Monthly Archives: June 2010

Overthinking Cowboy Bebop: Session 20

This week on Cowboy Bebop: Tales of Batman, Horror, and Narrative Closure.

Dodge Muscle Cars, “Team America: World Police,” and Elvis: staples of America’s World Cup pop culture hegemonic discourse.

A pseudo-scientific look at the phenomenon of the “strong” female character.

The Overthinkers tackle iPhone 4, the World Cup, and listener emails.

Knight and Day may disappoint; Burn Notice kicks off Summer TV watching season; iPhone 4 will save us all.

Sheely, Stokes, and Wrather tackle sex, drugs, and hip-hop in talking about Skins, series 1 episodes 3 and 4. And Glee.

A recent Supreme Court decision suggests that the USA Network show Burn Notice is providing “material assistance” to terrorists.

The Overthinkers launch The Overview, an occasional series of alternative movie commentaries, with an episode on Twilight.

In which we explain what Treme is all about.

Charlie Brown. Christian Martyr, or existential figure of shame and scorn?