A Few Good Starfleet Officers
“You want me on that wall. You NEED me on that wall.” Must a civilized society use uncivilized means to protect itself?
Avengers on Overthinking It
The Nuclear Option: Batman, Iron Man, and Attitudes Toward Power
You can’t have a superhero movie without a city-destroying weapon.
Jus In Bello and the Fury Doctrine
How do SHIELD and the Avengers go to war?
Episode 202: Putting on the Meat Dress
The Overthinkers tackle listener feedback for the first time in six months and preview the summer movies of 2012.
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Red on the Ledger: The Avengers and Sexual Violence
How Whedon/Johanssens’s Black Widow advances heroic symbolism and political discourse around survivors of sexual violence.
Episode 201: A Smash Rate of A New Yorker per Second
The Overthinkers tackle The Avengers.
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Marvel’s The Avengers: Meetup, Roundup, and Open Thread
Overthinkers, Assemble! The summer’s first big blockbuster is here, and by most accounts, it’s gonna be a good one.
“The Avengers” vs. “The Revengers”
Why aren’t they called “The Revengers”?
Open Thread for October 14 2011
Brewing this Open Thread for 15 minutes unlocks its special tannins, extending lifespan and granting cat-like reflexes. 14 minutes, poison. The box office this weekend contains one remake (Footloose), one prequel that’s essentially a remake (The Thing) and a bird-watching … Continued
Episode 160: Bringing a Gun to a Shield Fight
The Overthinkers tackle “Captain America: The First Avenger.”
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