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January 09, 2017Episode 445: The NCIS: LA of My Mind
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
NCIS: Los Angeles
NCIS Special Agent FAQ
Episode 445: The NCIS: LA of My Mind 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 02, 2017Episode 444: Prairie and Her Home Companions
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather watch and discuss The O A, examining its storytelling, its critique of contemporary society, whether the mystical elements add up, the shocking twist at the ending, and the deep relationship between OA and OZ.
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Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Episode 444: Prairie and Her Home Companions 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 26, 2016Episode 443: I Knew That Galaxy when it was Long Ago and Far Away
Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather continue to overthink Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. They turn their attention to extra-narrative concerns, focusing on the consequential initial shots in Star Wars films, problems of interstellar distance and communication, Rogue One‘s commentary on our own world, and how well fans are actually served by fan service.
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Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
Matthew Belinkie
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 443: I Knew That Galaxy when it was Long Ago and Far Away 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 19, 2016Episode 442: Success Has Many Darth Vaders; Failure is an Orphan
The rogue squadron of Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather assemble to overthink Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. We wonder who exactly the one rogue of the title is, learn about the instability of both the Rebel Alliance and the Imperial Bureaucracy, and wonder what has changed and what has stayed the same in the Force, in family drama, and in the ethical character of the Star Wars universe.
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Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 442: Success Has Many Darth Vaders; Failure is an Orphan 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 12, 2016Episode 441: James Marsden is Suffering for All of Our Sins
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, John Perich, and Matthew Wrather gather to overthink thought experiments in consciousness, the moral dimension of killing philosophical zombies, what makes murder bad, and whether consciousness is an algorithm, a mystical journey…or a fire.
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Ben Adams: @badamsnavy
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
John Perich: @perich
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Westworld: IMDb and Wikipedia
Thought experiments
Cartesian theater
Chinese room
Romeo and Juliet II.6
Episode 441: James Marsden is Suffering for All of Our Sins 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 05, 2016Episode 440: The Moana-Myth
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather discuss heroism, story structure, culture, and gender in the latest animated film from the Walt Disney Company, Moana.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestoTwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Moana on Wikipedia
Harvey Cedars, NJ
Redneck Riviera on Urban Dictionary
Santa Monica Bay
Balto (film), Balto (dog)
Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals, first essay, sections 13
The Monomyth (a.k.ka The Hero’s Journey)
“The Hero’s Journey” on Overthinking It
Episode 440: The Moana-Myth 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 28, 2016Episode 439: Arrival Both Goes Big and Goes Home
Peter Fenzel, Amanda Jordá Avisati, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather join to discuss Arrival, focusing on the problems of causality, narrative stakes, message, language, and thought the film raises. In addition, we suggest further “bad” titles to carry the torch of Bad Santa 2.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Amanda Jordá Avisati: @amandajorda
Mark Lee: @goestoTwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Drawing Restraint 9
Under the Skin
Episode 439: Arrival Both Goes Big and Goes Home 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 21, 2016Episode 438: The Flapper is a Goblin and She’s Singin’ Jazz
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather gather to overthink Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, starring Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, and a whole host of CGI creatures meant to remind us that the magic lives within us all.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestoTwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
“#1 MC in Hollywood: Shia LaBeouf Freestyles 5 Fingers of Death with Oswin Benjamin” on YouTube
“Rap Genius Can’t Explain Rakim’s Genius Rapping” on Overthinking It
The Rescuers Down Under
Deathly Hallows (objects) on Wikipedia
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them on Amazon
Episode 438: The Flapper is a Goblin and She’s Singin’ Jazz 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 14, 2016Episode 437: Don’t Pretend You Were Never Playing with Power
On the Overthinking It Podcast, Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather lose track of the metaphor, with many many different tenors and vehicles. Especially the vehicles Xander Cage drives off a bridge.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Episode 437: Don’t Pretend You Were Never Playing with Power 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 07, 2016Episode 436: You’re Hacking The Universe… With Your Mind Code!
Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather reveal their favorite invisible weapons, discuss the controversial presence of Tilda Swinton as The Ancient One, and dig into Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, wondering about its structure, its humor, and its ultimate meaning.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
“The Marvel Cinematic Universe – Director list”
“Language is fossil poetry.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Online Etymology Dictionary
“One must imagine Sysyphus happy.” from Camus’ “The Myth of Sysyphus”
Episode 436: You’re Hacking The Universe… With Your Mind Code! 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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