Pete Fenzel and Matt Wrather join another of their insta-classic two-handers to discuss Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation, starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, and Alec Baldwin. We also touch on Billy Corgan, what we want from celebrities, philosophical ethics, the trolley problem, and the passing of “Rowdy” Roddy Piper.
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Our Pick: They Live Overview
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass… and I’m all out of bubblegum.
—Nada (Roddy Piper), They Live
Experience John Carpenter’s 1988 cult classic They Live, starring Roddy Piper, with commentary from your friends from Overthinking It. It’s The Overview, our set of alternative commentaries to your favorite movies—the favorites you’ve seen, and the favorites you haven’t seen yet.
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Further Reading
- Billy Corgan at Disneyland
- “Billy Corgan On Viral Disneyland Photo: ‘What The F— Do You Want From Me?’”
- Trolley Problem on Wikipedia
- Roddy Piper on Wikipedia
- “WWE Hall of Famer broke down and cried in Mickey Rourke’s arms after watching The Wrestler”
- “Tom Cruise Deserves a Win” on the Overthinking It Podcast
- Tom Cruise Box Office from Box Office Mojo
- “James Bond Fans Concerned After Learning New Film’s Shooting Locations All In New Hampshire”
- Turandot on Wikipedia
- The Male Gaze on Wikipedia
- The Body Issue from ESPN Magazine
Guys, if you can’t trust Ecks, can you at least trust Sever?
What the eff do I want from Billy Corgan? I wanna know you he is!
Yet another epic twohander for the ages!
Despite all my Fame
I still find this ride kinda lame
This podcast was so good. I really appreciate the analytical concept of kinetics and kinesis brought up several times. I also was intrigued by the mention of the concept of primitive wonder. The conversation is melodic and somewhat symphonic. There is brilliance in the critique, thought, and expression of what is exchanged. There was one point in this on structural authority that reminded me of an idea that was very moving and mind engaging from a number of months ago. It defined chance in two, beautifully different ways. It was something like chance as a normative definition meaning luck and chance through a spiritual definition meaning divinity. I resonate with the contrast of these two and with the creative intelligence to express such profoundly intellectual thoughts. Thank you. I hope it’s okay to listen and to post on occasion. Thank you for being such an inspiration to those who have always found intellectual creative outlets harder to find. Thank you very much. This was very enjoyable.