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July 16, 2018Episode 524: Can You Smell What Is Cooking The Rock?
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Skyscraper as a spiritual text, a globalist text, and a visual text about a vertical in search of a horizontal.
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Skyscraper
Dwayne Johnson on IMDb
Pablo Schreiber
Rawson Marshall Thurber
“Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Improbable’ Crane Jump in ‘Skyscraper’: ‘We Did the Math,’ Says Director”
“Why ‘Skyscraper’ Director Will Never Make a Sequel to His Cult Classic ‘Dodgeball’”
Yin and Yang
Taoism
“Duct Tape” History and Etymology
Episode 524: Can You Smell What Is Cooking The Rock? 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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July 09, 2018Episode 523: She Gave Good Magic
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Ant Man and The Wasp. It is either a lighthearted romp about family reunions, or a dark, tragic echo of the Infinity War plot that it throws into stark relief by not mentioning at all.
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A Brief History of the Microverse, the Tiniest and Craziest Corner of the Marvel Universe
Mac and Me
How One Of The World’s Toughest Creatures Can Bring Itself Back To Life
Episode 523: She Gave Good Magic 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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July 02, 2018Episode 522: Cocktail Party Knowledge Of The Highlander
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather recount happy memories of Catholic chaplain Fr. Robert Beloin and wish him well in his illness. They are led to consider the topic of mentors in life and fiction—what makes a good one, what makes a bad one, and when do you need one the most?
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Highlander (1986)
The Devil Wears Prada
Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette on Netflix
Episode 522: Cocktail Party Knowledge Of The Highlander 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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June 25, 2018Episode 521: Did You Open the Door? Did You Get on the Floor?
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather just can’t bear another CGI-driven summer blockbuster. So they skip Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom and head straight into the fertile paleontological territory of their youths: DINOSAURS! Dave Shechner joins the party, eminently qualified by his background in microbiology as well as his two young children. This episode ends with an actual outtake.
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Dr. David Shechner
“Stem Cell Scientist Spotlight with David Shechner”
“Subjecting ‘Fridge Nuking’ to Scientific Peer Review”
“The Science of Back To The Future”
“If Doc Brown Were a Real Scientist”
Svante Pääbo
Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
Episode 521: Did You Open the Door? Did You Get on the Floor? 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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June 18, 2018Episode 520: The Cookie and the Demon Baby
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Disney & Pixar’s The Incredibles 2, the known vs the unknown, and the possibly anti-piracy message of the movie.
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Incredibles 2
“Harrison Bergeron”
Winston Deavor / Evelyn Deavor
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community by Robert D. Putnam
Episode 520: The Cookie and the Demon Baby 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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June 11, 2018Episode 519: The Frank Sinatra Cinematic Universe
We assemble a crack team of attention thieves—Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather— to overthink Ocean’s 8, a reboot (post-boot?) of the George Clooney franchise.
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651 5th Avenue (3 flags)
Globus Cruciger
“Elizabeth I in Coronation Robes”
DO NOT CLICK ON THIS
Episode 519: The Frank Sinatra Cinematic Universe 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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June 04, 2018Episode 518: Compensating for Unhappiness by Attempting to be Awesome
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather join X-forces to overthink Deadpool 2 as a bromance, as a rewrite of Plato’s Republic, and as an allegory of the soul. They do not forget to mention the 800-pound gorilla in the room.
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X-Men films
Onslaught
OK Go Videos
Episode 518: Compensating for Unhappiness by Attempting to be Awesome 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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May 28, 2018Episode 517: Nobody Solo Actually Hans
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Solo, which is actually four movies about the legendary smuggler.
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Box Office: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Struggling to Hit $100M in U.S., Crashes Overseas
Episode 517: Nobody Solo Actually Hans 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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May 21, 2018Episode 516: That Indeed Was Cold
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather decide that meta is betta.
(This episode was pre-taped; we’ll return to Deadpool 2 in June.)
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Further Reading
The New Adventures of Mr. T: Part 1, Part 2
Tucci Gang
Hostess Twinkie ads in comics
Episode 516: That Indeed Was Cold 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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May 14, 2018Episode 515: Tweet First! Tweet Hard! No Mercy!
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather to overthink Cobra Kai. Is there podcast in this dojo? You bet, Sensei!
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Viking Mischief
The Karate Kid on Overthinking It
Israel, Winner of Eurovision 2018
Episode 515: Tweet First! Tweet Hard! No Mercy! 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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