Overthinking It Book Club: Slaughterhouse Five
The Overthinking It Book Club is back! This summer, the OTI community will be breaking down Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five.”
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“Didn’t I Promise You Fireworks?” A Bold Proposal for an “Independence Day” 20th Anniversary Celebration
If a Powerbook can hack an alien spaceship, then surely we can pull this off.
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Forget Nazir: Surveillance vs. Performance and the Discourse of Power in Homeland
Who has the power? The actor or the concealer?
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The Curse of the Mimics’ Claw
In “Edge of Tomorrow,” the aliens are here. They’ve invaded Earth and they want just one thing: To escape the curse of the Mimics’ Claw.
Groundhog Day: Time Loop or Parallel Universe?
Is Groundhog Day’s Phil Connors one man reliving the same day, or an infinite number of men living an infinite number of days?
Have We Reached Peak Superhero? Part II, Bonus Post-Credits Graph
A data visualization of the rise of Marvel & DC superhero movies, 1978-2014
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Have We Reached Peak Superhero? Part II: The Winter Statistician
A revised look at the statistics of superhero movies and if there’s any indication that they’ve hit their peak.
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The Dark Knight Confounds: Why is Frank Miller’s Batman so alienating?
On Frank Miller’s Batman, and the connection between conservatism and fear.
The Case of the Week Quotient
On TV, you can’t just tell a story and stop—which is why we have the “Case of the Week.” But can we quantify it? And what does it look like when we do?
To Hell With Your Realism
“It’s realistic” doesn’t mean it’s good.