The Overview: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Watch Terminator 2: Judgment Day with the Overthinkers. Our alternative commentary track tackles the moral, religious, and philosophical themes of one of the greatest action movies of all time.
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Episode 364: Inside Out: I Know Now Why You Cry, And I’m Going To Do It
The Overthinkers tackle Inside Out through the lens of Robert Plutchik’s psychoevolutionary theory of emotion and, what else, Terminator.
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Eurovision 2015 NYC Viewing Party: May 23, 2015, 2 PM
The next best thing to partying in Vienna.
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A Sharknado has struck the United States every year since 2013. Here’s everything you need to know.
What is a shark? A “shark” is one of any number of “fish” characterized by cartilaginous skeletons, gill slits, pectoral fins that are not fused to the head, and a voracious appetite for human flesh. What is a tornado? A … Continued
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“Movies” vs. “Films”: Oscar Speeches Versus the World
Adding statistical and linguistic fuel to the “Oscars are out of touch” fire.
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The Feasibility of the Wedding Ringer’s Business Plan
Is it even REMOTELY feasible for a wedding ringer to make a living as a fake best man–and get away with it?
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Wing Commander III: The Ethics of Genocide
In the classic sci-fi game “Wing Commander III,” the hero blows up an entire planet to win the war. Was this act of genocide justified?
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Hard and Soft Power in Pyongyang: The Foreign Policy of “The Interview” and “Team America: World Police”
Which is more powerful: a gun, or a Katy Perry song?
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Top Overthinking It Posts of 2014
From Game of Thrones to Edge of Tomorrow, here are the most popular Overthinking It posts of 2014.
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Does Anyone Watch “Star Trek” in “Interstellar”?
On “Star Trek,” the Apollo Program, and the story within the story of “Interstellar”
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