Altered maps VIII: World borders just got garbage-dayed

[cardgame]

I think that the book version of October Sky was called October Sky, kthx?

 

[Arwon]

It's supposed to be these .... From what I remember.. Light pink was acting head of state... and dark pink was a full one..

http://www.filibustercartoons.com/charts_rest_female-leaders.php

This appears to be the source, and is more updated, including Australia and Kyrgyzstan now. It's still wrong about Gillard being "acting" though, she was re-elected in July.

Missing Indonesia is rather more inexplicable since the same page lists Megawati there.

 

[amadeus]

It was my assumption at first that it was woman leaders, but South Korea stood out to me because they had never had a female president. Their Prime Minister for one year, however, was... but that kind of ignores the fact that the PM's position in South Korea is like what the Vice President is in the United States, perhaps even less so because I don't see the South Korean PM having any actual powers to exercise. As a matter of fact, South Korea's president is actually both the head of state and head of government.

The map is inaccurate so the question should be invalidated.

 

[madviking]

Anagrams!

rocketboys = octobersky

 

[danjuno]

I think that the book version of October Sky was called October Sky, kthx?

No. Rocket Boys was the book title when it was published by Homer Hickam. The movie was named October Sky to draw in a wider audience. Still, it's a pretty cool map.

 

[say1988]

The book was then re-released as October Sky to more dirrectly connect it to the movie.

 

[Mango Elephant]

Georgia should be Gone With the Wind.

 

[Theige]

Georgia should be Gone With the Wind.

Agreed.

And I don't know how "Taxi Driver" beats out movies like The Godfather I and II or Goodfellas

I don't mean to hate on Taxi Driver, there are just way better movies to stick in there

 

[Dachs]

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Illinois, and Indiana are all bulls-eyes. California is as badly done as New York is.

 

[Gruekiller]

What the flak is "Gummo"?

 

[Joecoolyo]

What the flak is "Gummo"?

Here, let me Google that for you.

 

[sophie]

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Illinois, and Indiana are all bulls-eyes. California is as badly done as New York is.

Seriously: What about Chinatown, or Vertigo, or Invasion of the Body Snatchers, or Dirty Harry, or Magnum Force just to name the first 5 off the top of my head...

 

[Mad Man]

Maryland probably should have been the Blair Witch Project.

 

[ParkCungHee]

Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Illinois, and Indiana are all bulls-eyes. California is as badly done as New York is.

New York seems pretty spot on to me.

 

[Mad Man]

Night of the Living Dead is both a better movie and a better pick for Pennsylvania.

 

[Dachs]

Seriously: What about Chinatown, or Vertigo, or Invasion of the Body Snatchers, or Dirty Harry, or Magnum Force just to name the first 5 off the top of my head...

Your San Francisco is showing.

New York seems pretty spot on to me.

Night of the Living Dead is both a better movie and a better pick for Pennsylvania.

Objectively false.

 

[Luckymoose]

But My Cousin Vinny was filmed in Georgia. I'm opposed to this Deliverance non sense. Why not Forrest Gump?

 

[say1988]

Because they are (generally) based on where the movie is set, not filmed. My Cousin Vinny is set in Alabama (along with Forest Gump being primarily set there).

 

[Gruekiller]

Here, let me Google that for you.

... Touche, Joecoolyo.

 

[Communisto]

Oh, god, Glory is terrible.