Episode 826: Disappointingly, the Show was Excellent
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the NY Times’s take on “Mid TV.”
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Criticism on Overthinking It
Episode 668: Quod Erat Deliciousum
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle the relationship between the perspectives of the performer and the audience.
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Episode 551: It Would Be Easier If “Raiders of the Lost Ark” Were Awful
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we grant that “Raiders Of The Lost Ark” is problematic, but wonder if that means we can’t watch and enjoy it.
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Episode 95: Gloriously Dumb
Matt and Mark watch and discuss Cameron Crowe’s film “Almost Famous,” and the meaning and power of Classic Rock.
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Dragon’s Crown: It’s Not For You
On Dragon’s Crown, sexism, Penny Arcade, and the gentle art of video game criticism.
Episode 184: Cats That Look Like Hitler
The Overthinkers tackle creativity, analysis, straw men, and the poet Ranier Maria Rilke.
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Knowing is NOT half the battle
In 2009, even Nicolas Cage can’t save the day.
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Great plan, comrades
The movie begins with a heavily-armed group of Russian soldiers attacking an American military base. That seems like the kind of thing that could touch off a war. Can we at least agree that it’s probably something the Russians wouldn’t … Continued
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I’m not done complaining yet
So we have no reason to believe Mutt Williams has any globe-trotting experience whatsoever. He’s a motorcycle repair-guy/greaser. When he sees a scorpion in the cemetery, he reacts with an “I’m a city mouse” look of horror. Anyway, 45 minutes later, … Continued
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Some further complaints about Indy IV (most likely the first in a series)
[Though it was originally written before we recorded the Indiana Jones podcast, and though these positions of the author were more or less covered in that discussion, we are presenting here Matthew Belinkie’s original musings on Indy 4. They are, … Continued
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