Six degrees thread ... rebooted

[newbiebabe]

good, freakin' grief!

 

[NorthernPA4U]

This set is rolling right along!

I wanted to do a set with more than the average number of non-leading men. But still 2/3 of the people ARE leading actors and actresses.

Should I give a hint on one of them, and if so, regarding whom? Or do y'all want to wait and collude?

 

[newbiebabe]

Not sure on this as still working on some... but gonna throw it and see if it sticks...


Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root

 

[RUlookingup]

Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root

Stephen Root was in Office Space with Ron Livingston

 

[imnauti]

I'm still a whole lotta lost! But I'll throw something in anyway.


Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root

Stephen Root was in The Ladykillers with J.K. Simmons

 

[imnauti]

Thanks RU for figuring out our astronaut!!!

I forgot to refresh before posting, so I didn't see you'd already made a connection.

 

[RUlookingup]

I am often Lost in Space....so astronauts are easy for me.

 

[BradBigBrain]

Taking a shot

Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root
Stephen Root was in The Ladykillers with J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons was in The First Wives Club with Elizabeth Berkley

 

[newbiebabe]

Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root
Stephen Root was in The Ladykillers with J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons was in For Love of the Game with Kelly Preston


Sorry Brad, from what I have this has to be the link.... I think..

 

[imnauti]

I don't know what to do!





Now that two of the women have been named, I know exactly two of the women. I am also missing both bald guys.

 

[newbiebabe]

I don't know what to do!





Now that two of the women have been named, I know exactly two of the women. I am also missing both bald guys.

lol... pm'ing you.

 

[BradBigBrain]

Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root
Stephen Root was in The Ladykillers with J.K. Simmons

J.K. Simmons was in For Love of the Game with Kelly Preston


Sorry Brad, from what I have this has to be the link.... I think..

OK.

Karen Black was in Nashville with Henry Gibson.

 

[NorthernPA4U]

OK.

Karen Black was in Nashville with Henry Gibson.

You are adding that to the top of the list?

I don't know what to do!

Now that two of the women have been named, I know exactly two of the women. I am also missing both bald guys.

We are now at three women, and the fourth one is quite well known, not at all one of the character actors I sprinkled liberally in this set.

The two bald men, interesting. One of them isn't typically bald -- but this picture is of him at the Oscars this past season. He happens to be one of my 3 or 4 favorite actors working today. The other is a character actor I thought could be easily recognized from a very highly earning movie series (which, incidentally, stars the other bald guy as well).

I am surprised at the popularity of Stephen Root. I don't recall him in all that many movies! (But he had a significant role in the cult favorite RU mentioned, which is why I thought he'd be recognized ... plus his television work, of course.)

 

[imnauti]

Sorry all... So I could make a whole list (using everybody I know, at least) going in either direction, but I couldn't find a way to fit Ron in any other way.



Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn

Vince Vaughn was in Swingers with Ron Livingston

 

[BradBigBrain]

You are adding that to the top of the list?




We are now at three women, and the fourth one is quite well known, not at all one of the character actors I sprinkled liberally in this set.

The two bald men, interesting. One of them isn't typically bald -- but this picture is of him at the Oscars this past season. He happens to be one of my 3 or 4 favorite actors working today. The other is a character actor I thought could be easily recognized from a very highly earning movie series (which, incidentally, stars the other bald guy as well).

I am surprised at the popularity of Stephen Root. I don't recall him in all that many movies! (But he had a significant role in the cult favorite RU mentioned, which is why I thought he'd be recognized ... plus his television work, of course.)

Stephen Root and Ron Livingstone were easy for me because of the cult favorite. I'm only missing one bald guy.

Yes. Please add to the top of the list.

So it should look like this:

Karen Black was in Nashville with Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root
Stephen Root was in The Ladykillers with J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons was in For Love of the Game with Kelly Preston

 

[Morrigu]

Karen Black was in Nashville with Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root
Stephen Root was in The Ladykillers with J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons was in For Love of the Game with Kelly Preston

Kelly Preston was in What a Girl Wants with Colin Firth

 

[NorthernPA4U]

Olga Kurylenko was in Quantum of Solace with Daniel Craig - newbiebabe
Daniel Craig was in The Golden Compass with Sam Elliott - imnauti
Sam Elliott was in Mask with Cher - imnauti
Cher was in The Witches of Eastwick with Jack Nicholson - newbiebabe
Jack Nicholson was in Terms of Endearment with Shirley MacLaine - imnauti
Shirley MacLaine was in Sweet Charity with Sammy Davis Jr. - newbiebabe
Sammy Davis Jr was in Oceans Eleven with Dean Martin - imnauti
Dean Martin was in Rio Bravo with Walter Brennan - Morrigu
Walter Brennan was in Support Your Local Sheriff with Jack Elam - imnauti
Jack Elam was in High Noon with Lee Van Cleef - no points awarded, except in associated gun jumping competition (Fred Mac- Murphy's Law)
Lee Van Cleef was in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly with Clint Eastwood - RUlookingup
Clint Eastwood was in Million Dollar Baby with Morgan Freeman - RUlookingup
Morgan Freeman was in Glory with Matthew Broderick - imnauti
Matthew Broderick was in The Cable Guy with Leslie Mann - Morrigu


