Episode 510: The Frozen Lake of Ice at the Bottom of All the Reboots
On the Overthinking It Podcast, we talk about nostalgia, and wonder if there will be a reboot to end all reboots.
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Mythology on Overthinking It
Hope’s End: Logan and the Death of the Mutant Metaphor
The tenth (and final?) X-Men movie takes a bleak view of western civilization’s founding mythologies
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Overthinking Cowboy Bebop: The One-Eyed Spike and the One-Handed Jet
Who knew that Cowboy Bebop was basing its characters on Proto-Indo-European mythology? French philologist Georges Dumezil, that’s who!
Is Aladdin Humanity’s Willing Executioner?
Aladdin’s Genie is in fact an abomination who will, inevitably, destroy the world – or already has.
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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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You won’t believe what happens when a dozen real college students send their final papers to Overthinking It
Fenzel is one heck of a tough grader.
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Evidence of the Female Divine in Transformers: The Movie
No king rules without the approval of the Goddess.
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The Age of Iron: What Iron Man 2 is Really About
The next age of humanity will be one of Iron.
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The Musical Talmud: Morning After Dark (Timbaland, featuring ShoShy and Nellie Furtado)
Timbaland drives a stake through the heart of the vampire phenomenon.
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Chuck vs. Fire from Olympus
Historically, people who get knowledge zapped into their brain don’t fare too well.
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