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Sunday, August 24, 2008

Comparative Deaths in Television and Film

Erich sent me this, and it's hysterical. Actually, there are a number of people who have noticed this. I'm just the one who has a theory linking this to crime and mortality stats, sexual images, and Obama's chances of winning in November...
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Hi Steve,

Apparently, you're not the only person who's noticed this stuff.
But I think even you will have to gape in amazement at how ...
*systematically* this Web page has categorized it:

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SortingAlgorithmOfMortality


--Erich
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5 comments:

Shady_Grady said...

Amazing. I just ran across this site not 2 days ago.

It is incredibly comprehensive and a lot of fun. I like the Badass Creed section.

Mark Jones said...

Yeah, I've spent a lot of time at that website. Following the links as the descriptive page titles arouse your interest can keep you occupied for quite a while.

Nancy Lebovitz said...

So what's his name in Galaxy Quest didn't improve his odds all that much by becoming comic relief?

Unknown said...

Cool site. It just gave me an idea on how to turn That Poor Cat into Chekov's Cat.

Somewhere out there, there's a Red Shirt survival page which calculates what factors most raise your survival rate if you're unlucky enough to start out as a Red Shirt.

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