Boars, Gore, and Swords

Hot off losing their bid for Silo , MGM+ had two objectives: One, convince everyone they're a streaming site, not a made up thing, and two, see if Hugh Howey wrote anything else. Red & Ivan lean up against the brain buzz machine and talk Lena Headey in Beacon 23 . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Sup...

Not to be confused with the 2022 Monarch featuring Susan Sarandon, this is the 202 3 Monarch, starring the most famous actor of stage and screen (Godzilla). Red & Ivan crank the "monster size" dial to 11 and head out to make friends with metaphorical nuclear weapons. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on  Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always:...

A man who's merged with the world's most adorable chainsaw pug? He's just like me, fr, fr. Despite construction noises too loud and too close, Red & Ivan pull the starter cords between their pecs and go devil hunting with Chainsaw Man . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.c...

With SAG-AFTRA considering the AMPTP's "Last, Best, and Final Offer" we hop across the pond in search of unstuck work. The self described comedy-thriller is both deeply messed up and thrilling. Mind the gap as Red & Ivan slam luke warm gin and talk BBC & Hulu's Am I Being Unreasonable. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or...

The lads regress to small children watching tiny televisions watching a boy try and fail to kick a football.   With SAG still on strike Red & Ivan bring out a Halloween classic, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Fo...

Some space scavengers are on a Space Mission when everything goes wrong and a crew needs to survive on its own. A trope, yes, but also a platform for some of the most gorgeous animation and spectacular spooky vibes that have ever been on your television Red & Ivan compliment a robot, slam some black goo and head to Max for Scavengers Reign .   Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Fa...

Before the MCU, before 2020, before SAG AFTRA agreements, there were Dinosaurs. Red & Ivan put on their best Attenborough voice and hairpiece, and watch the BBC Studios Documentary slashfic, Prehistoric Planet .   Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Foll...

British television can be both VERY GOOD and (more importantly) not subject to SAG AFTRA agreements. Red & Ivan talk the excellent series from Emma Moran about a world in which *everyone* gets powers at 18 years old, except Jen. It's Extraordinary . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red...

We're BACK, baby!! Twenty-Four years after the it launched, and fully a decade after its last final season, Red & Ivan return to cover the reboot of a show foundational to their humor. Get ready for nostalgia, retconning, and shiny metal asses, it's Hulu's Futurama Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Su...

I would have succeeded if it wasn't for those infernal machines. In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that's not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available...

What is dead may never die as Mutants are reborn! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that's not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , A...

Time to learn about the birds and the bees and the goldballs and two more mutants. The mother mold is death with and Professor X begins repopulating Krakoa! In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that's not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in...

Get into Moira's 9th lifer! In solidarity with striking writers,  Red & Ivan cover some content that's not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or vi...

In solidarity with striking writers, Red & Ivan cover some content that's not struck. After covering their share of moving pictures, Ivan insists they look into non-moving images by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva with words by Jonathan Hickman in House of X . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan...

As the only two people watching this extremely fun show, Red & Ivan felt compelled to see this 90 minute long TikTok to completion. They grabbed their hazmat suits, went back to the room, and completed Command Z . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon.com/boarsgoreswords Foll...

TWO Steven Soderbergh shows in less than a week, this one a web series released on a blog. Red & Ivan lock themselves into a room, pull on some blue jumpsuits, and do battle with a giant Michael Cera in the first 4 episodes of Command Z . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red! → patreon...

Something Different. What if the writer of Men in Black made a show with the complexity of The Wire but directed by Steven Soderbergh. Red & Ivan head to the completely unfamiliar stomping grounds of Manhattan and Queens to watch Full Circle on Max (sans HBO). Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support...

One. Nobody was asking for a mini-series adaptation of David Cronenberg's 1988 film Dead Ringer featuring Jeremy Irons as Identical Twin Gynecologists (not a bit). Fortunately, Prime Video specializes in content nobody was asking for and Rachel Weisz has an incredible Jeremy Irons impression. Red & Ivan are out of the Silo and back in an even more hellish scenario: The Present. They talk Dead Ring...

Outside. The culmination of the first season of Hugh Howey's Silo Series! We get some big answers and even bigger questions as Juliette opens a can of Whoop Ass on Bernard and the Powers That Be. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey's Wool ), and it's Ivan that's along for the ride for Apple TV+'s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast,...

The Getaway. We get the answer to the question posed by episode eight: Does Juliette hang mid-air indefinitely? The answer will shock you. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey's Wool ), and it's Ivan that's along for the ride for Apple TV+'s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts...

Hanna. We finally get the *real* backstory of what happened to Juliette's parents that caused them to have such atrocious wigs. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey's Wool ), and it's Ivan that's along for the ride for Apple TV+'s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RS...

The Flamekeepers. Gloria's in The Drug Matrix and she needs Morpheus (Juliette) to break her free. Sims and the boys are circling and something weird is going on with with Judge Meadows and her Etch A Sketch. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey's Wool ), and it's Ivan that's along for the ride for Apple TV+'s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Ha...

The Relic. Juliette can't stop dwelling on her horniest moment with George as she makes Judicial more and more nervous. We meet Paul Billings' family and George's ex who sets up the BIG REVEAL. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey's Wool ), and it's Ivan that's along for the ride for Apple TV+'s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, F...

The Janitor's Boy. Tim Robbins has taken to being Mayor in as much as it allows him access to the executive liquor cabinet. Common reveals what being part of the cleanup crew is all about. Juliette sinks further into a destructive posture. In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey's Wool ), and it's Ivan that's along for the ride for Apple TV+'s Silo. Also, c...

Truth. Juliette dons the sheriff outfit, Marnes takes his trauma out on his constituency, and we get a flashback with some de-aging effects as extreme and inexplicable as the parenting on display.   In a BGaS first, Red is intimately familiar with the source material (Hugh Howey's Wool ), and it's Ivan that's along for the ride for Apple TV+'s Silo. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podca...