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December 30, 2013Episode 287: There Only Had to Be One Scarface
Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, and Matthew Wrather tackle The Wolf of Wall Street, the moral responsibility of movies, and the Greatest Dogecoin Heist of 2013.
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Further Reading
Riddick’s Space Dog
Doge on Wikipedia
Doge (meme) on Wikipedia
The 40 Most Awkward Dogs of 2013
QWOP
An Open Letter To The Makers of The Wolf of Wall Street, and the Wolf Himself
Episode 287: There Only Had to Be One Scarface 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 25, 2013Ho-Ho-Hoverthinking It Podcast Supplement: Benedict Cumberbatch before He Went Crazy And Started A Cult
Ben Adams, Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel and Matthew Wrather take a break from the current movie season to look back at the top grossing films of 2003, 1993, 1983… and 1913.
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Ho-Ho-Hoverthinking It Podcast Supplement: Benedict Cumberbatch before He Went Crazy And Started A Cult 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, 2013Episode 286: American Hustle: He Doesn’t Sell Real Estate. He Sells Fake Estate.
Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Jordan Stokes, and Matthew Wrather tackle American Hustle, directed by David O. Russell and starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, and Jennifer Lawrence.
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Episode 286: American Hustle: He Doesn’t Sell Real Estate. He Sells Fake Estate. 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, 2013Episode 285: The Hobbit: You’re The Man Now, Smaug
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in an extra-long episode to fit with an extra-long movie.
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Further Reading
Peter O’Toole in The Tudors on YouTube
“Making It Out” on The Overthinking It Podcast
The Hobbit 2 is Bad Fan Fiction by Christopher Orr on The Atlantic
Your Highness on IMDb
The Geek Hierarchy [PDF] from the Brunching Shuttlecocks
Episode 285: The Hobbit: You’re The Man Now, Smaug 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, 2013Episode 284: Forging Correctness in the Iron Crucible of Condescension
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink two related musical works: The Sound Of Music live telecast and Rebecca Black’s “Saturday.”
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Further Reading
Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction (excerpts) by Wallace Stevens
Saturday by Rebecca Black on YouTube
Rebecca Black’s Wikipedia Page details her conflict with Patrice Wilson
NBC’s The Sound of Music Live! on Hulu
Alternative Titles
Days of the Week Are Reasons for Celebration
I Usually say Correlation Does Not Equal Causation, But in This Case I’ll Make an Exception
De-Mileying
Sound Off in The Comments If You Think Matt’s a Winner
It Is True of The Supreme Fiction That It Must Change
The “We” in Friday is Construted to Include the Listener
Structure vs. Agency and Rebecca Black
Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, Solo Cups, Can’t Lose
Speaking of A Lot Of White People Singing
Took My Key Into The Side of Their Panzer Division Riding Through The Alps
Being On the Boat
Before He Cheats… Out.
Episode 284: Forging Correctness in the Iron Crucible of Condescension 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, 2013Episode 283: God Just Got A Ten Second Car
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather, along with special guest Hannah Foell, the world’s foremost expert on The Fast and Furious franchise overthink the passing of Paul Walker, car culture, and why transportation safety statistics have no effect on our behavior.
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Further Reading
The Librarian (franchise) on Wikipedia
The Horse Whisperer on IMDb
BASEketball on IMDb
The Zookeeper (2011) on IMDb
Harriet The Spy (novel) on Wikipedia
Paul Walker on Wikipedia
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
juno.com
Fast & Furious: The Complete Collection and Fast & Furious 6 (Steelbook)
I drink my Thanksgiving a quarter mile at a time. RT @fenzelian: @hannanimal Thanksgiving drink ain't no ten-second race.
— Hannah Foell (@hannanimal) November 28, 2013
Episode 283: God Just Got A Ten Second Car 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, 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 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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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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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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