The Real Kevin Bacon

(pudding.cool)

56 points | by xnx 3 days ago

10 comments

  • MattCruikshank 3 minutes ago
    Sure, but what's the Basis Set movie? If you only had one actor in a movie, and you wanted to have the most connectedness in it, you'd choose Sam Jackson right now. (The one from Pulp Fiction, not the one from Ted.)

    But what if you could have TWO actors in a movie? Would Sam Jackson (again, the one from Jurassic Park, not the lawyer) still be one of them? Or is it possible that in aggregate, there are two actors who would achieve a better connectedness than Sam Jackson (the one from The Long Kiss Goodnight, not the one who was in Veronica Mars) plus one of those actors?

    What if you could have THREE actors in a movie?

    Enquiring minds want to know!

    Also, who's the Kevin Bacon of Bollywood?

  • card_zero 36 minutes ago
    Somehow it's a fun fact that you can reach any other actor in four moves, but a much less fun fact that you can probably-reach any other actor in 2.6 moves. "Connectedness", huh. Though it was interesting to see that Frank Welker used to be in fourth place. Never heard of him. Or I've only heard of him, he's a voice actor. He does cartoon animals, often without lines, lots of miaowing.
  • dec0dedab0de 12 minutes ago
    I hope Kevin bacon takes this as a personal attack and manages to get small roles in every upcoming film that has actors he hasn’t worked with yet.
  • kornork 37 minutes ago
    This is cool! I liked the time machine the best, and was surprised to see names I didn't recognize at the top (although I did recognize a couple faces once I looked them up).
  • gbil 13 minutes ago
    John Candy #2 in 1993! Makes his loss hit hard even after all these years.
  • ginko 4 minutes 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.
  • harikb 26 minutes ago
    I would not have guessed Willem Dafoe up there :o
  • BeetleB 13 minutes 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.

  • readthenotes1 56 minutes ago
    Only has 2 text blobs and a few actors? Not really worth a "tap to continue" a. If the continue doesn't have any value
    • dec0dedab0de 11 minutes ago
      I liked the presentation, and thought it was worth it.
    • xnx 50 minutes ago
      I saw 19 screens of content.
  • quickthrowman 47 minutes ago
    This does not work on iOS Safari, I get stuck in a loop. I haven’t installed the latest iOS update FWIW