In his Star Trek reboot, JJ Abrams decided to use one of Star Trek’s most-controversial plot devices, and creates a predictably paradoxical result.
A Brief History of Time Travel: Star Trek Edition
Monthly Archives: May 2009
The Parallel Oedipal Universes of JJ Abrams
Open Thread for May 29, 2009
Since there’s a lull in the summer action blockbusters, I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a little pimping and housekeeping.
Getting Carried Away by a Balloon or Balloons [Think Tank]
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Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon? Would you like to glide in my beautiful balloon?
The Rules According to Dane Cook
Ask A Scientist (About Pop Culture): Call for Submissions
Greetings, Earth-People: Against the advice of some, and as many of you may know, I gladly (if not always ably) serve as the Overthinking It staff scientist™. It’s an odd amalgam of roles, requiring mostly that I be at-the-ready if … Continued
Dr. Jekyll and 50 Cent
Episode 47: Skynet VIP Suite
The Overthinkers rip Skynet a new one.
Terminator Roundup
In honor of this weekend’s release of Terminator: Salvation, enjoy this roundup of terminator themed posts stretching back to the early days of Overthinking It.
Open Thread for May 22, 2009
American Idol! Fall TV Schedules! Cannes! And an epic battle for survival between man and machine.