Comments on: Episode 31: Superbowl Minus Football http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/02/02/episode-31-superbowl-minus-football/ Overthinking It subjects the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:16:09 +0000 hourly 1 By: Topher http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/02/02/episode-31-superbowl-minus-football/#comment-6103 Topher Sun, 08 Feb 2009 20:46:48 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=5095#comment-6103 I found it interesting how the Overthinlers identified actors to specific roles. Samual L. Jackson once commented that film actors give a part of themselves when they portray a character. That their personal identity is lost and they are known and expected to be that character when they meet the public. (I'm paraphrasing. YouTube Sam Jackson at Bernie Mac's funeral.) I'm curious how you guys will overthink this. Are movie actor's sacrificing their identities? Isn't being IDed as a character a good thing? Are they a bunch of whiny bitches? I found it interesting how the Overthinlers identified actors to specific roles.

Samual L. Jackson once commented that film actors give a part of themselves when they portray a character. That their personal identity is lost and they are known and expected to be that character when they meet the public. (I’m paraphrasing. YouTube Sam Jackson at Bernie Mac’s funeral.)

I’m curious how you guys will overthink this. Are movie actor’s sacrificing their identities? Isn’t being IDed as a character a good thing? Are they a bunch of whiny bitches?

]]> By: “Superbowl” vs “Super Bowl”: An American Spelling Crisis | Overthinking It http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/02/02/episode-31-superbowl-minus-football/#comment-5892 “Superbowl” vs “Super Bowl”: An American Spelling Crisis | Overthinking It Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:49:31 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=5095#comment-5892 [...] day after the game, when our “Superbowl” podcast hit the site, I noticed that our editor had chosen to spell it in one word, as opposed to the [...] [...] day after the game, when our “Superbowl” podcast hit the site, I noticed that our editor had chosen to spell it in one word, as opposed to the [...]

]]> By: Gab http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/02/02/episode-31-superbowl-minus-football/#comment-5859 Gab Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:23:32 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=5095#comment-5859 Kevin Costner isn't as good of an actor as Alec Baldwin- the difference is Alec is *good* enough to pull off the comedian in a successful way (as Wrather says). Kevin has TRIED the comedy, and failed epically. _Robin Hood_ and _Dances With Wolves_ were great movies, but that had nothing to do with his acting- it was everything else going on in the movies. (And to me, Alec will always be Adam from _Beetle Juice_. I missed the second half (work, alas), but from what I saw, I was fond of the one for Cars.com where the kid "negotiates a later bed time" when he's three, etc. My question: What was up with the f***ing 3D ads? I mean really, why the Hell would I go out and get 3D glasses to watch a goddamned commercial? I am now completely against seeing any of the stuff advertised in 3D. Oh, and here's a recent ad for Geico I was reminded by when the discussion of Superbowl ads past came up- note the waiter's accent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlwjIhHMWLQ Kevin Costner isn’t as good of an actor as Alec Baldwin- the difference is Alec is *good* enough to pull off the comedian in a successful way (as Wrather says). Kevin has TRIED the comedy, and failed epically. _Robin Hood_ and _Dances With Wolves_ were great movies, but that had nothing to do with his acting- it was everything else going on in the movies. (And to me, Alec will always be Adam from _Beetle Juice_.

I missed the second half (work, alas), but from what I saw, I was fond of the one for Cars.com where the kid “negotiates a later bed time” when he’s three, etc.

My question: What was up with the f***ing 3D ads? I mean really, why the Hell would I go out and get 3D glasses to watch a goddamned commercial? I am now completely against seeing any of the stuff advertised in 3D.

Oh, and here’s a recent ad for Geico I was reminded by when the discussion of Superbowl ads past came up- note the waiter’s accent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlwjIhHMWLQ

]]> By: The Puzzling Logic of Conan O’Brien’s Super Bowl Ad | Overthinking It http://www.overthinkingit.com/2009/02/02/episode-31-superbowl-minus-football/#comment-5853 The Puzzling Logic of Conan O’Brien’s Super Bowl Ad | Overthinking It Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:08:47 +0000 http://www.overthinkingit.com/?p=5095#comment-5853 [...] of the videos that made it into our Super Bowl ad roundup was the Conan O’Brien ad for Bud Light, in which his agent/manager/ambiguous guy in a suit [...] [...] of the videos that made it into our Super Bowl ad roundup was the Conan O’Brien ad for Bud Light, in which his agent/manager/ambiguous guy in a suit [...]

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