart is also "geographic" in its presentation.

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Middle Earth Map Boot

Item Not As Described takes a look at items advertised on Craigslist and wonders why anyone wouldn't want this crap these treasures (motto: Free is a Four Letter Word). Today, we look at Handpainted Middle Earth map on papier mache boot, circa 1979 and wonder why it hasn't yet found a home...



Maybe if it came with matching Narnia...

Maps of Middle Earth

In the last couple weeks, I've started a theme about imaginary countries. Sometime in the next few weeks I'll start writing about some of my own imaginary countries, but in the meantime, a couple maps found while looking for something else:

How about an entire website devoted to maps of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth? From Ring Obsession, a language distribution map:



While looking for that map, I came across this one. I think it is pretty funny. You don't have to agree with the politics to get the joke...



From Professor Pollkatz's Pool of Polls.

Wish You Were Here

The other day, I brought up the topic of "Imaginary Countries". What is the first thing you are supposed to do when you travel to a new far off place? Send your friends a postcard! So, when you travel to an imaginary place... well, then why not tell your friends where you've been?

On the back of the card:

Wish You Were Here
Tyrannosaurus Rex, Velociraptor and Dilophosaur are among the many wonderous living and breathing dinosaurs that only visitors of Jurassic Park(tm) can experience.

From the back of the cards:


Tired of visiting the same old tourist attractions, take a trip to a time when elves, dwarves and hobbits walked among men. Be sure to bring something "precious".


Two Towers Rohan and Gondor map from New Line Cinema

Looking for a little western swing? Visit the Cartwrights at their Ponderosa Ranch:





Be sure to request ahead of time, if you want the Pre-Adam years or Post-Adam years... (See Pernell Roberts).





From the back of the cards:
Ponderosa Ranch
Incline Village, Nevada
On the North Shore of Beautiful Lake Tahoe

Apparently the Ponderosa Ranch was a Bonanza themed amusment park from 1967 till it closed in 2004.

How about a vacation "long long ago, in a galazy far far away"?


This was actually a postcard I recieved from the home shopping channel, QVC, promoting their "Sci-Fi Week"

But why not take a trip to all the most popular Jedi hangouts?

On the back of this card:
The exciting trek to Tatooine, home planet of Rebel hero Luke Skywalker, includes a complementary visit to a Mos Eisley cantina.
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