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January 27, 2020Episode 604: The War is the Enemy
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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather do the entire podcast in one take, as they overthink Sam Mendes’s 1917.
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Further Reading
“The Jumblies” by Edward Lear
“The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” by Randall Jarrell
“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now” by A. E. Housman
Episode 604: The War is the Enemy originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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January 20, 2020Episode 603: A Bad Boy of Faith or a Bad Boy of Works
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Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather make the leap from bad boys to good men as they overthink Bad Boys for Life (which should be called Bad Boys 3 Life), one of the most serious investigations of religious faith in recent cinema.
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Further Reading
Bad Boys 4 Life on IMDb
“Bad Boys” (Inner Circle song)
Nissan Quest
Episode 603: A Bad Boy of Faith or a Bad Boy of Works originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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January 13, 2020 Episode 602: Anti-Time, Data, Anti-Time
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather prepare for CBS All Access’s Picard by overthinking who Picard was, is, and will be in “All Good Things… Parts I & 2.” Fun fact: Picard never actually says, “Anti-time, Data! Anti-time!”
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Episode 602: Anti-Time, Data, Anti-Time originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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January 06, 2020Episode 601: Manic Pixie Dream King
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather take their place in the centuries-old tradition of overthinking the British monarchy as they discuss Season 3 of The Crown on Netflix.
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Further Reading
The Crown (season 3)
Shakespeare’s Richard II
“How Netflix Lost Big to Amazon in India” from Wired
Episode 601: Manic Pixie Dream King originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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December 30, 2019Episode 600: This Is How You Make Up Nonsense
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather count down the 1000 most consequential moments in pop culture over the last decade. (Spoiler Alert: 999–875 all involve Ashton Kutcher.)
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Required Reading
“Think Tank: What do the Storm Troopers Think of Vader?” from Overthinking It
“Toward a Theory of Television Snackability” by Matthew Wrather
Toward a Juggalo Theory of Value, Part 1 and Part 2 by Peter Fenzel
Further Reading
Oreo tweets about the blackout
“Juggalo”on Wikipedia
“Fenzel on Dragonball #5: The Passage of Time” by Peter Fenzel
Episode 600: This Is How You Make Up Nonsense originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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December 23, 2019 Episode 599: 6 5 4 3 7 2 9 1 8
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On the podcast, witness the unstoppable power of the “X” as Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Matthew Wrather, and Belinkie’s son Oliver join the rebellion to Overthink Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, surely the last Star Wars film that will ever be made.
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Episode 599: 6 5 4 3 7 2 9 1 8 originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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December 16, 2019Episode 598: We Managed to Answer Three Questions
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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather can’t pull together a proper listener feedback episode, but they answer three listener questions from the podcast:
What are two books you would each recommend, that shaped your worldview and expanded your knowledge?
What is the worst piece of media, any type, that you guys have watched/played/read, etc. this year? And did you love it anyways?
What is your “moonshot”?
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Further Reading
Our Book Picks
Snow Dog by Jim Kjelgaard
The Years of Lyndon Johnson by Robert Caro
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by H.W. Fowler
The King James Bible or The Picture Bible
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Guys and Dolls and Other Writings by Damon Runyon
Lindsay Ellis on YouTube
Episode 598: We Managed to Answer Three Questions originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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December 09, 2019 Episode 597: Capitalism is the REAL Parasite. (Meh.)
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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather infiltrate Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite, a communitarian satire of contemporary Korean society which is absolutely not a sci-fi body horror creature feature about parasites from outer space or genetic engineering or whatever.
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Episode 597: Capitalism is the REAL Parasite. (Meh.) originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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December 02, 2019Episode 596: I Got Him Confused with the Actual Fat Tony
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink The Irishman, an anti-mob movie mob movie which is also a meditation on death, American history, and the end of cinema.
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Further Reading
Fat Tony from The Simpsons
“Martin Scorsese: I Said Marvel Movies Aren’t Cinema. Let Me Explain.” from The New York Times
Episode 596: I Got Him Confused with the Actual Fat Tony originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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November 25, 2019Episode 595: Childhood Is Not a Movie for Kids
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Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather sob through 90% of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, the magical realist film essay concerning Mr. Rogers, grief, death, and a non-traditional interpretation of puppetry.
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Further Reading
“Can You Say… Hero?” from Esquire
Episode 595: Childhood Is Not a Movie for Kids originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]
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