Six Degrees of Middlearth--For Movies! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Beanamir of Gondor · 05-06-2004, 07:43 AM

Okay, I already searched the forums, and the last time someone did a Kevin Bacon game wasn't even in the movies forum and it was like, two years ago to the last post. So let's start another one. Technically I don't know if it's a game or not, even though 'game' is in the title, so I stuck it here first.

Rules: You have to link an actor or actress from LOTR: FOTR,TTT,or ROTK to one of THEIR movies, to Kevin Bacon, and back to themself on a DIFFERENT path. Example given: Orlando Bloom.
ORLANDO BLOOM->Pirates of the Caribbean/Johnny Depp->Benny and Joon/Oliver Platt->Flatliners/KEVIN BACON->Tom Guiry->A Few Good Men/Josh Hartnett->Black Hawk Down/ORLANDO BLOOM

It's difficult, I know, but since it's a round trip, finding a good cheat website will be hard. (PS don't use the Oracle of Bacon at Virginia! I'll know!)

Let's start with Miranda Otto.

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-06-2004, 08:02 AM

This seems to me to be very similar to Connect the Movies.

At the very least, it belongs in the same forum. Moving to Middle-earth Mirth ...

Evisse the Blue · 05-07-2004, 06:04 AM

not that I have anything against kevin bacon, but why must we use him and not another actor? and must we really use a connecting actor? I mean, the trip back is hard enough as it is...

Lalaith · 05-07-2004, 06:11 AM

Evisse, I think Beanamir picked Kevin Bacon because he's the tradition! (Check out the Oracle of Bacon, it's very good fun)

I was pondering this puzzle myself last night, actually, I didn't get very far, it's a tough one!

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-07-2004, 07:42 AM

Beanamir

I don't get the connection between Tom Guiry and A Few Good Men. But you could have missed that out anyway, as Tom Guiry was in Black Hawk Down.

As for Miranda, how about:

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MIRANDA OTTO -> What Lies Beneath/Diana Scarwid -> Rumblefish/Matt Dillon -> Wild Things/KEVIN BACON -> Mystic River/Sean Penn -> The Thin Red Line/MIRANDA OTTO

Beanamir of Gondor · 05-07-2004, 11:52 AM

Sorry about Tom Guiry

-- I was thinking of someone else. But to make amends, Cuba Gooding Jr was in A Few Good Men, and was also in Pearl Harbor with Josh Hartnett who was ... anyway.

Yes this is similar to Connect the Movies but it involves the Bacon.

So who's next, Saucepan? Or whoever wants to suggest someone?

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-07-2004, 05:08 PM

OK, I'll suggest one. How about Karl Urban?

Lalaith · 05-08-2004, 08:39 AM

Ok, I'll do this:
Karl Urban -> Ghost Ship/Gabriel Byrne -> Millers Crossing/Marcia Gay Harden -> Mystic River/Kevin Bacon - > Laurence Fishburne/The Matrix -> Hugo Weaving/Lord of the Rings -> Karl Urban.

I've got a feeling Mystic River's going to be cropping up a fair bit here....

The Only Real Estel · 05-08-2004, 07:15 PM

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Laurence Fishburne/The Matrix -> Hugo Weaving/Lord of the Rings ->

I think that little connecting could possibly crop up quite a few too...

Eowyn Wenhamir · 05-10-2004, 10:08 AM

I've played this on Rottentomatoes before!

I'll do Dominic Monaghan, if I'm allowed to use a television show.

DOM->Inspector Morse "Monsignor Renard"/David Wheatley->Inspector Morse "Absolute Conviction"/Sean Bean->Ronin/Robert De Niro->Sleepers/BACON->JFK/Martin Sheen->Hostile Waters/DOM

Technically it's not purist, but oh well.

Someone do my love, David Wenham.

**The Saucepan Man** · 05-10-2004, 11:00 AM

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Mystic River/Kevin Bacon - > Laurence Fishburne/The Matrix -> Hugo Weaving/Lord of the Rings -> Karl Urban.

Shouldn't there be a ban on using Lord of the Rings as a connecting film? Otherwise this sequence will apply to any actor or actress in LotR.

