Mon, 18 September 2023
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 on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-09-18_BGaS_Episode_528_WYSBW_House_Of_X_11_12.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 6 September 2023
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, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-09-06_BGaS_Episode_527_WYSBW_House_Of_X_9_10.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 30 August 2023
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 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:
Direct download: 2023-08-30_BGaS_Episode_526_WYSBW_House_Of_X_7_8.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 23 August 2023
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 via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-08-23_BGaS_Episode_525_WYSBW_House_Of_X_4_6.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 16 August 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-08-16_BGaS_Episode_524_WYSBW_House_Of_X.mp3
Category:comics -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Tue, 1 August 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-08-01_BGaS_Episode_523_WYSBW_Command_Z_PT_2.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Mon, 24 July 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-07-24_BGaS_Episode_522_WYSBW_Command_Z.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Tue, 18 July 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-07-18_BGaS_Episode_521_WYSBW_Full_Circle.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Wed, 12 July 2023
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 Ringers on Prime Video. Also, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-07-12_BGaS_Episode_520_WYSBW_Dead_Ringers.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Sat, 1 July 2023
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, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-07-01_BGaS_Episode_519_WYSBW_Silo_1x10.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:25am EDT |
Mon, 26 June 2023
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, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-27_BGaS_Episode_518_WYSBW_Silo_1x09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 4:10pm EDT |
Wed, 21 June 2023
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 RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-21_BGaS_Episode_517_WYSBW_Silo_1x08.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Mon, 12 June 2023
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-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-12_BGaS_Episode_516_WYSBW_Silo_1x07.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 6:45am EDT |
Tue, 6 June 2023
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, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-06-06_BGaS_Episode_515_WYSBW_Silo_1x06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:19pm EDT |
Mon, 29 May 2023
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, check out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-30_BGaS_Episode_514_WYSBW_Silo_1x05.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 11:21pm EDT |
Thu, 25 May 2023
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 podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-26_BGaS_Episode_513_WYSBW_Silo_1x04.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 9:32pm EDT |
Tue, 23 May 2023
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 Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-23_BGaS_Episode_512_WYSBW_Silo_1x03.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 12:15am EDT |
Tue, 16 May 2023
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 podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-05-16_BGaS_Episode_511_WYSBW_Silo_1x02.mp3
Category:silo -- posted at: 7:21pm EDT |
Tue, 9 May 2023
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, or via RSS As always:
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Fri, 5 May 2023
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, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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Tue, 25 April 2023
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 podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-04-25_BGaS_Episode_508_WYSBW_Mrs_Davis.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Tue, 18 April 2023
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 podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-04-18_BGaS_Episode_508_WYSBW_Swarm_BDP.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Tue, 11 April 2023
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 out Red & Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-04-11_BGaS_Episode_507_WYSBW_The_Power.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Tue, 4 April 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-04-04_BGaS_Episode_506_WYSBW_Extrapolations.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Tue, 28 March 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-03-28_BGaS_Episode_505_WYSBW_Lucky_Hank.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:31am EDT |
Tue, 21 March 2023
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 Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-03-21_BGaS_Episode_504_WYSBW_Poker_Face.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:46am EDT |
Tue, 14 March 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-03-14_BGaS_Episode_503_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x09.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 1:22am EDT |
Mon, 6 March 2023
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, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-03-07_BGaS_Episode_502_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x08.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 11:53pm EDT |
Mon, 27 February 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-02-28_BGaS_Episode_501_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x07.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:03pm EDT |
Mon, 20 February 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-02-20_BGaS_Episode_500_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x06.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:41pm EDT |
Tue, 14 February 2023
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:
Direct download: 2023-02-14_BGaS_Episode_499_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x05.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 6:31am EDT |
Thu, 9 February 2023
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 Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-02-09_BGaS_Episode_498_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x04.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 8:31pm EDT |
Mon, 30 January 2023
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 RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-01-31_BGaS_Episode_497_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x03.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 8:41pm EDT |
Tue, 24 January 2023
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, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2023-01-23_BGaS_Episode_496_WYSBW_Last_of_Us_1x02.mp3
Category:the last of us -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Tue, 17 January 2023
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:
Direct download: 2022-01-17_BGaS_Episode_495_WYSBW_Last_of_Us.mp3
Category:tv -- posted at: 6:31am EDT |
Tue, 10 January 2023
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 Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
Direct download: 2022-01-10_BGaS_Episode_494_WYSBW_Andor_1x12.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 6:30am EDT |
Thu, 5 January 2023
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 podcast, Failure to Adapt, available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or via RSS As always:
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