Blaze (he/him) to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 months agoLord of the Rings Characters: Screen Time vs. Mentions in the Booksfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1244arrow-down1imageLord of the Rings Characters: Screen Time vs. Mentions in the Booksfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to movies@lemm.eeEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 months agoBecause the point isn’t to compare 2 characters, but to see how one character performs in the books and in the movies. And for that, it doesn’t matter. But they could have used a bar graph instead.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoWell, I’d like to know if Arwen’s screentime/mention ratio is 2x or 3x that of the Frodo baseline. This arbitrary scale makes it impossible. It would not hurt to add more values to the axes, and perhaps a faint grid.
Because the point isn’t to compare 2 characters, but to see how one character performs in the books and in the movies.
And for that, it doesn’t matter. But they could have used a bar graph instead.
Well, I’d like to know if Arwen’s screentime/mention ratio is 2x or 3x that of the Frodo baseline. This arbitrary scale makes it impossible. It would not hurt to add more values to the axes, and perhaps a faint grid.