Boars, Gore, and Swords

Machines. We're done with the prologue and Juliette's Fix has finally failed, so she grabs a Tool and heads into The Machine , along with many other generic nouns. 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...

Holston's Pick. Two episodes, two cleanings. This second episode of wool we've got just enough data about the cleanings to begin wildly speculating on the greater world with insufficient information. 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 podc...

Freedom Day. It's 100s of years into the future, and a community lives underground in a 144 level Silo has no memory of how they got there. 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...

The Human Enigma . In 2018, Jeff Bezos tossed a thumb drive full of crypto at the Russo Brothers and five years later we now have a 6 episodes of content that cost $300 Million Actual US Dollars. Ivan & Red say hi to old friend Richard Madden with his new American accent and take a gander at this outlandish pile of money, Prime Video's Citadel . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast,...

Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse . Peacock is one of the only streaming services left with the cash to produce original content and as a podcast that covered all of HBO's Watchmen, they're honor bound to discuss Damon Lindelof & Tara Hernandez's original series. Ivan & Red get on their high, bomb-strapped, horse, and discuss Peacock's Mrs. Davis. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's po...

Stung . For the first time in over 500 episodes Ivan & Red managed to prepare for different 35 minute shows. After then watching the other show, they to a tandem review of two good shows, Prime Video's Swarm created by Janine Nabers and Donald Glover, and the Apple TV+ show The Big Door Prize , created by David West Read and starring Chris O'Dowd.   Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podca...

A Better Future is in Your Hands . Amazon thinks they can drop a series adapted from Naomi Alderman's The Power and just SLIP IT BY Ivan & Red ? Not gunna lie they got pretty close. But the lads unearthed the sci-fi series featuring Toni Collette, Adina Porter, Josh Charles, John Leguizamo, Eddie Marsan, and Toheeb Jimoh. Get to this compelling show before it's relegated to Freevee!!! Also, check...

2037: A Raven Story . Climate change is REAL and Every Actor in Hollywood is here to make you pray it hurries up. Ivan & Red are here to talk about the Apple TV+ after school special Extrapolations. 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 Follow us on twitte...

Pilot . Having founded Mr. Show, been an integral part of Breaking Bad and the spinoff Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk has decided to go into hiding on AMC's Lucky Hank . Ivan & Red are here to talk about this tv show adapted from the mid 90s campus novel Straight Man. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always:...

Dead Man's Hand . With the last of The Last of Us finished for the season and HBO Max succumbing to bloaters, it's time to find another show, and what's more promising than Rian Johnson and Natasha Lyonne creating a modern day Columbo. Ivan & Red cannot lie and they love Peacock's Poker Face . Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcas...

Look for the Light . Writer, Comic, and Number 1 fan of The Whale Alexandria Love joins us for the season of the greatest video game adaptation of all time. Along with Ivan & Red they talk HBO Max's The Last of Us for one more episode. 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.co...

When We Are in Need . Our guest! Comic, Writer, & Baby Girl Alexandria Love deals with aging yet charismatic ginger and his increasingly skeptical accomplice on her way to Pedro Pascal's waiting arms. Along with Ivan & Red they talk HBO Max's The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on  Spotify , Apple Podcasts ,...

Secret Origins . Comic & Writer Alexandria Love heads to the mall, puts a cassette of A-ha in her Sony Walkman, and meets up with Ivan & Red at the American Girls store to talk HBO Max's The Last of Us for at least one more episode. 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/...

Kin . Joel and Ellie meet the coolest couple in the apocalypse and then meet up with Joel's long lost bro at a ski resort for a much needed holiday. Ivan & Red follow HBO Max's The Last of Us for at least one more episode. 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/boarsgores...

Endure and Survive . We get Henry & Sam's backstory, we look forward to getting to know them over many episodes and seasons. Ivan & Red follow HBO Max's The Last of Us for at least one more episode. 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 Follow us on twitte...

Please Hold to My Hand . We're back from one of the best movies of the last decade and I guess we're back to Mushroom Zombie video game stuff. Chekov sneaks in to palm Ellie a gun and Melanie Linsey tries to Keep TLOU GAY!!! Ivan & Red follow HBO Max's The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on  Spotify , Apple P...

Long Long Time . This is a video game adaptation, and things are just starting to really get rolling, which means it's time for a side quest. Sure Joel and Ellie are cool, but have you ever had Frank & Bill??? Ivan & Red follow HBO Max's The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via...

Infection . Despite the party decreasing by one, and the always present terror of hoping a video adaptation holds up, Bella Ramsey's performance convinced Ivan & Red to follow HBO Max's The Last of Us for at least one more episode. Hopefully by episode 3 they'll have escaped the hellscape that is Boston, Maine. Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify ,...

Comic & Writer Alexandria Love is back to escort Ellie from the PS3 to HBO. She's joined Ivan & Red in the flatbed truck and they're off to Boston with no food and a wrench that somehow falls apart after a few uses. 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 Follow u...

Rix Road. Cassian returns home to discover nothing is as he left it. Maarva makes one last appearance, and B2EMO yanks viciously at the heart strings. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podca...

Daughter of Ferrix. A master class on consoling sentient? droids deep in grief. Cassian gets the help of some local fishermen to get off planet and Forrest Whitaker completes his contractual 90 minutes on set. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's po...

No Way Out. Kino Loy's finally ready to make a move, he just forgot one important skill tree. Luthean takes time to shake down a tweedy redhead, while Mon Mothma considers allowing her daughter to throw herself under the bus. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie...

Nobody's Listening! Andy Serkis still thinks working within the system will save him, but that's some Gollum as thinking he needs to move past. Vel returns home to live her Hall & Oatesiest Rich Girl life for a bit. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hal...

Narkina 5 . Despite being JUST A TOURIST, Andor's been Shanghai'd to a prison on the Interstellar water planet. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Iva...

The Eye & The Announcement . When it comes down to it not everyone on this Heist crew is what they seem. Ivan & Red hate nepotism, but when Nightcrawler scribe Dan Gilroy is brought in by his brother Tony, exceptions will be made. Star Wars is good again? Check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall's podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or via RSS As always: Support Ivan & Red...