Anyway, as for David Wenham:

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DAVID WENHAM -> Van Helsing/Robbie Coltrane -> The World Is Not Enough/Denise Richards -> Wild Things/KEVIN BACON -> Flatliners/Keifer Sutherland -> Dark City/DAVID WENHAM

Anyone care to try Bruce Hopkins (Gamling)?

Beanamir of Gondor · 05-11-2004, 10:03 AM

I didn't say that? Yeah, you have to link back to the person using a different movie of their own, not back through LOTR. Eowyn had the idea.

Lalaith · 05-12-2004, 04:49 AM

Sorry, my bad. I thought you had to go back to the actor in the role they played in LotR.

Eowyn Wenhamir · 05-12-2004, 07:26 AM

Okay, Bruce Hopkins...

BRUCE->Murder in Greenwich/Robert Forster->Human Nature/Tim Robbins->Mystic River/BACON->Wild Things/Neve Campbell->Scream 3/Kevin Smith->Desperate Remedies/BRUCE.

I think Bruce was in DR--I kind of had to cheat using Amazon.

Somebody do...ummmm....Billy Boyd. Not difficult, but fun nevertheless.

Kitanna · 05-12-2004, 09:10 PM

Kevin Bacon> Demi Moore/A Few Good Men> Burt Reynolds/Striptease> Russel Crowe/Mystery Alaska> Billy Boyd/Master and Commander

Beanamir of Gondor · 05-13-2004, 10:02 AM

Ack, wait, Kitanna! You have to go FROM Billy TO Bacon and then back again.

Curses. My rules are too hard.

Kitanna · 05-13-2004, 02:19 PM

I know, but I cpuld only get it one way so I'm still working out the second half to go from Billy to Bacon

Eowyn Wenhamir · 05-27-2004, 06:13 AM

Okay, Ill finish it.

BILLY->Master and Commander/Russell Crowe->Mystery Alaska/Burt Reynolds->Striptease/Demi Moore->A Few Good Men/BACON

And then...

BACON->Trapped/Colleen Camp->Naked in New York/Timothy Dalton->Cleopatra/Rupert Graves->The Soldier's Leap/BILLY

Ta-da. (*grumps off*)

05-06-2004, 07:43 AM	#1
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	Six Degrees of Middlearth--For Movies! Okay, I already searched the forums, and the last time someone did a Kevin Bacon game wasn't even in the movies forum and it was like, two years ago to the last post. So let's start another one. Technically I don't know if it's a game or not, even though 'game' is in the title, so I stuck it here first. Rules: You have to link an actor or actress from LOTR: FOTR,TTT,or ROTK to one of THEIR movies, to Kevin Bacon, and back to themself on a DIFFERENT path. Example given: Orlando Bloom. ORLANDO BLOOM->Pirates of the Caribbean/Johnny Depp->Benny and Joon/Oliver Platt->Flatliners/KEVIN BACON->Tom Guiry->A Few Good Men/Josh Hartnett->Black Hawk Down/ORLANDO BLOOM It's difficult, I know, but since it's a round trip, finding a good cheat website will be hard. (PS don't use the Oracle of Bacon at Virginia! I'll know!) Let's start with Miranda Otto. __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

05-06-2004, 08:02 AM	#2
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,468	Thread moved This seems to me to be very similar to Connect the Movies. At the very least, it belongs in the same forum. Moving to Middle-earth Mirth ... __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

05-07-2004, 06:04 AM	#3
Evisse the Blue Brightness of a Blade Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: wherever I may roam Posts: 2,740	why Kevin Bacon? not that I have anything against kevin bacon, but why must we use him and not another actor? and must we really use a connecting actor? I mean, the trip back is hard enough as it is... __________________ And no one was ill, and everyone was pleased, except those who had to mow the grass.

05-07-2004, 11:52 AM	#6
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	Sorry about Tom Guiry -- I was thinking of someone else. But to make amends, Cuba Gooding Jr was in A Few Good Men, and was also in Pearl Harbor with Josh Hartnett who was ... anyway. Yes this is similar to Connect the Movies but it involves the Bacon. So who's next, Saucepan? Or whoever wants to suggest someone? __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream." Last edited by Beanamir of Gondor; 05-07-2004 at 12:01 PM.

