Overthinking It Podcast

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November 25, 2013Episode 282: I Volunteer as Hungry
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink The Hunger Games: Catching Fire starring Jennifer Lawrence.
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Matthew Belinkie
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Episode 282: I Volunteer as Hungry 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 18, 2013Episode 281: White House Down: This Is Specifically about the Tank Top Of The Protagonist
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather overthink White House Down.
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Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
The Bourse at Independence Mall
Bourse defined in Merriam-Webster Online
DeSoto Caverns on Wikipedia
Jaws 3-D on IMDb
Burning Man
White House Down on IMDb
Alternative Titles
The Enemy’s White House Is Down
I Want All That is Wicked in The World to be Coalesced into A Face That I Can Punch
Man Vs. Complicated White House
The Rogues Gallery of Terrorists Exists on A Continuum of Like-Us-ness
Dreamboat Stripper Dudes and/or G.I. Joes
The Evolution of the A-Shirt
A Terry Gilliam Solution to a Roland Emmerich Problem
James Woods is Waiting for My Page
Episode 281: White House Down: This Is Specifically about the Tank Top Of The Protagonist 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 11, 2013Episode 280: Thor: It’s Not NOT Like Ghostbusters 2
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather overthink Thor: The Dark World and interview Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje.
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Alternative Titles
Thor: The Picante World
Pantaloons or Sausages
In Thor 2, Stuff is Going to Come up Through the Portal
The Only Thing Worth Writing About is Thor in Conflict with Himself
Thor Treats Objects like Women, Man
The Solution to Beat Them is to Hit Them Very Hard
That’s Not a Hammer. This Is A Hammer.
No Thor for Oil
In the Dark World, Pillage Must Be Countered By a Different Kind of Pillage
Google Asgard Paul
I’m Long on Robocop Dollars
Dead or Alive, You’re Paying with Me
That’s What Barry Goldwater would say if he were a RoboCop
I’ll Show You Fear in A Handful of Elf Spaceships
I Thought Those Were Load-Bearing Columns
Party on Thor! Party on Thor!
Episode 280: Thor: It’s Not NOT Like Ghostbusters 2 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 04, 2013Episode 279: Ender’s Game: I Can’t Open My Mouth without Condemning It, And Yet I Like It
Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes overthink the film adaptation of Ender’s Game.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
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Jordan Stokes
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
In Flanders Fields by John McCrae
Ender’s Game on Amazon
Alternative Titles
An Animal House Solution to an Ender’s Game Problem
The Answer is 40% a Bunch of Cowards
You Must Be The Genocide You Want to See in The World
Ender is like Mr. Holland Times 1,000,000
Graf Tries to Send a FAX… And Can’t.
You Gotta Show Off The Cool Lake, You Gotta Show Off the Product-Placed Audi"
Equal Opportunity Genociding
No Irish Need Apply to The Fleet
Episode 279: Ender’s Game: I Can’t Open My Mouth without Condemning It, And Yet I Like It 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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October 28, 2013Episode 278: The Star Wars Trilogy Isn’t Over Until the Yub Nub Song is Sung
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark, Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by Zach Giallongo, writer and illustrator of “Shadows of Endor,” a Star Wars: Ewoks comic. They also commemorate their fourth grade teachers in memory of Mrs. Krabappel, voiced by the late Marcia Wallace.
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Special Guest Zach Giallongo: @zackules
Matthew Belinkie
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Shadows of Endor on Amazon (affiliate link)
The Ewok Line on How I Met Your Mother
Star Wars Ewok Adventures: Caravan of Courage / the Battle for Endor on Amazon (affilate link)
Ewok Celebration (a.k.a. the “Yub Nub” song) on Wookiepedia
Auld Lang Syne on Wikipedia
Episode 278: The Star Wars Trilogy Isn’t Over Until the Yub Nub Song is Sung 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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October 21, 2013Episode 277: So You Think You Can Terminate
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather are joined by special guest Marshall Weber, the creator of Terminator the Second, a retelling of Terminator 2 using only lines from Shakespeare.
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Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Terminator the Second
Konstantin Stanislavski on Wikipedia
Method Acting on Wikipedia
Episode 277: So You Think You Can Terminate 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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October 18, 2013 Podcast Supplement: Popfixers #1, “Termination”
We’re releasing the first episode of Overthinking It Popfixers as supplement to the Overthinking It Podcast! In this episode, Ben Adams, Matt Belinkie, and Mark Lee propose and debate their solutions to the Terminator invasion of Los Angeles, hosted by Pete Fenzel.
Enjoy the show! And to watch Overthinking It Popfixers live or save them for later, follow our Google+ page and subscribe to our YouTube channel.
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Podcast Supplement: Popfixers #1, “Termination” 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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October 14, 2013Episode 276: Captain Phillips: Why is The Man from Big Crying in My Bank Account?
Former Pirate Hunter Ben Adams, Peter Fenzel, East Africa expert Ryan Sheely, and Matthew Wrather overthink the movie Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks.
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Ben Adams
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Ryan Sheely
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Close-in weapon system (CWIS)
USS Gettysburg
War Making and State Making as Organized Crime by Charles Tilly (PDF)
‘Miraa is cool’: the cultural importance of miraa (khat) for Tigania and Igembe youth in Kenya
Episode 276: Captain Phillips: Why is The Man from Big Crying in My Bank Account? 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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October 07, 2013Episode 275: Gravity: Boo hoo, cry me a river, you’re an astronaut
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Jordan Stokes overthink the movie Gravity.
We’d like to point out that we could have given this episode the title, “IS GRAVITY BAD FOR WOMEN?” but did not, because we are not horrible human beings.
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Your Panel
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Jordan Stokes
Further Reading
An interview with Alfonso Cuarón
The poster for The Core
Episode 275: Gravity: Boo hoo, cry me a river, you’re an astronaut 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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September 30, 2013Episode 274: The Panache of a Dushku, the Moxie of a Cuthbert
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather continue to celebrate the podcast’s fifth anniversary with a consideration of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD and the @Horse_ebooks revelations.
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Your Panel
Matthew Belinkie
Peter Fenzel: @fenzelian
Mark Lee: @goestotwelve
Matthew Wrather: @mwrather
Further Reading
Spy vs. Spy on YouTube
David Mamet’s memo to the writers of The Unit
Horse_ebooks on Twitter
Episode 274: The Panache of a Dushku, the Moxie of a Cuthbert 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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