Just because they can build anything doesn’t mean they’re ready to grow up.
Cartoons
The Bioethics of The Clone Wars
Episode 157: Optimus…I just met a Prime named Optimus.
The Overthinkers tackle Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Solidarity is Illusion: The Political Economy of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic propagates the illusion that an egalitarian society can be maintained among groups with massive biologically inherent gaps in ability and economic utility.
Episode 92: It Was Originally Woof
The Overthinkers tackle listener feedback.
The Bittersweet Dramatic Irony of Cartoon Network’s Clone Wars
Pixar’s Up: Paradise Lost at Paradise Falls
Saturday Morning Cartoons
It’s Saturday. Keep your PJs on, grab a bowl of sugary cereal, plop yourself on the floor 9 inches from the TV, and commence mouthbreathing. [via Big Contrarian]
The 2007 Summer Movie Mashup
I’m currently trying to come up with a plot that ties in every single summer movie this year. It’s tricky – there are a LOT of summer movies. While I’m cooking that up, here’s a similar mashup from last summer.…
Overthinkingit.com: the magical cartoon princess edition
Last night, I sat down and watched Enchanted, the 2007 Disney movie in which a cartoon princess played by Amy Adams falls through a portal into real-world Manhattan. Eventually, she comes to accept being “real,” while love interest Patrick Dempsey…