05-07-2004, 05:08 PM	#7
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,468	OK, I'll suggest one. How about Karl Urban? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!

05-07-2004, 06:11 AM	#4
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,876	Evisse, I think Beanamir picked Kevin Bacon because he's the tradition! (Check out the Oracle of Bacon, it's very good fun) I was pondering this puzzle myself last night, actually, I didn't get very far, it's a tough one!

05-08-2004, 08:39 AM	#8
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,876	Ok, I'll do this: Karl Urban -> Ghost Ship/Gabriel Byrne -> Millers Crossing/Marcia Gay Harden -> Mystic River/Kevin Bacon - > Laurence Fishburne/The Matrix -> Hugo Weaving/Lord of the Rings -> Karl Urban. I've got a feeling Mystic River's going to be cropping up a fair bit here....

05-10-2004, 10:08 AM	#10
Eowyn Wenhamir Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minas Tirith Posts: 16	I've played this on Rottentomatoes before! I'll do Dominic Monaghan, if I'm allowed to use a television show. DOM->Inspector Morse "Monsignor Renard"/David Wheatley->Inspector Morse "Absolute Conviction"/Sean Bean->Ronin/Robert De Niro->Sleepers/BACON->JFK/Martin Sheen->Hostile Waters/DOM Technically it's not purist, but oh well. Someone do my love, David Wenham. __________________ "You wish, then," said Faramir, "that our places had been exchanged?" "Yes, I do wish that," said Denethor. "For Boromir was loyal to me, and no wizard's pupil."

05-11-2004, 10:03 AM	#12
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	I didn't say that? Yeah, you have to link back to the person using a different movie of their own, not back through LOTR. Eowyn had the idea. __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

05-12-2004, 04:49 AM	#13
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,876	Sorry, my bad. I thought you had to go back to the actor in the role they played in LotR.

05-12-2004, 07:26 AM	#14
Eowyn Wenhamir Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minas Tirith Posts: 16	Okay, Bruce Hopkins... BRUCE->Murder in Greenwich/Robert Forster->Human Nature/Tim Robbins->Mystic River/BACON->Wild Things/Neve Campbell->Scream 3/Kevin Smith->Desperate Remedies/BRUCE. I think Bruce was in DR--I kind of had to cheat using Amazon. Somebody do...ummmm....Billy Boyd. Not difficult, but fun nevertheless. __________________ "You wish, then," said Faramir, "that our places had been exchanged?" "Yes, I do wish that," said Denethor. "For Boromir was loyal to me, and no wizard's pupil."

05-12-2004, 09:10 PM	#15
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,390	Kevin Bacon> Demi Moore/A Few Good Men> Burt Reynolds/Striptease> Russel Crowe/Mystery Alaska> Billy Boyd/Master and Commander __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

05-13-2004, 10:02 AM	#16
Beanamir of Gondor Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: the Shadow Gallery Posts: 276	Ack, wait, Kitanna! You have to go FROM Billy TO Bacon and then back again. Curses. My rules are too hard. __________________ The answer to life is no longer 42. It's 4 8 15 16 23... 42. "I only lent you my body; you lent me your dream."

05-13-2004, 02:19 PM	#17
Kitanna Child of the West Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn Posts: 2,390	I know, but I cpuld only get it one way so I'm still working out the second half to go from Billy to Bacon __________________ "Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry." - Mark Twain

05-27-2004, 06:13 AM	#18
Eowyn Wenhamir Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Minas Tirith Posts: 16	Okay, Ill finish it. BILLY->Master and Commander/Russell Crowe->Mystery Alaska/Burt Reynolds->Striptease/Demi Moore->A Few Good Men/BACON And then... BACON->Trapped/Colleen Camp->Naked in New York/Timothy Dalton->Cleopatra/Rupert Graves->The Soldier's Leap/BILLY Ta-da. (grumps off) __________________ "You wish, then," said Faramir, "that our places had been exchanged?" "Yes, I do wish that," said Denethor. "For Boromir was loyal to me, and no wizard's pupil."