Episode 195: Super Hipster Beards in a German Fusion Brunch Place
The Overthinkers tackle The Hunger Games.
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Hunger Games on Overthinking It
Open Thread for March 23, 2012
Let’s keep the Hunger Games spoilers to a minimum, but otherwise the only rule is not to eat your fellow tributes when you kill them.
Open Thread for January 20, 2012
All right, Overthinkers, packs up and line up near the door. When this light turns green, this thread is gonna open up! Steven Soderbergh’s Haywire opens this weekend to pretty positive reviews. Bruce Springsteen debuted his angry new single, “We … Continued
Open Thread for November 18, 2011
This is just a Thread, standing Open in the back of the room, asking you for comments. Movie news! If you’re reading this camped out in line for the first part of the last part of the Twilight series, bundle … Continued
The Odds are Never in Your Favor: Pareto Efficiency in The Hunger Games
Keeping people poor makes them easier to control. Controlling people makes it easier to keep them poor.
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Episode 173: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog of The Will
The Overthinkers tackle listener feedback from Poland, Texas, and Georgia. The former SSR, not the state.
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Overthunk: The Hunger Games’ Challenge to Children’s Literature
Suzanne Collins’ magnificent YA series The Hunger Games is set in a post-apocalyptic future where a single massive city, called simply “the Capitol,” maintains its luxurious splendor by subjugating the residents of twelve favelas/client-states called “Districts,” each devoted to a … Continued
Open Thread for May 6, 2011
Many Open Threads upon you, and the rest of the comments to the days to come. What goes on? The biggest news is the release of Marvel’s summer blockbuster Thor. Additional casting has been announced for the Hunger Games adaptation, … Continued
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