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1509: Scenery Cheat Sheet
2015-04-08T12:39:06Z
<p>Thomas: /* Map */ Earth Parts</p>
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<div>{{comic<br />
| number = 1509<br />
| date = April 8, 2015<br />
| title = Scenery Cheat Sheet<br />
| image = scenery cheat sheet.png<br />
| titletext = At the boundary between each zone, stories blend together. Somewhere in the New Mexico desert, the Roadrunner is pursued by a tireless Anton Chigurh.<br />
}}<br />
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==Explanation==<br />
{{Incomplete|Only just started page.}}<br />
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{{w|GeoGuessr}} is a game using {{w|Google Street View|StreetView}} images that drops the player in a random location and challenges them to work out where they are. It is also referenced in [[1214: Geoguessr]].<br />
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The [[title text]] references ''{{w|Anton Chigurh}}'' (portrayed by Javier Bardem), who is the main antagonist of the film ''{{w|No Country For Old Men}}''.<br />
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==Transcript==<br />
===Title===<br />
:A '''cheat sheet''' for<br />
:figuring out where in the US you are<br />
:by recognizing the background from movies<br />
:(for use by GeoGuessr players and crash-landed astronauts)<br />
<br />
===Map===<br />
[From top left, left to right, top to bottom]<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Movie title<br />
! Area(s) covered<br />
! Filming Location(s)<br />
! Notes<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Twilight (film)| Twilight}}<br />
| rowspan="2"|<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Fifty Shades of Grey (film)|50 Shades of Grey}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Dances with Wolves}}<br />
| rowspan="2"|<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Starship Troopers (film)|Starship Troopers}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Fargo (film)|Fargo}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Wild Wild West|Wild Wild West}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Sandlot|The Sandlot}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Napoleon Dynamite|Napoleon Dynamite}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Brokeback Mountain|Brokeback Mountain}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Oregon Trail<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Interstellar (film)|Interstellar}}<br />
| rowspan="3"|<br />
|<br />
| "Earth Parts"<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Star Trek (film)|Star Trek (2009)}}<br />
| <br />
| "Earth Parts"<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Field of Dreams|Field of Dreams}}<br />
|<br />
| Technically, all the earth parts of this movie too.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Music Man (1962 film)|The Music Man}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Blues Brothers (film)|Blues Brothers}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|A Christmas Story|A Christmas Story}}<br />
| rowspan="2" |<br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Jack & Diane|That song about Jack and Diane}}<br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|8 Mile (film)|8 Mile}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Groundhog Day (film)|Groundhog Day}}<br />
| Western Pennsylvania and New York<br />
| Woodstock, IL<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|My Side of the Mountain|My Side of the Mountain (book)}}<br />
| Adriondack Mountains, NY<br />
| Catskill mountains, near Delhi, NY<br />
| The area shown on the map is actually the Adirondack mountains, not the Catskills. I suspect this is an error.<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Super Troopers|Super Troopers}}<br />
| Vermont, NY ("Somewhere near the border")<br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Pet Semetary|Pet Semetary}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|What About Bob?|What about Bob}}<br />
|<br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Departed|The Departed}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Signs & the Village<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|War of the Worlds (2005 film)|War of the Worlds (2005)}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Jaws (film)|Jaws}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Rock (film)|The Rock}}<br />
| {{w|Alcatraz Island}}<br />
| {{W|Alcatraz Island}}<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Zodiac (film)|Zodiac}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Sideways|That movie about wine & talking}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| He clearly means ''Sideways''<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Top Gun|Top Gun}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Independence Day (1996 film)|Part of Independence Day}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner|Roadrunner cartoons}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| The Judy Garland version, presumably<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Twister (1996 film)|Twister}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Anything by {{w|Mark Twain}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Walk the Line|Walk the Line}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|October Sky|October Sky}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Dirty Dancing|Dirty Dancing}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| [Generic City]<br />
| <br />
|<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Deep Impact (film)|Deep Impact}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Hunt for Red October (film)|The Hunt for Red October}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|Forrest Gump|Forrest Gump}}<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| Every movie with a big budget ...<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|The Truman Show|The Truman Show}}<br>but with desert in the background<br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| {{w|No Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men}}<br><br />
| <br />
|<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[https://geoguessr.com/ GeoGuessr's official website]<br />
{{comic discussion}}<br />
[[Category:Maps]]</div>
Thomas