Myth, History and Game of Thrones
What can Arthurian legend, Norse myth, and Greek tragedy tell us about where Game of Thrones is headed?
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Eurovision 2015 Review: Finland, “Aina mun pitää” by Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät
Wesley Willis, Timmy, and 90 seconds of punk.
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Eurovision 2015 Review: Russia, “A Million Voices” by Polina Gagarina
This year, Russia is trolling us with the most aggravating song imaginable. 12 points for chutzpah, at least.
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Eurovision 2015 Review: France, “N’oubliez pas” by Lisa Angell
France comes to Eurovision 2015 with a song about World War I. But after “Charlie Hebdo,” is it about that any more?
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Behind The Scenes: Coding April Fools 2015
Follow along with a screencast where Matthew Wrather, Overthinking It’s Editor In Chief and Senior Front End Software Engineer develops our parody of Vox for April Fools Day 2015.
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Eurovision 2015 Review: Armenia, “Face the Shadow” by Genealogy
Armenia’s entry for Eurovision 2015, “Face the Shadow” (formerly “Don’t Deny”), sung by Geneaology, a group of Armenians whose families were scattered across the world a century ago, is TOTALLY NOT ABOUT the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Not a bit.
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Eurovision 2015 Review: “Warrior” with Georgia (Nina Sublatti) vs. Malta (Amber)
In 2015, two countries sent songs with the title “Warror” to the Eurovision Song Contest: Nina Sublatti from Georgia and Amber from Malta. We pit Warrior against Warrior, and decide which “Warrior” is the fiercest Warrior of them all.
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Eurovision 2015 Review: Hungary, “Wars for Nothing” by Boggie
For 2015, Hungary sends Boggie to the Eurovision Song Contest with “Wars for Nothing,” a song is extraordinarily proud to take a stand and tell you that this war thing…is maybe not so great.
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Eurovision 2015 Review: Italy, “Grande Amore” by Il Volo
Il Volo, whom you last saw saving Ari Gold’s marriage in 2011, brings the opera and a cinephile’s eye for dramatic love scenes to their entry in Eurovision 2015, “Grande Amore.”
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Eurovision 2015: Montenegro Review
For its 2015 entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, Montenegro brings Knez and the local color. Fortunately, Overthinking It is there to make jokes about it.
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