Episode 748: Everyone’s Mid on Middle Earth
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we tackle Amazon Prime’s streaming series, “The Rings of Power.”
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Lord Of The Rings on Overthinking It
Episode 564: A Brace of Coneys
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we celebrate Easter by examining the role of bunnies in popular culture.
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Has There Ever Been Anyone Like Stan Lee?
Stan Lee (1922-2018) is probably the most famous author that almost nobody actually reads anymore.
Episode 338: The Hobbit (Under Circumstances of Extreme Metal-itude)
Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather overthink the end of “The Colbert Report” and “The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies,” which is metal as hell.
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Episode 285: The Hobbit: You’re The Man Now, Smaug
The Overthinkers tackle The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.
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An Unexpected Journey: Book Length vs. Movie Length in Adapted Franchises
We crunched the numbers on novel length vs. movie length to see who’s guilty of “Hobbiting” a single book into multiple movies.
High, Hungry or Hobbit?
A look at the visual cues that flavor the The Unexpected Journey.
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Episode 204: The Notional Ryan Seacrest
The Overthinkers are joined by comedian Richard Sandling to discuss comedy, criticism, virality, and film adaptations of novels.
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Pixar’s Up: Paradise Lost at Paradise Falls
What goes Up must come down.
The Nazgul = Epic Fail
At one point in The Return of the King, Gandalf tells Pippin: Sauron has yet to reveal his deadliest servant. The one who will lead Mordor’s armies in war. The one they say no living man can kill. The Witch … Continued