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.
Twilight on Overthinking It
Reminder: Love Triangles Not Necessarily Feminist
Since Twilight and The Hunger Games, love triangles have been all the rage in young adult literature, and readers are sick of them. Except for the readers who love them, and the readers who don’t care either way. I’m saying … Continued
Brechtian Alienation in Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2
Subjecting the twist ending to the last Twilight movie to a level of Brechtian Analysis it definitely doesn’t deserve.
Episode 229: For Certain Definitions of Vampire
The Overthinkers tackle Twilight: Breaking Dawn 2, having of course not seen it.
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Open Thread for March 23, 2012
Let’s keep the Hunger Games spoilers to a minimum, but otherwise the only rule is not to eat your fellow tributes when you kill them.
Open Thread for November 18, 2011
This is just a Thread, standing Open in the back of the room, asking you for comments. Movie news! If you’re reading this camped out in line for the first part of the last part of the Twilight series, bundle … Continued
Sexy Teenaged Werewolves In Love
Paranormal Romance is totally a thing. And it totally has a formula.
Episode 105: Twilight Celebrates Your Dependence Day
The Overthinkers tackle popular culture (or rather the lack of popular culture) dealing with American Independence Day.
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The Overview: Twilight
The Overthinkers launch The Overview, an occasional series of alternative movie commentaries, with an episode on Twilight.
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Hitler’s XBox: How Copyright Laws Threaten Our Mashup Culture
The company that owns Downfall is pulling all of the “Hitler Finds Out About…” videos off of YouTube. Constantin Films: you’re despoiling our culture’s future.
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