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Posted by xnx 3 days ago

The Real Kevin Bacon(pudding.cool)
302 points | 78 commentspage 3
frunkp 13 hours ago|
Makes me want to browse the same for maths researchers with Erdos number.

I know Grigori Perelman is far from Erdos, which is fun :)

nhatcher 11 hours ago|
I thought the same thing. You would like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Bacon_numbe...

joshu 13 hours ago||
i would rather see the eigenvector centrality of the adjacency matrix than just estimated distance.

aside from the first, the next few eigenvectors would be great.

anyone done this?

excalibur 15 hours ago||
Fascinating content, engaging visuals, painfully difficult navigation.

B+

bena 15 hours ago||
Being in a Marvel movie greatly increases your connectedness.

Samuel L. Jackson and Robert Downey Jr. are central to a lot of plotlines in the first 10 years of Marvel movies. With either them or characters connected to them appearing in other movies.

Then you have other franchise connections. If you've been in a Kevin Smith film, you're at most three steps from Samuel L. Jackson by way of Kevin Smith -> Bruce Willis -> Samuel L Jackson. And even if you're not in a film in the "View Askewniverse" like "Zac and Miri Make a Porno", that movie has Justin Long, who was in a movie with Willis.

Every actor in the Fast and Furious franchise is connected through Vin Diesel.

Every actor in the OT and sequel trilogy of Star Wars is connected through Harrison Ford. The prequel trilogy connects through Natalie Portman.

Just between those, it's not too hard to reach everyone.

BeetleB 16 hours ago||
Ha! I correctly guessed Samuel Jackson. Over a decade ago I read he was the number 1 actor for gross receipts of all the movies any actor had made (don't know if it's still true). I somehow felt that stat would be connected to this one.

Would never have guessed Nicole Kidman for women, though.

settsu 16 hours ago|
I'd never heard that stat about Samuel L. Jackson and find it interesting because I don't think of him as a particularly versatile or prolific actor, though good in his roles and typically well cast. The stat is believable (apart from verifying it) given the massive franchises and singular hits he's landed.
BeetleB 15 hours ago||
Think of some of the movies he's been in (even if only for a small role).

Many Tarantino movies (including Kill Bill 2).

The Star Wars reboot trilogy.

The Marvel movies (Avengers, etc)

Goodfellas.

accrual 12 hours ago||
Imagine focusing on a distant people to people connection. Who did what?! They did that? A thing they did? I must focus on it and devote time to this.
jofla_net 11 hours ago||
woot M. Emmet Walsh!
khazhoux 14 hours ago||
Tap the right side of screen to advance to next slide.

Took me a while to figure out.

hoppp 11 hours ago||
Why is Kevin Bacon such a legend? He seems like a good actor but why does he have a cult like following?
ginko 16 hours ago|
I guess this is mainly about alive actors? Because for instance I'd expect Christopher Lee to be up there but he's not even in the list.
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