A reminder of the VERY confusing rules:

*I will post an initial picture, a string of pictures in the middle, and then a concluding picture. The first person has to use the initial picture, and one of the pictures in the middle string, and "connect" them when they appear in the same movie. The next person will take the second performer listed in the previous response, and select one of the remaining pictures in the middle string, and find a film those have in common. This continues until there is only one picture in the middle string, which then has to be "connected" to the end picture.
*There may be more than one correct way of navigating through the set of pictures. However, not every choice will let you get all the way through the list. If you think that is the case, and you find yourself stuck, you may back up as far back in the response list as you like and restart the list at that point.
*A person can only post to a particular set once every 12 hours; that is, you may post again 12 hours after your last post on the same set. The clock also restarts with every new set of pictures.
*Only posts in the string that finally makes it to the end will count for points for those that posted on that set.
*The strings will get longer with each correct set of answers (up to a point).
*One last note, these are all film connections ... not television.


Points:
23 imnauti
10 msmaggie
9 BradBigBrain
8 RUlookingup
7 newbiebabe
5 Morrigu



Round 9, Set 70


Slightly different, no start or end pictures are identified.
You may add a new link to the bottom OR to the top of the existing list.
If you need to start part of the way back, you need to unwind both the top and bottom to where the list existed when it started to go haywire (in your opinion, anyway).

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It looks like we have two competing lists:

Karen Black was in Nashville with Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story with Stephen Root
Stephen Root was in The Ladykillers with J.K. Simmons
J.K. Simmons was in For Love of the Game with Kelly Preston
Kelly Preston was in What a Girl Wants with Colin Firth

Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Swingers with Ron Livingston

 

[RUlookingup]

In front of Karen Black......Dennis Hopper was in Easy Rider with Karen Black

 

[BradBigBrain]

Since the change didn't occur from the beginning ... just at the end...I'm assuming I can answer the second path...and include the part that hadn't been changing. Nor will have to rule on this...

Dennis Hopper was in Easy Rider with Karen Black
Karen Black was in Nashville with Henry Gibson
Henry Gibson was in Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn
Vince Vaughn was in Swingers with Ron Livingston
Ron Livingston was in Office Space with Stephen Root

 

[imnauti]

A reminder of the VERY confusing rules:



Slightly different, no start or end pictures are identified.
You may add a new link to the bottom OR to the top of the existing list.
If you need to start part of the way back, you need to unwind both the top and bottom to where the list existed when it started to go haywire (in your opinion, anyway).

As I understand it, you have to remove any links that followed the one you are changing regardless of whether they are at the top or the bottom. That's why I took all the other connections off the string when I added Ron.

 

[BradBigBrain]

As I understand it, you have to remove any links that followed the one you are changing regardless of whether they are at the top or the bottom. That's why I took all the other connections off the string when I added Ron.

Yeah...I kinda got that, but if we do it that way, then I would have to answer the same thing twice...even though that path was going the right way.

Can we alter the rule? That if you unwind, you just unwind from the start or the finish? That makes more sense to me.

I doubt if RU would have answered his last one if he thought he was supposed to have answered the one before it to stay on the second option. Just for an example.

 

[NorthernPA4U]

I can go along with whatever people want ... plus I don't ALWAYS intend to post sets with no defined beginning or end.

I just wanted to test out the idea, like I tested out the animation string. I'm flexible.

Seems a good time for a vote, as this round probably is complete after this string.

 

[imnauti]

I can go along with whatever people want ... plus I don't ALWAYS intend to post sets with no defined beginning or end.

I just wanted to test out the idea, like I tested out the animation string. I'm flexible.

Seems a good time for a vote, as this round probably is complete after this string.

In the past, there have been times when we've had to re-trace our steps a considerable distance when a mistake has been made. I agree that it can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but in a linear set, it's the only option. I kinda think that these sets should work the same way.

(Plus, if I had known that we could chop off the beginning or the end without backstepping each connection, I would have done it that way myself. )

 

[BradBigBrain]

In the past, there have been times when we've had to re-trace our steps a considerable distance when a mistake has been made. I agree that it can be a pain in the ass sometimes, but in a linear set, it's the only option. I kinda think that these sets should work the same way.

(Plus, if I had known that we could chop off the beginning or the end without backstepping each connection, I would have done it that way myself. )

Here are some points to ponder:
1. In the past there was a finite start. And you would go to where it went haywire and move on. The beginning didn't change. This puzzle is different in that the whole path isn't haywire if only one end is. If one end or the other is static, and there's no adverse affect, why lop off answers if in the answerers estimation or thread, they'd be correct?

The whole path wasn't haywire as it was in the past, just one end in this case.

2. There aren't many of us playing so why prolong it and make it harder by having someone provide the same correct answer just because it was lopped off?

 

[newbiebabe]

all this talk of haywires, static and adverse effects has me wondering if I need to head for my science book...